My name is Tomas Colbengtson I am born in Tärnaby Sweden, lives and works in Tärna and Stockholm.

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1 Tomas Colbengtson Presentation Images and glass art. My name is Tomas Colbengtson I am born in Tärnaby Sweden, lives and works in Tärna and Stockholm. I am sami, and in my works I often refers to Sami culture, asking questions about the cultural identity and existence. I would like to present some of my resent work where I focus on identity, time, religion and perception. I have been working a an artist for over 20 years and gradually my artistic works portrays more clearly my own and Sami peoples experience and history, with theme of identity and reflexing about cultural identity and law against speaking your own language and practice your religion. Perhaps cultural identity is the drivingforce behind all art, music and craft? The traditional sami ornaments and handcraft still exist and is a bearer of the culture as well as the landscape it selves and stories that are told to preserve a common history. In my artwork I also is trying to visualize some of the things you can t explain by word and try to take a step behind. Please look at my webpage : for more information. At the end of this document you can find my CV. Cordialement vôtre/ Dearvuoáiguin Tomas Colbengtson Born 1957 in Tärnaby, lives and works in Stockholm. Adress: Bondegatan 1D Stockholm Sweden Tel +46 (0) tomas.colbengtson@konstfack.se Member of the SDS/ Sami artist union

I would like to present some of my resent work where I focus on identity, time, religion and perception.

2 Vinterforrest screenprint, on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

3 Tjittji-mother or atoe- the holy mountain Oil, screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

4 Ahtije-Father Oil, silverink, screenprint on plexi. 100 x 125 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

5 The meeting Oil, screenprint on metall. 100 x 135 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012

6 Visitors screenprint on plexi. 100 x 125 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

7 Blue meeting screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012

8 Akkorna Dubbelsided screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012

9 Akkorna dubbelsided screenprint on plexi. 100 x 130 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012

10 Silbojokk oli, screenprint on glass, steel. 50 x 70 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

11 Force migration are a series of fine prints which is based from the dramatic force migration of sami family s in the from their traditional areas in Kautokeino, Kaurosuando, Tromsö, Jokkmok to other areas in southern saapmi. A migration forced upon the Sami people, which still bear consequences for many people. The images is based on photos of a anonymous sami people, i have printed the images with screenprint and relief print. Force migration screenprint, fineprint on paper. 38 x 56 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

A migration forced upon the Sami people, which still bear consequences for many people.

12 Kalmebakkte In the art installation Kalmebakkte I base my work on a Sami grave in Tärna Sweden. Swedish scientist investigated the grave in 1951 and samples were removed to Historical museum in Stockholm. In the grave lays the remains of a young woman. In overlayerd glass and flat glass I have printed old photos of Sami people which names are lost. As lighting on the installation is a video of a moving cross is projected on the glass. Kalmebakkte Video, screenprint on glass, overlayerd glass, 70 x 180 x 80 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

In the grave lays the remains of a young woman.

13 Kalmebakkte Video, screenprint on glass, overlayerd glass, 70 x 180 x 80 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

14 Rest on the ice 1920 screenprint on glass, overlayerd glass, 7 x 10 x 10 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

15 Glass bodies screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 10 x 12 x 10 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2013

18 Sejt II screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 25 x 18 x 18 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012

19 Lavvu II screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 28 x 20 x 20 cm Tomas Colbengtson 2012

20 Siidja screenprint in glass, overlayerd glass, 3 x 28 x 20 x 20 cm Tomas Colbengtson

21 CV Tomas Colbengtson Born 1957 in Tärnaby, lives and works in Stockholm. Tel +46 (0) Tomas is Sami, the nomadic Reindeerpeople who lives in the Northern parts of Scandinavia. In his works he often refers to Sami culture, asking questions about the cultural identity and existence Tomas explore images, colors and forms based from Sami culture and the Nordic Scandinavian landscape. He is experimenting with combinations of media and material He has developed a new way to print screen prints in Graal-glas (a type of overlay glass) using images and colors. And using screen print on aluminum and other types of metal, etching and digital art technique. Since 1998 he is Residence Artist at Royal Institute of Technology KTH Stockholm where he is working with visualization of Art. Member of the SDS/ Sami artist union Education: Valand school of Fine Arts Gothenburg Master class in Electronic Arts Copenhagen 1996, David Rokeby Konstfack National College of Art, Craft and Design MFA painting Art school Idun Loven Sculpture Public collections: Norrbottens museum, Sweden RDM-Samiid Vuorka-Davvirat / RDM-De Samiske museum, Karasjok, Norway Sametinget, Norway City of Göteborg, Sweden Swedish National Council Advice Museum Kloster Bentlage, Germany Karolinska institute Sweden Grafikens Hus, Sweden City of Stockholm, Sweden Landsting och kommuner i Sverige

22 Awards: 2013 Rune Petterssons Art scholarship 2012 Helge Ax:son Johnssons Art scholarship 2011 Folke Ricklund Art scholarship 2011 Grafiska sällskapets Art scholarship 2010 Bildkonstnärsfondens Art scholarship 2010 Beata Brummers Art scholarship 2009 Längmanska Art scholarship 2000 Längmanska Art scholarship 1998 IASPIS The Swedish Arts Grants Committee s for Visual Artists 1997 Grafikenshus, Arkitektkopias Art scholarship 1994 Örnskoldsviks Art scholarship 1993 Bildkonstnärsfondens Art scholarship 1991 Byggnadsförbundets Art scholarship Selected solo exhibitions : 2013 Institute Suedois Paris 2013 South Karelen gallery, Lapenranta, Finland 2013 Gallery NP33 Norrköping, Sweden 2013 Piteå Konsthall, Sweden Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway Ricklundgården, Saxnäs, Sweden Galleri Konstforum, Norrköping, Sweden Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden Kiruna stadshus, Sweden Ajtte Museum in Jokkmokk the Sami centre, Sweden Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm, Sweden Samisk Kunstnersenter SDS Karasjok, Norway Grafikenshus Mariefred, Sweden The Swedish Government, Stockholm, Sweden Samiska veckan, Lilla Galleriet Umeå, Sweden Stockholm City planning office, Sweden Lidingö Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden SGI User Group Conference Munich, Germany Gallery Artn, Chicago Art Instititute, Chicago, USA Grafikenshus Mariefred, Sweden Ö-vik konsthall, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Gallery Hana-saari, Helsinki, Finland.

23 Selected group exhibitions: 2014 Rovaniemi Art museeum Finland 2014 New York Art Expo april /9-19/1 2014: Greetings from Sapmi- Jamtli, Östersund, Sweden june: Louvre, Paris, France 2013 Markanvändning, SDG, Karasjok, Norway 2013 Reflexioner, Lidköpings konsthall, Sweden 2013 Urfolkskonfrensen, Alta, Norway juni-29 juli Reflexioner Lidköping konsthall, Sweden 2013 REFLEX, Konsthallen, Luleå, Sweden 2013 Markanvändning,Norrbottens museum Luleå, Sweden 2013 REFLEX, Karasjok, Norway 2012 REFLEX Nord Norsk Kunstnere Senter, Svolver, Norway 2013 Markanvändning, Ajtte Museum in Jokkmokk, Sweden Moon lust Augmented reality art exhibition. Chicago, U.S Moon lust Augmented reality art exhibition. Chicago, U.S Out of the Box Augmented reality art exhibition. San Francisco, U.S The Baltic States Biennial of Graphic Arts. Kaliningrad, Russia Norske grafiker, Oslo, Norway PART5 Munsterland festival, Kulturhaus Bocholt, Germany Sami Art and design, Umea, Sweden Grafiska sällkapet, Stockholm, Sweden Grafikenshus Mariefred University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA Turin VR-conference, Italy Virtual Reality art meeting Sao Paolo, Brasil Stockholm Art Fair Sollentuna, Sweden. Special invited exhibition 2001 NIC2001 Nordic Interaktive Copenhagen, Denmark Millenniumexhibition Tekniska museeum Stockholm, Sweden Kulture Capital exhibition Stockholm, Sweden Nikolaj Church Gallery Copenhagen, Denmark Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden Grafiktrienalen Liljevalch, Stockholm, Sweden Bildmuseeum Umeå, Sweden Aguelimuseet Sala, Sweden Konstnärshuset Stockholm, Sweden Gallery Dr.Glas Stockholm, Sweden Galleri Overgaden Copenhagen, Denmark Galleri Eleptherias Athen Greece.

Internship project with students from Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies, 7 weeks, Berlin, Germany.

Internship project with students from Carl Malmsten Furniture Studies, 7 weeks, Berlin, Germany. Cv Pontus Lindvall www.pontuslindvall.se Member of the craft based group WeWorkInAFragileMaterial www.weworkinafragilematerial.com PROJECTS 2012 Solo show, September gallery, Berlin, Germany. Internship