ARTIST STATEMENT
Fanny Spång (*1988) works within a multidisciplinary practice that includes visual expression through sculpture, installation, and animation. Her artistic practice explores organic structures through a twisted, detailed surrealism, investigating topics such as superorganisms, collective consciousness, and the experience of time. With a deep fascination for nature and science, she examines organic textures using artificial materials, exploring how sculptural objects can transform our experience of space.
Fanny Spång holds a Master of Fine Arts in Design from Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk in Gothenburg and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York during her Bachelor of Fine Arts. She has exhibited in Sweden, USA, Germany, and the Czech Republic. As a designer, she has created book covers for publishing houses in Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Originally from Gothenburg, she has been living and working in Berlin since 2019.
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
* - 2024, October, Artist in Residency
Mothership NY, New York
* - 2024, June, Artist in Residency
Mothership NY, New York
* - 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)
High Line Park Is a Good Place to Cry – Solo Exhibition
October 2024, NOoSPHERE Arts, New York
Greenpoint Open Studio Weekend– Open Studio
June 2024, Mothership NY, New York
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