Simon Berg

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Simon Mlangeni-Berg
Born1983
NationalitySwedish
Alma materSchool of Photography
Occupation(s)Artist and Photographer

Simon Mlangeni-Berg (FKA Simon Berg), born 1983 in Boden, Sweden, is a Swedish artist and photographer.

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He studied at the School of Photography in Gothenburg where he earned a master's degree in 2012. [1]

His photographs have been shown at major Swedish cultural institutions as Kulturens hus and Göteborgs Konsthall. He is also represented with several works in the Hasselblad Foundation collection. [2]

In 2010 Simon Mlangeni-Berg was appointed to "Hot Shot", i.e. rising star, in the November issue of the international art magazine Modern Painters . [3]

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References

  1. "Lite närmare sanningen". Arbetarbladet. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. "Hasselblad Foundation Collection" . Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  3. "Photographs by rising stars Simon Berg, Matt Lipps, and Xaviera Simmons". Modern Painters. 2010 (November): 60–61.