"Landskap 7"
Signed Andreas Eriksson and dated 2012 verso. Oil on canvas 75 x 65 cm.
Galleri Riis, Stockholm.
Private Collection, Stockholm.
Galleri Riis, Stockholm, "Andreas Eriksson, Landskap (till Kjarval), 14 February - 27 March 2013.
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, "Andreas Eriksson", 29 January - 23 March 2014.
Trondheim Kunstmuseum, "Andreas Eriksson, Roundabouts", 5 April - 8 June 2014.
Pasquart, Kunsthaus Biel, Schweiz, "Andreas Eriksson", 6 July - 17 August 2014.
Reykjavík Art Museum, "Andreas Eriksson: Roundabouts", 27 September 2014 - 4 January 2015.
Andreas Eriksson is a Swedish artist, born in 1975 in Lidköping. Eriksson studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm between 1993 and 1998, and works with various techniques in his artistic practice, including painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, and graphics.
A recurring theme in Andreas Eriksson's works is the presence of nature; the light over meadows, forests, and mountains is shaped into structures, blocks of color, and organic formations. Often, a motif emerges that can be interpreted as landscapes, shifting between figurative and abstract spatialities. However, Eriksson suggests that the rich and almost sculptural works can just as easily be seen as something other than interpretations of nature; as internal, diffuse landscapes where the viewer can linger.
After a period of work in Berlin, Andreas Eriksson now resides in Medelplana on Kinnekulle in Västergötland. In 2011, he represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale with Fia Backström. Eriksson is also represented at institutions such as the Gothenburg Museum of Art, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Nasher and David J. Haemseigger Collection of Contemporary Art in the USA, the Sara Hilden Art Museum in Finland, and the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. He became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 2014.