Rebecka Bebben Andersson Swedish, b. 1984

Overview
Rebecka Bebben Andersson
Andersson's artistic practice spans a variety of expressions and disciplines, including installation, text, collage, painting, sculpture, textiles, and set design.

(b. 1984, Linköping) is a Swedish artist based in Stockholm and Stora Rör, Öland. Andersson's artistic practice spans a variety of expressions and disciplines, including installation, text, collage, painting, sculpture, textiles, and set design. She frequently works on permanent public artworks, utilizing a wide range of techniques such as concrete, aluminum, collage, and fiberglass. Recurring themes in her work include representation, power structures, absurdity, mental illness, and feminism. Her work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Sweden and internationally, including at ArkDes in Stockholm, Färgfabriken in Stockholm, the Swedish Institute in Paris, Charlottenborg in Copenhagen, Linköping's Art Hall, Växjö Art Hall, Havremagasinet in Boden, and Luleå Art Hall.

 

She was educated at the Royal Institute of Art, KTH School of Architecture, and the University College of Opera in Stockholm, as well as at the University of Gothenburg/Valand Academy in Literary Composition.

 

Represented in:

  • The Public Art Agency Sweden
  • Region Stockholm
  • Region Uppsala
  • Region Södermanland
  • Region Jämtland-Härjedalen
  • Haninge Municipality
  • Linköping Municipality
  • Luleå Municipality
  • Sundbyberg Municipality

 

Public Artworks:

  • 2023: "Nattugglan (Insomnia)," a collage work for a wall at Folkungagatan 44, Stockholm, for Vasakronan.
  • 2020: Bromma Blocks, graphic concrete facades along the Tvärbanan in Stockholm, for SL.
  • 2019: "MATS WIKSTRÖM FÖDDES HÄR (DET VAR 1954)," an aluminum piece for interior design at Ward Building 72 at SÖS, for Region Stockholm.
  • 2018: "Med fruktansvärd hastighet," a collage work for a corridor at Linköping University Hospital.
  • 2017: "Rökning förbjuden!" graphic concrete facades at Långbrodal School, Älvsjö, for SISAB/Stockholm Konst. Winner of the "Stockholm Building of the Year" award in 2018.
  • 2016: "Nolli Flood IV," a fiberglass sculpture at Visättraängar, Flemingsberg, for Wästbygg AB.

 

Public Artworks in Progress:

  • Eight technical buildings with graphic concrete facades along the new Tvärbana, for SL (2018-).
  • A brick facade at the Herrgårdsgärdet elderly care home in Tenhult, for Jönköping Municipality (2023-).