Mette Björnberg
Works
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På väg / On The Move, 2024 -
By Your Side, 2023
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I den Rosa Timmen / In the Pink Hour, 2022
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A Step, 2020
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Lady, 2020
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Reflection, 2020
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Flying Beauty, 2019
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Power Play (no. 8), 2017
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Do You Love Me?, 2016
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Till alla tårar / To All Tears, 2013
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Ruinens Brant / On the Verge of Ruin, 2011
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Svavelsång, 2008
Biography
Mette Björnberg, Powder Box, 2021. Vinyl paint on carved wood, varnish, 88x88x7 cm
Mette Björnberg was born 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden, lives and works in Södra Mellby, Sweden. She was educated at Forum Art School in Malmö 1991–1995 and Malmö Art Academy 1995–1996. She has exhibited regularly at galleries, museums, and institutions since the 1990s. She has also made many public commissions, some together with Richard Johansson. In 2015 she received Ann Wolff Foundation’s artists scholarship and in 2016 she was awarded with Asmund and Lizzie Arle’s sculpture prize from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden.
Exhibitions
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Sommarutställning / Summer Group Show
Gallery Artists 5 - 28 Jun 2025Opening reception Thursday June 5, 5–7 pm / Vernissage torsdag 5 juni, kl. 17–19 A group exhibition with the artists of the gallery / En grupputställning med galleriets konstnärer: Mamma...Read more -
Mette Björnberg | Till mina flickor / For My Girls
27 Apr - 15 Jun 2024Reception Saturday April 27, 12–4 pm Vernissage lördag 27 april kl. 12–16 (Scroll down for Swedish text) We are delighted to announce Mette Björnberg’s seventh solo exhibition at the gallery....Read more -
Showroom presentation | October-November
Works by gallery artists 14 Oct - 18 Nov 2023In our showroom we regurarly display artworks by gallery artists. Please click on the link below to explore what we have currently on view: Showroom presentation, October-November 2023Read more -
Källan / The Spring
Group Exhibition with Gallery Artists 2 Jun - 16 Jul 2022Read more
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Summer Group Show
Group Exhibition with Gallery Artists 12 - 24 Jun 2021(Scroll down for Swedish) We are pleased to present a summer group show with works by gallery artists. Participating artists: Mamma Andersson, Idun Baltzersen, Amy Bennett, Helene Billgren, Anna Bjerger,...Read more -
Mette Björnberg | Dagar och Nätter / Days and Nights
3 Oct - 7 Nov 2020(Scroll down for Swedish) We are pleased to present Days and Nights by Mette Björnberg and Richard Johansson. Two parallel solo exhibitions with a common title. Mette Björnberg is presented...Read more -
Stockholm Calling, London
Asia House, London, UK, 2.10–7.10 2018 2 - 7 Oct 2018Galleri Magnus Karlsson moves to London this autumn! After nearly 20 years at art fairs in Europe and the USA we are trying out new ways of presenting our artists...Read more -
Mette Björnberg | Power Play
14 Oct - 11 Nov 2017(Scroll down for Swedish) We are pleased to present Mette Björnberg’s fifth solo exhibition at Galleri Magnus Karlsson. Power Play presents new sculptures and objects in painted wood, textile and...Read more
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Spotlight #2
Group exhibition with gallery artists 27 Oct - 6 Nov 2016(Scroll down for Swedish) We have the pleasure to present Spotlight #2 , a short group exhibition where we introduce current works by a selection of the gallery artists. We...Read more -
Chart Art Fair 2016
roger andersson, mette björnberg, thomas broomé, marcel dzama, kent iwemyr, richard johansson, johanna karlsson, klara kristalova, jockum nordström, bella rune, charlie roberts & dan wolgers 26 - 28 Aug 2016We hope to see you at this year’s edition of Chart Art Fair at Kunsthal Charlottenborg in Copenhagen Denmark! This year we are sharing space with Galleri Bo Bjerggaard (#29)....Read more -
Med ryggen mot världen / With My Back to the World
Mette Björnberg, Ann Edholm, Carl Hammoud, Bella Rune, Hellvi Kännungs, Gotland 4 Jul - 2 Aug 2015(Scroll down for Swedish) We are pleased to announce this summer’s exhibition at Hellvi Kännungs, Gotland. The rebuilt limestone barn located on northeastern Gotland functions as Galleri Magnus Karlsson’s project...Read more -
Mette Björnberg | Innan allt faller / Before It All Falls
Market Art Fair 2015 17 - 19 Apr 2015(Scroll down for Swedish) We also have the pleasure to present Before it all falls I & II , two sculptures by Mette Björnberg. The sculptures are displayed during Market...Read more
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Time Waits for Us
Gallery Artists 30 May - 18 Aug 2013(Scroll down for Swedish) Galleri Magnus Karlsson is pleased to announce a group exhibition that will be on display throughout the summer. In conjunction with the inauguration of Nationalmuseum’s temporary...Read more -
Mette Björnberg | Andrum / Breathing Space
21 Mar - 21 Apr 2013(Scroll down for Swedish) Galleri Magnus Karlsson is pleased to present Mette Björnberg’s fourth solo exhibition in the gallery. Breathing Space presents sculptures and objects in painted wood, textile and...Read more -
Idag är igår imorgon / Today is Yesterday Tomorrow
Gallery Artists 24 Aug - 1 Oct 2010In the autumn of 2010 Galleri Magnus Karlsson celebrates its first 20 years with the exhibition “Today is Yesterday Tomorrow”. Since the inception the gallery has presented Swedish contemporary art...Read more -
Mette Björnberg | Livstecken / Signs of Life
10 Apr - 18 May 2008(Scroll down for Swedish) Galleri Magnus Karlsson is pleased to introduce Mette Björnberg’s third solo exhibition at the gallery. In her previous exhibitions, Mette Björnberg has focused her work on...Read more
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Galleriet / The Gallery
Group Exhibition with Gallery Artists 1 - 24 Sep 2005Participating artists: Mamma Andersson, Roger Andersson, Lars Arrhenius, Bianca Maria Barmen, Mette Björnberg, Marcel Dzama, Niklas Eneblom, Carl Hammoud, Tommy Hilding, Kent Iwemyr, Richard Johansson, Johanna Karlsson, Klara Kristalova, Petra...Read more -
Mette Björnberg | Ett Kammarspel
6 Nov - 13 Dec 2003(Only in Swedish) Galleri Magnus Karlsson har glädjen att presentera Mette Björnbergs andra separatutställning på galleriet. Mette Björnberg visualiserar och tydliggör känsloförnimmelser. I många av hennes tidigare arbeten har hon...Read more -
Mette Björnberg
20 Feb - 21 Mar 1999Read more
Publications
News
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Richard Johanson & Mette Björnberg at Galleri Thomas Wallner
"Juni utställningen", Galleri Thomas Wallner, Malmö, Sweden, 31.5–28.6 May 28, 2025Participating artists: TOVE AMBOLT BIANCA MARIA BARMEN METTE BJÖRNBERG CLAY KETTER RICHARD JOHANSSON SOFIE JOSEFSSON ANNA NORDQUIST ANDERSSON VIKTOR ROSDAHL DAVID SVENSSON CHARLOTTE WALENTIN More...Read more -
Mette Björnberg & Richard Johansson at Galerie Hartwich
"A Swedish Suite", Galerie Hartwich, Sellin, Rügen, Germany, 16.11 2024 – 16.2 2025 November 13, 2024Opening: Friday November 15 at 8 PM. Exhibition with : Mette Björnberg Richard Johansson Hannes Michanek More information: www.galerie-hartwich.deRead more -
Mette Björnberg & Ebba Svensson receives Malmö Konstmuseum’s Art Scholarship
June 14, 2024We are delighted to announce that The Malmö Konstmuseum Art Scholarship has been rewarded to gallery artists Mette Björnberg and Ebba Svensson! From press release...Read more -
Mette Björnberg & Richard Johansson at Porvoo Triennal 24
”Space is a Common Thing”, Porvoo Triennal, Borgå, Finland, 8.6–30.8 2024 May 31, 2024Från pressrelease: Välkommen till Borgå Triennalen 2024. Årets tema är “Space is a Common Thing”. En samtida stadskonstfestival som tar dig genom staden och dess...Read more
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Postcards by Mette Björnberg!
April 30, 2024A set of 20 postcards with images of each work in Mette Björnberg’s exhibition For My Girls is available at the gallery. -- 20 vykort...Read more -
Mette Björnberg & Richard Johansson at Galleri Thomas Wallner
”Polyfoni 6 med 96 konstnärer firar galleriets 50-årsjubileum”, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden, 16.3—2.6 2024 February 13, 2024For more information: www.gallerithomaswallner.comRead more -
Mette Björnberg at Galerie Hartwich
”NOUVELLE VAGUE – Die Sommerschau”, Galerie Hartwich, Sellin, Germany, 1.7–24.9 2022 June 30, 2022Mette Björnberg is participating in a group exhibition at Galerie Hartwich, Sellin, Germany. For more information: http://www.galerie-hartwich.deRead more -
Anna Bjerger & Mette Björnberg at Riksidrottsmuseum
”Medley – Tore A Jonasson’s Collection”, Konsthall 16, Riksidrottsmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden, 20.5–18.9 2022 April 27, 2022Konsthall 16, Riksidrottsmuseum Djurgårdsbrunnsvägen 26 115 27 Stockholm, Sweden Opening hours: Tuesday–Sunday 11 am–16 pm Participating artists: Bianca Maria Barmen, Anna Bjerger, Mette Björnberg, Catti...Read more
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Mette Björnberg at Artes Berlin
”Shine”, 27.11 2020–27.2 2021, Artes Berlin, Germany November 27, 2020From press release: LIGHT is something that brightens and illuminates the surroundings, allowing other things to become visible—a circumstance that art is also capable of...Read more -
Lecture about Mette Björnberg by Michele D’Acquisto for the Future Based platform
Reclaiming the (Female) Body: Contemporary Feminist Practices, 16.12, 2020, 7.30–8.30 pm November 27, 2020From Press release: Reclaiming The (Female) Body is a series of three lectures held by art curator Michela D’Acquisto for the Future Based platform, aimed...Read more -
Mette Björnberg & Richard Johansson at Obra
”Algoritmo”, 8.9–10.10 2018, OBRA, Malmö, Sweden August 31, 2018From press release: A group exhibition with nine artists with diverse conceptual interests, procedures, strategies and origins: Meriç Algün Daniel Askeland Mette Björnberg Broderauttexten Karolina...Read more -
Mette Björnberg & Klara Kristalova at Åmells
”Kreativa Rum”, 23.1–13.2 2016, Åmells, Stockholm, Sweden January 25, 2016From Press Release (In Swedish only): Åmells Rent Your Art – Kreativa Rum , 23/1 – 13/2 2016 Åmells Rent Your Art vill med utställningen...Read more
Press
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Rewiev in Omkonst, Mette Björnberg
Anna T Wolgers, Omkonst, May 7, 2024 -
For My Girls
A text by Mette BjörnbergMette Björnberg, April 27, 2024 -
Review in Omkonst, Mette Björnberg & Richard Johansson
Susanna Slöör, Omkonst, November 2, 2020 -
Power Play
A text by Jacquelyn DavisJacquelyn Davis, October 3, 2017
