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Manhattan Arts Gallery
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Altar of the Sacred Fire
acrylic on canvas, 48'' x 38'' |
Pavillion of Infinity
acrylic on canvas, 24'' x 36'' |
Where
Heaven and Earth Meet
acrylic on canvas, 46'' x 34''
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The Sea of a Golden Dawn
acrylic on canvas, 24'' x 36'' |
Tree of Life
acrylic on canvas, 30'' x 24''
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The Crossing
acrylic on canvas, 24'' x 28''
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Artist Profile
Benny H. V. Andersson was born in 1953 in Sweden. He received his
art education in Stockholm from 1974-77. He has won several jury
selected group shows in Sweden, most notably the Spring-salons at
Norrköping and Linköping Museums. He received a Scholarship
of Fine Art from the town of Valdemarsvik and the Foundation of
Liljesonska Scholarship Fund.
The artist was commissioned to paint four large murals in the Movie
& Performing Arts Theater in Valdemarsvik. He was also awarded
a commission to paint two large paintings for permanent display
in The Cheong Jeong Gung Museum in Cheong Pyeong, Korea (2005).
Andersson has had numerous shows since early 1970 in Europe, U.S.,
and Asia. Among his noteworthy exhibitions include The Art Festival
for World Peace-Seoul Art Center Korea, and The Art Fair For Asian
Peace, Hiroshima, Japan, and The Art Festival for World Peace, Liu
Hai Su Art Museum, Shanghai, China. He had his first New York City
gallery show in A-Gallery in 1984. Between 1985 and 1990, he was
represented by Horizon Galleries in Texas.
Andersson illustrated the children's book The Soft Secret Word.
His work was selected for a cover for Manhattan Arts Magazine,
and was included in Who's Who In International Art.
Currently
Benny H.V. Andersson is represented by Bijutsu Sekai Gallery in
Japan and his work can be found in numerous private and public collections
around the world. He
is a member of the Trade Union of Swedish Artists (SK).
Praise for Benny H. V. Andersson
"For this artist the act of painting appears to be a deeply
spiritual process of revealing the divinity of nature. He communicates
his intent to elevate the viewer through stylized form and universal
religious and spiritual symbols. The symmetrical compositions and
idealized imagery evoke the mystical yearning within the soul for
the infinite…"
Manhattan Arts International Magazine
"His
art relates to nature and its environment, however, even more so
to Christian allusion; birth, life, death-hope, suffering, dismissal
and love. Symbols-space and the stars…There is an emotional
closeness between the artist, the painting and the viewer that feels
alive and true…his art awakens numerous questions about our
existence…The balance between the unknown and the tangible
is harmonious and gently expressed…"
City of Trollhattan Daily Newspaper, Sweden
"Andersson shows meticulously detailed fantastic landscapes
in which angels and vistas of distant spires commingle with waterfalls
that turn into starry cosmos, creating fascinating counter worlds
of the imagination."
ARTSPEAK, New York
Contact:
Benny H.V. Andersson
126
Highview Place, Bogota, NJ 07603
201.487.8307
andersson44@msn.com
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