Benny Ekman (born 1955 in

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) is a Swedish artist. He emigrated to Australia with his family in 1958. The family returned to

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in 1969. In 1991 he moved to

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on the south-east coast of Sweden. Ekman paints mainly in acrylics but also uses other techniques in his art. His first exhibition was on the Summer Salon in Västervik in 1996, and since then he has had several separate exhibitions and exhibitions with others. Ekman has shown his work at Liljevalch's, Cow Parade in Stockholm with two cows and also created five art suites at the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi in Sweden. He is represented in Landstinget i Kalmar län, Västerviks Kommun, Psykiatriska Museet Västervik Sweden, Townhall Närpes

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, Modern Art Museum

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and has received the

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culture award 2005 and the Västervik culture award 2008.

Gallery

File:350hair.jpg, The girl with the pigtail, acrylic 22×27 cm File:350platad.jpg, The photografer, acrylic 65×81 cm File:300angel04.jpg, Virgin Angel, art suite at Icehotel, Jukkasjärvi 2007 File:350bribe2.jpg, Bribe with clover, Cow Parade, Stockholm 2004

External links

City Movers, Icehotel Jukkasjärvi

Get Bad, Icehotel Jukkasjärvi

Cowparade
20th-century Swedish painters Swedish male painters 21st-century Swedish painters Artists from Stockholm 1955 births Living people 20th-century Swedish male artists 21st-century Swedish male artists {{Sweden-painter-stub