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Lives
and works in Stockholm
1962 Born in Heidelberg
Solo
Exhibitions (selected)
2011
Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam
2010
The Anti-Father, Milliken, Stockholm
2008
I Feel so Divided, Vilma Gold Gallery, London
2007
Tools and Grammar, Milliken, Stockholm
2006
Roda Sten, Gothenburg
2005
Revolution II, Portikus, Frankfurt (curated
by Nikola Dietrich) (cat)
Film Stills, Voges +
Partner Gallery, Frankfurt
Felix Gmelin, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden (curated
by Göran Christenson) (cat)
2004
The Aging Revolution, Milliken, Stockholm
The Cells in an Onion, maccarone inc., New York
2002
Non-Stop, Videovindue International, Copenhagen
1999
Nothing becomes a Man More Than a Woman’s
Face, Gasworks, London
Galleri Olsson, Stockholm
1997
[a:t], Association for Temporary Art, Internet
1996-98
Art Vandals, Malmö Konstmuseum, Uppsala
Konstmuseum, Gävle , BildMuseet in Umeå, Borås
Konstmuseum, Sweden and Kemin Taidemuseo, Finland. Traveling
exhibition organized by Riksutställningar, Stockholm (curated
by Annika Öhrner) (cat)
1995
Ein kleiner Beitrag zur Sauberkeit, Künstlerhaus
Bethanien at KulturBrauerei, Berlin (cat)
1994
Painting Modernism Black, Galleri Olsson,
Stockholm
Group Exhibitions (selected)
2010
Carnegie Art Award 2010, Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik, Konstakademien, Stockholm,
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Royal Academy, London
New Aquisitions, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Konst med Alla Sinnen, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, curated by Po Hagstrom
Niet Normal: Difference on Display, Buers van Berlage, Amsterdam, curated by Ina Geves
2009
Do they love their children too?, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
The Social Critique: 1993-2005, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, curated by Martin Schibli
Difference on Display, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Curated by Ine Gevers
Untitled (History Painting): Painting and Public Life in the 21st Century, University of Michigan Museum of Art, curated by Jacob Proctor
Every Version Belongs to the Myth, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, curated by Tessa Giblin and Amalia Pica
When the Mood Strikes... Verzameling Wilfried & Yannike Cooreman, MDD Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Curator Curator #4: Time-Challengers, HISK, Ghent, Belgium, curated by Adnan Yildiz
Opening, an arts and music picnic evening, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden, organized by Björn Ross
Carnegie Art Award 2010, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
6 Artists, 3 Shows - Felix Gmelin & Amalia Pica, Vilma Gold, London
2008
On the Limit, Le Centre d’art Buda, Tournai, curated by Annette Schemmel
Vårutstillingen 2008, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
La Marge d’Erreur, La synagogue de Delme contemporary Art centre, Delme, curated by Le Bureau
Not Quite How I Remember It, The Power Plant Contemporary Art
Gallery, Toronto, Canada (curated by Helena Reckitt)
2008
Not Quite How I Remember It, The Power Plant Contemporary Art
Gallery, Toronto, Canada (curated by Helena Reckitt)
Reenactment, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia (curated
by Angela Goddard and Robert Leonard) (cat)
Reality Check, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (curated
by Marianne Torp)
2007
Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the Un-Rememberable,
Apexart, New York (curated by Antonia Majaca and Ivana Bago)
History Will Repeat Itself, KW Institute for Contemporary
Art, Berlin and Hartware, Medien KunstVerein at Phoenix
Halle Dortmund, Germany (curated by Inke Arns and Gabriele Horn)
(cat)
Por favor gracias de nada: Re-enactments,
Casa del Lago, UNAM, México City, Mexico (curated by
Victor Palacios)
Think with the Senses - Feel with the
Mind. Art in the Present Tense, La 52 Biennale di Venezia,
Arsenale, Venice (curated by Robert Storr) (cat)
Left
Pop (bringing it back home), 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary
Art - Special projects, Moscow Museum of Modern Art at Petrovka,
Moscow (curated by Diana Baldon, Nicola Lees and Georgina Jackson)
(cat)
Urban Connexions (I), Château du Domaine
départemental de Chamarande, France (curated by Judith
Quentell)
System Error, War Is a Force That Gives Us
Meaning, Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea,
Siena, Italy (curated by Lorenzo Fusi and Naeem Mohaiemen)
Anachronism, Argos - Centre for Art & Media, Brussels
(curated by Elena Filipovic)
Re-, Site Gallery,
Sheffield, UK (curated by Jeanine Griffin)
The Backroom
/ Société Anonyme, Kadist Art Foundation,
Paris (curated by Magali Arriola, Kate Fowle and Renaud Proch)
I Love Malmö - Works from Malmö Art Museum,
Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
2006
Dreamlands Burn, Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest
(curated by Edit
Molnár and Lívia Páldi) (cat)
Art,
Life & Confusion, October Salon 2006, Belgrade, Serbia
(curated by Barbara Heinrich and René Block) (cat)
Por favor gracias de nada: Re-enactments, Santa Monica
Center of Arts, Barcelona, Spain (curated by Victor Palacios)
Of Mice and Men, berlin biennial 4, Berlin (curated
by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick)
(cat)
The Moderna Exhibition 2006, Moderna Museet,
Stockholm (curated by Magdalena Malm and John Peter Nilsson)
(cat)
Ahistoric Occasion: Artists Making History,
MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (curated by Nato
Thompson) (cat)
Infinite Painting, Contemporary
Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary
Art, Passariano, Codroipo, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami
and Sarah Cosulich Canarutto) (cat)
Now Again the Past:
Rewind Replay Resound, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda,
US (curated by Joanna Raczynska) (cat)
2005
Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, Independent
Curators International (iCI) at The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu,
Hawaii, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Museum of Art, Fort
Lauderdale and Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
(curated by Dominic Molon and Michael Rooks) (cat)
Rewind<<, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany
(curated Clara Jung) (cat)
2004
Berlin-Moscow/Moscow-Berlin 1950 - 2000,
State Historical Museum, Moscow (curated by Jekaterina Degot
and Viktor Misiano) (cat)
Delayed-on-time, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, Croatia
(curated by Nada Beros) (cat)
Art and War, Holon
Digital Art Lab, Tel Aviv (curated by Daniel Birnbaum and Boris
Groys)
Always Already Passé, Gavin Brown’s
Enterprise, New York (curated by Chivas Clem)
Movimento/Movimenti,
Palazzo Lanfranchi, Matera, Italy (curated by Francesco Bonami)
Ritardi e rivoluzioni, Palazzo Belmonte Riso, Palermo,
Sicily (curated by Francesco Bonami)
Side Effects,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia and Galeria Nova,
Zagreb, Croatia (curated by What, How & for Whom (WHW))
(cat)
Balancing Acts, Centre Culturel Suédois - CCS, Paris
(curated by the curatorial program at Konstfack, Stockholm)
Samtiden -I betraktarens rum, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
(cat)
Laocoonte devorado, arte y violenca politica, Artium, Vitoria-Gasteiz,
Centro Guerrero, Granada, DA2 museum, Salamanca, Spain (compiled
by Javier Gonzáles de Durana) (cat)
2003
Delays and Revolutions, La 50 Biennale di
Venezia, Italian Pavillion, Venice (curated by Francesco Bonami
and Daniel Birnbaum) (cat)
2002
Iconoclash, Beyond the Image Wars in Science,
Religion and Art, ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie,
Karlsruhe, Germany (curated by Peter Galison, Dario Gamboni,
Joseph Koerner, Bruno Latour, Adam Lowe and Hans Ulrich Obrist)
(cat)
maccarone inc., New York
2001
Outlanders, Baltic Centre for Contemporary
Art, Gateshead at Waygood Gallery, Newcastle, UK (curated by
Paul Stone and Sarah Martin) (cat)
Money/Pengar, Kulturhuset, Stockholm (curated by Karin Hansson
and Nils Claesson) (cat)
2000
Århundradenas bilder, Nationalmuseum,
Stockholm (compiled by Olle Granath and Lena Holger) (cat)
Shoot. - Moving Pictures by Artists, Malmö Konsthall
, Malmö, Sweden, (curated by Åsa Maria Bengtsson,
Lisa Strömbeck, Marit Lindberg)
1999
Passion, Gasworks, London (curated by Peter
Cross and Tim Hutchinson)
1997
Invasioon, Saaremaa Biennaal, Kuressaare,
Estonia (curated by Eve and Peeter Linnap) (cat)
Samtida
konstnärer ser på Liljefors, Göteborgs
Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden (cat)
1996
Samtida konstnärer ser på Liljefors,
Waldemarsudde, Stockholm (cat)
Index Edition, Galleri
Index, Stockholm
1995
Revir/Territory, Kulturhuset, Stockholm (cat)
1993
Edstrandska Stiftelsens Stipendiater, Malmö
Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Missing, Forum Arnault,
Stockholm (with Sushil Kumar and Jan Håfström)
90-talets nyförvärv, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1992
”Waldemarsudde“, Waldemarsudde,
Stockholm (cat)
1991
Invocation, Lalith Khala Academy, New Delhi,
Madras and Ahmedabad, India
Enigma, Göteborgs
Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
1990
Spegling, Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Museet
for samtidskunst, Oslo (cat)
Represented in Public Collections
B.P.S. 22, Charleroi, Belgium
Frac Nord-Pas de Calais, France
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Sweden
Jönköpings Länsmuseum, Sweden
Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York
Saatchi & Saatchi collection, London
Waldemarsudde, Stockholm
Selected Bibliography
Publications
2008
Germania, exh.cat, Saatchi Gallery, London, 2008
2007
James Meyer, The Return of the Sixties in Contemporary Art and
Criticism. In Okwui Enwezor, Terry Smith and Nancy Condee, eds.
Modernity and Contemporaneity: Antimonies of Art and Culture
after the 20th Century. Durham: Duke University Press
Felix Gmelin, Tools and Grammar, (p. 11-35). In OEI Magazine,
#33 #34 #35, Stockholm
Phil Poynter, Silvia Manzoni and Giovanna Battaglia, A world
wide photo tour in the studios of the major artists. In L'Uomo
Vogue - Biennale di Venezia, May 2007 #381
2005
Felix Gmelin: The Aging Revolution, exhibition catalogue. David
Rimanelli, Daniel Birnbaum and Ronald Jones. ed. Robert Stasinski.
Malmö Konstmuseum/ Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
Felix Gmelin, Two Films exchanging Soundtracks, (p. 5-21). In
OEI Magazine, #22 #23, Stockholm
2004
Sophie Allgårdh, Felix Gmelin. In Svensk konst nu : 85
konstnärer. Sophie Allgårdh and Estelle af Malmborg,
SAK / Wahlström & Widstrand, Stockholm
Ronald Jones & Robert Stasinski, Intervju, NU-E, The Nordic
Art Magazine, Stockholm, 2004
Magnus af Petersens, Contemporaries — Sharing the Space
of the Beholder. In Moderna Museet - The Book, Stockholm
2002
Dario Gamboni, Image to Destroy, Indestructible Image, (p.88-135).
In Bruno Latour and Peter Weibel, eds. Iconoclash, Beyond the
Image Wars in Science, Religion and Art, exhibition catalogue.
ZKM, Karlsruhe/ MIT Press
2001
Sveriges konst 1900-talet, del 3. 1970-2000, Mårten Castenfors,
SAK, Stockholm
1997
Lars O Ericsson, Image Cannibalism (p. 86). In Invasioon, Saaremaa
Biennaal, exhibition catalogue, Kuressaare, Estonia
1996
Felix Gmelin, Art Vandals, exhibition catalogue. Jörgen
Gassilewski, Annika Öhrner, Riksutställningar / Swedish
Travelling Exhibitions
1994
Felix Gmelin, Ein kleiner Beitrag zur Sauberkeit, exhibition
catalogue. Gertrud Sandqvist, Christoph Tannert, Künstlerhaus
Bethanien / KulturBrauerei, Berlin
Articles
2009
Stop Making Sense, (Felix Gmelin in conversation with Helena Reckitt), Switch, The Power Plant, Winter 2008-09, p.10-14
Danby, Charles, Flash Reviews, Felix Gmelin, Vilma Gold, Flash Art, No. 264, January/February, pg.108
2008
Coupe, Tom, Felix Gmelin, Kultureflash, November 6
Ronald Jones, Felix Gmelin, Artforum, Feb, 2008
Ronald Jones, Light deny'd, Paletten, Gothenburg, # 4, 2008
2007
Peter Cornell, Felix Gmelin / Tools and grammar, Expressen,
Stockholm, 20 Nov, 2007
Camilla Hammarström, Själen finns i fingertopparna,
Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 20 Nov, 2007
Sophie Allgårdh, Film, dia, måleri, Svenska Dagbladet,
Stockholm 17 Nov, 2007
Millou Allerholm, Felix Gmelins utställning bland de vackraste
på länge, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, 10 Nov, 2007
Martha Schwendener, Stalking With Stories, New York Times, 19
Oct, 2007
Lori Cole, Stalking with Stories: The Pioneers of the Immemorable
- Apexart, Artforum.com, Oct, 2007
David Briers, Re- Site Gallery, Art Monthly, 4 July, 2007
Ángela Molina, Mercaderes en Venecia, El Pais, Madrid,
23 June, 2007
Daniel Birnbaum, The Art of Education, Artforum, June, 2007
(p. 476)
Ays¸egül Sönmez, Venedik'te ölüm,
Halkin Gazetesi BirGün, Istanbul, 17 June, 2007
Mikael Olofsson, Krigets ständiga återkomst, Göteborgs-Posten,
Gothenburg, 14 June, 2007
Ulrika Stahre, Allt kan hända, Aftonbladet, Stockholm,
12 June, 2007
Alfred Hickling, Re-, The Guardian, London, 12 April, 2007
2006
Jovana Stokic, Art, Life and Confusion, NY Arts Magazine, 2006
Ronald Jones, The Moderna Exhibition 2006, frieze, #99, 2006
Robert Stasinski, Felix Gmelin, Contemporary, London, #85, 2006
(p. 44-47)
Martin Schibli, visiting the Berlin Biennale, New Herald, 3
May, 2006
2005
Amanda Coulson, Blunting the Cutting Edge, Felix Gmelin's reevaluation
of revolution, Modern Painters, June, 2005 (p. 60-61)
Verena Kuni, (But you won't fool the) Children of the Revolution,
Spike Art Quarterly, #Summer, 2005
Christoph Schütte, Sex, Malerei und Video, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung, 15 May, 2005
Sandra Danicke, Vandalismus ohne Wut, Frankfurter Rundschau,
20 Apr, 2005 (p. 17)
Michael Hierholzer, Rote Fahne, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,
9 Apr, 2005 (p. 66)
Ronald Jones, Milliken, Stockholm, Sweden, frieze, #89, 2005
(p. 123-124)
Sophie Allgårdh, Upprepningar utmanar det manliga geniet,
Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm, 9 Jan 2005
Marcia Morse, Everyone’s a comedian. Rib-poking exhibit
tickles art’s fancy, Honolulu Weekly, 11 Sept 2005
Jenny Aschenbrenner, Politisk konst - vem bryr sig?, TT Spektra
/ Bohuslänningen, 8 Jan, 2005 (p. 46)
Power Ekroth, Felix Gmelin, Flash Art, Jan, 2005
2004
Margaret Sundell, Felix Gmelin, maccarone inc. Artforum, Sept,
2004 (p. 271-272)
Sophie Allgårdh, Gmelin gör upp med fadern, Svenska
Dagbladet, 4 Dec, 2004 (p. 9)
Millou Allerholm, Varje bild är ett val, Dagens Nyheter,
4 Dec, 2004 (p. 8)
Maxine Kopsa, Het waarom opgesloten tussen twee vertellingen,
Metropolis #4, 2004
Christopher K. Ho, Felix Gmelin, Modern Painters, #Autumn, 2004
(p. 132-133)
Ulrich Cleving, Immer an der Wand lang, Frankfurter Rundschau,
20 Sept, 2004 (p. 10)
Peter Cornell, Utopi och urscen, Expressen, 2 Dec, 2004
Holland Cotter, Politics That Makes Peace With the Beauty of
Objects, New York Times, June 18, 2004
Emily Speers Mears, Critics picks, Artforum.com, June, 2004
Brian Sholis, (Re)making history, Flash Art, October, 2004 (p.
103-105)
2003
David Rimanelli, Best of 2003, Artforum, December, 2003 ( p.
116)
Olav Westphahlen, Top Ten, Artforum, October, 2003 (p. 64)
Scott Rothkopf, In the Bag, Artforum, September , 2003
James Rondeau, Jörg Heiser and Maxine Kopsa, 50th Venice
Biennale, frieze, #77, 2003 (p. 96, 97 & 106)
Thomas Wagner, Das Hochhaus weicht dem Flugzeug aus, Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung, 28 June, 2003
2000
Ingamaj Beck, Konstnärliga möten mellan då och
nu, Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 16 Jan, 2000 (p. 5)
Ingela Lind, Fem får en kick, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm,
6 jan, 2000 (p. 4)
1999
Lars O Ericsson, Monstruösa porträtt kolliderar, Dagens
Nyheter, Stockholm, 2 Oct, 1999
1998
Pekka Rönkkö, Taidevandaalit tulevat Kemin Taidemuseoon,
Pohjolan Sanomat, 28 Mar, 1998
1997
Daniel Birnbaum, The Art of Destruction, frieze, London, #35,
1997 (p. 37-38)
Mårten Arndtzén, Art Loving Vandals, Siksi, Helsinki,
#1, 1997 (p. 11)
Carl-Johan Malmberg, Vitt är svart, sade kejsaren, Svenska
Dagbladet, 8 Feb, 1997 (p.56)
Carl-Johan Malmberg, Vandaler i konstvärldens utmarker,
Svenska Dagbladet, 1 Feb, 1997 (p. 30)
Gunilla Grahn-Hinnfors, Konst som slår mot konst, GP,
Gothenburg, Sweden, 16 Oct, 1997
Lars O Ericsson, Summan av förstörelsen, Dagens Nyheter
24 Jan, 1997 (p. B3)
1996
Ingela Lind, Liljefors — ett hatälskat kulturarv,
Dagens Nyheter, 3 Nov, 1996, (p. B1)
Marianne Nanne-Bråhammar, Konstvandalism - En en skandal?,
Arbetet, Malmö, 27 Sept, 1996
Dan Jönsson, I hälarna på konstvandaler, Sydsvenska
Dagbladet, 13 Oct, 1996
1995
Katja Reissner, Das ende der Aura, Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin,
3 Mar, 1995
Harald Fricke, Museumsgeschmack, taz, Berlin, 12 Mar, 1996 (p.
36)
1994
Erik van der Heeg, Revir, Material, Stockholm #1, 1994 (p. 15)
Milou Allerholm, Revir, tidskriften Index, #94/95 (p. 70-71)
1993
Milou Allerholm, Konsten att läsa en sköldpadda, Expressen,
8 June, 1993
1992
Peter Cornell, Magiska rum, Expressen, Stockholm, 16 Oct, 1992
Guy Scarpetta, Max kastar nytt ljus över August, Expressen,
Stockholm, 26 June, 1992
Ingela Lind, Ironi och frestelse, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm,
5 June, 1992
Inga Maj Beck, Tuktad revolt i prinsens folkhem, Aftonbladet,
Stockholm, 9 June, 1992
Jörgen Gassilewski, Den bild som är oss given, iDAG,
Gothenburg, 1 Aug, 1992 (p. 5)
Erik van der Heeg, "Waldemarsudde", Material, Stockholm
#9, 1992 (p. 44-46)
1991
Torkel Rasmusson, Strimlade lån ur historien, Dagens Nyheter,
Stockholm, 1 Feb, 1991 (p. B 3)
Jörgen Gassilewski, Det är på bildens kropp
det händer, iDAG, Gothenburg, Sweden, 26 Oct, 1991
1989
Peder Alton, Parafraser och infall, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm,
28 Apr, 1989
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