Swedish, b. 1958

Tommy TC Carlsson, Swedish painter and graphic artist, born 1958 and lives in Långasjö, Småland and Stockholm. In 1977 he completed basic artistic education, at the art school of Öland. Ever since the early 1970s, he was given the nickname "TC", and uses it to sign his works. Tommy started to paint and quickly gained a special expressive power. On the initiative of his teachers he was given a scholarship for his further artistic education. During his education he developed a passion for representational art. The Dutch paintings of the 17th Century as well as still lifes were especially interesting for him. This established form of representational art with its traditional artists became a challenge for Tommy and at the same time was the entrance into his own oeuvre. Tommy chose his motifs from his personal environment. Often these were items with notable traces of the course of time, which stands in a special perspective for the viewer through a clever composition of the painting.
Over many years of his first creative period a certain guideline phrased by Tommy TC Carlsson himself, shaped his style of painting: "My still Lifes are composed of old objects, which have been affected by the tooth of time for many years. With atmosphere and mysteriousness I am trying to sell you a story. “A symbolic painting, free to interpret."
Works with precise, plane backgrounds emerged, mostly with wooden panels. Subsequently Tommy, in a large number of his work, placed the objects in the foreground and chose free background designs - whilst not using a concrete room situation. The specialty of these works is that the room is only indicated through shadow and light, shine and feebleness on the items themselves or in the direct background of the objects. In this way Tommy created a relationship of tension within his works which inspired many of the lovers of this art. Stimulated by educational journeys and the participation at various art fairs, Tommy increasingly changed the objects in his works and temporarily accentuated the symbolism as well as individual parts of objects. The continuous advancement of his style of painting ultimately led to a complete focusing on the object.
For a number of years the main focus of Tommy TC Carlsson has been a style of painting oriented towards trompe l’oeil. By playing with the deception of cognition, he found new ways of attracting the gaze of his viewers. Tommy designs this game with a special humor. Behind the directly ascertainable, quasi tangible, figurative reality of his objects, manifold hints and allusions become visible. They enable a contact between the artist and the viewer, an optic interaction. In this way the works of Tommy TC Carlsson shows a colorful reality, which connects the past, the present and a future-oriented fantasy.

EDUCATION:
1977 he completed basic artistic education, at the art school of Öland

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018
Affordable Art Fair, Milan, Italy
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA
Ekerum Konsthall, Öland, Sweden
Fabriken, Bästekille, Kivik, Sweden
Cavalier Galleries, New York USA
2017
Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Cavalier Galleries, New York, USA
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, UK
Ekerum Konsthall, Öland, Sweden
Fabriken Bästekille, Kivik, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA
Cavalier Galleries, New York, USA
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Affordable Art Fair, Milan, Italy
2016
Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Traveler, Vattenfalls bergrum, Stenungsund, Sweden
Gränsfall, Rånäs Slott, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, UK
Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA
Ekerum Konsthall, Öland, Sweden
Fabriken Bästekille, Kivik, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, UK
Antikmässan Stockholm, Sweden
2015
Galleri Stenlader, Stockholm, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, Hamburg, Germany
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Magiska Rum, Rånäs Slott, Sweden
Fållnäs Konsthall Sorunda, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
Byard Art Cambridge U.K.
Galleri Final Fabriken, Bästekille, Kivik, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair New York, USA
Affordable Art fair Battersea, London, U.K
2014
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA

Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Galleri Final Fabriken, Bästekille, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair; Battersea, London, England
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2013
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Galleri Final Fabriken, Bästekille, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London England
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2012

Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
HAMBURG ART WEEK, Junges Hotel, Germany
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2011
HAMBURG ART WEEK, Hästens store, Germany
Art Fair Anglais, Stockholm, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2010
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen,
2009
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2008
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
Sollentuna Art Fair, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2007
Solletuna Art Fair, Stockholm
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2006
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Gallery Art Now, Gothenburg, Sweden
Sollentuna Art Fair, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2005
Art Society, Hallstahammar, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
Gallery knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2004
Aftonbladets Art Club, Stockholm, Sweden
Gallery Gamla Järnboden, Harg, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
2003
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
2002
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
2001
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
2000
Gallery Karibacka, Sölvesborg, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
1999
Gallery Lora, Stockholm, Sweden
Gallery Knud Grothe, Kopenhagen, Denmark
Nordic Art Fair, Sundsvall, Sweden
Liljevalchs Art Museum Vårsalongen, Stockholm, Sweden
1998
Emmaboda Art Society, Emmaboda, Sweden
1996
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
1992
Gallery hamnen, Viken, Sweden
1991
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
1989
Gallery Aktive, Växjö, Sweden
1988
Karlshamn Art museum, Sweden
1984
Vittsjö Art Society, Sweden
Dekorima, Stockholm, Sweden
1981
Emmaboda Art Society, Emmaboda, Sweden
Kalmar Art Museum, Sweden

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017
Galleri R, Linköping, Sweden
Sölvesborgs konsthall, Sölvesborg, Sweden
2016
Galleri Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Sjöhästen, Nyköping, Sweden
2015
Galleri Final, Malmö, Sweden
2014
Peace and Colour Gallery, Mayfair, London, England
Gallery R, Linköping, Sweden
Gallery Sjöhästen, Nyköping, Sweden
2013
Gallery Peace and Colour, Mayfair, London, England
Gallery Hultman, Åstorp, Sweden
Gallery Nord, Örebro Sweden
2012
Gallery Art Now, Gothenburg, Sweden
2011
Designcenter 1021, Kabusa, Ystad, Sweden
Gallery Garvaregården, Långasjö, Sweden
2010
Gallery Nord, Örebro, Sweden
2009
Gallery Bergström, Jönköping, Sweden
Ebelingmuseum, Torshälla, Sweden
Junges Hotel, Hamburg, Germany
2008
Emmaboda Art Society, Sweden
2007
Gallery Art Now, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gallery Nord, Örebro, Sweden
Pelles Lusthus, Enköping, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Sweden
2006
Gallery Nykvarn, Enköping, Sweden
Ekerum Art Gallery, Öland, Sweden
2005
Gallery Bergström, Jönköping, Sweden
Gallery Nord, Örebro, Sweden
2004
Gallery Art Now, Gothenburg, Sweden
Gallery Mill, Halmstad, Sweden
2003
Gallery Stenlander, Stockholm, Sweden
Gallery Nykvarn, Enköping, Sweden
Gallery R, Linköping, Sweden
Gallery Bergström, Båstad, Sweden
2002
Galleri S, Uppsala, Sweden
Galleri Klättorp, Vissefjärda, Sweden
2001
Gallery R, Linköping, Sweden
Village Museum Volksdorf, hamburg, Germany
2000
Gallery Nykvarn, Enköping, Sweden
1999
Struckhoff-Inzinger, Munich, Germany
1998
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
1997
Village Museum Volksdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Gallery Nykvarn, Enköping, Sweden
1996
Twin Towns Exhibition,Schopfheim, Germany
The American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, USA
1995
Gallery Bråna, Nässjö, Sweden
1994
Village Museum Volksdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Gallery Nykvarn, Enköping, Sweden
1993
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
Eksjö Museum, Sweden
1992
Village Museum Volksdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Gallery Bråna, Nässjö, Sweden
1991
Gallery Fors, Kalmar, Sweden
1990
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
Village Museum Volksdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Gallery Bråna, Nässjö, Sweden
1989
Emmaboda Art society, Sweden
State Community, Växjö, Sweden
1988
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
1987
Gallery Alba, Ronneby, Sweden
1986
State Community, karlskrona, Sweden
1985
Gallery 101, Malmö, Sweden
1984
Gallery Alba, Ronneby, Sweden

AWARDS:
1974 Price of the Emmaboda Art Society
1983 Special price in the competition Young artists in Sweden
1984 Scholarship of the Emmaboda Municipality
1988 Second Price in the competition ”Vecko Revyn-Dekorima”
2013 Finalist in ARC International competition 2012/2013
2014 Finalist in ARC International competition 2013/2014
2015 Finalist in ARC International competition 2014/2015
2016 Finalist in ARC International competition 2015/2016
2016 Finalist for Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc New York, special award

COMMISIONS:
Emmaboda Community, Sweden
American Swedish Institute Minneapolis, USA
Hotel Villa Anna, Uppsala, Sweden
Restaurant Quattro passi, London, UK
Roderik James Architects, Eagle Rock, Argyll, Scotland