The work of Fanny Hellgren (b.1992, Gothenburg) deals with ideas of time, change, and ephemerality in relation to natural and constructed landscapes. She works in series of abstractions and has over the years oscillated between painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation. Working with materials such as sand, stone, water, resin, concrete, pigment, graphite and paper, the properties and agency of the materials guides her process based practice. In Hellgren’s work, natural science and mysticism merges and reflects on the connection between the micro and the macro, the cycles of nature, and the human urge to search for meaning. Hellgren holds an MFA from the Malmö Art Academy (2021), and has studied at HDK-Valand Academy in Gothenburg (2017) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (2016). She has exhibited at venues such as Göteborgs Konsthall (2023), NEVVEN (Gothenburg, 2024 and 2020), Kulturföreningen Lyktan (Kortedala, 2022), 3:e Våningen (Gothenburg, 2019), KC Magacin (Belgrade, 2019), Raum Vollreinigung (Berlin, 2018), Gothenburg City Museum (2015), and Alingsås Museum (2015), and her work is represented in public collections including Statens Konstråd, Ståhl Collection, Region Kalmar and Region Skåne, to name a few. Hellgren lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden.
A Potential Movement, a Movement’s Potential, and a Sudden Stillness
Aug 8 — Sep 22, 2024
Withering Postures
Dec 12, 2019 — Feb 16, 2020
Never Even
Jan 31 — Feb 24, 2019
A Minimal Relief
Aug 23 — Sep 16, 2018
Gray Terrain
Oct 26 — Nov 4, 2017
Konvergenser #3
Aug 31 — Sep 30, 2017
Hypnotisk Dans Mellan Konstverken På NEVVEN
Göteborgs Posten — Aug 9, 2024
Fanny Hellgren at NEVVEN / Göteborg
Daily Lazy — Feb 7, 2020
Fanny Hellgren at NEVVEN
Émergent Magazine — Jan 25, 2020
Fanny Hellgren at NEVVEN
Artmirror — Jan 18, 2020
Minimal Relief Är Inte Bara Lättnad
Göteborgs Posten — Aug 24, 2018
Betongen Lösgjord Ur Tiden
Om Konst — Nov 1, 2017
Bäst Just Nu: Konst, September 2015, Göteborg
Nöjesguiden — Aug 28, 2015
Fanny Hellgren, Yesterdays News, Gothenburg: Self published, 2018 — Artist publication
VV.AA., Konvergenser #3, Gothenburg: Nevven Editions, 2017 — Fanzine catalog
VV.AA., Konvergenser #2, Gothenburg: Nevven Editions, 2016 — Fanzine catalog