Åsa Elzén Curriculum Vitae Born in Sweden. Lives and works in Stockholm and Berlin Education 2007-08 Whitney Independent Study Program, New York 2003 The Romantic , Art & Architecture, Royal University College of Fine Art, Stockholm, 2000-02 M.F.A. Royal University College of Fine Art, Stockholm 1996 Art History, Stockholm University 1991-96 B.A. 1st Class Honours, Fine Art Sculpture, National College of Art and Design, Dublin, (thesis: To play a language game: Wittgenstein on the inner, rules and private language) Group Shows (selected) 2010 -Second World Congress of Free Artists part of the show Modifications, Aarhus Kunstbygning, Aarhus, Denmark (Förenigen JA!/The YES! Association), initiated by the Camel Collective -THE MODERNA EXHIBITION 2010, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, (Förenigen JA!/The YES! Association) curated by Fredrik Liew with Gertrud Sandqvist and Lisa Rosendahl -Y-Gallery, Minsk, Belarus curated by Martin Schibli -(Dis)Agreements: the utility, effectiveness, and problematics of categories at making ourselves visible:a day-long project in feminist space-making, Elizabeth A.Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum, New York, (Förenigen JA!/The YES! Association), initiated by Liz Linden and Jen Kennedy 2009 -Living in a Modern Society , Kaliningrad State Art Gallery, curated by Martin Schibli -Asia Panic, Second Gwangju Art Vision, Gwangju Biennale Exhibition Hall. Gwangju, South Korea, curated by Chang Suk-won and Choi Jae-chang -Lively presence, 7th Biennale of Mercosur, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Galeria Metropolitana, Santiago de Chile, Chile, editorial project curated by Instituto Divorciado -A Space on the Side of the Road, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden (Föreningen JA!/The YES! Association) curated by Kajsa Dahlberg and Henrik Anderson -Incheon Women Artist!s Biennial, Incheon, South Korea, curated by Heng-Gil Han a.o. -A Gift to Birobidzhan, newsgrist.typepad.com/a_gift_to_birobidzhan/ ,curated by Yevgeniy Fiks -Interface: Nature, Nurtue Art, New York, curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens 2008 -Moot Points: Exercises in Self Organisation, Discourse and Collaboration, Förenigen JA!/The YES! Association in collaboration with Kajsa Dahlberg, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK, curated by Kathryn Elkin -Metro-Poles: Art in Action, Bronx River Art Center, New York, curated by José Ruiz, Robert Lee, Heng-Gil Han and Elisabeth Akkerman -Dwelling Place, Taiwan International Video Art Exhibition, Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei, Taiwan -Mornings in Mexico, curated by Steven Lam and Tamar Guimaraes at Farewell to Postcolonialism, Third Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, China, curated by Gao Shiming, Sarat Maharaj, Chang Tsong-zung, a.o -Living in a Modern Society at QUI VIVE? I Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, L-Gallery, Moscow, curated by Martin Schibli -Whitney Independent Study Program, Studio Program Exhibition, former DIA Center for the Arts, New York -475 KENT lives, Queens Museum of Art, Belova Centre, New York, curated Koan Jeff Baysa 2007 -Ernte, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Switzerland -Konstfeminism, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Göteborg, curated by Anna Livion, Barbro Werkmäster, Niclas Östlind a.o -Volume, 3rd Ward, New York, curated by Mariko Tanaka -Foire/Fair comme si tout allait bien, As If All Were Well, Centre des arts actuels SKOL, Montréal, Canada 2006 -Studio Visit, Exit Art, New York -Sweden 16, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden, curated by Helen Hedensjö -Konstfeminism, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, curated by Anna Livion, Barbro Werkmäster, Niclas Östlind a.o -Konstfeminism, Hälsinglands museum, Hudiksvall, Sweden, curated by Anna Livion, Barbro Werkmäster, Niclas Östlind a.o 2005 -KM.0 0/5 URBANO, Contemporary Art Museum, Santa Cruz, Bolivia -Konstfeminism, Dunkers Kulturhus Helsingborg, Sweden, curated by Anna Livion, Barbro Werkmäster, Niclas Östlind a.o -Oslo Mobile Kunsthall, Oslo Kunsthall / aiPotu, Oslo, curated by ak28 and aiPotu -Changdonggo, Changdong Art Studios, Seoul -Moderna by Night/Artistic Strategies, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, curated by Catrin Lundqvist, Josefin Herolf, Kim Einarsson a.o. -Telltale, Ewha Art Centre, Seoul, Curated by Jiyoon Lee -Stockholm Art Fair, with Museum Anna Nordlander, Stockholm 2004 -Hair and Sisterhood, Konstakuten, Stockholm, curated by Malin Arnell and Viktoria Brännström -ArtFOG, Art Focused on Gender, Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, curated by Maria Sundström -A Grain of Dust A Drop of Water, Gwangju Biennale 2004, Gwangju, South Korea, curated by Kerry Brougher, Sukwon Chang, Milena Kalinovska, Roberto Pinto a.o. -schwEDEN, Felleshaus, Nordischen Botschaften, Berlin, curated by Aris Fioretos 2002 -Impact 3 Galerie Associative de la Photographie et de la Video, Strasbourg, curated by Yasmina Khouaidjia -Konsthögskolans Vårutställning, Konstakademien, Stockholm 2001 -ma/galerie helen adkins, Berlin -Konsthögskolans Vårutställning, Konstakademien, Stockholm -Konstakuten, Stockholm -Forum Frispel, Kulturhuset, Stockholm -Hybrid, Teater Replica, Stockholm, curated by Josefin Herolf -cross female, Kunstverein Pforzheim e.V., Pforzheim, Germany, curated by Barbara Höffer and Valeria Schulte-Fischedick 2000 -cross female, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, curated by Barbara Höffer and Valeria Schulte-Fischedick -Flexible 3, close to the body, Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg, Netherlands -Flexible 3, close to the body Helmshore Textile Museum, Manchester -Flexible 3, close to the body Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Bayreuth 1999 -Flexible 3, close to the body Landesgalerie Oberösterreich. Landesmuseum, Linz, Austria -Flexible 3, close to the body BWA Wroclaw Contemporary Art Galleries, Wroclaw, Poland 1998 -Kopf an Kopf, Head to Head, Tête-à-Tête, ACC Galerie, with Amanda Dunsmore and Stephan Höller, Weimar, curated by Mary Rozell and Frank Motz -Salz und Zisterzienser, Kulturforum Gut Wienebüttel, Lüneburg, Germany 1997 -Männer Mythen, with FBI, Aktions Galerie, Berlin Film screenings (selected) 2009 -Film Idyll, Klubb Idyll, Högkvarteret, Stockholm -Experiments in Living, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, curated by Bildwechsel Glasgow 2008 -Out of place, Cinemateket, curated by Filmform, Stockholm -Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin curated by Nathalie Henon and Jean Francois Retting -Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, National Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid, curated by Nathalie Henon and Jean Francois Retting -Privilege Walk/Symposuim, Lilith Performance Studio, Malmö, org. by the YES! Association 2007 -Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, Cinéma l!Entrepot (and other locations) Paris, curated by Nathalie Henon and Jean Francois Retting -Film Idyll, Klubb Idyll, Årsta Folkets hus, Stockholm -Skellefteå Kommuns Genusvecka, with Museum Anna Nordlander, City Hall, Skellefteå, Sweden -Positive Massnahmen, International Women!s Day Party, Nurnberg, Germany 2006 -Ladyfest, Berlin -Pridehouse, Stockholm Pride Festival, Stockholm -Ladyfest, Toulouse, France -Kvar- the malfunction, 3rd Queer Beograd Festival, Oueer Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia 2005 -Ladyfest, Malmö -Centrum för genusstudier, Stockholms Universitet -Gävle Konstcentrum, curated by Pia Kristoffersson -Galleri Box, in conjuncture with the Gothenburg Biennale, Gothenburg -Kombat filmfestival, Pride Ung 2005, Lava, Kulturhuset, Stockholm -EMAP, Ewha Women!s University, Seoul, curated by Inhee Iris Moon a.o. -Cell 5, Helsingfors -ABF-Huset, Stockholm -Arbetets Museum, Norrköping, Sweden -Feministisk söndagsbio (Feminist Sunday Cinema) Motståndskafeet, Uppsala, Sweden -Filmkväll, Uppsala Sociala Forum, Uppsala, Sweden -Feministfestivalen, Kafé 44, Stockholm -Feministfestivalen, Umeå, Sweden -Feministfestivalen, Gothenburg -Tellus Biograf, Stockholm -Färnebo Folkhögskola, Färnebo, Sweden -Kulturhuset, Lava, Stockholm -Genusdag – tema etnicitet, kön och sexualitet, Lärarhögskolan, Stockholm 2004 -The little garden workshop, Sparwasser, Berlin -Feminism 2004, Malmö -Socialistiskt Forum, ABF-huset, Stockholm Solo Shows 2009 -The guide and the seeing man, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden 2005 -Systerskapets år / A Year of Sisterhood as archive, in collaboration with Sonia Hedstrand, ak28, Stockholm, curated by Johanna Gustafsson-Fürst -Systerskapets år / A Year of Sisterhood, in collaboration with Sonia Hedstrand, Produktionsenhetens projektrum, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden, curated by Production Unit 2004 -Woojegil Museum, exhibition and workshop in collaboration with Ylva Elzén in connection with the 5th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, curated by Jongkee Chae 2003 -Grosse Liebe World Tour Del 1, in collaboration with Brian Manning Delaney SL- montern Oden-plan, Stockholm 2002 -game, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm 2001 -game, ma/galerie helen adkins, Berlin -turisten, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm 2000 -Strich & Faden, ma/galerie helen adkins, Berlin 1999 -In front of the landscape, Janco-Dada Museum, Haifa, Israel, curated by Yona Fischer -Cocooning, Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi -In the process of crystallization, Séparé museumsakademie, parallell to Daniele Buetti, Berlin 1998 -SALT, Edsvik Konst & Kultur, Stockholm, curated by Birgitta Hallerström Wallin 1997 -Public installation within the project Kopf an Kopf, Weimar -Stilleben in Sodom, Städtisches Museum Zwickau, Zwickau, Germany, curated by Petra Lewy 1996 -Paraphernalia, NCAD Degreeshow, Dublin Bibliography (selected) 2010 -Sinziana Ravini, “Friktionsfritt och förföriskt – Modernautställingen 2010” (Frictionless