Peder Skrams Gade 13 DK-1054 Copenhagen K +45 33 13 01 23 www.specta.dk specta@specta.dk DAVID SVENSSON (SE, 1973), born in 1973 in Sweden, lives and works in Malmø. often works with readymades, and often with light as a main theme - how light has an influence on a material, constellations of lightsources etc. In his new series of works uses velvet as his media to further his work with light. Using his fingers to gently comb the fabric s hair in different directions, a motif occurs, purely as a result of light meeting the different sides of the fabric. The motifs are extracted from Italian Rennaisance paitings. The result is a series of elegant and airy paintings, with frames painted by the artist. has done many public commissions in Sweden, one in Auckland in New Zealand. He is represented in several museums and public collections. SPECTA has represented since 2005.
Resurrezione di Lazzaro (Giotto), 2016 105x67 cm velvet (framed) ed 2 + 1 ap
Ritrovamento e Verifica della Vera Croce (Piero della Francesca), 2016 105 x 70,5 cm velvet (framed) ed 2 + 1 ap
Trasfigurazione (Fra Angelico), 2016 98 x 80 cm velvet (framed) ed 2 + 1 ap
www.specta.dk specta@specta.dk Crocifissione con la Vergine e San Pietro da Verona, 2015 Velvet (framed) 105 x 70,5 cm Ed. 2 + 1 ap
www.specta.dk specta@specta.dk Profeta (Piero della Francesca), 2015 Velvet (framed) 105 x 67 cm Ed. 2 + 1 ap
www.specta.dk specta@specta.dk Madonna della Misericodia (Piero della Francesca), 2015 Velvet (framed) 105 x 74,5 cm Ed. 2 + 1 ap
Cristo Deriso (Fra Angelico), 2015 Velvet (framed) 84 x 94 cm Ed. 2 + 1 ap
Santi Girolamo e Giovanni Battista (Masaccio), 2015 velvet - framed 84x94 cm ed. 2 + 1 AP
www.specta.dk specta@specta.dk San Francesco dona il mantello a un povero (Giotto), 2015 Velvet (framed) 105 x 71,5 cm Ed. 2 + 1 ap
www.specta.dk specta@specta.dk Il sogno di Gioacchino (Giotto), 2015 Velvet (framed) 98 x 81,5 cm Ed. 2 + 1 ap
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Motifs in s works Crocifissione con la Vergine e San Pietro da Verona (Fra Angelica), 2015 San Francesco dona il mantello a un povero (Giotto), 2015 Profeta (Piero della Francesca), 2015 Il sogno di Gioacchino (Giotto), 2015 Madonna della Misericodia (Piero della Francesca), 2015
Ritrovamento e Verifica della Vera Croce (Piero della Francesca), 2016 Resurrezione di Lazzaro (Giotto), 2016 Trasfigurazione (Fra Angelico), 2016 Santi Girolamo e Giovanni Battista (Masaccio), 2015 Cristo Deriso (Fra Angelico), 2015
CV DAVID SVENSSON born in Skillingaryd, Sweden, 1973 lives and works in Malmö, Sweden Education 1998-2000 Master of Fine Arts, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden 1997-1998 The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden 1995-1997 Oslo Art Academy, Oslo, Norway 1993-1995 HDK (Academy for Design and Crafts), Graphic Design, Gothenburg Solo Exhibitions 2015 Nirox Foundation, Johannesburg, South Africa 2014 Starkwhite, Auckland, New Zealand 2013 Old world Rise Again, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark The Waste Land, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden Trelleborgs Museum, Sweden 2011 For Ever, Vandalorum, Värnamo, Sweden Hotel Diplomat, dep.art.ment, Stockholm 2010 Mot mitten och försvinnadet, Galleri Magnus Åklundh*, Malmö, Sweden Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden The Solo Project, Basel, Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö Sweden* Havanna, Market at large, Konstakademien, Stockholm 2009... - - -..., Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark... - - -..., Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm, Sweden 2008 Havanna, Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö, Sweden* Havanna, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden 2007 Havanna, The 1st at Moderna, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden Light Site, Växjö Konsthall, Sweden 2006 Light Space, I Space, Chicago, USA* Space Light, Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign, USA* Kristianstad Konsthall, Sweden Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö, Sweden Jönköpings läns museum, Sweden 2005 livingroom D lyx in NYC, New York, USA Länsmuseet Halmstad, Sweden Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm, Sweden 2004 Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden Illuminators, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö;, Sweden* 2003 Roger Björkholmen Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden 2002 Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö, Sweden
CV DAVID SVENSSON 2001 Index project, Stockholm, Sweden 2000 Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm, Norway Peep, galleri för Konsthögskolan i Malmö, Sweden 1999 Signal, Malmö, Sweden 1997 Galleri 60, Umeå, Sweden Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway Selected Group Exhibitions 2015 Den Monokroma Symfonin, Artipelag, Stockholm CHART art fair, Copenhagen (represented by Specta) Market Art Fair, Stockholm (represented by Specta) Current, Specta, Copenhagen 2014 Imagine Art in Nature the Wanås Foundation at House of Sweden, Washington, USA Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö Smålands Konstarkiv, Vandalorum, Värnamo, Sweden 2013 Curitiba Biennial, Curitiba, Brazil Works on Paper, i8 gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland Skriva med ljus, Krognoshuset Lund, Sweden 2012 Platsens Själ, Artipelag, Värmdö, Stockholm En subjektiv historia, 1966-2011, Galerie Aronowitsch, Konstakademien, Stockholm Park 12, Museiparken, Värmlands Museum Worlds Apart, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden On Site, Pakhuset, Nykøbing, Denmark 2011 Overlap, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark* Roomservice, Gammelgaard, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark 2010 Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany Momentum Design, Momentum Kunsthall, Moss, Norway 2009 To die for, Très Bien Shop, Malmö Deformities of Speed, Sophienholm, Denmark Trafo, Asker, Norway, with Carlsson and Elgin 2008 no no no no no no no no no no no no there s no limit, Signal Malmö The Real Thing - Nyförvarv till samlingen, Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden Different Rooms, Kristinehamns konstmuseum, Sweden Blown Away, Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign, USA* Phenomena, Pori Art Museum, Finland* SWAB Art Fair, Barcelona, Galleri Specta 2007 Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö, Sweden Transitions, Galerie Aronowitsch, Stockholm, Sweden Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark Bra Konst, Vikingsbergs Konsthall, Helsingborg, Sweden* Garagekonst, P-huset Anna, Malmö, Sweden 2006 Diorama, Coleman Projects, London, England Me Myself and I, Passagen, Linköpings Konsthall, Sweden* 2005 Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark* Luleå Summer Biennial, Luleå, Sweden* Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark Scope New York, Lisa Kirk projects, New York, USA Box 2.0 Arkitektur/Konst, Copenhagen, Denmark*
CV DAVID SVENSSON 2004 Kabusa Konsthall, Sweden Illuminators shown at the release of Svensk konst nu, Sturehof, Stockholm, Sweden towards - a room with views Lungomare Gallery, Bolzano, Italy Maleri? Galleri F15, Moss, Norway Attraktion-Samtidskonst i Skåne Sthlm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden Feel me Konstmuseet/Länsmuseet på Gotland, Visby, Sweden Midlanda Konsthall, Sundsvall, Sweden, Konstens hus, Luleå, Sweden 2003 Dunkers Kulturhus, Samlingen - samtidskonsten i fokus, Helsingborg, Sweden* Nya namn, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden* Galleri Magnus Åklundh, Malmö, Sweden 4 Svenskar / 4 Swedes, Wanås, Sweden* Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway, with Carlsson and Elgin Z, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany Carnegie Art Award, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark Victoria Miro Warehouse, London England Helsingfors stads Konstmuseum, Mejlans, Helsinki, Finland Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden 2002 Carnegie Art Award, Reykjavik Art Museum, Harbour House, Reykjavik, Iceland Kunstnerenes Hus, Oslo, Norge* Alibi, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark Artgenda, Hamburg, Germany Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway, with Carlsson and Elgin Flair, Christianssands Kunstforening, Kristiansand, Norway 2001 Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden, with Carlsson and Elgin Surface, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden* Galleri F15, Moss, Norway, with Carlsson and Elgin 1999 Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden, with Lundstedt and Svensson Wanås, Sweden, Studenter från Sveriges fem konsthögskolor i parken Lägenhet, Malmö, Sweden, with Jeannin, Jordenö and Svensson 1998 Jönköpings läns museum, Jönköping, Sweden Drömmarnas Arkeologi, Gamletull, Halmstad, Sweden* Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, Sweden, with Jun Hua and Guillot * indicates catalogue Public Art Commissions 2014 Eyelight Lane, Fort Lane, Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland Council Nadazero, Echo, Rendezvous, Slussplan, Malmö, Sweden The Radiant Globe, Skandionkliniken, Uppsala, Sweden 2013 Återsken, Västerskolan, Trelleborg, Sweden Ljusdagrar, Akademiska sjukhuset, Psykiatrins hus, Uppsala, Sweden 2011 Rise and Fall, Kristianstad Arena, Sweden 2011 Sun Rise, Blue Sky, Pink Sky, Sun Set, Rättspsykiatri Västmanland, Sala, Sweden
CV DAVID SVENSSON 2010 Sammanstråla / Shine Together, Gustav Adolfs torg, Helsingborg, Sweden Milk and Honey, KORO, Kunst i offentlige rom, Oslo, Norge 2009 How to Plant a Tree, Årstasskolan, Stockholm konst, Sweden Anamorf, Munktellstaden, Eskilstuna, Sweden 2008 Sky Light Line, Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden 2007 Sun Set, Huddinge sjukhus, Stockholm, Sweden Finlandsparken, Stockholm, with Ulrika Sparre and Alexander Cederroth 2005 Light House, Light Box, Air Door, Observer, Conventum, Örebro, Sweden Represented at / Collections The Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand Krannert Art Museum, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA Malmö Konstmuseum Wanås Dunkers Kulturhus / Helsingborgs Konstmuseum Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca Carnegie Art Award Länsmuseet Halmstad Borås Konstmuseum Sundsvalls Konstmuseum Statens Konstråd Norsk Kulturråd Lunds Kommun Warmland läns landsting Jönköpings läns landsting Högskolan i Jönköping Grants, Awards and Residencies 2015 Nirox Foundation, Artist in residency, Johannesburg, South Africa 2008 The Edstrand Foundation Scholarship Winner Emil Bergs travel grant 2006 Artist-in-residence, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca Kostnadskrävande Projekt, Konstnärsnämnden Sveriges Bildkonstnärsfond Längmanska Kulturfonden 2005 Lengertz Art Award 2003 Region Skånes Kulturstipendium Jönköpings Läns Kulturstipendium 2002 Carnegie Art Award, winner of the Scholarship Nifca, Artist in residency, Qaqortoq Greenland Kerstin och Sven Lundhs stipendium Aase & Richard Björklunds donationsfond Sveriges Bildkonstnärsfond, Konstnärsnämnden, 2-year working grant Billedkunstnerenes Vederlagsfond 2001 Malmö stads kulturstipendium 2000 Birgit Rausings avgångsstipendium