TOBIAS BERNSTRUP Born 1970 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. Web-site: www.bernstrup.com
Education: 2002-2003 ISCP, International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York. 1993-1998 The Royal College University of Fine Arts, Stockholm,Sweden.
Solo Exhibitions 2017 Meltdown Revisited, with Palle Torsson, Andréhn- Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden. South of Heaven, ADN-Galeria, Barcelona, Spain. 2015 South of Heaven, Ängelholms Flygmuseum, Ängelholm, Sweden. South of Heaven Mk. II, Konsthallen Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden. 2014 South of Heaven, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden. 2012 Sing My Body Electric, Uppsala Museum of Art, Uppsala, Sweden. 2010 Body 5 Arrives, ADN-Galeria, Barcelona, Spain. Almost Human, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden. Almost Human, Stenasalen Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2007 Mantis City, White Project Arte Contemporanea, Pescara, Italy. YAMA, Hotel Marmara Istanbul, curated by Mark Aerial Waller. The Hall, curated by Derya Demir, Istanbul, Turkey. Enemies Of The Earth, ADN-Galeria, Barcelona, Spain. 2006 Mantis City, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China. Killing Spree, DA2, Salamanca, Spain. 2005 ADN-Galeria, Barcelona, Spain. Killing Spree, Performance & CD-Release, La Paloma / LOOP- Barcelona 2005, ADN-Galeria, Barcelona, Spain. Killing Spree, Performance & CD-Release, Zwinger Bar, organized by Kunsthalle Nürnberg. Performance at Rothko NYC, USA. Performance at Rothko, New York, USA. 2004 Art Basel Miami Beach, Andréhn-Schiptjenko. XSEED 4000, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden. XSEED 4000, Cosmic Galerie, Paris, France. Performance at Centre d'Art Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland.
2003 Animate Me No. 2, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland. Galeria Sogospatty, Rome, curated by Mauro Bianchini. Performance at Area, organized by Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland. 2002 Artissima, Present Future, Cosmic Galerie, Turin, Italy. Re-Animate Me, Performance/CD-release, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. Nekropolis, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, curated by Laurence Dreyfus In the dead of night, Moniquemeloche, Chicago, USA. 2001 Performance, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany. 2000 Performance, Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sweden. 1999 Super Twins, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm, Sweden. Museum Meltdown, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, (with Palle Torsson). 1998 Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, Sweden. Dancing Boulevard Café Symphony, Galleri FC, Malmö, Sweden. 1996 Galleri Moment, Ängelholm, Sweden. 1995 Lovely Me, Station Skelderhus Magasinet, Munka Ljungby, Sweden. Electric Boogie, Gallery TRE, Stockholm, Sweden.
Group Exhibitions (selected) 2018 If You Don’t Like Art, Goodbye, Fuck Off, Go Home – Art from Nordic Contemporary Art Collection – NoCo, curated by Göran Christenson, Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland. 2017 If You Don’t Like Art, Goodbye, Fuck Off, Go Home – Art from Nordic Contemporary Art Collection – NoCo, curated by Göran Christenson, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Sweden. 2016 Gränslöst – 1700-ta speglat i nuet, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden. 2014 Art Wars, 3:e våningen, Gothenburg, Sweden. Chercher le Garçon, Musée d’Art Contemporain du Val-de- Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France. Video Forever 17*Détournement – Rerouting*, Studio Frank Perrin, Genève, Suisse. 2012 NOTEMPLE, Breeder Gallery, Athens, Greece. 1st Kochi Muziris Biennale, Mumbai, India. Friction, Performance Festival, Uppsala, Sweden.
2011 Revolver, Casino Metropolitan, curated by Gabriel Mestre Mexico City. Intervalli, Palazzo Mezzopreti, curated by Eugenio Viola and Enrico Valentini, Montepagano, Italy. Stockholm-diaries, Steen og Strøm Magasin, Oslo, Norway. Musique plastique, Galerie du Jour Agnès B, Paris,France. Cairo Biennale, Cairo, Egypt. Interesting Thing/New Gravity, National Centre for Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia. Fames Family Vaudeville, Darb 1718, Cairo, Egypt. 2010 The Green Valley Disaster, The Forgotten Bar/ Galerie Im Regierungsviertel, Berlin, Germany. 2009 Narcotica, Forgotten Bar Project, New York, USA. Black Hole, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain. LAVVOLOOP, Park Art, touring show, Norway. Embassy of Piracy, Internet Pavilion, The Venice Collateral events, Venice, Italy. The Cabinet, Puglia, Italy, curated by Grazia de Palma Art Service, Mejan Labs, Stockholm, Sweden. Forgotten Bar Project, ALP Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. 2008 Performance at Feinkost, Berlin, Germany. Crossing, Centro de l'Arte Contemporanea, Prato, Italy. Avatar, Australian Center of Photography, Paddington, Australia. The Pratice of Everyday Life, Feinkost, Berlin, Germany. Try Again, Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian, Spain, curated by Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes. Try Again, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Curated by Juan Antonio Álvarez Reyes. Avatar, Australian Centre for Photograph, Paddington, Sydney, Australia. The Possibility of an Island, MoCA Miami, USA, curated by Ruba Katrib. Pop! goes the weasel, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany. Video project at Yama, Marmara Hotel Istanbul. Turkey, curated by Mark Aerial Waller. Eastern Standard, Western Artists in China, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, USA. 2007 Frisbee Poster project, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Ebgi and Jen DeNike. RENCONTRE VIDEO #4, Contemporary Art Museum of Val-de- Marne, Paris, France.
Acceleration, CAN / Karting, Neuchatel, Switzerland. Insects, Centre d'art la Panera, Lleida, Spain. Art Feminism, Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden. Meme: Romanticism, EFA Galery, New York, USA, curated by Michele Thurzs. Switch on the Power!, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria, Spain, curated by Xabier Arakistain. 2006 Switch on the power, CAAM, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Art Feminism, Hälsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall, Sweden. Art Feminism, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden. TekniKunst2006, Art & Technology Festival, Melbourne, Australia. ADN Galeria, Barcelona, Spain. Torpedo, Oslo, Norway. Switch on the Power, MARCO Museum, Vigo, Spain. 2005 Art Feminism, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden Trouble with Fantasy, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany. Future for cities, Avenirs de villes, Le temps de lumieres, Nancy, France. Culture as Play, Microwave International Media Art Festival, Hong Kong, China. Armory Show, Andréhn-Schiptjenko. 2004 Version 2004, Centre pour l'image contemporaine Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland. I need you, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland (in collaboration with Palle Torsson showing Museum Meltdown III, Moderna Museet). Live, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.* Another zero, Galleria d’Arte e Contemporanea, curated by November Paynter, Bergamo, Italy. 2003 Now What? Dreaming a better world in six parts BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Attack!, in collaboration with Palle Torsson, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria. Phantom der Lust, visionen der masochismus in der kunst, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria. NOWN, Wood street Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA, curated by Michele Thursz. 2002 Busan Biennale, Metropolitan Art Musem, Busan, South Korea, curated by Kim Airyung. Nouvelle Acquisitions, FRAC Champagne/Ardenne, Reims, France.
Game Over City, FRAC Champagne/Ardenne, Reims, France, curated by Laurence Dreyfus. On the top of the world, Gió Marconi, Milan, Italy, curated by Caroline Corbetta. 2001 9th Biennale of moving images, Centre pour l'image contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland. KIMAF, Centre for Contemporary Art, Kiev, Ukraine, curated by Katya Stukalova/Natalia Manzhali. Tirana Biennale, Albania, organised by Giancarlo Politi. Connivence, Biennale de Lyon, Musée d'art contemporain, France. Monitor Vol. 1, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA. Male, Galerija sodobne umetnosti / Likovni salon Celje, Slovenia, curated by Irena Cercnik & Nevenka Sˇivavec. Berlin_London, ICA, London, curated by Rüdger Lange & Antje Weitzel. Disco, Arena Gallery, Chicago, USA, curated by Monique Meloche. The Armory Show, Galleri Axel Mörner, New York, USA. 2000 Shivers, Cesare Manzo Gallery, Pescara, Italy, curated by Mauro Bianchini. Home Wrecker, Monique Meloche, Chicago, USA. And She Will Have Your Eyes... Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland. The Standard Projection, The Standard Hotel, Los Angeles, USA, curated by Yvonne Force Villareal. Organising Freedom, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, curated by David Elliott. Art 31 Basel Art Fair, Galerie Analix Forever, Geneva, Switzerland. i-ART, Contemporary Art in TIME, ArtNode, Stockholm, Sweden. Teleport Diner, In collaboration with Creative Time, Chelsea Active Worlds and Färgfabriken Stockholm, Sweden. Organising Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by David Elliott. Shoot, Moving Images by Artists, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden. 1999 A & E, Chicago Project Room, USA, curated by Michael Hall. Art Forum Berlin, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm, Sweden. Blick, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Maria Lind/Cecilia Widenheim. I Var Sitt Rum, Vikingsbergs Konstmuseum, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Chelsea (Internet, Active Worlds) curated by Ginger Freeman. The Armory Show, Galleri Axel Mörner, New York, USA. Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm, Sweden. Nuit Blanche Nordic Video Tour. 1998 7th Muestra international de performance Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico. Swedish Mess Arkipelag, Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, curated by Maria Lind/Sara Arrhenius. Pakkhus, Momentum, Moss curated by Daniel Birnbaum, Atle Gerhardsen & Lars Bang Larsen. Gekko, Munchen Bryggeriet, Stockholm, Sweden. Pleasure and Commitment Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm, Sweden. Nuit Blanche Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France. 1997 Performance Festival, Odense, Norway. The Male of The Species, MUU Gallery, Finland (with Palle Torsson). Liste-97 The Young Art Fair in Basel. Perish, Duende, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Funny vs Bizarre, The Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius and Art Hall of Riga, Lithuania and Latvia, (with Palle Torsson) curated by Kestutis Kuizinas. Smart Show Goes To Sea, Gallery TRE, Stockholm, Sweden – Helsinki, Finland. Projekt III, Gallery TRE, Stockholm, Sweden. 1996 The Scream, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, (with Palle Torsson) curated by Kim Levin. Electronic Undercurrents, National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. Artgenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. Love All, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. MUU Gallery, Helsinki, Finland. Uthärda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. Offside-Nordic Natives in Global Village Bergen, Norway. Breaking Eyes Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. Artgenda, Oksnehallen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Stockholm Smart Show, Sweden. Otto Plonk, Bergen, Norway, (with Lova Hamilton).
1995 Oslo-One Night Stand, Kunstnerernes Hus, Oslo, Norway, (with Lova Hamilton). Stockholm ArtHotel (with Palle Torsson), Stockholm, Sweden. Re-View, Gallery TRE, Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden.
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Performances (selected) 2012 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, USA. Weird, New York, USA. Dogztar, Istanbul, Turkey. Kalabalik, Alvesta, Sweden. Spirit, Berlin, Germany. King Kong Klubb, Berlin, Germany. Friktioner, Uppsala Konsert Kongress, Uppsala, Sweden. Mordisco, Granada, Spain. Donna Scam, Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden. 2011 Casino Metropolitano, Mexico City, Mexico. Patrick Miller, Mexico City, Mexico. You Are Free, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria. Galerie Agnès B, Paris, France. Stockholm Diaries, Steen & Strøm Magasin, Oslo, Norway. Salon Kadoch, Mexico City, Mexico. Salon Angelus, Mexico City, Mexico. Salon Ivory, Mexico City, Mexico. Base Leiser, Mexico City, Mexico. Base Leiden, Mexico City, Mexico. Base Markitos, Mexico City, Mexico. 2010 National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia. Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sweden. Roza Tagen, Amersfoot, The Netherlands. Gender Bender Festival, Cassero, Bologna. HBT-Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden. You Are Free, Tape Club, Berlin, Germany. 2009 FRAC, Champagne-Ardenne, Scène d’Europe, Reims, France. Performance at Madre Museum, Neapolitan Museum of Modern Art, curated by Adriana Rispoli, Naples, Italy. Fashionplay, Stockholm, Sweden. Pirates of The Internet (with Mai Ueda), Internet Pavilion, Collateral Events at the Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. MADE-Festival, Umeå, Sweden.
Art Cologne, Open Space/Forgotten Bar Project, Cologne, Germany. Cassero, Bologna, Italy. Bastard Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden. 2008 Art Basel Miami Beach, organized by Miami MoCA, Miami, USA. Art Forum Berlin, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany. Snöfrid Bar, Berlin, Germany. Feinkost, Berlin, Germany. Asni Gallery, Addis Abeba, Ethopia. Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany. 2007 White Project Arte Contemporanea, Pescara, Italy. Pastor Big Time, Blå, Norway. 2 Minutes to Midnight, Sparwasser HQ, with Annika Larsson & Saralunden, Berlin, Germany. John Conelly Presents, New York, USA. The Kitchen, New York, USA.
2006 Shanghai Cosplay, Duolon MoMA, Shanghai, China. Killing Spree, DA2, Artium, Salamanca, Spain. Killing Spree, Debaser, presented by Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden. 2005 Killing Spree, La Paloma / LOOP-Barcelona 2005, AND- Galeria, Barcelona, Spain. Killing Spree, Zwinger Bar, organized by Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany. Killing Spree, Rothko, New York, USA. 2004 Sketch Gallery, organized by Alexandre Pollazzon, London, United Kingdom. Centre d'art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland. DOT-club, organized by Fonacion La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain. Casino Noveau, organized by Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Exit Art, curated by Michele Thurz, New York, USA. Moderna by Night, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. Debaser, Stockholm, Sweden. Cosmic Galerie, Paris, France. 2003 Ventisette bel ragazzo di provincia cercando un’avventura stanotte, Galleria Sogospatty, Rome, Italy. Ehrlkönig, organised by Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel, Switzerland. 2002 Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Re-Animate Me, CD-release, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden
Gió Marconi, Milan, Italy. 2001 Kiev International Media Art Festival, Club Flamingo, Kiev, Ukraine. Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany. Novalog, New Media Experience, Staatsbank, Berlin, Germany. SETS, performing surfaces, Magazzini del Sale, Venice Biennale, curated by Magdalena Malm, Venice, Italy. Disco, Arena Gallery, curated by Monique Meloche. Chicago, USA. 2000 Teleport Diner, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. Bukowskis, Stockholm, Sweden. 1999 The Armory Show, Galleri Axel Mörner, New York, USA. Stockholm Art Fair, Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm, Sweden. 1998 7th Muestra international de performance Ex-Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City, Mexico. Images of Love, Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden. Gekko, Munchen Bryggeriet, Stockholm, Sweden. 1997 Liste-97 The Young Art Fair in Basel. Perish Duende, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. One More Lonely Night Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm, Sweden. The Heat of The Night Smart Show Goes To Sea, Stockholm- Helsinki, Sweden and Finland. 1996 Nancy Love All, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden. 1995 Euro-Non-Stop-Dancing (with Lova Hamilton), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway.
Projects in collaboration with Palle Torsson 1999 Museum Meltdown, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, www.artnode.se/meltdown. 1997 Museum Meltdown, Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius, www.artnode.se/meltdown/old/vilnius.html. 1996 Museum Meltdown, Arken Museum of Moderna Art, Copenhagen, www.artnode.se/meltdown/old/arken.html. "Kunst für Alle", Featuring Peter Wahlbeck. 1995 "Join Hands" (Internet). "Nu lyfter vi Sverige", Art-project for the daily paper Expressen. "The Gallery Project", Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden.
Public Collections FRAC, Champagne/Ardenne, Reims, France. Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden. Helsingborgs Konstmuseum, Helsingborg, Sweden. Moderna Museet Stockholm, Sweden. Malmö Museer, Sweden. Swedish Art Council, Sweden. Ängelholms Kulturnämnd, Sweden.