Lukas GÖTHMAN
1970, Sweden

Lukas Göthman paints letters which sentence by sentence build an intriguing visual composition set over a monocrome of colour. His paintings with their curves and impression of varying fields of depth are realised following a simple set of self made rules such as starting in the top right hand corner of the canvas and writing from right to left.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008
Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm

2006
SPACE, Buro Empty Amsterdam NL. (www.buroempty.com)
NEW WORKS, Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm

2005
WORK AND NATURE, WORK IS NOT WORK, Östersunds Stadsmuseum (Ahlbergshallen)
I CAN BE VERY LIVING DYING, Östersunds Kulturhus/Folkets Hus

2004
DIG IN TOO DEEP OR MOVIN TOO FAST, Buro Empty, Amsterdam NL

2003
NACHT UND NEBEL, Art Forum Berlin (with Galleri Axel Mörner)
HOUR, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm
BLINKROOM, Grand Hotel (with Galleri Axel Mörner), Stockholm

2002
BUILDING WHILE BREAKING, Projekt VIII (with Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm)

2001
LYDA, at Bergwall & Bergwall, Göteborg

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
MENTAL MAPS, BEHAVIOURALISM AND TIME SPACE ANALYSIS,
(together with Arthur Zalewski, Kick van Homeijer, Alexander Hempel, Nie Pastille, Franco Angeloni, Copy Supplement, Bauhaus Guerilla etc.), Buro Empty, Amsterdam NL
AUTUMN READING (together with Richard Aldrich, Alighiero Boetti, Candice Breitz, Thomas Elovsson, Jenny Holzer, Hans Isaksson, Jack Pierson, and Elisabeth Westerlund)
Art Amsterdam, NL (with Buro Empty)
Market – Stockholm Art Fair (with Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm)
UNIVERSE WILL BE VERY SUNNY TOMORROW, (together with Thomas Elovsson, Hans Isaksson, Bella Rune, Jenny Källgren och Jenny Magnusson), Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm
Art Rotterdam, NL (with Buro Empty Gallery)

2006
DISCOURS/ NO LEITMOTIV, Buro Empty, Amsterdam NL
NU ART, Art Amsterdam, Buro Empty, Amsterdam NL
Market – Stockholm Art Fair (with Christian Larsen), Stockholm.
Sofie Svegers Vårsalong, Örum.

2005
Art Frankfurt (with Buro Empty)

2004
KONSTREI, CLOSED CONNECTIONS FAIR, Buro Empty, Amsterdam
Art Amsterdam, NL (with Buro Empty)
Art Cologne, Köln (with Buro Empty)
GRÄVA SIG IN FÖR DJUPT OCH RÖRA SIG BORT (together with Eva Kerek and Astrid Sylwán), Haninge Konsthall, Stockholm

2003
ABSOLUTE EMPTY, Buro Empty, Amsterdam, NL
Galleri Sofie Sweger, Örum

2002
Galleri Sofie Sweger. Örum

2001
DÄR DIN PUNKT HÄR MITT KOMMA, a performance and an exhibition of paintings, Eva Liljas Dansstudio, Stockholm
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, performance and an exhibition of paintings, Elverket Dramaten, Stockholm
LYDA, Arlanda flygplats terminal 5, Stockholm

OTHER WORKS

2007
RUN NAKED, published by Hydra Förlag, www.hydraforlag.se

2005
Film 2005, screened in Haninge Kulturhus, Stockholm

2002
Film LOST IN RINKEB, Kulturhuset, Ytterjärna
Film TRUMPETEN (and a performance) Sveriges Television

2001
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, Performance, Pusterviksteatern, Göteborg
Film MILK, Kulturhusets Kortfilmsfestival, Stockholm
Film BASE TRASH and performance, Sveriges Television

With his phenomenal ability to work with colour each combination of a text and background colour set a different emotional tone for the work. It is artist´s very private world of thought or emotion in which viewers are immersed through the intensity of the repetitive text.

Source: http://www.bjorkholmengallery.com