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Lives and works in Sweden
Education
1991
University of Industrial Arts, Helsinki, Finland: Design Leadership (Nordplus- scholarship)
1990-91
University of Stockholm, Sweden: philosophy and aesthetics
1989-90
Cranbrook Academy of Art, USA: Graduate studies, Sculpture
1985-89
National College of Art and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007
History does not matter, Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
Röda Sten, Gothemburg, Sweden
Vox/Historiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, Curator: Celia Prado
Kulturhuset K1, Stockholm, Sweden, Curators: CuratorLab Konstfack
2003
Galerie im Taxispalais, Insbruck, Austria
BildMuseet, Umeå, Sweden
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
2002
Index -The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden
2000
Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki
Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
Gallery Index, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Uppsala Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden
1998
Gallery Kari Kenetti, Helsinki, Finland
1997
Gallery Index, Stockholm, Sweden: ”White Flight”
1996
Gallery Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden: ”Karma 2000” with Mikael Lindgren
1993
Statens Konstråd, Sweden: ”Swedish Weapons” public commission
Selected Group Shows
2006
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, Curators: Magdalena Malm, Pia Kristoffersson & John Peter Nilsson
2005
National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia, Curators: Eugeny Umanski, Irina Tchesnokova & Stephanie Benzaquen
2004
Criss-cross, Nordic and Baltic film, NIFCA, Various locations world-wide, Curators: Thierry Jousse,Åsa Nacking, Cristina Ricupero, Mats Stjernstedt and Cilla Werning
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway, ”Tusenfryd”, Curator: Göran Green
2003
The new Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA, Curator: Thomas Collins
Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, Curator: Bo Krister Wallstrøm Danish Film Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark: European Film & Video Art
2002
Charlottenborg, Denmark: Fundamentalisms of the New Order, Curators: Larsen, Brandt, Ricupero
2001
Nederlands Foto Instituut/ Rotterdam Film Festival, The Netherlands, Curator: Frits Gierstberg
PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, NY, USA: ”Uniform. Order and Disorder”, Curator Francesco Bonami
Yokohama Triennale, Japan, Curator: Shinji Komoto
Le mois de la Photo à Montréal, Canada: ”Projects for a Revolution” Curator: Jan-Erik Lundström
Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, England, Curator: Göran Green
2000
Cranbrook Museum, USA: ”Agitated Histories”, Curator: Irene Hofmann Liljevalchs Art Center, Sweden: ”CRAC, Creative Room for Art and Computing”
Danish Film Institute, Art & Documentary Film festival: ”Crossing Boundaries”, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA: ”Unfinished History”, Curator: Francesco Bonami
All India Arts Foundation, New Delhi, India: ”Laterna Nordica”, Curator: Göran Green
Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden: ”Rörelse”
1998
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA: ”Unfinished History”, Curator: Francesco Bonami / Douglas Fogle
Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden: ”Skyltfönster”
Stockholm Cultural Capital of Europe -98, Sweden, ”Seklets Spegel”
Video installation Stockholm Cultural Capital of Europe -98, Sweden, ”Enter”, Curator: Johan Abrahamsson
1997
Museé de l’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France: ”Delta”, Curator: Francesco Bonami
Kalmar Art Museum, Sweden: ”Ny Nordisk konst i moderna bildmedia”, Curator: Erik Broman
1996
Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden: ”Vox Humana”, Curator: Jan Åman
Nordic Art Center, Helsinki, Finland: ”Breaking Eyes”, Curator: Tapio Mäkelä
1995
Tidsvåg Noll, Göteborg, Sweden ”Vox Humana”
Installation Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden: ”Ana Logos” (Special exhibition) Curator: Elisabeth Haitto
1993
Electronic Café International: Various projects with teleconferencing for the Venice Biennale, Italy
Recent reviews and articles
Clemens Poellinger ”Samtid på Historiska Museet” Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden, 30 April 2005
Milou Allerholm ”En politisk röst...” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 7 May 2005
Kim West ”Om en apokalyptisk ton...” U-N-I-O-N, Sweden, 2 - 2005
Nils Forsberg, ”...och början på en ny”, Expressen, Sweden, 11 May 2005
Conny C-A Malmqvist, ”Med ett befriande Allvar”, Kvällsposten, Sweden, 18 Dec 2003
Jelena Zetterström, ”Stilsäker bildpoesi”, Sydsvenskan, Sweden, 16 Dec 2003
Birgitta Rubin, ”Jag har skapat...”, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 13 Sept 2003
Anders Sjögren, ”Fadern, sonen och våldsandan”, Västerbottens-kuriren, Sweden, 12 Sept 2003
Martin Schibli, ”Är vi bara fångar...”, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Sweden, 6 March 2003
Florian Pumhösl ”Mats Hjelm: Trilogie” Springerin, Austria, 1 March 2003
Lars O Ericsson ”Ett fullbordat farväl…” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 31 Aug 2002
Henry Lehmann ”Videos pushing still out of photo fest” The Gazette, Canada 15 Sept 2001
Jérome Delgado ”Pas de révolution” La Presse, Canada 15 Oct 2001
Jean-Claude Rochefort ”Un potentiel révolutionnaire insaisissable” Le Devoir, Canada, 23 Sept 2001
Lars O Ericsson ”Konsten att stjäla en film” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 14 Feb 2001
Leena Honkavaara, ”Kuvia ja väkivaltaa isältä pojalle” Helsingin Sanomat, Finland, 21 Dec 2000
Ingela Lind, ”Mats Hjelms…”, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 16 Sept 2000
Lars O Ericsson, ”Konstens betraktare...” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden 16 Sept 2000
Fred Andersson, ”Ett Kusligt…”, Svenska Dagbladet, Sweden 16 Sept 2000
Francesco Bonami, ”Mats Hjelm”, Flash Art, Italy, Mars - April 1999
Michelle Grabner, ”Unfinished History” Frieze, England, May 1999
Sussanne Skog, ”Stålblanka termer”, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 19 June 1998
Laurent Goumarre, ”Delta”, Art Press, France, February 1998
Philippe Réginer, ”La fin des certitudes artistiques”, Journal des Artes, France, December 1997
Lars O Ericsson, ”Minerad historia” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 27 September 1997
Daniel Birnbaum, ”Genom Vindrutan”, Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 11 April 1997
Agnete Nordenankar, ”Slingrig Filmkonst” Dagens Nyheter, Sweden, 4 April 1997
Exhibition Catalogues (selected)
2006
”Modernautställningen” Moderna Museet, Stockhom, Sweden
2005
”Deliverance” Vox/Historiska Mueseet, Stockholm, Sweden
2004
”Tusenfryd” Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Oslo, Norway
2003
”Mats Hjelm, Trilogy” Galerie im Taxispalais, Austria / Bildmuseet Umeå, Sweden
”Somewhere Better Than This Place”, The new Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, USA
2001
”NFI News”, Nederlands Foto Instituut, Rotterdam,The Netherlands ”Yokohama Trienneal of Contemporary Art”, Yokohama, Japan
”Le mois de la Photo á Montreal”, Montreal, Canada
2000
”Agitated Histories”, Cranbrook Museum, Detroit, USA
”CRAC, Creative Room for Art and Computing”
Liljevalchs Art Center, Stockholm, Sweden
1998
”Unfinished History”, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
”Enter”, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
1997
”Delta”, Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, France
”Ny nordisk konst i moderna bildmedia”, Kalmar Art Museum, Sweden ”Breaking Eyes”, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden
”Breaking Eyes”, Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland
”Electra”, Henie Onstad kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
1995
”Tidsvåg Noll”, Tidsvåg noll, Gothemburg, Sweden
”Ana logos”, special exhibition, Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden
1994
”What’s in your mind”, Museum of Polytechnics, Stockholm, Sweden ”Årskatalog”, Statens konstråd, Sweden, Year book
1993
”Baltic Pathways” Tallin – Helsinki, Finland
Own writings
Sander & Shekh ed. ”We are all Normal”, Black Dog Publishing Ltd. 2001
”War, Art and Intelligent Machines” 1998 Sandqvist ed. ”Nomadologin”, Skriftserien Kairos No. 4, Royal Academy of Fine Arts och Raster Publ. 1998: ”Krig konst och intelligenta maskiner”
Grants / Public commissions (selected)
2006
Filmform, Sweden: Filmform annual award in experimental film & video art
Swedish Film Institute, Sweden
2005-10
Support for developing ducumentary film Konstnärsnämnden, Sweden: 5 year work grant
2005
Swedish Television, Sweden: Support for documentary film
2002-03
IASPIS, Sweden: Residency
2001-02
Konstnärsnämnden, Sweden: 2 year work grant
1998
IASPIS, Sweden: Support for exhibition at Yokohama triennale
IASPIS, Sweden: Support for exhibition at Walker Art Center / MCI in USA
1997-98
IASPIS, Sweden: Support for exhibition in Paris and Helsinki
1996
Konstnärsnämnden, Sweden: Project support
Konstnärsnämnden, Sweden: Work grant
1993
I 13 ”Dalaregementet”, Sweden: Public commission
1991
Nordplus, Sweden for studies in Finland
Helge Axelson- Johnsson, Sweden: Work grant
1990
American- Scandinavian Foundation, Sweden: Thord Grey Memorial Scholarship Pindar National Juried Competition N.Y., USA: Second Prize Winner
Academic work and lectures (selected)
2005
National Museum of History, Stockholm, Sweden: Seminar on Contemporary Art
2004
Royal Academy of Fine Art, Stockholm, Sweden: Lecture on Film theory
2004
National Museum of History, Stockholm, Sweden: Seminar on spiritual space
2004
Royal Academy of Art/ Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden: Lecture in Photo presentation
2003
Högskolan för Film & Fotografi, Gothemburg, Sweden: Lecturor and Visiting Artist
2001
Kunstakademiets Arkitektskole, Kopenhagen, Denmark: lectured on Film & Art theory
2000
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, USA: Visiting Artist
1995-97
Royal Academy of Fine Art, Stockholm, Sweden: Teacher at the Video department
1996-97
Nordic Art Center/ Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland: Conducted survey in Art & Information in the Nordic countries
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA: Visiting Artist
1995-96
Built and programmed ”Art Node”, an Artist database, Stockholm, Sweden
1994
Royal Academy of Fine Art, Stockholm, Sweden: Lecturer in Art and New Media
1993
National College of Art and Design, Sweden: workshop in ”Information Design”
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland: Visiting Artist.
1992
University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Finland: Lectured in Communication theory
1991
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, USA: Visiting Artist
University of Industrial Art, Helsinki, Finland: Lectured on Art & Culture
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA: Visiting Artist
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, USA: Visiting Artist
Represented
Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden
Borås Art Museum, Sweden
Statens Konstråd, Sweden
Private collections in Sweden, Finland, Holland and USA
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