Fredrik Nielsen

fg_n@hotmail.com
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/FREDRIKNIELSEN
+46 708 42 09 71

Below you will find the working agenda for you Bay Area Tour.


Saturday 5th - both arrive

Sunday 6th - acclimate and enjoy the East Bay

Monday 7th - go visit studios in the Bay Area

Tuesday 8th - Public Glass : 8a.m.-6p.m. working the glass

Wednesday 9th - Public Glass : 7a.m.-2p.m. working the glass, 
4p.m. demo / lecture at CCA, Oakland

Thursday 10th - Nappa? Wine tasting

Friday 11th - Public Glass : 8a.m.- 3p.m. working the 
glass / Set up gallery for Saturday

Saturday 12th - Hot Glass Cold Beer - finish installing work 
in gallery - 4-6p.m. set up , 6 p.m. SHOW TIME!

Sunday 13th - Think about what you would like to do and 
see / recover from HGCB

Monday 14th - Demo / Work with students at SF State 
University, San Francisco

Fredrik Nielsen explores a seductive tension between the lure toward rebellion and the expectations of society in WannabeKonst. Fredrik Nielsen’s (b. 1977) installation WannabeKonst rocks with rebellious attitude as glass sculptures twist on stands, graffi ti saturates the walls and music videos loop images of the artist at work.  Several elements are performing within this installation which fl uctuate between challenging conventions of society and serving as an extension of a look and style unique to the artist’s own extroverted persona. Just as the walls of the gallery space brightly promote Nielsen’s personal contact information, his sculptures advertise statements such as “Dålig Smak 12,000 SEK” (Bad Taste) within the layers of glass to directly challenge aesthetic expectations and the constructed hierarchies of the art world. Th rough an ardent process of experimentation and colorful accessorization, Nielsen creates glass forms that completely destroy the ideas of standard normality. Instead, the unconventional emerges as a powerful statement; bad taste becomes a refreshing break from tradition that reaches out to alter the expectations of those viewing his work. Th e surrounding punk-like atmosphere compliments Nielsen’s chosen path to walk on the wild side. Rebellion, which carries its own seductive qualities, not only empowers his self-created identity as an artist, but it fuels a vision to transcend defi ned borders of society. In today’s over-mediated world, we are plugged into and turned on by the power of one-way transmissions that engage our interests through narration of sight and sound.

EDUCATION

2009 Royal Art Academy, Stockholm, Sweden

2009 Pilchuck Glass School, USA

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1998-2001 Orrefors Glass School, Orrefors, Sweden

EXHIBITIONS

2010 Fredrik Nielsen c/o Rugerup 182, Stehag, Sweden

2009 Forms of Seduction, Wetterling Gallery, Sweden

2008 WannabeArt, Swedish Form, Stockholm , Sweden

2006 READY OR NOT The Glassery, Stockholm, Sweden 

AWARDS

2010 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Sweden

2010 Estrid Ericsons Foundation, Sweden

2008 Estrid Ericsons Foundation, Sweden

2007 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation, Sweden

2006 Estrid Ericsons Foundation, Sweden

2006 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation, Sweden