# Tom Cullberg

Tom Cullberg is an artist born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1972. He currently lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.

## Biography

Swedish born South African artist Tom Cullberg came to South Africa in 1993 to study towards his BA(FA) at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, graduating in 1997. He has been working prolifically ever since, with seventeen solo exhibitions to his name as well as inclusion in many significant group exhibitions. His work has been shown both locally and internationally at galleries such as Galleri Flach, Stockholm, (2016) BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town (2012), SCOPE Art Show, New York City (2012), the Joburg Art Fair in Johannesburg (2011), Stevenson in Cape Town (2009), the Goodman Gallery in Cape Town, Magrorocca Galleria d'arte in Milan (2007) and Galleri Svenska Bilder in Stockholm (2003). His work is held in private, public and corporate collections including Swedish Parliament, Hollard, Karolinska Sjukhuset, Sasol, Spier, Nandos (UK) and the South African National Gallery.

## Work

The paintings of Cullberg are at once familiar and foreign, pensive and playful. Charting territories between seemingly tangible and intangible worlds, the artist presents us with collections of represented objects that explore both fictitious story telling as well as real or recorded histories. These signifiers or symbols, appearing as though from dreams, hover or float over abstract grounds that, like the mechanics of memory appear in a state of flux. With humour and seriousness his paintings consider processes of association and recognition in the reading of both private and public narratives.

## Exhibitions
### Solo exhibitions

* 2018 Finding New Life in an Old Form, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
* 2016 Good Advice, M Contemporary, Sydney, Australia
* 2016 Whatever Happens, Galleri Flach, Stockholm, Sweden
* 2014 Tower, Brundyn, Cape Town
* 2013 KKNK, Oudtshoorn
* 2013 Tom Cullberg: New Paintings, Candyland, Stockholm, Sweden
* 2012 SCOPE New York, New York, USA
* 2012 Periphery, BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town
* 2008 Small Moments, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
* 2007 Tom Cullberg, Magrorocca, Milan, Italy
* 2006 House, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
* 2006 House, KZNSA, Durban
* 2005 The Judge and other stories, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
* 2004 There is so much to say, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
* 2003 Galleri Svenska Bilder, Stockholm, Sweden
* 2002 Principles of Flight, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town
* 2000 In Between North and South, Joao Ferreira Gallery, Cape Town

### Selected group exhibitions

* 2018 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
* 2018 AKAA Art Fair, Paris, France
* 2018 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
* 2017 Barnard Collective, Barnard Gallery, Cape Town
* 2016 Summer Exhibition, Circa, London, United Kingdom
* 2015 Homage, Everard Read, Cape Town
* 2014 Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town
* 2013 Paint+, NIROX, Johannesburg
* 2013 FNB Joburg Artfair, Johannesburg
* 2013 More Than Words, Spier Manor House, Stellenbosch
* 2013 Material/Representation, BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town
* 2012 Contemporary mosaic works, Spier, Cape Town
* 2011 FNB Joburg Art Fair, BRUNDYN + GONSALVES, Cape Town
* 2010 Open End, Goodman Gallery Cape, Cape Town
* 2009 Summer 2009/10: Projects, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town
* 2009 Sing Into My Mouth, What if the World, Cape Town
* 2009 FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
* 2009 Printing Money, The South African Print Gallery, Cape Town
* 2009 Big Wednesday’, What if the World, Cape Town
* 2008 Warren Editions, Blank Projects, Cape Town
* 2008 Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg
* 2006 New Painting, curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg; KZNSA, Durban; UNISA Gallery, Pretoria; Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
* 1998 Dreams and Clouds, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden and Goteborgs Konst Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden
* 1998 Transposition Workshop Residency, Robben Island, hosted by South African National Gallery, Cape Town; Moderna Museet, Sweden
* 1997/8 The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale (with the Sluice Group), The South African National Gallery, Cape Town
* 1996 Sluice: an Installation and Performance Event, Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town