CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1982, in Västerås, Sweden.
EDUCATION
2015–2017 Master of Fine Art, Konstfack, Stockholm
2007–2010 Bachelor of Fine Art, Malmö Art Academy
2009 Half-year exchange, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York
2004–2007 Culture Studies / Culture Journalism / Queer Theory / Poetry / Homophobia and Heteronormativity, 150 hp, Malmö and Lund University
2004–2005 School of Creative Writing, project year, Öland Folk High School
2002–2004 Öland Art School
PUBLICATIONS
2022 #Iwortethisinteadofsleeping, Ordkonst Magazine, 2022:2 - Rolldikting, Lund
2020 Gränsland, essay, for the exhibition Världsutställningen, Konsthall Årstaberg, Stockholm
2018 종현, Ordkonst Magazine, 2018:3 - City, Lund
2017 Love Song, master essay, Program In Fine Art, Konstfack, Stockholm
2016 She wanted to be lost again, a correspondence with Chris Kraus, Paletten Art Journal #305, Stockholm
2010–2014 dancingonourown.com, blog, collaboration with Elin Mellerstedt
2013 Loverholic robotronic, (hard package/ebook), co-written with Elin Mellerstedt, Bladh by Bladh, Stockholm
2012 Fenomenet k-pop, article, co-written with Elin Mellerstedt, Yoboseyo, Stockholm
2011 Hometown project, article, co-written with Elin Mellerstedt, Travelro.co.kr, Seoul
2007–2008 Chronicles and artworks for the paper Victor, nr 11-16, Stockholm University, Stockholm
2006 ”Darin.se – Om flickors kärlek, pojkars ogillande och kulturell degradering”, candidate essay,
culture studies, Malmö University, Malmö
2004 Pågående projekt, poetry suite, Debut 2004 (paperback), Wahlström och Widstrand, Stockholm
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
upcoming: 2024, ID:I Gallery, together with Simon Blanck, Rebecca Digby and Carolina Andreasson
2021 The Thing, Hjorten skulpturpark, Stockholm
2020 Love River, Värdsutställningen, Konsthall Årstaberg, Stockholm
2020 Internet, Isolering | Kommunikation, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2019 Grand Hotel des Bains, That summer feeling, Bångska våningen, Stockholm
2017 Middle of Nowhere, Degree Exhibition, Konstfack, Stockholm
2016 YOU, It felt so good up there, Platform Gallery, Stockholm
2015 Jag älskar dig, Attempted Psychokinetic Connections to Clouds, Konstfack Gallery, Stockholm
2010 Leave with me part 2, group exhibition; Love in fantasy, Högkvarteret, Stockholm
2010 Recreated, Vad hände sen, Konstens hus, Öland
2010 Leave with me, The Annual Exhibition, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö
2010 Let’s meet in our dreams, BFA Graduation Show, Gallery KHM, Malmö
2009 Work in progress, Exchange, The Cooper Union, New York
2009 Yunjae, Salon, The Cave, New York
2009 Barkarö, The Annual Exhibition, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö
2009 Jag visste inte om jag hörde rätt, men strax därpå…hörde jag samma ljud, Folkets Park, Malmö
2009 Stephen, Moving, Clarion Hotel, Stockholm
2004 Rebecka, Emma, Sanna, Mimmi och Mark, Graduation Show, Kalmar Museum of Art, Kalmar
SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Love River, Hagsätra Collective, Stockholm
2016 Middle of Nowhere, Konstfack Gallery, Stockholm
2012 Molla, molla, collaboration with Elin Mellerstedt, The Museum of Far East, Stockholm
2011 Vet inte, vet inte, collaboration with Elin Mellerstedt, Biya Hongdae, Seoul
2011 Vet inte, vet inte, collaboration with Elin Mellerstedt, RUF XXX, Seoul
2011 Molla, molla, collaboration with Elin Mellerstedt Galleri Pictura, Lund
2007 Hagstorpsgatan, Gallery RM2, Malmö
PERFORMANCES
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PERFORMATIVE PROJECTS
2023 WHOLENESSANCE by Rebecca Digby, lyricsist/performer, Under Solen, Reimersholmes Hotel Bar, Stockholm and live broadcasted
2020 Love River, performance version, Värdsutställningen, Konsthall Årstaberg, Stockholm
2019 Fountain, performance and video work, Södra teatern, Stademonia in connection to Stockholm Fringe Festival, Stockholm
2016 Hold on, performance, It felt so good up there, Platform Gallery, Stockholm
2010–2013 Ensamdans / Dancing on our own, collaboration with Elin Mellerstedt, Youtube
2011 Intro Dream Concert, dancer/performer, World Cup Stadium, Seoul
2008–2009 BOYS@ACADEMY Manager and creative director for a boy band consisting of Max Ockborn, Olof Nimar, Stine Midsaeter and Örn Alexander Ámundason
2009 BOYS@ACADEMY greeting to the fans, The Cooper Union School of Art, New York
2009 BOYS@ACADEMY press conference, Oslo
2009 BOYS@ACADEMY live in Folkets Park, Malmö
2009 Att Återvända / To return, with Emma Stillman, Folkets Park, Malmö
LECTURES
2022 The Korean Wave – Hur ett land förändrade den globala scenen för tech och kultur, panel discussion, commissioned by Samsung, Space, Stockholm
2020-2021 5 minuters konst, live sent talks about among others Ann Bötchers and Jennifer Loebers art work, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
2019 K-pop och fangirling, commissioned by Samsung, Göteborg Book Fair, Göteborg
2014 HBTQ i Sydkorea, together with Elin Mellerstedt, Amnesty International, Stockholm
2014 K-pop – konceptuell, experimentell och aktuell, workshop and lecture, together with Elin Mellerstedt, Popkollos rikskonferens, Göteborg / Popkollo original, Malmö / Popkollo hiphop, Botkyrka / Popkollo original, Botkyrka
2014 Om k-pop, together with Elin Mellerstedt, We Are Sthlm, Stockholm / Department of Oriental Languages, Stockholms University, Stockholm / Ungkulturhuset Gurraberg, Gustavsberg / Adopterade Koreaners Förenings årsmöte, Stockholm
2013 International fans of K-pop, together with Elin Mellerstedt, Embassy of South Korea, Stockholm
2013 Loverholic robotronic – en reportagebok om k-pop, fans och Sydkorea, presentation of the book, together with Elin Mellerstedt, Christmas Festival at Akademibokhandeln Vängåvan, Sundsvall / Rundgång, Malmö / Göteborg Book Fair, Göteborg / Bar CONST #3, Bar Brooklyn, Stockholm / In the Mood for books, MOOD, Stockholm
2012 K-pop - koreansk populärkultur, together with Elin Mellerstedt, Lars Karlsson-Liljas and Tina Ringenson, The Museum of Far East, Stockholm
MEDIA
2023 I was interviewed as part of a reportage at the radio station P1 about BTS and mental health.
2022 I was interviewed by the daily newspaper DN about the tenth-year celebration of Psy's hit Gangnam Style and the radio station P1 about BTS military enlistment. I was also part of a P3 radio documentary called "BTS: Från topplistorna till militären".
2019 I was part of the P3 documentary “BTS – Det skottsäkra bandet från Öst” about the Korean boy band BTS.
In 2018 I was a guest on the Swedish radio programs; Morgonpasset and Musikguiden, as an expert on Kpop.
Between 2012 and 2014 Elin Mellerstedt and I participated in the Swedish TV program Kobra and on Swedish radio shows such as P3′s programs PP3 and Musikguiden. We also received attention for our collaborative work and book in a wide range of Swedish magazines and papers such as Sydsvenskan, Expressen, ETC, Totally Stockholm and Vagabond.
GRANTS
2021 Swedish Authors’ Fund, crisis grant
2020 Swedish Authors’ Fund, one year working grant
2020 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, crisis grant
2018 Iaspis travel grant, Love River in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 Ulla Fröberg Cramér Scholarship Foundation, travel grant, Tulsa Oklahoma, USA
2014 Swedish Authors’ Fund travel grant, Tokyo, Japan