Magnus Bärtås

Solo shows
2023 "The Great Memory", Flip Projects, Naples
2022 “One Day”, Ronneby Konsthall
“Brioni – a Necromantic Theatre” by Magnus Bärtås and Behzad Khosravi Noori”, Österängens Konsthall (together with Behzad Khosravi Noori)
2020 “Brioni – a Necromantic Attempt by Magnus Bärtås and Behzad Khosravi Noori” (together with Behzad Khosravi Noori), Galerija Nova (WHW), Zagreb
2019 ”The Three Great Stimulants”, CG Gallery, Malmö
2017 “funktionärer deltagare medborgare individer”, Nässjö Konsthall
2016 “The Strangest Stranger and Other Stories”, Göteborgs Konsthall
2014 “Miraklet i Tensta (theoria)”/ “The Miracle in Tensta (theoria)”, Tensta Konsthall
2013 “En biografi – och andra berättelser”, Smålands Konstarkiv, Vandalorum, Värnamo
2012 “Bogey”, Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb (together with Lars-Henrik Ståhl)
2010 “You Told Me”, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle
“You Told Me”, Krognoshuset, Lund
2008 ”Kumiko, Johnnie Walker & The Cute”, Galleri Sprinkler, Näsby
”Kumiko, Johnnie Walker & The Cute” at Galleri Röda Sten, Gothenburg in collaboration with Gothenburg Film Festival
2007 ”Anna, var är Paulina idag?”, Teatergalleriet, Uppsala
”Kumiko, Johnnie Walker & The Cute””, Swedish Embassy, Tokyo
2005 ”Anna, var är Paulina idag?” Galleri Box, Gothenburg
2003 ”True stories”, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje
2002 ”Satellites”, Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm
2001 ”Buildings och stories”, Passagen, The Art museum of Linköping
”Magnus Bärtås”, The Art Museum of Jönköping
2000 ”Magnus Bärtås, works 1992-2000” Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle
1999 Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm
1997 “Private Campaigne“, The Pineapple Gallery, Malmö
1996 “The Predicament“, Roger Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm
Galleri Titanik, Åbo
1995 “It feels like everything that happens happens somewhere else“, ”Art Hotel”, Lydmar Hotel, Stockholm
1994 Adlercreutz & Björkholmen Gallery, Stockholm
1993 “Bergtagen“ (”The Magic Mountain”), Index Gallery, Stockholm
“Périphérique, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris (France) ”( together with Anders K. Johanssson)
“Bergtagen“ (”The Magic Mountain”), Norrköpings Konstmuseum
1992 “Zauberberg“, Galerie Vitoux & Zylberman, Paris
1991 Galleri Aniara, Sollentuna (Sweden) (together with Anders K. Johansson)
1990 Arton A Gallery, Stockholm (together with Anders K. Johansson)
1989 XXX Gallery, Stockholm

Group shows
2024 "Jordskugga", curator (together with Isak Sundström) and artist (together with Cecilia Germain and Ida Idaida), Norrköpings Konstmuseum
"Retrotopia – Smålands Konstarkiv 60 år", Vandalorium
"Inmundigas", curator and exhibitor (together with Andreas Gedin), Galleri Gemla
2023 "Around here", Designcentrum, Nybro (together with Behzad Khosravi-Noori)
"Around here", Form- och Designcentrum, Malmö (together with Behzad Khosravi-Noori)
2022 “Black, White & Red”, Galleri Gemla, Stockholm
2020 ”Grodregn”, Blekinge Konsthall, Ronneby
”Return to continue”, CG Gallery, Malmö
2019 “Småland – idyll och irrvägar”, Kalmar Konstmuseum
“With or Without the Sun”, Enfants Artspace, Hamburg
2018 “With or Without the Sun”, Sixtyeight Art Institute, Copenhagen
“Broderi osv”, Lokstallarna, Stömstad
“Public Luxury”, Arkdes, Stockholm
2017 “The Catalyst Experiment”, KH7 Art Space/Aarhus Culture Capital 2017 (together with Corin Sworn, Morten Sondergaard, Lise Harlev, Jesper Rasmussen and Juan Cruz).
2015 1:st Research Pavilion at the 56th Venice biennale, Sala del Camino
“Rainbow in the Dark”, Malmö Konstmuseum
“The Real DMZ”, Artsonje Center, Seoul
“Ljungby 80 år”, Ljungbergsmuseet, Ljungby
2014 “Strangeness of Banality – Memory and Banality”, Parking Gallery Projects, Teheran
2013 “ABCDEFGHI” (Kay Rosen, Magnus Bärtås, Mladen Stlinovic och Meric Algun Ringborg), Marabouparken, Stockholm
“The Real DMZ”, Artsonje Center, Seoul
“Det var på konstnärsgården i Jönköping det började…”, Jönköpings läns museum
2012 9:th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
“The Collectors”, Uppsala Konstmuseum
“Screenings”, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
“A Postcard from Afar”, Apex art, New York
2011 The Turku Biennial, Turku
”Stand Opposite of the Chours”, Galleri Rotor, Göteborg
”Textart Göteborg”, public spaces of Gothenburg
”Do You Know How to Whitebalance”, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne
2010 4:th Bucharest Biennale, Bucharest
”The Realism Question”, The Romanian Cultural Institute, Stockholm
”The Renaming Machine”, Open Space, Vienna
”Modernautställningen”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
”Svensk Konceptkonst”/”Swedish Conceptual Art”, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2009 ”Void of Memory”/”Platform 2009”, organised by Samsuo – Space for Contemporary Art, Seoul
”The Renaming Machine”, Miroslav Kraljevic Gallery, Zagreb
”Labyrinth 2009 – Writings och Observations”, Botkyrka Konsthall
2008 ”En annan ordning”/”Another Order”, Konsthall C, Stockholm
”Heartquake”, Museum On the Seam – The Socio-Political Contemporary Art Museum, Jerusalem
”Folk 08 – Lokal Global”, Mariannelund
”En hög på golvet”, Tegen 2, Stockholm
”Intrude 366: Art & Life”, Sendai MoMa, Shanghai
2007 ”Happy Hours”, ZAIM, Yokohama
”Herons vs Elephants”, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Minsk (Belarus), together with Dmitri Plax
”Itchy Park IVI”, Limehouse Town Hall, London
”Xylon”, TC/G Nordica Kunming, China
2006 ”Modernautställningen”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
”Norberg, Västmanland-Bergslagen-Sweden-Scandinavia-27 July 2006. At Lunchtime”, Norberg (arrangerad av Hollybush Gardens, London)
”Från Georg Pauli till Magnus Bärtås”, touring exhibition arranged by Jönköpings Läns Museum
”Labyrinth”, Botkyrka Konsthall (Stockholm)
2005 ”Valeurs”, Espace Culturel Francois Mitterand, Perigueux
2004 ”Delayed on Time, Contemporary Swedish Art”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb (Croatia)
”Phantom Expression”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lepzig (Germany) (with Dmitri Plax)
”Read Me”, The Art Museum of Gotland, Visby
”Value”11:th Biennal of Pancevo, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Pancevo
”The Museum of Homeless Ideas” (with Zdenko Buzek ) Miroslav Krajelic Gallery, Zagreb
2003 ”Make it real”, The Soap Factory, Minneapolis
”Reshape”, The Venice Biennial (Italy), arrangerad av IASPIS
”Barndom” (”Childhood”), Sundsvalls Museum
”History Now”, Passagen, Linköping, Dunkers Culture centre, Helsingborg Sörlandets Kunstförening. Kristinesand (Norway), Midlanda Art centre, Timrå/Sundsvall, Ronneby Art Center
Moderna Museet c/o Alma Löv Museum
2002 ”History Now”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Arbetets museum, Norrköping (Sweden)
”Moderna Museet c/o BAC”, Baltic Art Center, Visby
”Konstmobilen”, touring exhibition in Sweden, arrangerad av Moderna Museet
2001 ”Work in progress”, South African National Gallery Annex, Capetown
“Realtion(s)“, Galleri Roger Björkholmen, Stockholm
“As if you mean what you say“, Swedish Embassy, Tokyo
2000 “Blue Chips“, Foka Gallery, Thessaloniki
“Cave“, Konstakuten, Stockholm
Art Athina, Athens (with Foka Gallery)
1999 ”Biography”, VN Gallery, Zagreb
”As if you mean what you say”, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm.
”Ventspils Transit Terminal”, Ventspils (Latvia), arranged by Soros Center, Riga
”Young och Serious, the Recycled Image”, Ernst Museum, Budapest
”Small Images of Truth”, The Life Foundation, Stockholm
1998 ”The Fokart Exhibition”, Foka Gallery, Thessaloniki
”ArtAthina”, Athens med Foka Gallery, Thessaloniki
”Little Big Stories”, The National Library, Skopje, Riksarkivet, Stockholm.
”Landscape”, Peri Photographic Center
“Belongingness“, Smålands Konstarkiv, Värnamo (Sweden)
“Stygn“ (“Stitch“), Galleri Gröna Paletten, Stockholm
1997 “The Conspiracy“, The Soap Factory, Athens, FOKA Gallery, Thessaloniki (Greece), Uppsala Konstmuseum, BildMuseet, Umeå (Sweden) (curator and contributor).
“Landscape’97“, Jyväskylä
“Auto Show“, Kassel (Germany), Stockholm
“Index Edition“, Fotograficentrum, Malmö, Norrtälje Konsthall,
“Mind of a Fool“, contemporary art from the collection of Norrköpings Konstmuseum BildMuseet, Umeå (Sweden)
1996 Stockholm Smart Show (Roger Björkholmen Gallery), Stockholm
“Belongingness“, Urshults Folkets Hus (w. Carl Johan Ericson and Björn Larsson) (Sweden)
“Hapax“, Galleri Titanik, Turku
“Format max A4“, Galleri Aniara, Sollentuna
“Sen Fronteiras“, VII Fotobienal, Casa des Artes, Vigo
1995 Stockholm Smart Show (Roger Björkholmen Gallery) , Stockholm
The Art Museum of Bosnia och Herzegovina
“Mamma“ (“Mummy“), Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm, Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla (Sweden)
1994 “Index“ (with Anders K. Johansson), Sundsvalls Museum
Stockholm Smartshow (Gallery Adlercreutz & Björkholmen), Stockholm
“Sweden - Sarajevo“, European Club, Sarajevo
“Prospekt“, Örebro Konsthall, Västerås Konstmuseum
”Fotodiffussione’ 94”, Palazzo della Promotrice, Torino
1993 ”Prospect”, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm
1992 ”Lika Med”, (with Anders K. Johansson), St Petersburg, Luleå konsthall, Lunds konsthall
”Index“(with Anders K. Johansson), Kuopio, Oulo, Helsinki, Trollhättans Museum
”Rum mellan rum“ (“Rooms in Between Rooms“), Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1991 ”Lika Med”, (with Anders K. Johansson) Moderna Museet, Stockholm
”Index” (with Anders K. Johanssson), Museet för fotokunst, Odense

Screenings/film festivals:
2024 Loods6, Amsterdam
Rencontres Paris/Berlin, Paris
Moderna Museet, curated by Filmform
Best of Short Film Festivals, Cologne
Movies on War, Elverum, Norway (International competition)
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (International competition – winner of the 1st price of the jury of the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia)
2023 Litfilm Festival 2022, Brooklyn Public Libraray
2021 Pori International Filmfestival
2018 Folkets bios kortfilmsdag, biograf Zita, Stockholm
28th Washington Jewish Film Festival
Research Week, Konstfack, Stockholm
2017 ArtSonje, Seoul, Korea
Moderna Museet, Stockholm/Stockholm Literature Festival
Lisboa International Queer Film Festival (International competition)
CPH:DOX, Köpenhamn (Nordic Award Competition)
Orion, Helsingfors (arranged by Aalto University)
2016 Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
2015 Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Oberhausen International Film Festival Highlights@Tyneside Cinema
2014 Rencontres Internationales, Gaite Lyrique, Paris
“Indestructable II”, Hirschorn Museum, Washington
Oslo Screen Festival, Oslo
Oberhausen on tour, 12 film-institutions in Europe
2013 Gothenburg International Film Festival
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (international competition)
Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm (national competition)
NORDOX Rewind, UCCA – Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Busan International Short Film Festival
Rencontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Uppsala International Shortfilm Festival (international competition)
Stockholm Literature Festival, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
30.Kasseler Dokfest
2012 Rencontres Internationales, Palais de Tokyo
“Film- och videokonst på museer och samlingar”, Borås Konstmuseum
Nordic Documentary Film Festival, Beijing / Shanghai / Guangzhou
“Moving Image at the End of the World: Shorts from Headlands Center for the Arts”, San Francisco Film Society
Locarno International Film Festival
2011 Transmediale, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Warzaw International Film Festival
2010 Tempo Documentary Festival in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Nice Institution, Paris
Les Rencontres Internationales, Reina Sofia, Madrid
Oberhausen Internation Short Film Festival (Grand prize, international competition)
18 Curtas Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Portugal (international competition)
Torino International Filmfestival
Video Dumbo festival, Brooklyn, New York
Festival du nouveau cinéma, Montréal
VIENNALE - Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna (International competition)
Belo Horizonte International Film Festival, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (International competition)
Izmir Filmfestival
Leeds International Fiilmfestival
Uppsala International Short Film Festival
2009 Les Rencontres Internationales, Centre Pompidou, Paris,
100 Swedish Minutes, Pavillion Unicredit Center for art och culture, Bucharest, Romania
100 Swedish Minutes, the University of Art, Cluj, Romania
2008 Signal, Malmö
”Between the Images”, Iaspis, Stockholm
A selection of contemporary video art av Johanna Billing, Malmö Konsthall
”Am I Repeating Yourself – 'Affectionate Homages och Hostile Takeovers', The Power Plant, Toronto
”Here och There”, WIP Konsthall, Stockholm
2007 ”Truth och Reconciliation”, Hedlands Center for the Arts/San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco
”Herons vs Cranes”, The Citymuseum of Polatsk, Belarus
2006 A.I.T., (Arts Initiative Tokyo), Tokyo
Pineapple videobar, Kûnstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Hollybush Gardens Gallery, London
Shadow Film Festival, Amsterdam. Haag, Arnhem
Pineapple Videoprograme, Galleri Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
”Berättelser om Danielle Tjajkovsklij” (”Stories about Danielle Tjajkovskij”), Good TV and the University of Stockholm)
2005 Shadow Film Festival, Amsterdam, Haag, Bruxells
Northern Lights Film Festival, Newcastle
”Who is…?”, Clark Gallery, Montreal
”Who is…?” (webversion+films), Agence Topo, Montreal
”The Magnificent Six”, Värmlands museum, Karlstad, Bohusgalleriet, Uddevalla
2004 ”Blick -04”, contemporary video & film from Scandinavia och the Baltic countries
Moderna Museet, Stockholm (Sweden), Kunstverein, München
”L’Amour”, MEO Art Foundation, Budapest (with Leif Lindell)
”L’Amour”, Raid Projects, Los Angeles( (with Leif Lindell)
Who is…?”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rijeka
2003 ”Who is…?”, EHU Gallery, Minsk
D.A.E. Foundation, San Sebastian
”L’amour”, videoprogramme at ”5th Encounters of Bamako” (together with Leif Lindell), Bamako
Slottsparken, Malmö, presented av Marit Lindberg, arrangerad av
Konstfrämjandet
”6 vågade livet” (”The Magnificent Six”), Zita Cinema, Stockholm, The Haga Cinema, Gothenburg, Cursor Cinema, London och Swedish Television
Simrishamn International Art Film Festival, Simrishamn
Östersunds konstfilmsfestival, Östersund
”Open studios”, IASPIS, Stockholm
Open Air Cinema, Random – Ize Film & Video Art Cinema, Malmö
2002 The Eukabeuk Event, Chiangmai University Art Museum, Thailand (together with Leif Lindell)
2001 ”Shoot”, videofestival, Malmö Konstmuseum, (together with Leif Lindell) (Sweden)
1999 ”Blick”, Nordic film och video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1998 The Gothenburg International Filmfestival
”Svenska bilder”, The Filminstitute, Stockholm
Pineapple Gallery, Malmö

Represented:
Moderna Museet, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Jönköpings Läns Museum, Statens Konstråd, Sollentuna kommun, Norrtälje kommun, Uppsala kommun, Gävle kommun, Botkyrka kommun, Smålands Konstarkiv, Stockholms stads konstråd,

Commissions:
Ekonomikum, The University of Uppsala, 2000
Fältöversten (Stockholm). Public work following the protocol of ”New Patrons”, in collaboration with Curatorlab Konstfack, and Fondation de France, Paris, 2005

Publications/books:
Bebådaren – Gabriele D’Annunzio och fascismens födelse, Albert Bonniers förlag 2017 (together with Fredrik Ekman)
Microhistories (ed. together with Andrej Slávik), Konstfack Collection 2016
All Monsters Must Die, House of Anansi Publisher, 2015 (together with Fredrik Ekman)
Yezidier- en reseessä, Molin & Sorgenfri Förlag, 2014 (together with Fredrik Ekman)
Alla monster måste dö, Albert Bonniers förlag 2011 (together with Fredrik Ekman)
You Told Me – work stories and video essays, dissertation with DVD, Art Monitor Förlag 2010
Innanför cirkeln – en resa bland damanhurianer, yezidier och swedenborgare, Bokförlaget DN 2005 (together with Fredrik Ekman)
Orienterarsjukan – och andra berättelser, Bokförlaget DN 2001 (together with Fredrik Ekman)
Texst, (editor), Konstfack 2003

Selected articles/essays/text works:
“Stills from The Miracle in Tensta (Theoria)” in History in Images – Towards an (audio)visual historiography, eds: Peter Aronsson, Andrej Slávik och Birgitta Svensson, Vitterhetsakademien (The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities), 2020
“The Miracle of Tensta (Theoria)”, in The New Model: An Inquiry, eds: Maria Lind and Lars Bang Larsson 2020
”Det reaktionära avantgardet: Romaine Brooks och Gabrielle D’Annunzio”, Paletten No 317, 2019
“Bye Bye Monkey”, in Roadkill – a project based on the photos of Anders Ängsvik, Praun & Guermouche 2019
”Who is a Researcher”, HINT, Århus, 2019
“Notes on Texts and Warnings and Fear”, The Catalyst Experiment, ed. Trine Rytter Andersen and Lise Harum, Aarhus Center for Literature 2017
“The Strangest Stranger”, in Microhistories (ed. Magnus Bärtås and Andrej Slávik), Konstfack Collection 2016
“The Miracle in Tensta”, in Microhistories (ed. Magnus Bärtås and Andrej Slávik), Konstfack Collection 2016
“Biographies” in Radical Retinking,, ed. Staffan Lundgren, Konstfack Collection 2015
“Titos lustgård”, Granta No 2, 2014*
“The Emergence of Texts””, in Worlds don’t come easy, FUMF, Reykjavik 2014
”Work stories revisited”, Artists as Researcher – A New Paradigm for Art Education in Europe, ed. Hannula, Kaila, Palmer and Sarje, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 2013
“Svensk textkonst” in Samtidskonst för vanligt folk, Sveriges Konstföreningar 2013
“Om det gulliga”, Ett lysande namn, http://ettlysandenamn.se/gurlesk/bartas.html, 2013
“Verkberättelse som pilgrimage/Work story as Pilgrimage”, Art Monitor No 10 2013
“Workstories revisited” in Artists as Researchers – A New Paradigm for Art Education in Europe (ed. Hannula, Kaila, Palmer, Sarje), Helsinki Art Academy 2013
Seven Perls in a Line, Roger von Reibekiel, foreword, Flamme forlag 2013
“Paradise found”, in The Cabinet 10t years Anniversary Book, New York 2012
Det hände sig / It Happened”, in Thomas Elovsson, catalogue, Roger Björkholmen Gallery 2011
“You Told Me”, Journal of Artistic Research, No 10, Summer 2011
“The Barbieri Palace”, in Hyun-Jin Kwak; The Island – a study of a collectors mind, Revolver Publishing 2011
”Strålverk – japansk kultur är besatt av det radioaktiva hotet”, Aftonbladet 24/3 2011*
“Work stories”, What is to be said, http://www.whatistobesaid.org/texts.html
“Hägrar mot elefanter”, OEI 2010 (together with Dimitri Plax)
“Work stories”, Art Monitor No 8 2010
”Kumiko, Johnnie Walker & The Cute”, in Between the Images, ed. Karolina Pahlén, Xposeptember, Stockholm 2009
”All Monsters Must Die – Gojira’s children goes to North Korea”, Cabinet Magazine. Issue 35 2009 (together with Fredrik Ekman)
“Laganda”, Expressen, 1/6 2009 http://www.expressen.se/kultur/1.1590001/laganda
“Ur fas med folket”, Expressen 10/3 2009 http://stockholm.expressen.se/kultur/1.1492869/ur-fas-med-folket
“Omtänkande genom videoessä” / “Rethinking trough video essay”, Art Monitor No 6 2009
“Efter ord”, in Oscar Guermouche, Sent Items, Bokbål Förlag 2009
“The Disappointed and Offended”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (text work)
“En annan ordning”/”Another Order”, Konsthall C 2008
“Paradise Found – Digging up Damanhur”, Cabinet Magazine, No 30, Summer 2008 


“Talk Talk”, in “Method”, Geist no 11, 12, 14 2008
”Foreign Accent Syndrome”, OEI nr. 33-34-35, 2007


”Long live the Storyteller”, Metronome (Documenta 12 Magazines) 2007


”Konstnärlig forskning”, Göteborgsposten 7/8 2006


”Satelliter”, Yout, No 2, Kulturhuset, Stockholm 2006


”Eva-Lena Says” in Norberg, Västmanland-Bergslagen-Sweden-Scandinavia-27 July 2006. At Lunchtime, Hollybush Gardens/Åbäke, London 2006 (catalogue/magazine)


”De besvikna och förorättade”, Aftonbladet 27/7 2006


”In the Midst of Nature”/”Mitt i naturen”, essay for an artist book by Björn Larsson, Journal Förlag 2006




”Om – några slogans om konstens natur”, catalogue text for Norrköpings konstmuseum in collaboration with Riksutställningar, Norrköpings Konstmuseum 2005


”Jag kom till avdelningen…”, OEI No 18/19/20/21, Textkonst, visuell poesi, konceptuellt skrivande 2004


”Another Voice”, in Reshape catalogur for the IASPI exhibition at the Venice biennial, IASPIS/Propexus, Stockholm 2003.


”The Disappointed and Offended”, Cabinet Magazine, issue 7, Summer 2003.


”A life without secrets”, catalogue for ”Populated”, IASPIS, Konstakademin, Stockholm 2002.


”Konsten möter forskningen”, catalogue for “Forskardagarna”, Aula Magna, The University of Stockholm 2001.


”The soil eaters”, Cabinet Magazine, issue 3, Summer 2001.


”Refraction”, in We are all normal (and want our freedom) – a collection of Nordic artists writing, ed. Katya Sander & Simon Sheikh, Black Dog Publishing Limited, London 2001.


”Psychocivilisation and its discontents”, Cabinet Magazine, issue 2, Spring 2001*


”Naturligt lärande”, in Tänk om, catalogue Telemuseum, Stockholm 2001


”Sam Samore”, M- Moderna Museets tidskrift, nr 1 2001
”Who is…?”, Quorom, Zagreb 2001
”Mannen som ville ta över hjärnan”, Dagens Nyheter, 28/5 2000.*


”Konst på bio” (Art at the Movies), catalogue text together with Martin Petéus, 1998.


”Refraktion – anteckningar om gränsen mellan människor och konst”, in Brytningstider (Atlas förlag 1998) for the exhibition with the same name at Norrköpings konstmuseum 1998.


”Lita på mig”, a conversation with Pål Hollender, Index Magazine, no 3 1998.


”On Kawara”, Tidskriften Index, nr 2 1998.


”Dubbelgångaren – mimesis förkroppsligad”, Index Magazine, no 1 1998.
”Patrik Karlström”, BLM, nr 1 1997.

“Att lägga ihop ett och annat“, in The Conspiracy, catalogue (Athens, Thessaloniki, Uppsala och Umeå) Uppsala Konstmuseum
 1997
”Andreas Gedin”, in The Conspiracy, catalogue (Athens, Thessaloniki, Uppsala och Umeå) Uppsala Konstmuseum
 1997

“Familjen F“, (catalogue text for Maria Johansson’s exhibition at Botkyrka Konsthall) 1997.


“Det mentala tonårsrummet“, Index Magazine, no 2 1996.*


“Icke-konst som konst som icke-konst“, Index Magazine, no 1 1996.


“Det typiskt generella“ (om Hans Peter Feldmans konst), Index Magazine, no 3-4 1995


“Bildbevis“, Index Magazine, no 2 1995.

“Atavism“, Index Magazine, no 1 1995*

“
Wolfgang Tillmans“, Index Magazine, no 1 1995


“Två män och ett får“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 14 1995


“Att komma från många olika håll“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 13 1993.


“Känslostockningen”, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 12 1993

“Den anonyme fotografen“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 11 1994
“Carl Johan Erikson“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 10 1993
“Den dåliga smakens storhet“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 9 1993
“Ebba Matz“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 8 1993
“Bergtagen”/”Spirited away”, catalogue text for Galerie Vitox & Zylberman, Paris,
Index Gallery, Stockholm and Norrköpings Konstmuseum 1993
“I trakten av…“, catalogue text for Rum mellan rum/Rooms Inbetween Rooms, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, 1992
“Design Discourse“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 7 1992

“Ljuset runt pannan“ (a conversation with Pierre & Gilles), Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 5/6 1992
“Maria Lindberg och Ann Sofi Sidén“, Tidskriften 90TAL, nr 2/3 1991
“Galleriet: Hobby och hägrar“, Dagens Nyheter, 9/11 1991
“Om bilden av skriften – och skriften som bild“, Aftonbladet 14/4 1991
“Pojken med skiddressen“ (short story), Tidskriften 80-tal, nr 2 1989
“Den förstörda fotbollsmatchen“ (short story), Bonniers Litterära Magasin, nr 3 1989.

• Together with Fredrik Ekman

Doctoral degree:
PhD in fine Arts, department of visual art, Göteborg University: You Told Me – work stories and video essays (2010)

Positions

2018- Head of Research, Vice Deputy Chancellor, Konstfack, University of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2008- Professor of fine art, Konstfack, University of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2016– Council member, KTD program (PhD-program in Art Technology and Design, Konstfack in collaboration with The Royal Institute of Technology)
2013– Research leader, “Narrative Processes”, Konstfack
2004–2008 Senior lecturer, Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
1997–2004 Guest lecturer, Konstfack, University College of Art, Crafts and Design, Stockholm,
1994–1997 Editor Index Magazine
1988–1994 Editor, graphic designer Tidskriften 80TAL, Tidskriften 90TAL
1986–89 Illustrator, graphic designer, Expressen (daily newspaper)
1984–85 Illustrator, graphic designer, Dagens Nyheter (daily newspaper)

**Research projects: **
2013-2015: Research leader: Microhistories(with the support of Swedish National Research Council).
2011: Contributor to Placebo, Lund University, Faculty of Engineering (with the support of Swedish National Council)
Supervision:
2018- second supervisor for PhD-candidate Marcus Lindéen, Stockholm Uniarts
2015–, main supervisor for PhD-candidate Anna Lundh, Konstfack in collaboration with Royal Institute of Technology (Art, Design and Technology-program)
2015–, main supervisor for PhD-candidate Behzad Khosravi Noori, Konstfack in collaboration with Royal Institute of Technology (Art, Design and Technology-program)
2011–2015 second supervisor for PhD-candidate Katji Lindberg, University of Nordland, Bodö, Noeway
2011–2016, second supervisor for PhD-candidate Petra Bauer, The Art Academy of Malmö, University of Lund
2011–2016, second supervisor for PhD-candidate Lena Séraphin, Aalto University, Helsinki
2000–2001, tutor at Konstlab, Valands Konsthögskola

Scientific, academic and other commissions:
2021: Examiner of Andjeas Ejiksson, PhD-thesis, University of Gothenburg
2020: Examiner of Ross Passmore, PhD-thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
2019-: Member in SUHF board of quality for higher education
2018: External evaluator of the PhD candidates at Oslo Academy of the Arts
External advisor, promotion of senior lecturer at HDK, The University of Gothenburg
2017: External advisor for the Norweigian Artistic Research Programme (NKU)
2017 and onwards: Member of the editorial board of VIS – the Nordic Magazine for Artistic Research (peer review magazine)
2017: Member of the examining committee, defence of dissertation by Nils Claesson, Stockholm University of the Arts
2017: Examiner, final seminar, Nils Claesson, Stockholm University of the Arts
2016: 2015: external advisor, recruitment of professor of practice (contemporary art) at Aalto University, Helsinki
2016: external adviser for the application process at the Norwegian National Research Program (Stipendiatprogrammet)
2015-16: editorial advisor, PARSE, peer review –magazine for artistic research at The University of Gothenburg
2015: external evaluation of GUPEA (together with Annika Åkerblom), – Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive, commissioned by The Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts
2015: external expertise at the evaluation of KORO (Public Art Norway) commissioned by the Norwegian government, performed by Ramböll Management Consulting (report: https://www.regjeringen.no/contentassets/0b9647c9659a4d0e949321d50437b45f/evaluering_koro_2015.pdf)
2015: examiner, final seminar, PhD-candidate Lisa Tan, The University of Gothenburg
2015: external advisor, recruitment of senior lecturer at Stockholm University of the Arts
2014: external advisor, recruitment of professor at HDK-Academy of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg
2013: external expertise at NOKUT (Norweigian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education) for evaluation of the masterprogram ”Art og offentlighet” at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. (report: http://www.nokut.no/Documents/NOKUT/Artikkelbibliotek/Kunnskapsbasen/Rapporter/Akkreditering%20studier/2013/KiO_master_kunst_og_det_offentlige_rom_2013.pdf)
2013: member of the examining committee, defence of dissertation by Kim Hedås, The University of Gothenburg
2013: member of the examining committee, defence of dissertation och Maro Munoz, The University of Gothenburg
2013: external advisor for recruitment of dean at The Art Academy of Umeå, The University of Umeå
2012, 2013: external adviser at the application process at the Norwegian National Research
Program (Stipendiatprogrammet)
2011–2012: expertise adviser in fine art at Nordiska Ministerrådet (The Nordic Council of Ministers)
2011: examiner at Irene Koppelman’s defence of dissertation, MakHU, Utrecht School of the Arts, Utrecht
2010-2011: Board member of The Swedish National Research School

Selected talks/presentations/screenings at conferences:

2020: ”The Photo Object”, ¬¬¬The Association of Art and Media & Changwon Sculpture Biennale International Conference 2020, Changwon, Sydkorea. 18/10 2020
2019: “Microhistories” at the National Research Council Conference, Konstfack
2019: Higher Seminar at Royal Institue of Music (together with Fredrik Nyberg)
2018: “Who is a Researcher?”, at “Nordic Hands”, conference arranged by HINT/Project Art writing, Aarhus
2017: “Pride and Honour and Glory”, at the symposium “The Catalyst Experience” (3/9), Aarhus Cultural Capital 2017 and Aarhus Litteraturcenter
2017: “Microhistories”, 2nd Research Pavillion, Venice
2016: “Borderlands for the Peaceaful Co-existence in Korea and Beyond”, Art Sonje Center for the Arts, Seoul
2014: “Loitering with Intent”, conference on artistic research, Stockholm University of Arts
2014: 15th International Bakhtin Conference, Stockholm, July 23-27
2014: “Agera Digitalt”, Västra Götalandsregionen, Göteborg
2013 “In Memory 2”, conference on the works of Chris Marker, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2013: “Visible Evidence XX”, international conference on documentary film practice, Stockholm University
2011: “Writing with Practice”, CICA seminar, Gothenburg
2008: ”As the Academy Turns”, conference on artistic research in collaboration with Manifesta 8, Murcia, Spain
2007: The International Seminar on Institutional Strategies, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
2007: ”Chances and Challenges”, Practice-led Research Symposium, The University of Leeds, Fine Arts Department
2007: ”Literary Innovation/Alternative Publishing”, Nordic seminar, Biskops Arnö, Stockholm
2004: ”The Night of Research”, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2003: “Who is the Storyteller?”, the Art Academy, Stockholm

**Guest lecturer: **
Trondheim School of fine Art, Kyrkeruds Folkhögskla, SKH (Stockholm UNIARTS), Malmö Art Academy, K’Art University, Curatorial Studies, Seoul, Malmstens skola, Stockholm, Beckman’s school of design, Stockholm, The National Research school of Architecture, HDK, Academy of Design and Crafts, University of Gothenburg, Östasiatiska Museet, Utrikespolitiska föreningen, Göteborg, Biskops Arnö skrivarskola, Stockholm, Utrikespolitiska föreningen, Lund, Utrikespolitiska föreningen, Uppsala, Bergen Academy of fine arts, Lunds Tekniska Högskola, Valand School of fine arts, Gothenburg, Seoul Photo Fair, Valand Art Academy, Gothenburg and Högskolan för fotografi, Göteboirg, Gotlands konstskola, Gerlesborgsskolan, Helsinki School of fine arts, The Royal Institute of fine arts in Stockholm, AIT, Tokyo, Högskolan för fotografi, Gothenburg, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Folkuniversitetet, Photography-programe, Svenska Fotografers Förbund (The organisation of Swedish Photographers), The College of Fine Arts, Umeå.