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MIRIAM BÄCKSTRÖM 1967 Born in Stockholm, Sweden Lives in Stockholm, Sweden EDUCATION 1994-98 The Academy of Photography, Konstfack (University College of Arts, Crafts and Design), Stockholm. 1988-89 Arts History, University of Stockholm SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) 2006 Nils Stærk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen Centre de la Photographie, Genève, CH in collaboration with Carsten Höller 2005 Amplified Pavilion, Nordic Pavillion, 51st Venice Biennial, (representing Sweden w/ Carsten Höller) Venice, curated by Åsa Nanking Betraktaren/The Viewer, Elba Benítez Galería, Madrid 2004 Rebecka and Estate of a Deceased Person , Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris Rebecka , IASPIS, Stockholm Rebecka , Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel Unidentified Objects, Värmlands Konstmuseum, Karlstad 2003 Apartments II , Nordenhake, Stockholm 2002 “Rebecka”, Museum für Gegenwarkunst, Basilea Centro de Arte de Salamanca Raucci/Santamaria Gallery, Napoles Sölvberget Gallery, Stavanger 2001 Apartments , Nils Stærk, Copenhagen FRAC - Fonds régional d’art contemporain, Dunkerque Saltarvet, Fiskebäckskil 2000 National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik Sprengel Museum, Hannover ICA, London 1999 Almut Gerber-Kunst-GMBH, Colonia Ludwig Múzeum, Budapest Museer, samlinger og rekonstruktioner /"Museums, Collections and Reconstructions", Moderna Museet Projekt, Stockholm Miriam Bäckström , Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark; Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark; Boras Konstmuseum Dödsbo /Estate of a Deceased Person, Galleri Larsen, Stockholm GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED) 2005 Romance, Cristina Guerra Galería, Lisbon Shadow Play, Kunsthallen Brants Klaedefabrik, Odense, Kunsthalle Zu Kiel “More! Than This”, Gothenburg Biennial 2005, Gothenburg Nordic Pavillion, La Biennale di Venezia (Representing Sweden w/ Carsten Höller, 2005) Rebecka, the 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam Colección Telefónica, MARCO - Musée de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo 2004 Delayed on Time , Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb Edstranska Stiftelsen , Malmö Konsthal, Malmö Memento , Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala Drawn by Reality - Encapsulated in Life , Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburg Instabilt , Kulturhuset, Stockholm Zorn and Nordic Contemporary Art , Arken Museum of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen Empty Cinemas - Open Narratives , Appendiks, Copenhagen The Violence of Tone , curated by Anders Kreuger, W139, Amsterdam This Much is Certa in, Royal College of Art, London No More Reality , curated by Jesper N. Jørgensen, Nils Stærk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen Carnaval , project with Carsten Höller, curated by Alfons Hug, Centro Cultural Banco Do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro Story, Myth, Dream , National Gallery (Statens Museum for Kunst, Børnemuseet), Copenhagen Rebecka, 42 min., Swedish language with subtitles (English, French, Croatian). Produced by Miriam Bäckström, post production by Timo Menke, Stockholm. Presented a.o. at Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, CH, W139, Amsterdam, Royal College of Art, London, Centre Culturel Suedoise,Paris, IASPIS, Stockholm, the 34th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2003 From the Utopia Station , project with Carsten Höller, Haus der Kunst, Munich The Last Image, project with Carsten Höller, Moderna Museet, Stockholm Extensions, Magsin 3, Stockholm Trautes Heim , Galerie für Zeitgenössisches Kunst, Leipzig Contemporary Art from Sweden , European Central Bank, Frankfurt/Main Prophetic Corners , The 6th Peripheric Biennial, Vector Foundation, Lasi Transparente, Centro Nazionale per le Arti Contemporanee, Rome History Now , touring: Passages/Linköping Art Centre; Dunkers Culture Centre, Helsingborg; Midlanda Art Centre, Timrå/Sundsvall; Ronneby Art Centre, Ronneby; Sörlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristinesand Yours Truly, curated by Lone Weigelt, Nils Stærk Contemporary Art and other venues, Copenhagen The Canary Islands Revisited : Elba Benitez Galeria, Madrid Las Palmas/Gran Canaria La Granja/Tenerife MIAC Lanzarote 2002 Escenarios , Galería Pepe Cobo, Seville Imago , Encuentros de fotografía y vídeo, Salamanca Todos somos pecadores . Museo Tamayo, Ciudad de México “Narrando Espacios, Tempos, Historias...” 27 Bienal de Pontevedra Through a sequence of space/ an expansions of rooms , Galería Nordenhake, Berlín Nordic Images, Elba Benítez Galería, Madrid Hollywood Revisted , Århus Kunstmuseum Out of Place: Contemporary Art and the Architectural Uncanny , MCA Chicago Réalité augmentée , Galerie Cathrine Issert, Saint Paul de Vence Escenarios , Galería Pepe Cobo, Seville Great Theatre of the World, curated by Bartomeu Mari, Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum Midlanda Art Centre, Timrå/ Sundsvall; Ronneby Art Centre, Ronneby Réalité Augmentée, Galerie Cathrine Issert, Saint Paul de Vence Gasthof 2002, project with Carsten Höller, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main Raum Sichten, curated by Lilian Pfaff, Architekturmuseum, Base Sörlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, N, 2003: Museum of Work, Norrkoping Exotic Representation, Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College Art Galleries,New York 2001 Enduring Love , Gasser & Grunet, New York 2000 Miriam Backstrom, Matthias Hoch and Edwin Zwakman , Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco Shockwave , Raucci/Santamaria Gallery, Napoles Vision and Reality , Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk Places which I have never visited, Umjetnicki Paviljon u Zagrebu, Zagred Wall 6 , Air de Paris, Paris Inside out: reality or fiction?, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York DAK'ART 2000 , Biennale des Arts Dakar Senegal Norden , Kunsthalle Wien What If , Curated by Maria Lind, Moderna Museet, Stockholm Some Parts of This World , Curated by Jan Kaila, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki Organising Freedom , Curated by David Elliot, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Charlottenborg, Copenhagen Supermodel , MASS MoCA, Massachussets Finale di Partita, Biagiotti Progetto Artecultural association, Firenze Supermodel, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts 1999 James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach Survey the Landscape , LombardFreid Gallery, New York Modern Times , Curated by Val Williams, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg The Passion and the Wave , 6 Bienal Internacional de Estambul, Curated by Paolo Colombo Composite , Curated by Auden Eckhoff, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo d'APERTutto , Curated by Harald Szeemann, 48 Bienal de Venice Ain't Ordinarily S o, Curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York Insight Out - Landscape and Interior in Contemporary Photography , Curated by Barbara Hofmann, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria; Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany; Kunsthaus Baselland Constructed Reality , L.A. Galerie, Frankfurt A.M. Mot en lyckligare mänsklighet , Arbetets Museum, Norrköping Galerie De Expeditie, Amsterdam 1998 Cool Places , Curated by Kestutis Kuizinas, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius Mise en scène , Curated by Sebastian Huber, Eva Maria Stadler and Thomas Trummer, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz Olle Olsson Huset, Solna ArtGenda , Kulturhuset, Stockholm Hasselblad Collection 1998 , Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg Lebensraum , Curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Arkipelag, Nordiska Museet, Stockholm 1997 Lysande , Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Sollentuna 1996 The Art of Conversation , 28 Cork Street, London 1995 Photo Fair, Gothenburg PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Allianz Collection, Munich Borås Konstmuseum Esbjerg Kunstmuseum Grazer Kunstverein, Graz Hasselblad Collection, Gothenburg Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Miami Moderna Museet, Stockholm Museum Folkwang, Essen Museum of Modern Art, New York National Public Art Council, Stockholm National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik SIC, Stavanger ARTIST BOOKS 2004 "Anonymous Interviews", - produced in collaboration with Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel "The last image", with Carsten Höller, - produced in collaboration with Moderna Museet, Stockholm SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 2005 Ronald Jones, “Miriam Bäckström at IASPIS”, Artforum Int., January 2004 Ronald Jones, "Miriam Bäckström and Carsten Höller: ‘the Last Image’" at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, frieze, january Jennifer Allen, “Miriam Bäckström”, critics’ picks, Artforum Int. 2002 "Art Now", Taschen 2001 Mariuccia Casadio, "Fictional", Vogue Italia, n 609, marts 2000 Maria Lind, "Fresh Cream - contemporary art in culture", 10 curators, 10 writers, 100 artists, Phaidon. Martin Coomer, "Miriam Bäckström", Time Out, Feb, London Kate Bush, "Miriam Bäckström", Sprengel Museum, cat., March-May, Hannover Daniel Birnbaum, "Set Constructions", Art+Text, #68, Feb-April, Los Angeles Kate Bush, "Miriam Bäckström", ICA, JanFeb, London Hans Hedberg, "Vad tingen berättar om oss", Svenska Dagbladet 000108, Stockholm Frank Frangenberg, "Kuhl, dokumentarisch und unauffällig", Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger #289, Köln, 991210 1999 Sarah Schmerler, "Ain't Ordinarily So", Time Out, #197, July 1-8, New York Dóra Hegyi / Maria Lind, "Miriam Bäckström", Ludwig Múzeum, cat., June-July, Budapest Simon Sheikh, "Miriam Bäckström", #39/40, Summer, Köpenhamn Maria Lind, "Miriam Bäckström", La Biennale di Venezia, cat. #48, June, Venice Timo Valjakka, "From Modern Utopia To Transit Hall Entropy, Like Virginity Once Lost", cat., Stockholm Daniel Birnbaum, "Was ist normal?", Allianz & Kunst, cat., Unterföhring Maria Lind, "Aperto Stockholm", Flash Art, #206, May-Juna, Milan Lars O. Ericsson, "Den s k verkligheten", Dagens Nyheter 990507, Stockholm Charlotte Bydler, "The Monster of Memory", NU: The Nordic Art Review, #1/99, Spring, Stockholm Peter Cornell, "Bouppteckning", Expressen 990416, Stockholm Charlotte Bydler, "Bakom bilden finns dess motsatts", Aftonbladet 990408, Stockholm Sara Arrhenius, "Bild av en bild av ett hem", Dagens Nyheter 990406, Stockholm Daniel Birnbaum, "Miriam Bäckström", NIFCA: Nordic Institute of Contemporary Art, cat., Feb, Helsinki Rogier Schumacher, "Onschuldige plaagstootjes", Her Parool 990114, Amsterdam 1998 Eva Maria Stadler, "Mise En Scène", cat. Grazer Kunstverein, Sep-Okt, Graz Milou Allerholm, "Så ska en korridor se ut", Dagens Nyheter 980928, Stockholm Eva Runefelt, "Scenografier i hoppersk försjunkenhet", Svenska Dagbladet 980919, Stockholm Daniel Birnbaum, "Constructions out of the Normal", SIKSI, #2/98, Summer, Helsinki Peter Cornell, "Så går modernismens kök...", Expressen 980326, Stockholm Mårten Castenfors, "Kopian som är mer än efterapning", Svenska Dagbladet 980321, Stockholm Lars O. Ericsson, "Arkipelag, andra upplagan", Dagens Nyheter 980320, Stockholm 1997 Tandi Agrell, "Känslans rum, Riksutställningar", #4, Dec, Stockholm Milou Allerholm, "Miriam Bäckström", INDEX, #1/97, Spring, Stockholm Milou Allerholm, "Lysande, inte strålande", Expressen 970304, Stockholm Ingela Lind, "Ting är mer trofasta än människor", Dagens Nyheter 970217, Stockholm 1996 Sara Arrhenius, "Ett liv som tagit slut", Aftonbladet 961101, Stockholm Daniel Birnbaum, "Frånvaro och materiell ödslighet", Dagens Nyheter 961013, Stockholm Ralph Herrmanns, "Hemma hos de döda", Dagens Industri 961008, Stockholm Merete Mazzarella, "Könsskillnader i Platons grotta", Dagens Nyheter 960725, Stockholm Peter Cornell, "Spår av liv", Divan, #2, Summer, Stockholm Eva-Lotta Holm, "Miriam Bäckström", Material, #30, Spring, Stockholm |
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