Henrik HÃ¥kansson
Henrik Håkansson (b. 1968 in Sweden) participates in the exhibition WANÅS 2009: Footprints. His artistic production is shaped by a lifelong interest in our natural world. During the spring, Håkansson has placed four motion-sensitive cameras in the Wanås woodlands in order to document the wild animals. A selection of the images is now presented in the Konsthall. Instead of analyzing the animals and their movement patterns, Håkansson offers pure visual material – for many the most real relationship to wild animals. Håkansson is also creating The Reserve (001) in the Park which will be his first permanent art project in Sweden. Håkansson is currently investigating a 2500 m2 reserve, area and will eventually fence it off, allowing it to develop freely without human interference in the future.
Henrik Håkansson was born in 1968 in Helsingborg, Sweden. Today he lives in Germany and Sweden. Håkansson studied at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm. He has participated in numerous international group shows such as the Venice Biennial (1997, 2003), the Berlin Biennial (2001), the Sao Paulo Biennial (2004), and Green Platform at Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2009). He has had solo shows at Secession, Vienna (2002), Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg (2004), and Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2006) , etc. In the fall of 2009 Håkansson is participating in the group exhibition Life Forms at Bonniers Konsthall in Stockholm.