Rebecka Tollens is a French-Swedish artist working exclusively with graphite and charcoal on paper, wood and murals. Born in Stockholm 1990, she later studied at LISAA (Paris) and École de Condé (Paris) where she completed her Masters of Fine Art in 2015. After acquiring her master degree, she worked as an art teacher at Combos for ninos trabajadores in Medellín, Colombia, and in 2018 Rebecka and photographer Alexia Fiasco were invited to Senegal to work with children at the Daara of Popenguine and for CEGID in Dakar. Rebecka’s work has been exhibited at Galerie Arts Factory, Paris, as well as numerous galleries and institutions in France, Stockholm and Brussels. Her first major solo show, “The Last Wedding”, was held at Galerie Arts Factory in 2020. Rebecka is based in Stockholm since 2018.
Contact rebeckatollens@gmail.com
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Education
MFA & BA in Graphic Design / Illustration
2013–2015: École de Condé, Paris
2012–2013: LISAA, Paris
Selected Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2022 Eye of a Womb, Galerie Arts Factory, Paris
2020 Médiathèque de Quimperlé / Itinéraires Graphiques de Lorient
2020 Poing Serré, Open Spaces Edsberg
2020 The Last Wedding, Galerie Arts Factory, Paris
2018 Mourning Dove, Galerie L’artichaut, Brussels
2017 Be Quiet When the Light Is Present, Galerie La Ligne Bleue, Dordogne
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Glass Tableware in Still Life, Contemporary Art Museum, Kumamoto
2024 Glass Tableware in Still Life, Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery
2023 Glass Tableware in Still Life, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (TBD)
2023 Konst på Väg, Statens Konstråd, Stockholm
2023 Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Stockholm
2022 Re-opening of Crum Heaven, Stockholm
2022 HEY! LE DESSIN, Musée de la Halle Saint Pierre, Paris
2021 Glass Tableware in Still Life, Olle Nymans Ateljéer, Stockholm
2020 8, Crum Heaven, Stockholm
2018 Bright, Galerie Arts Factory, Paris
2017 Daydream, Galerie Arts Factory, Paris
2015 Viens, Galerie Arts Factory, Paris
Stipendium och utmärkelser i urval
2023 Konstnärsnämndens 1-åriga arbetsstipendium
2022 Statens Konstråd, uppköp av 6 verk
2022 Konstnärsnämndens resebidrag till Japan
2019 Konstnärsnämndens resebidrag till Frankrike
Publications
2022 Fetch Your Flowers (& Turn Them into a Sword ): Auto edition. Graphic design by Johannes Molin, editor: Helene Boström.
2020 The Last Wedding: Arts Factory Editions
2019 The Mourning Dove: Ripopée 2019 Lumina Invisibilem: 476
2018 Bright: United Dead Artists 2018 Limbs: Éditions Marguerite Waknine
2017 Same Thing Happened This Night: Atelier Césure
2017 My Aokigahara of Love: Anne & Shige Editions