Background
Claes Söderquist was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up near Kristianstad in the South of Sweden.
Claes Söderquist was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up near Kristianstad in the South of Sweden.
He studied painting at the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (1960 – 1964), and at The Royal Institute of Art (1964 – 1969) in Stockholm.
Söderquist filmed on Alcatraz in 1970 during the Occupation of Alcatraz by Indians of All Tribes. Söderquist has also been working in television, and as a curator and art advisor in Scandinavia. His work has been exhibited at Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, and at Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
A retrospective of his work at The Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm(2013) and at Kristianstad Konsthall in 2014 brought attention to his work as one of the most important but little known experimental filmmakers in Sweden.