Benjamin Uggla’s practice moves playfully yet precisely between the familiar and the surreal. Humor and seriousness meet in equal measure as the banal is elevated into sculptural poetry. His imaginative universe is populated by recurring motifs such as figures glued to their computer screens, teetering towers of abstract forms and the bumblebee-inspired “Bumble Guy,” each work balancing sharp formal awareness with openness to the absurdities of everyday life.

Drawing from observations made in cafés, memories of travels or fragments of news and literature, Uggla begins with sketches that evolve into sculptures, collages and reliefs. His most recent solo exhibition Mixade Verkligheter (Mixed Realities, WAY gallery Sthlm, 2025) dissolved the boundaries between truth and imagination through sculptural collages and reliefs that opened portals to parallel worlds. The exhibition highlighted the breadth of his practice – from abstract stacked forms and upright table reliefs presented in stop-motion-like sequences, to humorous and surreal scenarios that feel at once intimate and otherworldly.

Benjamin Uggla (b. 1989 in Gothenburg, Sweden) lives and works in Stockholm. He studied industrial design at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, fine arts at Nyckelviksskolan and computer science at Linköping University. Over the past decade he has exhibited nationally and internationally, including in New York, Paris and Florence, as well as at Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Rian Designmuseum and Van Der Plas Gallery. His work has been shown in both gallery and museum contexts and is held in private collections across Europe and the United States.