Biography

 
 

Kristina Matousch (born 1974 in Kalmar, Sweden) lives and works in Långasand and Malmö, Sweden.

Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts


Education

1995 - 2000  The Royal Institute of Art, MA, Stockholm


Solo exhibitions  (selected)

2024 tender violent disgusting love, Varbergs konsthall
2023 Positionslosigkeit, Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö
2022 Squat, CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen
2022 Split, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm
2021 Trip, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
2021 Internal, Krognoshuset, Lund
2020 You Take My Breath Away, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm
2020   Hole Whole, Fullersta Gård, Huddinge 
2018   Bake, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm 
2016   En Plein Air, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
2016   STAIN, Galleri Riis, Stockholm
2014   Periphery, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
2013   Still Life Production, Galleri Riis, Stockholm
2012   Painting Fucking Guilty Pleasure, Antechamber, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011   Reflections: Body vs. Material, Trelleborg Museum
2010   TOOLS, Elastic Gallery, Malmö
2008   INTO, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Malmö
2006   Shop, Elastic Gallery, Malmö
2006   System, Galleri Mors Mössa, Gothenburg
2005   Passage, Gallerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany
2004   action trans action, Natalia Goldin Gallery, Stockholm


Group exhibitions  (selected)

2022 Det våta språket, Bie biennal III, Bie
2021 Gapet, Skissernas Museum, Lund
2020   PATTERNS II, Anne Mosseri-Marlio Galerie, [CH]
2020   Realism, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris
2018   Intimacy, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York [US] 
2017   Translation Theme Park, CAVE, Tokyo [JPN]
2016   Women don ́t paint very well, Hangmen Projects, Stockholm
2015   Powerful Babies: Keith Haring’s Impact on Artists Today, Spritmuseum, Stockholm
2015   Spreading the Seed, The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
2014   Leak, ISSUE Project Room, New York
2014   Meat Balls, The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York
2014   Embodied Spaces, Trondheim kunstmuseum, Norway
2014   Suecia Contemporare, Kalmar konstmuseum
2014   Take Form, Galleri Riis, Stockholm
2013   Shapes in the Making, Lunds Konsthall
2013   Baltic Sea Record, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany
2013   Distinguished from the melee of user comments and structurally misogynist chat rooms harbouring rapid-fire trolls, Galleri S:t Gertrud, Malmö
2012   Fingers and Flags, Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö
2012   Heavy Metal, Ystads Konstmuseum
2011   Consume More, Norrköping Art Museum
2011   The Muse; Naked Guy in Steel Box, Open House, IASPIS, Stockholm
2010   CUT, Crystal Contemporary Art, Stockholm
2010   Cash Flow, Botkyrka konsthall, Stockholm
2009   Performative formations, India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India
2009   Domestic Affairs, 1a space Gallery, Hong Kong, China
2005   Parallel Visions DCAD, Wilmington Delaware, USA
2005   Fluxus favourites, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2005   Sydkraft, Loop-Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Berlin, Germany
2005   Logistics, Rooseum, Malmö
2003   Circus, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2003   Packaging, Gallery MUU, Helsinki, Finland


Public Art (selected)

2021 Knopen, Medborgarplatsen, Stockholm /in collaboration with Anders Soidre
2021 Being, Uppsala yrkesgymnasium Jälla
2021 Moment, Hyllie Boulevard, Hyllie
2021 Notes, Life City, Stockholm
2019   Piece of mind, Änglandaskolan, Örebro /in collaboration with Anders Soidre
2017   Stream, NKS Nya Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm 
2016   Pizza Box, Hagalundskolan, Dalby /in collaboration with Anders Soidre
2013   Uranus, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
2010   Depths of Time, Hyllie station, Citytunnelprojektet, Malmö
2010   ZIP, Stortorget, Gävle
2006   Pirelli P-Zero 285/35 ZR 19 Ferrari Rosso 322, Multi-storey car park, Helsingborg


Public Collections

Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Malmö Art Museum
Borås Art Museum
Public Art Agency Sweden
Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelses samling
Region Skåne
SAK, Sveriges Allmänna konstförening


Bibliography (selected)

Lars-Erik Hjertström Lappalainen, Tourettes? Anteckningar om Matousch, Snus, omyndigkritik.nu, 2014.05.07
Peter Cornell, Poetisk ironi i hålrummen, Expressen, 2013.04.25
Catharina Gabrielsson, commissioned text for the public work Uranus, The Widerström Building, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, 2013
Thomas Millroth, Talande tomrum, Sydsvenskan, 2012.10.19
Julia Svensson, Dubbelnatur ger hålen mening, Sydsvenskan, 2011.01.07
Tom Sandqvist, Flickorna i Småland, Utställningstext TOOLS, Elastic Galley, Malmö, 2010.11.26
Aluma, Nr 11/2007, Det okända, s. 16-17
HOW / HUR, Publikation (33), 2002
Barbapappa, Publikation (57), 2002


Grants and Residencies (selected)

2021 Ragnar von Holtens minnesfond
2020 Eric och Inger Olson-Ekdahls Stipendium
2019 Göran Lagervalls pris
2017   The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 10 year working grant
2014   ISCP, The International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, USA
2014   Stiftelsen Längmanska kulturfonden
2012   The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 2 year working grant
2012   Elisabeth Norlunds stipendium
2011   Sparbankstiftelsen Skåne Kulturstipendium Konst
2011   IASPIS, International Artists Studio Program In Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
2009   Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse stipendium
2007   Edstrandska Foundation Award
2007   Fondation Grez-sur-Loing, The Carl Larsson Studio, France
2005   Aase och Richard Björklunds Fond- Stipendium
2004   Folke Hellström-Linds stipendium
2002   Malmö Stads Kulturstipendium
1998   Anders Sandrews Stiftelse