MARIA BJÖRKLUND
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Born in Lund, Sweden 1953

 

Education
Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm 1983-86, 1988-89
Slade School of Fine Arts, University College London 1986-88

 

Mixed shows
Royal Festival Hall, London 1987
The Royal Society of Painters, Etchers and Engravers – Open Print Exhibition 1988
Saga Gallery – Scandinavian Art, London 1988
Print Triennial, Gothenburg Art Hall 1989
Regional Art Museum of Uppland (Sweden) 1989
Falsterbo Art Hall 1994
Art Museum of Skåne (Malmö) 1994
Uppsala Art Museum (Sweden) 1996
”Waterways”: International Art Project, Germany and Ystad Art Museum 1998
Kabusa Art Hall (Ystad) 1999 and 2001
”Sarajevo-Österlen-Sarajevo”: Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004
Raschs Pakhus, Rønne (Bornholm) 2005
Exposition des Artistes du Comité National Monégasque (Monaco) 2008
Sandviken Art Hall (Sweden) 2010
Print Exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm 2010
ÖSKG: Ystad Art Museum 2011
”Post Scriptum: artists´ books”, Ystad Town Museum (Ystad) 2011
”Post Scriptum: artists´ books”, Malmö Art Hall 2011
”Grafik 2011”: prints, ÖSKG, Tjörnedala (Sweden) 2011
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg (Sweden) 2012
”Sweden-China”, Ebeling Museum, Eskilstuna (Sweden) 2012
”Sweden-China”, Konstforum, Norrköping (Sweden) 2013
”Scottish Project”, Printmakers Society (Grafiska sällskapet), Stockholm 2014
”Sweden-China”, Karlskoga Art Hall (Sweden) 2015
Grönbecks Hall, Hasle Bornholm 2017

 

One Man Shows
Town Hall, Falkenberg (Sweden) 1989
Gallery Westlund, Stockholm 1990
Gallery Holm, Malmö 1995
Gallery Knutpunkten, Ystad Art Museum 1995
ÖSKG, Tjörnedala (Sweden) 1999
Regional Art Museum, Kristianstad (Sweden) 2000
Ystad Town Museum 2002
Printmakers Society (Grafiska sällskapet), Stockholm 2002
Gallery Möller, Warnemünde (Germany) 2003
Tomelilla Art Hall (Sweden) 2004
Gallery Holm, Malmö 2005
Gallery Max, Ystad (Sweden) 2005
Gallery Möller, Warnemünde (Germany) 2006
Konstforum, Norrköping (Sweden) 2006
Sesam Art Society, Lund (Sweden) 2008
Gallery Rugerup 182, Hallaröd (Sweden) 2008
Gallery Holm, Malmö 2010
Konstforum, Norrköping (Sweden) 2011
Falsterbo Art Hall (Sweden) 2013
Gallery Estetica, Malmö 2015
Gallery Möller, Warnemünde (Germany) 2015
Tjörnedala Art Hall: Ottoman reflections 2016
Tomarps Kungsgård, helsingborg (Sweden) 2016
Gallerie Möller, Warnemunde Germany 2023

Tomelilla Arthall, 2023

 

Scholarships
J.L. Ekelund´s Handicrafts Fund 1987
Helge Ax:son Johnson´s Scholarship, in London 1986
In Memoriam Anna Lisa Thompson´s Fund 1989
Axel Hirsch´s Scholarship 1989
Swedish Arts Council 1992 and 1996
Art Council of Skåne 1995
The Henry Mayne Memorial Fund 1999
Swedish Art Academy 2002
Längmanska: Cultural Fund For Studies, in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004
San Michele Foundation, Capri (Italy) 2006 and 2008
IASPIS (Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual Artists), in Monaco 2008
Helge Ax:son Johnson´s Scholarship, in Scotland (Inverness) 2011

 

Represented
Swedish National Museum, Stockholm
Swedish Arts Council, Stockholm
Printmakers Society, Stockholm
Malmöhus Regional Council, Malmö
Gävle County Council (Sweden)
Kristianstad County Council (Sweden)
Church of Bolshög (Sweden)

 

CONTACT
address: Vilbovägen 10, S – 27173 Köpingebro (Sweden)
email: mariabjorklund@msn.com