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Artist Statement -



Richard Solstjärna born in Sweden, lives and works in Berlin. Abstract Painting dominates my artistic expression.
In my paintings the Energy and Forces which are immanent in Nature are visualized. Forces at work in maximum self-sufficiency. Primary, undiluted, full of tension. Never at ease always in moment. A pulse in rhythm and rhyme. Emerging from a Void, an emptiness and silent space which is the source of its origin.

The theme, the allegories and concepts form the basis of my creations and for the technique I will avail myself of. There are no rules. Any preconceived image are dissolved for that particular artwork to emerge. Installations are made when the theme and work calls for it.

Artist Exhibitions



Selected SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Magical Realms, KU64, Berlin, Germany.
2011 Phoenix Myth and Reality, Church of St Johannes, Malmoe, Sweden.
2011 Man and her Golgotha, Church of St Johannes, Malmoe, Sweden.
2008 Sala Barna Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 Castell del Remei, Lleida, Spain.
2006 E.on Sweden Culture and Art Association, Malmoe, Sweden.
2004 Agora Gallery, New York, USA.
2004 La Spadarina Gallery, Piacenza, Italy.
2002 Svenska Konstgalleriet, Malmoe, Sweden.

Selected ART FAIRS and GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Povvera Art Fair, Berlin, Germany.
2008 Sala Barna Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 Frankfurter Buchmesse Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
2007 Works on Display, Artoteque, UK juried.
2007 Sala Barna Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2007 Malmo Artfair, Malmoe, Sweden.
2006 Frankfurter Buchmesse Fair, Frankfurt, Germany.
2006 Sala Barna Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2006 Arte, Ponte tra Culture e differenze, Torino, Italy.
2005 Biennale Internazionale dell Arte Contemporanea Florence, Italy juried.
2005 Galleria Centro Storico, Florence, Italy juried.
2005 Sala Barna Gallery, Barcelona, Spain.
2005 ArtNow, UK juried.
2004 Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France.
2004 Trofeo Luigi Valenti, Cremona, Italy juried.
2004 Natale Arte, Torino, Italy.
2004 Santa Maria delle Arti, Torino, Italy juried.
2004 Everarts Gallery, Paris, France.
2004 Artexpo New York, New York, US.
2003 Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France.
2003 Everarts Gallery, Paris, France.
2003 Espace Paul Cezanne, Le Puget Sur Argens, France.
2003 Salon International dArt Moderne, Versailles, France.
2002 Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France.
2002 ArtVienna Fair, Vienna, Austria.
2002 Salon des Leopards, Saint Tropez, France.
2002 Art Innsbruck Fair, Innsbruck, Austria.
2002 Espace Paul Cezanne, Le Puget Sur Argens, France.
2001 Centre Culturel Christiane Peugeot, Paris, France.
2001 EuroArt Fair, Museum Drassanes, Barcelona, Spain.
2001 Espace Richelieu, Paris, France.
2000 Galerie Le Carre dOr, Paris, France....

Artist Publications



Represented in the art dictionarys and art books:
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
2014 Art Unlimited 101 Contemporary Artists, MOT, Masters of Today, UK.
2011 International Dictionary of Artists Vol.1, WWAB, USA.
2009 Trends Contemporary Artists, MOT, Masters of Today, UK.
2008 Swedish Artists, Svenska Konstnarer Bookpublishing, Sweden.
2007 Avanguardie Artistiche, Centro Diffusione Arte Editore, Palermo, Italy.
2007 Famous 100 Contemporary Artists. World of Art, UK.
2007 Artists and Masters of the New Millennium, 1st edition. Associazione Galleria Centro Storico, Florence, Italy.
2007 ART-Artists from the 15th-21st Century, Regards editions d'art, France.
2006 La Mer, Regards editions d'Art, France.
2006 Who's Who In International Art, Switzerland.
2004-2005 International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art , Edition Alba, Italy.
2004 Who's Who In International Art, Switzerland.
2003-2004 International Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Edition Alba, Italy.

Catalogues:
2008 "Artist to Artist", Hamburg, Germany.
2005 Biennale Internazionale dell' Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy.
2005 "Dialogues", St Petersburg, Russia.
2005 "Ascoltando L'Anima", Piacenza, Italy.
2004 Europ Art, Geneve, Switzerland.
2002 ArtVienna, Vienna, Austria.
2002 Art Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
2001 EuroArt, Barcelona, Spain.
1999 Nordic Art Antiques Fair, Sundsvall, Sweden.
1999 Europ Art, Geneve, Switzerland.

Publications:
2004 "ArtisSpectrum" magazine, Volume13, fall issue, New York, USA.
2003-2004 "Artefi", Annuaire International Artistes Galleries, edition Artefi, France.



RICHARD SOLSTJARNA represented in TRENDS Contemporary Artists 2009. The Masters of Today Global Art book series.

TRENDS Contemporary Artists is an overview of contemporary art, a collectible resource book for artists, galleries, museums, dealers, art collectors, who seek the latest trends in the art world.
TRENDS is an art book as ART and source of information including 136 profiles of artists, reporting on the art, personalities and art trends that shape today art world.
Edited and published by MOT, Masters of Today 2009.

RICHARD SOLSTJARNA represented in SWEDISH ARTISTS edition 2008.
This swedish biographic artdictionairy is and have been a reference book for gallerists, artdealers and libraries for more than 50 years. Publisher: Bookpublishing Svenska Konstnarer.

RICHARD SOLSTJARNA represented in FAMOUS Contemporary Artists.
FAMOUS is an overview of contemporary art, a resource book for artists, galleries, museums, dealers, art collectors, who seek the latest trends in the art world. FAMOUS is an art book as art and source of information including 121 profiles of artists, reporting on the art, personalities and art trends that shape today art world. Edited and published by World of Art 2007.

RICHARD SOLSTJARNA represented in the french artbook "ART-Artists from the 15th to the 21st Century", Regards edition d'Art 2007.

"In this book, you will find the Masters of the Flemish painting, of the Italian Rebirth, of the impressionism and the great picturial movements of the last two centuries."
Represented painters are Bacon, Basquiat, Botticello, Cezanne, Durer, Kandinsky, Yves Klein, Modigliani, Rembrandt, Rubens, Renoir, Velasquez, Vermeer, Warhol and Richard Solstjarna among others.


International art critic:
Antonio Malmo, International art critic, Italy, Expert in Modern Art, Member Dell'Accademia D'Europa di Napoli, Dell'Unione della Legion
D'Oro di Roma, Dell'Accademia Internazionale "Il Perseo" di Firenze.
Danica Novgorodoff, International art critic, New York, USA.
Stig Ake Stalnacke, International art critic, Sweden, member of AICA Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art . ...

Artist Collections



Deloitte, Malmoe, Sweden
EON, Malmoe, Sweden
Everarts Gallery, Paris, France
Hotel BellPuig, Lleida, Spain
House of Philipponnat, Champagne, France
RD2000, Malmoe, Sweden
Dr. Riedl, Munchen, Germany
RME Bygg, Gefle, Sweden
Sala Barna Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Swedbank, Malmoe, Sweden
Dr. Ziegler, Berlin, Germany...

Artist Favorites