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
- 1949
- Otto Skiöld Art School
- 1950
- Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris
- 1950-55
- University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 1958
- "Hos Petra" Gallery, Stockholm
- 1960
- Gallery Observatorium, Stockholm
- 1965
- Gallery Burén, Stockholm
- 1970
- Gallery Hedenius, Stockholm
- 1973
- Gallery Martin, Stockholm
- 1997
- Gallery Axel Mörner, Stockholm
- 2000
- Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
- 2003
- Gallery Bergesen
- 2006
- Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
Selected Major Exhibitions
- 1954
- "Junge Europäische Kunstler stellen aus", Berlin
- 1959
- "Swedish painters and French graphic artists", Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm
- 1961-62
- Touring exhibition, Finland
- 1962
- Nordic Youth Biennial, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
- 1962
- Fine and Applied Arts Building, Oslo
- 1963
- Municipal Art Gallery, Gothenberg
- 1964
- Norrbotten Regional Art Museum, Luleå
- 1966
- 2 nd. Biennial NUNSKU, Rostock, Germany
- 1969
- Nordic Artists' Association, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
- 1970
- "Le Métro", Paris & New York
- 1991
- Museum of Artists' Sketches, Lund
- 1993
- "The Flags on the Kinneviken Bay", Mariestad, Sweden & Kiel, Germany
- 1994
- "Kinnekullebanan", Mariestad
- 1995
- "Creations", Skaraborg county
- 1998
- Gotland County Art Museum, Visby
- 2000
- Municipal Art Gallery, Luleå
Principal Public and Private Commissions
- 1967
- Panels in enamel for three entrance halls, Östbergahöjden
- 1967-68
- Roof terrace in steel, wood and glass for the Datamaskincentral, Computer Centre Building, Stockholm
- 1971-72
- "The Yellow Wall", relief design, 7,6 x 27 metres, for the Garnissionen office-building, Stockholm
- 1974
- Interior decoration for the Assembly Hall, Swedish Trade Union Confederation College, Nacka
- 1974-75
- With Elis Eriksson: the Hallonbergen Underground station, Stockholm
- 1982
- "Skarpnäck", palisade, 8 x 27 metres, in tarred wood
- 1984-85
- Sculptures and paintings for assembly room & entrance hall, Swedish Radio and Television Building, Stockholm
- 1990-91
- With Jörgen Martinsson: "The Ninth Road". Painting 2.5 x 116 metres for the "Knutpunkten" shopping centre, Helsingborg
- 1991
- Exterior, 8 x 4 metres, for four lift shafts at the Tomteboda Postal Services Terminal, Stockholm
- 1996
- 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)