Andreas Eriksson

Andreas Eriksson was born in Björsäter, Sweden, 1975. Eriksson’s interest in art emerged after visiting the Munch Museum in Oslo with his mother. After graduating from Royal College of Arts, Stockholm in 1998, he moved to Berlin, Germany. There, he interacted with many artists and worked diligently, but returned to Sweden to convalesce after he became ill with a syndrome called electromagnetic hyper-sensitivity. He started living on the Mt. Kinnekulle, near Medelplana, Southern Sweden and continues to live there. After his first solo exhibition in Stockholm in 2001, Eriksson had numerous exhibitions in prestigious art institutions such as Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm; Reykjavik Art Museum, Rykjavik; Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok), Vienna; Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway. In 2011, Eriksson represented the Nordic Pavilion at the 54 th Venice Biennale. He also participated in multiple group exhibitions at institutions including Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design; Oslo, etc. Andreas Eriksson received the Baloise Art Prize (Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland) in 2007, and Sten A Olssons Kulturstipendium (Konstnären) (Sten A Olssons Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden) in 2015. His works are included in prominent collections internationally including Centre Pompidou (Paris), Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok) (Vienna), Göteborg Konstmuseum (Gothenburg, Sweden), etc.