CV — Fanny Spång

ARTIST STATEMENT

Fanny Spång (*1988, works within a multidisciplinary practice with visual expression through sculpture, installations, animation and design. With her background as a designer, the work of Fanny Spång occupies a space between art and design. Her artistic practice explores organic structures through a twisted, detailed surrealism and investigates topics such as superorganisms, collective consciousness and the experience of time. With a fascination for nature and science her work explores bodily textures in artificial materials and unexpected formats.

Fanny Spång holds a Master of Fine Arts in Design from Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk in Gothenburg and studied at School of Visual Arts in New York during her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has been exhibited in Sweden and Germany and as a designer done book covers for publishing houses in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. From Gothenburg Sweden, living and working in Berlin since 2019. She’s currently based in Prague at a three months residency at MeetFactory, working on a project titled Mapping the City as a Superorganism.

GRANTS/RESIDENCIES

* - 2023, December, Working grant
Margareta (Meg) Göthe-Dalgrens Stiftelse

* - 2023, Mars, Working grant
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

* - 2022, May, Neustart Kultur, Working Grant,
Stiftung Kunstfonds

* - 2022, February, Krisstipendie 4
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

* - 2021, October ‐ December, Sustainable Studio Practice Residency
MeetFactory, Prague

* - 2021, September, Travel grant for Sustainable Studio Practice Residency
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

* - 2021, Krisstipendie 3
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

* - 2020, Krisstipendie 2,
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

* - 2020, Education Grant,
Västra Götalandsregionen

* - 2019, Oktober 2019 - April 2020, Artist in Residence Scholarship (FRESH A.I.R.)
Stiftung Berliner Leben

* - 2019, Studio Grant
City of Gothenburg

* - 2018, Travel grant for Membrane Remembrance
The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

* - 2017, Studio Grant
City of Gothenburg

EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

The Wrong Biennale– Group Exhibiton
2023 - 2024, Alicante

Schöneberger Art– Group Exhibiton
November 2023, Martin-Luther Straße 78, Berlin

Sonnenuntergang– Solo Exhibition
April 2023, Bergdala Konstgalleri, Växjö

Time Fragments – Public Installation
March 2022, Älmhult

Without you I’m nothing – Group Exhibition
October & December 2022, MeetFactory, Prague

Fresh Legs – Group Exhibition
June 2020, Gallery Heike Arndt/ Inselgalerie

Mountains to Oceans – Group Exhibition - Postponed due to Covid-19.
September 2020, Grand Hall of Thaer Institute, Berlin

Nesting – Group Exhibition
Mars 2020, Urban Nation Museum, Berlin

Salon Project – Duo exhibition together with Marlene Bart
Mars 2020, Urban Nation Museum, Berlin

Vårschäslong – Group Exhibition
13 April - 12 Maj 2019, Galleri Slätten, Malmö

Membrane Remembrance – Solo Exhibition
13 September - 4 November 2018, Turba Gallery, Hannover

Tidsfragment - Group Exhibition in connection to On Kawaras work One Million Years
August 2018, Alvesta Utställningshall

Time Fragments – Graduation Exhibition
Högskolan för design och konstnhantverk, Gothenburg

Exhibit the Exhibition – Group Exhibition
Högskolan för design och konstnhantverk, Gothenburg

Project Näckrosen – Group Exhibition
Högskolan för design och konstnhantverk, Gothenburg

Chapter X – Group Exhibition
Högskolan för design och konstnhantverk, Gothenburg

Contexture – Graduation Exhibition
Högskolan för design och konstnhantverk, Gothenburg

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Design
2013 - 2015, Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk, Gothenburg

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design
2010 - 2013, Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk, Gothenburg

Exchange Studies
2012 - 2013, School of Visual Arts, New York

Art History
2010, University of Gothenburg

English
2009, University of Gothenburg

BOOK COVERS

Virkelig Forlag
Köpenhamn
www.virkelig.dk

Norstedts Förlag
Stockholm
www.norstedts.se

Batzer & Co
Roskilde
www.batzer.dk

Gyldendal Norsk Forlag
Oslo
www.gyldendal.no

Bechs Forlag
Horsen
www.bechsforlag.dk

ILLUSTRATION WORK

4 ARK
Architect magazine
www.0ark.se

Smaka på Västsverige
A magazine that promotes locally produced food in the Gothenburg area
www.dedicate.eu

Pop-in Majorna
Local print store
www.pop-in.se

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND BRANDING

Odd Brewing Company
Micro brewery in Gothenburg
www.oddbrewing.com

Trio Phantasm
Label design
www.triophantasm.com

Ladyfest gbg
Graphic designer & Social Media Administrator together with Terese Thulin

GUEST TEACHER

Högskolan för design och konsthantverk
Gothenburg
www.hdk.gu.se