Richard Vakil
Richard Vakil, visual artist and writer living in Lysekil.
He mainly paints in watercolor. Between the years 2016 to 2018, he painted the diplomas for the Nobel Prize in chemistry, physics and economics. The motifs are strongly related to Bohuslän and beautiful environments by the sea. From the beginning, it was writing that he devoted himself to the most, and it is even now just as important. His lyrics are often about human relationships, love, life, closeness, questions, foundations. While the pictures must stand for the more restful, but at the same time calming in nature, and all the things that we cannot rely on.
The paintings also portray human loneliness and vulnerability.
The images become a kind of trace of what once was.
Selected solo exhibitions:
Galleri Nyttokonst, Lysekil 1994, 1996
Galleri Beckman, Båstad 1995
Galleri Beckman, Stockholm 1995
Galleri Bacchus, Borås 1996
Galleri Mossebacken, Fiskebäckskil 1996
Konstfrämjandet, Uddevalla 1997
Galleri Kram, Halmstad 1998
Lilla Draget, Bohus-Malmön 1998
PLM, Lysekil 1998, 1999
Preemraff, Lysekil 1998, 2004, 2008, 2019
Astra Zeneca, Göteborg 2000
Orust konstförening, Orust 2001
Skaftö Folkets Hus, Grundsund 2002, 2019
Sundsbergs konsthall, Sunne 2003
Lysekils konsthall, Lysekil 2003
Galleri Galax, Göteborg 2004
SCA, Göteborg 2005
Konsthall Kajutan, Henån 2006, 2016
Galleri Hagström, Stockholm 2007
Galleri RAM & BILD, Lysekil 2007
Uddevalla polishus, Uddevalla 2008
Galleri Rita, Göteborg 2009
Lysekils stadsbibliotek, Lysekil 2009
Galleri Vakil, Lysekil 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014
Galleri Englesson, Stockholm 2013-2014
Taverna Brillo, Stockholm 2014
Galleri Mitt i centrum, Göteborg, 2014
Norra Hamnen, Lysekil 2015
Galleri TINT, 2015-2020
Grästorps Konstförening 2015
Handkraft, Trollhättan 2016
Galleri Sladdergatan 16, Ystad 2017
Popupgalleri, Kungsbacka 2018
Galleri Movitz, 2018
Partille Konstförening, Göteborg 2019
Konstförening Akvatinten, Munkedal 2019
Galleri Nordic Art, Stockholm 2020
Galleri Tint, Lysekil 2020
Solhems Krukmakeri, Rabbalshede 2021
Lysekils Konsthall 2021
Mariestads Konstförening 2021
Galleri Tint, Lysekil 2022
Galleri Insikte, Röda stugan Åstol 2022
Galleri Jäger & Jansson, Lund 2022
River City Gallery, Göteborg 2022
Selected group exhibitions:
Skaftö Konst & Hantverk 1995-2010
Galler Beckman, Stockholm 1995, 1997
Bohusläns museum, Uddevalla 1997
Lysekils Folkets Hus, Lysekil 2001
Uddevalla Folkets Hus, Uddevalla 2009
Lysekils konsthall, Lysekil 2000, 2002, 2004 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016
Edithgården, Ölands skördefest 2012
Skaftö Folkets Hus 2014, 2015, 2019
ECWS via Nordiska Akvarellsällskapet, Salamanca, Spanien 2017
Galleri Nordic Art, Stockholm 2018, 2019
KVIRR 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Represented:
Nordiska museer, Nobelmuseet, Stockholm/Karlskoga
Bohuslandstinget, Västra Götalands landsting, Lysekils kommun, Lysekils Hamn, Orust kommun, Lysekils Folkets Hus, Uddevalla Folkets Hus, Uddevalla kommun samt ett antal konstföreningar och privata samlare.
Others:
Utsmyckning på Arctic Paper Munkedals AB
Kursledare Ljungskile folkhögskola (sommarakademin) 1996-2002
Utgivit boken “Jag har inte tid”
Medlem i KRO, Bildupphovsrätt och NAS Västra Götalandsregionen