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Susanne Gottberg 
Born in Ekenäs, Finland 1964 | Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland.
The imagery in Susanne Gottberg’s paintings comprises quiet, tense moments and situations where something has just departed or will soon occur. In recent years, Gottberg has shifted from depicting nature and sceneries to interiors, examining different elements of furniture, studying fabrics and details of patterns. Gottberg challenges the viewer to experience emptiness and the expectations that come with it.
Susanne Gottberg graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1989, and held her debut exhibition in Helsinki that same year. She received the Finnish Art Society’s Ducat Prize in 1991 and was elected Young Artists of the Year in 1994. Gottberg’s works can be found in a number of major Finnish public and private collections.
Galerie Forsblom has been representing Susanne Gottberg since 1989.
Representatives
Susanne Gottberg
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Education
- Kuvataideakatemia
Selected solo exhibitions
- 2017 In the Beginning There Was Nothing, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
- 2015 Storm in my Glass, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
- 2013 You, the Living, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
- 2013 Trondheim Art Museum, Trondheim, Norway
- 2011 A Room of One´s Own, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
- 2006 La Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
- 2002 Forum Box, Helsinki
- 2000 L´Institut finlandais, Paris, France
- 2000 Talinn Kunsthalle, Estonia
- 1999 Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå, Sweden
- 1999 Helsinki Festival, Amos Anderson Art Museum
- 1999 Gothenburg Art Museum
- 1998 Galleria Kenetti, Helsinki
- 1994 Young Artist of the Year, Tampere Art Museum
- 1994 Didrichsen Art Museum, Helsinki
- 1993 Nordisk ministerråd, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1993 Tammisaari Art Hall
- 1989 Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki
- 1988 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki
Selected group exhibitions
- 2009 Gottberg-Kåhre Project, Amos Anderson Art Museum
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2017 Beijing International Art Biennale, China
- 2015-2016 Womens weapons:Lipstick&Tears, Sara Hildèn Art Museum
- 2013 Nordic Art Station, Eskilstuna, Art Museum, Sweden
- 2011 Forest, Serlachius Museums, Mänttä
- 2006 Nordic Reflections, Galerie Miejska Arsenal, Poznan, Poland
- 2002 Northern Dimensions, Arts Gallery, Dhahiat Abdullah Al-Salem, Kuwait
- 2001 Northern Dimensions, Budapest, Hungary and Hamburg, Germany
- 1999 Di confini del Europa, Cosenza & Viterbo, Italy
- 1998 Suomalainen sielunmaisema, Pori Art Museum
- 1998 Syner/Sight/Näkyjä, Knipnäs, Tammisaari
- 1997-1998 Landscape of Finnish soul, Kitakyushu, Osaka & Sapporo, Japan
- 1995 La Hora del Norte, Madreid & Barcelona, Spain
- 1995 8 Fra Finland, Nyköping, Denmark
- 1995 Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, Finnland Institut, Berlin, Germany
- 1995 Ensamblia 95, Galerie Löhr, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- 1991 Exhibition of the Young, Helsinki Kunsthalle
- 1989 Televisio, Galleria Otso, Espoo
Funding and awards (selected)
- 2018 Swedish Cultural Foundation
- 2011 Stina Krook Foundation
- 2005 Swedish Literature Society of Finland
- 2005 Swedish Cultural Foundation
- 1996 Stina Krook Foundation
- 1994 Young Artist of the Year
- 1991 "Ducat" Award of the Art Association of Finland
Memberships
- Taidemaalariliitto
Artworks in collections (selection)
- Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki
- Helsinki City Art Museum
- Sara Hildèn Art Museum, Tampere
- Turku Art Museum
- Hämeenlinna Art Museum
- Oulu Art Museum
- Wihuri Foundation, Rovaniemi
- Heino Art Foundation
- Rovaniemi Art Museum
- Amos Anderson Art Museum
- Didrichsen Art Museum
- Saastamoinen Foundation
- Pro Artibus, Swedish Cultral Funds Collections
- Gothenburg Art Museum
- Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art - Kyösti Kakkonen Collection
- TRondheim Art Museum
Selected projects and collaborations
- Public works: 2017 The Corridor, Hanaholmen/Swedish-Finnish Cultural Center
- 2007 Summa summarum, Folkhälsan Senior home, Tammisaari
- 2006 Portrait of Elisabeth Rehn, Parliament House, Helsinki