Tomas Colbengtson
Presentation Images and glass art.
My name is Tomas Colbengtson I am born in Tärnaby Sweden,
lives and works in Tärna and Stockholm.
I am sami, and in my works I often refers to Sami culture,
asking questions about the cultural identity and existence.
I would like to present some of my resent work where I focus on identity, time,
religion and perception.
I have been working a an artist for over 20 years and gradually my artistic works
portrays more clearly my own and Sami peoples experience and history,
with theme of identity and reflexing about cultural identity and law against
speaking your own language and practice your religion.
Perhaps cultural identity is the drivingforce behind all art, music and craft?
The traditional sami ornaments and handcraft still exist and is a bearer of the
culture as well as the landscape it selves and stories that are told to preserve a
common history.
In my artwork I also is trying to visualize some of the things you can’t explain by
word and try to take a step behind.
Please look at my webpage : www.colbengtson.com for more information.
At the end of this document you can find my CV.
Cordialement vôtre/ Dearvuoáiguin
Tomas Colbengtson
Born 1957 in Tärnaby, lives and works in Stockholm.
Adress: Bondegatan 1D
116 23 Stockholm Sweden
Tel +46 (0)73 651 59 87
e-mail:[email protected]
www.colbengtson.com
Member of the SDS/ Sami artist union
“Vinterforrest” screenprint, on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Tjittji-mother” or ”atoe- the holy mountain” Oil, screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Ahtije-Father” Oil, silverink, screenprint on plexi. 100 x 125 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“The meeting” Oil, screenprint on metall. 100 x 135 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012
“Visitors” screenprint on plexi. 100 x 125 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Blue meeting” screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012
“Akkorna” Dubbelsided screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012
“Akkorna” dubbelsided screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012
“Silbojokk” oli, screenprint on glass, steel. 50 x 70 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Force migration” are a series of fine prints which is based from the dramatic
force migration of sami family’s in the 1920-40 from their traditional areas in
Kautokeino, Kaurosuando, Tromsö, Jokkmok to other areas in southern saapmi.
A migration forced upon the Sami people, which still bear consequences for
many people. The images is based on photos of a anonymous sami people,
i have printed the images with screenprint and relief print.
“Force migration” screenprint, fineprint on paper. 38 x 56 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
”Kalmebakkte”
In the art installation ”Kalmebakkte” I base my work on a Sami grave in
Tärna Sweden. Swedish scientist investigated the grave in 1951 and samples
were removed to Historical museum in Stockholm. In the grave lays the remains
of a young woman. In overlayerd glass and flat glass I have printed old photos
of Sami people which names are lost.
As lighting on the installation is a video of a moving cross is projected on the
glass.
“Kalmebakkte” Video, screenprint on glass, overlayerd glass, 70 x 180 x 80 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Kalmebakkte” Video, screenprint on glass, overlayerd glass, 70 x 180 x 80 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Rest on the ice 1920” screenprint on glass, overlayerd glass, 7 x 10 x 10 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Glass bodies” screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 10 x 12 x 10 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013
“Sejt II” screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 25 x 18 x 18 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012
“Lavvu II” screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 28 x 20 x 20 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012
“Siidja” screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 3 x 28 x 20 x 20 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012-13
CV
Tomas Colbengtson
Born 1957 in Tärnaby, lives and works in Stockholm.
Tel +46 (0)73 651 59 87
e-mail:[email protected]
www.colbengtson.com
Tomas is Sami, the nomadic Reindeerpeople who lives in the Northern parts
of Scandinavia. In his works he often refers to Sami culture, asking questions
about the cultural identity and existence Tomas explore images, colors and
forms based from Sami culture and the Nordic Scandinavian landscape.
He is experimenting with combinations of media and material
He has developed a new way to print screen prints in Graal-glas (a type of overlay glass) using images and colors. And using screen print on aluminum and
other types of metal, etching and digital art technique.
Since 1998 he is Residence Artist at Royal Institute of Technology KTH Stockholm where he is working with visualization of Art.
Member of the SDS/ Sami artist union
Education:
Valand school of Fine Arts Gothenburg 1995-96
Master class in Electronic Arts Copenhagen 1996, David Rokeby
Konstfack National College of Art, Craft and Design MFA painting 1986-91
Art school Idun Loven Sculpture 1984-86
Public collections:
Norrbottens museum, Sweden
RDM-Samiid Vuorka-Davvirat / RDM-De Samiske museum, Karasjok, Norway
Sametinget, Norway
City of Göteborg, Sweden
Swedish National Council Advice
Museum Kloster Bentlage, Germany
Karolinska institute Sweden
Grafikens Hus, Sweden
City of Stockholm, Sweden
Landsting och kommuner i Sverige
Awards:
2013 Rune Petterssons Art scholarship
2012 Helge Ax:son Johnssons Art scholarship
2011 Folke Ricklund Art scholarship
2011 Grafiska sällskapets Art scholarship
2010 Bildkonstnärsfondens Art scholarship
2010 Beata Brummers Art scholarship
2009 Längmanska Art scholarship
2000 Längmanska Art scholarship
1998 IASPIS The Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s for Visual Artists
1997 Grafikenshus, Arkitektkopias Art scholarship
1994 Örnskoldsviks Art scholarship
1993 Bildkonstnärsfondens Art scholarship
1991 Byggnadsförbundets Art scholarship
Selected solo exhibitions :
2013 Institute Suedois Paris
2013 South Karelen gallery, Lapenranta, Finland
2013 Gallery NP33 Norrköping, Sweden
2013 Piteå Konsthall, Sweden.
2012 Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway.
2012 Ricklundgården, Saxnäs, Sweden.
2012 Galleri Konstforum, Norrköping, Sweden.
2012 Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden.
2012 Kiruna stadshus, Sweden.
2011 Ajtte Museum in Jokkmokk the Sami centre, Sweden.
2011 Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2011 Samisk Kunstnersenter SDS Karasjok, Norway.
2010 Grafikenshus Mariefred , Sweden.
2010 The Swedish Government, Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 Samiska veckan, Lilla Galleriet Umeå, Sweden.
2009 Stockholm City planning office, Sweden.
2006 Lidingö Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 SGI User Group Conference Munich, Germany.
2004 Gallery Artn, Chicago Art Instititute, Chicago, USA.
2001 Grafikenshus Mariefred, Sweden.
1995 Ö-vik konsthall, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.
1994 Gallery Hana-saari, Helsinki, Finland.
Selected group exhibitions:
2014 Rovaniemi Art museeum Finland
2014 New York Art Expo april 2014
2013 29/9-19/1 2014: Greetings from Sapmi- Jamtli, Östersund, Sweden
2013 7-9 june: Louvre, Paris, France
2013 ”Markanvändning”, SDG, Karasjok, Norway
2013 Reflexioner, Lidköpings konsthall, Sweden
2013 Urfolkskonfrensen, Alta, Norway
2013 15 juni-29 juli ”Reflexioner” Lidköping konsthall, Sweden
2013 ”REFLEX”, Konsthallen, Luleå, Sweden
2013 ”Markanvändning”,Norrbottens museum Luleå, Sweden
2013 ”REFLEX”, Karasjok, Norway
2012 ”REFLEX” Nord Norsk Kunstnere Senter, Svolver, Norway
2013 ”Markanvändning”, Ajtte Museum in Jokkmokk, Sweden.
2012 ”Moon lust” Augmented reality art exhibition. Chicago, U.S.
2012 ”Moon lust” Augmented reality art exhibition. Chicago, U.S.
2012 ”Out of the Box” Augmented reality art exhibition. San Francisco, U.S.
2011 The Baltic States Biennial of Graphic Arts. Kaliningrad, Russia.
2011 Norske grafiker, Oslo, Norway.
2009 PART5 Munsterland festival, Kulturhaus Bocholt, Germany.
2009 Sami Art and design, Umea, Sweden.
2008 Grafiska sällkapet, Stockholm, Sweden.
2008 Grafikenshus Mariefred.
2006 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.
2005 Turin VR-conference, Italy.
2004 Virtual Reality art meeting Sao Paolo, Brasil.
2003 Stockholm Art Fair Sollentuna, Sweden. Special invited exhibition
2001 NIC2001 Nordic Interaktive Copenhagen, Denmark.
2000 Millenniumexhibition Tekniska museeum Stockholm, Sweden.
1998 Kulture Capital exhibition Stockholm, Sweden.
1996 Nikolaj Church Gallery Copenhagen, Denmark.
1996 Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden.
1993 Grafiktrienalen Liljevalch, Stockholm, Sweden.
1993 Bildmuseeum Umeå, Sweden.
1991 Aguelimuseet Sala, Sweden.
1991 Konstnärshuset Stockholm, Sweden.
1991 Gallery Dr.Glas Stockholm, Sweden.
1990 Galleri Overgaden Copenhagen, Denmark.
1990 Galleri Eleptherias Athen Greece.