SEBASTIAN MÜGGE
Sebastian Mügge (b. 1981 in Bonn, DE) is a German-Swedish multidisciplinary artist currently based in Kristianstad, SE. He received his MFA from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in 2011.
In his practice he works in the intersection of drawing, found objects, sculpture and installation. He often alternates these mediums as his intention is to find something which might connect these means of expression so they can become just one body of work. These projects, mostly based on expanding collections, can result in research-oriented and expressive site-specific, often monumental sculptural pieces. In his experimental approach the sensual aspect is crucial as its function is to get the viewer emotionally involved in the artwork, and furthermore stimulate his intellectual curiosity.
He likes to play with mixtures of cultural backgrounds and art historical quotations. He is exploiting as well the poetic potential and aesthetic value of found objects and analyzing their significance for consumerist societies.
Since 2017 he collaborates with his brother Christoph Mügge and they frequently exhibit together internationally. As a duo they realize large-scale site-specific projects based on a combination of found material and their own distinct styles in a variety of techniques. Their exhibitions explore themes such as how various conflicts affect our everyday lives, the physical and digital traces we leave behind when we die, the challenge of storytelling and the distortion of historical facts. Humor and alternative facts are interwoven with real facts, blurring the lines between truth and fiction.
His work has been exhibited in venues such as Ostrale Biennale (Dresden, DE), Vaste et Vague (Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, CA), P8 Contemporary Art Gallery (Tel Aviv, IL), Galerie Fontana (Amsterdam, NL), The Koppel Project Hive (London, UK), OpenART Biennale (Örebro, SE), Sinne (Helsinki, FI), Art Space Aether (Sofia, BG), Plateforme (Paris, FR), Meno Parkas (Kaunas, LT), Södertälje Konsthall (SE), Vestfold Kunstsenter (Tønsberg, NO), Viborg Kunsthal (DK) Verkstad Konsthall (Norrköping, SE), DAS ESSZIMMER – Raum für Kunst+ (Bonn, DE), Kristianstads Konsthall (SE), DG Kunstraum (Munich, DE), Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum (Førde, NO), Kluckyland, (Vienna, AT), Galleri BOX (Gothenburg, SE), Museum Villa Rot (DE), Bildmuseet (Umeå, SE), Galleri 54 (Gothenburg, SE), Survival Kit (Riga, LV), Kunstverein Baden (AT), Sundsvalls Museum (SE), Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CA), Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art (Vaasa, FI), Galleri Rostrum (Malmö, SE), Kalmar Konstmuseum (SE), Studio 17 (Stavanger, NO), Croxhapox (Ghent, BE), Västerbottens Museum (Umeå, SE), 126 Gallery (Galway, IE), Kungsbacka Konsthall (SE), Periscope (Salzburg, AT), Aabenraa Artweek (DK) and Space 52 (Athens, GR).
He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Region Västerbotten Art Grant, the two-year working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, the Ester Lindahl Travel Grant, the Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland Art Grant as well as the Byggnads Culture Grant.
Upcoming projects include exhibitions at The Round Tower (Copenhagen, DK), Norrbottens Museum (Luleå, SE), The Nordic House (Torshavn, FO), LE CAW (Walferdange, LU), 38CC (Delft, NL), Gallery 70 (Tirana, AL), INDUSTRA ART gallery (Brno, CZ) and Regionmuseet Skåne (Kristianstad, SE).
He is represented in several art collections and has undertaken residencies and projects in Canada, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Georgia, Latvia, Sweden, Ireland, Kosovo, Iceland and Denmark.
Born: 1981 in Bonn, DE
EDUCATION
2009-2011 MFA, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2006-2009 BFA, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2008 Vilnius Academy of Arts, LT
2005-2006 Visual Art Program, Östra Grevie FHSK, Vellinge, SE
Lives and works in Kristianstad, SE.
SELECTED SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Norrbottens Museum, Luleå, SE * - upcoming
2024 Gallery 70, Tirana, AL * - upcoming
2024 INDUSTRA ART gallery, Brno, CZ * - upcoming
2024 The Round Tower, Copenhagen, DK * - upcoming
2024 The Nordic House, Torshavn, FO * - upcoming
2024 LE CAW, Walferdange, LU * - upcoming
2024 38CC, Delft, NL * - upcoming
2023 "Lengertz kulturpris", Regionmuseet Skåne, Kristianstad, SE - upcoming
2023 "Tony Aristotle's Tavern of Wisdom and Wit", Space 52, Athens, GR *
2023 "Dödskult Boende i GTG söktes", Galleri BOX, Gothenburg, SE *
2023 "Retelling Untold Tales from Mokum", Galerie Fontana, Amsterdam, NL *
2023 "Eternal Digital Detox", P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL *
2022 "Spuni Cuni digitalisieren?", Periscope, Salzburg, AT *
2022 "Känn ingen sorg för Insta hoarder #Trelleborg!", Trelleborgs Museum, Trelleborg, SE
2022 "One Portion of Sack Pipe Haggis with Shredded Memories", Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland, UK *
2022 "Un paysage géant à déguster les yeux mi-clos", Centre d`artistes Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, CA
2022 "Are you sure that you want to save all traces?", Meno Parkas, Kaunas, LT *
2022 "Konsten att sopa igen spåren", Eksjö Museum, Eksjö, SE *
2022 "Surfer sur les vagues de la mort", Plateforme, Paris, FR *
2022 "Kneeling to reach cigarettes and beer at grandma`s klek", Art Space Aether, Sofia, BG *
2022 "Someone`s Gotta Draw the Line Somewhere in Sogn og Fjordane!", Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, NO
2021 "Depot oder Deponie", DG Kunstraum, Munich, DE * - Catalog
2021 "BTHVNS Messi Service- Ode an die Grantigkeit", Kunstverein Baden, Baden, AT *
2021 "Radera i frid", Kungsbacka Konsthall, Kungsbacka, SE *
2021 "Memorialization Request", Studio 17, Stavanger, NO *
2021 "Allan & Co with a delicious toilet paper roll, please!", Ebelingmuseet, Torshälla, SE
2021 "Vill du förfesta med oss?", Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall, SE
2020 "För evigt saknad", Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE *
2020 "Leave a Mess, Not a Legacy", Sinne, Helsinki, FI *
2020 "Opas gut sortierte Schmuddelfilmsammlung löschen?", Kluckyland, Vienna, AT *
2019 "Nässjö med extra allt, tack!", Nässjö Konsthall, Nässjö, SE
2019 "Please confirm that you are a human being", Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2019 "Safe Room Vestfold", Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, NO *
2019 "Do with less - so they`ll have enough!", The Koppel Project Hive, London, UK *
2018 "Viktigt Meddelande till Allmänheten", Södertälje Konsthall, Södertälje, SE *
2018 "Give `em hell!", Off-Stroboskop Art Space, Warsaw, PL (with Christoph Mügge)
2018 "Dat maache me us de Lameng", DAS ESSZIMMER – Raum für Kunst+, Bonn, DE * - Catalog
2018 "Do you wanna play Duck and Cover with us?", Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, SE *
2018 "#spårvagnsrälsvattenpöl", Galleri 54, Gothenburg, SE
2018 "Welcome to the Copenhagen Trash and Treasure Bazaar!", OK Corral, Copenhagen, DK *
2017 "How to Get More Likes in God´s Own Country", Galleri Gotland, Visby, SE
2017 "Det stora soprumsnöjet", Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, SE *
2017 "#Limerick", Occupy Space, Limerick, IE
2017 "#deadboycatfilmsexyselfiesuccessquotesgalway", 126 Gallery, Galway, IE
2016 "Solyankaparty", Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk, RU (with Alte Schweden)
2015 "Get it all, and more!", Väsby Konsthall, Upplands Väsby, SE (with Alte Schweden)
2014 "Tbilisi, Lost and found in transit", Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE (with Alte Schweden)
2014 "Pareidoli!", Galleri Alva, Umeå, SE
2013 "Балтийская лента", Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, EE (with Alte Schweden)
2013 "Om revolutionen kommer", Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE (with Alte Schweden) - Catalog
2013 "The Singing Revolution and then what?", Kultuuritehas Polymer, Tallinn, EE (with Alte Schweden)
2013 "Dagboksanteckningar", Kramfors Konsthall, SE
2013 "Man tager vad man haver", Ljusgården, Umeå, SE
2013 "Zuviel? Zuwenig?", Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL (with Doris Kaiser) - Catalog
2013 "De andras liv", Härnösands Konsthall, SE
2012 "Gift To Kokkola", Window Gallery, Kokkola, FI
2010 "After 5 Years of Holiday", Gallery 60, Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE
2010 "Sebastian Mügge/Christoph Mügge", Galerie Gerken, Berlin, DE * - Catalog
* with Christoph Mügge
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Form 2023", Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, KR * - upcoming
2023 "Din konst!", Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, SE * - upcoming
2023 "Making of..! Malmö", Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE *
2023 "Stuff", Kunsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør, DK
2023 "Into Eternity", Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2023 "BIOMES - 9e Biennale du dessin", Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, CA - Catalog
2023 "Postcards from the Edge", Ortuzar Projects, New York City, US
2022 "Making of..! Vilnius.", Artists´ Association Gallery, Vilnius, LT
2022 "Der Bau. Hommage an Kafka", Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, DE * - Catalog
2022 "Virtual Postcards from the Edge", Visual Aids, New York, US *
2021 "Making of..!", Siltakatu 14, Joensuu, FI
2021 OSTRALE Biennale for Contemporary Art, Dresden, DE * - Catalog
2021 "P(ART)cours / Par(KUNST)", Biennial of contemporary art in public spaces, Brussels, BE *
2021 "OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje - Awarded Artists & Finalists", National Gallery of North Macedonia - Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, Skopje, MK
2021 "LE SYMPOSIUM - De l`événement à l`exposition", Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, CA,
2021 "Postcards from the Edge 2021 Virtual", Visual AIDS, NYC, US
2020 OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2020, National Gallery of North Macedonia, Skopje, MK - Catalog
2020 "NOK?", Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK - Catalog
2019 "The Third Landscape", Croxhapox, Ghent, BE - Catalog *
2019 "Art, Architecture, Landscape and Environment", 37th International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, CA
2019 OpenART Biennale, Örebro, SE - Catalog
2018 "Gränsland", Swedish Prison Museum (touring exhibition), Gävle, SE - Catalog
2018 "DAS ESSZIMMER goes ID:I Galleri", ID:I Galleri, Stockholm, SE *
2018 Supermarket Stockholm - Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, SE (represented by Svends Bibliotek, Copenhagen, DK & Galleri GRO, Jakobstad, FI) - Catalog *
2017 "Borderlands, spaces in between, precipices", Sveriges Fängelsemuseum, Gävle, SE - Catalog
2017 "Young Arctic Artists 2017 - Alien Threshold", Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi, FI
2017 "The Kunsthalle and the Villages", Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2017 Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art Show, Ilomantsi, FI - Catalog
2016 "Ja, må vi leva!", Galleri GRO, Pietarsaari, FI
2015 "You Are New to the Mountain", SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2015 "Aabenraa Artweek – Biennale for international contemporary art", Aabenraa, DK & Flensburg, DE - Catalog
2015 "Square, sphere, and cube – geometrical poetry in the park at Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot", Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot, Aabenraa, DK - Catalog
2015 "Homeland", Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE - Catalog
2014 "Homeland", Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI - Catalog
2014 Survival Kit 6 International Contemporary Art Festival / "The Utopian City", LCCA, Riga, LV - Catalog
2014 "Street Meet", Bürgerbräu-Gelände, Würzburg, DE
2014 "Art Camp", Gammlia / Västerbottens museum, Umeå, SE
2014 "Länssalong", Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå, SE - Catalog
2013 Survival Kit 5 International Contemporary Art Festival / "Slow Revolution", LCCA, Riga, LV - Catalog
2013 Stora Nolia Fair, Culture path/Umeå2014, Umeå, SE
2013 "The Singing Revolution and then what?", Glashuset, Umeå, SE
2012 Survival Kit 4 International Contemporary Art Festival / "Timeline Hotel", Sigulda, LV - Catalog
2012 "2. Kunstfestival Strom", Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne, DE *
2012 4e Biennale du dessin, "Le jeu de l´illusion - Mouvement, espace, temps", Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, CA - Catalog
2012 "Restkunst", Neues Kunstforum, Cologne, DE *
2011 "Expo-vente Cultivez l’art", Caravansérail, Rimouski, CA
2011 "13", Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE - Catalog
2011 "13", Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm, SE
2010 "Spring Exhibition", Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2010 "Enterprise", WIP Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2009 "Light Club", Galleri 60, Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE
2009 "Tourist Attraction", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2007 "Open House", Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2007 "Street / Art", Institute of Art History, University of Bonn, DE *
2006 "Blanc", Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2006 "Graffitolog 06", Kalk Kapelle, Cologne, DE *
2006 Stockholms Auktionsverk, Malmö, SE
2006 "Aspekte der Strasse", Kult41, Bonn, DE *
* with Christoph Mügge
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2021 Sketch assignment for Burlöv station, SE
2018 Permanent public work (in collaboration with Alte Schweden), City of Petrozavodsk, RU
2017 Permanent public work, Skarrild, DK
2017 Permanent public work, Sinding Ørre, DK
2017 Temporary public work, The Prison Museum of Sweden / Region Gävleborg, Gävle, SE
GRANTS/AWARDS
2023 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Greece)
2023 Lengertz Art Prize
2022 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one-year working grant
2020 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one-year working grant
2020 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Israel)
2020 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Canada)
2019 Nordic Culture Point, mobility funding
2019 Petra and Karl Erik Hedborg Foundation, travel grant
2019 Region Västerbottens Bildkonststipendium / Region Västerbotten Art Grant
2018 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (United Kingdom)
2018 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Germany)
2017 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Russia)
2017 Nordic Culture Point, mobility funding
2017 Travel grant from Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten (County Administrative Board of Västerbotten)
2017 Travel grant through the program "Joining Creativity" funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers
2016 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, two-year working grant
2016 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant
2016 Ester Lindahls Stipendiefond, travel grant
2015 Kulturkontakt Nord Grant
2014 STEP Beyond Travel Grant, European Cultural Foundation
2014 Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland Art Grant
2014 Byggnads Culture Grant
2013 Nordic Culture Point, mobility funding
2013 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one-year working grant
2013 Shortlisted for the Nordic Art Insight Prize
2012 Cultural Boost Grant / Project funding by Umeå2014 European Capital of Culture
2012 Höga-Kusten Grant
2011 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant
2011 Stiftelsen Ann-Margret Lindells Stipendiefond
2010 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2009 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2008 ERASMUS Mobility Grant
2008 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2007 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2006 Östra Grevie folkhögskola Stipendiefond
RESIDENCIES
2022 Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, CA
2021 Ostrale, Dresden, DE (with Christoph Mügge)
2019 International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, CA
2017 The Artists´ Apartment (Limerick City Council Arts Office), Limerick, IE
2016 Karelian art residence (AiR Karelia), Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 Riddergade AIR / Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2015 SIMRES (Nordic and Baltic artist-in-residence program), Reykjavik, IS
2015 Aabenraa Artweek 2015, Aabenraa, DK
2015 Ricklundgården, Saxnäs, SE
2014 GeoAIR, Tbilisi, GE
2014 Art Centre Totaldobže, Riga, LV
2014 Alternative Cultural Centre / Centre for Peace and Tolerance, Gracanica, Kosovo
2013 Pärnu Artist House, Pärnu, EE
2013 Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, EE
2012 Survival Kit 4, Sigulda, LV
2012 Kramfors / Höga Kusten, SE
2012 Drake Arts Centre, Kokkola, FI
2011 Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, SE
2006, 2009, 2010 Student studio residency / Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, DE
SELECTED LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS
2023 Artist Talk at Regionmuseet Skåne, Kristianstad, SE - moderated by Marika Reuterswärd
2023 Artist Talk at Space 52, Athens, GR- moderated by Eriphyli Veneri (GR)
2023 Artist Talk at Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE
2023 Artist Talk at Kunnsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør, DK
2023 BOX Pod 23 (Podcast produced by Galleri BOX), Gothenburg, SE
2023 Artist Talk at P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2022 Artist Talk at Artists´ Association Gallery, Vilnius, LT
2020 Artist Talk at Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE
2020 Presentation at Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2019 Artist Talk at Croxhapox, Ghent, BE
2019 Artist Talk at Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2019 Artist Talk at the International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul (Quebec, CA)
2019 Artist Talk at Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, NO
2019 Artist Talk at The Koppel Project Hive, London, UK
2018 Artist Talk at DAS ESSZIMMER - Raum für Kunst+, Bonn, DE - moderated by Dr. Danièle Perrier (CH, DE), supported by Kunststiftung der Sparkasse in
Bonn & Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland (DE)
2017 Artist Talk at Koti (Young Arctic Artists), Rovaniemi, FI
2017 Artist Talk at Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, SE - moderated by Kristina Möster Nilsson
2017 Artist Talk at Work Space Social, Ormston House, Limerick, IE
2017 Lecture to students of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Contemporary Practice at Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, IE
2017 Lecture at the "Joining Creativity"-conference on the topic of creative industries, Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 Artist Talk at Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 Lecture on the topic of public and functional art (arranged by Swedish-Karelian Business and Information Center & the city of Petrozavodsk, RU)
2016 Artist Talk at Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2015 Artist Talk at SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2015 Artist Talk at Aaabenraa Artweek, DK
2014 Lecture at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2013 Artist Talk at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE - moderated by Lars Vilks
2013 Artist Talk at Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL
MISCELLANEOUS
2022 "Meeting Point 2022" (initiated by IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee and Malmö Konsthall), networking event between curators and selected
artists at Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, SE (with Christoph Mügge)
2021 Experimental seminar and workshop at "Making of..!", Joensuu, FI
2018 Workshop leader together with Christoph Mügge (SE, DE) at Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, SE
2018 Performance together with Alte Schweden at Supermarket Stockholm - Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, SE
2017 "The Kunsthalle and the Villages", workshop leader together with Danish artist Nina Kleivan and Japanese artist Yoshihisa Sano in
Sinding Ørre (DK) & Skarrild (DK) in the framework of Cultural Capital Aarhus 2017 (Project manager: Steen Rasmussen)
2017 Participant in "Northern Paradise" art camp / workshop, Ilomantsi, FI
2017 Workshop with Irish Artist Barbara Knezevic´s drawing students from Dublin Institute of Technology at Ormston House, Limerick, IE
2017 Collaboration with Irish artist Isabella Walsh on a print edition at The Limerick Printmakers, Limerick, IE
2016 Performance at Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 "It´s a Mügge Life", short film (in collaboration with Véronique Dubois-Côté & Jonathan Niles)
2016 "GROSSES TREFFEN", professional network event between Nordic artists and curators (organized by the Nordic Embassies Berlin), Berlin, DE
2014 Georgian-Swedish Skype dinner and performance at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2014 Presentation & performance at Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, GE
2014 "Art Camp" - workshop and performance at Gammlia / Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2014 Painting performance and presentation at "Umsonst und Draussen Festival" and "StreetMeet", Würzburg, DE
2014 Exhibition at Kulturhuset Klossen (with Manuela Wahler), Umeå, SE
2014 "Tiny Inn - Cinco"- event, Verket, Umeå, SE
2014 Artist exchange, Umeå, SE / Würzburg, DE, funded by Umeå2014 European Capital of Culture
2014 Painting performance at "Mötesplats Lycksele" / Region Västerbotten, Lycksele, SE
2014 Contact / Research travel to Pristina (Kosovo) and Sarajevo / Mostar, BA
2014 Guest teacher at Öland Art School, SE
2013 Performance with Alte Schweden at Pärnu Artist House, Pärnu, EE
2013-2014 Workshop leader for "Anonym But Creative" / Studiefrämjandet Umeå, SE
2013 Performance with Alte Schweden & Johansfors Musikkår and workshop at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2013 "Art Camp" - workshop at Malakta Art Factory, Malax, FI
2013-2014 Workshops inspired by the exhibition "De andras liv" at Härnösands Konsthall, SE
2007- ongoing Collaborative projects with filmmaker Véronique Dubois-Côté
REPRESENTATION / COLLECTIONS
Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CA)
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum (NO)
Vaste et Vague (CA)
Musée d´art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec (CA)
Trelleborgs Museum (SE)
Sundsvalls Museum (SE)
Stiftelsen Helge Lindens Minne / Västerbottens Museum (SE)
City of Gothenburg Art Collection (SE)
Kristianstad Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Kalmar Konstmuseum (SE)
Umeå Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Nässjö Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Kramfors Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Härnösand Municipality Art Collection (SE)
The Drawing Center`s Viewing Program (NYC, USA)
Gerken Collection (DE)
Private collections
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2023 "9e Biennale du dessin", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire), ISBN 978-2-922755-28-2
2022 "Der Bau. Hommage an Kafka", ISBN 978-3-9823910-2-1 (Publisher: Hoenes Stiftung & Thomas Schmäschke, Museum Villa Rot)
2022 "Depot oder Deponie, Doppelpass V: Christoph und Sebastian Mügge", exhibition catalog, ISBN 978-3-932322-58-7
(Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst e.V., texts by Benita Meißner and Dr. Erika Wäcker-Babnik)
2021 Ostrale Biennale 013 "Breathturn", exhibition catalog
2021 "P(ART)cours / Par(KUNST)", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Biennial of contemporary art in public spaces, Brussels)
2021 "OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2020", exhibition catalog
2020 "NOK?", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Viborg Kunsthal), ISBN: 978-87-93702-09-7
2019 "Dat maache me us de Lameng", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Sibylle Feucht/ DAS ESSZIMMER - space for art+, design/translation: Aylin Maggiarosa)
2019 "37th symposium international d´art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul", exhibition brochure (Publisher: Musée d´art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul)
2019 "Open ART 2019", exhibition catalog (Publisher: OpenART Biennale)
2018 "SUPERMARKET issue#8", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Supermarket Independent Art Fair)
2017 "Gränsland, Mellanrum, Avgrunder", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Sveriges Fängelsemuseum), ISBN: 978-91-639-4909-8
2017 "Möhkönvirta Nykytaidenäyttely 2017", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Northern Paradise international art project)
2017 "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)
2017 "Aabenraa Artweek 2015" (Publisher: Aabenraa Artweek), ISBN: 978-87-993466-3-9
2015 "Kvadrat Kugle Kube", exhibition brochure (Publisher: Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot, Artweek Aabenraa)
2014 "HOMELAND", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art), ISBN: 978-952-5559-55-2
2014 "SURVIVAL KIT 6", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art)
2014 "Länssalongen 2014", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Kultur Skellefteå, Västerbottens Museum & Region Västerbotten)
2014 "Survival Kit Festival", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Survival Kit / Umeå)
2013 "Om revolutionen kommer", exhibition brochure (Publisher: Kalmar Konstmuseum)
2013 "+/- Plusminus", catalogue (Publisher: GrensWerte)
2013 "SURVIVAL KIT 5", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art)
2012 4e Biennale du dessin, "Le jeu de l´illusion - Mouvement, espace, temps", exhibition catalog
(Publisher: Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire), ISBN-13 978-2-922755-12-1
2012 "SURVIVAL KIT 4", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art)
2012 "Transfer. Beiträge zur Kunstvermittlung No 8 PRAXISTEST. KÜNSTLERISCHE PROJEKTE ZUR VERMITTLUNG AKTUELLER KUNST"
(Publisher: Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen), ISBN 978-3-937828-25-1
2011 "13", exhibition catalog, Master of Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, ISBN 978-91-978914-1-7
2010 "Sebastian Mügge", exhibition brochure, Galerie Gerken (edited, curated by Tanja Gerken; text written by Julia Dziumla)
2009 "Bachelor of Fine Arts", exhibition brochure, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, ISBN 978-91-633-4661-3
SELECTED PRESS AND REVIEWS
Kristianstadsbladet, "Lengertz konstnärspris delades ut på Regionmuseet", October 21, 2023
Sydsvenskan, Carolina Söderholm, "Svärta, humor och kollektiv spontanitet", August 11, 2023
Göteborgs-Posten, Sara Arvidsson, "Dödskult boende i Gbg söktes på Galleri Box", March 25, 2023
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Sara Meidell, "Samtidskonsten in i samlingarna", March 24, 2023
Gallery Viewer Magazine, Wouter van den Eijkel, "Retelling Untold Tales from Mokum", February 17, 2023
Sydsvenskan, Carolina Söderholm, "Här är konsten du inte får missa", October 22, 2022
Trelleborgs Allehanda, Lars Thulin, "Han har ritat museets väggar fulla", September 14, 2022
Interview with Radio Canada, "Bon pied, bonne heure! - Un dessin mural inspiré de Carleton-sur-Mer et la Gaspésie à Vaste et Vague", July 18, 2022
Kunscht!, SWR (German TV), "Höhlenartiges Labyrinth - künstlerische Ideen zu Kafkas Erzählung "Der Bau" in der Villa Rot in Burgrieden", June 23, 2022
Neu-Ulmer Zeitung, Florian L. Arnold, "So ist die neue Ausstellung "Der Bau" in der Villa Rot", June 22, 2022
Aalener Nachrichten, Jonas Voss, "Zuflucht, Gefängnis, Bedrohung", June 15, 2022
Schwäbische Zeitung, Simon Schwörer, "Neue Ausstellung "Der Bau" in Villa Rot in Burgrieden eröffnet", June 13, 2022
Regio TV (German TV), "Zwischen Kafka und Camping", June 10, 2022
Eksjö & CO, Magnus Östberg, summer edition 2022
BNT (Bulgarian National Television), March 11, 2022
Programata, "Kneeling to reach cigarettes and beer at grandma`s klek", March 2, 2022
Klassekampen, March 2, 2022
topos magazine, Anja Koller, "depot and dump- Death and Transformation", February 14, 2022
GoGuide, "Kneeling to reach cigarettes and beer at grandma`s klek Ha Christoph u Sebastian Mügge", February 10, 2022
Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Tod und Leben", January 24, 2022
Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, Sandra Sagmeister, "Grantigkeit als Installation in Baden", December 19, 2021
Bayerischer Rundfunk/BR 2, (German Radio), kulturWELT, Joana Ortmann, November 14, 2021
Badener Zeitung, "Ode an die Grantigkeit - Christoph & Sebastian Mügge im Kunstverein", October 21, 2021
Karjalainen, Miia Hartikainen, "Avointa ja läpinäkyvää", August 25, 2021
Kultura-Extra, Stefan Bock, "Nachhaltige Atemwende in Gesellschaft, Umwelt und Kunst", July 29, 2021
Kungsbacka-Posten, Mia Sandblom, "Bröderna från Bonn ställer ut 10 000 kapsyler i konsthallen", June 11, 2021
Norra Halland, Ann Kristin Ekman, "Utställning väcker tankar om tiden efter döden", June 11, 2021
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Torsten Klaus, "Überdimensionale Kunstwerke an der Robotron-Kantine Dresden", May 28, 2021
Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Erste Werke für Kunstbiennale Ostrale 2021 entstehen", May 27, 2021
Stavanger Aftenblad, Sonja Loraine Mborja, "Hva skjer på Facebook etter at du dør?", May 8, 2021
Eskilstuna-Kuriren, Catarina Nitz, "Sebastian Mügge har tecknat Torshällas själ på väggen", April 17, 2021
Volym, Karin Kämsby, "Sebastian Mügge gestaltar Sundsvall: en stad i blått", February 19, 2021
Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Hoffnung der Hoffnungslosen", February 14, 2021
Sundsvalls Tidning, Susanne Holmlund, "Han tecknar Sundsvallsbilder direkt på väggarna i museet: "Jag hoppas att människor känner igen sig"", January 30, 2021
Sydsvenskan, Carolina Söderholm, "Det är berättelserna av våra liv som ryms i allt det bortslängda bråtet", December 12, 2020
Hufvudstadsbladet, Pontus Kyander, "Dödsstädningen är människans monument", December 6, 2020
Helsingin Sanomat, "Viikonlopun näyttelyvinkeissä on ruotsalaisveljesten huima installaatio, joku kysyy: Mitä ihmisestä jää?", November 27, 2020
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad, Eskil Lyngsøe, "Meget seværdig udstilling på Viborg Kunsthal, August 22, 2020
Jyllands-Posten, Lars Svanholm, "Kaspar Bonnéns individuelle fortællelyst møder den kollektive leg i kunsthallen, June 29, 2020
Radio Canada, Bon pied, bonne heure!, "COVID-19: le Centre d`artistes Vaste et Vague en mode adaption", May 22, 2020
Present in Gent, Nadine van Parys, November 29, 2019
Smålands Dagblad, Janne Wrangberth, "Nässjö med extra allt i ny utställning", November 9, 2019
Folkbladet, Madeleine Ruuth, "Målning tecknar ny bild av länet", October 12, 2019
Sveriges Radio, Eftermiddag i P4 Västerbotten, October 10, 2019
Vie des Arts, Marie Claude Mirandette, "Retour sur le symposium de Baie-Saint-Paul - Des environnements inspirants", October 9, 2019
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Estetisk associationslek i stor stil", October 9, 2019
TVCO Charlevoix (Canadian TV), August 29, 2019
Le Soleil, Josianne Desloges, "Symposium de Baie-Saint-Paul: déborder des classes", August 18, 2019
Le Charlevoisien, Emelie Bernier, "Et si on découvrait le Symposium?", August 16, 2019
Le Soleil, Josianne Desloges, "Symposium de Baie-Saint-Paul: de l´architecture à l´environnement", July 27, 2019
Svenska Dagbladet, Håkan Nilsson, "Open Art - Instagramvänlig konst för Örebroturister", July 12, 2019
Arctic Arts Summit Magazine, June, 2019
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Jan Johansson, "Mötesplats för samlad kraft och nya tankar", May 23, 2019
NRK1 (Norwegian TV), Distriktsnyheter Østafjells, April 4, 2019
NRK P1 Vestfoldsendinga (Norwegian Radio), April 4, 2019
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Anders Wynne, "Sebastian får årets bildkonststipendium", March 22, 2019
Länstidningen Södertälje, Elias Zazi, "Viktigt meddelande till allmänheten - Konsthallen tar upp ett angeläget ämne", November 23, 2018
Sveriges Radio, Förmiddag i P4 Stockholm, November 22, 2018
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (German TV), "Lokalzeit aus Bonn", October 18, 2018
General-Anzeiger Bonn, Christina zu Mecklenburg, "Karneval und Chaos", September 20, 2018
kunst:art, Karin Gerwens, "Spurensuche - Christoph und Sebastian Mügge im Esszimmer in Bonn", September/October edition, 2018
Norrköpings Tidningar, Sara Segraeus, "Skyddsrum ställer frågor", May 19, 2018
Kultursidan.nu, Ann-Charlotte Sandelin, "All världens skyddsrum på Verkstad", May 17, 2018
Sydsvenskan, Eskilstuna Kuriren, Smålandsposten, Katrineholms-Kuriren, Folkbladet, Enköpings-Posten, Norran, Blekinge Läns Tidning, Södermanlands Nyheter, Norrköpings Tidningar,Västerbottens Kuriren, Erika Josefsson/TT News Agency, ”Helvetesstudier och konstfull anarki”, February 2, 2018
Arbetarbladet, Bodil Juggas, "Hoforskonstnär blev censurerad i Ryssland", January 10, 2018
Dagens Nyheter, Sverker Lenas, "Svenska konstnärer censurerade i Ryssland", January 9, 2018
Gefle Dagblad, Kristian Ekenberg, "Hofors-konstnär Joakim Hansson har censurerats i Ryssland: "Det hör inte hemma i konstvärlden", January 9, 2018
Vasabladet + Österbottens tidning, Patrik Back, "Konst censurerad i Karelen", January 6, 2018
Gefle Dagblad, "Fin symbolik i Gävleborgs avrättningskonst - nu aktuell med utställning på Fängelsemuseet", January 2, 2018
Sveriges Radio, P4 Gävleborg, Eftermiddag i P4 Gävleborg, December 27, 2017
Gotlands Tidningar, Edvin Högdal, "Brudar och bärs - då får du många hjärtan på Insta", November 25, 2017
Gotlands Allehanda, Per Leino, "#gotland får nytt liv på galleriväggen", November 25, 2017
Sveriges Radio, P4 Gotland, Ulrika Uusitalo Fernholm, "Konst utifrån hashtaggen #gotland", November 23, 2017
Herning Folkeblad, Ida True Berg, "Kunst er ikke kun for mødre", August 30, 2017
Herning Folkeblad, Henrik Øster-Jørgensen, "Kunstværk på kælkebakken", August 28, 2017
Karjalainen, Olli Sorjonen, "Muovikin hengittää Möhkössä - kesänäyttelyssä on paljon kansainvälisiä vieraita", June 1, 2017
Kristianstadsbladet, Carolina Söderholm, "Återvunnen konst värd att upptäcka", May 31, 2017
Karjalan Sanomat, Anna Umberg, "What is Karelia to me?", May 31, 2017
Sveriges Radio, P4 Kristianstad, Oscar Ivarsson, "Ny utställning blandar soprum med tivoli", May 17, 2017
Kristianstadsbladet, Sune Johannesson, "Soprummet som blev konstrum", May 17, 2017
Limerick Leader, Fintan Walsh, "Paintings for the price of a pint", May 6, 2017
Karjalan Sanomat, Anna Umberg, "Suomen ja Karjalan naapurisuhteet tähtäimessä", November 16, 2016
TV-spot and interview on Россия 1, Карелия (in Finnish on Russia 1, Karelia), November 3, 2016
Gefle Dagblad, Moa Lindstedt, "Avrättningskonst i unikt projekt", July 28, 2016
Arbetarbladet, Bodil Juggas, "Dödskul konstprojekt, får man säga så?", May 19, 2016
Sveriges Radio, P4 Gävleborg, "Konstnärerna som ska smycka döden", April 28, 2016
Arbetarbladet, Bodil Juggas, "De ska göra konst på avrättningsplatser i Gävleborg", April 28, 2016
Play Nordic, Kathrin Gemein, "Grosses Treffen: Netzwerk nordischer Künstler", April 19, 2016
Nordschleswiger, "Abwechslungsreiche Artweek 2015", June 14, 2015
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Marit Strandberg, "Konstdialog med guldkorn", April 24, 2015
Sveriges Radio, P1, Kritiken, March 24, 2015
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Lars Böhlin, "Drömmen om det trygga hemlandet", February 28, 2015
Barometern, Mikael Hagner, "Georgien, soffsamtal och självporträtt på museet", October 24, 2014
Pohjalainen, Johanna Jurkka, "Kotimaa merkitsee vapautta, turvaa ja mielentiloja", October 17, 2014
Vasabladet, "Sebastian Mügge skildrar hemlandet", October 17, 2014
Lettische Presseschau, Udo Bongartz, "Survival Kit 6 - Horror vacui im Richard-Wagner-Saal", September 25, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Synlig process av skapande", August 16, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Margith Norman, "Man måste släppa kontrollen", July 1, 2014
PULS, Bayerischer Rundfunk, June 15, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Umeåkonstnär får 100 000kr", May 10, 2014
SVT, Västerbottensnytt, Kajsa Lindahl, "Stipendium till Umeåkonstnär", May 9, 2014
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Pernilla Näslund, "Konststipendium till Mügge", May 5, 2014
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Jennie Johansson, "Skapar konst av skräp", April 30, 2014
Sveriges Radio, P4 Kulturnyheter Västernorrland, April 29, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Samlare av lekfullhet", April 4, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Stefan Åberg, "Tre frågor till Sebastian Mügge", February 7, 2014
KalmarPosten, Sara Dahlström, "Konstnärlig workshop med krut i", February 5, 2014
Ölandsbladet, Carin Svensson, "En annan utställning än då", January 21, 2014
Sveriges Radio, Nyheter P4 Kalmar, Erika Norberg, "Museets besökare var med och gjorde revolution", January 16, 2014
Östran, Andreas Yngvesson, "Utställning med frihet att ändras", January 16, 2014
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, "Ett färgstarkt kulturår", December 30, 2013
Pärnu Postimees, Anu Jürisson, "Rootsi kunstnikud intervjueerisid pärnakaid", November 29, 2013
Pärnu Postimees, "Rootsi kunstnikud teevad välknäituse", November 23, 2013
KalmarPosten, Sara Jonasson, "Revolutionen i fokus på Konstmuseet", October 24, 2013
Vilks.net, Lars Vilks, "I dagarna tre", September 29, 2013
Barometern, Mikael Hagner, "Om revolutionen kommer", September 28, 2013
Voltmetrs #16, Valts Miķelsons, "Laikmetīgās mākslas festivāls “Survival Kit 5. Slow Revolution.”, September 28, 2013
Sveriges Radio, Nyheter P4 Kalmar, Erika Norberg, "Du uppmanas dela dina revolutionära idéer", September 27, 2013
Östran, Olof af Wåhlberg, "Kapsyler och körsång på Kalmar konstmuseum", September 27, 2013
Arterritory, Elīna Sproģe, "Lai nesanāk viens liels “Nej!”. Recenzija par Survival Kit 5 izstādi", September 12, 2013
Kunnst, Karin Gerwens, "Perfekt bis ins kleinste Detail", August 20, 2013
Vasabladet, Kim Varstala, "Samarbetar om samtidskonst", August 3, 2013
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Erik Jonsson, "Toalettpapper, kapsyler och folie förvandlas till konst", July 25, 2013
Nordsverige, Susannhe Melin, "Detaljrika teckningar av Höga kusten", July 11, 2013
Sveriges Radio, P4 Morgon Västerbotten, radio interview, July 3, 2013
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Anna Karin Drugge, "Återvunnen konst", July 1, 2013
Volym, Karin Lundqvist, "Sebastian Mügge", June 30, 2013
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Lars Landström, "Mügge tecknade i Höga Kusten", June 15, 2013
KUMSsw, Elvira Meisel-Kemper, "Was zu wenig wirkt, kann einem leicht zu viel werden", May 28, 2013
Kunstmagazin Kontur 5, Zuviel? Zuwenig?, Spring 2013
Westfälische Nachrichten, "Exzess und Einschränkung in der Kunst", April 29, 2013
Velodrom 1:2013, Alveola Ämting, "De andras liv", February 2013
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Lars Landström, "Konsten och de andras liv", January 12, 2013
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Susanne Kreitz, "Friedrichs Zopf muss ab!", August 31, 2012
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Kristin Westesson, "Med inspiration av Höga Kusten", July 18, 2012
Västerbottningen, Fredrik Bjärnesand, "Sebastian är årets stipendiat", April 13, 2012
Nordsverige, Fredrik Bjärnesand, "Sebastian är årets Högakustenstipendiat", April 12, 2012
Sveriges Radio, P4 Morgon Västernorrland, radio interview, April 3, 2012
Mariefreds Tidning, Theresa Isaksson, "Oetablerade grafiker prisades med Lindellstipendium", August 24, 2011
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Marit Strandberg, "Livfullt sökande", May 19, 2011
Konsten.net, Anders Olofsson, "Konsthögskolan i Umeå på Galleri Andersson Sandström", May 18, 2011
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Sara Meidell, "Kontrast", May 6, 2011
Västerbottens Folkblad, Lars Böhlin, "Rörig utställning när studenter tar examen", May 7, 2011
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Sara Meidell, "Att bevara sitt jag för eftervärlden", May 16, 2009
General-Anzeiger Bonn, Gudrun von Schoeneberg, "Kult, Kunst, Kirche", October 25, 2007
Ystads Allehanda, Leif Möller, "Konst-studerande att studera", May 27, 2006
Sydsvenskan, Christina Gustafson, "Målandet går som en dans", February 9, 2006
Sebastian Mügge (b. 1981 in Bonn, DE) is a German-Swedish multidisciplinary artist currently based in Kristianstad, SE. He received his MFA from Umeå Academy of Fine Arts in 2011.
In his practice he works in the intersection of drawing, found objects, sculpture and installation. He often alternates these mediums as his intention is to find something which might connect these means of expression so they can become just one body of work. These projects, mostly based on expanding collections, can result in research-oriented and expressive site-specific, often monumental sculptural pieces. In his experimental approach the sensual aspect is crucial as its function is to get the viewer emotionally involved in the artwork, and furthermore stimulate his intellectual curiosity.
He likes to play with mixtures of cultural backgrounds and art historical quotations. He is exploiting as well the poetic potential and aesthetic value of found objects and analyzing their significance for consumerist societies.
Since 2017 he collaborates with his brother Christoph Mügge and they frequently exhibit together internationally. As a duo they realize large-scale site-specific projects based on a combination of found material and their own distinct styles in a variety of techniques. Their exhibitions explore themes such as how various conflicts affect our everyday lives, the physical and digital traces we leave behind when we die, the challenge of storytelling and the distortion of historical facts. Humor and alternative facts are interwoven with real facts, blurring the lines between truth and fiction.
His work has been exhibited in venues such as Ostrale Biennale (Dresden, DE), Vaste et Vague (Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, CA), P8 Contemporary Art Gallery (Tel Aviv, IL), Galerie Fontana (Amsterdam, NL), The Koppel Project Hive (London, UK), OpenART Biennale (Örebro, SE), Sinne (Helsinki, FI), Art Space Aether (Sofia, BG), Plateforme (Paris, FR), Meno Parkas (Kaunas, LT), Södertälje Konsthall (SE), Vestfold Kunstsenter (Tønsberg, NO), Viborg Kunsthal (DK) Verkstad Konsthall (Norrköping, SE), DAS ESSZIMMER – Raum für Kunst+ (Bonn, DE), Kristianstads Konsthall (SE), DG Kunstraum (Munich, DE), Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum (Førde, NO), Kluckyland, (Vienna, AT), Galleri BOX (Gothenburg, SE), Museum Villa Rot (DE), Bildmuseet (Umeå, SE), Galleri 54 (Gothenburg, SE), Survival Kit (Riga, LV), Kunstverein Baden (AT), Sundsvalls Museum (SE), Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CA), Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art (Vaasa, FI), Galleri Rostrum (Malmö, SE), Kalmar Konstmuseum (SE), Studio 17 (Stavanger, NO), Croxhapox (Ghent, BE), Västerbottens Museum (Umeå, SE), 126 Gallery (Galway, IE), Kungsbacka Konsthall (SE), Periscope (Salzburg, AT), Aabenraa Artweek (DK) and Space 52 (Athens, GR).
He is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including the Region Västerbotten Art Grant, the two-year working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, the Ester Lindahl Travel Grant, the Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland Art Grant as well as the Byggnads Culture Grant.
Upcoming projects include exhibitions at The Round Tower (Copenhagen, DK), Norrbottens Museum (Luleå, SE), The Nordic House (Torshavn, FO), LE CAW (Walferdange, LU), 38CC (Delft, NL), Gallery 70 (Tirana, AL), INDUSTRA ART gallery (Brno, CZ) and Regionmuseet Skåne (Kristianstad, SE).
He is represented in several art collections and has undertaken residencies and projects in Canada, Estonia, Finland, Russia, Georgia, Latvia, Sweden, Ireland, Kosovo, Iceland and Denmark.
Born: 1981 in Bonn, DE
EDUCATION
2009-2011 MFA, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2006-2009 BFA, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2008 Vilnius Academy of Arts, LT
2005-2006 Visual Art Program, Östra Grevie FHSK, Vellinge, SE
Lives and works in Kristianstad, SE.
SELECTED SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Norrbottens Museum, Luleå, SE * - upcoming
2024 Gallery 70, Tirana, AL * - upcoming
2024 INDUSTRA ART gallery, Brno, CZ * - upcoming
2024 The Round Tower, Copenhagen, DK * - upcoming
2024 The Nordic House, Torshavn, FO * - upcoming
2024 LE CAW, Walferdange, LU * - upcoming
2024 38CC, Delft, NL * - upcoming
2023 "Lengertz kulturpris", Regionmuseet Skåne, Kristianstad, SE - upcoming
2023 "Tony Aristotle's Tavern of Wisdom and Wit", Space 52, Athens, GR *
2023 "Dödskult Boende i GTG söktes", Galleri BOX, Gothenburg, SE *
2023 "Retelling Untold Tales from Mokum", Galerie Fontana, Amsterdam, NL *
2023 "Eternal Digital Detox", P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL *
2022 "Spuni Cuni digitalisieren?", Periscope, Salzburg, AT *
2022 "Känn ingen sorg för Insta hoarder #Trelleborg!", Trelleborgs Museum, Trelleborg, SE
2022 "One Portion of Sack Pipe Haggis with Shredded Memories", Generator Projects, Dundee, Scotland, UK *
2022 "Un paysage géant à déguster les yeux mi-clos", Centre d`artistes Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, CA
2022 "Are you sure that you want to save all traces?", Meno Parkas, Kaunas, LT *
2022 "Konsten att sopa igen spåren", Eksjö Museum, Eksjö, SE *
2022 "Surfer sur les vagues de la mort", Plateforme, Paris, FR *
2022 "Kneeling to reach cigarettes and beer at grandma`s klek", Art Space Aether, Sofia, BG *
2022 "Someone`s Gotta Draw the Line Somewhere in Sogn og Fjordane!", Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, NO
2021 "Depot oder Deponie", DG Kunstraum, Munich, DE * - Catalog
2021 "BTHVNS Messi Service- Ode an die Grantigkeit", Kunstverein Baden, Baden, AT *
2021 "Radera i frid", Kungsbacka Konsthall, Kungsbacka, SE *
2021 "Memorialization Request", Studio 17, Stavanger, NO *
2021 "Allan & Co with a delicious toilet paper roll, please!", Ebelingmuseet, Torshälla, SE
2021 "Vill du förfesta med oss?", Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall, SE
2020 "För evigt saknad", Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE *
2020 "Leave a Mess, Not a Legacy", Sinne, Helsinki, FI *
2020 "Opas gut sortierte Schmuddelfilmsammlung löschen?", Kluckyland, Vienna, AT *
2019 "Nässjö med extra allt, tack!", Nässjö Konsthall, Nässjö, SE
2019 "Please confirm that you are a human being", Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2019 "Safe Room Vestfold", Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, NO *
2019 "Do with less - so they`ll have enough!", The Koppel Project Hive, London, UK *
2018 "Viktigt Meddelande till Allmänheten", Södertälje Konsthall, Södertälje, SE *
2018 "Give `em hell!", Off-Stroboskop Art Space, Warsaw, PL (with Christoph Mügge)
2018 "Dat maache me us de Lameng", DAS ESSZIMMER – Raum für Kunst+, Bonn, DE * - Catalog
2018 "Do you wanna play Duck and Cover with us?", Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, SE *
2018 "#spårvagnsrälsvattenpöl", Galleri 54, Gothenburg, SE
2018 "Welcome to the Copenhagen Trash and Treasure Bazaar!", OK Corral, Copenhagen, DK *
2017 "How to Get More Likes in God´s Own Country", Galleri Gotland, Visby, SE
2017 "Det stora soprumsnöjet", Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, SE *
2017 "#Limerick", Occupy Space, Limerick, IE
2017 "#deadboycatfilmsexyselfiesuccessquotesgalway", 126 Gallery, Galway, IE
2016 "Solyankaparty", Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk, RU (with Alte Schweden)
2015 "Get it all, and more!", Väsby Konsthall, Upplands Väsby, SE (with Alte Schweden)
2014 "Tbilisi, Lost and found in transit", Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE (with Alte Schweden)
2014 "Pareidoli!", Galleri Alva, Umeå, SE
2013 "Балтийская лента", Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, EE (with Alte Schweden)
2013 "Om revolutionen kommer", Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE (with Alte Schweden) - Catalog
2013 "The Singing Revolution and then what?", Kultuuritehas Polymer, Tallinn, EE (with Alte Schweden)
2013 "Dagboksanteckningar", Kramfors Konsthall, SE
2013 "Man tager vad man haver", Ljusgården, Umeå, SE
2013 "Zuviel? Zuwenig?", Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL (with Doris Kaiser) - Catalog
2013 "De andras liv", Härnösands Konsthall, SE
2012 "Gift To Kokkola", Window Gallery, Kokkola, FI
2010 "After 5 Years of Holiday", Gallery 60, Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE
2010 "Sebastian Mügge/Christoph Mügge", Galerie Gerken, Berlin, DE * - Catalog
* with Christoph Mügge
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Form 2023", Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, KR * - upcoming
2023 "Din konst!", Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, SE * - upcoming
2023 "Making of..! Malmö", Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE *
2023 "Stuff", Kunsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør, DK
2023 "Into Eternity", Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2023 "BIOMES - 9e Biennale du dessin", Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, CA - Catalog
2023 "Postcards from the Edge", Ortuzar Projects, New York City, US
2022 "Making of..! Vilnius.", Artists´ Association Gallery, Vilnius, LT
2022 "Der Bau. Hommage an Kafka", Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, DE * - Catalog
2022 "Virtual Postcards from the Edge", Visual Aids, New York, US *
2021 "Making of..!", Siltakatu 14, Joensuu, FI
2021 OSTRALE Biennale for Contemporary Art, Dresden, DE * - Catalog
2021 "P(ART)cours / Par(KUNST)", Biennial of contemporary art in public spaces, Brussels, BE *
2021 "OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje - Awarded Artists & Finalists", National Gallery of North Macedonia - Multimedia Center Mala Stanica, Skopje, MK
2021 "LE SYMPOSIUM - De l`événement à l`exposition", Musée d'art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, CA,
2021 "Postcards from the Edge 2021 Virtual", Visual AIDS, NYC, US
2020 OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2020, National Gallery of North Macedonia, Skopje, MK - Catalog
2020 "NOK?", Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK - Catalog
2019 "The Third Landscape", Croxhapox, Ghent, BE - Catalog *
2019 "Art, Architecture, Landscape and Environment", 37th International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, CA
2019 OpenART Biennale, Örebro, SE - Catalog
2018 "Gränsland", Swedish Prison Museum (touring exhibition), Gävle, SE - Catalog
2018 "DAS ESSZIMMER goes ID:I Galleri", ID:I Galleri, Stockholm, SE *
2018 Supermarket Stockholm - Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, SE (represented by Svends Bibliotek, Copenhagen, DK & Galleri GRO, Jakobstad, FI) - Catalog *
2017 "Borderlands, spaces in between, precipices", Sveriges Fängelsemuseum, Gävle, SE - Catalog
2017 "Young Arctic Artists 2017 - Alien Threshold", Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi, FI
2017 "The Kunsthalle and the Villages", Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2017 Möhkönvirta Contemporary Art Show, Ilomantsi, FI - Catalog
2016 "Ja, må vi leva!", Galleri GRO, Pietarsaari, FI
2015 "You Are New to the Mountain", SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2015 "Aabenraa Artweek – Biennale for international contemporary art", Aabenraa, DK & Flensburg, DE - Catalog
2015 "Square, sphere, and cube – geometrical poetry in the park at Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot", Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot, Aabenraa, DK - Catalog
2015 "Homeland", Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE - Catalog
2014 "Homeland", Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI - Catalog
2014 Survival Kit 6 International Contemporary Art Festival / "The Utopian City", LCCA, Riga, LV - Catalog
2014 "Street Meet", Bürgerbräu-Gelände, Würzburg, DE
2014 "Art Camp", Gammlia / Västerbottens museum, Umeå, SE
2014 "Länssalong", Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå, SE - Catalog
2013 Survival Kit 5 International Contemporary Art Festival / "Slow Revolution", LCCA, Riga, LV - Catalog
2013 Stora Nolia Fair, Culture path/Umeå2014, Umeå, SE
2013 "The Singing Revolution and then what?", Glashuset, Umeå, SE
2012 Survival Kit 4 International Contemporary Art Festival / "Timeline Hotel", Sigulda, LV - Catalog
2012 "2. Kunstfestival Strom", Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne, DE *
2012 4e Biennale du dessin, "Le jeu de l´illusion - Mouvement, espace, temps", Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, CA - Catalog
2012 "Restkunst", Neues Kunstforum, Cologne, DE *
2011 "Expo-vente Cultivez l’art", Caravansérail, Rimouski, CA
2011 "13", Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE - Catalog
2011 "13", Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm, SE
2010 "Spring Exhibition", Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2010 "Enterprise", WIP Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2009 "Light Club", Galleri 60, Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE
2009 "Tourist Attraction", Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2007 "Open House", Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2007 "Street / Art", Institute of Art History, University of Bonn, DE *
2006 "Blanc", Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, SE
2006 "Graffitolog 06", Kalk Kapelle, Cologne, DE *
2006 Stockholms Auktionsverk, Malmö, SE
2006 "Aspekte der Strasse", Kult41, Bonn, DE *
* with Christoph Mügge
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS
2021 Sketch assignment for Burlöv station, SE
2018 Permanent public work (in collaboration with Alte Schweden), City of Petrozavodsk, RU
2017 Permanent public work, Skarrild, DK
2017 Permanent public work, Sinding Ørre, DK
2017 Temporary public work, The Prison Museum of Sweden / Region Gävleborg, Gävle, SE
GRANTS/AWARDS
2023 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Greece)
2023 Lengertz Art Prize
2022 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one-year working grant
2020 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one-year working grant
2020 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Israel)
2020 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Canada)
2019 Nordic Culture Point, mobility funding
2019 Petra and Karl Erik Hedborg Foundation, travel grant
2019 Region Västerbottens Bildkonststipendium / Region Västerbotten Art Grant
2018 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (United Kingdom)
2018 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Germany)
2017 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant (Russia)
2017 Nordic Culture Point, mobility funding
2017 Travel grant from Länsstyrelsen Västerbotten (County Administrative Board of Västerbotten)
2017 Travel grant through the program "Joining Creativity" funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers
2016 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, two-year working grant
2016 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant
2016 Ester Lindahls Stipendiefond, travel grant
2015 Kulturkontakt Nord Grant
2014 STEP Beyond Travel Grant, European Cultural Foundation
2014 Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland Art Grant
2014 Byggnads Culture Grant
2013 Nordic Culture Point, mobility funding
2013 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, one-year working grant
2013 Shortlisted for the Nordic Art Insight Prize
2012 Cultural Boost Grant / Project funding by Umeå2014 European Capital of Culture
2012 Höga-Kusten Grant
2011 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee - international cultural exchange grant
2011 Stiftelsen Ann-Margret Lindells Stipendiefond
2010 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2009 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2008 ERASMUS Mobility Grant
2008 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2007 Stiftelsen AAA, Gothenburg
2006 Östra Grevie folkhögskola Stipendiefond
RESIDENCIES
2022 Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, Quebec, CA
2021 Ostrale, Dresden, DE (with Christoph Mügge)
2019 International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, CA
2017 The Artists´ Apartment (Limerick City Council Arts Office), Limerick, IE
2016 Karelian art residence (AiR Karelia), Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 Riddergade AIR / Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2015 SIMRES (Nordic and Baltic artist-in-residence program), Reykjavik, IS
2015 Aabenraa Artweek 2015, Aabenraa, DK
2015 Ricklundgården, Saxnäs, SE
2014 GeoAIR, Tbilisi, GE
2014 Art Centre Totaldobže, Riga, LV
2014 Alternative Cultural Centre / Centre for Peace and Tolerance, Gracanica, Kosovo
2013 Pärnu Artist House, Pärnu, EE
2013 Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, EE
2012 Survival Kit 4, Sigulda, LV
2012 Kramfors / Höga Kusten, SE
2012 Drake Arts Centre, Kokkola, FI
2011 Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, SE
2006, 2009, 2010 Student studio residency / Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Berlin, DE
SELECTED LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS
2023 Artist Talk at Regionmuseet Skåne, Kristianstad, SE - moderated by Marika Reuterswärd
2023 Artist Talk at Space 52, Athens, GR- moderated by Eriphyli Veneri (GR)
2023 Artist Talk at Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE
2023 Artist Talk at Kunnsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør, DK
2023 BOX Pod 23 (Podcast produced by Galleri BOX), Gothenburg, SE
2023 Artist Talk at P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2022 Artist Talk at Artists´ Association Gallery, Vilnius, LT
2020 Artist Talk at Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, SE
2020 Presentation at Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2019 Artist Talk at Croxhapox, Ghent, BE
2019 Artist Talk at Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2019 Artist Talk at the International Symposium of Contemporary Art of Baie-Saint-Paul (Quebec, CA)
2019 Artist Talk at Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, NO
2019 Artist Talk at The Koppel Project Hive, London, UK
2018 Artist Talk at DAS ESSZIMMER - Raum für Kunst+, Bonn, DE - moderated by Dr. Danièle Perrier (CH, DE), supported by Kunststiftung der Sparkasse in
Bonn & Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland (DE)
2017 Artist Talk at Koti (Young Arctic Artists), Rovaniemi, FI
2017 Artist Talk at Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, SE - moderated by Kristina Möster Nilsson
2017 Artist Talk at Work Space Social, Ormston House, Limerick, IE
2017 Lecture to students of Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking and Contemporary Practice at Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick, IE
2017 Lecture at the "Joining Creativity"-conference on the topic of creative industries, Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 Artist Talk at Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 Lecture on the topic of public and functional art (arranged by Swedish-Karelian Business and Information Center & the city of Petrozavodsk, RU)
2016 Artist Talk at Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg, DK
2015 Artist Talk at SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, IS
2015 Artist Talk at Aaabenraa Artweek, DK
2014 Lecture at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2013 Artist Talk at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE - moderated by Lars Vilks
2013 Artist Talk at Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL
MISCELLANEOUS
2022 "Meeting Point 2022" (initiated by IASPIS/Swedish Arts Grants Committee and Malmö Konsthall), networking event between curators and selected
artists at Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, SE (with Christoph Mügge)
2021 Experimental seminar and workshop at "Making of..!", Joensuu, FI
2018 Workshop leader together with Christoph Mügge (SE, DE) at Verkstad Konsthall, Norrköping, SE
2018 Performance together with Alte Schweden at Supermarket Stockholm - Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, SE
2017 "The Kunsthalle and the Villages", workshop leader together with Danish artist Nina Kleivan and Japanese artist Yoshihisa Sano in
Sinding Ørre (DK) & Skarrild (DK) in the framework of Cultural Capital Aarhus 2017 (Project manager: Steen Rasmussen)
2017 Participant in "Northern Paradise" art camp / workshop, Ilomantsi, FI
2017 Workshop with Irish Artist Barbara Knezevic´s drawing students from Dublin Institute of Technology at Ormston House, Limerick, IE
2017 Collaboration with Irish artist Isabella Walsh on a print edition at The Limerick Printmakers, Limerick, IE
2016 Performance at Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk, RU
2016 "It´s a Mügge Life", short film (in collaboration with Véronique Dubois-Côté & Jonathan Niles)
2016 "GROSSES TREFFEN", professional network event between Nordic artists and curators (organized by the Nordic Embassies Berlin), Berlin, DE
2014 Georgian-Swedish Skype dinner and performance at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2014 Presentation & performance at Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, GE
2014 "Art Camp" - workshop and performance at Gammlia / Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, SE
2014 Painting performance and presentation at "Umsonst und Draussen Festival" and "StreetMeet", Würzburg, DE
2014 Exhibition at Kulturhuset Klossen (with Manuela Wahler), Umeå, SE
2014 "Tiny Inn - Cinco"- event, Verket, Umeå, SE
2014 Artist exchange, Umeå, SE / Würzburg, DE, funded by Umeå2014 European Capital of Culture
2014 Painting performance at "Mötesplats Lycksele" / Region Västerbotten, Lycksele, SE
2014 Contact / Research travel to Pristina (Kosovo) and Sarajevo / Mostar, BA
2014 Guest teacher at Öland Art School, SE
2013 Performance with Alte Schweden at Pärnu Artist House, Pärnu, EE
2013-2014 Workshop leader for "Anonym But Creative" / Studiefrämjandet Umeå, SE
2013 Performance with Alte Schweden & Johansfors Musikkår and workshop at Kalmar Konstmuseum, SE
2013 "Art Camp" - workshop at Malakta Art Factory, Malax, FI
2013-2014 Workshops inspired by the exhibition "De andras liv" at Härnösands Konsthall, SE
2007- ongoing Collaborative projects with filmmaker Véronique Dubois-Côté
REPRESENTATION / COLLECTIONS
Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire (CA)
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum (NO)
Vaste et Vague (CA)
Musée d´art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec (CA)
Trelleborgs Museum (SE)
Sundsvalls Museum (SE)
Stiftelsen Helge Lindens Minne / Västerbottens Museum (SE)
City of Gothenburg Art Collection (SE)
Kristianstad Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Kalmar Konstmuseum (SE)
Umeå Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Nässjö Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Kramfors Municipality Art Collection (SE)
Härnösand Municipality Art Collection (SE)
The Drawing Center`s Viewing Program (NYC, USA)
Gerken Collection (DE)
Private collections
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2023 "9e Biennale du dessin", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire), ISBN 978-2-922755-28-2
2022 "Der Bau. Hommage an Kafka", ISBN 978-3-9823910-2-1 (Publisher: Hoenes Stiftung & Thomas Schmäschke, Museum Villa Rot)
2022 "Depot oder Deponie, Doppelpass V: Christoph und Sebastian Mügge", exhibition catalog, ISBN 978-3-932322-58-7
(Publisher: Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst e.V., texts by Benita Meißner and Dr. Erika Wäcker-Babnik)
2021 Ostrale Biennale 013 "Breathturn", exhibition catalog
2021 "P(ART)cours / Par(KUNST)", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Biennial of contemporary art in public spaces, Brussels)
2021 "OSTEN BIENNIAL of DRAWING Skopje 2020", exhibition catalog
2020 "NOK?", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Viborg Kunsthal), ISBN: 978-87-93702-09-7
2019 "Dat maache me us de Lameng", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Sibylle Feucht/ DAS ESSZIMMER - space for art+, design/translation: Aylin Maggiarosa)
2019 "37th symposium international d´art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul", exhibition brochure (Publisher: Musée d´art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul)
2019 "Open ART 2019", exhibition catalog (Publisher: OpenART Biennale)
2018 "SUPERMARKET issue#8", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Supermarket Independent Art Fair)
2017 "Gränsland, Mellanrum, Avgrunder", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Sveriges Fängelsemuseum), ISBN: 978-91-639-4909-8
2017 "Möhkönvirta Nykytaidenäyttely 2017", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Northern Paradise international art project)
2017 "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)
2017 "Aabenraa Artweek 2015" (Publisher: Aabenraa Artweek), ISBN: 978-87-993466-3-9
2015 "Kvadrat Kugle Kube", exhibition brochure (Publisher: Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot, Artweek Aabenraa)
2014 "HOMELAND", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art), ISBN: 978-952-5559-55-2
2014 "SURVIVAL KIT 6", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art)
2014 "Länssalongen 2014", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Kultur Skellefteå, Västerbottens Museum & Region Västerbotten)
2014 "Survival Kit Festival", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Survival Kit / Umeå)
2013 "Om revolutionen kommer", exhibition brochure (Publisher: Kalmar Konstmuseum)
2013 "+/- Plusminus", catalogue (Publisher: GrensWerte)
2013 "SURVIVAL KIT 5", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art)
2012 4e Biennale du dessin, "Le jeu de l´illusion - Mouvement, espace, temps", exhibition catalog
(Publisher: Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire), ISBN-13 978-2-922755-12-1
2012 "SURVIVAL KIT 4", exhibition catalog (Publisher: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art)
2012 "Transfer. Beiträge zur Kunstvermittlung No 8 PRAXISTEST. KÜNSTLERISCHE PROJEKTE ZUR VERMITTLUNG AKTUELLER KUNST"
(Publisher: Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen), ISBN 978-3-937828-25-1
2011 "13", exhibition catalog, Master of Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, ISBN 978-91-978914-1-7
2010 "Sebastian Mügge", exhibition brochure, Galerie Gerken (edited, curated by Tanja Gerken; text written by Julia Dziumla)
2009 "Bachelor of Fine Arts", exhibition brochure, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, ISBN 978-91-633-4661-3
SELECTED PRESS AND REVIEWS
Kristianstadsbladet, "Lengertz konstnärspris delades ut på Regionmuseet", October 21, 2023
Sydsvenskan, Carolina Söderholm, "Svärta, humor och kollektiv spontanitet", August 11, 2023
Göteborgs-Posten, Sara Arvidsson, "Dödskult boende i Gbg söktes på Galleri Box", March 25, 2023
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Sara Meidell, "Samtidskonsten in i samlingarna", March 24, 2023
Gallery Viewer Magazine, Wouter van den Eijkel, "Retelling Untold Tales from Mokum", February 17, 2023
Sydsvenskan, Carolina Söderholm, "Här är konsten du inte får missa", October 22, 2022
Trelleborgs Allehanda, Lars Thulin, "Han har ritat museets väggar fulla", September 14, 2022
Interview with Radio Canada, "Bon pied, bonne heure! - Un dessin mural inspiré de Carleton-sur-Mer et la Gaspésie à Vaste et Vague", July 18, 2022
Kunscht!, SWR (German TV), "Höhlenartiges Labyrinth - künstlerische Ideen zu Kafkas Erzählung "Der Bau" in der Villa Rot in Burgrieden", June 23, 2022
Neu-Ulmer Zeitung, Florian L. Arnold, "So ist die neue Ausstellung "Der Bau" in der Villa Rot", June 22, 2022
Aalener Nachrichten, Jonas Voss, "Zuflucht, Gefängnis, Bedrohung", June 15, 2022
Schwäbische Zeitung, Simon Schwörer, "Neue Ausstellung "Der Bau" in Villa Rot in Burgrieden eröffnet", June 13, 2022
Regio TV (German TV), "Zwischen Kafka und Camping", June 10, 2022
Eksjö & CO, Magnus Östberg, summer edition 2022
BNT (Bulgarian National Television), March 11, 2022
Programata, "Kneeling to reach cigarettes and beer at grandma`s klek", March 2, 2022
Klassekampen, March 2, 2022
topos magazine, Anja Koller, "depot and dump- Death and Transformation", February 14, 2022
GoGuide, "Kneeling to reach cigarettes and beer at grandma`s klek Ha Christoph u Sebastian Mügge", February 10, 2022
Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Tod und Leben", January 24, 2022
Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, Sandra Sagmeister, "Grantigkeit als Installation in Baden", December 19, 2021
Bayerischer Rundfunk/BR 2, (German Radio), kulturWELT, Joana Ortmann, November 14, 2021
Badener Zeitung, "Ode an die Grantigkeit - Christoph & Sebastian Mügge im Kunstverein", October 21, 2021
Karjalainen, Miia Hartikainen, "Avointa ja läpinäkyvää", August 25, 2021
Kultura-Extra, Stefan Bock, "Nachhaltige Atemwende in Gesellschaft, Umwelt und Kunst", July 29, 2021
Kungsbacka-Posten, Mia Sandblom, "Bröderna från Bonn ställer ut 10 000 kapsyler i konsthallen", June 11, 2021
Norra Halland, Ann Kristin Ekman, "Utställning väcker tankar om tiden efter döden", June 11, 2021
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, Torsten Klaus, "Überdimensionale Kunstwerke an der Robotron-Kantine Dresden", May 28, 2021
Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Erste Werke für Kunstbiennale Ostrale 2021 entstehen", May 27, 2021
Stavanger Aftenblad, Sonja Loraine Mborja, "Hva skjer på Facebook etter at du dør?", May 8, 2021
Eskilstuna-Kuriren, Catarina Nitz, "Sebastian Mügge har tecknat Torshällas själ på väggen", April 17, 2021
Volym, Karin Kämsby, "Sebastian Mügge gestaltar Sundsvall: en stad i blått", February 19, 2021
Süddeutsche Zeitung, "Hoffnung der Hoffnungslosen", February 14, 2021
Sundsvalls Tidning, Susanne Holmlund, "Han tecknar Sundsvallsbilder direkt på väggarna i museet: "Jag hoppas att människor känner igen sig"", January 30, 2021
Sydsvenskan, Carolina Söderholm, "Det är berättelserna av våra liv som ryms i allt det bortslängda bråtet", December 12, 2020
Hufvudstadsbladet, Pontus Kyander, "Dödsstädningen är människans monument", December 6, 2020
Helsingin Sanomat, "Viikonlopun näyttelyvinkeissä on ruotsalaisveljesten huima installaatio, joku kysyy: Mitä ihmisestä jää?", November 27, 2020
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad, Eskil Lyngsøe, "Meget seværdig udstilling på Viborg Kunsthal, August 22, 2020
Jyllands-Posten, Lars Svanholm, "Kaspar Bonnéns individuelle fortællelyst møder den kollektive leg i kunsthallen, June 29, 2020
Radio Canada, Bon pied, bonne heure!, "COVID-19: le Centre d`artistes Vaste et Vague en mode adaption", May 22, 2020
Present in Gent, Nadine van Parys, November 29, 2019
Smålands Dagblad, Janne Wrangberth, "Nässjö med extra allt i ny utställning", November 9, 2019
Folkbladet, Madeleine Ruuth, "Målning tecknar ny bild av länet", October 12, 2019
Sveriges Radio, Eftermiddag i P4 Västerbotten, October 10, 2019
Vie des Arts, Marie Claude Mirandette, "Retour sur le symposium de Baie-Saint-Paul - Des environnements inspirants", October 9, 2019
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Estetisk associationslek i stor stil", October 9, 2019
TVCO Charlevoix (Canadian TV), August 29, 2019
Le Soleil, Josianne Desloges, "Symposium de Baie-Saint-Paul: déborder des classes", August 18, 2019
Le Charlevoisien, Emelie Bernier, "Et si on découvrait le Symposium?", August 16, 2019
Le Soleil, Josianne Desloges, "Symposium de Baie-Saint-Paul: de l´architecture à l´environnement", July 27, 2019
Svenska Dagbladet, Håkan Nilsson, "Open Art - Instagramvänlig konst för Örebroturister", July 12, 2019
Arctic Arts Summit Magazine, June, 2019
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Jan Johansson, "Mötesplats för samlad kraft och nya tankar", May 23, 2019
NRK1 (Norwegian TV), Distriktsnyheter Østafjells, April 4, 2019
NRK P1 Vestfoldsendinga (Norwegian Radio), April 4, 2019
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Anders Wynne, "Sebastian får årets bildkonststipendium", March 22, 2019
Länstidningen Södertälje, Elias Zazi, "Viktigt meddelande till allmänheten - Konsthallen tar upp ett angeläget ämne", November 23, 2018
Sveriges Radio, Förmiddag i P4 Stockholm, November 22, 2018
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (German TV), "Lokalzeit aus Bonn", October 18, 2018
General-Anzeiger Bonn, Christina zu Mecklenburg, "Karneval und Chaos", September 20, 2018
kunst:art, Karin Gerwens, "Spurensuche - Christoph und Sebastian Mügge im Esszimmer in Bonn", September/October edition, 2018
Norrköpings Tidningar, Sara Segraeus, "Skyddsrum ställer frågor", May 19, 2018
Kultursidan.nu, Ann-Charlotte Sandelin, "All världens skyddsrum på Verkstad", May 17, 2018
Sydsvenskan, Eskilstuna Kuriren, Smålandsposten, Katrineholms-Kuriren, Folkbladet, Enköpings-Posten, Norran, Blekinge Läns Tidning, Södermanlands Nyheter, Norrköpings Tidningar,Västerbottens Kuriren, Erika Josefsson/TT News Agency, ”Helvetesstudier och konstfull anarki”, February 2, 2018
Arbetarbladet, Bodil Juggas, "Hoforskonstnär blev censurerad i Ryssland", January 10, 2018
Dagens Nyheter, Sverker Lenas, "Svenska konstnärer censurerade i Ryssland", January 9, 2018
Gefle Dagblad, Kristian Ekenberg, "Hofors-konstnär Joakim Hansson har censurerats i Ryssland: "Det hör inte hemma i konstvärlden", January 9, 2018
Vasabladet + Österbottens tidning, Patrik Back, "Konst censurerad i Karelen", January 6, 2018
Gefle Dagblad, "Fin symbolik i Gävleborgs avrättningskonst - nu aktuell med utställning på Fängelsemuseet", January 2, 2018
Sveriges Radio, P4 Gävleborg, Eftermiddag i P4 Gävleborg, December 27, 2017
Gotlands Tidningar, Edvin Högdal, "Brudar och bärs - då får du många hjärtan på Insta", November 25, 2017
Gotlands Allehanda, Per Leino, "#gotland får nytt liv på galleriväggen", November 25, 2017
Sveriges Radio, P4 Gotland, Ulrika Uusitalo Fernholm, "Konst utifrån hashtaggen #gotland", November 23, 2017
Herning Folkeblad, Ida True Berg, "Kunst er ikke kun for mødre", August 30, 2017
Herning Folkeblad, Henrik Øster-Jørgensen, "Kunstværk på kælkebakken", August 28, 2017
Karjalainen, Olli Sorjonen, "Muovikin hengittää Möhkössä - kesänäyttelyssä on paljon kansainvälisiä vieraita", June 1, 2017
Kristianstadsbladet, Carolina Söderholm, "Återvunnen konst värd att upptäcka", May 31, 2017
Karjalan Sanomat, Anna Umberg, "What is Karelia to me?", May 31, 2017
Sveriges Radio, P4 Kristianstad, Oscar Ivarsson, "Ny utställning blandar soprum med tivoli", May 17, 2017
Kristianstadsbladet, Sune Johannesson, "Soprummet som blev konstrum", May 17, 2017
Limerick Leader, Fintan Walsh, "Paintings for the price of a pint", May 6, 2017
Karjalan Sanomat, Anna Umberg, "Suomen ja Karjalan naapurisuhteet tähtäimessä", November 16, 2016
TV-spot and interview on Россия 1, Карелия (in Finnish on Russia 1, Karelia), November 3, 2016
Gefle Dagblad, Moa Lindstedt, "Avrättningskonst i unikt projekt", July 28, 2016
Arbetarbladet, Bodil Juggas, "Dödskul konstprojekt, får man säga så?", May 19, 2016
Sveriges Radio, P4 Gävleborg, "Konstnärerna som ska smycka döden", April 28, 2016
Arbetarbladet, Bodil Juggas, "De ska göra konst på avrättningsplatser i Gävleborg", April 28, 2016
Play Nordic, Kathrin Gemein, "Grosses Treffen: Netzwerk nordischer Künstler", April 19, 2016
Nordschleswiger, "Abwechslungsreiche Artweek 2015", June 14, 2015
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Marit Strandberg, "Konstdialog med guldkorn", April 24, 2015
Sveriges Radio, P1, Kritiken, March 24, 2015
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Lars Böhlin, "Drömmen om det trygga hemlandet", February 28, 2015
Barometern, Mikael Hagner, "Georgien, soffsamtal och självporträtt på museet", October 24, 2014
Pohjalainen, Johanna Jurkka, "Kotimaa merkitsee vapautta, turvaa ja mielentiloja", October 17, 2014
Vasabladet, "Sebastian Mügge skildrar hemlandet", October 17, 2014
Lettische Presseschau, Udo Bongartz, "Survival Kit 6 - Horror vacui im Richard-Wagner-Saal", September 25, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Synlig process av skapande", August 16, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Margith Norman, "Man måste släppa kontrollen", July 1, 2014
PULS, Bayerischer Rundfunk, June 15, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Umeåkonstnär får 100 000kr", May 10, 2014
SVT, Västerbottensnytt, Kajsa Lindahl, "Stipendium till Umeåkonstnär", May 9, 2014
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Pernilla Näslund, "Konststipendium till Mügge", May 5, 2014
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Jennie Johansson, "Skapar konst av skräp", April 30, 2014
Sveriges Radio, P4 Kulturnyheter Västernorrland, April 29, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Karin Bernspång, "Samlare av lekfullhet", April 4, 2014
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Stefan Åberg, "Tre frågor till Sebastian Mügge", February 7, 2014
KalmarPosten, Sara Dahlström, "Konstnärlig workshop med krut i", February 5, 2014
Ölandsbladet, Carin Svensson, "En annan utställning än då", January 21, 2014
Sveriges Radio, Nyheter P4 Kalmar, Erika Norberg, "Museets besökare var med och gjorde revolution", January 16, 2014
Östran, Andreas Yngvesson, "Utställning med frihet att ändras", January 16, 2014
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, "Ett färgstarkt kulturår", December 30, 2013
Pärnu Postimees, Anu Jürisson, "Rootsi kunstnikud intervjueerisid pärnakaid", November 29, 2013
Pärnu Postimees, "Rootsi kunstnikud teevad välknäituse", November 23, 2013
KalmarPosten, Sara Jonasson, "Revolutionen i fokus på Konstmuseet", October 24, 2013
Vilks.net, Lars Vilks, "I dagarna tre", September 29, 2013
Barometern, Mikael Hagner, "Om revolutionen kommer", September 28, 2013
Voltmetrs #16, Valts Miķelsons, "Laikmetīgās mākslas festivāls “Survival Kit 5. Slow Revolution.”, September 28, 2013
Sveriges Radio, Nyheter P4 Kalmar, Erika Norberg, "Du uppmanas dela dina revolutionära idéer", September 27, 2013
Östran, Olof af Wåhlberg, "Kapsyler och körsång på Kalmar konstmuseum", September 27, 2013
Arterritory, Elīna Sproģe, "Lai nesanāk viens liels “Nej!”. Recenzija par Survival Kit 5 izstādi", September 12, 2013
Kunnst, Karin Gerwens, "Perfekt bis ins kleinste Detail", August 20, 2013
Vasabladet, Kim Varstala, "Samarbetar om samtidskonst", August 3, 2013
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Erik Jonsson, "Toalettpapper, kapsyler och folie förvandlas till konst", July 25, 2013
Nordsverige, Susannhe Melin, "Detaljrika teckningar av Höga kusten", July 11, 2013
Sveriges Radio, P4 Morgon Västerbotten, radio interview, July 3, 2013
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Anna Karin Drugge, "Återvunnen konst", July 1, 2013
Volym, Karin Lundqvist, "Sebastian Mügge", June 30, 2013
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Lars Landström, "Mügge tecknade i Höga Kusten", June 15, 2013
KUMSsw, Elvira Meisel-Kemper, "Was zu wenig wirkt, kann einem leicht zu viel werden", May 28, 2013
Kunstmagazin Kontur 5, Zuviel? Zuwenig?, Spring 2013
Westfälische Nachrichten, "Exzess und Einschränkung in der Kunst", April 29, 2013
Velodrom 1:2013, Alveola Ämting, "De andras liv", February 2013
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Lars Landström, "Konsten och de andras liv", January 12, 2013
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Susanne Kreitz, "Friedrichs Zopf muss ab!", August 31, 2012
Tidningen Ångermanland/Örnsköldsviks Allehanda, Kristin Westesson, "Med inspiration av Höga Kusten", July 18, 2012
Västerbottningen, Fredrik Bjärnesand, "Sebastian är årets stipendiat", April 13, 2012
Nordsverige, Fredrik Bjärnesand, "Sebastian är årets Högakustenstipendiat", April 12, 2012
Sveriges Radio, P4 Morgon Västernorrland, radio interview, April 3, 2012
Mariefreds Tidning, Theresa Isaksson, "Oetablerade grafiker prisades med Lindellstipendium", August 24, 2011
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Marit Strandberg, "Livfullt sökande", May 19, 2011
Konsten.net, Anders Olofsson, "Konsthögskolan i Umeå på Galleri Andersson Sandström", May 18, 2011
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Sara Meidell, "Kontrast", May 6, 2011
Västerbottens Folkblad, Lars Böhlin, "Rörig utställning när studenter tar examen", May 7, 2011
Västerbottens-Kuriren, Sara Meidell, "Att bevara sitt jag för eftervärlden", May 16, 2009
General-Anzeiger Bonn, Gudrun von Schoeneberg, "Kult, Kunst, Kirche", October 25, 2007
Ystads Allehanda, Leif Möller, "Konst-studerande att studera", May 27, 2006
Sydsvenskan, Christina Gustafson, "Målandet går som en dans", February 9, 2006