Dan Backman
I paint because I have to: because I have always done so and to realize images that appear in the brain. The pictures tell me which technique to use (oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, collage). There is a recurring theme - one hooks into the other - but the paintings take their own winding art-historically referring paths, both in content and form as well as in size. They represent nothing, examine nothing and can be abstract as well as figurative. They are what they are and it becomes what it becomes. That, to me, is the very point of image creation.
Education
- 1973-1974, Gerlesborgsskolan Stockholm, Stockholm
- 1974-1975, Birkagården, Stockholm
- 1975-1977, Kungliga konsthögskolan i Stockholm, Stockholm
- 1978-1979, Valand, Göteborg
Exhibitions
- 2019/2020/2021, Galleri Eva Solin, Stockholm, (grupputställning)
- 2019, Galleri Krämersgård, Falkenberg, (grupputställning)
- 2012, Galleri Cloudy Bay, Stockholm
- 2007, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, (grupputställning, "Tänd mörkret", också visad på Millesgården, Växjö Konsthall, Ystads Konstmuseum, Gävle Konstcentrum, Jämtlands Länsmuseum, Konsthallen Luleå)
- 1998, Tomelilla Konsthall, Tomelilla, (med Ingela Håkansson Lamm)
- 1993, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, (grupputställning, "90-talets nyförvärv")
- 1992, Galleri Kretsen, Södertälje, (med Johan Fowelin)
- 1990, Galerie Ann Westin, Stockholm
- 1990, Galleri Offside, Stockholm
- 1988, Galleri Rocade, Stockholm, (grupputställning)
- 1986, Stockholm Mobile, Stockholm
- 1986, Stockholm Mobile, Stockholm, (grupputställning)
- 1986, Galleri Händer, Stockholm, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1985, Södertälje konsthall, Södertälje, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1984, Bildgalleriet Varberg, Varberg, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1984, Galleri Händer, Stockholm
- 1983, Galleri 54, Göteborg, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1982, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1981, Galleri Händer, Stockholm, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1980, Uddevalla Konsthall, Uddevalla, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1980, Konsthallen Lysekil, Lysekil, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1980, Maneten, Göteborg, (med Maria Wahlström)
- 1979, Galleri Kretsen, Södertälje, (med Maria Wahlström)
Represented
- Statens Konstråd,
- Göteborgs Landsting,
- Södertälje Kommun,
- Norrköpings Konstmuseum,
- Moderna Museet,
- Region Dalarna ,
- Region Västra Götaland,
Other
Also active as an illustrator, photographer, filmmaker, musician, author, art and music critic, cultural journalist, curator & podcaster.