b. Stockholm, Sweden
Lives and works in London
ARTIST STATEMENT
Interested in both high and low brow culture, I play on the notion of the tragicomic in a society that is both civilised and ridiculous. This humorous approach acts as a portal that enables us to explore our more unsavoury emotions. My paintings stay predominantly figurative - the figurative, which is the starting point, at times moves towards abstraction. In my paintings, I am interested in the contrast between flatness and the illusion of three-dimensionality, looking for a composition which is often a double take, highlighting the overlooked in the everyday through the use of colour, mark making, stylisation.
EDUCATION
2012 MFA in Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London
2007 BA Fine Art and Contemporary Critical Theory, Goldsmiths, University of London
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2027 Solo Exhibition, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (11 June - 11 July)
2026 Sound & Vision 2026, Iconic Images Gallery, Friday 6 – Sunday 8 November 2026
2026 The Armory Show, EM Gallery, New York, US
2026 The Bar, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, US
2026 Crystal Clear Night, Art Megastar, New York, US
2026 Acme Propeller Factory Window Gallery Commission from January - December, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 The Bar, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, US (30 May - 12 Sep)
2024 LOUNGE, Everyday Mooonday, Seoul
2023 SAGA, Wentrup Gallery, Berlin
2023 CALENDAR, Public Service Gallery, Stockholm
2022 Lay of the Land, Thierry Goldberg, New York
2022 DREAM PALACE, Everyday Mooonday, Seoul
2021 RUSH, DUVE, Berlin
2021 FREEPORT, Peter von Kant, St Leonards
2021 Queen Aubergine, Four You Gallery (online), Dubai
2018 Soft Bite, 12 Star Gallery, London
2014 Mugshots, Sally Kindberg + Philadelphia PD, Peter von Kant, London
2008 Hilarious and Hideous, The Hospital Club, London
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2026 Tainted Love, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (21 May - 20 June)
2026 Are we Really Here, HBH Gallery, London
2026 AMOCA, New voices from the Museum Collection, Cardiff
2025 Blusher, Art, Makeup, Materiality, Leicester Gallery at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
2025 Art on a Postcard, Summer auction, Berntson Bhattacharjee, London
2025 Clear History, Perrotin, Paris
2024 Paper View II, The Hole, Bowery New York
2024 Tone Poem, The Hole, Los Angeles
2024 Aesthetic Echoes, PLUS-ONE Projects, Antwerp
2024 Smörgåsbord, Berntson Bhattacharjee Gallery, London
2023 SUBLIME MINUTIAE, Exhibition A, New York
2023 Fembot, group show, The Hole, New York
2023 Friends and Family, Thierry Goldberg, New York
2023 BEACH, Nino Mier Gallery, New York
2023 Solidarity, group show, NEXX Asia, Taipei
2023 WOMAN WEARS DAILY, group show curated by Stems Gallery, Volery Gallery, Dubai
2022 Double Trouble, Long Story Short, Paris
2022 Once upon a Time in Mayfair, group show, Phillips Auction House, curated by Angeliki Kim Perfetti, London
2022 Nature Morte Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life, Row Gallery, curated by Michael Petry and Roberto Ekholm, UNC Charlotte, United States
2022 Sausage Party, group show, organised by Julie Senden, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels
2022 Exodus, Gallery Acsend, Hong Kong
2021 An Absolute Reality, Tuesday to Friday, Valencia, Spain
2021 John Moores Painting Prize 2020, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
2021 Error Explanation, 68Projects, Berlin
2021 “WO’s Next”, Warehouse Gallery, Hong Kong
2021 Domesticity, curated by Sasha Bogojev, Volery Gallery, Dubai
2020 Arcadia, curated by Barbie Chatsworth, Peter Von Kant, London
2020 Bull in a China Shop, Tchotchke Gallery. New York
2020 Melancolympics, The Wunderwall, curated by Sasha Bogojev, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 London Now 2020, Space K, Seoul
2020 House of Togetherness, curated by Daria Borisova, Harlesden High Street, London
2019 The World Without Us, APT Gallery, London
2019 /'Meikup/, curated by Sally Kindberg, MOCA, London
2019 Gifc & Velvet Ropes, House of Vans, London
2019 Happy Hour, curated by Roberto Ekholm at Kristin Hjellegjerde Melior Place, London
2019 Modern Finance, Thames Side Studio Gallery, London
2018 Not Dream of Islands, selected by John Chilver and Daniel Pettitt, Palfrey Gallery, London
2018 Secret Charter, The Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
2018 Cave People, with Gideonsson/Londré, Stefanie Hessler and Sally Kindberg curated by 'När man står på ett ben och lutar sig så här', Stockholm
2017 Piaf (Peckham International Art Fair) 2017 MOCA London Stand 1, London
2017 Nature Morte Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life, Guildhall Art Gallery, London
2017 XIX CERVEIRA Cerveira International Art Biennial, Portugal
2017 Domain of Sensible Knowledge, ASC Gallery, London
2017 Nature Morte Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life, The Four Domes Pavilion, Branch of the National Museum in Wroclaw, Poland
2016 Summer Mix, Turps Gallery, London
2016 Nature Morte Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still Life, Konsthallen Bohuslän Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden
2015 Anthology 2015, Charlie Smith, London
2014 14 / 55, Gem Space, curated by Ron Ziser, London
2013 Turf & Surface, curated by John Chilver, Lion & Lamb, London
2012 Concertina, Dial Zero Artist Group, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway
2012 In and Out, Tirana EKSPRES, Tirana, Albania
2011 "STRESSING SPIRITUAL NEEDS EVEN WHEN SELLING ICE-CREAM", DNA Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2008 Jerwood Contemporary Painters Prize, ‘Twenty painters with a great future’, (winner) London
RESIDENCIES
2024 Art Connected, Bodrum, Turkey
2024 PLOP, London
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025 Transition Editions/Leicester Gallery, Blusher, Art, Makeup, Materiality, Exhibition catalogue, Leicester
Gallery
2024 Peigi Mackillop, Unveiling The Humour & Depth Of Sally Kindberg’s Art,
interview for The Art Gorgeous [https://theartgorgeous.com/unveiling-the-humour-depth-of-sally-kindbergs-art/]
2024 CKTH PODCAST 42 [FEAT] SALLY KINDBERG, https://ckth.com/podcasts/sally-kindberg-42
2022 Brainard Carey, Yale University Radio, Artist interview with Sally Kindberg, [https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/sally-kindberg/#]
2022 Olivia Hingley, Bums, kettlebells and shapeups: Sally Kindberg explores tragicomedy in her exquisitely surreal paintings, interview for
It's Nice that.
2022 Everyday Mooonday Gallery, Sally Kindberg: DREAM PALACE, art book, Everyday Mooonday Gallery
2021 Roberto Ekholm, Supper at Last: Roberto Ekholm talks to Sally Kindberg, interview for Art Seen Magazine
2021 Sasha Bogojev, Our Transatlantic Connections: A Conversation with Sally Kindberg, interview for Juxtapoz Magazine
2021 Daniel Hahn and Johannes Mundinger, Nothing's gonna change my world? Interview for Raum www
2021 Alasdair Duncan, FREEPORT. Catalogue essay, PvK on Sea (Peter von Kant), St Leonard
2021 Lisa Boudet, Things Artists NEVER tell you!, interview on YouTube
2020 Katharina Herzog, Swedish artists, Sally Kindberg, interview for Les-Nouveaux-Riches
2020 Jang-Uk Lee, London Now 2020. Catalogue essay, Space K, Seoul
2019 Sara Makari-Aghdam, The World Without Us. Catalogue essay, APT Gallery, London, for This is Tomorrow
2019 Anna Riccardi, /'Meikup/. Catalogue essay, MOCA, London
2019 Roberto Ekholm, Happy Hour. Catalogue essay, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London
2018 Maria Stenfors, Soft Bite. Catalogue essay, 12 Star Gallery, London
2014 George Major, Mugshots, Sally Kindberg + Philadelphia PD. Catalogue essay, Peter von Kant, London
ARTICLES
https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/love-unravelling-arts-turbulent-terrain/
https://stupiddope.com/2024/07/tone-poem-at-the-hole-la-a-masterclass-in-color-theory/
https://theartgorgeous.com/unveiling-the-humour-depth-of-sally-kindbergs-art/
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/sally-kindberg-builds-a-lounge-in-seoul/
https://overstandard.dk/sally-kindberg-on-her-paintings-moving-to-london-creative-process-more/
https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/sally-kindberg/#
https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/new-work-by-sally-kindberg-at-thierry-goldberg-gallery
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/lay-of-the-land-sally-kindberg-debuts-in-nyc/
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/sally-kindberg-art-150322
https://thecuratorssalon.com/publications#/art-seen-winter-2021/
https://www.booooooom.com/2021/10/06/artist-spotlight-sally-kindberg/
https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/painting/sally-kindberg-is-in-no-rush-duve-berlin/
https://valenciaplaza.com/conecta-a-artistas-contemporaneosmanifiesto-surrealista-de-andre-breton
https://raumwww.de/pages/ngcmw.html
https://archive00.com/ARCHIVE-01
https://www.les-nouveaux-riches.com/swedish-artists-sally-kindberg/
https://dariaborisova.com/house-of-togetherness
http://thisistomorrow.info/articles/the-world-without-us
https://fadmagazine.com/2019/04/09/244625/
https://www.ekco.london/happyhour
https://palfrey.space/portfolio/not-dream-of-islands/
COLLECTIONS
Australia, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States