Lotte Karlsen is a Norwegian multidisciplinary artist based in Manchester, UK. Born in Hammerfest, she carries the stark contrast of Arctic light and darkness into her work, using it as both metaphor and methodology. After her formative years in Oslo, she trained as a glassblower in Sweden's Crystal Kingdom before relocating to the UK, where her practice has continuously evolved through diverse media and theoretical frameworks.

For over a decade (2007-2020), Karlsen's socially engaged practice transformed Alexandra Park in Manchester, reaching thousands through the "Pankhurst in the Park" program and founding the Alexandra Arts collective. This sustained project transformed this public space into a living canvas for artistic exploration and social reconfiguration.

The Art as Activism Toolkit emerged from this work, originally an educational tool to equip young people with creative resistance strategies. Now, under the Peace Movement Remix, it represents a deeper confrontation with the mechanics of systemic control and the radical power of self-liberation, with Conscious Sculpture as a foundational concept, using art to shift collective consciousness.

During the pandemic, Karlsen began work on 'Lux Medicina', an exploration of light and darkness as forces of healing. This inward journey continues to shape her expanding body of work, which interrogates power, language, and transformation. Her current practice has evolved to include text-based works, including ‘Unite & Conquer,’ ‘Hopeium,’ and ‘Powerful Beyond Belief’ - soon to be released.

Karlsen's practice defies medium and market, existing as a continuous dialogue between perception and reality, the seen and unseen, the personal and the collective.