Jeff Olsson
Jeff Olsson was born 1981 in Kristinehamn, Sweden. He lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden. Education (MFA) at Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (2003–2008). Selected solo exhibitions: Kristinehamns konstmuseum, Sweden (2020), Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden (2018), Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden (2018, 2015, 2011, 2010), Hellvi Kännungs, Gotland, Sweden (2017), Passagen, Linköpings konsthall, Sweden, together with Joakim Ojanen, (2016), Market Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden (2014), Krets, Malmö, Sweden (2014), Jack Hanley, New York, US (2013) och Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden (2009). Selected group exhibitions: London Art Fair, Mothflower, UK (2022), Chart Art Fair, Copenhagen, Denmark (2021, 2014), Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Austria (2019), Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden (2019, 2015), Strandverket, Marstrand, Sweden (2015), Konsthallen–Bohusläns museum, Uddevalla, Sweden (2014), Frieze Art Fair, Jack Hanley Gallery, UK (2013), The Armory Show, New York, US (2012, 2011), Garemijn Hall, Bruges, Belgium (2012), Needles and Pens, San Francisco, US (2010), Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg (2008), Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden (2008) och Art Copenhagen, Denmark (2007). His works are represented in collections of e.g. Gothenburg Museum of Art, Sweden, Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden, Region Värmland, Sweden, Region Gävleborg, Sweden, Linköping Municipality, Sweden, Public Art Agency, Sweden and private collection in Sweden and internationally.
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Jeff Olsson | Åhnej / Oh No
25 Nov 2023 - 27 Jan 2024Reception Saturday November 25, 12–4 pm Vernissage lördag 25 november kl. 12–16 (Scroll down for Swedish text) We are delighted to announce Jeff Olsson’s fourth 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
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Chart Art Fair 2021
Mamma Andersson, Jeff Olsson & Bella Rune 27 - 29 Aug 2021We are happy to present new works by gallery artists Mamma Andersson, Jeff Olsson and Bella Rune at this year’s edition of Chart Art Fair in Copenhagen.Read 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 -
Främlingar / Strangers
Group exhibition with gallery artists 20 Jul - 1 Aug 2019(Scroll down for Swedish) This exhibition is a personal selection of works that all formally resemble the portrait. Some of them are made as portraits of specific people, while others...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 -
Jeff Olsson | A Wobbly Aim
10 Mar - 15 Apr 2018(Scroll down for Swedish) We have the pleasure to present Jeff Olsson’s third exhibition at the gallery. A Wobbly Aim presents drawings made in the last year. In the center...Read more
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Jeff Olsson
Hellvi Kännungs, Gotland 20 - 30 Jul 2017(Scroll down for Swedish) We are proud to present the seventh annual exhibition at the gallery’s summer project space Hellvi Kännungs on the island of Gotland. This year we have...Read more -
Jeff Olsson | The Thoughts of Vegetables
16 Jan - 14 Feb 2016(Scroll down for Swedish) We are pleased to announce Jeff Olsson’s second solo exhibition in the gallery; The Thoughts of Vegetables. Ann-Charlotte Glasberg Blomqvist writes about the exhibition: I look...Read more -
c/o Hotel le Manoir
Group exhibition with gallery artists 14 Sep - 31 Dec 2015(Scroll down for Swedish) Galleri Magnus Karlsson has partnered with Hotel le Manoir in Banyuls-sur-Mer, France. We will make on-site exhibitions with gallery artists and also work towards an exchange...Read more -
Chart Art Fair 2014
Hans Lannér, Petra Lindholm, Klara Kristalova, Peter Köhler, Jeff Olsson & Helene Billgren 29 - 31 Aug 2014
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Jeff Olsson | Under the Spell
Market Art Fair 2014 3 - 6 Apr 2014(Scroll down for Swedish) We are pleased to present Under the Spell, a solo presentation by Jeff Olsson at Market 2014. Under the Spell will show works on paper where...Read more -
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 -
The Armory Show, New York
”Works on Paper”, Jeff Olsson, Carl Hammoud, Maria Nordin, Amy Bennett & Mamma Andersson 8 - 11 Mar 2012Galleri Magnus Karlsson is proud to announce it's participation at The Armory Show for the tenth consecutive year. This year the gallery will show works on paper.Read more -
Jeff Olsson | Parading Without a Permit
6 Oct - 6 Nov 2011Jeff Olsson showed a small exhibition in the gallery in 2009, but Parading Without a Permit is the first solo presentation in Stockholm. In Jeff Olsson’s charcoal and graphite drawings...Read more
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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 -
Jeff Olsson | Nya verk / New Works
1 Feb - 13 Mar 2010We are proud to present an exhibition with three new larger works by Jeff Olsson. The stories spring to us from the wilderness, where dream and reality is as close...Read more
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Jeff Olsson at Göteborgs Konstförening
”Hälsningar från Nirvana”, Göteborgs Konstförening, Göteborg, Sweden, 12.10–3.11 2024 September 12, 2024More information to come. goteborgskonstforening.orgRead more -
Rolf André, Jockum Nordström & Jeff Olsson at Konsthallen Lokstallet
”Den allvarsamma leken”, Konsthallen Lokstallet, Strömstad, Sweden, 6.7–11.8 2024 May 31, 2024For more information: www.stromstad.seRead more -
Jeff Olsson x Nudie Jeans
April 30, 2024Release May 15 in the shop on Södra Larmgatan 12, Gothenburg, Sweden. More information soon -- Release 15 maj i butiken på Södra Larmgatan 12...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at Stockholm School of Economics
”Fulsommar brinn”, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, March 2024 March 25, 2024Jeff Olsson’s animation Fulsommar brinn will be screened in the atrium at Stockholm School of Economics during the month of March, 2024. – I relate...Read more
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Art Talk: Jeff Olsson
Stockholm School of Economics, 26.3 12:15–13 pm March 20, 2024Welcome to this art talk with Jeff Olsson, the artist behind Fulsommar brinn – screened on the big screen in the atrium in March 2023....Read more -
Conversation between artists Jeff Olsson and Niklas Eneblom
Thursday January 11 at 6 pm January 3, 2024In connection with the opening of Niklas Eneblom's exhibition Thin Air in the Inner Room of the Gallery we are delighted to invite you to...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at London Art Fair
Mothflower, Stand G42, Business Design Centre, Islington, London, UK, 21–24.4 2022 April 6, 2022From press release: Mothflower will be a new exhibitor at this year's London Art Fair, presenting work by three exceptional international artists in the fair's...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at CF Hill
”Skogspromenad / Forest Walk”, CF Hill, Stockholm, Sweden, 8.10—5.11 2021 October 10, 2021From press release: - 'Hearken to the soughing of that spruce to which your own adobe is rooted'[1] I've always been fascinated by the spruce,...Read more
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Jeff Olsson at Kristinehamns konstmuseum
”Natten reser sig som en ljudlös fågel / The Night Travels Like a Silent Bird”, Kristinehamns konstmuseum, Sweden, 13.2—25.4 2021 February 13, 2021From press release (In Swedish only): Jeff Olsson, född i Kristinehamn 1981, har berättat att han har tecknat så länge han kan minnas. I tonåren...Read more -
Helene Billgren, Jens Fänge, Carl Hammoud, Tommy Hilding & Jeff Olsson at Bohusläns Museum
”Art Attack—52 Contemporary Artists”, Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden, 15.6—16.8 2020 June 15, 2020From press release: Welcome to our summer exhibition Art Attack delivering a real injection of contemporary art to you! Art Attack was born out of...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at Nevven Gallery
”The Thicker the Woods, the Vaster the Vista”, Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden, 23.4—17.5 2020 April 23, 2020From press release: NEVVEN is proud to present The Thicker the Woods, the Vaster the Vista a group exhibition featuring a selection of new or...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis
”Knowing me Knowing you”, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, Austria, 12.4—12.5 2019 April 12, 2019Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis and Void & Co. presents: KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU, Group Exhibition Exhibition period 13.04.19 - 12.05.2019 Opening 12.04.19 at 20:00...Read more
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Jeff Olsson at Nevven Gallery
”He Was Grooming Someone Else’s Horse”, Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden, 31.5—30. 2018 May 31, 2018From press release: “Jag känner en utsatthet när jag vistas i naturen. Naturen skrämmer mig och jag bearbetar rädslor när jag tecknar” Jeff Olsson There...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at Nevven Gallery
”Konvergenser #3”, Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden, 31.8—30.9 2017 August 31, 2017’Konvergenser is a group show that from its first edition in April 2015 aimed to be an annual exhibition at Nevven collecting and grouping together...Read more -
Niklas Eneblom, Tommy Hilding & Jeff Olsson at Galleri Thomassen
”A Lot A Lot”, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden, 13—30.4 2017 April 13, 2017Participating artists: Alexandra Kern, Alina Vergnano, Amalia Bille, Amy Bernstein, Andrea Damp, Andreas Korsár, Andreas R Andersson, Anette Folkedotter, Ann Eringstam, Anne Pira, Ann-Sofie Claesson,...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at Passagen Linköpings konsthall
”Jeff Olsson & Joakim Ojanen”, Passagen Linköpings konsthall, Sweden, 23.1—6.3 2016 January 23, 2016From Press Release (in Swedish only): Vi inviger årets första utställning på Passagen lördagen den 23/1 kl 13.00. Denna gång visar vi teckning, skulptur och...Read more
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Niklas Eneblom, Carl Hammoud & Jeff Olsson at Göteborgs konstmuseum
”Den romantiska postmodernismen / The Romantic Postmodernism”, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Sweden, 30.5—13.9 2015 May 30, 2015Some of the participating artists: Ola Billgren, Niklas Eneblom, Dick Bengtsson, Carl Hammoud, Jeff Olsson, Mari Rantanen From the pressrelease (in Swedish only): Med verk...Read more -
Helene Billgren & Jeff Olsson at Strandverket
”Vintersalong”, Strandverket, Marstrand, Sweden, 30.11 2014—6.1 2015 November 30, 2014Participating artists: Berit Lindfeldt Christina Skårud Cooper & Gorfer Erland Brand Helene Billgren Ida-Lovisa Rudolfsson Jeff Olsson Karin Broos Mikael Olsson Nina Bondeson Patrick Nilsson...Read more -
Jens Fänge, Jeff Olsson, Helene Billgren & Carl Hammoud at Bohusläns museum
”Samlarens blick — konst ur samtida samlingar”, Konsthallen — Bohusläns museum, Uddevalla, Sweden, 26.4—8.6 2014 April 26, 2014Some of the participating artists: Jens Fänge, Tuija Lindström, Peter Johansson, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Jacob Dahlgren, Andreas Eriksson, Lotta Hannerz, Ann Eringstam, Jeff Olsson, Maria...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at Krets
”A Tragedy Waiting To Happen”, Krets, Malmö, Sweden, 22.3—20.4 2014 March 22, 2014From the press release: In 2010 Jeff Olsson participated in Knock Knock, a group exhibition curated by KRETS at Needles & Pens in San Francisco....Read more
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Jeff Olsson at Frieze Art Fair
Frieze Art Fair, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA, 2013 May 10, 2013Participating artists: Jeff Olsson Aris Moore Thomas Dozol Jeff Williams Alex Scwheder Johnny Abrahams Alain Biltereyst More information: www.jackhanley.com www.friezenewyork.comRead more -
Jeff Olsson at Jack Hanley Gallery
”A Fair Deal”, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York, USA, 1—31.3 2013 March 1, 2013Jack Hanley Gallery is pleased to present a new body of large-scale drawings by Jeff Olsson. This exhibition will mark the artist’s first solo show...Read more -
Jeff Olsson at Kamarama
”Kamarama”, Bruges, Belgium, 1.5—1.8 2012 May 1, 2012From press release: From May 1st until August 1st, 2012, artist, painter, theatre and television producer Kamagurka acts as curator for a special art project...Read more
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Article in Kulturtidningen Zenit, Jeff Olsson
Angelica Olsson, Kulturtidningen Zenit, September 18, 2024 -
Review in Dagens Nyheter, Jeff Olsson
Birgitta Rubin, Dagens Nyheter, January 14, 2024 -
Review in Konsten, Jeff Olsson
Joanna Persman, Konsten, December 10, 2023 -
Review in Omkonst, Jeff Olsson
Dan Backman, Omkonst, December 5, 2023
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Review in Göteborgsposten, Jeff Olsson
Johannes Björk, Göteborgsposten, June 3, 2018 -
Review in Omkonst, Jeff Olsson
Susanna Slöör, Omkonst, March 21, 2018 -
Review in SvD, Jeff Olsson
Joanna Persman, SvD, March 20, 2018 -
Interview with Jeff Olsson
Text: Maria Molin, Photo: Marit Lissdaniels, Tecknaren, August 1, 2017