EDELSTAM Fabian (Sweden)
Fabian Edelstam was born in Stockholm in 1965 and lives in Paris. He graduated from Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm in 1989 and from the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris in 1991.
Edelstam works with a technique which mixes painting and photography according to the principle of mosaics. Since 1990 he has resided in Paris, haunted by the omnipresence of history.
It is in this parallel world that Fabian Edelstam draws his inspiration and strength, building bridges to the past, thanks to his childhood memories, his deep interest in history and his desire to understand our present time so precarious and sometimes absurd.
It’s an anachronistic escape to reminiscences of a past idyll: romantic, political, poetic and nostalgic. It is an entry into the atmospheres of the 18th century, the Roaring Twenties, the Trente Glorieuses, ... It is there that we can - according to the creations of Fabian Edelstam - find values, enchantment and faith in a polarized and nihilistic society.
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“Edelstam is splitting the image and reconstructing it. He is a premodernist and a postmodernist. His sense for the image goes back far into the past, as does his pedigree. He is as fascinated by the golden Byzantine icons as by the posterlike icons of our time, but seeks a deeper reality by breaking them into pieces and putting them together again. But, as if it were a childhood memory or an historic event, some little square will remain missing. It is from these ponctures his art creates a a sense of authenticity, his portraits become real, his faces become human”
H.E Mr. Ingemar Lindahl, writer, former Ambassador of Sweden
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Fabian Edelstam has frequently undertaken commissions, for example the UN/the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Swiss Confederation (CH), UNESCO, the Swedish embassy in Paris, The Wallenberg Foundations, Banque Havilland (Monaco, London & Luxemburg), Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, the filmmakers Merchant-Ivory, eOffice in the UK, the Swiss bank Banque Mirabaud, the lawfirm Bird & Bird (Paris, Madrid and Abu Dhabi), White & Case (Brussels) Bonnier Publications, the law firms Glatzova & Co in Prague and Dewey & LeBeuf in Paris, Mission of Sweden to NATO, Ralph Lauren, Ferrari at Silverstone and the Italian company Motta.
Since 1997, Edelstam has completed a large number of commissioned portraits, mainly in London, Paris and Milan (amongst these, the portraits of Giorgio Armani in 2004, Ralph Lauren 2009 and the former President of the Swiss Confederation, Adolf Ogi in 2011, Queen Silvia of Sweden 2013.). In 2006 his triptych of de Gaulle was purchased by kind courtesy of Champagne Taittinger for the museum Mémorial Charles de Gaulle, near the Generals residence in Colombey-Les-Deux-Eglises, France. In 2015 the unveiling ceremony of Edelstam’s portrait of the European statesman Paul-Henri Spaak took place in the European Parliament in Brussels, in the presence of Mrs Antoinette Spaak (daughter of P-H Spaak), the commissioner Mrs Cecilia Malmström and Mr Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament. During the bilateral Swedish state visit to Monaco 2017 Edelstam’s portraits of H.S.H Prince Albert II of Monaco and HRH Prince Carl-Philip of Sweden was solemnly handed over to the two princes. In 2019 the portrait of the Balkan War-hero General Marinov solemnly was handed over to the National Museum of Military History in Sofia (Bulgaria) during a ceremony, in the presence of the Ambassador of Sweden to Bulgaria.
EXHIBITIONS
2021
World Expo 2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Scandinavian Terrace, Cannes, France
Grand Antiques Liljewalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie 55Bellechasse, Paris, France
Gässlingen, Skanör-Falsterbo, Sweden
2020
Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm, Sweden
Fabriken-Galleri Torekov, Sweden
Hotel Alpina, Klosters-Davos, CH
Stockholm International Antiques Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2019
Sultan Foundation, Cairo, Egypt
Château de Saint-Martin, France
Grand Antiques, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Kulla Gunnarstorp Castle, Sweden
Gallery Misr, Cairo, Egypt
Stockholm International Antiques Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
Grand Antiques, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Gallery 2.0, Sofia, Bulgaria
Galleri Torekov, Sweden
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
Roberto’s Abu Dhabi/Dubai
Zita House, Brussels, Belgium
2017
Zita House, Brussels, Belgium
Roberto’s, Abu Dhabi
Anna Grundberg/Eight Gallery, London, GB
Badhytten, Skanör-Falsterbo, Sweden
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
Helsingborg International Fair, Sweden
2016
The Chedi Andermatt, Switzerland
Columbus/Gender Hopes, Monaco
Okku, Dubai
Galleri Torekov, Sweden
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
2015
D.Tales, Dubai
Fairmont, Abu Dhabi
Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm, Sweden
Decorex, London, GB
Roos & CO, Helsingborg, Sweden
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
2014
CREM, Monaco
Galerie Two Be Chic, St Tropez, France
Galerie Oscar, Antibes, France
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
2013
Galerie KRD, Paris, France
Stanhope, Brussels, Belgium
Pierre Hagströmer Konst, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
Cercle Suédois, Paris, France
2012
Armani Hotel, Dubai
Yas Viceroy Hotel, Abu Dhabi
Banque Havilland, Monte Carlo
National Theatre, Abu Dhabi
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
Helsingborg International Fair, Sweden
2011
Roos & Co, Helsingborg, Sweden
Galerie Dellesalle Hourton, Paris, France
Embassy of Switzerland, Brussels, Belgium
Grand Antiques, Nordiska Muséet, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
Galerie Envie d’art, London, GB
Luxuria, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
Grand Antique, Stockholm, Sweden
Hotel Diplomat, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
Stockholm Furniture Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Zest, Monaco
Art & Espoir, Paris, France
Les Chambres, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm International Antiques Fair, Sweden
2008
Galerie Envied’art, London, GB
Galerie Envied’art, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Xavier Nicholas, Paris, France
Stockholm International Antique Fair, Sweden
2007
Galerie de Suède, Paris, France
LeBeuf Lamb, Paris, France
Pierre Hagströmer Konst & Inredning, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm International Antiques Fair, Sweden
2006
Galerie Artemisia, Paris, France
Silverstone, UK
Galerie de Suède, Paris, France
Maya Stendahl Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Bright Media, Luxemburg
Bright Media, Paris, France
2004
Galerie Etienne de Causans, Paris, France
Bright Media, Paris, France
2003
The Stoned Gallery, London, GB
Poltrona Frau, London, GB
The Art Bar, London, GB
2002
Vanessa Suchar, Rome, Italy
Vanessa Suchar, Paris, France
The Art Bar, London, GB
2001
Vanessa Suchar, London, GB
Cercle Suédois, Paris, France
2000
Vanessa Suchar, London, GB
1999
Espace Lhommond, Paris, France
Cercle Suédois, Paris, France
1998
Stockholm House, Brussels, Belgium
1997
Space Gallery, London, GB
Camera di Commerzio Italiana, Paris, France
1996
Grosvenor House, London, GB
Spazio Imagino, Foligno, Italy
A & J Gallery, Paris, France
SAGA Art Fair, Paris, France
Blue Cargo, Biarritz, France
1995
Soar Gallery, London, GB
Andrea von Stumm, Paris, France
1994
Embassy of Sweden, Paris, France
1993
Maison des Ecrivains, Paris, France
Espace Commines, Paris, France
1991
Le Salon Français, Grand Palais, Paris, France
1989
Nybropaviljongen, Stockholm, Sweden
Beckmans School of Design, Stockholm, Sweden
Ekebyhovs Slott, Ekerö, Sweden