Nils Claesson

Nils Claesson
Nils Claesson. Photo by Jann Lipka 2016
Born
Nils Taki Claesson

(1958-09-06) 6 September 1958 (age 68)
Stockholm, Sweden
OccupationsArtist, filmmaker, author and artistic researcher
Notable workBlåbärsmaskinen (novel), Peering Intoo the Black Box,

Nils Taki Claesson (born 6 September 1958) is a Swedish artist, director, author and artistic researcher. He is currently assistant professor at the Stockholm University of the Arts.

Biography

Claesson received his PhD in fine arts from the Film and Media Department at Stockholm University of the Arts with the dissertation The Ghost Machine: Seven changes and transitions – animation processes in animated film.

Claesson joined the newspaper ETC 1979–1984, where he was a co-owner for a while. He had acting roles in two films in the 1980s, among other things in Stig Larsson's film Ängel, but he has mainly directed, written manuscript and worked with animated films and radio documentaries. He has been working with digital media since the mid-1990s, and has played a central role in the development of Swedish digital art through his work for the artistic creative space for art and computing (CRAC), where he was chairman from 2002 to 2005. In connection with this, he established a broad international network, and organized international exhibitions such as "Money, a comment on the new economy", as well as seminars and exchange projects with other media labs in Europe. He also led the network for media labs in Norway, Pnek 2001–2002, and was one of the artists behind the Association for Temporary Art [a: t] a platform for art online (1997–2007). He has also been active in the artist-driven galleries Tegen2 and ID:I gallery. Claesson has exhibited extensively in Sweden and Europe.

The book The Blueberry Machine, published 2009, is about his father Stig Claesson.

Selected works (2019–2025)

Claesson has produced a wide range of works in recent years, including films, books, and exhibitions, often exploring themes of memory, social change, and urban space.

Curatorial work

Claesson has curated several exhibitions at **Galleri TEGEN2** in Stockholm and developed the visual arts program at **ETC Solar Park** in Katrineholm, including four summer exhibitions and a student project.

ETC Solar Park (Katrineholm)

Galleri TEGEN2 (Stockholm)

Academic publications

A selection of Claesson's academic publications are available in the DiVA research portal:

Radio and film

Directing
Manuscripts
Roles

Books, book chapters and articles

Art projects