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Nils Olof Hedenskog

From October 1st to October 4th, Galleri Lundberg-Sandhagen participated in ArtVilnius'26, the largest contemporary art fair in the Baltic states.

At ArtVilnius'26, we presented Tierra del Fuego, a solo exhibition featuring new and earlier works by Nils Olof Hedenskog. This powerful presentation traces core concerns from Hedenskog's forty-year career—transformation, time, and memory—anchored by a series of new, major compositions where monumental moths dominate the canvas with an almost architectural presence.

Tierra del Fuego.
"I am a painter.
I move in a fiction of extreme opposites, earth - fire, face - image, abstract - real.
In these conditions, I try to find something metaphorical.
I see the moth's thin, flammable wings, hovering at high altitude, as a warning sign.
The devil appears everywhere."
/Nils Olof Hedenskog

Nils Olof Hedenskog (b. 1952, Stockholm) studied at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm between 1981 and 1986. In 1987 was appointed Director of the Stockholm School of Printmaking, a position he held for a decade.

Education
Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 1981–86
Gävle School of Art, 1978–79, 1980–81

Teaching
Lecturer in Painting, Koms, Sundsvall, 1998–2001
Principal, The Graphic Arts School, Stockholm, 1987–97

Collections
Moderna Museet
Nationalmuseum (prints)
Fotografiska
Sundsvalls Museum
Hälsinglands Museum
Swedish Arts Council
Region Gävleborg
Region Stockholm
Several municipal collections

Artist in Residence
Iggesund Paperboard, 2015

Public Commissions
Brabo Bostäder, Stockholm, 2017
Holmen, Iggesund, 2012
Tre horisonter, Bergesta Care Home, Gnarp, 2003

Exhibitions
Galleri Lundberg-Sandhagen, NATTFJÄRIL, 2025, Stockholm
Galleri Notharet, GRENVERK, 2024, Stocka
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, PAN VÄXTHUS FALLSTUDIER, 2023, Stockholm
NP33 / Galleri Sander, PAN, 2019, Norrköping
NP33 / Galleri Sander, FALLSTUDIER, 2017, Norrköping
Brabo Galleri, Upplands Väsby, 2016, Creeping in Circles, with Joakim Brolin
NP33 / Galleri Sander / Spegla Photo Festival, Norrköping, Creeping in Circles, 2016, with Joakim Brolin
Iggesunds Bruksmuseum, ASYLUM, 2015
Latvian Photography Museum, Riga, Creeping in Circles, 2014, with Joakim Brolin
Hälsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall, VORTEX, curator: Marie Michelle Roy, 2013
Kulturkossan, Järvsö, 2013
CERN, Geneva, Creeping in Circles, 2012, with Joakim Brolin
Iggesunds Bruksmuseum, Creeping in Circles, 2012, with Joakim Brolin
Fotografiska, The Gallery, painting and video, 2011
Fotografiska, Creeping in Circles, with Joakim Brolin, 2011
Kvarnen, Söderhamn, Creeping in Circles, with Joakim Brolin, 2009
Sundsvalls Museum, 2008
Härnösands Konsthall, 2007
The Last Angel, Bill Viola, curator, Moviken Art, Hudiksvall, 2007
Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, 2006. Cat.
Gävle Konstcentrum, 2005
The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 2004
Bergsjö Konsthall, 2003
Sundsvalls Museum, 2002
Hälsinglands Museum, 1999
Galleri Gröna Paletten, Stockholm, 1999
Venice Graphics Biennial, 1988. Cat.
Galleri Linjen, Västervik, 1986
Galleri MedMera, Stockholm, 1977

Dance and Music
Stenegården, Träteatern, Järvsö, Dancing in Circles, 2014
Iggesunds Bruksmuseum, Dancing in Circles, with Jon Allan, 2012
Moviken Art, Hudiksvall, Global Drumming, 2005
Fylkingen, Stockholm, Global Drumming, with Jon Allan, 4–6 March 2004

Selected Films
Stocka Steam Hombres goes Salsa Cubana, dance film, 2017
Nordanstig goes Africando, dance film, 2008
Ögat – Handen – Rummet – Tiden, a film about Lars Kleen, 1999
Till Orfeus, a journey through Palle Nielsen's world of images, 1989
Läggpojke – Guskare – Mästare, a film about handmade paper, 1986

Awards and Grants
Gunnar Greiber Grant, Nordanstig Municipality, 2019
Hudiksvall Municipality Major Grant, 2015
Swedish Arts Grants Committee Working Grant, 1988, 2010
Royal Academy of Fine Arts Studio Grant: Carl Larsson's Studio, Grez-sur-Loing, 1994
UNESCO Film Festival, Paris, 1992 — Special Jury Prize for Till Orfeus
Montreal Film Festival on Art, 1990 — First Prize for Till Orfeus
Marianne and Sigvard Bernadotte Grant, 1986

Publications
Asylum
Text: Pehr Sällström
Holmen, 2015

Vertigo, Nils Olof Hedenskog, Works 1999–2013
Texts: Michelle Marie Roy, Thomas Tidholm, Pehr Sällström
Kulturkossan, 2013

Creeping in Circles, with Joakim Brolin
Fotografiska Förlag, 2011

Academic Writing
The Encounter Between Art and Science — a study of dialogue between artists and physicists at CERN's particle physics laboratory
Eva Lundin, Uppsala University, 2019

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