Rita Lundqvist employs a reductive vocabulary of forms and images to create minimal compositions that suggest mysterious narratives. Flat geometric forms describe landscapes whose dominant feature is usually a single linear horizon. Figures and objects are set within these landscapes, themselves rendered as a formal combination of geometric elements.
Figures, or characters that are uniform in scale and perspective and vary only slightly in gesture and position populate Lundqvist’s canvases. Within the context of this compositional repetition, the figures deconstruct as symbols and themselves become formal elements. The characters’ divergent activities and the situations they find themselves in have usually been suggested by a single object, or prop. In the later paintings, however, there are more characters and fewer props, which gives rise to a greater interaction.
EDUCATION
1980-85
The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
1979-80
Birkagårdens Konstskola, Stockholm, Sweden
1976-77
Nyckelviksskolan, Lidingö, Sweden
Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2010
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2007
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2002
Project space, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2001
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
2000
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
1998
Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden
1995
Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
1993
Galleri 1, Gothenburg, Sweden
1992
Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
1991
Galleri Wallner, Malmö, Sweden
1990
Galleri Sankt Olof, Norrköping, Sweden
1989
Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
2004
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
2001
The Carnegie Art Award for Nordic Painting: Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Helsinki, Stockholm, Reykjavik
2000
The Edstrand Foundation Art Prize, 2000, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
1998
Start 98, Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe, 1998, Sweden
1993
Se människan, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
1989
Made in Sweden, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
1988
Konst på väg, Konstbuss i Norge, Riksutställningar, Sweden
1987
Konstföreställningar, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Kex, UKS & Oslo Konstförning; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
COLLECTIONS
Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Norrköpings konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
Borås konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
The National Public Art Council of Sweden
Moderna museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Göteborgs konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Rita Lundqvist - Målningar i urval - Catalogue from the solo exhibition at Liljevalchs Konsthall
1998
Rita Lundqvist, published by Galleri Lars Bohman in collaboration with The National Pharmacy Art Association
1989
Made in Sweden, published by Rooseum, Malmö
Figures, or characters that are uniform in scale and perspective and vary only slightly in gesture and position populate Lundqvist’s canvases. Within the context of this compositional repetition, the figures deconstruct as symbols and themselves become formal elements. The characters’ divergent activities and the situations they find themselves in have usually been suggested by a single object, or prop. In the later paintings, however, there are more characters and fewer props, which gives rise to a greater interaction.
EDUCATION
1980-85
The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
1979-80
Birkagårdens Konstskola, Stockholm, Sweden
1976-77
Nyckelviksskolan, Lidingö, Sweden
Member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2010
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2007
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
2002
Project space, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2001
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
2000
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
1998
Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden
1995
Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
1993
Galleri 1, Gothenburg, Sweden
1992
Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
1991
Galleri Wallner, Malmö, Sweden
1990
Galleri Sankt Olof, Norrköping, Sweden
1989
Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
2004
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
2001
The Carnegie Art Award for Nordic Painting: Copenhagen, Oslo, London, Helsinki, Stockholm, Reykjavik
2000
The Edstrand Foundation Art Prize, 2000, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
1998
Start 98, Stockholm - Cultural Capital of Europe, 1998, Sweden
1993
Se människan, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
1989
Made in Sweden, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
1988
Konst på väg, Konstbuss i Norge, Riksutställningar, Sweden
1987
Konstföreställningar, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Kex, UKS & Oslo Konstförning; The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
COLLECTIONS
Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Norrköpings konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
Borås konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
The National Public Art Council of Sweden
Moderna museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Göteborgs konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010
Rita Lundqvist - Målningar i urval - Catalogue from the solo exhibition at Liljevalchs Konsthall
1998
Rita Lundqvist, published by Galleri Lars Bohman in collaboration with The National Pharmacy Art Association
1989
Made in Sweden, published by Rooseum, Malmö