Anders Knutsson: Biography Page
Anders Knutsson was born in Malmö, Sweden where he studied art and engineering. In 1967 he came
to the United States and became a citizen in 1976. He has lived in Illinois, Ohio, California, Vermont
and since 1977 in New York City. He has exhibited his art regularly since 1972.
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2004 Clearwater Courthouse, Clearwater, Florida.
Four 7’x 7’ paintings of local champion trees for their
lobby. Commissioned by the Pinellas County Arts
Council, Clearwater, Florida USA
2002 PES International, Nagoya, Japan. Lobby art for Lobby of a newly designed health resort.
My proposals for Beech tree paintings were accepted.
1998 BYK International, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
1997 Beauty Plaza Building, Seoul, Korea.
1996/7 Noranda Inc., Toronto, Ontario.
1996 Korean Olympic Committee, Seoul, Korea. Two paintings commissioned for opening ceremony
celebration.
SELECTED ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
(Bold indicates a catalog was published)
2005 Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
Cool New York Dance Festival, New York
2004 St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkhill, NY
(luminous performance; 5 dancers, singer, musician)
D.U.M.B.O. Dance Festival, New York
(luminous performance) Video available
Krause Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island
Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, Ohio
2003 Red Clay, New York, NY (luminous performance)
BAM/SONYA Spring Show (luminous performance)
Gallery 718, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Nordiska Ministerrádet Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (including luminous performance)
Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, New York (including performance with Gender Illusionist,
Dréd Gerstent)
100 Lex Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, New York (four performances May 19 with JoLea Mafei Dance
Company, Joseph C. Phillips Jr., TK Blue composers/musicians)
Merce Cunningham Studio, New York, New York (performance March 21 – 24, with Julia Mafia Dance
Company and Joseph Phillips Jr. composer/musician) Video/DVD available
2001 Gallery Ami, Seoul, Korea
Function @ Junction, Whistler, B.C., Canada
2000 Earlham Costal, Earlham, Sweden
1999 Ystad Art Museum, Ystad, Sweden (performance Jan. 15, 2000 with Mats Gustafsson,
Saxophone and Lotta Melin, dancer)
Galleri Gerthel, Malmö, Sweden
Konsthallen Hishult, Hishult, Sweden
1998 Gallery Ami, Seoul, Korea
1997 MANIF International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
1996 Samuel J. Zacks Gallery, York University, Toronto, Canada
Solveig Bergström Gallery, Jönköping, Sweden
1995 "A Retrospective", Gray Art Gallery, Curator: Bo Nilsson, East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC
Roger Smith Gallery, New York, New York
Gallery Ami, Seoul, Korea
1993 Anders Knutsson. Gallery Ami, Seoul, Korea
1991 Stephen Solovy Gallery, Chicago, IL
1990 "Lightscapes", Curator: Charles Shepard III. University of Maine Museum of Art,
Orono, ME
Galleri Hylteberga, Skurup, Sweden
Bennett Siegel Gallery, New York, New York
1988 "Gates of Light", Curator: Thomas Krens, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
1987 Keith Green Gallery, New York, New York
Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
1986 Mission Gallery, New York, New York
Gunnar Olsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
1984 Galleri Ressle, Stockholm, Sweden
1983 "Luminous Painting", Curator: Douglas Schultz, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
"Featured Artist", Stratton Art Festival, Stratton, VT
1982 Arkiv Museet, Lund, Sweden
"Matter/Memory" Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden Curators: Bo Nilsson & Lars Nittve
Kunstnerernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Björneborgs Museum, Björneborg, Finland
Konstnärsgillet, Helsinki, Finland
Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
1981 Galleri Ressle, Stockholm, Sweden
1980 Carolyn Schneebeck Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT
1979 Galleri Händer, Stockholm, Sweden
1978 Galleri Nordenhake, Malmö, Sweden
1972 Jewish Community Center Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
(Bold indicates a catalog was published)
2003 Brooklyn Academy of Music/SONYA Group show,
Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Boro Hall, Brooklyn, NY
2002 “Ground Zero”, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
2001 Works on Paper Flat file, LFL Gallery, 531 W. 26th St.,
New York, NY
“Young at Art”, The Hope Center, Jersey City, NJ.
Curator: Robert Costa
“Water is Life”,Wetterling Gallery,Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Wilson Bismarck Gallery, Baltimore, MD, Curator:
Ellen Price
1998 Kristal Gallery, Warren, Vermont
"Ontario Landscape", BYK International, Oakville,
Ont. Canada. Curator: Anders Knutsson
1996 MANIF International Art fair, Seoul, Korea
"A Northern Vision", Noranda Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Curator: Anders Knutsson
1995 "Tribute to Ingmar Bergman", Thomas Nordanstad
Gallery, New York, New York. Curator: Elfie Alwin
1993 Mission Gallery, New York, New York
1992 "Beyond Boundaries", Forum Gallery, Jamestown
Community Gallery, Jamestown, N.Y.
Löwenadler Gallery, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm,
Sweden
Art Now Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
"Contemporary Landscape", J. P. Claire Gallery,
New York, New York. Curator: Ellen Price
1991 Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York, New York
1989 Frank Bernaducci Gallery, New York, New York
Björn Olsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Yuma Art Centre, Yuma, Arizona
1988 "Seven Swedish Artists in New York", Experimental
Glass Workshop, New York, New York
"Luminous Painting & Sculpture in the 1980's".
University of Massachusetts, MA and Northampton Art
Center, MA. Curator: Frank Bernarducci
"International Olympic Exhibition", Printemps, Seoul,
Korea, Tong Art Museum, Taegu, Korea. Curator: Lena Torslow Hansen.
Frank Bernaducci Gallery, New York, New York
Gallerie Ressle, Stockholm, Sweden
1987 "Area in the Dark", Area, New York, New York
Mission Gallery, New York, New York
1986 Ellen Price Gallery, New York, New York
"Luminous Painting", Hi-Tech Exhibition Space,
San Francisco, CA. Curator: Frank Bernaducci
Museum of National Arts Foundation, Mead Data Corp.,
Washington, DC. Curator: Ellen Price
1985 Mission Gallery, New York, New York
Michael Katz Gallery, New York, New York
1984 "Radical Painting", Williams College Museum of Art,
Williamstown, MA.
Curator: Thomas Krens.
Brampton Gallery, London, England
Gallerie Ressle, Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
1982 “Matter/Memory”, Park West Galleries, Detroit,
Michigan
Gallerie Ressle, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Erichs, Malmö, Sweden
1981 Lillian Heidenberg Gallery, New York, New York
"Fundamental Color", Gallery Nordenhake,
Malmö, Sweden
1980 Gallerie Ressle, Stockholm, Sweden
1978 P.S. 1, Long Island City, Queens, New York
The New Gallery, New School for Social Research,
New York, New York
1977 Dartmouth College Art Museum, Hanover,
New Hampshire
1974 Drawing Invitational, Cincinnati, Art Museum,
Cincinnati, Ohio
1972 Cincinnati, Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio
AWARDS
2003 Artist of the Month – Liquitex Painting Materials
(www.liquitex.com)
GRANTS
2004 Ruth Chenven Foundation - Travel grant to paint Baobab
trees in Senegal
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2004 “Brooklyn Kicks Ass”, Clinton Hill Art Festival, Brooklyn,
NY
Yolélé Art Gallery (resident curator), Brooklyn, NY
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