Katarina Andersson

Near the Distant – is the title of one of Katarina Andersson’s abstract paintings. Paradoxically, this title can be seen as descriptive: it describes the feeling you get when you stand before her works, it describes the evasive presence, the relationship between viewer and canvas. The shifting colour fields sit next to one another, the meticulously-applied, sheer layers of egg tempera evoke an infinite space, although the paintings are completely flat and do not give any indication that the paint has any palpable materiality (...)
Katarina Andersson has worked consistently since the early 1990s on creating spatiality solely with colour; she has steadily reduced her style until every separate part is infused with meaning. This stringency is characteristic of her entire practice and imbues all her works with the same deliberate intention. When this concentration meets the absence of an exact motif, it engenders a dynamic and a power that is forever fascinating.

Excerpt from text by Martin Sundberg, 2020
Art historian and curator at Norrköpings Konstmuseum

Biography
 
Available Works
Strand, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
144 x 108 cm
Landskap, Valv - I, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
180 x 150 cm
Mark, 2023
144 x 108 cm
Row, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
156 x 180 cm
Strimman, 2019
Watercolour on paper
36 x 32 cm
Day-Night-Vault-III, 2020
Watercolour on paper
40 x 37 cm
Vault, 2020
Watercolour on paper
45 x 47 cm
Blicke, 2017-2019
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
144 x 108 cm
Stille, 2017-2019
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
144 x 108 cm
Piren (Nära det avlägsna)-I, 2012-2014
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
60,6 x 70 cm
Corpus, 2009-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
144 x 108 cm
Dagrar, 2009-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
179 x 149 cm
Lament, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
180 x 150 cm
Fall, 2009-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
179 x 149 cm
Port, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
179 x 149 cm
Oro, 2018
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
24 x 20 cm
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Archive

Landskap, Valv - II, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
180 x 150 cm
Valv, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
81 x 72 cm
Warp, Weft - II, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
36 x 40 cm
Warp, Weft - I, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
36 x 40 cm
Sign, 2023
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
54 x 54 cm
Skede II, 2018-2019
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
24 x 20 cm
Färd I, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
42 x 35 cm
Fuge, 2018-2019
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
144 x 108 cm
Kiasm, 2009-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
144 x 108 cm
Moment, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
36 x 40 cm
Skifte, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
36 x 40 cm
Fält, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
144 x 08 cm
Flygt, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
42 x 35 cm
Nära det avlägsna, 2012-2014
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
Collection Norrköpings Konstmuseum
156 x 180 cm
Färd II, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
42 x 35 cm
Traveller, 2007-2011
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
72 x 72 cm
Dröm, 2013-2014
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
24 x 20 cm
Rop, 2012-2014
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
72 x 60 cm
Piren (Nära det avlägsna) II, 2012-2014
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
Collection Malmö Konstmuseum
60,5 x 70 cm
Pir/Pier II, 2012-2014
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
60,5 x 70 cm
Pir/Pier III, 2012-2014
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
Collection Norrköpings Konstmuseum
60,5 x 70 cm
Fallen, 2018
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
Collection Public Art Agency
48 x 40 cm
Skede, 2018
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
Collection Public Art Agency
24 x 20 cm
Veil, 2018
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
24 x 20 cm
Kamrar I, 2017-2019
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
54 x 62 cm
Kamrar II, 2017-2019
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
54 x 62 cm
Kamrar III, 2017-2019
Egg oil tempera on linen canvas
54 x 62 cm
Installation view Norrköpings Konstmuseum, 2019
Installation view Norrköpings Konstmuseum, 2019
Installation view, Galleri Magnus Åklundh, 2011
Installation view, Galleri Magnus Åklundh, 2011
Upcoming Exhibitions
Previous Exhibitions
A Winter's Tale
2023.11.25–2024.01.27
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Row
2023.10.07–2023.11.18
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Gallery Weekend Stockholm
2023.11.10–2023.11.12
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Colors of Grey - group exhibition
2021.05.08–2021.06.17
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Katarina Andersson

Born 1960, Lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden

Education

1989-1991 Royal College of Art, MA, London, UK
1986-1989 Konsthögskolan Valand, Gothenburg, Sweden
1984-1986 Konstindustriskolan, Gothenburg, Sweden
1983-1986 Nyckelviksskolan, Lidingö, Sweden

Solo Exhibitions

2023 - Row, Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2020 - Fuge, Galleri PS, Gothenburg, Sweden
2020 - Stille, Stene Projects Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2020 - Skede. Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping
2018 - Crossing. Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden
2017 - Skikt. Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö, Sweden
2016 - Skäl. Fullersta Gård, Huddinge,Sweden
2016 - Speglingar. Steneby Konsthall, Dals Långed
2014 - Någonstans. Ystad Konstmuseum, Ystad,Sweden, with Jenny Magnusson and Patrik Elgström
2014 - Nära det avlägsna. Vargårkra Gårrd, Hammenhög Sweden
2013 - Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö Sweden
2013 - Post Scriptum. Galleri PS, Gothenburg,Sweden, with Jenny Magnusson and Patrik Elgström
2011 - Dagrar. Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö Sweden
2008 - Södra Möre konstförening, Bergkvara,Sweden, with Ann Edholm, also participating Hasse Winberg
2005 - Galerie Schlegl, Zurich, Schweiz
2003 - Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, USA
2002 - Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö Sweden
2000 - Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Lund; Sweden
2000 - Galerie Schlegl. Nicole Schlegl, Zurich, Schweiz
1999 - Phase to Phase. Ystad Konstmuseum, Ystad, Sweden
1999 - Phase to Phase. Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
1999 - Phase to Phase. Göteborgs Konstförening, Gothenburg, Sweden
1996 - Incitament. Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg Sweden
1994 - Galleri Svenska Bilder, Stockholm, with Hasse Winberg, Sweden
1994 - Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden
1993 - Ars Nova Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden
1991 - Ars Nova Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden

Group Exhibitions

2023-2024 - A Winter's Tale, Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm. Sweden
2021 - Towards another world. Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg
2021 - Colors of Grey. Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 - Fluid time. Elastic Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 - The Great Longing. Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden
2013 - Välj din favorit. Malmö Konstmuseum@Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
2012 - Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö Sweden
2006 - Galerie Schlegl, Zurich, Schweiz
2006 - Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, USA
2004 - Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
2002 - Stenastipendiet, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
2001 - Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö Sweden
2000 - Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, USA
2000 - Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö Sweden
2000 - Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Tyskland
1999 - Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart, Tyskland
1998 - Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 - Galerie Istvan Schlegl, Zurich, Schweiz
1997 - Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart. Tyskland
1997 - Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö, Sweden
1996 - Ystad Konstmuseum, Ystad, Sweden
1995 - Ars Nova Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden
1994 - Ars Nova Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden
1992 - Ars Nova Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden
1991 - Ars Nova Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden

Collections

Public Art Agency Sweden
Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden
Helsingborg Museum of Art, Sweden
Malmö Museum of Art, Sweden
Norrköpings Konstmuseum Sweden
Arithmeum, Universität Bonn, Germany
Skåne läns landsting/Region Skåne, Sweden
Region Västra Götaland
City of Gothenburg

Grants

Aguéli Foundation Award, 2023
Tore A Jonasson Foundation Award, 2022
The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Axel Theofron Sandberg's Aquarelle Award 2022
The Sten A Olsson Foundation Culture Award 2001

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