Pernilla Iggström's paintings are the result of a process of investigation into her cultural heritage – a journey which explores the effect on her own identity of being born into one culture and then subsequently being adopted into another very different one thousands of miles away.

Mainly using source materials derived from her archive of family albums, she explores both real and imagined places (through the nature/nurture concept) where the relationships between the past and the present, the interior and the exterior, and the physical and the psychological are key.

With her art, Pernilla hopes for her art to inspire the viewer to reflect on their own cultural heritage, increase interest and awareness about themselves and others and thereby break down stereotypical impressions and pre-conceived ideas.