Sonja Landberg makes art which is poetic and allegorical, it is the story in which her life is charted and made visible.
So intensely personal are these art works they transform through passion and become a universal language which speak of all our lives.
From a world of forgotten objects, old cutting boards, old trees, stones and old linen, using ancient printing techniques and a sewing machine she gives new life to discarded everyday materials.
These combinations of images are fashioned into modern day Thanka´s which emanate poetry of a deeply spiritual and devotional nature. The paintings address our modern age in which we yearn to reconnect with nature and specifically this the nature of´things`.
Sonja´s work manifest as prayers for humanity and for our continued existence on planet earth.
Jon Groom, Munich, August 2019
Sonja Landberg born 1963, Oslo, Norway
1982-1986 Kunstakademiet, Trondheim, Norway
2024 Ejva Damms Stipendium, Gävleborg, Sweden
Selected Single Exhibitions:
1988 Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London, UK
1992 Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway
1993 Hordaland Kunstnersentrum, Bergen, Norway
1994 Köstring Mayer Gallery, Munchen, Germany
2019 Studio Tingshuset Delsbo, Sveden
2021 Konstkraft Ljusne, Ljusne, Sweden
2022 Galleri Trottoar, Söderhamn, Sweden
2023 Tushita Teehaus Projectspace, Munchen, Germany
2024 Central Munching, Munching, Germany
2025 Kunst-und Kulturraum Feldafing, Germany
2025 Bollnäs Konsthall, Sweden
Selected Group Exhibitions:
1985 "UNK-Ung Nordisk Konst", Skeppsholmen Stockholm, Sweden
1990-91 "Nettopp ankommet", Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
1994 Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
2015 "Schwarz Auf Weiss", Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
2022 Galleri Ladan, Ljusdal, Sweden
Collections:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg, Germany
Stuttgart Staatsgalerie, Germany
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Maximilian und Agathe Weisshaupt Sammlung, Munich, Germany
Goethe Institut, Muchen, Germany
Deutsche bank, Munich, Germany
Champion International Corporation, USA
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
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