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Tom Cullberg
Born1972
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
EducationMichaelis School of Fine Art
Known forAbstract Painting, painting, drawing

Tom Cullberg is an artist born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1972. He currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa and is represented by BRUNDYN + GONSALVES.[1]

Biography

Cullberg studied towards his BA(FA) at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, graduating in 1997.[2] He has been working prolifically ever since, with twelve solo exhibitions to his name as well as inclusion in many significant group exhibitions. His work has been shown both locally and internationally at galleries such as BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town (2012), SCOPE Art Show, New York (2012),[3] the Joburg Art Fair in Johannesburg (2011),[4] Stevenson in Cape Town (2009), the Goodman Gallery in Cape Town,[5] Magrorocca Galleria d'arte in Milan (2007) and Galleria Svenska Bilder in Stockholm (2003). His work is held in private, public and corporate collections including Swedish Parliament, Hollard, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Sasol, Spier, Nandos (UK) and the South African National Gallery.

Recent Activity

Most recently Cullberg has completed a three week residency at The Nordic Art Association, Stockholm [6] and a March 2013 solo exhibition of new paintings at Candyland, Stockholm.[7][8] His works were also exhibited in a solo booth at the 2013 installment of the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK).[9][10]

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2013 Tom Cullberg: New Paintings, Candyland, Stockholm
  • 2012 SCOPE New York, New York
  • 2012 Periphery, BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town
  • 2008 Small Moments, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
  • 2007 Tom Cullberg, Magrorocca, Milan, Italy
  • 2006 House, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
  • 2006 House, KZNSA, Durban
  • 2005 The Judge and other stories, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
  • 2004 There is so much to say, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
  • 2003 Galleri Svenska Bilder, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2002 Principles of Flight, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
  • 2000 In Between North and South, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town

Selected Group Exhibitions

  • 2013 Material/Representation, BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town
  • 2012 Contemporary mosaic works, Spier, Cape Town
  • 2011 FNB Joburg Art Fair, BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town
  • 2010 Open En, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town
  • 2009 Summer 2009/10: Projects, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
  • 2009 Sing Into My Mouth, What if the World, Cape Town
  • 2009 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
  • 2009 Printing Money, The South African Print Gallery, Cape Town
  • 2009 Big Wednesda’, What if the World, Cape Town
  • 2008 Warren Editions, Blank Projects, Cape Town
  • 2008 Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
  • 2006 New Paintin, curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg; KZNSA, Durban; UNISA Gallery, Pretoria; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
  • 1999 Sweden / South Africa Trade Expo, Gallagher Estate, Johannesburg
  • 1998 Dreams and Cloud, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden; Goteborgs Kunst Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 1998 Transposition Workshop Residency, Robben Island, hosted by South African National Gallery, Cape Town ; Moderna Museet, Sweden
  • 1997/8 The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale (with the Sluice Group), The South African National Gallery, Cape Town
  • 1996 Sluice: an Installation and Performance Event, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town


Reception

Dennis Mair notes in a Mail & Guardian review of Drive By/Ice (an exhibition of work by Tom Cullberg and Mandy Jandrell) that "Together the works contained in the art space resonate sweet visual melodies uncharacteristic of contemporary rebels. The uncomplicated aesthetic of the work as a whole is refreshing and correlates harmoniously in this hidden creative outpost, shining light in a previously darkened space".[11] Referring specifically to Cullberg's work, Mair further observed that "Multiple images caress one’s view in his work about quiet memories, clear feelings and simple senses that move beyond the medium of each lithograph". In a review for Artthrob, Natasha Norman suggests that "Cullberg’s Periphery works seem to visualise the very binary of figuration and abstraction itself. The works reveal a move towards that invisible border as a painted space unto itself".[12] Cullberg's work has been described as being highly intellectual but lovely, "incorporating both experience and intellect".[13] His abstract works have also been described as having "perfectly placed lines amongst the chaos of the darker splashes of colour".[14]

References

  1. ^ http://www.brundyngonsalves.com/artists/tom-cullberg/
  2. ^ http://www.tomcullberg.com/info/
  3. ^ http://issuu.com/scope_art_show/docs/scope_ny2012_catalog/61
  4. ^ http://www.brundyngonsalves.com/exhibitions/2011/fnb-joburg-art-fair/
  5. ^ http://www.goodman-gallery.com/exhibitions/192
  6. ^ http://www.nkf.se/post/45757559996/tom-cullberg-south-africa-resident-artist
  7. ^ http://www.konst-galleri.net/galleri/side/manads_bilder/--13/Mars/side/Tom%20Cullberg.htm
  8. ^ http://www.glimp.se/candyland/cl.htm
  9. ^ http://www.litnet.co.za/Article/kknk-kuns-2013-brundyn
  10. ^ http://hannalietaute.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/kknk-art-festival-2013/
  11. ^ http://mg.co.za/article/1996-11-22-lesson-one-manipulate-mainstream
  12. ^ http://www.artthrob.co.za/Reviews/2012/02/Natasha-Norman-reviews-Messages-in-the-painted-process-by-Tom-Cullberg-at-Brundyn-+-Gonsalves.aspx
  13. ^ http://secondhanging.wordpress.com/tag/brundyn-gonsalves/
  14. ^ http://www.artthrob.co.za/Reviews/2010/10/Sue-Williamson-reviews-Open-End-by-Various-Artists-at-Goodman-Gallery-Cape.aspx
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