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education

1998-99  Monumental techniqes, (mural and glass) Royal Institute of Art,

Stockholm, SWEDEN

1988-89  M.S. University , Faculty of Fine Arts, Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA,

1983-88 Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SWEDEN

1982-83  Birkagården, SWEDEN

solo exhibitions

2018 OPEN STUDIO, Kashi Art Gallery, Fort Kochi, Kerala, India

2017 AGUÉLI PRIZE WINNER 2017, Aguélimuseet, Sala, Sweden
2016 OPEN STUDIO, Foundation Obras, Portugal
2015 A SUN OF ONE'S OWN/En särskild sol, Aguélimuseet, Sala
2014 PAINTINGS, Hallsbergs Konsthall
2014 QUALIA, Palacio de Dom Manuel, Évora, Portugal
2013 THE MATTER OF SILENCE, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm

2012 TRANSIT, Lund Cathedral, Sweden

2011 OPEN STUDIO, Obras International Centre on Arts and Science, Portugal

2010  IN MEMORIAM Katarina kyrka,  Sthlm

2005  AVBILDER, Sörmlands museum

2005  AVBILDER, Sundsvalls museum

2004  AVBILDER, Bok- och bibliotek, Göteborg Book Fair

2004 AVBILDER, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

1999 EFTERBILDER, Galleri Olsson

1995 VARS TECKEN ÄR RÖK/WHOSE SIGN IS SMOKE, Galleri Olsson

1993  Botkyrka konsthall

1990  Gallery Krüll, Sthlm

selection of group exhibitions

2009  Konstnärshuset, Stockholm

1998  t.i.k.s. videoinstallation, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

1996 SHAKING PATTERNS W 139 Amsterdam

1996 NOW Royal Academy of Arts, Sthlm

1995  Fredrik Roos collection, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm

public commissions

2023 SÖS Hospital Stockholm
2021 Shortlisted for commission: interior for auditorium in Hallsberg (Länsgården)

2020 Hjortsbergskolan, Ljungby kommun
2016 Turebergskyrkan, Sollentuna
2015 Shortlisted for commission: new metro station (Stockholm Public Transport)
2009 Portrait, Sundsvall Municipality
1998 Shortlisted for commission: new metro station (Stockholm Public Transport)
1987 Vårstakyrkan
1984 Helsingborgs folkpark

selection of grants

Aguéli Prize

The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Art

Längmanska kulturfonden
Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse

collections

Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden

Region Stockholm

Public Art Agency Sweden

SAK

Sundsvalls museum

Sundsvalls kommun
Region Örebro Län

Region Uppsala
Aguélimuseet
Private collections

teaching

2020- Guest teacher Nyckelviksskolan

2014-2019 Visiting Senior lecturer at STDH, Stockholm

1995-2019 Senior lecturer at University College of  Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm

external advisor/curatorial projects

2003-2019  Art consultant, Church of Sweden

2004-2005 Member of Church of Sweden National Art Committee

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published writings

Det lysande tomrummet, (ed.) Bokförlaget Lejd, 2021

"Ett annat sätt att se", Vägar till inre verklighet, Bo Pehrsson, Lisbeth Gustafsson (ed.),The Mäster Eckhart Society 2016, 25-36
"Ett annorlunda rum", Tusen år till,  Verbum förlag, 2014
Erika Dahlén WORKS 2010-2013, (produced with support by the Längmanska Culture Foundation)
 Jorden vi ärvde – an anthology on climate, consumption and lifestyle (ed.) Ordfront förlag 2008

 

miscellaneous
2019 Artist-in-residence, The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Collemachia, Italy
2017 Artist-in-residence Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi, Kerala, India

2017 Residency grant Nebbeboda skola (the Municipality of Olofström and Harry Martinson Society)
2015-16 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee Artist Grant
2016 Project manager for the national refugee art project: Art, Culture and Integration.
https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/konst-kultur-och-integration
2016- Board member Konstnärshuset (The Artist's House), Stockholm: www.konstnarshuset.org
2012  Art project and exhibition Återskapat/Remake: on environment and consumption in collaboration with

Maria Saveland, Anna Selander and high school students at Åsö grundskola. Financed by Swedish Arts Council.
2011, 2013, 2016 Artist-in-residence, Obras International Centre on Art and Science, Portugal

 

2004- Lecturer on art and perception