Mats Andersson

My paintings represent a personal language created through the use of color, texture, composition, and action. By pushing, scraping, dripping, using different tools and materials, and throwing the paint I create a visual history of my own response to these complex elements. It is an active process, intermingling various elements and materials into one final composition. I love to go “over the edge” to explore new possibility’s and expressions, to surprise myself and the viewer.
As I paint I forever seek the balance between negative/positive, light/dark, thin/thick. I use great sweeping gestures against calm breathing spaces. The splatter, gesture, and stroke is sometimes planned and sometimes a result of the intuitive process when I work and the outcome is how it will affect the final result of the painting. I find the harmony of contradictory visual ideas, both beautiful and exciting.
For me the intuitive painting process has become a visual equivalent of meditation. I let the paint act as my medium. The titles have been invented as a part of this process and are also a part of the final result.

I have gained international attention and have exhibited in New York, Berlin, Amsterdam, Florence, Piza, Lond...

Autodidact

Galleri Ekvall+Törnblom, Stockholm
Galleri Hamnen, Viken
Slice of life Gallery, Malmö
Galleri Ekvall+Törnblom, Stockholm
Galleri Englesson, Cerberus Malmö
Galleri Tegelbruket, Rydebäck
Galleri Ekvall+Törnblom, Stockholm
Vellinge kommunhus
Galleri Annexet, Sölvesborg
Galleri Bruket, Rydebäck
Helsingborgs konserthus
Bubbleprojevts Hilton, Park Lane / London
Scand Art Gallery, Falsterbo Stranbad
Galleri Crona, Mörbylånga
Bubbleprojekts Hilton, Amsterdam
ScandArt Gallery, Höllvikens konsthall
Bubbleprojects Hilton, Köpenhamn
Galleri Jäger & Jansson, Scen 2
Galleri Hultman
Galleri Hamnen, Jusalong
Galleri Ekvall+Törnblom sommarsutställning
Galleri Ekvall+Törnblom, Kulturnatten Stockholm
Galleria Mentana, Florence, Italy
Voynich project 2014 - 2015. International Art Tour in Europa and USA, based on The Voynich manuscript. (Projektmedverkan).
ART Miami i Miami, med Studio26 Gallery New York
Merlino Bottega d'Arte, Florens (Firenze) Italien
Voynich project 2014 - 2015. International Art Tour in Europa and USA, based on The Voynich manuscript.
Galleri Ekvall + Törnblom, Kulturnatten, Stockholm
Galeria360 / Florence, Italien
Edsvik konsthall, Höstsalong Jury
Galleri Green, Malmö
Höllvikens konsthall, Julsalon...