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FIA BACKSTRÖM Born Stockholm Lives and works New York - Stockholm SCHOOLING Columbia University University of Stockholm Academy of Photography, Konstfack, Stockholm THE WORK solo/environments/projects/events 2008 That Social Space between Speaking and Meaning, incl. "The Poetry Club", White Columns, New York Wilkinson Gallery, London HERD INSTINCT 0° Western Front, Vancouver 2007 Eco Day, Marabou Parken, Stockholm HERD INSTINCT 360° - goes Sweden, Stockholm Mmmore, MarabouParken Annex, Stockholm Art Politiquement Engagé - Politische Engagiert Künst, In Practice/Sculpture Center, New York 2006 Nada Posters and Table cloth, placed with institutions and galleries at Nada art fair Domestic Affairs, a readingat Elizabeth Dee Gallery Tablecloths for Galleries, inserted at Greene Naftali Gallery, Friedrich Petzel Galler, Paula Cooper Gallery, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, QED Gallery, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Anna Kustera (project) Interface in Your Face, Swiss Institute, New York In Memoriam - HERD INSTINCT 360°, Greene-Naftali Gallery, New York HERD INSTINCT 360°, a fia backström project at Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York 2005 lesser new york, a fia backström production, New York 2004 Escapism - a viable political alternative, a fia backström project, Champion Fine Art, New York Blonde Revolution, a fia backström production, New Yor Linjestörning, Artscan, Malmö, Sweden 2003 Edgar Mitchell, 6th Man on the Moon, Space Martina Hogland, Stockholm 1999 Cosmos, Index gallery, Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm 1997 White Light, K!, Stockholm Visitor Chime, Galleri Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm 1996 Ego Construction/the Road-Movie, Atlasmuren Gallery, Stockholm 1995 Everything is Under Control, Hemma Hos, Stockholm 1994 Party I and II, with Gunilla Klingberg & Katarina Löfström Konstfack, Stockholm selected group 2008 No More Reality, De Appel, Amsterdam, curated by Jelena Vesic and Claire Staebler Experiment Marathon, Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland BENDOVER/HANGOVER: An Evening With Cinema Zero, White Flags, St. Louis, organized by Amy Granat A Spoken Work Exhibition, curated by Matheiu Copeland, Prague Cliford Irving Show, New Langton Art, San Fransisco, curated by Raimundas Malasauskas HERD INSTINCT 360°, screening H-I-T, Gothenburg Art Since Summer of 1969, Dark Fair - Swiss Institute, organized by Cory Arcangel, Hanne Mugaas 11 sessions, Orchard Gallery, New York, organized by Karen Schneider, Matt Keegan, John MIller HERD INSTINCT 360°, United Nations Plaza, Mexico City, organized by Anton Vidokle Object Salon, Honey Space, curated by Bob Nickas The Whitney Biennial, New York, curated by Shamim Momin, Henriette Huldish Good News for People who Like Bad News, curated by Gianni Jetzer, Swiss Institute, New York Herd Instinct 360° one-day performance, United Nations Plaza, Berlin 2007 Pawnshop, e-flux project A Choreographed Exhibition, curated by Mattheiu Copeland, Kunssthalle, St: Gallen Experiment Marathon, curated by Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery, London Herd Instinct 360° one-day performance, United Nations Plaza, Berlin Sn–frid, curated by Ylva Ogland as part of Performa-07, New York Ensemble, curated by Christian Marclay, ICA Philadelphia Genesis, I'm Sorry, Josh Smith section, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York Introvert, Extrovert, Makes no Difference, curated by John Armleder, Galerie Catherine Issert, France The Price of Everything, Whitney Curatorial Studies, Hunter Graduate Center, New York The Happiness of Objects, curated by Sarina Basta, the Sculpture Center, New York Just Kick It Till It Breaks, curated by Matthew Lyons, the Kitchen, New York United Nations Plaza (origninally Manifesta 6 in Cyprus), organized by Anton Vidokle Madrid Trial, HERD INSTINCT 360†, performance, UNP at Arco, Madrid 2006 I drank the Cool-Aid, curated by Bruce Hackney and Anna Kustera, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York Poster project, Frisbee at Nada, Miami Looking Back, curated by Matthew Higgs, White Columns, New York Minotaur Blood, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London Slightly Out of Focus, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York Bring the War Home, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, QED gallery, Los Angeles, organized by Drew Heitzler Cluster, Mexico City, organized by Katie Holten Table cloth/Intervention 17 for Continous Project, cneai museum, Paris HERD INSTINCT 360º, one-night performance, powerhouse, Memphis HERD INSTINCT 360º Expodioum, Utrecht, Holland, organized by PHP Take One, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, Texas, organized by Domenick Amarati Cluster, Participant Inc. New York, organized by Katie Holten Slow Burn, curated by Jonah Freeman, Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva 2005 Circles, curated by Amy Granath, Sculpture Centre, New York Caspar David Séance, Jack the Pellican Presents, New York In Search of Outer Space, FIAMY, (Fia Backstr–m and Amy Granath), for Performa-05, curated by Anthony Huberman I Live in a Castle, EFA, New York, organized by Jesica Hutchins and Dan Torop Ladyfest, Dieselverkstaden, Stockholm, curated by Hanne Lindberg There is a City in my Mind, South First Gallery, New York On the Beach, Printed Matter, New York, put together by Justin Lowe Black Noise a tribute to Steven Parrino, Ecart, Basel Art Fair, curated by Amy Granath and Mai-thu Perret Art|Film A Tribute to Steven Parrino (1958-2005), Basel, put together by John Armleder, Mai-Thu Perret and Amy Granath The Feraliminal Lycanthropizer, Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, curated by Craig Kalpacian Shots of Brave New World, Muenzsalon, Berlin, curated by Mats Thesselius 2004 None of the Above, Suisse Institute, New York, curated John Armleder Blonde Revolution, a fia backström project, Museum 789, Beijing, China Household Psychedelics, a fia backström production, New York 2003 Pop Rocks, Caren Golden fine art, New York Now what? World Question Center, curated by Jens Hoffmann, BAK, Utrecht Holland Socialism – a love letter, a fia backström production, New York one million people including satellite suburbs, a fia backström production, New York I’m afraid of everything, a fia backström production, New York Adagio, Gävle Konsthall, curated by Pia Kristoffersson and Jonas Nobel, Gävle, Sweden 2002 Black Bonds, Suisse Institute, curated S Parrino and J Koether, New York whitneybiennial.com, curated by Miltos Manetas 2001 Tirana Biennial, curated by Vanessa Beecroft, Tirana Bevil at Moderna Moderna Museet, Stockholm Bevil Goes Iceland, the Living Art Museum, Reykjavík The Retun of Bevil, curated by Katarina Löfström, Enkehuset, Stockholm Insider Trading, curated by Lisa Prior, London 2000 Viva Scanland!, Catalyst Arts, curated by Stella d’Ailly, Belfast 1999 Kit for People Lost in Space, Shop at Up, and slide installation, New Museum, New York Installation, gallery Index at Stockholm Art Fair Xn, Bureau des Videos (Trembley/Moisdon), Chalon-Sur-Saone 1998 Stuff it!, Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm Videostore, Bureau des Videos (Trembley/Moisdon), Vienna Contact,Se Tumba, Tumba Konsthall, Stockholm Kit for People Lost in Space, Christmas edition, Index gallery, Stockholm published texts/layouts/ephemera/editions 2008 Advertisement for Werner/Whitman, Afterall, Summer 2008 Fia Backstr–m, Kiss My Ass - and other revolutionary relations within art education, Dear Dave, summer 2008 Cosmic Matter, a conversation with Gunilla Klingberg, Iaspis 2008 2007 Fia Backstr–m, The Artist's Artist, ArtForum, December, 2007 Fia Backstr–m, Wade Guyton, Conversation, North Drive Press Current - In response to five questions, NYFA Current website, mid-September issue, ed. Nick Stillman K48, ed. Scott Hug, November 2007 Sn–frid, ed. Ylva Ogland, as part of Performa-07, November 2007 HERD INSTINCT 360º, I can't work like this!, Printed Project #06, ed. Anton Vidokle, Tirdad Zolghadr Come Alive – on the work of Corita Kent, text and layout, SEX, February 2007 A feminist artwork, Modern Painter, March 2007 Fia Backström, “Pump Up the Jam”, catalog for W. Guyton, S. Price, J. Smith, K. Walker, Zürich Kunsthalle, 2006 HERD INSTINCT 360° DVD narration and DVD box set, co-produced Andrew Kreps Gallery/Sculpture Center Fia Backström, Wrong Question! Art-on-Paper, January 2006 Fia Backström, Top 10, Artforum, November 2006 For Immediate Release, Pacemaker #12, ed. Eva Svenung Legion Print portfolio, put together by Lisa Kirk, Legion Roses Tatouées, ed. Giasco Bertoli, Fall 2006 Fia Backström, Kelley Walker, Conversation, North Drive Press Summer kit Black Noise”, a tribute to Steven Parrino, Ecart Cadavre Esquis, print edition for North Drive Press Press release and visual layout, Justin Lowe at Oliver Kahm - rejected - Press Releases New York Galleries , January 2006, for Annotations, Expodium, Holland 2005 S as in Ass or This Stripe is Not a Stripe - on Wade Guyton publication text Circles, Sculpture Center, New York FEEL FREE, Sound Disc Multiple, North Drive Press Let's Get Engaged, written for Art & Leisure, conceived by Julieta Aranda, Gareth James, K8 Hardy and Carlos Motta, Art in General The Way We Talk, catalog for New York TWICE, Air de Paris, curator Fabrice Stroun Not Making Sense - on Seth Price, catalog for 'New York TWICE', Air de Paris, curator Fabrice Stroun Fia Backström and Seth Price, Conversation, North Drive Press Spring kit Not Making Sense - on Seth Price, North Drive Press Springkit Yellow pages, book project, ed. John Armleder & 404 2004 Fia Backström, Bettina Funcke, Conversation, North Drive Press Summerkit Fia Backström, 'So Fake It’s Real - on Kelley Walker', the U-N-I-O-N NR 01, p.46 Anti-matter, Project for the Fire magazine Cabinet Magazine project, 'Recipe for Shrinking Heads', Winter 2003/4 2003 Roses Tatouées, ed. Giasco Bertoli, #4 Fall 2003 2002 Charley Magazine, M. Cattelan B. Funcke, M. Gioni, A. Subotnick Cabinet Magazine project, 'Private Lunar ESP', Issue 5, p.58-60 2000 Hosting 'Endless Horizon - ORFI' for boat slide magazine 3D project, Zing magazine, Volume 3, curated by Sebastian Bremer 1999 Report from the Stockholm Art Scene, (Karl Holmqvist, Katarina Löfström, Mats Stjernstedt, Johanna Billing, Fia Backström) project for Very magazine, fall 1999 1998 Contact catalog text and layout, Se Tumba, Tumba Konsthall, Stockholm Press Statements, Project for the Fire magazine MUSIC, Project, Music Magazine for boat slide magazine SPECIAL APPEARANCES 2007 The FM Ferry Experiment, organized by Neurotransmitter Current - In response to five questions, NYFA Current website, mid-September issue, ed. Nick Stillman WUNP radio, organized by Neurotransmitter, United Nations Plaza, Berlin 2006 HERD INSTINCT 360° performance at -68 conference, Drew University, New Jersey (opening for Mark Rudd of Weathermen Underground) 2000 We Love Brenda, set design, choreography Lisa Östberg, Kulturhuset, Stockholm SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2008 Elizabeth Schambelan, Whitney Biennial, Artforum, Summer 2008 Christian Marclay, ENSEMBLE, exhibition catalog En Blondin i New York, Jenny Morelli, Vi, April 2008 p. 8 Frida Cornell, Hon Gor Konst av Konst, Konstvarlden & Desajn, April 2008 p. 34-40 Sonia Hendler, Visual Commentary, (interview) NYArts Magazine, March 2008 p. 34 - 35 Laura Stein, Fia Backstrom Prepares for the Whitney Biennial, Lipsticktracez, March 2008 Carly Berwith, The Facebook Biennial, New York Magazine, March 10-17, 2008 p. 138 -142 Work in Progress, Visionare Magazine, #52, spring 2008, p. 124 - 125 Nick Stillman, the Whitney Biennial, NYFA current, March 4th - March 10th, 2008 Members of the Same Symbiotaxium, But Probably Not Collaborators, Matt Keegan and Fia Backstrom, X-tra, ed. Shana Lukter, March 2008 p. 20-31 2007 Art & Auction, November, 2007 Närbild - Fia Backström, Lars-Erik Hjertström Lappalainen, www.konsten.se, 06.15.07 Den politiska korrektheten lyser med sin frånvaro, Rikard Ekholm, Svenska Dagbladet, 05.26.07 Vi är inget utan dig!, Ulrika Stahre, Aftonbladet, 05.16.07 Konstaktivism, Fia Backström är envist engagerad, Milou Allerholm, Dagens Nyheter, 05.12.07 Fia Backström skapar bilder och politik, Lina Wennersten, City, 05.04.07 Fia Backström kommer hem med sina experiment, Dagens Nyheter, 04.29.07 Mmmer i Sumpan, På Stan 05.03.07 Bäst just nu, Paul Steen, Nöjesguiden, April 2007 Just Kick It Till It Breaks, Miguel Amado, Artforum online Just Kick It Till It Breaks, exhibition catalog Holland Cotter, Who Needs Objects?, New York Times, 01.12.07, p E39 2006 Holland Cotter, Looking Back, White Columns Annual, New York Times, 12.03.06, p E32 Matthew Higgs, On the Ground New York, Artforum, December, 2006 p. 249-250 Fia Backström, Top 10, Artforum, November 2006 New York vs. London, Matthew Higgs & Ralph Rugoff, Modern Painter, September 2006 p.83 Holland Cotter, Where the Focus is Sharp, but the Categories Blurry, New York Times, 08.16.06, p.E1 Barbara Pollack, Bring the War Home, Time Out New York, August 3-9, 2006 p.68 Andrea K. Scott, OK Computer, Time Out New York, March 23-29, 2006 p.102 Maja Hammaren, What is Art? Interview, Paletten #262-63 Matt Keegan, Top 10, Artforum, February 2006, p.96 Roberta Smith, Who Needs a White Cube These Days, New York Times, 01.13.06, p. 1 Andrea K. Scott, The Best and Worst of 2005, Time Out New York, December 29, 2005 - January 4, 2006 2005 Matthew Brannon, The Artists Artist, Artfourm Decmeber 2005, p. 105 Maika Pollack, Trade at White Columns, Flash Art, May-June, 2005 Don't Miss, lesser new york, Time Out New York, April 7-13, 2005 Hall, Emily, None of the Above, ArtForum March 2005, p. 241 2004 Engstr–m, Ulrika K, Det slÂr gnistor om Skandinavien i Peking, Svenska Dagbladet, 10.26.04 Scandinavian Sparks, exhibition catalog 2 Don't Miss, Escapism - a viable political alternative, Time Out New York, August 5-12 2004 Jutta Koether, Ich Will Eine Stadtkünstlerin Sein, Texte Zur Kunst, Juni 2004 2003 Strömberg, Mikael, Konst för kroppens vemods-endorfiner, Aftonbladet, 16.05.03 Hebert, Niels, Botad eller förförd av Albinoni, Aftonbladet, 12.04.03 Wikström S, Smäktande sammansatt sorgesamt adagio, Gefle Dagblad 12.04.03 2002 POSH #1, whitneybiennial.com CD 2001 Tirana biennial, exhibition catalog Insider trading, exhibition catalog, apriori Group New York Style Guide, Up&Co, New York 1999 ArtLovers, exhibition catalog, Liverpool Biennial Celia Lyttleton, Art & Auction, September 15, 1999, p. 74 Marcia Fortes, Brazilian Vogue, September,1999 Celso Fioravante, Folha de Sao Paolo, September 24, 1999 1998 Se Tumba, exhibition catalog, Tumba Konsthall,Stockholm Sten, Aase, Lustfylld guidad tur, Mitt I Botkyrka Salem, 29.09.98 1996 Dahlqvist, Dennis, Spegel, spegel, Expressen, Stockholm, 19.06.96 TEACHING/LECTURES 2003-current Faculty School of Visual Arts, interactive media and digital imaging at the Photography Department 2008 Cooper Union, New York 2007 New York University, New York 2006 Bard Curatorial Studies, New York RISD Graduate, Artist Talk writings, Providence, RI Columbia University, Artist Talk, New York 2005 Columbia University, Round table discussion, Critical Issues, New York Konstfack Royal College of Arts and Crafts, Artist Talk SPECIFIC PIECES BY THE FOLLOWING ARTISTS HAVE BEEN INSERTED INTO THESE PROJECTS: 2007 Eco Art, Fortescue Avenue, London (Adam McEwen), the Kitchen, New York (Roe Ethridge, Kelley Waker) ART POLITIQUEMENT ENGAGÉ – POLITISCHE ENGAGIERT KÜNST, Sculpture Center, New York (Roe Ethridge, Eileen Quinlan) 2006 Interface in Your Face, Swiss Institute, New York, (Seth Price, Richard Phillips, Craig Kalpakjian, Mika Tajima, Fredrik Holmqvist) HERD INSTINCT 360°, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Greene-Naftali Gallery, New York (Olaf Breuning, Michael Taussig, Liam Gillick, Pia Lindman, Sylvere Lotringer, Jeremy Varon, Arthur Jafa, Johanna Billing, Luke Fowler, Corita Kent) 2005 lesser new york, a fia backstr–m project, New York (Matthew Brannon, Jutta Koether, Carissa Rodriquez/Gardar Eide-Einarsson, Matt Keegan, Jay Sanders, Rich Aldrich, Nate Lowman, Josh Smith, Reena Spaulings, Champion Fine Art, Seth Price, Peter Coffin, Ei Arakawa, Bettina Funcke, fia backström production, New Humans) 2004 Escapism - a viable political alternative, a fia backström project, Champion Fine Art, New York (Roe Etheridge, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Fredrik Söderberg, Jonas Nobel, Dan Torop) Blonde Revolution, a fia backström project, New York, and 798 Space, Beijing (Kelley Walker, Olav Westphalen, Bella Rune, Michelle Elzay, Chloe Piene, Annee Olofsen) Household Psychedelics, a fia backström production, New York (Gunilla Klingberg, Katarina Löfström, Peter Coffin, Justin Lowe, Karl Holmqvist) 2003 Socialism a love letter, a fia backström production, New York (Mai-thu Perret, Drew Heitzler, Arthur Jaffa, Sweden Graphics, Johanna Billing) one million people including satellite suburbs, a fia backström production, New York (Tobias Bernstrup, Heidrun Holzfeind, Jonathan Calm, Markus Degerman, Jakob Kolding) I'm afraid of everything, a fia backström production, New York (Matthew Brannon, Christine Ödlund, Jose-Leon Cerrillo, Johan Thurfjell) STIPENDS AND GRANTS 2008 IASPIS Project Grant 2007 IASPIS International Cultural Exchange 2003 Helge Ax:son Johnson Travel Grant 2001 IASPIS International Cultural Exchange Sleipnir 2000 IASPIS International Cultural Exchange |