JENS FÄNGE
BORN IN 1965 IN GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN. LIVES AND WORKS IN STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN. Working at the intersection of the early-twentieth-century practice of collage and the ancient art of shadow play, Jens Fänge has developed a surrealistic matryoshka-like aesthetics that consists of assembling paintings within paintings. A master of eclecticism, he incorporates—so it seems—an entire hierarchy of genres into his composite works, juxtaposing iconic portraits, still lifes, domestic interiors, cityscapes, and landscapes with geometric abstractions, all of which he renders using a variety of media and materials, including oil paint, pencil, vinyl, cardboard, and fabric on panel. The contoured, often cut-out protagonists of the artist’s refined pictorial plays appear to be drifting into these overlapping stage-like layers of representations, giving rise to an intricate, seemingly endless maze of shifting perspectives, not only within each composition but also within each series as a whole. 1989–1994 - The Valand Academy of Fine Arts, Gothenburg, Sweden 1987–1989 - Hovedskous School of Painting, Gothenburg, Sweden SOLO SHOWS 2026 - Antechamber, Perrotin New York, USA 2024 - Parlour, Perrotin Tokyo, Japan - Ett annat land (The Land Beyond), Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden - Ceramics, KKAM, Höganäs, Sweden 2023 - Night School, Perrotin Shanghai, China 2022 - Aura, Perrotin Hong Kong 2021 - Inner Songes, Perrotin Paris, France 2020 - Jens Fänge, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden 2019 - Alcove, Perrotin New York, USA 2018 - Drömmarna, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 2017 - Sister Feelings, Perrotin Hong Kong 2016 - The Hours Before, Perrotin Paris, France 2014 - Jens Fänge, Arnstedt Östra Karup, Båstad, Sweden 2013 - Das Schauspeil, ABC Station Berlin, Germany - Förvandlingsrummet / Room of Transformation, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden 2012 - Historia de la noche, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden - Diplopia (two-person exhibition with Carl Hammoud), Baton Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 - Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden 2009 - En lång ljus vecka, Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo, Norway - Blänk och strålar/Gleams and Beams,Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden 2008 - Kristianstad Konsthall, Kristianstad, Sweden 2007 - Thordén Wetterling Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden - Arnstedt & Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden 2006 - Maison du Peuple, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden 2005 - Östersunds Konstförening, Ahlbergshallen, Östersund, Sweden 2003 - Arnstedt Kullgren Galleri, Östra Karup, Sweden 2002 - Flat, Baroque and Berserk, Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden 2001 - Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway - Galleri Wallner, Malmö, Sweden 1999 - Stalke, Köpenhamn, Denmark 1998 - Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden - Good Life Project, The BBQ Series, New York, USA 1996 - Gothenburg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden - Schaper Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden 1995 - Lindblad Thordén Galleri, Gothenburg, Sweden