Benny Andersson was born 1953 in Sweden. He grew up in a small town on the Swedish east coast. His passion for art started in his early teens. He attended art schools in Stockholm 1974 -1977, had numerous shows in group and solo through the 1970's in Sweden. He received his first award, a scholarship and selected as artist of the year 1976 from his hometown, Valdemarsvik. He has since then received many awards and commissions through the years.

Benny moved to USA in 1980. He spent three years traveling around USA and also working with commercial deep sea fishing on the east coast of USA. He began working as a fulltime artist in New York in 1983.

Since he was young he felt a "call " to try and create paintings that would inspire to inner reflection regarding our existence and Life itself in this vast universe. He became interested with the healing aspect of art. Now he receives many letters and calls from people who share their inspiration they experience from his paintings.

Benny has exhibited his art regularly in USA and Sweden. He has been represented by Bijutsu Sekai Gallery in Tokyo since 1996, and has had numerous exhibitions in different locations in Japan as well as Korea and China. Many of his shows have sold out in a short time.

His art is represented in many public and private collections around the world. His paintings can also be found as illustrations in many magazines and books.

He lives now in New Jersey with wife Kyoko and 3 daughters. He is a long time member of the Swedish Artist Association ( SK). His art is often described as visionary, spiritual, symbolic, surreal, harmonious, uplifting.

Benny is one of the winners in Best in Painting in The Healing Power of Art juried exhibition. View now.