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Frank Björklund
Artist with paintingFrank Björklund at the Mollbrinks Gallery stand during the London Art Fair in 2024
BornFrank Rune Benny Björklund
1960 (age 63–64)
Vännäs, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Alma materÅlsta Graphic School
Known forSurrealism
StyleSurrealist
AwardsRoyal King, Carl XVI Gustaf Art Award
1987
Websitefrankbjorklund.se

Frank Björklund (born 1960) is a Swedish surrealist painter, printmaker, and sculptor.

Career

Björklund studied at a college in Härnösand (1976–79) and at the Ålsta Graphic School (1983–84). He has participated in exhibitions since 1983. In 1987, he won the Royal King, Carl XVI Gustaf Art Award. Björklund's influences include Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, and René Magritte. In 1997, he exhibited at the Liljewalchs Art Museum in Stockholm. In 2007, he exhibited at Art on 99 (Sollefteå), Galleri Miva (Malmö), and Örebro Castle. In 2013, he exhibited in Figure Variations at the Walter Wickiser Gallery (New York) and Ragarpers Gallery (Simrishamn). His solo exhibitions include Art as Visual Sound Bites by Frank Björklund (Art and More Gallery, 2018), Surrealist master Frank Björklund (Mollbrinks Gallery, Kungshamn, 2024). and Frank Björklund – A Swedish surrealist master! (Mollbrinks Gallery, Uppsala, 2024). Björklund has lived in the Stockholm area and later Ystad.

References

  1. "Frank Björklund, Swedish 1960: Biography". mutualart.com. MutualArt. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  2. "Frank Björklund". Selected Exhibitions. 2013. p. 23.
  3. "Frank Björklund". artsper.com. Artsper. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  4. "417 verk genome juryns nälsöga" [417 works through the jury's eye]. Metro (in Swedish). Sweden. 30 January 1997.
  5. Jonsén, Åsa (25 August 2007). "Ordlekar ochdubbeltydigheter som sätter fart på fantasin" [Puns and double entendres that spark the imagination]. NA (in Swedish). Sweden.
  6. Jönson, Robert (21 March 2013). "Från Muminhuset Till Manhattan" [From Moominhouse to Manhattan]. Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish).
  7. "Frank Björklund: A Swedish surrealist master!". mollbrinks.se (in Swedish). Mollbrinks Gallery. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  8. "Frank Björklund, Swedish, b. 1960: CV". artsy.net. Artsy. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  9. "Frank Björklund". frankbjorklund.se. Retrieved 26 December 2024.

Bibliography

  • Moestedt, Camilla. "Franks talande bilder" [Frank's telling pictures]. Grodingekonstnären (in Swedish).

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