1962年出生于瑞典吕勒奥。1986 到 1993 年间，她在斯德哥尔摩的皇家艺术学院求学，此后一直于斯德哥尔摩生活和工作。
玛玛·安德森的作品独一无二地结合了纹理丰富的笔触、松散如水洗般的痕迹、鲜明的图形线条和令人回味的色彩，它们展现出一种全新的绘画流派，让人追溯到十九世纪晚期的浪漫主义，同时又体现了针对层叠而饱含心理状态之构图的当代兴趣。她往往是全景式的画中场景广泛地取材于档案照片素材、电影图像、剧场布景、各历史时期的室内装饰，以及人烟稀少的瑞典北部地形学——她正是在那里长大：山峦叠嶂的背景、树林、积雪、木屋都是她作品中反复出现的元素。然而，这些元素并不是在传达特定的空间或时间的参照点，而是萦绕着气氛及主观情绪的种种表达，并且总是在弥合着过去、现在与未来。
卓纳画廊自 2004 年起开始代理安德森的作品。2023 年 10 月，其个展《再见，抹大拉的玛利亚》在卓纳画廊巴黎空间开幕，是艺术家的第五场画廊个展。2020 年，她的个展《失乐园》在卓纳纽约举行。她此前的画廊个展还包括：《幕帘之后》（2015 年）；与乔克姆·诺德思特洛姆（Jockum Nordström）的双人展《是谁睡在我枕边》（2010 年）；以及《受制的房间》（2006年）——这也是安德森的美国首展。
2022 年，丹麦奥尔堡现代艺术博物馆举办了双人展《塔尔·R（Tal R）和玛玛·安德森——关于希尔》，展览随后于 2023 年巡展至瑞典马尔默艺术博物馆，并在荷兰戈塞尔 MORE 现代写实主义博物馆展出到 2024 年 2 月。2021 年，丹麦胡姆勒拜克路易斯安纳现代艺术博物馆为艺术家举办了个展《玛玛·安德森：单调的日子》。2018-2019 年，安德森的个展以《记忆银行》为题于俄亥俄州辛辛那提当代艺术中心举办。2011 年，艺术家在德国克雷菲尔德豪斯埃斯特斯博物馆举办了个展。2010 年，她在科罗拉多州阿斯彭艺术博物馆举办了自己在美国的首场博物馆个展。2009年，她在爱尔兰的首场个展于都柏林道格拉斯海德美术馆举办。2007 年，斯德哥尔摩现代博物馆策划了艺术家职业生涯中期的专题个展，这场展览备受好评，并在随后巡展至赫尔辛基美术馆和伦敦卡姆登艺术中心。
艺术家的作品被诸多重要的国际艺术机构所珍藏，包括：巴黎蓬皮杜艺术中心、达拉斯艺术博物馆、瑞典哥特堡美术馆、洛杉矶哈默美术馆、丹麦胡姆勒拜克路易斯安纳现代艺术博物馆、斯德哥尔摩 Magasin III 当代艺术博物馆、瑞典马尔默艺术博物馆、斯德哥尔摩现代博物馆、洛杉矶当代艺术博物馆、纽约现代艺术博物馆（MoMA）、斯德哥尔摩瑞典国家公共艺术委员会、旧金山现代艺术博物馆、瑞典韦斯特罗斯艺术博物馆等。
Born in Luleå, Sweden. She studied from 1986 to 1993 at the Kungl Konsthögskolan in Stockholm, where she continues to live and work.
Mamma Andersson’s works embody a new genre of painting that recalls late nineteenth-century romanticism while also embracing a contemporary interest in layered, psychological compositions. Her oftenpanoramic scenes draw inspiration from a wide range of archival photographic source materials, filmic imagery, theater sets, and period interiors, as well as the sparse topography of northern Sweden, where she grew up: mountainous backdrops, trees, snow, and wooden cabins are recurrent elements within her works. Yet, rather than conveying specific spatial or temporal reference points, they revolve around the expression of atmospheres and subjective moods, and frequently appear to merge the past, the present, and the future.
Andersson's work has been represented by David Zwirner since 2004. In October 2023, a solo presentation of the artist’s work titled Adieu Maria Magdalena opened at David Zwirner, Paris, marking the artist’s fifth solo exhibition with the gallery. The Lost Paradise was on view at David Zwirner, New York, in 2020. The artist’s previous shows with the gallery include Behind the Curtain (2015); Who is sleeping on my pillow (2010), a two-person exhibition with Jockum Nordström; and Rooms Under the Influence (2006), which marked the artist's United States debut.
In 2022, the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark, organized the twoperson presentation Tal R & Mamma Andersson–About Hill, which traveled to the Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden, in 2023, and is currently on view at Museum MORE, Gorssel, the Netherlands, until February 2024. In 2021, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, presented a solo exhibition of the artist’s work, Mamma Andersson: Humdrum Days. In 2018 to 2019, a solo presentation of Andersson’s work titled Memory Banks was on view at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 2011, the artist’s work was the subject of a solo exhibition at Museum Haus Esters in Krefeld, Germany. She had her first solo museum show in the United States at the Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, in 2010, and her first solo exhibition in Ireland at the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, in 2009. In 2007, a critically acclaimed mid-career survey of her work was organized by the Moderna Museet, Stockholm, which traveled to Kunsthalle Helsinki and the Camden Arts Centre, London.
Work by the artist is represented in museum collections worldwide, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Dallas Museum of Art; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark; Magasin III, Stockholm; Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Public Art Council, Stockholm; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden.
