Nationality Swedish | Name Tom Cullberg | |
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Born 1972 Stockholm, Sweden Known for Abstract Painting, painting, drawing Education Michaelis School of Fine Art | ||
Tom Cullberg Finding New Life in an Old Form 2018
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.
Contents
- Tom Cullberg Finding New Life in an Old Form 2018
- Biography
- Recent Activity
- Solo Exhibitions
- Selected Group Exhibitions
- Reception
- References
Biography
Cullberg studied towards his BA(FA) at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, graduating in 1997. 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 City (2012), the Joburg Art Fair in Johannesburg (2011), Stevenson in Cape Town (2009), the Goodman Gallery in Cape Town, 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 and a March 2013 solo exhibition of new paintings at Candyland, Stockholm. His works were also exhibited in a solo booth at the 2013 installment of the Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK).
Solo Exhibitions
Selected Group Exhibitions
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". 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". Cullberg's work has been described as being highly intellectual but lovely, "incorporating both experience and intellect". His abstract works have also been described as having "perfectly placed lines amongst the chaos of the darker splashes of colour".