Gösta Wallmark

Installation view, Konstruktiv Tendens 2006

NONO, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 160 x 134 cm

Installation view, Konstruktiv Tendens 2006

BIZ, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 93 x 50 cm

BIOGRAPHY

Born 1928 in Överluleå socken, Sweden.
Lived and worked in Bläse, Gotland, Sweden. Passed away 2017.

Lecturer in Theoretical and Applied Aesthetics, Department of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 1973-93.
Member of the National Public Arts Council 1985-91.

Education

  1. 1949
    1. Otto Skiöld Art School
  2. 1950
    1. Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
  3. 1950-55
    1. University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm

Selected Solo Exhibitions

  1. 1958
    1. "Hos Petra" Gallery, Stockholm
  2. 1960
    1. Gallery Observatorium, Stockholm
  3. 1965
    1. Gallery Burén, Stockholm
  4. 1970
    1. Gallery Hedenius, Stockholm
  5. 1973
    1. Gallery Martin, Stockholm
  6. 1997
    1. Gallery Axel Mörner, Stockholm
  7. 2000
    1. Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
  8. 2003
    1. Gallery Bergesen
  9. 2006
    1. Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm

Selected Major Exhibitions

  1. 1954
    1. "Junge Europäische Kunstler stellen aus", Berlin
  2. 1959
    1. "Swedish painters and French graphic artists", Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm
  3. 1961-62
    1. Touring exhibition, Finland
  4. 1962
    1. Nordic Youth Biennial, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
  5. 1962
    1. Fine and Applied Arts Building, Oslo
  6. 1963
    1. Municipal Art Gallery, Gothenberg
  7. 1964
    1. Norrbotten Regional Art Museum, Luleå
  8. 1966
    1. 2 nd. Biennial NUNSKU, Rostock, Germany
  9. 1969
    1. Nordic Artists' Association, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
  10. 1970
    1. "Le Métro", Paris & New York
  11. 1991
    1. Museum of Artists' Sketches, Lund
  12. 1993
    1. "The Flags on the Kinneviken Bay", Mariestad, Sweden & Kiel, Germany
  13. 1994
    1. "Kinnekullebanan", Mariestad
  14. 1995
    1. "Creations", Skaraborg county
  15. 1998
    1. Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
  16. 2000
    1. Municipal Art Gallery, Luleå

Principal Public and Private Commissions

  1. 1967
    1. Panels in enamel for three entrance halls, Östbergahöjden
  2. 1967-68
    1. Roof terrace in steel, wood and glass for the Datamaskincentral, Computer Centre Building, Stockholm
  3. 1971-72
    1. "The Yellow Wall", relief design, 7,6 x 27 metres, for the Garnissionen office-building, Stockholm
  4. 1974
    1. Interior decoration for the Assembly Hall, Swedish Trade Union Confederation College, Nacka
  5. 1974-75
    1. With Elis Eriksson: the Hallonbergen Underground station, Stockholm
  6. 1982
    1. "Skarpnäck", palisade, 8 x 27 metres, in tarred wood
  7. 1984-85
    1. Sculptures and paintings for assembly room & entrance hall, Swedish Radio and Television Building, Stockholm
  8. 1990-91
    1. With Jörgen Martinsson: "The Ninth Road". Painting 2.5 x 116 metres for the "Knutpunkten" shopping centre, Helsingborg
  9. 1991
    1. Exterior, 8 x 4 metres, for four lift shafts at the Tomteboda Postal Services Terminal, Stockholm
  10. 1996
    1. Two murals and a hanging sculpture for the Terra Nova School, Visby

Selected Collections

  • Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
  • Municipal Art Museum, Norrköping
  • Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
  • Museum of Artists' Sketches, Lund
  • National Public Arts Council
  • University of Åbo, Finland

Bibliography

Mailis Stensman: "Art goes underground" - Art in the Stockhom Metro - (Stockholmia förlag 1985,1988, 2002 and 2004

Märit Ehn: " Gösta Wallmark - målare och skulptör" - catalogue, Gotlands Konstmuseum, April 2000

Birgitta Castenfors: Konsten i kvarteret Garnisonen (Vasakronan 2002)