Education
Gerlesborgsskolan, Stockholm 1977–1979
Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm 1981–1987
Idé- och lärdomshistoria / History of Ideas and Learning, Uppsala University 2008
Aesthetic-Based Qualitative Research, Stockholm University 2009
Teorier, metoder och praktiker / Theories, Methods and Practices, Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm 2009–2010
Helighetens bilder / the Images of Holiness, Konstfack, Stockholm 2011
Konstnärliga forskningsprocesser / Artistic Research Processes, Konstfack, Stockholm 2012
Studies in Practical Knowledge, Södertörn University, Stockholm 2013–2016
(Master thesis: Thinking Practises; the Artwork Reconstituted as Essay)
Project year at the Graphic department of the Royal Institute of Art 2014–2015
Exhibitions (selected)
utställningen och livet / the Exhibition and Life, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm 1986
Konstföreställningar / Art Notions, (group show, video), Kulturhuset Stockholm 1987
Titta Titta / Look Look, Wadköpings Konsthall, Örebro 1988
Du / You, Nationalgalleriet, Stockholm 1991
I korsvägen / In the Crossroads, Galleri Gröna Paletten, Stockholm 1996
¿Vad hur? / ¿What How? Nationalgalleriet, Stockholm 2004
mörkerkälla / darksource, Galleri Kretsen, Södertälje 2004
Participating artist/curator at Supermarket Art Fair 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Curator at Bland andra / Among others (group show), Galleri Kretsen, Södertälje 2010
Konstnärliga forskningsprocesser / Artistic Research Processes (group show), Konstnärshuset Stockholm 2012
Contemporary Art from Sweden (group show), Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama and the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo 2012
Wave from Sweden (group show), Niigata University 2013
Commissions
Colour design and interior painting for preschools, schools and private commissioners from 1991.
Coordinator for the Nomadic University for Art, Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe (NUrope), 2010-2012.
Based at Åbo Akademi Business School, the NUrope project set out to investigate the dynamics of art, enterprise and social development in a series of distinctly contextualized dialogue fora. Thirteen cities – among them Åbo/Turku, Kassel, Ljubljana, Istanbul, Zadar, Kyiv and Lviv – hosted week-long seminars in the course of five years. I joined the project in 2007, and was appointed coordinator for the two final years.
Public commission terrastella for the European Cultural Capital Year in Åbo/Turku 2011.
Board member/chairperson at Art Lab Gnesta – a self-organizing contemporary art initiative in Swedish rural village Gnesta – from the opening in 2011 to July 2014.
Being Art Lab Gnesta’s chairperson 2012-2014, I curated exhibitions as well as a school project on upcycling fashion; directed the Green Lab project (highlighting sustainability in artistic materials and methods) and initiated the Art Lab Gnesta/Research network.
www.artlabgnesta.se
www.artlabgnesta.se/2013/10/18/3163/
www.artlabgnesta.se/projekt/green-lab/materialguide/
Artist/curator at Supermarket Art Fair 2009 and 2010 (NUrope), 2012 and 2013 (Art Lab Gnesta).
Art Lab Gnesta @ Supermarket 2013
Hör mer om ALG/R på Supermarket 2013
Riksutställningar @ Supermarket 2013: Helena Hildur W.
Artist at immersive theatre project Satan’s Democracy, Stockholm 2015–2018
As one of 120+ artists, I contributed to “Sweden’s largest art and theatre event” – the trilogy Satan’s Democracy (2015), Satan’s Delirium (2016) and Satan’s Death (2017).
Residency developer/artist at Långsjö teater (Gnesta, Sweden) 2016–2017
Public commission Stjärnvägar / Star Roads at Igelsta primary school (Södertälje, Sweden) 2018
Artist/curator at Ljudtornet and sound/art festival ANTENN (Gnesta, Sweden) 2018–
ANTENN 2018
ANTENN 2019
Art’s Birthday@Watertower 2020
ANTENN 2020
Project coordinator/curator at KonstFunk “outsider art” project, Södertälje 2020
for the Enrichment of Society I
for the Enrichment of Society II
For the Enrichment of Society III
Workshops / Courses
Teaching art, Swedish language and literature, and History of Culture and Ideas at Solvikskolan secondary school (Järna/Södertälje, Sweden) 1996–2000.
Workshops and courses commissioned by the municipality of Södertälje, Vårdinge By folkhögskola (adult education in arts & crafts), HDK (Academy of Design and Crafts at the University of Gothenburg), KRO (the Swedish Artists’ National Organization), Kulturforum Järna, Studieförbundet Ibn Rushd, Titanik Gallery (Åbo/Turku, Finland) and others.
Network
Member of KRO/KIF, Svenska Konstnärers Förening and SACER (the Swedish Association for Contemplation in Higher Education and Research).
