Born 20 February 1973 in Avesta, Sweden
Lives and works in Amsterdam
Studies:
Sandberg Institute, MA Fine Art, Amsterdam, 2000-2002
Gerrit Rietveld Academie, BA Fine Art, Free Media dep., Amsterdam 1997-2000
Pernby’s Painting School, Stockholm 1995-1997
Kävesta Peoples College, painting dep., Örebro 1993-1994
Solo Exhibitions:
Chemical Warfare, ACAF Alexandria Contemporary Art Forum (EGY), upcoming
La Promesa, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (NL), Screens at 11, Amsterdam, 2008
The Deprived Eye, VHDG, Leeuwarden (NL), 2006
The Container and The Contained, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam (NL), 2005
Esprit de Corps, Örebro Konsthall (SE), 2004
Material from The Memory Archives, Mathijsen / Rubens Art, Amstelveen (NL), 2003
Ask the Dust, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (NL), 2002 (catalogue)
Painting / Installation, Konsthallen Avesta (SE), 1997
Group Exhibitions (a selection):
2010
Runaway Train, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (SE), (April-June)
Kwakoe, Bijlmeer, Amsterdam South-East, (July)
2009
Image; Return to Heritage, Museum of Modern Art/University Gallery, Zadar (HR), (catalogue)
Trapped in Amber, UKS, Oslo (NO), (catalogue)
2008
Industry, Avesta Art Biennial, Verket, Avesta (SE), (catalogue)
World One Minutes, Today Art Museum, Beijing (CN), (catalogue)
2007
On Territories, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Swords of Trilogy, Fuck Gallery, Bijlmeer (NL), (exhibition closed due to burglary)
National Pride, Arti et Amiticae, Amsterdam (NL), (with Jonas Ohlsson)
Absolut Sweden, Film Base, Dublin (IE)
Public History, Personal Story, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2006
Gimme Shelter, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg (DE)
Art Rotterdam, with Motive Gallery
Springfever, Montevideo TBA, Amsterdam (NL)
Work Out, Liljevalchs Konsthall (with ak28), Stockholm (SE)
2005
Esprit de Corps, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Art for Sail, Loods 6, Amsterdam (NL)
Rubens & Contemporaries, Art Affairs, Amsterdam (NL)
Art Rotterdam, with Motive Gallery, (catalogue)
2004
Play, Glaspaleis, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Heerlen (NL)
The Perpetual Summer, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Uitgelicht 4, Kunstvlaai, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam (NL), (catalogue)
Zugzwang, Playstation / Fonz Welters Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
2003
Video/Art_Data, Coldcreation, Barcelona (ES)
Absolute Empty, Buro Empty, Amsterdam (NL)
2002
Cinema Sculptuur, Provinciehius; Den Haag (NL)
The One Minute Biennale, Centraal Museum; Utrecht (NL), (catalogue)
A Haunted House of Art by Gabriel Lester, Gallery Outline; Amsterdam (NL)
Viewfinder, Lokaal 01; Antwerp (BE)
2001
Video Show, Kunsthalle M3; Berlin (DE)
Voorbij de Zonegrens, video shown in city buses; Utrecht (NL), (catalogue)
2000
Move It!, Montevideo TBA; Amsterdam (NL)
Zoveel, Arti et Amiticae; Amsterdam, (with Dr. Broadcast)
Graduation Show, Gerrit Rietveld Academie; Amsterdam, (catalogue)
Grants and awards:
Project grant for realization of projects in Croatia and Spain, 2009*
Avesta Municipality’s Culture Award, 2008
Basisstipendium, 2-year working grant, 2006*
Project grant for development of “Vanna Rising”, 2005*
Startstipendium, 2004, 1-year working grant*
Startstipendium, 2003, 1-year working grant*
Project grant for realization of “Ask the Dust”, 2001*
(*Awarded by The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture)
Other:
Assistant to Dylan Graham, “Lace”, various locations in Ghent, December 2008
Assistant director to Gabriel Lester, “The Last Smoking Flight”, August 2008
Filming/editing “Hopi Boys”, documentary by Jonas Ohlsson and Braien Candelaria, July 2007
Performance during Close Connections (KunstRAI), Lloyds Hotel, Amsterdam, May 2006
Designing booth for Village Clothing at CPH Vision, Copenhagen, August 2005
Guest lecturer at AKI Art Academy (Enschede), Pernby’s School for Painting (Stockholm) and Sandberg Institute MFA (Amsterdam), 2003 -2005
Nominated for One Minute Awards (Best of the World), November 2002
Organizing Museumnacht at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2nd November 2002 (with Pär Strömberg) (catalogue)
Directing, filming and editing music video for Supersub (“I Wish”), October 2002
One Minute Awards (Best Short Story), October 2001
Participation in video programs at ICA; London, Fringe Festival; Shanghai, Circus Maximus; Utrecht, Artis; Den Bosch, Paradiso; Amsterdam, Museumnacht; Stedelijk Museum; Amsterdam, Salto TV; Amsterdam A1, Kunstkanaal; TV Amsterdam, Parasite Paradise; Leidsche Rijn, Cineminuut at Noorderzon Festival; Groningen, CAC TV; Vilnius, One Minutes; China The Biennial for Video Art, Silvanum, Gävle a.o. (2001-2007)
Performances “Lady Die” (Jonas Ohlsson, Pär Strömberg, Jennifer Tee a.o.), various locations 1997-1999
Articles and reviews (a selection, to be updated):
Een bos dat niet geruststelt, Wieteke van Ziel, Volkskrant 15 December 2005
De grote onbekende, Naomi Boas, Tubelight no. 40, October/November 2005
Med ljuset på minnets svagheter, J. Berglund, Nerikes Allehanda, 16th January 2004
Att se, att inte se och att tolka, Lena Asker, Nerikes Allehanda, 24th January 2004
Dringen in het regen voor Museumn8, Xandra de Jongh, Het Parool 4th November 2002
Magnus Monfeldt and Pär Strömberg, Rob Perrée, Kunstbeeld no.6 2002
Ask the Dust, Arne Hendriks, Tubelight no.20 March/April 2002
De kritische keuze, Barbara van Erp, Vrij Nederland, 27th April 2002
De suspense van Twin Peaks uit Zweden, Arjan Reinders, Het Parool, 13th April 2002
Natuur op zijn Zweeds, Paola van de Velde, De Telegraaf, 29th March 2002
Ask the Dust, Jennifer Higgie, Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam no.66, 2002
De ruit werpt de steen terug, Bart Krieger, Het Parool, 13th October 2001
Winnars One Minute Awards bekendgemaakt.., I-Zone, Spits, 12th October 2001