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OpenArt 2026
A public art biennial in Örebro June–Sept 2026
Participating artists: Alexander Creutz, Anders Tolergård , Anton Wiraeus , Bahzad Sulaiman , Christian Ristow , Doris Apelqvist, Gina Disobey, Ieva Saulīte , JAM Public, Johan Ibrahim Adam, José Luis Torres , Karoline Jahn Hjort, Kim Demåne, Kristin Ylikiiskilä Broberg , Lena Stenberg, LILITH, Lilja & Faisal Hasselberg, Marja-Leena Sillanpää , Mark Jenkins , MASU, Nikita Teryoshin , Océane Jacob , Oscar Furbacken, Perman K Bäckström, Rören/Johannessen, Sanaz Hakimi, Varvara & Mar
Until August 9th 2026!
FUNGI - Anarchist Designers at Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam
For his project “Perforated Protection” Oscar Furbacken has collaborate with researchers Lee Berger, Danielle Wallace and Jamie Voyles to develop new artworks on the tragedy of the invasive Bd-fungi…
Recent show 29/1 –14/2 2026
Concealed Landscapes
at Sotheby’s Stockholm
Several sculptural works and a film by Furbacken were on view, as well as a new book featuring his core works to date. Published with support from Längmanska Kulturfonden and Kulturrådet.
PUBLIC SCULPTURE:
Regenerational Sporophytes
at Ljungby Municipality
This new piece in concrete and translucent glass elements is inspired by the fascinating organism Bonfire Moss. The spore capsules are here powerfully enlarged and glow like starry galaxies at dusk.
Permanent installation “Tear” at Espoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Finland
As the third artwork by Furbacken, the EMMA-museum has aquired the site specific piece ”Tear” which has been installed by the new Luova space on 2nd floor. Furbacken’s video “Concealed Sceneries of New York” has also been acquired during the autumn of 2025.
Recent group show:
Stockholm Konst gästar Liljevalchs +
Showcasing works newly acquired by the City of Stockholm.
Recent exhibition:
”Vittring”
Eskilstuna Art Museum
Furbacken is exhibiting his works at Eskilstuna Konstmuseum , having been awarded the Carl-Axel Valén Art Grant.
The Romantic Eye
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
During autumn 2024 several works by Furbacken and other contemporary artists were displayed alongside the 18th century masters in this acclaimed exhibition by curator Carl-Johan Olsson.
Public commission:
Småkrypens värld
Ålsta School, Barkarby
Furbacken’s extensive public art project was installed 2023 at Ålsta Förskola along side with Maria Johansson’s pieces.
With a total of twelve sculptures and two wall photographs, this public art commission by Järfälla kommun inspires the new generation to discover and value their local ecosystems.
Recent soloshow:
Eftereld, 2024
Susanne Pettersson Gallery
INSTALLED 2022:
Generational Crown
Himlabackarnas Förskola
A pubic sculpture in fiber concrete commissioned for a newly built preschool in Vetlanda, Sweden.
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“In a large installation, which must have required significant interventions in the gallery wall, a lightning-like crack becomes an almost full-scale entrance to what Rilke called the wondrous mine of souls, a suspension of the boundary between art and space.”
— Nils Forsberg, Dagens Nyheter 2024