Born in Uppsala, Sweden and grew up in Luleå in the North of Sweden
Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Works in various medias; drawings, video, 8mm film, slide projections, text-based works,
presented as individual pieces and interrelated in installations and continious series.

CV

RESIDENCIES & GRANTS

2011 Project grant, Fonds BKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design & Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
2010 Working grant (Basis stipendia), Fonds BKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design & Architecture Amsterdam (NL)
2009 N.Y Arts Beijing Residency, Beijing (CN)
2009 Map 2008/2009 Pépinières grant,
Residency at EKWC, Den Bosch (NL)
2008 Project grant, Fonds BKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design & Architecture Amsterdam(NL)
2008 Working grant, Konstnärsnämnden,Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Visual Arts Fund, Stockholm (SE)
2008 Helge Ax:son Johnson, travel grant (SE)
2005 Working grant (Basis Stipendia) Fonds BKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design & Architecture, Amsterdam (NL)
2004 ArtCamp, Blue Sun Contemporary Art Studio, Mongolia (residency) (MN)
2003 Prix Nouvelles Image 2003, The Hauge (nomination) (NL)
2003 Working grant (Start stipendia), Fonds BKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design & Architecture Amsterdam (NL)
2002 Working grant (Start stipendia), Fonds BKVB, Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design & Architecture Amsterdam(NL)

Solo EXHIBITIONS

2010 Vandra i snö utan att lämna spår/ Walk in snow without leaving a trace, Konstfrämjandet, Örebro (SE)
2010 Den Andra Tigern/ The Other Tiger, Konsthall 1.0, Jönköping (SE)
2010 Arvika Konsthall (SE) (with Lena Rönning)
2009 Zenith, N.Y Arts Beijing, Beijing (CN) (with Malin Abrahamsson) Catalog
2009 Drawings, Galleri Örsta, Kumla (SE)
2008 Etta Säfve, PlanB Projects, Amsterdam (NL)
2005 And as he meant to fly, Motive Gallery, Amsterdam (NL) (with Robert Lambermont)
2004 May your wishes all come true, AK 28, Stockholm (SE)
2004 Längsschnitt, M3 Kunsthalle, Berlin (DE) ( with Priska Streits)
2004 The wading waters, Streek Museum, Tiel (NL)
2004 Drawings, Bergööska Huset, Hallsberg (SE)
2003 Etta Säfve, Galleri Spark, Köpenhamn (DK)
2002 Once there was a black lake, Konsthallen, Örebro (SE)

Group EXHIBITIONS (a selection)

2011
Kunst in de Stadt, Museum Hilversum, Hilversum (NL)
TimeSpace, Wiesenburg, Berlin (D)
TimeSpace, Gylleboverket, Östra Vemmerlöv (SE)
2010
Anonymous drawings/Archive/Exhibition and benefit-sale, Uferhallen, Berlin (DE)
Your Documents Please, Alma in Manhattan - hosted by Fine Light Inc. New York, NY (US)
Örebro International Video Festival, Videostation, Lindesberg (SE)
2009
Truth, Pispala Contemporary Art Centre, Tampere (FI)
XV International Bienniale de Cerviera, Vila Nova de Cerveira (PT)
The Last Session, Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL) catalog
2008
Changing Matters, Museum of Natural History, Stockholm (SE) catalog
Taming the Untamable, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem (NL)
Videoholica, Biennale of Visual Arts, Varna (B)
Nordic, Utsikten Kunstcentrum, Kvinsedal (NO)
Draw In, 00310 Gallery, Helsinki (F)
2007
Nightcomers, 10th International Istanbul Biennale (T) catalog
Drawing Typologies, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) catalog
Cool Days, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm (SE)
Video Art at the Age of Intenet, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY (US)
Documenta-dock, Question About Art www.documenta-dock.net (DE)
UitZicht, Artwalk, Amsterdam (NL)
2006
Temporary Cities, NCCA, National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moskva (R)
2005
(Be)longing, Konstens Hus, Luleå (SE)
2004
Heimwee, Teylers Museum, Haarlem (NL)
Zanabaazar Fine Art Museum, Ulaan Baatar (MN)
Halo, Playstation, Galleri Fons Welters, Amsterdam (NL)
2003
Prix Nouvelles Images, The Hauge (NL) catalog
2002
de biennale van de een minuten, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (NL)
2001
Kunsthalle M3, Berlin (DE)
International shortfilm festival, Kriterion, Amsterdam (NL)
Graduation show, Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam (NL) catalog
2000
Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm (SE)
1997
Young Drawers, National Museum, Stockholm (SE)

SCREENINGS

2010
Transmediale-09 video selection, 11th International Festival of Video/Arte/Electrónica, Lima (PE)
Athens Video Art Festival, Athens (GR)
Värmlands Film Festival, Arvika (SE)
Transmediale-09 video selection at Art Today/Center for Contemporary Art, Plovdiv (BG)
Transmediale-09 video selection, Goethe-Institut, Damascus (SY)
2009
Off-Loop, Loop Video Art, International Festival and Fair for Video Art, Barcelona (ES)
Transmediale-09 Video Selection, Smart Cinema, Smart Project Space, Amsterdam (NL)
Distant Grounds,Transmediale –09, House of World Culture, Berlin (DE)
Attitude Festival, organized by the Center for Contemporary Public Arts ELEMENTI, Bitola (MK) catalog
Third Coast Screening at Erie Canal Harbor, Buffalo’s Media Arts Centre, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, NY
F.R.I.K Film Fest, Skopje (MK)
1st International Video Art Festival, Damascus, Syria with screenings at a.o All Art Now House, Goethe Institute, The Netherlands Institute, Gallery Dar Kalemat-Aleppo, British Council, French Cultural Centre
Global warming and video art Lecture by Markus Huber and video presentation, Transmediale videoselection-09 San Luis Potosí (MX), Centro de Arte y Nuevas Tecnologías Guadalajara (MX) CEPE, Centro de Estudios para Extranjeros, Mexico City (MX) as part of “transitio_mx”; Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Centro Histórico
Transmediale Video selection at MaxArt Festival, Zagreb (HR)
Transmediale video selection -09 at Atoms & Bits, Betahaus Dialog, Berlin Kreuzberg (D)
2008
Deep North, preview Transmediale-09, Malmö Konsthall (SE)
Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg(SE) catalog 2008 P.A.M Scope Art Fair, Basel, (CH)
P.A.M Scope Art Fair, New York, N.Y (US)
World One Minute, Todays Art Museum, Beijing (CH) catalog
Video Art Festival, Miden (GR)
Works on Water, the Nunnery, London (UK)
Bangkok Experimental Film Festival, Bangkok (TH)
Big Screen Festival, Awards, Kunming, (CH)
Boss runners-up, ICA, London (UK)
2007
Spark Contemporary Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY (US)
Digit, Tusten Theatre, Narrowsburg, NY (US)
Filmideo, Redsaw Gallery, Newark, NJ (US)
Amsterdam Film Experience, het Ketelhuis, Amsterdam (NL) 2006 Attitude Video Festival, Cultural Centre Magaza, Bitola, (MK)
2006
River’s Edge Film Festival, Paducah, Kentucky, (US)
Tirana International Film Festival, Official selection Exprimental film, Tirana, (AL)
2004
Blick, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
Blick, Kunstverein, Munic (DE)
2001
International Shortfilm Festival, Kriterion, Amsterdam (NL)

OFFICIAL COLLECTIONS

* Statens Konstråd, National Arts Council, Stockholm (SE)
* European Ceramic Work Centre Collection, s-Hertogenbosch (NL)
* Abn Amro Collection, Amsterdam (NL)
* Arvika kommun (SE)
* Lekebergs Sparbank, Lekeberg (SE)
* Örebro kommun (SE)
* Örebro Läns Landsting (SE)
* Örebro Konsthall (SE)
* Länsförsäkringar, Örebro (SE)
* Linköpings Läns Landsting, Linköping (SE)
* Hallsbergs Kommun, Hallsberg (SE)
* Luleå Kommun, Luleå (SE)

Private collections in Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Ireland

CATALOGS

Last Session, The Session/Brakke Grond,Amsterdam Publication and Exhibition catalog,2009
Zenith, NY Arts Beijing, two person show with Malin Abrahamsson, Exhibition catalog 2009
Spring Exhibition 2009, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Exhibition catalog 2009
Changing Matters, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm, Exhibition catalog 2008
Night comers, 10th International Istanbul Biennale, Exhibition catalog (T) 2007
Drawing Typologies, curator Roel Arkesteijn, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Exhibition cataloge (NL) 2007
World One Minutes, Today’s Art Museum, Beijing , Exhibition catalog (CH) 2008
Vårsalongen 2007, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Exhibition catalog (SE) 2007
Uitgelicht 04, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam, cataloge over artists granted in 2002-03 (NL) 2004
Prix Nouvelles Image, Galleri nouvelles Image, The Hauge, Exhibition catalog (NL) 2003
Graduation show, Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, Exhibition catalog (NL) 2001
Exitborder.com, Arena, Amsterdam,Exhibition catalog (NL) 2000
6 Unga, Konstfrämjandet, Örebro, Exhibition catalog (SE) 2000
Young Drawers, National Museum, Stockholm, Exhibition catalog (SE) 1997