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
– thesis: To care in a peculiar way
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
– thesis Om varseblivning av kvalitet i gestaltande processer: del 1, en individuell process
Studies in Practical Knowledge, Södertörn University (Stockholm) 2013–2016
– thesis (advanced level) 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, Sweden) 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, Sweden) 2004
Utställningen och Livet (en omprövning) / the Exhibition and Life (reconsidered) (Stockholm) 2022

Konstnärliga forskningsprocesser / Artistic Research Processes (group show), Konstnärshuset (Stockholm) 2012
Contemporary Art from Sweden (group show), Red Brick Warehouse (Yokohama, Japan) and the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo 2012
Wave from Sweden (group show), Niigata University (Niigata, Japan) 2013
Imago Mundi (book project and group show), Fondazione Cini (Venice, Italy) 2015
Art in the Garden (group show), Sankeien Garden (Yokohama, Japan) 2021

Participating artist/curator at Supermarket Art Fair in Stockholm
– for NUrope 2009, 2010
– for Art Lab Gnesta/Research 2012, 2013
Helena Hildur@Supermarket 2013
Agnieszka Knap@Supermarket 2013
Arne Widman@Supermarket 2013
Auli Laitinen@Supermarket 2013
Ivar Sviestins@Supermarket 2013
Madeleine Aleman@Supermarket 2013

Public & private commissions, art projects and curating

Colour design and beeswax painting for preschools, schools and private commissioners from 1991

Public commission terrastella for the European Cultural Capital Year (Åbo/Turku, Finland) 2011
Public commission Stjärnvägar / Star Roads at Igelsta primary school (Södertälje, Sweden) 2018

Artist at immersive theatre project Satan’s Democracy (Nacka, 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)

Curator and artist at Bland andra / Among others “outsider art” exhibition, Galleri Kretsen (Södertälje, Sweden) 2010
Curator and project coordinator at KonstFunk “outsider art” project  (Södertälje, Sweden) 2020
for the Enrichment of Society I
for the Enrichment of Society II
For the Enrichment of Society III

Curator and artist at Ljudtornet and sound/art festival ANTENN (Gnesta, Sweden) 2018–
ANTENN 2018
ANTENN 2019
Art’s Birthday@Watertower 2020
ANTENN 2020
Art’s Birthday@Watertower 2021

Art’s Birthday Artist in Residence at Ljudtornet (Gnesta, Sweden) 2022
Art’s Birthday 2022 Bilder från Nysund / New Sound Images

Other commissions

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 locally 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.

Chairperson / board member / project leader / artist at Art Lab Gnesta – a self-organizing contemporary art initiative in rural village Gnesta (Sweden) – from the opening in October 2011 to July 2014.
As Art Lab Gnesta’s chairperson 2012-2014, I carried out multiple tasks; among those, contributing to exhibitions, directing the Green Lab project (highlighting sustainability in artistic methods and materials), curating a school project on upcycling fashion, and initiating the Art Lab Gnesta/Research network.
Art Lab Gnesta@Venice Biennale 2012
Riksutställningar at Supermarket 2013 – Helena Hildur W.
Grönt ljus på konsten
Green Lab

Workshops / Courses

Teaching art, Swedish language and literature, and History of Culture and Ideas at Solvikskolan secondary school (Järna, Sweden) 1996–2000

Workshops and courses commissioned by the municipality of Södertälje, Vårdinge 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 2002–

Network

Member of KRO/KIF, Svenska Konstnärers Förening and SACER (the Swedish Association for Contemplation in Higher Education and Research)