Ingrid Roth

Ingrid Roth
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creative
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Artist and expressive arts therapist, born
in 1958 in Strömsund, the province of
Jämtland.
The road to a profession is not always
straight, as anyone who explores Ingrid
Roth’s progression towards establishment
and recognition as an artist would attest. At
the age of eighteen, she left her native Jämtland,
filled with a spirit of adventure and
intending to take up academic studies. Her
first stop was Uppsala but the world was
calling. Ingrid Roth packed her bags and
travelled through Europe. She observed and
absorbed people’s way of life, she worked
where she could while saving up her money,
and then she moved on. She lived in England
for a period of time. Then she married
and lived in the Netherlands a few years;
the young couple then returned to Sweden
where they eventually went their separate
ways and Ingrid settled in Uppsala.
In the mid-eighties Ingrid had an accident
resulting in a serious back and pelvic injury,
which more or less confined her to bed for a
number of years. Dark thoughts kept
haunting her. Is this how things are meant
to be? Will I remain an invalid for the rest of
my life? Such corrosive thoughts could easily
wear down the courage of someone with a
spirit less rebellious and less life-affirming
than that of Ingrid Roth.
Great changes and upheavals are often
set in motion by lesser events. Ingrid Roth
kept reading and absorbing inspiration from
her articles about Frida Kahlo, with which
Rosa Stjärnhimmel - Stars in a Pink Sky
90 x 90 cm
she had papered her walls. She realised
that a sick-bed does not equal
incapacitation. She began to experiment
with water-colours but soon switched to
acrylic paint which harmonised better with
her innate feeling for colours. She found a
kindred spirit in Paul Klee whose multicoloured
facets became a source of inspiration
to her. She started experimenting
with larger surfaces of paint and gradually
found her own personal style. Her optimism,
the efforts of her doctors and the
gentle rehabilitation programme eventually
gave results and allowed Ingrid to leave
the sick-bed. She moved back to Jämtland
and in 1990 she enrolled on a course in
painting and graphic narrative art. She also
qualified as a therapist of expressive arts.
Today Ingrid Roth is a living example that
anything is possible, as long as you believe
in what you do. Her ability to enthuse
course participants, her expertise and her
unwavering commitment have lately been
noticed by schools and by representatives
for town and county councils who have
hired her again and again. Her artistry has
also been eulogised by critics as well as
by the public.
Ingrid Roth is a colourful naïvist who has
created ‘Trasmania’, a place and a people
who know nothing of hate or dissension.
In her art, colours and joy dominate. The