Bjorn Sjogren - Fine Artist
Born in Sweden in 1946; living in the USA since 2001. I create pictures using my life experiences, often mingled with my present inner feelings and a kind of Scandinavian simplicity of design. The title is placed beneath the image to let the words interact with the design above – the viewer’s brain then produces the full picture. How long does it take me to make one of my pieces? A lifetime – all my experiences have shaped the way I create.
In the 23 years since I started to paint, I have heard comments that my work looks like or reminds people of Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Jackson Pollock etc. While it could be regarded as flattering to be compared with such Masters, I should point out that I have never studied these artists' ways of expressions. In fact, I have never attended an art class or studied art history. I did attend a drawing class briefly, to get the hang of how to draw the human body with correct proportions etc, but the class bored me and I left it….
Looking back at my art, I realize that many of the individual pieces are time documents of my whereabouts in life. This is the way I paint. Each piece is original. And just like my life, it never gets boring...
Björn Sjögren
Art Basel in Miami is the only show I intended to be in during 2010.
But as things happens - I became the featured artist in the month of June at the Daycholat Gallery in Green Lake, Wisconsin
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
The Magnificent Mile, Chicago 2008
50th & France, Fine Art Show Edina, MN, 2008
The Artist Project, Chicago 2008
Adieb Khadoure Gallery, Canyon Road, Santa Fe 2008
James Schwalbach Gallery, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 2007
The Pump House, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 2006
Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY
Promenade of Art, Arlington Heights, Chicago, IL, 2004
Art in the Park Oak Park, Chicago, IL, 2003 & 2004
