1. CV Pontus Kyander
Summary:
• Position history: Museum Director, Lecturer, Professor, Curator, Art critic (AICA member), Writer
(member of Författarförbundet/The Swedish Writers’ Union), Fil. Lic. in Art History, TV
producer/filmmaker.
•1994-2007 art critic for Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmö, Sweden.
• 2008-2009 Public Art Manager, Auckland City Council, New Zealand.
• 2010-2011 Director at SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway.
• 2011-2014 Director at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway.
• 2008 Guest Professor at the Fine Arts Department, Ewha University, Seoul.
• 2002-2003 editor-in-chief for the TV program SVT BILDJOURNALEN at Swedish Television.
• 2004-2005 editor-in-chief (and initiator) for the TV program SVT FORMAT at Swedish Television.
• Curator of the exhibitions (selection): Nature of Man (1998), Waterfront (2000), sur face (2001),
Dagr (2002), Ernesto Neto (2002), Overlap (2002), From Dust to Dusk (2003), Parallel Realities
(2004), Seoul: Until Now! (2005), Gustav Metzger, work (2006-2007), Super Structures (2007-2008),
Domestic Affairs (2008-2009), Entr’acte (2009). Screaming from the Mountain (2011), Sammen
(2012), Lips Painted Red (2013). João Penalva (2014). Act or Perish! Gustav Metzger – a
Retrospective (2015). See details below.
Born 1959 in Tampere, Finland.
Finnish and Swedish citizen.
Languages: Swedish, English (fluently, written and spoken), Finnish (less fluently), German, French.
Full understanding of and competence in Danish and Norwegian.
Academic merits (selection):
1988 Fil. Kand. (BA), Lund University, Sweden (Literature, History of Ideas, Finnish)
1993 Fil. Lic. in Art History, Lund University
1992-94 Member of the board of Skissernas Museum (A museum of public art), Lund.
1994-1998 Lecturer at Lund University, Dep. of Cultural Science and Dep. of Art History.
Dissertation for Ph D still in progress.
1993 Lecture/paper at international Inter Art Conference, Skissernas Museum, Lund
University, Sweden.
1994 Lecture/paper at AICA conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina on narrativity in art.
2002 Lectures at Bergen Art Academy, Norway.
2006 Lectures at Ewha University, Seoul on crossovers between art and design.
2006 Lectures at Malmö University, K 3 on art critique and on experimental TV production.
2008 Guest professor at The Fine Arts Department, EWHA University, Seoul Korea, February-
July 2008.
2008 Lectures at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
2009 Lectures at Auckland Architecture Association, New Zealand.
2009 Lectures at One-Day Sculpture, Academic Symposium on Public Art.
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2014 Peer review of doctoral project, Trondheim Art Academy, Norway.
2014 Peer review of MA projects, Trondheim Art Academy, Norway.
2014 Peer review/critique for academy MA student’s exhibition ValoKuva II at Finnish
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki.
2014 Public conversation with filmmaker Oeke Hoogendijk at Architecture film Festival,
Lund.
2014 Lecture/paper at The Museum as Workshop, International Symposium, Centraal
Museum, Utrecht.
2014 – Lecturer at The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki.
Employments:
1994-2007 Art Critic at Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Sweden (freelance, but 50-100% engagement).
1996-2002 Producer/film maker of international contemporary art features for SVT, Swedish TV
(free-lance, 50% contracts).
2002-2003 Editor-in-chief, Bildjournalen, SVT, Swedish Television (full time).
2005-2005 Editor-in-chief, Format, SVT, Swedish Television (full time).
2008-2009 Public Art Manager, Auckland City Council, New Zealand.
2010-2011 Director at SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
2011-2014 Director at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway.
2014 - Lecturer at The Finnish Fine Arts Academy, Helsinki, Finland.
2015 One year, full time artists grant to write art critique from the Finnish State (the only art
critic to receive an artist/writer’s grant).
2005- Board member of Holger och Barbro Bäckströms stipendiefond.
2012-2014 Interim board member of Trondheim kunsthall during the process resulting in its
establishment in 2014 (building to be opened in 2016).
2015 Jury member of The International Teletext Art Festival.
Other merits, chronologically (selection):
1994 - Art Critic at Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Malmö.
Contributes to various newspapers and art magazines in Scandinavia (Taide, Konstperspektiv, Material,
etc). Editorial member of the art magazine Heterogénesis.
1995 AICA member (International Association of Art Critics).
1996 - Starts contributing international artist’s portraits to SVT (Public Swedish Television),
Bildjournalen. Chief editor for the program during its last seasons 2003-2004.
1997-98 Editorial member of Konstperspektiv, the largest art magazine in Scandinavia.
1998 Curates exhibition Nature of Man at Lund Konsthall, Sweden
Involving Tom Claassen (NL), Margarita Gluzberg (GB), Suchan Kinoshita (NL), Tracey Moffatt
(Australia), Robert Moreau (Swe), Mariele Neudecker (GB), and Jake de Vos (NL).
More than 36 000 visitors, reviewed in most major Swedish papers. Catalogue.
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2000 Curates exhibition Waterfront in Helsingborg (Sweden) and Elsinore (Denmark).
Involving 23 artists, among them Nedko Solakov, Jimmie Durham, Cho Duck-Hyun, KimYoung-Jin,
Zhang Huan, Francis Alÿs, Mariele Neudecker, Margarita Gluzberg, Tom Claassen, A K Dolven, Maaria
Wirkkala, Knut Åsdam, Carlos Garaicoa, Elina Brotherus, Ann Lislegaard, Avish Khebrezadeh. The show
took place in various buildings and public spaces in the both cities and the ferries connecting them. Part of
the cultural biennial ”Kulturbro 2000” in Sweden/Denmark. Catalogue.
2001 Curates exhibition sur face at Lund Konsthall, Sweden
Involving 14 international and Swedish artists: Chris Cunningham, Gary Hume, Yayoi Kusama,
Ernesto Neto, Fanni Niemi-Junkola, Pipilotti Rist, Blaise Reuterswärd, Nina Roos, David
Svensson, Marcia Thompson, Laureana Toledo, Francesco Vezzoli, Per Wizén, Miyon Yoon.
45 000 visitors. Reviewed in most major Swedish papers. Catalogue.
2002 Curates exhibition Dagr with young Norwegian artists at Caixa Galicia,
Santiago de Compostela, Spain, May 8-28.
Curates Ernesto Neto: Passing Time, Passing Space at Århus Kunstbygning,
Århus, Denmark. Catalogue.
Curates exhibition Overlap with Marcia Thompson and Marcelo Krasilcic at
Aarhus Kunstbygning. Catalogue.
2003 Curates exhibition From Dust to Dusk (Oct 30-Dec 7) at Charlottenborg
Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen. Includes artists GaiaAlessi/Richard Bradbury, Christine
Borland, Peter Ravn Callesen, Nina Fischer/Maroan El Sani, Rodney Graham, Shirazeh
Houshiary, Avish Khebrehzadeh, Henrietta Lehtonen, , Ernesto Neto, Mariele Neudecker,
Rivane Neuenschwander, Cornelia Parker, Libia Perez de Soles de Catro/Olafur Arni Olafsson,
Anna Nordquist Andersson, Bill Viola, Marko Vuokola, Haegue Yang, Carey Young.
Catalogue.
2004 Curates exhibition Parallel Realities, consisting of around 20 video works by
contemporary Nordic artists presented on five screens at EWHA Women’s
University campus, Seoul, Korea in May. Leaflet (Korean only).
2005 Curates exhibition Seoul: Until Now! (w. Jiyoon Lee). A presentation of 24
artists, Korean and other nationalities, working in Seoul, at Charlottenborg
Exhibition Space, Copenhagen. Catalogue.
Initiates and is responsible for editing the contemporary art program FORMAT
at SVT (Public Swedish TV).
2006 Curates exhibition Gustav Metzger, work at Lund Konsthall, the most extensive
exhibition to date of Mr Metzger’s oeuvre, including his projects for Cubitt and
Kunsthalle Basel, the final realisation of his work Karba for the 1972
Documenta and new models for his project Stockholm June. Very strong critical
and public response. Catalogue in collaboration with magazine Res Publica, in
Swedish only.
2007 Exhibition Gustav Metzger, work travels to Zacheta Gallery, Warszaw.
Catalogue in Polish only.
Invited co-curator for exhibition Bra Konst! at Vikingsberg Konsthall,
Helsingborg. Catalogue in Swedish.
Invited co-curator for exhibition Oh, My God! at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium,
Norway. Catalogue in Norwegian/English.
A Night of Finnish Frenzy. Screening of recent video works from Finland, in
collaboration with albb, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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2008 Project Super Structures public art project in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (in
coll. With albb, Ho Chi Minh City). Catalogue in English/Vietnamese.
Curates Domestic Affairs. Five Artists from Hong Kong at Galleri 21, Malmö.
2009 Curates the international public art event Living Room 09: My Home Is Where
My Heart Is in Auckland, New Zealand.
Performance based, with artists Aki Sasamoto (US/Japan), Cho Duck-Hyun (Korea), Gaia Alessi
& Richard Bradbury (Italy/UK), Emil Goh (Malaysia/Australia), Wen Yau (Hong Kong),
Auckland Complaints Choir, Shigeyuki Kihara (Samoa/NZ), Peter Takapuna (NZ), Spoken word
event and seminar (in collaboration with British Council). Extensice film/video programme.
2009 Curates exhibition Entr’acte, Kukje Gallery, Seoul Korea. With Kaspar Bonnén,
Elmgreen & Dragset, Ann Lislegaard, Marko Vuokola, Per Wizén. Booklet in
English and Korean.
Curates Domestic Affairs. Six Artists from Malmö, Sweden at 1a Artspace,
Hong Kong. Collaboration with G. Green, Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden.
2010 Curates Living Room 2010: A Week of Goodness. Auckland, New Zealand. The
event was based on collaborations between artists and choreographers in public
space in central Auckland city.
Curates A K Dolven, The Day the Sky Became My Ground, SKMU Sørlandets
Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway. Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Tom Claassen, Onnimals, at SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum,
Kristiansand, Norway. Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Sara MacKillop at SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway. Pamphlet
in English and Norwegian.
2011 Curates Eija-Liisa Ahtila: Where is Where at SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum,
Norway. Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Screaming from the Mountain. Landscapes and Viewpoints.
An exhibition approaching the romantic landscape tradition through the works of about 80 artists
including Isaac Julien, Cornelia Parker, Mariele Neudecker, Job Koolewijn, August Strindberg,
C F Hill, Marko Vuokola, Elina Brotherus, Adel Abidin, João Penalva, Karen Kilimnik.
Supported by Frame, Oca, Nordisk Kulturfond, Kulturkontakt Nord, etc.
2012 Curates Sammen/Together. An exhibition examining human communality
beyond nationality, ethnicity and religion.
Artists Sanna Kannisto, Preben Holst, Company (Helsinki), Sergey Bratkov, A K Dolven,
YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Henrietta Lehtonen, Leif Holmstrand, Nina
Fischer & Maroan el Sani, Adrian Paci, Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen, Rivane
Neuenschwander, Ernesto Neto. Supported by Nordisk Kulturfond and Frame.
Curates Francisco de Goya: Lose desastres de la Guerra at Trondheim
Kunstmuseum, Norway. Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Gerhard Nordström: Anti-Militaristc Images at Trondheim
Kunstmuseum (collaboration with Malmö Konsthall, Sweden). Exhibition
pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Marko Vuokola at Trondheim Kunstmuseum. Book in English and
Norwegian.
Curates Ole Sjølie at Trondheim kunstmuseum. This is the only extensive
exhibition ever made with one of Norway’s foremost 20th
century painters. Book
in Norwegian and English.
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Curates Sten Are Sandbeck: Fashion Ghosts at Trondheim Kunstmuseum. Book
in English and Norwegian.
Curates Cecilia Westerberg: Atlas of Large and Small Observations at
Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Eemyung Kang: Fungalland and the stranded Mother Whale at
Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. Book in English and Norwegian.
2013 Curates Lips Painted Red. Strategies to Create and Maintain Female Identities.
Exhibition including artists Kutlug Ataman, Claude Cahun, AK Dolven, Rune Eraker, Parker Ito,
Sanja Ivekovic, Shigeyuki Kihara, Nkule Mabaso, Anna Nordquist-Andersson, Lasse
Persson/Lisa Thulin, Mari Sanden, Penelope Slinger, Christer Strömholm, Vibeke Tandberg,
Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Nadja Bournonville, Jenny Grönvall, Else Marie Hagen, Lisa
Jonasson, Leigh Ledare, Hye Rim Lee, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Heli Rekula and Karianne
Stensland. Book to be published in English and Norwegian.
Curates Teresa Burga at Trondheim kunstmuseum. Included in book for Lips
Painted Red. English and Norwegian.
Curates Mariele Neudecker: Hinterland at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway.
Book in English and Norwegian.
Curates Berit Lindfeldt at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. Exhibition
pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Susanne Gottberg at Trondheim Kunstmuseum (w. Merete Hovdenak.
Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates John Murphy: Of Voyages, Of Other Places (with Jon Arild Johansen).
Artist’s book with essay in English.
Curates The Dance Around the Golden Calf/Dansen runt Gullkalven at
Trondheim Kunstmuseum. Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
2014 Curates Adrian Paci: The Column at Trondheim Kunstmuseum.
Co-production with Jeu de Paume, Paris, and other international partners. Book produced by Jeu
de Paume. Pamphlet in English and Norwegian.
Curates Derek Jarman: Black Paintings at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway.
Curates Alida Rodrigues at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. Pamphlet in
English and Norwegian.
Curates João Penalva at Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. Artists book with
essay in English and Norwegian.
2015 Act or Perish! Gustav Metzger – a retrospective, at CoCa Center for
Contemporary Art, Torun, Poland Oslo Kunsthall and Knstnernes Hus, Oslo,
Norway.
General curator with Director Dobrila Denegri, CoCA Torun. With extended curatorial team.
Book and conferences, English.
Curator of Public Paper. A project in public space with students from Praxis –
Curatorial Studies and art students from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts,
Helsinki. Pamphlet in Finnish.
2015-2016 Curator of Neomylodon Listai wit artist Axel Straschnoy. Curator and catalogue
editor. The exhibition is premiered at HIAP, Sveaborg, Helsinki, travels to
Evolutionsmuseet, Uppsala, Malmö museer, and museums of Natural History in
Chile and Argentina. Book in English and Spanish.
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Books and catalogues:
(Titles including translations/summaries in English or other general languages are written in
bold.)
1989 Ossian Elgström. Bilder fran Västgrönland. Kulturperspektiv 6. Exhibition
catalogue for The Peoples Museum, Stockholm.
1992 Myter och manniskor. Grönland i Ossian Elgströms konst. Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik
Swedish text. Book commissioned by NAPA, The Nordic Institute in Greenland.
1995 Trevor Gould: ”African English Pavilion”. Jardin Botanique de
Johannesburg. Exhibition catalogue for Canadian artist Trevor Gould at the
Johannesburg Biennial 1995. Texts in English and French (also by Louis
Cummins, Trevor Gould and Beate Ermacora).
1998 Nature of Man. Lunds Konsthall, Sweden. text in Swedish and English.
Tom Claasen. Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam. Text in Dutch and English.
Jonas Theselius. Lunds Konsthall, Sweden. Text in Swedish.
Sommarskulpturen II. Museum Anna Nordlander, Skelleftea, Sweden.
Individual essays on 10 female Nordic artists. Text in Swedish.
Hanna Stahle. Text in Swedish.
1999 K G Nilson. Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm (text also by Professor Ulf
Linde). English Summary.
Freddy Fraek. Lunds Konsthall, Sweden. English and Swedish.
Freddy Fraek. Galerie Denise René, Paris. Text in French.
Vandraren. Lunds Konsthall. Texts in poetry and fiction, Swedish.
2000 Transitions. 10 Finnish Sculptors. Exhibition catalogue for Konstmuseet,
Malmo and Kunsthalle Rostock. Texts on artists Jan-Erik Andersson, Pekka
Jylha, Jaakko Niemela, Jukka Vikberg. Text in English.
Waterfront. Exhibition catalogue. Helsingborg-Helsingør. Part of the biennial
Kulturbro 2000. Text in English, Swedish and Danish.
2001 Maaria Wirkkala. Forskarcellerna. Catalogue for a public work by the Finnish
artist Maaria Wirkkala at Center for Biomedicine in Lund, Sweden. The
Swedish Public Art Council (Statens Konstråd). Texts in Swedish and English
(also by Timo Valjakka and Bo Carpelan).
Konsten i Västra Hamnen. Catalogue documenting public art projects in the
new city district Vastra Hamnen in Malmo. Commission by The Swedish Public
Art Council (Statens Konstrad). Text in Swedish and English.
sur face. Exhibition catalogue. Lunds Konsthall, Sweden. Swedish and English.
New European Artists. Ed. by E Lucie-Smith. Essay on Swedish artist Per
Wizén. Various contributors/art critics from most of Europe. English.
Rött. Photos by Albert Wiking. Essay by Pontus Kyander. Text in Swedish.
Nedko Solakov. Chat. Catalogue for IASPIS-exhibition, Stockholm. Text in
English.
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Statens Konstråds Årsskrift nr 30, 2001 (Yearbook of the Swedish Public Art
Council). Texts on public works by Maaria Wirkkala and Anders Soidre. Text in
Swedish.
2002 Ernesto Neto: Passing Time, Passing Space. Aarhus Kunstbygning, Denmark.
Text in English and Danish.
Overlap. Marcelo Krasilcic, Marcia Thompson. Aarhus Kunstbygning. Text in
English and Danish.
Greyscale. Essay for artist Per Wizén in group show ”Greyscale” in Glasgow,
Scotland. Text in English.
Black Box. Jaakko Niemela. Waino Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finland. Text in
English, Swedish and Finnish.
Norwegian Encyclopedia. Catalogue for ”Dagr. Young Artists from Norway”.
Caixa de Galicia/CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (texts by artists,
curator and others in various languages). English/Spanish translations.
Edited/curated by PK (compiled but not printed).
2003 Platform 7. Essay for exhibition catalogue at Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall,
Copenhagen. Text in Swedish and English.
”Betongmannen/Concrete Man. Libretto to an Opera Concrête in four
scenes” in Messengers of Abraham. Exhibition catalogue for artist Stefan
Lundgren. Lunds Konsthall. Text in Swedish and English.
Statens Konstråds Årsskrift nr 30, 2002 (Yearbook of the Swedish Public Art
Council). Essay on public art works by Tony Cragg, A K Dolven and Mikael
Pauli. Text in Swedish and English.
From Dust to Dusk. Editor and main contributor (other writers Charles Esche,
Inger Christensen, Strindberg, Anders Piltz, Sappho, Ann Carson).
Charlottenborg, Copenhagen. Texts in Danish and English.
2004 Olo Group, exhibition text for Helsinki based artist group, for sculpture
Biennale in Latvia. English.
Sture Johannesson. Counterclockwise Circumambulation. Contributions
also by Lars Bang Larse, Torsten Weimarck m fl. Lunds Konsthall. Swedish.
Pot. Not Pot. Texts for artist’s book by Sture Johannesson. Swedish.
Forskning Reflektion Utveckling. Högskolans konstnärliga institutioner och
vägvalet inför framtiden. Rapport från ett seminarium. Publication from panel
discussion led by Carl Henrik Svenstedt. Swedish only.
2005 Tusenfryd. Essay for exhibition catalogue (cur. Göran Green) at Vestfossen
Kunstlaboratorium. Norwegian and English.
Seoul: Until Now! City and Scene. Editor and contributor together with Jiyoon
Lee. Various writers. Charlottenborg, Copenhagen. Danish and English.
Cecilie Dahl. Clothes For a Summer Hotel. Essay for Norwegian artist Cecilie
Dahl. English.
U-design. Essay on exoticism in art and ways to get around it, in book about
design as foreign aid. Editor Salka Hallström Bornold. Swedish.
2006 Peter Callesen. Catalogue text for Danish artist, published by Emily Tsingou
Gallery. 2006. English.
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Edstrandska priset/The Edstrand Art Award. Editor/writer. Swedish and
English.
Carina Zunino. The Chrystal Land. Catalogue essay in English.
Peter Johansson. Texts also by Mats B. and Lisbet Lindeborg, Stockholm.
Swedish and English.
Charlotte von Poehl. The Notepiece. The Henry Moore Institute, Leeds.
English.
2007 Destruktion/Gustav Metzger. Co-editor and contributor for special issue of
Swedish magazine Res Publica. Swedish.
Berit Lindfeldt. Lilla Sömnen. Essay (text also by Marie Lundquist).
Swedish/English.
Gitte Winter. Catalogue essay in English for exhibition in China.
Statens Konstråds Årsskrift nr 35, 2006 (Yearbook of the Swedish Public Art
Council). Texts on public works Tom Bogaard and Stina Ekman. Text in
Swedish/English.
2008 Darkness of the Heart. Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen. Essay for the exhibition
catalogue Danskjävlar - a Swedish Declaration of Love, Kunsthal
Charlottenborg (group show). Text in English and Danish.
Statens Konstråds Årsskrift nr 37, 2007 (Yearbook of the Swedish Public Art
Council). Texts on a public work by Berit Lindfeldt. Text in Swedish/English.
Marko Vuokola. Text in English. Galerie Anhava, Helsinki.
Cho Duck Hyun. Catalogue text in English and Korean. Kukje Gallery, Seoul.
Jongmok Lee. Essay for exhibition folder. Artside Gallery, Seoul. Text in
English/Korean.
Sinae Kim. Essay for artist in residency, Ssamzie Space, Seoul. Text in English
and Korean.
John E Franzén. Text for exhibition at Gallery Brandström & Stene,
Stockholm. Text in English and Swedish.
2009 Super Structures. Essay for book documenting project in Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam (co-curated and co-edited with Sue Hajdu). Texts in English and
Vietnamese.
Domestic Affairs. Editor and catalogue essay for exhibition catalogue (co-
curated with Göran Green). Exchange project between Malmö, Sweden, and
Hong Kong, China. Text in English.
2010 A K Dolven. Shining light. Sabina Westerholm, ed., Text by Pontus Kyander,
Galleri Elverket, Eknäs, Finland. Swedish/English.
2011 Tapio Wirkkala. Essay for catalogue, SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum,
Norway, and Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark. Norw./Danish/English.
2012 Marko Vuokola. Trondheim Kunstmuseum. Preface and essay in English and
Norwegian.
2013 Sten Are Sandbeck. Book project in collaboration with the artist. English and
Norwegian.
Axel Straschnoy. Text project for permanent installation at the library in
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Atheneum, Helsinki. English.
Mika Taanila. Licking Frogs in the Dark. Catalogue essay for Kiasma,
Trondheim Kunstmuseum a.o. venues. English and Finnish.
Andreas Eriksson. Essay for book accompanying his exhibition at Bonniers
Kunsthall, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Reykjavik Art Museum, a o. English.
2014 João Penalva. Essay for artist’s book accompanying the exhibition at
Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. English and Norwegian.
Lips Painted Red. Strategies to Create and Maintain Female Identities. Chief
editor and curator’s preface. Catalogue for exhibition at Trondheim
Kunstmuseum, Norway. Museene I Sør-Trøndelag’s Publication Series Nr 3.
Text in English and Norwegian.
2015 Axel Straschnoy. Neomylodon Listai. Book on artistic project, traveling to
Finland, Sweden, Argentina and Chile. English and Spanish.
To be completed (titles missing).
A full list of articles in newspapers or magazines cannot be provided. They are estimated to be 900-1000
individual reviews and general articles on mainly contemporary art.
For the Swedish Television (SVT), approx. 80 short documentaries etc. were produced by me 1996-2005, most
of them contemporary artist’s portraits (Pipilotti Rist, William Kentridge, Willem Boshoff, Jõao Penalva, Suchan
Kinoshita, Fernanda Gomes, Ernesto Neto, Mariele Neudecker, Paul McCarthy, Margarita Gluzberg, Joep van
Lieshout, Tom Claassen, Cho Duck-hyun, Yayoi Kusama, Lee Bul, Erwin Wurm, etc). Others are reports from
art events and features on the situation on the global art scene. 2003 to 2005 I was the editor in chief and
responsible for selecting and commissioning all content in the consecutive programs Bildjournalen (2003-2004)
and Format (2005). I was also mainly responsible for the refurbished format of the former programme, and the
totally new format for the latter. Format was selected as the ”Best Media” by the magazine Nöjesguiden in 2005.
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Atheneum, Helsinki. English.
Mika Taanila. Licking Frogs in the Dark. Catalogue essay for Kiasma,
Trondheim Kunstmuseum a.o. venues. English and Finnish.
Andreas Eriksson. Essay for book accompanying his exhibition at Bonniers
Kunsthall, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Reykjavik Art Museum, a o. English.
2014 João Penalva. Essay for artist’s book accompanying the exhibition at
Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. English and Norwegian.
Lips Painted Red. Strategies to Create and Maintain Female Identities. Chief
editor and curator’s preface. Catalogue for exhibition at Trondheim
Kunstmuseum, Norway. Museene I Sør-Trøndelag’s Publication Series Nr 3.
Text in English and Norwegian.
2015 Axel Straschnoy. Neomylodon Listai. Book on artistic project, traveling to
Finland, Sweden, Argentina and Chile. English and Spanish.
To be completed (titles missing).
A full list of articles in newspapers or magazines cannot be provided. They are estimated to be 900-1000
individual reviews and general articles on mainly contemporary art.
For the Swedish Television (SVT), approx. 80 short documentaries etc. were produced by me 1996-2005, most
of them contemporary artist’s portraits (Pipilotti Rist, William Kentridge, Willem Boshoff, Jõao Penalva, Suchan
Kinoshita, Fernanda Gomes, Ernesto Neto, Mariele Neudecker, Paul McCarthy, Margarita Gluzberg, Joep van
Lieshout, Tom Claassen, Cho Duck-hyun, Yayoi Kusama, Lee Bul, Erwin Wurm, etc). Others are reports from
art events and features on the situation on the global art scene. 2003 to 2005 I was the editor in chief and
responsible for selecting and commissioning all content in the consecutive programs Bildjournalen (2003-2004)
and Format (2005). I was also mainly responsible for the refurbished format of the former programme, and the
totally new format for the latter. Format was selected as the ”Best Media” by the magazine Nöjesguiden in 2005.
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