Madeleine Strindberg

Madeleine Strindberg (born 1955) is a German-born artist, winner of the 1998 Jerwood Painting Prize.

Education Strindberg graduated from the Byam Shaw School of Art and Royal College of Art in 1985 with a master's degree in painting.

Work Strindberg won the Barclays Bank Award in 1985. She was the Artist in Residence at the National Gallery in 1989. That same year, she also won the GLC Peace Prize. In 1996, she was awarded the Abbey Award in Painting by the British School at Rome. She was one of the artists shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize in 1997. In 2000, she was once again on the shortlist for the Charles Wollaston Award.

Exhibitions Strindberg has held numerous exhibitions. Her exhibitions explored various themes. Her exhibition "Just Look at Yourself!" portrayed the psychologically charged internal world. Another unique work was "Central Nervous System". Her "Among the Believers" was a strong political statement on the occupation of Iraq. She has subsequently used MRI sections through the human brain to create her abstract works.

Four of her oil paintings are in UK public collections (including the Jerwood Collection).

Strindberg has lived in London, UK, for most of her life and worked from a studio in Bow for 25 years. She had multiple sclerosis and, in 2011, was forced out of the studio by the landlord for not using it enough.