Mattias Härenstam

Mattias Härenstam (b. 1971, Gothenburg) is a Swedish artist active in Norway, and who works in print, sculpture and film. The theme often deals with situations where control is lost and chaos bubbles to the surface. Personal control, but also control on a larger, social and political level.

This year, AMIFF will screen a retrospective film programme by Härenstam.

Bio: Härenstam was educated at Vestlandets Kunstakademi in Bergen 1992–1996 and Städelsschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Frankfurt am Main 1995. He has since worked with video art (short films), installations, sculptures, preferably in wood, and woodcuts. He has participated in a number of group exhibitions around the world and had several separate exhibitions in the Nordic countries and Germany. The woodcuts have been shown at the Autumn Exhibition and at separate exhibitions in Galleri Norske Grafikere, Art-Claims-Impulse Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin and Luleå Konsthall. They have been purchased by the National Museum, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luleå Municipal Art Collections and others. In 2013, his short film Reconstruction was nominated for the Amanda Award in the category for best short film.

Helene HoklandJuly 30, 2020EN