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born 1964 is a Swedish artist, educated at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm and Middlesex University, London. He has continuously exhibited in Sweden and internationally since the 1990s. He lives and works in London and Stockholm. He currently teaches as Senior Lecturer in Painting at Konstfack (University of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm and has in recent years also conducted a number of workshops and exhibitions with students in Lima, Peru.

Life and work
Martin Gustavsson was born in Bohuslän, Sweden and lives since many years both in London and Stockholm. He has a BA in Fine Art from Middlesex University (1994)and a Master from The Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm (1996). Martin Gustavsson has exhibited extensively in Sweden and internationally since 1995 at art galleries and art museums such as Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm (1997), Zinc Gallery, Stockholm (2001), Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, London (2004,2007), Oslo Kunsforening, Oslo (2008), Maria Stenfors, London (2010, 2013), Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg (2011),Galerie Crone, Berlin (2011), Dak'art Biennale of Senegal (2018), The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm (2019), Galleri Flach, Stockholm (2019), see complete list of exhibitions.

Martin Gustavsson has worked as a visiting lecturer at Middlesex Univeristy, Fine Art(1998-2005),Royal Academy of Arts (KKH), Stockholm (2014-2015), Umeå Fine Art Academy (2008-2015), and since 2017 as Senior Lecturer in Painting at Konstfack (University of Arts, Crafts and Design), Stockholm. In the paintings of Martin Gustavsson there is a flow of expressions, colors and codes. His iconography is extensive and is based on both the human body and various elements of nature. They often embody beauty, fragility, lust and transience; topics that he has explored throughout the years. He refers to painting as a bodily abstraction where colors and shapes become codes that we learn to read. Just as in gay, and other sub-cultures where people communicate through colors, codes and symbols, Gustavsson's paintings are filled with signs of secret erotic encounters, gazes and desires. He usually presents his work in (large) installations, as for instance his installation “In No Particular Order” that has been exposed in London, Gothenburg and Stockholm. It comprises a large number of paintings, compiled in a site-specific flow, similar to a kaleidoscopic mosaic based on the room's architectural conditions. An other example is the installation “Un Chant Ecarlate”, presented at Galleri Öst, Konstakademien 2019, Stockholm (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts), where large paintings were hanging freely and could be seen through a transparent and permeable light.

Martin Gustavsson also works with performances in relation to his installations of paintings, which involve sound and movements which the audience.

Exhibitions
Selected solo shows in selections.


 * 2020 "In No Particular Order with Fruit", Restaurang AG, Stockholm, Sweden
 * 2019 "In No Particular Order", Galleri Flach, Stockholm, Sweden
 * 2019 "Un Chant Ecarlate", Galleri Öst, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden
 * 2016 Point of Entry, Gerlesborgsskolan, Sweden
 * 2016 "Saints and Fuckers w", Rhodas Cnbl and M. Abbadon, Proyecto AMIL, Lima
 * 2016 Open Studio, Proyecto AMIL, Lima
 * 2015 "El Mirage", Participant Inc, New York, also part of Performa 15 New York.
 * 2013 "Indentations", Maria Stenfors, London
 * 2011 "In No Particular Order", Göteborgs Konst Museum
 * 2011 "In No Particular Order", Galerie Crone, Berlin
 * 2010 "In No Particular Order", Maria Stenfors, London
 * 2009 Feed Thy Soul, Event Gallery, London
 * 2008 "Wrath of God", Oslo Kunstforening,Oslo
 * 2007 "Wrath of God", Brändström & Stene, Stockholm
 * 2005 "Daisy Chain", Karizma Gallery, Kuwait
 * 2004 "The Gospel", Brändström & Stene, Stockholm Shedding, Project Space, MOCA, London
 * 2003 "The Gospel", Malmö Art Musuem, Malmö
 * 2003 The Gospel, Konsthallen, Bohusläns Museum 2001
 * 2001 "By Proxy, Zinc" Gallery, Stockholm
 * 2000 "Double Happines"s, Taro Nasu Gallery, Tokyo
 * 1999 "If You Could See Me Now", Titanik, Åbo
 * 1997 "Still Lives", Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm