Born 1982 in Norrköping, lives and works in Stockholm. 



Education 

2007-2010 Institution for fine arts, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden

2005-2007 Painting, Östra Grevie folkhögskola, Malmö, Sweden

2003-2004 Gender Studies, Malmö Högskola, Sweden
1998-2001 Konst och form De Geergymnasiet, Norrköping, Sweden



Solo exhibitions 

2010 Holkis, Gallery Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Follow the water, Showroom Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Säkerhet, Östergötlands länsmuseum, Linköping, Sweden

2006 Animals, Konst i rörelse, Norrköping, Sweden


Selected Group exhibitions 

2013 Hatred, InBetween Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Kampen II, Faling From Grace, Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Lithuania
2012 Skin, Reality Terror, Istanbul, Turkey
2012 Kampen. Falling From Grace, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
2011 Kampen, The return of the losers, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
2011 Get off, Zimna voda, Lokal_30, Warsaw, Poland

2011 Skulden, Filmform at Supermarket, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Follow The Water, Svenblad/Cedrins @ Undret, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Get off, Qui Vive? 2nd Moscow International Biennial for Young Art, Moscow, Russia

2010 Survival of the fittest, Artnews Outdoor, NCCA, Samara, Russia

2010 Alla goda ting är tre, Spring exhibition/degree exhibition, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Skin, Excite me, Arbetets museum, Norrköping, Sweden
2009 Get off, Inside/out, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Organ, SIK-Spridd isolerad konst, Kalmar konstmuseum, Sweden
2008 Rats dansing for the future, Säkerhet, Liljevalchs spring exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Säkerhet, moving – clarion art film festival, Clarion Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Tuggummi, Bruno Gallerian, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Animals, Falsterbo Konsthall, Falsterbo, Sweden
2006 Animals, Stockholms Auktionsverk, Malmö, Sweden

Performances 

2013 Hatet, Studio 44, Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Kampen III, Syrran, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Innan du fördömer någon gå en mil i hans skor. På det viset, om han inte gillar vad du har att säga, kommer du vara en mil bort, och ha hans skor, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden
2007 Rats dancing for the future, Mellan realitet och sagoland, Högsby, Sweden

2007 Rats dancing for the future, Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden

Selected Festivals/ Screenings
2012 Follow The Water, A whole new world, Plesure Dome, Toronto, Canada
2012 Skin, Salon The La Pensée, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 Skin, SEXES, Performance Space, Sydney, Australia                 
2012 Skin, Feministiskt Forum, Malmö, Sweden
2012 Skin, Johannesburg, South Africa
2012 Follw the water, Göteborgs Dance And Theater Festival, Göteborg, Sweden
2012 Skin, Pushing the Boundaries, Vienna Independent Shorts, Vienna, Austria
2012 Skin, Call For Action, Glasgow, Scotland
2012 Skin, London Short Fim Festival, London, England
2012 Skin, Subversive Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2011 Follow the water, Uppsala international film festival, Uppsala, Sweden

2011 Follow the water, Cinemateket, Stockholm, Sweden, (curated by Filmform)
2011 Follow the water, 57th Int. Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, (curated by Filmform)
2011 Holkis, International Filmfestival Rotterdam, Germany
 (curated by Filmform)
2011 Skin, Hamburg Shortfilm Festival, Hamburg, Germany
2011 Skin, The EUShorts Festivla, Hungary
2010 Skin, London Lesbian & Gay Filmfestival, England
2010 Skin, Indie Erotic FIlm Festival, San Francisco, USA

2010 Skin, Skeive Filmer 2th Oslo Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Oslo, Norway

2010 Skin, VISIONS DU REEL Festival international de cinema Nyon, Schweiz 

2010 Skin, Roskilde Musikfestival, Roskilde, Denmark
2010 Skin, MONTREAL FESTIVAL OF CINEMA, Montreal, Canada
2010 Skin, Raindace Festival London, London, England
2010 Skin, City Of Women Festivla, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2010 Skin, Genderbenderfestivla, Bologna, Italy
2010 Skin, Clemont-Ferrand Short Filmfestival, France

2009 Skin, Perv Filmfetstivla, Sydney, Australia
2009 Skin, CPH:dox, Köpenhamn dokumentärfilmsfestival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 Skin, Porn filmfestival, Berlin, Germany
2009 Skin, Malmö Queer & Art Film Festival, Sweden
2009 Skin, PornFest Isra-hell, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2009 Skin, 15th festival de films FFGLP Gays Lesbiens Trans de Paris, France
2009 Skin, HBTH-konferens, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Skin, Annual "Youth Enviromental Congress, Hamburg, Germany
2009 Skin, Uppsala Internationella kortfilmsfestival, Uppsala, Sweden

2009 Skin, Filmidyll, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Skin, Cinemateket Stockholm. Sweden

2009 Skin, Ladyfest Zagreb, Croatia



Curating
2012 Screening in Glasgow at the Berkeley Suite co-curated with Maja Borg and Marie Lindén.
Artists: A.K Burns, A.L Steiner: Community Action Center, Maja Borg: On Your Back Woman, Elin Magnusson: Get Off and Skin.

Lectures and panel discussions
2013 Teaching at  St Lucas Antwerp University College Of Art & Design, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 Salon The La Pensée, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 Call For Action, Glasgow, Scotland
2010 Feministiskt Forum, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Skeive Filmer, Oslo, Norway
2010 Cinema Queer, Stockholm, Sweden
2010 Norrköping Pride, Norrköping, Sweden
2010 Rättviseförmedlingen, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 Seminars HBTH, Stockholm, Sweden
2009 University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 Östra Grevie Folkhögskola, Sweden

Films repersented at Filmform:
Skulden, Holkis, Skin, Follow The Water, Get Off

Film jobs
2012 Set and costume designer for The Knifes music video, directed by Marit Östberg
2011 First assistant director of Förortsindianen, directed by Catti Brandelius
2011 Set designer of Något måste gå sönder, directed by Ester-Martin Bergsmark

2010 Set designer of Tåget stannar inte här längre, directed by Maja Borg
2009 Director, script writer and editor of the film Skin, a part of the Dirty Diaries project

Scholarship 

2013 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Project Grant
2013 FIl i Öst
2012 Filmbasen
2011 International exchange, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2010 Film i Öst

2010 International exchange, Iaspis/The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2010 Degree schoolarship from Konstfack foundations

2010 Gefeldts och Reeves stiftelse 

2009 Liljesonska stiftelsen

 

 

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