Ulla Wiggen

Ulla Wiggen (born 1942) is a Swedish painter. Wiggen is known for her paintings that interpret electronic circuitry and schematic diagrams. In the late 1960s, she was also known for her figure paintings.

Early life and education Wiggen was born in Stockholm in 1942. She studied at the Art Academy in Stockholm from 1962 to 1963, the Royal College of Art in Stockholm from 1967 to 1972, the Nordic Psychotherapeutic College from 1972 to 1974, and the Psychology Education Stockholm University from 1978 to 1986.

Life and work During the 1960's, Wiggen produced a series of painted works based on images of early computers and electronic components. Between the years 1963-64, she began making small paintings on gauze using gouache. In 1966, while working as an assistant to the artist Öyvind Fahlström,

Her first exhibition was presented in 1968 at the Galleri Prisma, in Stockholm; later that year she exhibited in the Cybernetic Serendipity: The Computer and the Arts show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London as well as the Public Eye exhibition at the Kunsthaus Hamburg. In 2024, the Fridericianum Museum in Kassel, Germany presents a solo show on her work.

Awards In 2023, Wiggen received the city of Stockholm's cultural prize stads Hederspris/Konst award valued at SEK 100,000.

Publications In 2022, a monograph on Wiggen's work was published with texts by Daniel Birnbaum, Sabeth Buchmann, Caleb Considine and Peter Cornell.

Collections Her work is included in the collections of: Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Norrköping Art Museum, Sweden, Göteborgs Museum of Art, Sweden, Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden, Gävle Museum, Sweden and Malmo Art Museum, Malmo, Sweden.