CONTEMPORARY PAINTING

LEIF NILSSON

Fragment of Creation
40 x 45 cm

LEIF NILSSON

Born Goteborg, Sweden, 1937.
As a child had lessons in landscape from his father, a painter, then continued with studies in Goteborg and became a full-time painter by 18. Early interest in the work of Cobra Group, particularly by Asger Jorn.

First one-man exhibition at the age of 22, after which he left Seden to live abroad; first in Ibiza, Spain, 1960-65, then Lindos on the island of Rhodes, Greece, 1965-68. During this period he returned spasmodically to Sweden.
1969 immigrated to Australia with his Australian wife, Joanne.

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

1963

Galleri Ung Konst, Eskilstuna
1964
 Lilla Paviljongen, Stockholm
1968
 Galleri St. Lucas, Uppsala
1974
 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
Sydenham Gallery, Adelaide
1975
 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1976
 Solander Gallery, Canberra
1976
 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1980
 Eltham Gallery, Melbourne
Givonchy Gallery, Sydney
Brisbane Community Art Centre, Brisbane
1982
 Eltham Gallery, Melbourne
1984
 Eltham Gallery, Melbourne
Retrospective, Regional Galleries of Victoria
1988
 East and West Art, ‘Impression of Two Asian Cultures’, Mebourne
1992
 Creative Centre, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur

Group Shows (selected)

1967

Konsthallen, Goteborg
1968
 Stockhomshallen Stockholm
Lijewalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
1972
 McClelland Gallery, “By Sea and Shore” Mornington Peninsula
1973
 McClelland Gallery, ‘Birds, Beasts and Other Animals’
1973-1975
 Sir William Angliss Memorial Art Prize Exhibition, Melbourne
1974-1975
 Tasmanian Art Gallery Exhibition Tasmania
1990
East and West Art, Melbourne

Represented
  Represented in numerous Government institutions and public collections in Sweden, and in Australia-
The National Bank of Australasia,
S.E.C.
The McClelland Gallery,
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.
City of Horsham Regional Art Gallery
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