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Mikael Nilsson
 
 
About the Artist

My main focus is on painting, but I have also exhibited photography, sculpture and installations. I received my Master of Fine Arts in 2005 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim, Norway, after having studied at various Art schools in Sweden and Norway. Currently I live and work in Stockholm.
In my work I try to create something new out of things I have experienced in my everyday life. Since our brain have a tendency to distort and “colour” memories by time, I try to find a more direct way of depicting something. By rearranging colours and shapes, photos and memories, I try to recreate what I have experienced.

 
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Night

2008
acrylic on canvas
65 x 85 cm

Day

2008
acrylic on canvas
60 x 85 cm

Dandelion

finished in 2007
spray-painted bronze sculpture for a roundabout in Trondheim
about 8 meters high

Dandelion
"Dandelion", 8 m high, spray-painted bronze sculpture for a roundabout in Trondheim, a collaboration project between the artists: Mikael Nilsson, Are blytt & Niklas Mulari. Finished and in place autumn 2007. The project was sponsored by Trondheim municipality and NTNU. Project co-ordinator was Claes Soderquist.

Silent night

2008
acrylic/oil on canvas
105 x 150 cm

Silent night

Holy night

2008
acrylic/oil on canvas
105 x 150

Holy night

Off to the mountains

2008
acrylic on canvas
100 x 100

Off to the mountains

Head out

2008
acrylic on canvas
100 x 100

Head out

Hemifran (From home)

2005
60 x 675 (acrylic on MDF) 65 m2 artificial grass

Hemifran (From home)
"Hemifran", painting-installation, acrylic and oil on MDF (60 x 675 cm) and 65 m2 artificial grass,

Before the storm

2009
acrylic on MDF
122 x 122

Before the storm

The great outdoors

2009
acrylic on canvas
75 x 110 cm

Lighthouse

2009
acrylic on canvas
42 x 60 cm

 
Education and biography
Education:

2005 - MFA, Kunstakademiet in Trondheim, Norway
2003 - BFA, Kunstakademiet in Trondheim, Norway
2002 - Exchange student at the Royal academy of fine arts in Stockholm, Sweden
2000 - Gerlesborgsskolan, Stockholm, third year, painting, Sweden
1999 - Konstskolan Idun Lovén, Stockholm, two years, painting, Sweden
1997 - Skovde konstskola, Sweden

Solo exhibitions:

2008 - Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm
2006 - Galleri S-G, Trondheim, Norway
2004 - Landskap, Galleri BLUNK, Trondheim, Norway

Group exhibitions:

2009 - KiC Nord Art 09, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2009 - V.art09, international artist-run exhibition, Varnamo
2009 - Mikael Nilsson, Asa Davidsson, Jeanette Karsten , Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm
2008 - X-large, Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm
2008 - Konstakademiens stipendiater, Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2008 - Art Fair, Sollentuna
2007 - Desemberutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2007 - X-Large, Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm
2006 - Smabildeutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2006 - Under samma himmel - symboler i konsten, Skaraborgssalongen, Konstmuseet, Skovde
2006 - Juniutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2005 - Studietidsretrospektiv, Münchensalen, Stockholm
2005 - TAKE OFF, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo
2005 - MFA exhibition, Trondheim Kunst Museum, Norway
2004 - Trondelagsutstillingen, touring exhibition; Trondheim/Steinkjer/Inderoy/Bjugn, Norway
2003 - UNION, BFA exhibition, Galleri KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2003 - Oyeblikk, Christianssands kunstforening, Kristiansand, Norway
2003 - Trondelagsutstillingen, touring exhibition; Trondheim/Steinkjer/Inderoy/Bjugn, Norway
2002 - Mikael, Michael och Henrik, Galleri KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2002 - Afternoon Tea, Studentersamfundet, Trondheim, Norway
2002 - Kopia eller original, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2001 - KiT litt ditt, happening in an empty store in downtown Trondheim, Norway
2000 - Vannkanten, Trondelag Senter For Samtidskunst, Trondheim, Norway
2000 - 10 3 ór, Galleri Oden, Stockholm

Commissions:

2007 "Dandelion" outdoor bronze sculpture for a roundabout in Trondheim, Norway

Scholarships:

2007 Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond, one-year scholarship
2004 Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond, one-year scholarship
2003 Nordplus scholarship for exchange students

Represented:

Stockholm County Council
Uppsala County Council
Federation of Swedish Farmers
Karolinska University Hospital

Press:

2006 Mattsson Leif, "Mikael Nilsson", www.omkonst.com
Harald Flor, "Melankoli og actionarena", Dagbladet
"Landskap", Adresseavisen
 
Future shows
2009 - "The great outdoors" solo show - painting, Galleri Ingela S, Stockholm 31/10
2010 - group exhibition at Billing Bild Galerie in Baar, Switzerland
 
Website:  www.mikaelnilsson.net
 
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