Bim Eriksson (born in 1991) is a graphic novel creator, artist and illustrator based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Eriksson made her debut in 2016 with the autobiographic graphic novel ”I felt nothing when my feelings died”, and hit it big with the 2021 graphic novel Baby Blue, a dystopian story set in an almost Orwellian society where failure, grief and mental ill-health are banned. Baby Blue is published in six languages including Swedish, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Turkish, and with two upcoming publications in English and Portuguese.
Her comics and narrative works have been published in news papers and magazines such as Le Monde diplomatique, Internazionale, Galago, BANG and Tecknaren.
Graphic novels and zines
2024 The Comic Artist is Present, Hands on Press
2021 Baby Blue, Galago
2016 I felt nothing when my feelings died, Kartago
Solo Exhibition
2024 The Comic Artist is Present, Hands on Gallery, Kaunas
2023 Baby Blue, Bokbar la librairie-café nordique, Paris
2020 Gale in boots, Open spaces Edsberg, Stockholm
2018 Bad girl aura, Gallery Toppen! Stockholm
2018 Where no one can see me, Lidköping Konsthall, Lidköping
2017 Baby fat, Växjö Konsthall, Växjö
2017 Baby fat, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm
2016 Heroines smell like arsenic, Kåken, Stockholm
Group Exhibitions
2023 Contemporary Swedish Comics, Casa Robegan, TCBF, Treviso
2022 Borders, Garage Coop, Centrale Veuper, Strasbourg
2021 Invisible Lines, Accademia di belle arti di Bologna
2021 Invisible Lines, Tabook book festival, Tabor
2020 Manifestation Lövholmen, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2010 Zon Moderna, Moderna Museet Stockholm
Talks and readings
2024 Artist talk and reading session, Nordic Council of Ministers, Latvia
2023 Book talk, The sci-fi Bokhandeln, Kulturnatten, Stockholm
2022 Author talk, Ulricehamn Pride
2022 Baby Blue reading session, Hamburg Comic Festival
2022 Dystopian worlds, seminar at Gothenburg Book Fair
2022 Baby Blue reading session, Textival Gothenburg
2022 System Collapse, seminar at Textival Gothenburg.
2022 Book talk, Stockholm International Comic Festival, Kulturhuset.
2022 Anxiety, comics and resistance, seminar at Littfest, Umeå
2021 The body in comics, seminar, Accademia di belle arti di Bologna
2017 Author talk, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm
2016 Book talk, graphic novel debutant evening, Stockholm City Library
2016 I felt nothing when my feelings died, seminar at Gothenburg Book Fair
Anthologies
2023 Thank you for a lovely day, Ventil Verlag
2021 12 Comic Pilgrims, Baobab
2021 Invisible Lines Squadro Edizioni Grafiche, Sigaretten
2019 Du springer, Vox by Opal
2017 Utopi / Dystopi, Tidskriften BANG
Represented in public art collections
2019 The round ball, Public art commission, Botkyrka kommun
2018 Bunny in red boots, Lidköping kommun
2017 Circus, Botkyrka kommun
Workshops and teaching
2024 Comic workshop, Segulda, Latvia
2022 Comic workshop, Tranemo Pride
2019 Guest teacher, illustration. Berghs School of Communication
2018 Guest teacher, illustration. Berghs School of Communication
2018 Comic workshop, Ritklubben at Beckmans College of Design
2017 Comic workshop, Lidköping Art Gallery
2017 Lecture and workshop, Shanghai International Studies University
Performance, video and signings sessions
2023 Signing session, Angoulême International Comics Festival
2022 Are you a comic book fan? Short film by The Swedish Institute
2010 To Lee, Performance, Moderna Museet Stockholm