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2020 Centre d´artistes Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, CA (Solo Show)
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2019 Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, Sweden (Solo Show)
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Husby Konsthall, Husby, SE (with Christoph Mügge)
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Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, NO, April 6 - May 26 (with Christoph Mügge)
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2018 "Viktigt Meddelande till Allmänheten", Södertälje Konsthall, Södertälje, SE, November 10 - January 27 (with Christoph Mügge)
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Artist Talk at DAS ESSZIMMER - Raum für Kunst+, Bonn, DE (with Christoph Mügge)
October 27
Moderator: Dr. Danièle Perrier (CH, DE)
The event is kindly supported by Kunststiftung der Sparkasse in Bonn & Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland (DE)
Stroboskop Art Space, Warsaw, PL, September - October (with Christoph Mügge)
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"Dat maache me us de Lameng", DAS ESSZIMMER – Raum für Kunst+, Bonn, DE, August 31 - November (with Christoph Mügge)
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ID:I Galleri, Stockholm, SE, July - August (Group Show)
The drawing "Kokkola" is part of Stiftelsen Helge Lindens Minne / Västerbottens Museum Art Collection (SE)
"Gränsland", Swedish Prison Museum, Gävle, SE
May 26 - August 12
Artists: Nina Svensson, Anna Asplind, Erik Rask, Conny Karlsson Lundgren, Sebastian Mügge, Nadine Byrne, David Larsson
Curators: Desirée Kjellberg & Erik Oscar Anderman
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New review (in Swedish)
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"Do you wanna play Duck and Cover with us?", Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, SE, May (with Christoph Mügge)
Opening: May 17, 16:00
May 18 - June 18
Curator: Anx Kupiainen (SE)
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Workshop at Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, SE
May 15, 18:00 - 20:00
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New acquisition: eight drawings from the series "#spårvagnsrälsvattenpöl" are part of the City of Gothenburg Art Collection
"#spårvagnsrälsvattenpöl", Galleri 54, Gothenburg, SE (Solo Show)
Opening: April 27, 18:00 - 21:00
April 28 - May 20
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2018 Supermarket Stockolm - Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, SE (represented by Svends Bibliotek, Copenhagen, DK & Galleri GRO, Jakobstad, FI)
Opening: April 12
April 13 - 15, Thursday - Sunday 11:00 - 20:00, Sunday 11:00 - 18:00
Curator: Joakim Hansson (FI, SE)
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Awarded the international cultural exchange grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee / IASPIS
"Welcome to the Copenhagen Trash and Treasure Bazaar!", OK Corral, Copenhagen, DK (with Christoph Mügge)
Opening: March 2, 17:00 - 21:00
March 3 - 24
Curator: Louise Steiwer (DK)
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Media coverage from TT News Agency about the highlights in the Swedish art world this spring
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Articles about censored project in Russia in Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Arbetarbladet and Gefle Dagblad, as well as in Finnish newspapers
Österbottens Tidning and Vasabladet
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2017 New publication: "Gränsland, Mellanrum, Avgrunder" (Publisher: Sveriges Fängelsemuseum)
ISBN: 978-91-639-4909-8
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"Gränsland", Sveriges Fängelsemuseum, Gävle, SE, December 27 - February 18, 2018 (Group Show)
Artists: Nina Svensson, Anna Asplind, Erik Rask, Conny Karlsson Lundgren, Sebastian Mügge, Nadine Byrne, David Larsson
Curators: Desirée Kjellberg & Erik Oscar Anderman
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Another new article (in Swedish)
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New article (in Swedish)
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Swedish Radio about the exhibition "How to Get More Likes in God´s Own Country" at Galleri Gotland
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"How to Get More Likes in God´s Own Country", Galleri Gotland, Visby, SE, November 25 - December 17 (Solo Show)
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"Young Arctic Artists 2017 - Alien Threshold", Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi, FI, October 28 - November 15 (Group Show)
Artists: Ieva Grigelionyté (IS), Essi Korva (FI), Sebastian Mügge (SE), Daria Orlova (RU), Viktor Pedersen (NO), Maiia Selezneva (RU),
Atte Viljama (FI)
Curators: Pilvi Keto-LeBlanc (FI) & Lys-Ange LeBlanc (CA/FI)
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Pecha Kucha at Café Hostel Koti on Thursday 26th of October at 5-8 pm in Rovaniemi, FI
Awarded the international cultural exchange grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee / IASPIS
New acquisition: the drawing "Trash Tivoli" is part of the Kristianstad Municipality Art Collection
New publication: "Joining Creativity", publication on the topic creative industries as an instrument of social and economic development of the
Republic of Karelia / Russian Federation (funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers)
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New permanent works at Sinding-Ørre, DK and Skarrild, DK
New publication: "Aabenraa Artweek 2015" (Publisher: Aabenraa Artweek)
ISBN: 978-87-993466-3-9
"The Kunsthalle and the Villages", Viborg Kunsthal (DK), August/September (Group Show)
Artists: Nina Kleivan (DK/NO), Yoshihisa Sano (JP), Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE)
Workshop leader together with Danish-Norwegian artist Nina Kleivan and Japanese artist Yoshihisa Sano in Sinding-Ørre, DK (August 20 - August 25) &
in Skarrild, DK, (August 26 - September 2) in the framework of Cultural Capital Aarhus 2017.
Project manager: Steen Rasmussen
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New publication:
"Möhkönvirta Nykytaidenäyttely 2017" (Publisher: Northern Paradise international art project)
Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art Show, Ilomantsi, FI, June 2 - September 2 (Group Show)
Artists: Dina Chetvertnaya (RU), Natalia Egorova (RU), Päivi Hynninen (FI) Mikko Itälahti (FI), Saara-Maria Kariranta (FI), Mirva Liimatta (FI),
Natalia Loginova (RU), Unto Lund (FI), Tuuli Meriläinen (FI), Hanneriina Moisseinen (FI), Tuomas Ollikanen (FI), Jonna Salonen (FI), Jarkko Suvela (FI),
Jarmo Somppi (FI), Riikka Viinikanoja (FI), Tonia Yufa (FI), Joakim Hansson (FI/SE), Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE)
Curators: Heidi Vasara, Tuomas Ollikainen & Kari Virtanen
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Participant in "Northern Paradise" art camp / workshop, Ilomantsi, FI, May 28 - June 4
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Swedish Radio about the exhibition "Det stora soprumsnöjet" at Kristianstads konsthall
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Artist Talk led by Kristina Möster Nilsson at Kristianstads Konsthall, SE, May 19
"Det stora soprumsnöjet", Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, SE, May 19 - August 28 (with Christoph Mügge)
Curators: Marika Reuterswärd & Claudia Schaper
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Public Art Commission for the City of Petrozavodsk, RU, June
Artist Talk and workshop with Irish Artist Barbara Knezevic´s drawing students from Dublin Institute of Technology at Ormston House, Limerick, IE,
April 28
Artist Talk and workshop at Work Space Social / Ormston House, Limerick, IE, April 27
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Lecture to students of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Contemporary Practice at Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, IE, April 27
Collaboration with Irish artist Isabella Walsh on a print edition at The Limerick Printmakers, Limerick, IE
Short residency at The Artists´ Apartment, John´s Square (Limerick City Council Arts Office), Limerick, IE, April
"#Limerick", Occupy Space / Mother Mac´s, Limerick, IE, April (Solo Show), April 28- May 19
Curator: Ciaran Nash
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Workshop leader for the social drawing event "Draw In- Lucky Lane" at Lucky Lane on Catherine Street, Limerick, IE, April 26
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Awarded Mobility Funding from Nordic Culture Point
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Public Art Commission / Group Exhibition, "BORDERLANDS, SPACES IN BETWEEN, PRECIPICES", The Prison Museum of Sweden / Region Gävleborg SE,
Opening April 22-23
Artists: Nina Svensson, Anna Asplind, Erik Rask, Conny Karlsson Lundgren, Sebastian Mügge, Nadine Byrne, David Larsson
Curators: Desirée Kjellberg & Erik Oscar Anderman
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Awarded the travel grant from Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten (County Administrative Board of Västerbotten)
Lecture and participation at the "Joining Creativity"-conference on the topic of creative industries. The conference was organized in the framework of
the International Winter Festival "Hyperborea-2017" and was held in Petrozavodsk (RU) the 16th and 17th of February.
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"#deadboycatfilmsexyselfiesuccessquotesgalway", 126 Gallery, Galway, IE, January 19 - February 5 (Solo Show)
Curator: Lucy Elvis
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This exhibition is kindly supported by the Arts Council Ireland Project Award, and is the first of a series of projects dedicated to examining drawing in a
digital context in the series: 'On The Line'
2016 Awarded the travel grant through the program "Joining Creativity" / Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Karelia
Residency at Karelian art residence (AiR Karelia), Petrozavodsk, RU, November
"Solyankaparty", Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk, RU, November, (Solo Show, Artist Talk & Performance)
Lecture on the topic of public and functional art (arranged by Swedish-Karelian Business Center and Information Center, Petrozavodsk, RU)
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New article (in Karelian)
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TV-spot and interview with on Россия 1, Карелия (in Finnish on Russia 1, Karelia)
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Awarded The Swedish Arts Grant Committee´s Two Year Working Grant
"Ja, må vi leva!", Galleri GRO, Pietarsaari, FI, September 2 - October 5 (Group Show)
Artists: Albert Braun (FI/DE), Sara Braun (FI/DE), Kazuma Glen Motomura (JP/DE), Rita Leppiniemi (FI), Sture Sunabacka (FI), Anneli Holmström (FI),
Ann-Sofie Eriksson (FI), Arto Penttinen (FI), Petri Kuljuntausta (FI), Kadie Salmon (FI), Aki Koskinen (FI), Joakim Hansson (SE/FI), Timo Konttinen (FI),
Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE), Noora-Maija Tokee (FI), Esa Toivonen (FI), Barbara Tong (FI), Johanna Saarenpää (FI), Maria Westerlund (FI),
Therese Sunngren-Granlund (FI)
Awarded the international cultural exchange grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee / IASPIS
Artist Talk at Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK, June 29
Residency at Riddergade AIR / Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK, June 1 - July 4
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"Borderlands, Spaces Between, Precipices", Temporary Art Commission in collaboration with the Swedish Prison Museum & Region Gävleborg, SE
About the project (in Swedish)
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New article (in Swedish)
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Another article (in Swedish)
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New article (in Swedish)
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Awarded the travel grant from the Ester Lindahl Foundation
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"GROSSES TREFFEN", professional network event between Nordic artists and curators (organized by the Nordic Embassies Berlin), Berlin, DE, April 16
GROSSES TREFFEN is a yearly professional network event between artists and curators conceived by Danish curator Solvej Helweg Ovesen and
organized by the Nordic Embassies Berlin to strengthen the network between Nordic artists and the vibrant Berlin art scene. It took place for the first
time in 2013 and has established itself as a yearly happening since then. GROSSES TREFFEN - Portfolio Review is a one day network event that offers
the opportunity for Finnish, Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Greenlandic, Faroese and Danish visual artists to do portfolio presentations and get
acquainted with key curators and gatekeepers of the Berlin art scene. The meetings take place in a relaxed yet concentrated atmosphere in the Nordic
Embassies Berlin where each artist has the chance to meet serial Berlin-based curators representing a selection of vibrant art institutions, residency
organisers, and festival curators and discuss their portfolio on a one-to-one bases.
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"It´s a Mügge Life", new short film (in collaboration with Véronique Dubois-Côté & Jonathan Niles)
Online portfolio on Grosses Treffen website
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2015 "You Are New to the Mountain", SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS, November (Group Show)
Artists: Juliette de la Mer (IE), Clairissa Stephens (US), Henry Detweiler (US), Kristin Abhalter (US), Gabrielle Kroese (NL), Elia Nunez (ES),
Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE), Sarah Gerats (NO/NL), Karen Zalamea (CA), Patricia Farrelly (IE/UK), Lucy Jane Turpin (SA)
SIMRES (Nordic and Baltic artist-in-residence program in Reykjavik run by the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SIM) with stipend from
Kulturkontakt Nord), IS, November - December
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"Square, sphere, and cube – geometrical poetry in the park at Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot", Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot, Aabenraa, DK,
August 30 - October 18 (Group Show)
Artists: Sabrina Barrios (BR/US), Karen Marie Fredslund (DK), Heidi Hove Pedersen (DK), Inka Sigel (DK/DE), Bente Sonne (DK), Jesper Kristiansen (DK),
Thomas Lunau (DK), YUNRUBIN (SG/DK), Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE), Better Lübbert (DK),
Aabenraa Artweek – Biennale for international contemporary art , Aabenraa, DK & Flensburg, DE, August 8 - August 31 (Group Show)
Artists: Pommes Fritz Crew (IT), Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE), Steve Maher (IE/FI), Casino Voltaire (IE), Steven Baelen (BE), Mary Ruth Walsh (IE), Marie
Johannessen Engelsvold (DK), BorgmanLenk (DK/DE), Sabrina Barrios (BR/US), Swaantje Güntzel (DE), Yunrubin (SG/DK)
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Residency at Ricklundgården, Saxnäs, SE
New film
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"Get it all, and more!", Väsby Konsthall, Upplands Väsby, SE, April 25 - May 17 (Solo Show)
"Homeland", Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE, March 1 - May 17 (Group Show)
Artists: Sylvia Javén (FI/SE), Nina Lassila (FI/SE/BE), Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE), Juha Mäki-Jussila (FI), Maria Nordbäck (FI), Mattias Olofsson (SE), Jukka
Rajala-Gran Stubb (FI), Gunilla Samberg (SE), Thinktank Imbalance/Lisa Carlson & Janne Björkman (SE), Ulla Thøgersen (SE/DK), Anna-Mari Vierikko (FI)
Curator: Suzanne Steneberg
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2014 "Homeland", Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI, October 17 - January 25 (Group Show)
Artists: Sylvia Javén (FI/SE), Nina Lassila (FI/SE/BE), Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE), Juha Mäki-Jussila (FI), Maria Nordbäck (FI), Mattias Olofsson (SE), Jukka
Rajala-Gran Stubb (FI), Gunilla Samberg (SE), Thinktank Imbalance/Lisa Carlson & Janne Björkman (SE), Ulla Thøgersen (SE/DK), Anna-Mari Vierikko (FI)
Curator: Catherine Bourne
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New publication: "HOMELAND" (Publisher: Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art)
ISBN: 978-952-5559-55-2
"Tbilisi: Lost and found in transit", Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE (Solo Show)
Curator: Anneli Berglund
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Georgian-Swedish Skype dinner at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
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Lecture at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
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Presentation & performance at Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, GE
Residency at GeoAIR, Tbilisi, GE
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Survival Kit 6 International Contemporary Art Festival / "The Utopian City", LCCA, Riga, LV, September 4 - September 27 (Group Show)
Artists: Aglaia Konrad (BE), Alicja Karska & Aleksandra Went (PL), Alnis Stakle (LV), Alte Schweden/ Sebastian Mügge & Joakim Hansson
(SE/FI/DE), Andreas Angelidakis (NO, GR), Anouq de Clercq (BE), Augustas Serapinas (LT), Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de
Búrca (BR/DE), Catalina Niculescu (RO), Evelīna Deičmane (LV), Ēriks Božis (LV), Hiwa K (IQ), Grzegorz Klaman (PL), Inga
Erdmane (LV), Isola Art Centre (IT), Janin Walter (DE), Jesper Just (DK), Jun Yang (CA), Katarina Lundgren (SE), Katrīna
Neiburga & Andris Eglītis (LV), Kristīne Alksne (LV), Lawrence James Bailey (NL), Łukasz Surowiec (PL), Maider López (ES),
Mariam Natroshvili & Detu Jintcharadze (GE), Mārtiņš Roķis (LV), Nicolas Grospierre (PL), Nir Evron (IL), Reinis Hofmanis (LV), Timo
Toots (EE), Topp & Dubio (NL), Visible Solutions (EE) and others.
Curator: Solvita Krese
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"Street Meet", Bürgerbräu-Gelände, Würzburg, DE, September 8 - September 15 (Group Show)
"Art Camp", Gammlia / Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE, August 10 - August 17 (Group Show)
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Awarded the STEP Beyond Travel Grant from the European Cultural Foundation
Artist exchange, Umeå, SE / Würzburg, DE, June 10 - June 20
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Skellefteå Konsthall, SE, June 7 - September 7 (Group Show)
Awarded the Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland Art Grant
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Residency at Art Centre Totaldobže, Riga, LV
Awarded the Byggnads Culture Grant
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Workshop at Härnösands Konsthall, SE
About the workshop- Swedish Radio
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Contact / Research travel to Pristina (Kosovo) and Sarajevo / Mostar (BA)
Residency at Alternative Cultural Centre / Centre for Peace and Tolerance, Gracanica, Kosovo
New article
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Galleri Alva, Umeå, SE, February 7 - March 4 (Solo Show)
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New article (in Swedish)
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Swedish Radio about the exhibition "Om revolutionen kommer" at Kalmar Konstmuseum
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New film: documentation of performance "Black Ribbons" at Pärnu City Gallery, EE
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Workshop at Öland Art School and finissage at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2013 "Black Ribbon", Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, EE (Solo Show)
New article (in Estonian)
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Residency at Pärnu Artist House, Pärnu, EE
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Awarded the Nordic Culture Point mobility support grant
Awarded The Swedish Arts Grants Committee´s One Year Working Grant
"Om Revolutionen Kommer", Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE, September 28 - January 19 (Solo Show)
Curator: Anneli Berglund
Performance together with "Alte Schweden" and Johansfors Musikkår
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Artist Talk with "Alte Schweden" and Lars Vilks at Kalmar Konstmuseum
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About the exhibition in Kalmar - Swedish Radio
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Survival Kit 5 International Contemporary Art Festival / "Slow Revolution", LCCA, Riga, LV, September 5 - September 15 (Group Show)
Artists: Ane Hjort Guttu (NO), Anda Lace (LV), Ernests Klavins (LV), Eva Vevere (LV), FASTWÜRMS (CA), Francisco Camacho (CO/NL), Gabriel Lester (NL),
Gundega Evelone (LV), Harun Farocki (DE), Ieva Kaula (LV), Ingrida Picukane (LV), Ivar Veermae (EE), Ivars Drulle (LV), Johanna Billing (SE), Kanslibyrån
(SE), Kate Krolle (LV), Karlis Vitols (LV), Klavs Upaciers (LV), Kriss Salmanis (LV), Laura Kenins (LV), Laura Prikule (LV), Leonards Laganovskis (LV), Liene
Mackus (LV), Matthieu Laurette (FR), Martins Zutis (LV), Maija Mackus (LV), Minna L. Henriksson (FI), Nicoline van Harshkamp (NL), Nina Kurtela
(DE/HR), Oliver Ressler (AT), creative group “Orbita” (LV), Sasha Kurmaz (UA), Sebastian Mügge (SE/DE), The Yes Men (US), Vilnis Putrams (LV) and
Vladimirs Jakusonoks (LV)
Curators: Inga Lace, Solvita Krese
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"The Singing Revolution, then what?", Glashuset2014, Umeå, SE, August 22 - August 26 (Group Show)
New film
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Stora Nolia Fair, Culture path/Umeå2014, Umeå, SE, August 3 - August 11 (Group Show)
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New review (in Swedish)
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Workshop at Malakta Art Factory, Malax, FI, July 29 - August 4
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New review (in Swedish)
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Shortlisted for the Nordic Art Insight Prize
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New film
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"Dagboksanteckningar", Kramfors Konsthall, SE, June 15 - August 19 (Solo Show)
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"Man tager vad man haver", Ljusgården, Umeå, SE, June 11 - August 10 (Solo Show)
"Zuviel? Zuwenig?", Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL, May 12 - 9 June (Solo Show)
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Some impressions of the show in Enschede
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New article (in German)
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Residency at Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, EE, April 1 - April 30
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New publication:
4e Biennale du dessin, "Le jeu de l´illusion - Mouvement, espace, temps",
Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, ISBN-13 978-2-922755-12-1
New film (documentation of an installation)
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New review (in Swedish)
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Workshop inspired by the exhibition "De andras liv" at Härnösands Konsthall
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New review (in Swedish)
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"De andras liv", Härnösands Konsthall, SE, January 12 - February 09 (Solo Show)
2012 Cultural Boost Grant/ Project funding by Umeå2014 European Capital of Culture
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Survival Kit 4 International Contemporary Art Festival / "Timeline Hotel", Sigulda, LV, September 8 - September 30
(Group Show)
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"2. Kunstfestival Strom", Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne, DE, August 30 - September 2 (Group Show)
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4e Biennale du dessin, "Le jeu de l´illusion - Mouvement, espace, temps",
Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec, CA, June 21 - 16 September (Group Show)
Residency in Kramfors / Höga Kusten, SE
New publication:
"Transfer. Beiträge zur Kunstvermittlung No 8 PRAXISTEST. KÜNSTLERISCHE PROJEKTE ZUR VERMITTLUNG AKTUELLER KUNST"
Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen, ISBN: 978-3-937828-25-1
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Residency at Drake Arts Centre, Kokkola, FI
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