Merete Lassen
Born in Langesund, Norway, Lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden
Education:
2011 - Göteborg Universitet, Sweden, Media & Art Education
2006 - University of New South Wales Art & Design, Australia
Bachelor of Fine Art (Drawing/Painting)
2002 - Norges Kreative Fagskole(MI), Norge, Interior consultant
Selected exhibitions:
2023 - Gula ränder på en stad som vaknar, POM Gallery, Meriefred, Sweden
2022 - Open call, Galleri Backlund, Gotenburg, Sweden
2021 - Ljus, Galleri KC, Gotenburg, Sweden
2021 - Skaraborgssalongen, Tomrummet Vara bibliotek, Sweden
2020 - Colour, Domeij Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 - Teckning, Galleri KC, Gotenburg, Sweden
2019 - The easter groupshow, Galleri Thomassen. Gothenburg, Sweden
2018 - On and on and on, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
2018 - Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 - Nordisk salong, Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
2017 - Konvergenser #3, Nevven, Gothenburg, Sweden
2017 - Alot Alot -Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
2016 - Get the hell out of my race, Göteborgs konstförening, Gothenburg, Sweden
2015 - KONTRAST, Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2015 - KONTRAST, Galleri KC, Gothenburg, Sweden
2013 - DOM, Galleri KC, Gotenburg, Sweden
2012 - whose salon, Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden
2012 - No stories are the same, Astrazeneca Konstförening, Möndal, Sweden
2011 - Night of 1000 Drawings - Lagerhuset, Gothenburg, Sweden
2011 - Variasjoner, Galleri Tosmur, Stathelle, Norway
2011 - This must be the place, Vasa konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010 - Sørlandsutstillingen, Skien kunstforening, Arendal Kunstforening,
Flekkefjord Museum, Norway
2009 - Sol, ljus och grönska, Galleri KC, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 - Night of 1000 Drawings – Benefit Auction, Artist Space, New York, USA
2008 - Gräs, gräs, gräs, Galleri KC, Gothenburg, Sweden
2006 - COFA Annual, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
2006 - Quasimondo, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 - Quasimondo, Blanco Negro Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 - 9x5 (International Noise), Kudos Gallery
2006 - 9x5(International Noise), Truck, Sydney, Australia
2006 - Scanart, Mary Place Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005 - Imagening The Land, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
2005 - Scanart, Tap Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Commissions
2021 - Björköskola, Vetlanda Sweden
2019 - Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2019 - Tagore Harbor Hostel, Heda, Japan
2019 - Bjurslättsskolan, Göteborg, Sweden
2018 - Bjursåsskolan, Falun, Sweden
2017 - Design Festa, Tokyo, Japan
2017 - Bergsåkersskolan, Sundsvall, Sweden
2015 - Östra sjukhuset, Akutmottagningen, Sweden
2015 - Statens konstråd, Lantmäteriet Uddevalla, Sweden
2015 - Art Made This, Vasa kronan, Sweden
2014 - Nära vattnet, sätt färg på Göteborg, Sweden
2014 - Landvetter international airport, Sweden
2014 - Röda sten konsthall, Sweden
2013 - Mural - Privat comission, Sweden
2012 - La Casa Esperanza B&B, Spain
2011 - Mural - Privat comission, Sweden
2010 - Fridge creative production, Norway
Collections
Statens konstråd
Göteborg stad
Västra Götalands regionen
Jönköping Kommun
Region Värmland
Region Örebro
Selected Press:
2023 - Små glimtar av livet när Merete Lassens premiärutställning öppnar på lördag. Marie Freij, Mariefreds posten
2021 - Skolans nya konstverk: "Tvekade inte en sekund". Mickan Thor, Vetlanda-Posten
2018 - Colours and materials in everydal life, Jun Iskin, a quiet day
2017 - Gallerisvep i Göteborg med GIBCA Extended - review Susanna Slöör, Om konst
2017 - Samarbete och offentlig konst gav lönsamhet, Katharina Hedström, Göteborgs-Posten
2014 - Kaos och lekfullhet på flygplatsen, Madeleine Korneliusson, Göteborgs-Posten
2014 - De skall färglägga flygplatsen, Anders Martinsson, Göteborgs-posten
2011 - Lassen kommer ”hjem” til Galleri Tosmur, Tom B. Hansen, Porsgrunn Dagblad
2011 - This Must Be The Place - Review, Sara Arvidsson, Göteborgs Fria Tidning