Artist Statement
Nygårds Karin Bengtsson (born in Mora, Sweden, 1972) works with staged photography. She has a background studying both theatre and documentary photography before entering art school; University of Art and Design (Aalto University), Helsinki, Finland, from where she holds a Master of Fine Arts (2003). Her work has been shown at Fotografiska (Photography Museum), Stockholm, Malmö Art Museum and Eskilstuna Art Museum, Sweden among many others. She lives and works in Höganäs, south of Sweden.
EDUCATION
2000 – 2003 MFA, University of Art and Design (Aalto University), Helsinki, Finland
1997 – 2000 BFA, University of Art and Design (Aalto University), Helsinki, Finland
1998 – 1999 Universität Essen (Folkwang Schule), Essen, Germany
1994 – 1996 Nordens Fotoskola, Biskops-Arnö, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
”Untold Stories”, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
Höganäs Museum och Konsthall, Höganäs, Sweden
2013
Konstforum Norrköping, Norrköping, Sweden
2012
Vargåkra gård Konsthall, Hammenhög, Sweden
2011
”Stories Already Told”, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
”Stories Already Told”, Alingsås Konsthall, Alingsås, Sweden
2010
”Three Rooms”, Gallery Ping Pong, Malmö, Sweden
2009
”A Room with a Viewer”, Mora kulturhus, Mora, Sweden
2008
”SAL 202”, wip:Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
”301 306”, Kunsthalle Helsinki – Studio, Helsinki, Finland
2006
“301 306”, Xposeptember 2006, Stockholm photo festival, Sweden
”301 306”, Gallery Ping Pong, Malmö, Sweden
2004
Gallery Hjärnstorm, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Taidehallin Klubi, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
2002
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
”Polyfoni 3”, Gallery Thomas Wallner, Simrishamn, Sweden
2014
”Polyfoni 2”, Gallery Thomas Wallner, Simrishamn, Sweden
2013
”Polyfoni”, Gallery Thomas Wallner, Simrishamn, Sweden
Biennale Internazionale Arte di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
2012
SAK:s vinstutställning, Sven-Harrys Art Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
”Hemmet”, Motala Konsthall, Motala, Sweden
2011
”Nyanser av realitet”, Värmlands Museum, Karlstad, Sweden
”Planket 2011 – Det osynliga/Das Unsichtbare”, Stockholm and Berlin
”Avesta Art 2011 – Sagolikt”, Verket, Avesta, Sweden
”Spår – Nyförvärv i museets samling av nordisk samtidskonst”, Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
2010
Supermarket Art Fair represented by CFF (Sweden), Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
”Vårsalongen 2010”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2008
”Planket 2008”, Stockholm, Sweden
”Sub silentio”, Skepparholmen in co-operation with CFF, Stockholm, Sweden
”Vårsalongen 2008”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
”Fotografi är” (Photography is), touring exhbition at Sveriges Konstföreningar in co-operation with CFF/Centre for Photography, Sweden
2006
”Closed Eyes”, Museet for Fotokunst Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark
VIDA Art Museum, Halltorp, Sweden
”Vårsalongen 2006”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
”Val och samtal”, Gallery Hjärnstorm, Stockholm, Sweden
The Art Fair represented by Gallery Hjärnstorm (Sweden), Sollentuna, Sweden
2004
”Dala Konst 2004”, Dalarnas Museum, Falun, Sweden
”Memento”, Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden
”New Swedish Photography”, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
2003
Stockholm Art Fair represented by Gallery TAIK (Finland), Stockholm, Sweden
”Nuoret – The 108th Annual Exhibition of Finnish Art”, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Finland
2002
”Masters of Arts”, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland
2001
”Tarkemmin ajatellen”, Cable Factory, Helsinki and Hämeenlinna Arts Centre, Finland
2000
”Rear Window”, KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
1999
Photographic Gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Malmö Konstmuseum (Malmö Art Museum), Sweden
Statens Konstråd (The National Public Art Council), Sweden
Stockholm Konst (Stockholm Art), Sweden
SAK/Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening (Swedish Association for Art), Sweden
Sveriges Konstföreningar (several local art associations in Sweden), Sweden
Landstinget Dalarna (County Council of Dalarna), Sweden
The Finnish Art Association, Finland
Heino Art Foundation, Finland
How to use our image viewer
Click on any of the thumbnail images to launch the viewer. You can then navigate forward and backward within the portfolio by clicking the left or right side of the enlarged image. Click the add to collection checkbox to automatically add an image to your collection. Image tags or search engine keywords appear below the collections' checkbox and each word or phrase is a link to potentially more image matches.