Born 1957 in Tärnaby, lives and works in Stockholm.
Tel +46 (0)73 651 59 87
e-mail:tomas.colbengtson@konstfack.se
www.colbengtson.com
Tomas origins from Same, the nomadic Reindeerpeople who lives in the Northern parts of Scandinavia.
In his works he often refers to Sami culture, the cultural identity
and 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.
Presently also working as art-teacher in Fine Printmaking at Konstfack
National College of Art, Craft and Design Stockholm
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
The National Public Art Council, Sweden
Museum Kloster Bentlage, Germany
Karolinska institute, Sweden
Grafikens Hus, Sweden
Awards:
2011 Folke Ricklundstipendiet
2011 Grafiska sällskapets stipendiat
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 Ornskoldsviks Art scholarship
1993 Bildkonstnärsfondens Art scholarship
1991 Byggnadsförbundets Art scholarship
Solo exhibitions :
2012 Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg.
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 Umea, 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:
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, Umeå, Sweden.
2008 Grafiska sällakapet, 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.
1993 Grafiktrienalen Liljevalch, Stockholm, Sweden.
1993 Bildmuseeum Umea, 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.
Public Art:
2010 Glass print, Glasshouse Kulturhus, Umea, Sweden
1994 Västertorp public bath Stockholm, Sweden