Alva Le Febvre

Alva Le Febvre (b. 1999, SE/FR) explores feminine stereotypes through photography and assemblage. Her work deals with attributes considered feminine, childhood perception and transitional objects. Rooted in still life and staged arrangements, her practice focuses on how everyday objects carry emotional, aesthetic, and gendered meanings - and how those meanings change over time.

 

In the analogue darkroom, Le Febvre hand-prints her photographs using both black-and-white and color processes. By incorporating physical materials directly onto light-sensitive surfaces, she allows unpredictability to shape the outcome. Her approach to image-making is inherently sculptural, resulting in singular prints that stand in tactile opposition to the digital stream.

 

Le Febvre's recent work centers on the looking object - eyes found in toys, cartoons, and advertising. Oversized and "hyper-cute," these features are often designed to project affection, softness, and innocence. In the darkroom, Le Febvre enlarges these eyes, isolating them until their forms grow increasingly abstract and the sweetness they project begins to slip.

 

Alva Le Febvre holds a BA in Photography from HDK-Valand in Gothenburg and is currently pursuing an MFA at Malmö Art Academy, Sweden. Her work has been exhibited at Richter Holtermann, Stockholm (2026), Bildband, Berlin (2026) and Isaak Fangel, Copenhagen (2025). She lives and works between Copenhagen and Malmö.