Alexander Klingspor (born 1977 in

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) is a contemporary Swedish painter and sculptor who has worked in

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and the

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Overview

Klingspor left Sweden for the United States and was apprenticed to the American illustrator and painter Mark English in

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. He then returned to Stockholm in Sweden and joined the workshop of Magnus Bratt, a

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artist for the

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, who specializes in 16th-century oil paintings. Klingspor has worked in Sweden and the United States, based in

and

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. His themes explore the unconscious mind with a surreal quality. Klingspor's exhibitions include: * 2000 – Gallery Stenlund,

, Sweden * 2002 – Cercle Suedois,

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, France * 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009 – Arcadia Gallery,

, United States * 2005 – Gallery Agardh & Tornvall, Stockholm, Sweden * 2007 –

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, Stockholm, Sweden * 2008 – LA Art Fair,

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, United States * 2008, 2013 – A Gallery,

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, Sweden * 2010 – Hotel Diplomat Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden * 2012 – Albemarle Gallery,

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, United Kingdom * 2018 – "Surreal Alternative", RJD Gallery,

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, United States * 2019 – "Eat The Night", RJD Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York, United States * 2022 – Mollbrink's Art Gallery,

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, London, United Kingdom Klingspor has been represented by the Albemarle Gallery in London, England, and the A Gallery in Gothenborg, Sweden. He has studios in New York City and at Stockholm's

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. Klingspor's works are held in the collections of

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, Whoopie Goldberg,

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, and Stellan Skarsård. He is painted portraits of the economist Hans Tson Söderström and the

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, and

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, Michael Trescow.

Gallery

Selected publications

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* 1977 births Living people People from Stockholm 21st-century Swedish painters 21st-century Swedish sculptors 21st-century American painters 21st-century American sculptors 21st-century American male artists {{Sweden-bio-stub