Kicki Granholm

I was born in Stockholm, Sweden 1954.After studies in arthandicraft in Stockholm I moved to the countryside, in the southwest of Sweden,vere I still live. My three children has moved back to Stockholm.

I am a painting and sculpturing person since childhood. Just love to paint. From start I worked with learning the materials in order to find my own way of expressing my personal feelings, fantasies and experiences.
Throughout the years I have also tried to bring about the happiness of creating, of being creative.
Some of my paintings are extremely detailed and with many symbols, others more abstract. When painting or sculpturing I from start have a definite aim of motive. But after a while, as my subsconsciousness starts to work, the piece of art takes a life of its own.
My inspiration origins from human being behavior, from animals and nature, everything thats affects me.
I paint what I feel and when the painting is ready I feel absolved from what had to be released inside of me.

Handicraft education at Tollare Folkhgskola in 1980-82. Ceramic studies at PKI (porslin-keramik och industriskola) Lidkping in 1990-92. Member of the Swedish Art Union (SK).Leader of the 80.000 euro project "Art along Nossan", aiming at establishing an 1,2 million euro Art Gallery in Nossebro, community capital of Essunga.Chairman of the Nossan Society of Art (Nossans Allmnna Konstfrening, NAK).Exhibitions: Oasen Gothenburg 1998, Galleri Java, Stockholm 2000, Dahlheimers hus, Gothenburg 2004, Stockholms Konstsalong 2005, Folkets Hus Trollhttan 2006.Glava glasbruk, Arvika 2008. Scandinavian Contemporary Art Exhibition,Opera Gallery, Budapest, nov.2008, Biennale Florenze, 2009,
Gallery Sigvardsson, Denmark, 2010, Magnolia, Nossebro, Sweden, 2010, Nina Torres Fine Art, Miami, USA, 2010, Lumin Arte Gallery Dallas, USA, 2011

Some important exhibitions: Stockholm 2000, Dahlheimers hus, Gothenburg 2004, Stockholms Konstsalong 2005, Folkets Hus Trollhattan 2006.Glava glasbruk, Arvika 2008. Opera Gallery, Budapest, nov.2008, Biennale Florenze, 2009,
Gallery Sigvardsson, Denmark, 2010, Magnolia, Nossebro, Sweden, 2010, Kollangen, Kallby, Sweden 28/8 - 26/9 2010, Gallery Emma, Grastrop, Sweden 21/10-5/12 2010, Nina Torres Fine Art, Miami, USA, 2010, Lumin Arte Gallery Dallas, USA 2011.