born in Stockholm, Sweden 1966
Died 2020, Stockholm, Sweden

Courtesy
SPECTA
Peder Skrams Gade 13
DK-1054 Copenhagen K
www.specta.dk
+45 3313 0123
info@specta.dk

Education
1995–96 Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1989–94 Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
1986–88 Birkagårdens målarskola, Stockholm, Sweden
1985–86 Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm, Sweden

Collections
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Centro Galego de Art Contemporánea (CGAC), Spain
West Collection, Philadelphia, USA
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
Stichting Ocü v.d. Grinten, Holland
Stitching Koninklijke Bijenkorf Beheer, Holland
Stuttgart Kunstmuseum, Germany
SAK - Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Sweden
Statens Konstråd/The Art Council, Sweden
Statens Kunstfond/The Danish Arts Agency, Denmark
Artimo, Amsterdam, Holland
Norrköpings konstmuseum, Sweden
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
Helmond Museum, Holland
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sverige
Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden
+ various private collections

Selected solo exhibitions
2020
Tyst vår (Quiet spring), curated group exhibition, Djurgården Stockholm, SE
2019
Welcome to the biosphere (with Eric Ericson), Svenskt Tenn, Stockholm, SE
The Ugly Troll and the Stupid Human, SPECTA, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Samhällsteater, Digitaliseum - Gallery of Contemporary Digital Art, Malmö, SE
Hans Lannér & Lars Arrhenius, Restaurang Sturehof, Stockholm, SE
2017
Two Films, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2016
Society Theater, Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Samhällsteater, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2015
Performance by Lars Arrhenius and Olav Westphalen, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
2012
Svarta Bubblor (Black Bubbles), Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Eye for an Eye (with Andreas Schulenberg), SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Tegn i tiden, KinoKino, Sandnes, Norway
2011
Svarta Bubblor, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
The Dark Room, Åbo Konstmuseum, Åbo, Finland
The Street, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, SE
The Big Store, Turku Art Museum, Turku, FI
2010
The Exquisite Corpse Orchestra, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
The Exquisite Corpse Orchestra, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
The Exquisite Corpse Orchestra, Fiedler Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, DE
2009
Intermediae, Madrid, Spain
Aros Konstmuseum, Aarhus, DK
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Höganäs Konstmuseum, Höganäs, SE
2008
SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, USA
2007
Fiedler contemporary, Köln, DE
SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2006
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Anna Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Art Projects Network, Dublin, Ireland
Centro d’Árt de Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2005
Vita Kuben, Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, SE
Feigen Contemporary, New York, New York, USA
2004
Feigen Contemporary, New York, USA
You Are Here (with architect Jens Holm), Box 2.0, Copenhagen, DK
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
2003
Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, SE
SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2002
Peer Trust, London, GB (artist book "A-Z")
2001
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2000
Gallery Anett Gelink (The Bakery), Amsterdam, NL
SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
1999
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Liste Art Fair 99 (presented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson), Basel, Switzerland
1998
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
1996
Galerie Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam, NL
Preview, Galerie Serieuze Zaken, Amsterdam, NL
1994
Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, SE

Selected Goup Exhibitions
2020
A-Z • a memento, Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, DE
2018
Stockholm Calling London, Asia House, London UK
#VærkdinVerden, Råderum – Office for Contemporary Art, 7 cities in Denmark + Social Media
Mejan 94, Domeij Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2017
Stadslandskap, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, SE
Copenhagen Art Week, DIAS Kunsthal in the metro, Copenhagen, DK
2016
Danse macabre. Der Totentanz in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Museum für Kommunikation, Bern, Switzerland
Next: Utopia, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, SE
Happiness and Misery, ARoS, Aarhus, DK
Spotlight (with Bella Rune & Dan Wolgers), Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
2015
Performance by Lars Arrhenius and Olav Westphalen, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
Mixed Emotions, Helmond Museum, Helmond, NL
Ur samlingarna, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, SE
Money makes the world go round, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Five pieces, Taubert Contemporary, Berlin, DE
2014
Emotions, Helmond Museum, NL (catalogue)
Release of music album, ”Sånger från samhället”, by Lars Arrhenius, Eric Ericson, Goran Kajfeš and David Österberg Moderna Bar, SE
Konvention Attityd, Konstakademien, Stockholm, SE
DIAS, Copenhagen, DK
Electric City, Herring Town – Swedish-Japanese Undertainment At It’s Best, Moderna Bar, SE
Art Basel Miami, Taubert Contemporary, Florida, USA
Time waits for nobody, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
2013
Director’s Choice 7-9-13, AROS Aarhus Museum of Art, Aarhus, DK
ft Contemporary, Berlin, DE
Art Copenhagen, presented by SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2012-14
Hjärta Spel, vandringsutställning bla Tekniska Museet i Stockholm, SE
2012/13
2 x 20 episodes of Showtajm, television for kids, for the Swedish national broadcasting company (STV)
2012
All together now, Arken, Ishøj, DK
Sånt som händer, Ystad Konstmuseum, SE
Konst är dyrare än korv, Varbergs Konstmuseum, SE
2011
Local global plan, Copenhagen, DK
Sending Signals with Pictures. Each Line is a World Axis, Dresden Academy, Dresden, DE
Habitat, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
2010
(O)mänskligt, Forum För Levande Historia och Etnografiska Museet, Stockholm, SE
Today is Yesterday Tomorrow, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Lebenslust und Totentanz, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Silent Witnesses: Graphic Novel without Words, Lincoln Museum, GB
Mappamundi, Berardo Museum-Foundation, Lissabon, Portugal
Glück-happens, Städtische Galerie Erlangen, DE
2009
De dagar som gör, Film evening 091008, Verstadkonst / Norrköpings Konstmuseum, SE
The Big Store, presented by SPECTA at LOOP: The Video Art Fair, Barcelona, ES
Glimt Fra Storbyen, ARoS, Aarhus, DK
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
103,39 minutes’ Art Movies, Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm, SE
Animationsinvation, riksutställningar, Visby, SE
Achtung Baby, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, NL
2008
The real thing, Malmö Konstmuseum, SE
Nye Vaerker, ARoS, Aarhus, DK
Arkens samling, Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, DK
The Street, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, SE
Sensitive Timelines, 26cc, Rome, Italy
Different Rooms, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn, SE
Ur samlingen, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, SE
Espacio movistar, Barcelona, ES
2007
The Big Store, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, Irland
Frieze Art Fair, presented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, London , UK
Armory Show, New York, USA
SAK Galleriet, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm, SE
CGAC Art Museum, Digital Tales, Santiago de Compostela, ES
I Love Malmö, Åbo, Åbo Konstmuseum, FI
Histoires animeés, Le Fresnoy, Fresnoy, FR
2006
Animated Drawings, MIMA, Middlesbrough, UK
Plug in, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The Field Studies, NCCA, St Petersburg, Russia
Piktograme - Die Einsamkeit der Zeichen, Stuttgart Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, DE
2005
Design och Terorrism, Teater Bhopa, Göteborg, SE
From Moderna Museéts collection, Moderna Museét, Stockholm, SE
Amore Paradiso, tour in China with start in Shanghai, CN
The Videos, Gallery Sinne, Helsinki, FI
The Gallery, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Andersen Associations, SPECTA, Copenhagen, DK
Life and Limbo, Feigen Contemporary, New York, USA
Whatever happened to social democracy?, Rooseum, Malmö, SE
2004
Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, DK
Amsterdamned, Kunsthallen Braenderigaarden Viborg, DK
The Cobweb, Centro Galego de Art Contemporánea (CGAC), Santiago, ES
Blick, svensk samtidsvideo, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
Compostela -10 artists on Compostela, Centro Galego de Art Contemporánea (CGAC), Santiago, ES
2003
Electric Current, Nordic Video, The Hermitage S:t Petersburg, RU
OM, Norrköpings konstmuseum, SE
Drawings, Mjellby konsthall, Halmstad, Sweden
Rijksakademie, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, GB
De Bortbjudna, Rooseum, Malmö, SE
Arkens samling, Museum ARKEN, Ishøj, DK
Child in time, Gemente Museum Helmond, Helmond, NL
Moving Head, Outline, Amsterdam, NL
Six vågade livet, short films by six Swedish artists presented by Filmform, Stockholm, SE
2002-03
Carnegie Art Award 2002, Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhüs, Reykjavik, Iceland; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway; Kunstforeningen Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark; Victoria Miro Warehouse, London, GB; Helsinki City Art Museum, Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland; Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden
2002
VIDEOX5, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, SE
Art Forum, presented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Berlin, DE
Stories, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
Human Park, Institute de Cultura, Barcelona, ES
2001-02
Carnegie Art Award 2001, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki, Reykjavik, London
2001
Galleri Ahnlund, Umeå, SE
Liste 2001, presented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Basel, CH
2000
Language is a virus from outer space, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, SE
Supersplit; IASPIS at Büro Friedrich, Berlin, DE
Liste 2000, presented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Basel, CH
Art in Ponton, Ponton Group Ag, Hamburg, DE
BIG Torino 2000 - Biennale Arte Emergente, Torino, Italy
Het Consortium, Amsterdam, NL
1999
Van Het Collectie, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Image is everything, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK
Liste 1999, presented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Basel, CH
1998
Dangleberry, Rozengracht 207 c, Amsterdam, NL
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Bilder från galleriet, Gallery Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE
Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam, NL
Leven, dood en andere omstandigheten, de Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen, NL
Het gezicht van het Bank, Den Haag, Holland
Stockholm Art fair, presented by Galleri Magnus Karlsson, SE
1997
Het eigen gezicht, Museum Beelden an Zee, Den Haag, NL
Michael Bach selects, Galerie Wolfram Bach, Dusseldorf, DE
Farewell welfare, w139, Amsterdam, NL
Art Amsterdam, RAI, Amsterdam, NL
Prix NI 972, Nouvelles Images, Den Haag, NL
1996
Open atelieers, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
HOST, OB Projects, Amstel 88, Amsterdam, NL
Art Amsterdam, Westergas fabriek, Amsterdam, NL
1995
Open atelieers, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL
Oude en nieuwe kunst, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NL
1994
Sista års eleverna i excersishuset, Stockholm, SE

Public commissions
New central substation, SL, Stockholm, SE
The Man Without Qualities, Trafikverket 5 st 20 Örebro tingsrätt 1 regeringskansliet (Statens Konstråd)
Välkommen till samhället, boardgame, Swedish Embassy, Marocco
Der rote Faden, Burgerhaus, München, DE
Akademiska Sjukhuset, Samariitens Barnmottagning (hospital, children’s section), Uppsala, SE
Facades, Lugnets Allé, Stockholm for PriMula, SE
Falkenbergs ishall (iceskating ring) TT, Falkenberg, SE
orildsplans Tunnelbanestation (subway station), Stockholm, Sweden, commissioned by Byggkeramikrådet
Facades and stairway with Martina Müntzing, commissioned by Primula Facades, Hammarby Allé, Stockholm, SE
Förskola Förskeppsgatan (school), Commissioned by Primula, Stockholm, SE
The James Hotel, Chicago, USA
Danshögskolan in Stockholm, Sweden, commissioned by Statens Konstråd (swedish arts agency)
Gotlandshögskola, comissioned by Statens Konstråd (Swedish Arts Agency), SE
Skanstulls Tunnelbana (subway station), ”The Street”, KiWi, Stockholm, SE
”A-Z” Platform for art, Gloucester road underground station, London, UK
Karolinska sjukhuset (hospital), commissi-oned by Statens Konstråd (swedish arts agency), Stockholm, SE
Gävle Sjukhus entrance (hospital), commissioned by Gävleborgs landsting, region of Gävle, SE
Mälardalens Högskola, commissioned by Statens Konstråd (Swedish arts agency), Västerås, SE
Skaden arps Meagher & Flom, Timesquare 4, New York, USA
Akademiska Sjukhuset (hospital), commissioned by Kultur i Länet, Uppsala, SE