CONTACT
Contact: hertha.hanson@gmail.com
BIO
Hertha Hanson’s paintings span over both intuition and thoughtfulness. Imbedded in the oil paint is the registration of the passing of time. In the paintings different layers are memories and traces, as a recording of experiences from a person’s memory bank. The traces are not always visible, but they exist, and they shape and form what comes next. Nevertheless, Hanson’s process is highly spontaneous. The paintings are built up in layer after layer, brush stroke after brush stroke. The artists numbers her paintings and the shift in their different expression over time, tells a story of change and how one work leads on to the next. The work of Hertha Hanson speaks of a before and an after, as well as of a past and a present. Her paintings avoid every attempt of categorization and stagnation. The paintings do not give in to the eye’s willingness to search for stability, but rather they stay in constant movement within the framework of the stretchers.
Hertha Hanson, born 1980 in Lund, currently lives and works in Karlstad, Sweden. Hanson holds a MFA from Malmö Art Academy, 2008.
Hertha Hanson’s work has been shown at Lidköping Konsthall; Kristinehamns konstmuseum; Malmö Konstmuseum; Lunds konsthall; Luleå Konsthall; Rackstadmuseet, Arvika; Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup; and Envoy Enterprise in New York, among others.
Hertha Hanson has received the Eric and Inger Olson-Ekdahl Grant, Edstrandska Foundation Grant, Ellen Trotzig Grant, Fredrik Roos Grant, Bror Hjorth drawing Grant, among others.
Hertha Hanson’s work is in the permanent collection of The Public Art Agency Sweden; Malmö Konstmuseum; Karlstads kommun; Kristinehamns konstmuseum; Gotlands Museum; Stockholm Konst; Bror Hjorths Hus; Region Värmland; Region Halland; Lunds Konsthall; and Region Skåne among others. Public commissions include Region Stockholm and Region Värmland.
CV
Born 1980 in Lund, lives and works in Karlstad, Sweden
Education
2004 – 2009 Master of Fine Art, Malmö Art Academy
2001 – 2003 Gerlesborg School of Fine Art, Bohuslän
1999 – 2000 Nyckelviksskolan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Hjo Konsthall
2023 Bror Hjoths Hus, Uppsala
2023 At the corner, Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2021 Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2021 Lidköpings konsthall
2021 Kolonin, Arvika
2020 Galleri Arnstedt, Båstad
2019 Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2018 Rackstad Museum, Arvika
2018 Konstfrämjandet, Karlstad
2017 Vargåkragård, Hammenhög
2017 ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2015 Vargåkragård, Hammenhög
2015 Kristinehamn Art Museum
2014 ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2012 ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2011 Lund Cathedral Crypt, Lund
2010 Galleri Lilith Waltenberg, Malmö
2009 Fredrik Roos grant, Galleri KHM, Malmö
2008 Graduation exhibition, Galleri KHM, Malmö
2008 Bror Hjorts hus, Uppsala
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Summershow, Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2024 Polyfoni, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
2023 Winter Show, Anna Bohman Gallery
2023 Pink Light, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum
2023 Vargåkragård, hammenhög
2023 c/o Burling, Hamra
2022 Summer Show, Anna Bohman Gallery
2022 Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup
2021 Alma Löv, Östra Ämtervik
2020 Emperical Nonsence, Envoy Enterpricse, New York
2020 Höstsamling, Galleri Arnstedt, Båstad
2020 Winter Show, Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2020 Polyfoni 5, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
2020 Biologisk mångfald, Konstfrämjandet, Karlstad
2018 No. 60, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2017 The Edstrand Foundation, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö
2017 Works on Paper, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2017 Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
2016 Painting Failures, Moderna Museet, Malmö
2014 NO.27, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2014 Contemporary Landscape Painting, Vargåkragård
(curated by Thomas Millroth)
2014 Summer Show 2014, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2013 Who’s afraid of red?, Vargåkragård, Hammenhög
2013 Summer show 2013, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm
2012 Painting, painting, Vargåkragård, Hammenhög
2011 Systers val, Luleå konsthall (curated by Galleri Syster)
2011 3 artists, 3 temperaments, Vargåkragård, Hammenhög
2011 Face, Hallands konstförening, Halmstad
2010 Spår, Malmö Art Museum
2010 Presentation, Lunds konsthall, Lund
2010 Drawing, drawing…, Bror Hjorths hus, Uppsala
2010 And that shadow will..., Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup
2010 An oral evening, Etikett, Malmö
2009 The first year and a bit of ... Galleri Lilith Waltenberg, Malmö
2009 Broadcast during the summer, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2009 Ta plats, Rättviks konsthall
Grants
2022 Nya Wermlands Tidningens Kulturpris
2022 The City of Karlstad work grant
2020 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee two-year work grant
2019 Eric and Inger Olson Ekdahl grant
2018 Axel Sjöberg grant
2017 Edstrand Foundation grant
2015 Kristinehamn Art Museum grant
2014 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee two-year work grant
2012 The City of Malmö studio grant
2011 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee one-year work grant
2011 Friends of Lunds konsthall grant
2010 Ellen Trotzig grant
2009 Fredrik Roos Artists Fund grant
2009 The City of Malmö studio grant
2008 Bror Hjorth Association drawing grant
2008 Malmö Konststudio grant
2002 Gerlesborg School exhibition grant
Public Collections
Malmö Konstmuseum
Kristinehamn konstuseum
Lunds konsthall
Gotlands Museum
Stockholm Länslandsting
Stockholms Stad
Statens Konstråd
Region Värmland
Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening
Bror Hjorths Hus
Region Halland
Region Skåne
Region Uppsala
Hjo Kommun
Årjängs kommun