“I’m not sure I have to define myself. I rather go on wondering and puzzling about things, for I find that very enjoyable.”
LIV I EN STEN – JONAS FALCKS ÅTERSKAPADE IAKTTAGELSER
Exhibiting my journey alongside the forgotten scientist Jonas Falck in Stockholm. In addition to drawings of mutated animals and extinct sea creatures, an inner dark room will display studies of stones found by the lake Kultsjön in northern Sweden. It was inside these stones that I found my explorer. The exhibition at TEGEN2 runs between May 8-30, 2020.
IUS INTER – A GROUP EXHIBITION
Nine of my bewinged friends are hanging out at Björkholmen Gallery in Stockholm. They are in great company, conversing with works by artists as Anders Widoff, Daniel Jensen, Dawid, Fabian Bergmark Näsman, Hans Isaksson, Jenny Källman, Lina Bjerneld, Lukas Göthman, Thomas Elovsson and Åke E:son Lindman. The gallery is open by appointment.
SOLO EXHIBITION IN UMEÅ, WITH MY IMAGINARY EXPLORER JONAS FALCK
In the exhibition you get to follow on a journey alongside the forgotten scientist Jonas Falck, a nature enthusiast active in the late 18th century. For six years, I have recreated his discoveries of mutated animals in Lappland, extinct sea creatures on Fårö and bone-filled mushrooms at Norra Kvarken. Opening on January 10th 2020, noon-2 PM at Galleri Alva in Umeå, Sweden. The exhibition runs until February 4th.
TWO ART-ESSAYS PUBLISHED IN THE MAGAZINE TIDNINGEN KULTUREN
Contributed with two essays in two different issues of the Swedish magazine Tidningen Kulturen. One essay reflects over my relationship to transgressions, loneliness, death and icons. The other essay descries the desire to be totally absorbed in details. It’s an essay about my own artistic work where my source material is my grandfather’s art historical archive. It tells about the things we just need to do, even if the reason to why is almost impossible to describe.
JONAS FALCK REVEALS NEW FUNGAL DISCOVERIES IN NORRA KVARKEN
During the summer I will travel with Jonas Falck – a misunderstood explorer from the late 18th century – to Norra Kvarken in Västerbotten. The mysteries of Norra Kvarken are still partly hidden, but when shell fragments of mushrooms rise to the surface, it is clear that something is to be discovered. New interesting encounters and theories are expected! The solo-show at Konsthall Norra Kvarken runs between July 13 and September 1, 2019. Grand opening Saturday 12.00-4.00 PM. Art talk between the artist and cultural editor Sara Meidell at 1 PM. Music with Fanny Källström och Sammy Schroderus between 3-4 PM. Opening festivities continues in the evening with dinner at 7 PM.
“MISSFÄRGADE GLASRUTOR” SOLO SHOW AT KRAMFORS KONSTHALL
In the exhibition “Missfärgade glasrutor” (stained glass windows), I will show an ongoing work in which I dig into the legacy after my art-interested grandfather: a slide archive of about 25,000 images depicting Western art and architecture. I paint water colors to scale, depicting the slide itself, where the frame, the label with handwritten text, dust, fingerprints and moisture damage constitute the core. Opening on March 16 at 12.00. The exhibition runs until April 9.
SEMINAR AT CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
I will participate in Chalmers AHA-festival on November 19. In a seminar with the title “From Cave Art to Smartphones” I will present my current art project based on an art-historical slide archive of nearly 30,000 images. The archive is a legacy of my grandfather. During the presentation, I will focus on cave paintings in box 1, “Iceage”. The seminar will be between 13.00-17.oo in Seminar RunAn.
PART OF THE GROUP SHOW “HUB 2.0”
I will participate in the “HUB 2.0” at Konstnärshuset in Stockholm with an opening on October 6th. The exhibition is part of the project ”Konsten att Delta: Bild&Form”. “Konsten att Delta” creates opportunities for artists of different backgrounds to connect and access new networks. The project aims partly at facilitating foreign-born visual artists (new arrivals and those who have been for a long time in the country) to enter and become part of the Swedish image and form industry and to allow the regional cultural life to be part of intercultural, international networks, also to highlight the visual artists that are rarely noted. It is structured as a ”mentorship program”. The exhibition run between October 6-November 1, 2018.
“NATURALIER” – A TWO-PERSON SHOW AT VÄNERSBORGS KONSTHALL
With an opening on October 5th I will participate in a two-person exhibition with artist Helena Piippo Larsson. As a starting point we have collected natural specimens – such as fossils, rocks, branches and pine cones. In Helena Piippo Larsson’s hands the often-overlooked components become thoroughly investigated and expanded. Through her drawings and bronze casts, the complexity of the small details is soon allowed to take over. Me, on the other hand, proceeds from fossils, stones and animal bones as I stretch the concept of truth. In the fictional character Jonas Falck – a misunderstood explorer from the late 18th century – I draw and sculpt a world inhabited by mutated animals and extinct sea creatures. “Naturalier” runs until November 17th.
EXHIBITING THE WORK AROUND JONAS FACK AT A GALLERY IN SOLNA, SWEDEN
Jonas Falck – a misunderstood explorer from the late 18th century – moves into a gallery inside a home for seniors in Solna, Sweden. New interesting encounters and theories are expected! The solo-show at BergaGalleriet runs between August 10 and September 12, 2018. Grand opening Friday 2.30-3.3o PM.
