Anneli is a painter, illustrator and creator of graphic novels. She grew up in Luleå but now lives and works in Umeå, where she moved in 1991 to study at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts (MFA). After her studies she focused on her painting, but also had a strong passion for drawing and writing. This resulted in her first graphic novel, “Labyrinterna och andra serier” (2002), about growing up in a small town in the north of Sweden. A topic she keeps coming back to in many of her books, where the landscape, the people and also music, are strong actors.

Born in 1962 in Vallentuna. Grew up i Luleå

Education
1991- 97 MFA, Umeå University, Umeå
1990- 91 Gerlesborgskolan i Bohuslän

Solo exhibitions and selected projects
2017 Stockholm City Library
2017 Bodens Konstförening, Boden
2014 Lilla Galleriet, Umeå. More…
2014 Sambiblioteket Härnösand
2013 Nationalgalleriet, Stockholm
2012 Kramfors Konsthall
2013 Galleri Lokomotiv, Örnsköldsvik
2011 Galleri Alva, Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umeå
2011 Galleri Vreta Kloster, Linköping
2010 ”Mind Map”, Bildmuseet, Umeå. More…

Group shows
2017 “Den Hemliga Konsten”, Umeå Konsthall
2016 “Nu ska vi berätta”, Falsterbo Konsthall
2015 Helsinki Comics festival
2015 Angoulême International Comic Festiva/Swedish Institute in Paris
2014 Oulu Comics Festival
2013 Serier i norr, Bildmuseet Umeå
2012 ”Sånt som händer”, Ystads konstmuseum
2012  ”Livet är ingenting för amatörer”, svenska serietecknare om August Strindberg,
(Seriefrämjandet) Svenska Institutet i Paris (vandringsutställning under 2012)
2011 ”Stora frågor för små barn”, Sandvikens konsthall
2010 ”Art Comics Life”, Samtida nordiska serietecknare. Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn.
2008 ”Trough a Panel Darkly”, serieutställning på svenska ambassaden i Tokyo
2007 ”In to the garden of my mind”, GANA art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007 ”Serier”, Konsthallen i Kulturens hus, Luleå
2004 – 2007 “Pleasures”, Arsenau (Konsthallen) Poznan, Polen.
2005 ”9” Comics at the harbour, Reykjavik
2005 ”Här står du”, en vandringsutställning med svensk samtidskonst, Konstfrämjandet

Prices
2016- Urhunden – “Den Röda Vintern” (The Swedish Comics Association (Seriefrämjandets) prize for best original graphic novel)
2004- Urhunden – “Amatörernas afton”
2007- Urhunden – “Jamen förlåt då”
2012- Västerbottens-Kurirens cultural prize.
2010-  Adamsonstatyetten, awarded by Svenska Serieakademin (The Swedish Academy of Comics).
2004- Anneli won The Nordic Comics Festival, annual festival in Kemi, Finland.