Marie Dahlstrand (f. 1973) live and work in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dahlstrand holds a MFA from Akademi Valand, Gothenburg (1998). Recent solo exhibitions include Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark, Skövde kulturhus and Passagen, Linköpings Konsthall (2021). Recent group shows include Galerie Slika (2021), Lyon, Tripp Gallery, London and Raum Vollreinigung, Berlin. During 2021 she installed Rainbow Ride, Twist and Turn a public work for Storvreta idrottshall, Commissioned by Uppsala kommun.
For Dahlstrand, painting is a language. The material itself, the color, the texture, are enough to explore and express the world of physical sensations, emotional expression, and visual perceptions. Her work is abstract at its core, but the figurative element is always present, and often coming from the surrounding natural world, emerging and fading within layered abstract compositions. In her paintings Dahlstrand strives to make these opposites, the abstract and the figurative, coexist in a new context, where a narrative can be found between contours lines, color contrasts, and organic structures. The work invites the viewers to look closely and experience both the exterior as well as the interior space of the picture.
Website: www.mariedahlstrand.com
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Selected Works
Marie Dahlstrand
Born 1973 in Lidköping. Lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Education
1993-98 Valand School of Fine Arts, University of Gothenburg
1991-93 Falkenberg Art School
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Off the cuff. Galleri NB, Viborg, Denmark.
2015 The Endless Coloured Ways. Galleri Tegel, Jönköping
2015 Galleri Palm, Falsterbo
2015 Myrstigar och motorvägar. Nationalgalleriet, Stockholm
2013 In Between Days. Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2013 Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
2012 Skövde kulturhus
2011 Noise/Echoes/Memories. Galleri KG52, Stockholm
2009 Geographic Patterns. Galleri Palm, Falsterbo
2008 SpamMaps. Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2007 Galleri Kaz, Västerås
2006 Lidköpings konsthall, Lidköping
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 Little Gothenburg. Raum Vollreinigung, Berlin
2017 A LOT A LOT. Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2016 Vårutställning. Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2015 Galleri Eva Solin, Stockholm
2015 Konvergenser #1. Nevven, Gothenburg
2014 Dear Bedfellows, Dear Painting. Fullersta Gård, Huddinge
2013 NP33, Norrköping
2011 Galleri Palm, Ängavallen
2011 Art Amsterdam with Galleri Thomassen
2011 Night of 1000 Drawings. Gothenburg
2011 Offentlig konst, Konstfrämjandet Bergslagen, Örebro
2010 Art Copenhagen with Galleri Thomassen
2010 PICNIC. Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2009 Art Copenhagen with Galleri Thomassen
2009 Vårsalongen. Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm
2009 Galleri Helle Knudsen, Stockholm
2006 All In. Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2006 Stockholm Art Fair with Candyland
2005 Vardande. Candyland, Stockholm
1998 Anna-Lisa Thomsonstipendiater. Uppsala konstmuseum
Public Commissions
2017 Pieces of Sky/Pieces of Time. Tunnel in Angered, Gothenburg. Commissioned by Trafikkontoret.
2016 Distant Dream. Elsa Brändströms skola, Linköping
2014 Puzzle. Förskolan Krumeluren, Göteborg. Commissioned by Lokalförvaltningen, Göteborg
2012 Growing. Kungsladugårdsskolan, Gothenburg. Commissioned by Per och Alma Olssons grundskolefond.
2012 Stories/Berättelser. Trädgårdsstadens förskola. Commissioned by the City of Skövde.
2011 Shine/You Glow. Sjumilahallen, Gothenburg. Commissioned by the City of Gothenburg.
2010 Land of Dawn. Lindesberg Arena. Commissioned by The National Public Art Council Sweden and the City of Lindesberg.
Represented
Statens konstråd/The National Public Art Council Sweden
Linköpings kommun
Västerås konstmuseum
Göteborgs kulturnämnd
Värmdö kommun
Lidköpings kommun
Lindesbergs kommun
Skövde kommun
Hallands läns landsting
Västra Götalands läns landsting
Varbergs kommun
Per och Alma Olssons fond
Norrköpings kommun
Tibro kommun
SAK – Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening
Grants
Familjen Wikanders stiftelse
Konstnärsnämndens arbetsstipendium
Elice Erlandssons stipendium, Konstakademien
Sääfs resestipendium, Konstakademien
Göteborg Stads Kulturstipendium
BUS – Bild och Upphovsrätt Sverige
Erik Erikssons stiftelse
Helge Ax:on Johnsons resestipendium, New York
Carl Larsson stipendium
Anna-Lisa Thomsens stipendium för unga kvinnliga konstnärer
Adlerbertska stipendiet