Saskia Holmkvist- b. 1971
Upcoming exhibitions
2009
- Oberhausen Filmfestival, International competition, 4 May
- Filmform program at Gävle videokonstfestivalen, 7 May
- Filmform program at Cinemateket in Stockholm, 10 May
- Utopics-Biel/Beinne, Switzerland, 29th Aug
- Momentum in Moss, Norway 27th Aug
- Umeå Bildmuseu
Exhibitions
2009
- In Character/Role Control, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Germany
- In Character/Role Control, 0047, Oslo/Norway
2008
- Role Control, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
- Role Control, Index Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
- IASPIS, Stockholm, 2005
Group Exhibitions
2009
- Soft Manipulation, 3,14, Bergen, Norway
- Strategies of Confidence, NICC, Antwerpen
2008
- Soft Manipulation, Casino Luxemburg, Luxembourg
- Coming to you LIVE, Bloomberg Headquarters, Art in General, New York
- Last Chanse to see the Show, Point Ephemère, Paris-(Hot Desking/RMC-Curatorlab/Manifesta)
- Tense Territories, Santralistanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Good Gangsters in Town, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taiwan
- Decoder, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania
2007
- Work to do, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
- Decoder - Contour Biennial, Mechelen, Belgium
- Äkta Vara, Röda Steen, Göteborg, Sweden
2006
- I/Ich Performative Ontology, Secession, Vienna, Austria
- Jump into Cold Water, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland
- I, Gallery Futura, Prague, Czech Republic
- Represent, David Blandy/Saskia Holmkvist, Gasworks, London,UK, (2 person show)
- The moderna exhibition, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Deep Search, Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg, Sweden
2005
- Seven Little Samurais+1, Apontan, Tokyo, Japan
- Narrow focus, Tranzit workshop, Bratislava, Slovakia Republic
- Vid regnbågens slut, Tumba Bruksmuseum, Tumba, Sweden
- Printing matters, Witte de With Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Mörklagd 1+2, Signal, Malmö, Sweden
2004
- Memento, Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden
- Balancing Acts, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, France
2003
- Greyscale/CMYK, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Irland
- Arghh, Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Stockholm, Sweden
- Stockholm Art Fair, Edsvik Konst och Kultur/The Modern Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2002
- Greyscale/CMYK, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
- www.ionic.nifca.org, webgallery, Nifca, 2002-2003
- Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Screenings and filmfestivals
2008
- General Public, http://www.generalpublic.de, Berlin, Germany
2007
- Go, Think, Prepare, CAC TV, 28 feb 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Kingdome come, Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
- VIEW 2007, Culture Factory Korjaamo, Av- arkki, Finland
- NOASS/Cinema K-suns, Riga, Lettland
- Konst/Film Gävleborg, Förvaltningshuset i Ljusdal, Gävle slott, Gävle sjukhus, Biblioteket i Bollnäs
2006
- Tank-tv, www.tank.tv/, November/December
- Videokonstbiennalen06, Gävle, Sweden
- Vera filmfestival, Åland, Finland
2005
- Tempo documentary filmfestival, Zita, Stockholm, Sweden
- Analog Fictions, Swedish Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey
- Real Fiction, Cinema Svetozor, Tranzit, Prague, Czech Republic
2004
- Blick, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- National shortfilm, Uppsala International Shortfilmfestival, Uppsala, Sweden
- International Art Film Festival, Galleri Valfisken, Simrishamn, Sweden
- The fourth Thanet Contemporary Arts Festival, Margate Rocks, Kent, UK
- Festival@prenelle, Island Film and Video, London, UK
- Commotion, Picture this moving image- Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
2003
- Winner of documentary filmaward, Swedish Film Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Nordic Panorama, Documentary Film Festival, Malmö, Sweden
- International Art Film Festival, Galleri Valfisken, Simrishamn, Sweden
2001
- Blick, The Modern Museum/Nifca, Sweden, 2001
Printed matters
- Self-reflexive history, WMAOYW, www.whomakesandownsyourwork.org, 2007
- How do you communicate as an artist?, Untitled Magazine, www.untitledmagazine.com, 2006
- How I became an artist, Squid, www.squid-net.com, 2005
- Man-i-pul-ate, Fabrik, www.tidskriftenfabrik.nu, 2005
- System, Texst- Anthology of textbased art, www.text-texst.com, 2004
- System, Metronome 7, 2001
Represented
Represented
- Moderna Muséet in Stockholm, Sweden, with the video works;
- -System
- -Interview with Saskia Holmkvist
Distribution
Distribution
- Filmform, www.filmform.com, Stockholm, Sweden
Archives
Archives
- Pilot, www.pilotlondon.org
- Timeline archive, Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
Grants, Fellowships and Residencies
- Air Antwerpen 2008
- Konstnärsnämndens 2-åriga arbetsstipendium 2006
- Sleipnir 2006
- Nifca, residency/Vilnius 2006
- Gasworks, residency/London, 2006
- IASPIS, residency/Stockholm, 2004/2005
- Swedish Film Institute, Documentary film award, 2003
- Scholarship from University College of Arts and Crafts/Konstfack, 2003
Education
- 2000-2004 University Collage of Arts, Crafts&Design (Konstfack), Stockholm, Sweden
- 1999-2000 Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 1992-1995 BA; Art History, History of Ideas, Anthropology, University of Stockholm, Sweden