Kristina Abelli Elander

Kristina Abelli Elander (* 1952 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish artist, above all a painter , comic artist , creator of sculptures and objects made of ceramics and textiles and performance artist . With her works she is u. a. represented in Moderna Museet , Stockholm and Stockholms Läns Landsting , Moderna Museet Malmö , Stenhusgården Norrköping , Sandvikens Konsthall , Sandviken and Göteborgs Konstmuseum .

Elander received her education at the Birkagårdens Art School from 1972 to 1973 and became part of the politicized and feminist art scene in Sweden.

Elander has also made a film about a day of her life: Från morgon till kväll (From morning to evening) and has designed the costumes in several Swedish films. The IMDB lists her as a costume designer for the films Mamma, pappa, barn , (1978), Barnförbjudet (1979), Veckan då Roger dödades (1981), Hammar (1992) and Love and War (2006).

Solo exhibitions

Selection :

1978: Galleri Händer, Stockholm
1980: Sandvikens Konsthall, Sandviken
1980: Galleri Engelbrekt, Örebro
1980: Modern kvinna . Stockholm area
1984: Kannibalism , Galleri Händer, Stockholm
1984: Borås Konsthall, Borås
1984–1986: Space Invaders , BarBar, a gallery project run by Kristina Abelli Elander in Stockholm with Kim Klein
1985: B-side Gallery , New York , USA
1986: Planet Galerie, Düsseldorf
1986: Stenhusgården, Linköping
1987: Babylon Babies . Sweger Art Stockholm Art Fair Sollentuna, Stockholm
1988: Wadköpings Konsthall , Örebro
1988: Creep-Queen , Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
1988: Krognoshuset Lund
1989: Galleri Lång, Malmö
1989: Gävle Konsthall, Gävle
1989: Galleri 29, Växjö
1992: Nonverbal poetry, Bagargården Västerås
1992: Creep-Queen , Biblioteket Haninge Kommun, Stockholm
1992: Nonverbal poetry , Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
1993: Twin , Nationalgalleriet Stockholm
1996: Landsföreningen norske Malere LNM, Oslo , Norway
1997: Galleri PS, Gothenburg
1998: To Whom It May Concern . Schaper & Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm
2000: Falun Freaky Flow , Dalarnas Museum
2000: Malmö Freaky Flow , Galleri Ping Pong, Malmö
2001: Edsvik Konst och Kultur Fear, curator Joseph Backstein
2001: Galleri PS, Gothenburg
2001: Ingen Vet… , Schaper & Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm
2004: Blue Alien , Galleri Ping Pong, Malmö
2004: Blue Alien , Galleri Ping Pong, Malmö
2005: Alien Works! Ahlbergshallen Ostersund
2007: Prinsessor utan Panik , Konstakademien Stockholm, with Gittan Jönsson
2008: Prinsessor utan Panik , Kristianstad Länsmuseum / Konsthall, Bohusläns Konsthall / Läckö slot, with Gittan Jönsson
2011: The Streetserie & Other Works , Galleri PS, Gothenburg
2011: The One day Show & bookrelease , Nationalgaleriet Stockholm
2012: Kilroy was Never Here , Studio L2, Stockholm
2013: Mrs. Alien meets Mr. Kilroy , Konstkuben Vallentuna Bibliotek
2015: Superbruden , Kulturhuset Stockholm

Works

Kristina Abelli Elander, Gittan Jönsson: Prinsessor utan Panik , Stockholm 2007, ISBN 978-91-633-1917-4
Abelli Elander: Sexstrejk nu! see Lysistrate , LL-förlaget 2009, ISBN 978-91-7053-294-8
Kristina Abelli Elander: Staden, Flickorna, Tiden… tiden , Bokförlaget Mormor, Stockholm 2011 ISBN 978-91-85841-35-6
Kristina Abelli Elander: The Street Series and Other Works , Bullfinch Publishing, 2011, ISBN 978-91-86583-07-1