Martin Arvidsson

Martin Arvidsson (b. 1980) is a visual artist living and working in Stockholm, Sweden.
He graduated from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in 2019. His practice focuses on painting, primarily oil on canvas.

Education

— MFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå,
Sweden, 2017–2019
— BFA, Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå,
Sweden, 2014–2017
— Åredalens preparatory art school,
Östersund, Sweden, 2012–2014

Solo Exhibitions

2020
— The Word For Ocean is Land, Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå
2019
— Diomedea, Härke Konstcentrum, Frösön Östersund
2017
— Where the Road Ends and the Path Begins, Galleriet, Östra Strandgatan, Umeå
2014
— A Humble Farewell, Härke Konstcentrum, Frösön Östersund
2013
— The Day After, Urbn Art, Östersund

Group Exhibitions

2025
— Skaraborgssalongen, Bildkällan, Falköping
2024
— Painters’ Salon, Södertälje Konsthall, Flat Octopus
2023
— Visions, Crum Heavean, Stockholm
2019
— Pluto (the symbol), MVG, Umeå. Curated by Lothar Hempel
2019 — Simultaneously, Galleriet, Östra Strandgatan, Umeå. Curated by Reto Pulfer
2019 — Meanwhile, GSA Gallery, Stockholm
2019 — Meanwhile, Bildmuset, Umeå
2019 — Collapse, Popup exhibition, Utopia Umeå
2018
— The Drawing Room, Galleriet, Östra Strandgatan, Umeå. Curated by Ariane Müller and Christoph Draeger
2018 – Para Site, Gallery Alva, Umeå
2017
– Black Cube, Galleriet, Östra Strandgatan, Umeå. Curated by Olav Westphalen
2017– My secret is that I stayed the same for a short time, Galleriet, Östra Strandgatan, Umeå
2016
— Den Blå tråden, Bryggeriet, Nora
2015
— All The World's Futures (Continued), Galleri Alva, Umeå
2015
– Difficulty of Freedom, Freedom of Difficulty, Galleriet, Östra Strandgatan, Umeå. Curated by Carin Ellberg and Erla S. Haraldsdóttir
2014
— Jag tappade allt, men behöll mer, Ahlbergshallen, Östersund

Other

2020–2024
— Open studio at Stockholm Craft Week, The Garage Stockholm

Grants

2019
— Galleri Verkligheten

Represented

Östersunds kommun
Statens Konstråd
Private collections

CV (PDF, Swedish) / Image Index