NIKLAS HOLMGREN b. 1974. Based in Stockholm. With his artistic origin in painting, Niklas Holmgren finished his MFA at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm in 2001. His painting which is characterized by hyperrealistic rendition alludes to years within film as a film director and scriptwriter. His evocative tableaus derive as a series of momentary fragments from everyday life, depicting inherent tensions of social interactions and hinting at the transient states of mind of ordinary people. As such, a painstaking approach with light and colour becomes a focal point in his practice, which sets out with the feat of unveiling what is generally concealed within.
Exhibitions:
Aspekter av en sommar / Aspects of a summer (Solo show, Flach Gallery, Stockholm) 2023
I promise to listen (Duo-show with Jwan Yosef, curated by Power Ekroth during the Venice Bienale at Studio Giardini, Venice) 2022
Mothers (Duo-show with Jwan Josef, curated by Power Ekroth, Bergsgatan 53, Stockholm Art Week, Stockholm) 2021
Glass tableware in still Life (Groupshow, Olle Nymans ateljé och konstnärshem, Stockholm) 2021
Photons: From the sky to the sea (Groupshow, Galeria e Bregdetit, Vlorë , Albania) 2020
The Family show (Groupshow, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm) 2019
Enskilda samtal (Group show, GELB, Stockholm) 2019
Stockholm Design Week (Group show, Layered, Stockholm) 2019
Interiör (Solo show, Domeij Gallery, Stockholm) 2018
Autumn Sweater (Group Show, Alma, Stockholm) 2017
Jättekul att se dig (Soloshow, AK28, Stockholm) 2008
Grants/Funding/Recidencies:
IASPIS Recidency Stockholm, Konstnärsnämnden (The Swedish Arts Grants Committee) 2020
2 year Grant, Konstnärsnämnden (The Swedish Arts Grants Committee) 2017
Swedish Film Institute 2004, 2006, 2008, 2014, 2015
Film Stockholm, (The regional resource centres for film and motion pictures) 2002, 2008
Film på Gotland (The regional resource centres for film and motion pictures) 2008
Film Västerbotten (The regional resource centres for film and motion pictures) 2008
Film i Väst (The regional resource centres for film and motion pictures) 2008
1 year Grant, Konstnarsnämnden (The Swedish Arts Grants Committee) 2002
Film-works (selection):
Introduktion till ett gruppboende (Silverosa Film) 2014
Labyrinth within (B-Reel) 2012
Främmande Land (Dolly Pictures) 2010
Jättekul att se dig (Silverosa Film) 2008
Ralph (Dolly Pictures) 2007
Som en tjuv om natten (Dolly Pictures) 2005
Mor och son (Hinden) 2002
Interiör (Kungliga konsthögskolan) 2001
Contact:
eva-lotta(a)galleriflach.com