Camilla Hällgren lives in Umeå, Sweden, where she works as artist and Associate Professor at Umeå University.

For over a decade she has been collaborating with the well renowned gallery GSA Grafik, part of GSA Gallery, in Sweden. Through them, her work is available in a limited and numbered edition.

Since 2010 her artwork is represented at a large number of public institutions in Sweden, e.g. The National Public Art Council, Borås Museum of Modern Art, Linköping Arthall and several municipalities and county councils (see account below). Pictures included in her art and research based chapter in the book Invisible Boy, for which she was also editor, was exhibited at the Arthall Sliperiet in Borgvik, May 2 – September 27, 2015.  A similar art and research exploration on identity and existence by Hällgren was published in the book Invisible Girl. In spring 2017 eighteen of her artworks was selected as the artistic decoration of the House of Heroes (Hjältarnas hus), which is a temporary home for families where someone is in need of hospital care for a long time. Later, in autumn 2017 another Swedish public institution included nineteen of her pictures in their art collection.

Selected Publications by Camilla Hällgren:

• Hällgren, C., & Björk, Å. (2023). Young people’s identities in digital worlds. The International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 40(1), 49-61.
• Hällgren, Camilla (2019) Crowdsourcing identities: On identity as an existential practice mediated by contemporary digital technology First Monday, Vol. 24, No. 1. Open Access.
• Hällgren, Camilla (2015) Art Blended Research and Children’s Gender Identity Making. Journal of Creative Education. (6) 2333-2350. SciRes. Open Access.
• Hällgren, Camilla (2015) – Be a Man! Art Blended Research to Explore Boys’ Gender Making. In: Hällgren, Camilla, Dunkels, Elza and Frånberg, Gun-Marie (Eds.) Invisible Boy: The Making of Contemporary Masculinities (17-30) Umeå University. Open Access
• Hällgren, Camilla (2013) The Girlish Condition – Big Issues on a Small Scale. Chapter 5. In: Frånberg, Gun-Marie, Hällgren, Camilla & Dunkels, Elza (Eds.) (2013) Invisible Girl. Umeå, Umeå University. Open Access

Selected Media Coverage:

• 2016 – Interview in Swedish Radio.”Umeåkonstnär uppmärksammas i USA” By Mikael Hermansson.
• 2016 – The Huffington Post: ”These Playful Pictures Of Toy Figures Pose Serious Questions” By Lee Moran.
• 2016 – Mashable.com: ”Artist uses mini figures to highlight big social issues on a small scale” By Matt Petronzki.
• 2016 – Umeå University News: ”Life explored in a playful format – Art Blended Research” By Maja Bonta.
• 2016 – OVALME: ”The Theory of Camilla Hällgren” By Eleftheria Vonaparti. Translated from Greek to English by: Gretel Athanasiou
• 2016 – Le Petite Journal  ”LITTLE SWEDEN ART – Quand la recherche universitaire se réinvente” By Margot Page.
• 2016 – Trend Hunter: ”These Topical Miniature Art Scenes Depict Themes of Power & Identity” By Cadhia Gray

Her artwork has been acquired by the following public institutions:

1. Statens konstråd [The National Public Art Council]
2. Hjältarnas hus [House of Heroes]
3. Borås Museum of Modern Art
4. Haninge konsthall
5. Strandverkets konsthall
6. Passagen Linköpings konsthall
7. Sundsvalls museum
8. Västerås konstmuseum
9. Eskilstuna konstmuseum
10. Gävle konstmuseum
11. Eskilstuna kommun
12. Jönköpings kommun
13. Kulturkontoret Uppsala kommun
14. Kultur och fritid i Östersunds kommun
15. Luleå kommun
16. Linköpings kommun
17. Skellefteå kommun
18. Umeå kommun
19. Uppsala kommun
20. Norsjö kommun
21. Knivsta kommun
22. Länskultur Gävleborgs
23. Region Dalarna
24. Region Jönköpings län
25. Region Sörmland
26. Kultur i region Uppsala
27. Katrineholms kommun
28. Region Värmland
29. Region Västerbotten
30. Region Västernorrland
31. Region Västmanland
32. Region Västra Götaland
33. Region Östergötland
34. Region Örebro län
35. Örebro kommun
36. Östhammars kommun
37. Yara konstföreninglänskultu
38. Västerbottens konstförening
39. Handelsbankens konstförening
40. SPP Konstförening
41. Länsförsäkringar i Västerbotten
42. Swedbank i Västerbotten

Exhibitions:

• 2022 September. Exhibition at Facit in collaboration with GSA Gallery in Umeå, Sweden.
• 2015 May 2 – September 27. ”- Be a Man”  At The Sliperiet Art Hall in Borgvik, Sweden.
• 2014 Little Sweden. Skellefteå Art Hall.
• 2014 Jury reviewed exhibiton at Västerbottens Museum. Umeå. Sweden: June 6th – September 14th.
• 2014 Jury reviewd exhbition at Skellefteå Art Hall. Skellefteå. Sweden: June 7th – September 7th.
• 2014 Luleå Arthall. Exhibition of art collection bought by Luleå Municipality
• 2013 Luleå Arthall. Exhibition o art collection bought by Luleå Municipality
• 2013 Little Sweden: Invisible Girl. Ersboda bibliotek. Umeå
• 2012-2013 Eskilstuna Fine Arts Museum. Collection of art bought by Eskilstuna municipality in 2012. November 29 – Janurary 20.
• 2012 Little Sweden: Invisible Girl. Tegs bibliotek. Umeå
• 2012 Mama Said: The Artworks and Artifacts of Wise Women. Curated and juried by Idaho State University and the Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center.
• 2010 Lilla Galleriet i Umeå
• 2009 Biblioteket i Holmsund
• 2009 Biblioteket i Obbola

Awards to Little Sweden Art on Instagram

• Amselcom Family who shows ”the most unique artist on Instagram”
• Three awards from The Josh Johnson forum, a community of 650 000 members. Little Sweden Art was awarded and recognised as ”…definitely thinking out of the typical macro box” and as ”something out of the ordinary.”
• By the Friends of the World Group who ”Awards worldwide beautiful shots”
• Winner of the What Eye Cee Group
• Rebel Macro Finalist
• Kwaii of the day