Peter Stridsberg (b. 1994, Gothenburg) is a visual artist based in Umeå, Sweden. He received his Master’s degree from the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in 2019.
In recent years, as a visual artist, I have worked with photographic stagings and installations that examine the meaning and function of landscape in our lives. Since moving back to Umeå in 2021, I have been drawn to exploring what this concept landscape means to us humans in the midst of the ongoing green transition in northern Sweden, where the urban environment is constantly developing and expanding outward into nature and into the places where we set our feet.
The theme of changing places has always sparked my curiosity: to understand how landscapes affect us, and how they shape my own relationship to geography as someone who has relocated to this region, carrying with me a search for a sense of belonging and a place to call my own.
Today, I work out of my studio in Örnsköldsvik, continuously developing new exhibitions and projects. My practice moves fluidly between photography, scenography, and installation on both small and large scales. The works emerge from reflections on the meeting between different environments in nature and urban space, particularly in light of the transformations brought by the green transition. I am drawn to places with which I feel a connection, or where I am seeking a relationship or deeper understanding.
Through my work, I aim to explore and soften the boundaries between home and landscape, fiction and reality, illusion and presence. I have long been interested in how scenography, as a method, can create temporary spaces, spaces that reflect a meeting between the private and the public. Over the past year, my stagings have become more personal, as I have sought to investigate the photographic act and the origins of the staged image. By incorporating props such as mirrors, glass, and spotlights placed side by side with myself in the scene, I shift the gaze and reveal the image’s construction while inviting the viewer into the process.
The titles of my works are closely linked to the bodily experience of being in or approaching a place or a constructed scene. They often take the form of diary entries, collecting fragmented dualities that arise in my relationship with the landscape, the site, and the surrounding environment. This vocabulary becomes a method, a way of expressing the in-betweenness I feel in relation to nature and the transformations I continuously confront in my artistic practice.
Peter Stridsberg - July 2025
Education
2017–2019 Master degree in Fine Art, Umeå Academy of Fine Art, SE
2014–2017 Bachelor degree in Fine Art, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2013–2014 Experimental Photography, Fotoskolan Munka, SE
Courses
2024 Visualisering vid offentlig gestaltning, Kulturakademin, SE2022 Urban and countryside development through artistic processes, Blekinge Institute of Technology and Statens Konstråd, SE
Solo exhibitions
2025 Galleri Moment, Ängelholm, SE
2025 Riche, Stockholm, SE
2024 – 2025 Örnsköldsviks museum and konsthall, Örnsköldsvik, SE
2023 – 2024 Nässjö Konsthall, Nässjö, SE
2023 Härnösands Konsthall, Härnösand, SE
2023 Our Scenery, Lidköpings Konsthall, Lidköping, SE
2022 Forecast Diaries, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, SE
2022 Forecast, Klippans Konsthall, Klippan, SE
2022 The new landscape, Kumla Konsthall, Kumla, SE
2021 The border between nature and the scene, Reykjavik Photography Museum, Reykjavik, IS
2020–2021 As I remember, Rotundan, Kalmar, SE
2020 Three scenes, Mimers Konsthall, Kungälv, SE
2020 Plat (where you stand), Galleri Alva, Umeå, SE
2019 Way home through the edge of the sky, Galleri Gerlesborg, Bohuslän, SE
2018 The space between you and me, Göteborgs Konstförening, Göteborg, SE
2018 The space between you and me, Teatergalleriet, Kalmar, SE
2016 The story behind the photograph, Röstånga Konsthall, Röstånga, SE
2016 With thoughts that summarize the words in a sentence to stand tall, Galleri Konstnärscentrum Väst, Göteborg, SE
Public Commissions
2024 Sketch proposal for public art work, Sports hall Larslunda, Strängnäs kommun, SE
2023 Sketch proposal for public art work, Mälarsjukhuset, Region Sörmland, SE
2023 Sketch proposal for public art work, Hagavikskolan, Växjö, SE
Scholarships and awards
2024 Mobility support for field studies for upcoming project, Konstfrämjandet Västerbotten
2024 Travel scholarship to Lofoten, Konstfrämjandet Västerbotten
2023 Nominated and awarded with a scholarship municipality scholarship, Umeå Kommun
2022 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, scholarship for young artists
2022 The Swedish Artists’ Committee, One year working grant
2022 The Swedish Artists’ Committee, Crisis Scholarship
2021 Travel scholarship, Konstfrämjandet Västerbotten
2021 The Swedish Artists’ Committee for Professional Artists - Crisis Scholarship 3
2020 The Swedish Artists’ Committee for Professional Artists - Crisis Scholarship 2
2020 The Swedish Artist's Committee for International Cultural Exchange
2020 Helge A:xson Johnssons Stiftelse
2019 The Swedish Artists’ Committee’s Assistant Scholarship to assist Maria Friberg
2019 Helge A:xson Johnssons Stiftelse
2018 Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers Fond
2017 Nominated for Young Nordic Photographer, Portfolio Review, Landskrona Photofestival
Published in exhibition catalog, newspapers and magazines
2025 Interview about exhibition in Galleri Moment, Ängelholm, BMZ
2025 Essay, written by Diana Berntsdotter Vallgren, Nya valör
2024 The mountain Touch - A Journey to Healing nature, exhibition catalog, p 22-28, MUSE, Trento, IT
2023 Interview, Tidningen Ångermanland, text by Katarina Östholm, p. 26 - 27
2023 En fotografins stilist/ A language artist of photography, review by Diana Berntsdotter Vallgren, Online magazine Volym
2023 Peter Stridsberg – Our Scenery, Lidköpings konsthall, review by Bo Borg, A Online culture magazine
2022 The mountain Touch, exhibtion catalog, p 20-24, Museo Nazionale Della Montagna, Torino, Italy
2022 ”We expand the opportunities for each other”, interview p 40 - 41, Västerbottens Kuriren, Umeå
2020 Moments that only remain as memories fill the Rotunda p. 29, Barometer, Kalmar
2020 The power of the flower in the time of the coronation, recession, p. 22, Västerbottens Kuriren, Umeå
2019 Meanwhile,Examcatalog, p.98 - 103, Umeå, SE
2018 Stridsberg’s search for spaces in our two worlds, the Barometer, Kalmar
2017 The empty room, No. 06 - pp. 69 - 71, Photography, Norway
2016 Current photographer exhibits in South Korea, Helsingborgs Dagblad
Upcoming and ongoing
2027 Solo exhibition, Tomelilla Konsthall
2026 Group exhibition and Artist residens with International artists, Surnadal Billag, Norway
2026 Duo exhibition with Rebecca Sharp, Apotekshuset, Sollefteå
2025 Group exhibition during the light festival Höstljus with monumental outdoor video work, Umeå
2025 Visions for Public Art in Ånge with Rebecca Sharp, Region Västernorrland, SE
Duo exhibitions
2022 Blicka/Gaze with Maria Friberg, Umeå Konsthall, SE
Group exhibitions
2025 Supermarket, Stockholm, SE
2024 Galleri Lokomotiv, Örnsköldsvik, SE
2024 Höstljus, Umeå, SE
2024 Museum of Science, Trento, IT
2024 Botniasalong, Västerbottens museum, Umeå, SE
2024 Konst åt alla, Hjåggsjö bygdegård, Vännäs, SE
2022–2023 The Mountain Touch, Curated by Andrea Lerda, Museo Nazionale della Montaga, Turino, IT
2023 Warsalongen, Tomtebogatan 30, Above Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2022 Selfportrait, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, SE
2021 La lumière du Nord with Maria Friberg, Thomas Broomé
Bendana-Pinel Art Contemporain, Curated by the Swedish Institute in Paris, FR
2021 Kliger Art Gallery, Lund, SE
2020 BPAC PHOTO Bendana-Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
2020 Drawing on paper, Casinot XXH, Malmö, SE
2019 Meanwhile, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, SE
2019 Meanwhile, Master degree show, exhibition, Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE
2019 High Coast Art Festival, Örnsköldsvik, SE
2018 Listening to the sound of the shell, Nykyaika Photographic Centre, Tampere, FI
2017 Helsingborg Art Week, Helsingborg, SE
2017 Mossutställningar, Stockholm, SE
2017 Bachelor degree show , Galleri Konsthögskolan, Umeå, SE
2016 Dageu Photo Bienale, South Korea
2016 Jury-judged group exhibition, Landskorna Photofestival, Landskrona, SE
Selection of other previous and ongoing assignments
2025 Ongoing Adjunkt and supervisor for summercourse in photography, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts
2025 Artist Talk with curator Carl-Johan Olsson, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Art Week
2025 Teaching consultant at Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall
2025 Artist Talk at solo exhibition with moderators Linda Nordlander Frisk and Diana Berntsdotter Vallgren, Örnsköldsvik Museum and Art Gallery
2024 Image selection featuring a photographic work for Region Västerbotten’s Cultural Plan 2024–2027 (short version)
2024 Lecture on my artistic practice, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts
2024 Image selection featuring two photographic works for Region Västerbotten’s Cultural Plan 2024–2027 (long version)
2024 Guest lecturer and examiner for graduation exhibition, Umeå Art School
2023 Ongoing employment as teaching technician in photographic practices (20%), Umeå Academy of Fine Arts
2022–2023 Board member of KRO Region Västerbotten
2022 Networking North, Portfolio Review, Bildmuseet, Umeå
2022 Lecture on my artistic practice, Stockholm School of Economics
2022 Talk and viewing of ongoing exhibition for the public, Umeå Konsthall
2022 Artist Talk at solo exhibition with moderator Anna Nordqvist Andersson, Klippans konsthall
2021 Networking North, Portfolio Review, Bildmuseet, Umeå
Collections
Museo Nazionale della Montagna "Duca degli Abruzzi" CAI Torino, Swedish Public Art Agency Sweden, Konstenheten Västra Götalands regionen, Region Halland, Region Jämtland Härjedalen, Region Stockholm, Region Östergötland, Region Västerbotten, Region Sörmland, Nässjö kommun, Kalmar kommun, Linköpings kommun, Umeå kommun, Ängelholms kommun, Apotekets Konstförening and private collections
Artist in Residence
2025 Artist in Residence, Marieberg, Ångermanälven, SE
2021 Nordic Watercolor Museum, 7 dagar, Skärhamn, SE
2019 One month residence on Gerlesborgsskolan, Bohuslän, SE