Born 1966 in Andrarum, Sweden. Lives and works on the countryside outside Copenhagen

Education

• 1994-99 Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen
• 1993-94 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, Ystad 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 Grants 1998 and 2015, Malmö Konstmuseum Björklund-grants 2001 and 2016, Helge Axsson Jonsson 2017, Ida Blix Foundation 1999, 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.

Teaching

• 2010-2018 Photography, Kunsthøjskolen in Holbæk Denmark
• 2017-2019 Österlenskolan för Konst och Design, Simrishamn Sweden, guest teacher

Exhibitions

• 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, Richmond, 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
• 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

Curator Kristina Möster Nilsson, statenskonstrad.se/konst/ljus-for-liten-tall