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Clara Aldén
b.1988, Falun, Sweden
Currently based in Gothenburg, Sweden
Education
2019 - 2021 — MFA, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg
2015 - 2018 — BFA, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
2008 - 2010 — 2year diploma, Gerlesborgsskolan
Selected solo exhibitions
2024 — The present will kill the past, Galleri KC, Göteborg
2024 — Kid(do) II, H-I-T, Göteborg
2019 — Tiny Desires, Galleri Toll, Stockholm
2017 — Hungry Eyes, Galleri Fisk, Bergen
Selected group exhibitions
2023 — Unknown forces, Detriti Gallery/GIBCA Extended, Göteborg
2023 — KMK, Konstepedemin
2023 — Konst åt alla, Sveasalen, Leksand
2023 — Konstepeidemns Vårsalong -På tal om värde och bla bla-Grupputställning, Galleri Konstepidemin
2022 — Care &Value, Group exhibition, Whose Musuem, Malmö
2022 — Murf/Murw stadsfestival, Tilburg (NL)
2022 — Læner mig ømt mod natten, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
2022 — Assholes Live Forever / Astral Squamata / Still Life / Blueberry Flavored / Martial arts / RAF-forestillingen fra kælder teatret på Nørrebro / The Graveyard / Action Force / Oh dear diary, I finally did it ! / From Darkness / Eternal tug of war / The Substitute / No Condition is Permanent / Det lilla misstaget, Galleri Konstepedemin, Göteborg
2021 — Dokumentärfotosalong, Västerbottens Museum
2021 — Quantum Entanglement, Sockerbruket, Göteborg,
2021 — Clustering Illusions through Uncommon Patterns, Göteborgs Konsthall
2020 — Distributed moment, Index, Stockholm
2019 — Gathering, Galleri Hypha, Oslo
2018 — Nowhere Now Here, Bachelor degree show, Bergen
2017 — After school special, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2016 — GroupEx, Minority Gallery, Stockholm
2016 — Prøverommet, Galleri Østre, Bergen
2016 — Offline, Galleri Fisk, Bergen
2016 — The ghost in the machine, 6.etg Gallery, Bergen
2015 — Three iterations, Rom 8, Bergen
2015 — Konstparken Gagnef
Public comissions and collections
2025 — Ulricaparken, Ulricehamn (upcoming)
2024 — Region Halland’s art collection
2023 — Folkets hus och parker
2022 — Untitled Nature, Sound absorbments for Region Dalarna
2022 — Cirkelns Kvadratur, Art Made This, Göteborg
2020 — Sketch Assignment Region Dalarna
Grants
2023 — One-year working grant, Västra Götalandsregionen
2022 — Studio Grant, Göteborgs stad
2022 — International exchange and travel allowance, The Swedish Arts Grants Foundation
2022 — One year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Foundation
2021 — Otto och Charlotte Manheimers Fond
2021 — Familjen Gustaf Tobisons Stipendiefond
2021 — Bröderna Mohlanders Stiftelse
2017 — KMD Resestipendium
Recidencies
2024 — Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad, Göteborg (november 2024)
2024 — Danielsgården
Publications
2023 — Milk art journal vol.2: Body & Belonging
2020 — Mom Egg Review 18
2014 — Illustration now! 5, published by Taschen
Press
M.A.M.A: “The mother of Frankenstein’s monster”
https://mommuseum.org/2022/02/01/m-a-m-a-feb-51-art-and-words-by-clara-alden/
Kunstkritikk: “Skingrade för vinden” 11.05.21
https://kunstkritikk.se/skingrade-for-vinden/
Göteborgsposten: “Recension: Examensutställning: Masterprogrammet i fri konst på Valand”
https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/recension-examensutst%C3%A4llning-masterprogrammet-i-fri-konst-p%C3%A5-valand-1.45647318
Göteborgsposten: “Skapade konst ur frustration och besvikelse” (Interview)
https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/skapade-konst-ur-frustration-och-besvikelse-1.45581344
Selected client list
Wallpaper, Stine Goya, ICA, Doctors without borders, Barncancerfonden, Minimarket, Photowall, Pen store,
Stockholms stad, Samsung, Rodeo Magazine
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Clara Aldén
b.1988, Falun, Sweden
Currently based in Gothenburg, Sweden
Education
2019 - 2021 — MFA, Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg
2015 - 2018 — BFA, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
2008 - 2010 — 2year diploma, Gerlesborgsskolan
Selected solo exhibitions
2024 — The present will kill the past, Galleri KC, Göteborg
2024 — Kid(do) II, H-I-T, Göteborg
2019 — Tiny Desires, Galleri Toll, Stockholm
2017 — Hungry Eyes, Galleri Fisk, Bergen
Selected group exhibitions
2023 — Unknown forces, Detriti Gallery/GIBCA Extended, Göteborg
2023 — KMK, Konstepedemin
2023 — Konst åt alla, Sveasalen, Leksand
2023 — Konstepeidemns Vårsalong -På tal om värde och bla bla-Grupputställning, Galleri Konstepidemin
2022 — Care &Value, Group exhibition, Whose Musuem, Malmö
2022 — Murf/Murw stadsfestival, Tilburg (NL)
2022 — Læner mig ømt mod natten, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
2022 — Assholes Live Forever / Astral Squamata / Still Life / Blueberry Flavored / Martial arts / RAF-forestillingen fra kælder teatret på Nørrebro / The Graveyard / Action Force / Oh dear diary, I finally did it ! / From Darkness / Eternal tug of war / The Substitute / No Condition is Permanent / Det lilla misstaget, Galleri Konstepedemin, Göteborg
2021 — Dokumentärfotosalong, Västerbottens Museum
2021 — Quantum Entanglement, Sockerbruket, Göteborg,
2021 — Clustering Illusions through Uncommon Patterns, Göteborgs Konsthall
2020 — Distributed moment, Index, Stockholm
2019 — Gathering, Galleri Hypha, Oslo
2018 — Nowhere Now Here, Bachelor degree show, Bergen
2017 — After school special, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2016 — GroupEx, Minority Gallery, Stockholm
2016 — Prøverommet, Galleri Østre, Bergen
2016 — Offline, Galleri Fisk, Bergen
2016 — The ghost in the machine, 6.etg Gallery, Bergen
2015 — Three iterations, Rom 8, Bergen
2015 — Konstparken Gagnef
Public comissions and collections
2025 — Ulricaparken, Ulricehamn (upcoming)
2024 — Region Halland’s art collection
2023 — Folkets hus och parker
2022 — Untitled Nature, Sound absorbments for Region Dalarna
2022 — Cirkelns Kvadratur, Art Made This, Göteborg
2020 — Sketch Assignment Region Dalarna
Grants
2023 — One-year working grant, Västra Götalandsregionen
2022 — Studio Grant, Göteborgs stad
2022 — International exchange and travel allowance, The Swedish Arts Grants Foundation
2022 — One year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Foundation
2021 — Otto och Charlotte Manheimers Fond
2021 — Familjen Gustaf Tobisons Stipendiefond
2021 — Bröderna Mohlanders Stiftelse
2017 — KMD Resestipendium
Recidencies
2024 — Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad, Göteborg (november 2024)
2024 — Danielsgården
Publications
2023 — Milk art journal vol.2: Body & Belonging
2020 — Mom Egg Review 18
2014 — Illustration now! 5, published by Taschen
Press
M.A.M.A: “The mother of Frankenstein’s monster”
https://mommuseum.org/2022/02/01/m-a-m-a-feb-51-art-and-words-by-clara-alden/
Kunstkritikk: “Skingrade för vinden” 11.05.21
https://kunstkritikk.se/skingrade-for-vinden/
Göteborgsposten: “Recension: Examensutställning: Masterprogrammet i fri konst på Valand”
https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/recension-examensutst%C3%A4llning-masterprogrammet-i-fri-konst-p%C3%A5-valand-1.45647318
Göteborgsposten: “Skapade konst ur frustration och besvikelse” (Interview)
https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/skapade-konst-ur-frustration-och-besvikelse-1.45581344
Selected client list
Wallpaper, Stine Goya, ICA, Doctors without borders, Barncancerfonden, Minimarket, Photowall, Pen store,
Stockholms stad, Samsung, Rodeo Magazine