Hans Andersson, born 1979 in Kalmar, Sweden, currently lives and works in Stockholm. Hans Andersson holds a MFA at Konstfack – University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2005. He stayed in Japan for 3 months with a residency program of AIT (Arts Initiative Tokyo) in 2017 .

Hans Andersson participated in many exhibitions such as “Sweden · Art Now” (Sven Harry’s Art Museum, Stockholm, 2016), “If you do not like art” (Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway, 2017), Solo exhibition (the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 2018). His work has been shown at LOKO Gallery, Tokyo; Revolver Gallery, Lima; Galeria F2, Madrid; Fenberger House, Nagano; The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm; Federico García Lorca Centre, Granada; Liljevalchs, Stockholm; Fullersta Gård, Stockholm; Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm and Helsinki; Angelika Knäpper Gallery, Stockholm, among others.
Hans Andersson has received several art grants such as Gerhard Bonnier Exhibition Grant, the Helge Ax:son Johnson Grant, and the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s Working Grant and Travel Grant.

Hans Andersson’s work is in the permanent collection of Malmö Konstmuseum; Ståhl Collection, Norrköping; The Public Art Agency Sweden; The Swedish Embassy, Beijing; Fenberger House, Nagano; among others. Public art commissions include Södertälje Hospital and Region Kalmar, Sweden.

Selected solo exhibitions
2025 Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2023 Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2021 Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2019 Smetana Disc Brake, collaboration duo exhibition Linnea Sjoberg, Fullersta Gard
2019 LOKO GALLERY, Shibuya, Tokyo
2018/2019 Stipendieutstallning, Galleri Ost, Konstakademien
2018 Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Galerie Forsblom, Helsingfors, Finland
2015 Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Sandgrund, Karlskrona
2013 Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Hans Andersson, Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Hans Andersson, Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 5 teckningar, Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Gallery Nema Hvad, Reykjavik, Iceland

Selected group exhibitions
2025 Art on paper, Ståhl Collection, Norrköping, Sweden
2023 Lifetime, Hudiksvallsgatan 8, Stockholm, Sweden
2023 Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2022 Jubileumsutstallning, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
2022 Delta exhibition- trifold, What Cafe, Tokyo
2021 Stahl Collection, Norrkoping
2021 La vista y el tacto, Federico Garcia Lorca Center, Granada, Spain
2021 Anna Bohman Gallery
2020/2021 Repetitions, LOKO GALLERY, Tokyo, Japan
2020/2021 Jardines y Mascotas, Galeria F2, Madrid, Spain
2020 Uddenberg Nordingska stiftelsen, Museum Himmelsberga, Oland
2020 Baby father, Tre kronor, Solna business park, Stockholm, Sweden
2020 Arco Lissabon, Lissabon, Portugal, Galeria F2 ‘
2020 Arco Madrid, Galeria F2, Madrid, Spain
2020 Non- space, Revolver Gallery, Lima, Peru
2019 Cologne Art Fair, Cologne, Germany
2019 To a Tree, Galeria F2 Madrid, Spain
2019 Silence of the Sirens, Studio Giardini, Venice, Italy (curator)
2018 Museum of Cosmic Consciousness; Fenberger House; Nagano; Japan
2017 If You Don’t Like Art, Goodbye, Fuck Off, Go Home, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
2017 Biotop, Biologiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Invited, Konstarshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 American Embassy in Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Swedish Art: Now!, Sven Harrys Konstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 Implicit Hits, Hans Andersson/Eva Lofdahl/Arijana Kajfes, Kalmar Konsthall, Sweden
2014 Artefact: from fetish to comodity, Flach Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2014 No sound is innocent, Marabouparken, Sundbyberg, www.a4room.com
2013 Hans Andersson/Hilde Retzlaff, Arles-sur-tech, France
2013 Artefact: from fetish to comodity, Bamako, Mali
2013 Panorama, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Sjalvportratt, Fullersta Gard, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Festivall 3,5 Artima Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2012 Angelika Knapper Gallery, Market art fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 At the end of the Rainbow, What the shop, Vienna, Austria
2010/2011 Spar; Malmo Konstmuseum
2010 Expanding Mind and Space, Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Tsinghua Art Museum, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
2009 Cut Ups, Centrum for Fotografi, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Atervaxt, Forum Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 The Eight Queens Puzzle, Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Swallowing by a Monster, Galleri Massma, Ronneby, Sweden
2006 Likimain, Jetty Barracks Gallery, Helsingfors, Finland
2006 Nuevo Estoccolmo, Sodertalje Konsthall, Sodertalje, Sweden
2004 Enkel 2, Academy Gallery, Helsingfors, Finland
2004 Nordur og Nidur, Nordiska Huset, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004 First We Take Manhattan, Torstrasse 111, Berlin, Germany

Grants, awards & residencies
2025 Helge Axson Johnsons Stiftelse
2025 2 year working grant
2022 Konstnarsnamnden, 1 year working grant
2019 Japansstiftelsens resestipendie
2018 Konstnarsnamnden, resestipendie
2019 2018 Konstnarsnamnden, 2 year working grant
2017 Konstakademien; Bonniers; utstallningsstipendie
2017 AIT Tokyo Recidency sept-dec
2017 Esther Lindahls travelfund.
2013 Konstnarsnamnden/ 2 year working grant
2013 Arles-sur-tech residency
2011 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2009 Creating spaces, Beijing project residency oct- dec.
2008 Konstnarsnamnden/ 1 year working grant
2008 UN-Stiftelsens konstnarsbeloning
2006 Sleipner

Public artwork
2021 Drevkarlen, Hjorthagen
2020 Sodertalje sjukhus
2017 Kalmar lanssjukhus, hus 2 vaning 7
2015 Södersjukhuset, Stockholm; Byggnad 74, facade; Sketch commission
2013 Kalmar sjukhus, lounge horsal Hjarnan

Art Fair
2022 WHAT CAFE × DELTA EXHIBITION -TRI FOLD-/ Tennozu WHAT CAFE, Tokyo

Bibliography
2021 Oppna ogonen, Lars- Erik Lapphalainen, Kunstkritikk
2018 Hans Andersson pa Konstakademien, Magnus Bons, Konsten.net
2018 Verk av skrap, sa vackra att de tar andan ur en, Clemens Poellinger, Svd
2018 Review, Omkonst.se
2018 Att skapa i fattigdom – om Hans Anderssons konst i Essa, Signum, Christine Zyka
2018 Exhibition catalogue; Galerie Forsblom
2017 ESSA
2017 Artefact from Fetish to Commodity
2016 Cahiers Simone Weil, Christine Zyka
2015 Overraskande utstallning, Barometern, 28 february
2015 Implicit Hits, Hans Anderson/ Eva Lofdahl/ Arijana Kajfes, Kalmar konsthall, exhibition catalogue
2015 Frans Josef Peterson, Fore eller efter pappret, Kunstkritikk, 22 january
2015 Peter Cornell, Skapelse och tankeprocesser, Omkonst, 21 january
2015 Lars Bohman Gallery, exhibition catalogue
2013 Ida Theren, Const, Rodeo, 18 july
2013 Hans Andersson: s/t, Edda Publishing
2010 Creating Spaces, Project catalogue,
2008 Peter Cornell, GalleriKnapper/ Hans Andersson, Expressen, 30 january
2008 Varsalongen Liljevalchs Konsthall; exhibition catalogue
2006 Swallowing by a Monster, Hans Andersson och Sanna Gabrielsson pa Galleri Massma; Blekinge Lans tidning
2006 Likimain; exhibition catalogue
2006 Nuevo Estocolmo; exhibition catalogue
2004 Nordur og Nidur; exhibition catalogue
2004 First We Take Manhattan; exhibition catalogue

Collections
Swedish Embassy in Beijing / Malmo Art Museum Noco National Art Council, Sweden / Statens Allmanna Konstforening / Stahl Collection / Fenberger House, Nagano, Japan

Artist WEBSite
www.hans-andersson.org

Publications
HANS ANDERSSON｜Art & Theory Publishing