Anette Björk Swensson, born 1956 in Falun, currently resides in Stockholm. She is educated at the Art Students League in New York. Her art is multifaceted, she works with a refined interface between abstraction and the imagination; it is very much about lines and angles. Savvy, Anette relies on the geometric game in stairwells, facades, courtyards and gates and their encounters with the surrounding nature. With the light as a driving energy generator in a well-controlled painting.
She is also inspired by her daily travel in landscapes outside the city center, where the colour and contrast in the lights and shadows in the landscape plays a vital role in her paintings.
About her art Anette Björk Swensson says:
"THE MOMENT BEFORE THE NEXT MOMENT"
“With my paintings I try to convey the feeling of expectation that every moment can give. That maybe, maybe something happens that changes the outcome? Or, so only a still moment appears, and eventually give another still moment?
I often paint the familiar, the everyday that I have around me. For me, it is not the big events that create excitement in my life, instead every day is an opportunity to create something exciting. I just have to pay attention to every moment and give myself time to discover the excitement that exists in everyday life. It can be a line, a light inlet that creates patterns or a beautiful color that stands out, yes, really anything that arouses my curiosity and excitement."
Studies
Art Student League, New York 1981-83
Single Exhibitions
Galleri Allemans Katt, Stockholm -80
Galleri 80, Linköping -81
Swedish Church, New York -82
Galleri Linné, Uppsala -86, -88
Gröna Paletten, Stockholm -85, -92, -95, -98
Galleri Överkikaren -02, -05, -08, -12
Galleri Odvald, Gotland -07
Galleri Helle Knudsen, Stockholm -16
Galleri Helle Knuden, Stockholm -17
Agardh & Tornvall, Stockholm -18
Galleri Blå, Linköping -19
Agardh&Tornvall, Stockholm -20
Gallery Bergman Karlstad -21
Gallery Jäger&Janson Lund -22
Gallery 28 Kalmar -22
Groupie Exhibitions
Galleri Allemans Katt, Stockholm -80
International Art Expo, Stockholm -81
Marie Pellicone Gallery, New York -82
The Loft Gallery, New York -82
Xavier Gallery, New York -82
Art Student League, New York -83
Galleri Linné, Uppsala -85, -87
Mertz Contemporary Art, London -91
Vår i Västerort, Stockholm -93
Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Stockholm -99
Karby Gård -08
Galleri Leger, Malmö -17
Galleri Backlund, Göteborg -17
Krapperups Konsthall, Nyhamnsläge -19
Liljevalchs springexhibition - 22
