Björn Krestesen

Björn Krestesen celebrates 50 years as an artist. During his long and productive career, he has held about 140 solo exhibitions and participated in around 150 group exhibitions. His works are represented in significant collections and museums, including the National Museum in Stockholm, the Bernadotte Collections, the British Museum, NAPA in Greenland, the National Museum of Art in Guatemala, and the China Printmaking Museum in Guanlan.

In his artistic work, he continues to explore archetypal forms of expression that he developed during the 1980s and 1990s. He experiences these expressions as still alive and capable of development in the phase of life and creation he is now in. Objects and shapes carry stories for him – traces of human presence, experiences, and events. His artistic drive is the search for the yet uncomprehended, that which has not yet allowed itself to be expressed.

Björn Krestesen was born in 1951 in Nacka. He was educated at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, 1974–1979.

Current exhibition at the gallery:
Whispers of Time and Space
7 February - 28 February, 2026
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