Björn Runquist

ARTIST STATEMENT / BIOGRAPHY

Björn Runquist was born in Stockholm, Sweden, grew up in New York and spent his high school years in France before returning to the U.S. for college.  Upon completion of college he moved to London, England. After four years in London and receiving a Master's degree from Kings College, University, of London, he returned to the U.S. and for 35 years made his home in Connecticut where he taught while also working as a professional artist.  During that time he summered in Maine and since 2013 has been a full time resident of Clark Island, ME.  He has work in the permanent collection of the Farnsworth Museum and has exhibited widely in galleries on the East Coast from Florida to Maine, including the Caldbeck in Rockland, the Connecticut Biennial at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, and the Allan Stone Gallery in New York.  He is in many private and corporate collections and has a number of paintings in the State Department’s Arts in Embassies program which places art in U.S. Embassies around the world.   He is currently represented by Landing Gallery in Rockland, ME, and River Rd. Gallery in Wilton Ct.  He was featured in Maine Home & Design in April 2010 and listed as one of Maine’s 60 artists “to collect now, while you can”.  He was also featured again in Maine Home & Design in the August 2010 issue.

Find out more about Bjorn Runquist at bjornrunquist.com