Born 1966 in Andrarum, Sweden. Lives and works in Ny Hammersholt, Denmark and Ystad, Sweden
Education
- 1994-99 Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen
- 1992-94 Freie Kunst, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
- 1988-89 Art History, Lunds Universitet
Represented in public collections
Moderna Museét Sweden, Danish Film Institute, Danish Arts Council, Statens Konstråd/Public Art Agency Sweden, Malmö konstmuseum, Borås konstmuseum, Uppsala konstmuseum, Ystads konstmuseum, Region Skåne, Simrishamns kommun, Aurehøj Gymnasium Copenhagen
Grants
Swedish Arts Grants Committe: projectgrant 2001 and work grants 2000, 2006-07, 2018-19, 2022, Danish Art Foundation: travel grants 2004,-05 and production grants 2009,-10,-12,-13,-15,-17,-20, Fredrika Bremer stipends 1998 and 2015, Malmö Konstmuseum stipends 2001, 2016 and 2023, Helge Axsson Jonsson 2017, IASPIS Stockholm artist in residence 2003, IASPIS Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin 2004-05, NIFCA Helsinki 2002, San Cataldo Monastery Italy 2016, Det Danske Institut Rome 2015 and 2019, Det Danske Institut Athens 2023.
Teaching
- 2010-2018 Photography, Kunsthøjskolen in Holbæk Denmark
- 2017-2019 Guest teacher, Österlenskolan för Konst och Design, Simrishamn Sweden
Exhibitions
2025
ommon Creatures–Bewildering Beasts, KH7 Artspace, Århus (June)
Människor och andra djur, Ystads konstmuseum (A group show I curate, opening May)
2024
The Pet Show, Fotografiska Shanghai, China (opening December)
Best in Show, The Momentary, Bentonville, USA (opening November)
Hund i Lund, Galleri Kammaren, Lund
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Sketch, Arden Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
2023
Best in Show, Fotografiska, New York (opening September 22)
Inhabitants, University of Oulu, Finland (in connection with the (Un)common worlds conference
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Vargåkra Gårds Konsthall, Hammenhög
Merchandise, Memorabilia og Moneter, Skjold Contemporary, Copenhagen
2022
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Cat, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen
The Pet Show, Fotografiska, Tallin
2021
The Pet Show, Fotografiska, Stockholm
We Are Animals, Kunsthal Rotterdam
Mobil Utomhus Bio, Folkets Hus Lidköping
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
2020
Mammals/Hierarchies, Ringsted Galleriet (solo)
Animals in Art, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen
Billboard Istanbul, curated by Hanne Lise Thomsen, Public Space Istanbul
Septemberutställningen, med Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
2019
Solidaritetssalonen, Rønnebækholms Kunsthal
Summer in The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Om og Om Igen, Koldinggade 12, Copenhagen
2018
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Consolation, Galleri Image, Århus (solo)
2017
The Last Trees, Galleri Fagerstedt, Stockholm, (solo)
Summer in the City, Martin Asbaek Gallery, Copenhagen
100 Kvinder på Kro, Carlsbergbyens Galleri, Copenhagen
Co-Existence – exhibition at the Living with Animals conference, Eastern Kentucky University, USA
2016
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Fra videokunst til billedkunst, Nivaagårds malerisamling, Nivaa DK
Hverdagsbilleder, Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers
2015
100 Kvinder på Kro, Byens Kro, Copenhagen and Huset for Kunst og Design, Holstebro
In Bed, Tjörnedala Konsthall, Baskemölla (solo)
Summer in the city, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Par i konst, Vargåkra gård, Hammenhög
Light Tricks, Galleri Fagerstedt, Stockholm (solo)
2014
Ind i skabet, Bakkehusmuseét, Frederiksberg
Lige i skabet, Svends Bibliotek and Nivaagaards Malerisamling, Nivå
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Hem Längtan – Vardagens ideologi och estetik, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
The Beginning is Always Today, Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden
To Have or Have Not, ACC Galerie, Weimar
2013
Hurra, Pop-up Gallery, Venice, Los Angeles
Seoul International Shortfilm Festival, Korea
The Beginning Is Always Today, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norge
Out to Sea, Trapholt, Kolding
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
To have or have not, Halle 14, Leipzig
Re.act.feminism, with Women down the Pub, Akademi Der Künste, Berlin
Video, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Minne av sol, Krognoshuset, Lund (solo)
2012
Re.act.Feminism with Women down the Pub, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
Animals do it, Instant Herlev Institute, Copenhagen (solo)
Uniform, Vinge, Malmö (solo)
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Filmform news, Cinemateket, Stockhulm and Oberhausen International Kurzfilmfestival
Fokus Video Art Festival, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen
2011
Zoo, Werkleitz Biennale, Halle
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Dyredamer, Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg
Terrain Video, Holstebro Kunstmuseum
2010
In Your Hands, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen (solo)
Paris Photo, with Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Dog is my co-pilot, Spinderihallerne, Vejle
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Volta Basel, with Martin Asbæk Gallery, Basel
Opening Show, Odense Kunsthall
Derrida’s Katze, Kunsthaus Kreutzberg, Berlin
2009
In Memory of All Those Who Work Without Ever Getting a Reward, Åbo Konstmuseum, Finland (solo)
Paris Photo, with Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Summer in the City Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Works at work with Women down the Pub, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
The Other Tour, with Women down the Pub, boat tour around Copenhagen
Malmö Konstmuseum meets the Swanljung collection, Malmö Konstmuseum
Andre Stemmer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
Site Natura, Tjörnedala Konsthall
Sample #2, Deutsche Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin
Biograf, Röhska Museét Göteborg and Borås Konstmuseum
2008
New Friends, Uppsala konstmuseum (solo)
In Memory of All Those Who Work Without Ever Getting a Reward, Pixel, Copenhagen (solo)
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Sample #1, Deutsche Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin
Et blik på det fremmede, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
2007
In Memory of All Those Who…, Konstnärshuset Stockhulm and Galleri Fem, Lund (solo)
Zoo, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Konstfeminism, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen
Distant Relations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
Emergency room, (curated by Colonel) PS 1/MOMA, New York
X Years, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen
2006
I’m your boss” -and other dreadful scenarios, Martin Asbæk Gallery (solo), Copenhagen
Människor och Djur, Ystad konstmuseum (solo)
Emergency Room (curated by Colonel), Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin
Strategic Questions, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna; De Appel, Amsterdam
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen
Artists Migration, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
Konstfeminism, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
Janssons frestelse, Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Cultural Perceptions and Cultural Clash, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
2005
Es war ja nicht alles schlecht, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (solo)
Six Perspectives on an Archive, Index/Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Konstfeminism, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
U3 Tunnel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Baltic Raw, Hafencity, Hamburg
QTV, TV-TV, Copenhagen Art Channel
2004
Contemporary Film and Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (solo)
Scandinavian Sparks, 278 Space, Beijing
Tomorrow II, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen
Ballroom Blitz, Galleri Gimm & Eis, Copenhagen
2003
Den ömma punkten, Sub Bau, Gothenburg (solo)
Mothers of Invention, with Women Down the Pub, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Vienna
Show Unit, travelling exhibition, Riksutställningar , Sweden
Lost in Tomorrow, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca
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em>Limes, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago, Santiago de Chile
Nordic Live Art, Gothenburgh Art Museum, Gothenburg
In Reality, Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Open Source, Mia Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm
Out to Grass, Galerie Koch & Kesslau, Berlin
Fast Video, Cinemateket, Copenhagen
Women 2003, billboard project in Copenhagen
The Tender Spot, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen (solo)
2002
Videovindue, YNKB, Copenhagen (solo)
Rent-a bench with Women Down the Pub, billboard project in Los Angeles
Hjemme igen, Arken – Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen
Gossip, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
Art is More Expensive Than Hot Dogs, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Coming!, Zone/Mori Art Center , Tokyo
DK, Galerie de l’école d’art, Perpignan
A Room Of One’s Own, with Women Down the Pub, Secession, Vienna
Eukabeuk Event – Swedish Art Weeks, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Chiangmai
Je t’aime moi non plus, touring Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun; Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing; Kunsthall Bergen, Bergen; Museum het Domein, Sittard; ESAP, Perpignan; Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven and Metronom, Barcelona
2001
Resting Place, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin (solo)
Der dritte Sektor, with Women Down the Pub, Kunstverein Wolfsburg
Aftenskolen, with Women Down the Pub, Galleri Signal, Malmö
Dansk Video Manifesta, Kunstforeningen Gammelstrand, Copenhagen
Ideologia-Nordic Art 2001, Röda Sten, Gothenburgh
Quality Street, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen
Get That Balance, K3, Kampnagel, Hamburg
My Generation, Atlantis Gallery, London
New Premises, Gallery Muu, Helsinki
2000
Hvilerum, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen (solo)
Wonderful Copenhagen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel
Wir wollen daran glauben, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
Filmform – old School vs. New School, Galleri Artnode, Stockholm
Big Torino – biennale arte emergente, Torino
Galleri Artnode, Stockholm
9 fra det Kongelige Danske, UKS, Oslo
SHOOT on tour, Living art Museum, Reykjavik; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Borås Konstmuseum
SHOOT – Moving Pictures by Artists, Malmö Konsthall and Cinema Spegeln, Malmö
Inscriptions, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm
1999
Blick, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Private Parts, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Andebølle – Ama’r, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen
Exit, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
Videokunst aus Dänemark, Galerie Voges und Deisen, Frankfurt am Main
1998
Hemma, Galleri Box, Gothenburg (solo)
Spin-Off, Filmhuset, Copenhagen
Bösartig, Kino Klick, Berlin
Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York
Artgenda Review, Stadtgalerie , Kiel
Presenting LAB, The Pineapple, Malmö
Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
What’s Going On?, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, NY
Videorama – For Lovers Only, Depot, Vienna
Artgenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Boomerang, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen
Nuit blanche – scènes nordiques les années 90, Musée d’art Moderne, Paris
1997
Country, Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen (solo)
Frauen und Tiere, Offener Kanal, TV Hamburg
Zones of Disturbance, Steirischer Herbst, Graz
Stofskifte, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde
Politisk Kunst, Kørners kontor, Copenhagen
Video-97, Fylkingen, Stockhlm
1996
I’ll Do, with Andrea Creutz, Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen (solo)
Mission : Impossible, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
Bank T.V, Bank, London and Manchester
Up Date, Turbinehallen, Copenhagen
1995
Loveliest, Galleri Saga Basement, Copenhagen (solo)
Convoy, Turbinehallen, Copenhagen
Written
Ömsesidigt beroende, Sara Arvidsson, Fotografisk Tidskrift #4/2022
https://www.idoart.dk/blog/mammals-hierarchies-interview-med-lisa-stroembeck
https://edgeofhumanity.com/2021/02/26/the-dying-trees-at-backakra-beach-sweden/
Ljus för liten tall, Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl, Konstnären 3 2020
https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000008659318.html
Kristina Möster Nilsson https://statenskonstrad.se/konst/ljus-for-liten-tall/
https://www.featureshoot.com/2017/08/dogs-bed-humans-photographed-lisa-strombeck/
http://muybridgeshorse.com/2017/05/11/lisa-strombeck/
Christine Antaya, Sydsvenskan 18/4 2019
Torun Börtz, Ystad Allehanda, 20/4 2019
https://kunsten.nu/journal/til-troest/
https://kunsten.nu/journal/huden-vi-bor/
http://www.omkonst.com/14-konst-och-feminism.shtmlOmkonst
https://www.featureshoot.com/2014/05/lisa-strombeck-uniform/Featured Shoot
Dyrisk og dyrebar – kæledyr i et samfundsvidenskabeligt lys, Publisher: Nyt fra Samfundsvidenskaberne 2013
Uniform, Blow Photomagazine issue nine 2013, Ireland
Claus Granath, Sydsvenskan, 10/1 2013
Michael Jeppesen, Information 9/6 2011
Billedkunstneren, frontpage by Women down the Pub, nr.2 june 2011
Plats, Poetik och Politik, editors Elisabet Haglund and Linda Fagerström, Skissernas Museum Lund
Unrealised Potential, curator Mike Chavez-Dawson,
www.cornerhouse.org/books
Paris Photo, De L’air, No 45 Automne 2010
Lisa Strömbeck, Ha-young Kim, Photo+ November 2010
machineraum+hanne+nielsen+birgit+johnsen+dog+is+my+copilot+spinderihallerne
Die Katze und der Poststrukturalist, Andrea Heubach, Tierbefreiung no 67 Juni 2010
Katzen essen Insel auf, Jungle World nr. 07/10, 18 Feb 2010
Samtidskunstens vilkår og potentialer, Unge kunstnere og kunstformidlere, 2009
http://www.sydsvenskan.se/2009-07-16/pionjarer-per-bat
En anderledes tur på Københavns kanaler,Politikken 14/8 2009
http://www.guerrilla-innovation.com/archives/urban/index.php?page=2
Med kunsten på Havnerundfart,Børsen, 19/6 2009
Kanalrundfart med nyt fokus,Information 15/7 2009
Brudarna tar plats i Byn, Matilda Gustavsson, Sydsvenskan 7/8 2009
Natur/Kultur i samklang, Anja Degerholm, Ystad Allehanda, 22/8 2009
Välbeprövade grepp på naturens roll, Tor Billgren,Sydsvenskan 27/8 2009
Moraalisia voittoja ja retkahduksia, Hanna Lamnaouer, Turun Sanomat, 23/6 2009
Hundekunster, Torben Sangild, Politikken, 8/11 2008
Om makt- och herrelöshet, Mikael Mildén, Djurens Rätt nr 5-6 2008
Förnedring och maktspel granskas, Katarina Wadstein Macleod,
Svenska Dagbladet 27/9 2008
Strategic Questions: Has Man a Function in Universe?, Gavin Wade, BookWorks Publishing London
Duktig Vovve, Carolina Söderholm, Sydsvenskan, 2/3 2008
Nepal-Danish women’s groups for inclusive campaigns,The Kathmandu Post, 25/12 2007
Kunstneren som opdagelsesrejsende, Mads Damsbro, Information 7/5 2007
Intimitet og køn, Rune Gade, Nybrud – dansk kunst i 1990erne
Loss and Longing, Andreas Schlaegel and Angela Rosenberg, BE Magazine, autumn 2006
Svenske hjerters uro, Eva Pohl,Berlingske Tidene 18/5 2006
Janssons Frestelse, catalouge Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art
Konsten tar plats utanför storstan, Dan Jönsson,Dagens Nyheter 25/2 2006
Djuren är väl också människor, Carolina Söderholm,Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 20/2 2006
Människor och djur, catalouge Ystad Konstmuseum, ISBN 91-87258-56-0
http://www.aftonbladet.se/ledare/ledarkronika/asapetersen/article10876777.ab
Who’s the Storyteller, KUNO/ Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki
Es war ja nicht alles schlecht, catalouge Künstlerhaus Bethanien, ISBN 3-932754-64-6
Es war ja nicht alles schlecht, Photography Now, aug-sept 2005
http://kvinfo.dk/webmagasinet/udsigt-til-indsigt
Strategisk korrekt, Halvor Haugen,Billedkunst Norge
Mennsker laver kunst – ikke køn, Mai Misfeldt,Berlingske Tidende 2/12 2004
Da konen kastrerede grisen, Lilian Munk Rösing,Information, 6/12 2002
Udsigt til indsigt, Maria Gry Bregnbak, webmagasinetForum, www.kvinfo.dk
VIEW- Feminist Strategies in Danish Visual Arts, ISBN 87-7514-098-5, Informations Forlag, DK
Tender Spots, Rainer B. Schossig,Bremer Zeitung, Febr. 2003
Women Down the Pub/Rent-a-Bench,Flash Art, no 228, Jan/Feb 2003
Interview with Women Down the Pub,Passepartout 11, 2003
Women 2003, catalogue, Informations Forlag 2003
Dossier Kopenhagen – Lisa Strömbeck, Simon Sheikh,Kunstbeeld – tijdschrift voor beeldende kunst Nederlands, no 5, 2001
Lisa Strömbeck – A woman under the influence,Rebecca Kimbrell, Katalog – Journal of Photography and Video, spring 2001
Herstories tour, Sanne Kofoed,MAKE, summer 2000
Kvindelige kunstnere fortæller historie,Berlingske Tidene, 19/8 2000
Feministisk Havnerundfart,Jyllands Posten, 14/8 2000
Yours Truly, Jacob Fabricius, Pork Salad Press 2000
En blund hos Lund,Politikken, 9/6 2000
Man kæler da med kæledyr, også i soveværelset, Rune Gade,Information, 7/6 2000
Kunst: Når kæledyr knalder brikker, Camilla Stockmann,Nat & Dag, June 2000
BIG Torino 2000 – biennale arte emergente exhibition, catalouge, May 2000
SHOOT – Moving Pictures by Artists, catalouge for the Malmö film festival, feb 2000
Exit 99, catalouge for Det Kongelige danske kunstakademis afgangsudstilling, 1999
Nordic Nomads, Andrea Kroksnes, catalouge Gallery White Columns, New York, 1999
Artgenda retro, catalouge, Stadtgalerie Kiel, 1998
Presenting LAB – LAB presents, book project, 1998
Selvidentifikation og selviscenesættelse på 90ernes danske kunstscene, Simon Sheikh,Øjeblikket, no 35,1998
Spin-off – dansk og europæisk kunstvideo i halvfemserne, The Danish Filminstitute, 1998
Nuit Blanche, Simon Sheikh, catalouge, Musée d’art Moderne, Paris, Feb, 1998
Boomerang, catalouge, Nikolaj Kunsthal, January, 1998
Inserts, female danish artists on internet:www.artnode.dk/inserts
Hair, Steirischer Herbst,Zones of Disturbance, Graz, Sept 1997
Stofskifte, catalouge Museét for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Sept 1997
Work in Progress, Gretchen Gasterland,s.cr.a.m no 1, 1997
Lisa Strömbeck – Country, Kristine Kern,Øjeblikket, no 32/33 1997
Moderne Kvinder, Rune Gade,Information, 26/7 1995