Frank Björklund (born 1960) is a Swedish surrealist painter, printmaker and sculptor.[1]
Career
Björklund studied at a college in Härnösand (1976–79) and at the Ålsta Graphic School (1983–84).[2] He has participated in exhibitions since 1983. In 1987, he won the Royal King, Carl XVI Gustaf Art Award. Björklund's influences include Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, and René Magritte.[3] In 1997, he exhibited at the Liljewalchs Art Museum in Stockholm.[4] In 2007, he exhibited at Art on 99 (Sollefteå), Galleri Miva (Malmö), and Örebro Castle.[5] In 2013, he exhibited in Figure Variations at the Walter Wickiser Gallery (New York) and Ragarpers Gallery (Simrishamn).[6] His solo exhibitions include Art as Visual Sound Bites by Frank Björklund (Art and More Gallery, 2018), Surrealist master Frank Björklund (Mollbrinks Gallery, Kungshamn, 2024). and Frank Björklund – A Swedish surrealist master![7] (Mollbrinks Gallery, Uppsala, 2024).[8]
Björklund has lived in the Stockholm area and later Ystad.[9]
^"417 verk genome juryns nälsöga" [417 works through the jury's eye]. Metro (in Swedish). Sweden. 30 January 1997.
^Jonsén, Åsa (25 August 2007). "Ordlekar ochdubbeltydigheter som sätter fart på fantasin" [Puns and double entendres that spark the imagination]. NA (in Swedish). Sweden.
^Jönson, Robert (21 March 2013). "Från Muminhuset Till Manhattan" [From Moominhouse to Manhattan]. Ystads Allehanda (in Swedish).
