Tensta Konsthall
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Tensta Konsthall is a centre for contemporary art
on the outskirts of Stockholm
, Sweden
. Founded in 1998, the art centre has exhibited works by international artists which include: Wolfgang Tillmans
, Julian Opie
, On Kawara
, Shirin Neshat
, Susan Hiller
, Tracey Moffat, Kutlug Ataman
, Mark Wallinger
Rainer Ganahl
and Tris Vonna Michell
. The Centre has also exhibited many leading Swedish artists such as: Elin Wikström
, Ulf Rollof
, Carl Michael von Hausswolff
, Magnus Wallin
and Karl Holmqvist
.
The centre also produces works with artists such as the project 16304/ which was shown at the Venice Biennale
2007 and the New Museum in New York in 2008.
The Centre has an ongoing educational wing that works both with schools developing programs of education for students in all grade levels. The centre also maintains pedagogical programs at high school and college level.
Located in the suburb of Tensta
, the centre and attracts 12,000 visitors annually.
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
on the outskirts of Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Founded in 1998, the art centre has exhibited works by international artists which include: Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans
Wolfgang Tillmans is a German Fine-art photographer and artist. His comprehensive and diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer and also the first...
, Julian Opie
Julian Opie
Julian Opie is a visual artist, and one of the New British Sculpture movement.-Life and work:Julian Opie was raised in Oxford, England, where he attended the Dragon School and Magdalen College School. He attended Goldsmith's School of Art in London from 1979-82...
, On Kawara
On Kawara
is a Japanese conceptual artist living in New York City since 1965. He has shown in many solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale in 1976.-Early life:After graduating from Kariya High School in 1951, Kawara moved to Tokyo...
, Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat
Shirin Neshat شیرین نشاط is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.-Background:Neshat's parents were upper middle-class...
, Susan Hiller
Susan Hiller
Susan Hiller is an American-born artist who lives in London, UK. Her art practice encompasses installation, video, photography, performance and writing.-Early Life and Education:...
, Tracey Moffat, Kutlug Ataman
Kutlug Ataman
Kutluğ Ataman is a filmmaker and contemporary artist. He lives in Istanbul.-Life and career:Kutluğ Ataman received his school education in Istanbul before doing his university studies in the US. His interest in film started an early age, and led him to do film studies at UCLA where he graduated...
, Mark Wallinger
Mark Wallinger
Mark Wallinger is a British artist, best known for his sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, Ecce Homo , and State Britain , a recreation at Tate Britain of Brian Haw's protest display outside parliament. He won the Turner Prize in 2007...
Rainer Ganahl
Rainer Ganahl
Rainer Ganahl is an Austrian born artist. His work consists of photographs, videos and performances.-Life:From 1986 until 1991, he studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf...
and Tris Vonna Michell
Tris Vonna Michell
Tris Vonna-Michell is a British artist who performs narratives and constructs installations through the layering of these narratives, photographs and mementos, presented using antiquated technologies and slide projection. Vonna-Michell lives in Southend, UK, and Stockholm, Sweden...
. The Centre has also exhibited many leading Swedish artists such as: Elin Wikström
Elin Wikström
Elin Wikström is a Swedish artist, born 1965 in Karlskrona. She lives in Gothenburg/Umeå, and was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå 2001-2005.-Solo exhibitions:...
, Ulf Rollof
Ulf Rollof
Ulf Rollof, Swedish artist, born 1961 in Karlskrona, Sweden. He was educated at Royal University College of Fine Arts 1982-1987.-Solo exhibitions:Under at Millesgården, Lidingö, 2008 with architect Erik Andersson....
, Carl Michael von Hausswolff
Carl Michael von Hausswolff
Carl Michael von Hausswolff is a composer, visual artist and curator based in Stockholm, Sweden. His main tools are recording devices used in an ongoing investigation of electricity, frequency, architectural space and paranormal electronic interference...
, Magnus Wallin
Magnus Wallin
Magnus Wallin is a Swedish video artist, working with 3D animation. He is best known for the short film "Exit" .He participated in the 2001 Venice Biennale.-Notable works:* Anon * Anatomic Flop...
and Karl Holmqvist
Karl Holmqvist
Karl Holmqvist, born 1964, is a Swedish artist known for his text based works, poetry and readings. Holmqvist has exhibited at the ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts 2009, CAM - Chelsea Art Museum, 2009, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik , Tensta Konsthall Manifesta 7 - Comitato Manifesta 7,...
.
The centre also produces works with artists such as the project 16304/ which was shown at the Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
2007 and the New Museum in New York in 2008.
The Centre has an ongoing educational wing that works both with schools developing programs of education for students in all grade levels. The centre also maintains pedagogical programs at high school and college level.
Located in the suburb of Tensta
Tensta
Tensta is a district in Spånga-Tensta borough, Stockholm, Sweden. There are about 6,000 apartments in Tensta and a population of 17,083 as of December 31, 2007....
, the centre and attracts 12,000 visitors annually.
History
- 1998: The art centre was founded during Stockholm City of Culture 1998. Gregor Wroblewski founder and director 1998-2003. Exhibition with Joan MiróJoan MiróJoan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona.Earning international acclaim, his work has been interpreted as Surrealism, a sandbox for the subconscious mind, a re-creation of the childlike, and a manifestation of Catalan pride...
, Elin WikströmElin WikströmElin Wikström is a Swedish artist, born 1965 in Karlskrona. She lives in Gothenburg/Umeå, and was professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå 2001-2005.-Solo exhibitions:...
, Stan DouglasStan DouglasStan Douglas is an artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has exhibited internationally, including Documenta IX, 1992, Documenta X, 1997, Documenta XI, 2002 and the Venice Biennale in 1990, 2001 and 2005...
, Carl Michael von HausswolffCarl Michael von HausswolffCarl Michael von Hausswolff is a composer, visual artist and curator based in Stockholm, Sweden. His main tools are recording devices used in an ongoing investigation of electricity, frequency, architectural space and paranormal electronic interference...
, Eva Koch, Bruno Serralounge, Wolfgang TillmansWolfgang TillmansWolfgang Tillmans is a German Fine-art photographer and artist. His comprehensive and diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. In 2000, Tillmans was the first photographer and also the first...
- 1999: Exhibitions with Julian OpieJulian OpieJulian Opie is a visual artist, and one of the New British Sculpture movement.-Life and work:Julian Opie was raised in Oxford, England, where he attended the Dragon School and Magdalen College School. He attended Goldsmith's School of Art in London from 1979-82...
, Shirin NeshatShirin NeshatShirin Neshat شیرین نشاط is an Iranian visual artist who lives in New York. She is known primarily for her work in film, video and photography.-Background:Neshat's parents were upper middle-class...
, Rupert Clamp, Jo Coupe, Jennifer Douglas, Antoinette Hächler
- 2000: Celia Prado works as curator. Exhibitions with Ulf RollofUlf RollofUlf Rollof, Swedish artist, born 1961 in Karlskrona, Sweden. He was educated at Royal University College of Fine Arts 1982-1987.-Solo exhibitions:Under at Millesgården, Lidingö, 2008 with architect Erik Andersson....
, Susan HillerSusan HillerSusan Hiller is an American-born artist who lives in London, UK. Her art practice encompasses installation, video, photography, performance and writing.-Early Life and Education:...
, Diana ThaterDiana ThaterDiana Thater is an American artist, curator, writer, and educator. She has been a pioneering creator of film, video, and installation art since the early 1990s...
- 2001: Exhibitions with Tracey Moffat, Ma Liuming, Eva Koch, Kutlug AtamanKutlug AtamanKutluğ Ataman is a filmmaker and contemporary artist. He lives in Istanbul.-Life and career:Kutluğ Ataman received his school education in Istanbul before doing his university studies in the US. His interest in film started an early age, and led him to do film studies at UCLA where he graduated...
- 2002: Exhibitions with Chris CunninghamChris CunninghamChris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk....
, Mark WallingerMark WallingerMark Wallinger is a British artist, best known for his sculpture for the empty fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, Ecce Homo , and State Britain , a recreation at Tate Britain of Brian Haw's protest display outside parliament. He won the Turner Prize in 2007...
and Magnus WallinMagnus WallinMagnus Wallin is a Swedish video artist, working with 3D animation. He is best known for the short film "Exit" .He participated in the 2001 Venice Biennale.-Notable works:* Anon * Anatomic Flop...
- 2003: Exhibitions with Amar KanwarAmar KanwarIndian artist and filmmaker lives and works in New Delhi where he was born in 1964. His documentary films have been included in many international exhibitions including in Documenta 11 and The Whithney Museum, Kanwar is part of a generation of artists that work in a documentary format often with a...
, Salla TykkäSalla TykkäSalla Tykkä was born in 1973 in Helsinki, Finland, where she lives and works today. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts 2003. She has been working with photography, video and film since 1996, and she had her first solo show in 1997....
- 2004: The artists group Konst2 (Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Ylva Ogland and Jelena Rundqvist) appointed head. Exhibitions with Oda ProjesiOda ProjesiOda Projesi is an artist collaborative based in Istanbul, Turkey, and initiated by three women artists: Özge Acıkkol , Günes Savas and Secil Yersel . Oda Projesi means “Room Project”- External links :* * *...
, Masato KobayashiMasato KobayashiMasato Kobayashi may refer to:*Masato , former professional Japanese Welterweight kickboxer*Masato Kobayashi , , a Japanese mixed martial artist...
- 2005: Exhibition space painted in Leopard pattern. Publication of The Coloring Book (based on works by Edvard MunchEdvard MunchEdvard Munch was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker and an important forerunner of expressionist art. His best-known composition, The Scream, is part of a series The Frieze of Life, in which Munch explored the themes of love, fear, death, melancholia, and anxiety.- Childhood :Edvard Munch...
and Tracey EminTracey EminTracey Karima Emin RA is a British artist of English and Turkish Cypriot origin. She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs ....
).
- 2006: Exhibition with Jihani Kapour, Carl Fredrik HillCarl Fredrik HillCarl Fredrik Hill was a Swedish painter.-Early life and training:Born the son of a mathematics professor, Hill grew up in the narrowness of the university town of Lund in southern Sweden and had to strike out his career as a landscape painter against his father’s resistance. After studying at the...
. Publication of Ultra Violent Design
- 2007: Exhibitions with Jen de NikeJen de NikeJen DeNike American artist born in Norwalk, ConnecticutJen DeNike is an American artist born 1967 in Connecticut who today lives and works in Brooklyn, New York...
, International Festival Opening of experimental museum shop Dark Rainbow Shop by Zandra Ahl. Exhibition Artist Clothing - fashion by 12 artists.
- 2008: William Easton (artist)William Easton (artist)William Easton is Scottish artist and curator and writer, His performances, films and art works have been shown extensively including exhibitions at the ICA 1984, London, Bornholm Art Museum in Denmark 2004, Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw at the Ujazdów Castle1991, Bronx Museum of the Arts in...
appointed head. Exhibitions with Kjartan SlettemarkKjartan SlettemarkKjartan Slettemark was a Norwegian-Swedish artist. Kjartan is a Norwegian corruption of the Gaelic name Muircheartach . His surname consists of the Norwegian words slette and mark...
, Rainer GanahlRainer GanahlRainer Ganahl is an Austrian born artist. His work consists of photographs, videos and performances.-Life:From 1986 until 1991, he studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf...
, Miguel CalderónMiguel CalderónMiguel Calderón is a Mexican artist, actor, and writer. He is best known for his work titled "Aggressively Mediocre/Mentally Challenged/Fantasy Island " which was part of a 1998 exhibit and was bought by Wes Anderson and shown in the film The Royal Tenenbaums. He received his BFA at the San...
, Liam GillickLiam GillickLiam Gillick is a British conceptual artist who lives in New York City. He is often associated with the artists included the 1996 exhibit Traffic, which first introduced the term Relational Art.-Life and career:...
and Annika Eriksson.
- 2009: Opening of The Velvet Room forum for video, film and other time based media. Exhibition Polyglottolalia with Susan HillerSusan HillerSusan Hiller is an American-born artist who lives in London, UK. Her art practice encompasses installation, video, photography, performance and writing.-Early Life and Education:...
, Omer FastOmer FastOmer Fast is a contemporary video artist. He received his BFA from Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1995 and an MFA from Hunter College in 2000. Fast uses his films to explore the various possibilities offered by cinematic medium...
, Candice BreitzCandice BreitzCandice Breitz South African artist Born in Johannesburg, 1972Professor of Fine Art at the Braunschweig University of Art since 2007. Breitz has shown her work on the international art scene for many years and is best known for her video works and installations.Candice Breitz is represented by...
, Peter Rose, Erik Bünger, summer exhibition Cut my legs off and call me shorty! with artists Susanna HesselbergSusanna HesselbergSusanna Hesselberg, born 1967 in Uppsala of a Norwegian father and a Swedish mother, lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.Her mother is also related with the great Cassels family of Sweden....
, Ulf LundinUlf LundinUlf Lundin is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm.Ulf Lundin studied at the School of Photography at Gothenburg University...
, Emma RendelEmma RendelEmma Rendel, born 1976 in Uppsala is a Swedish graphic novel author, artist and illustrator who lives and works in Stockholm.Emma Rendel studied Illustration at Central St Martins and Communication Arts and Design at the Royal College of Art, London...
, Ulla WestUlla WestUlla West is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Stockholm. Ulla West has had several exhibitions at galleries, both in Sweden and internationally since the 1980s. For example, she exhibited in Japan, Russia and Thailand. In 2007, she was involved in Kaunas Art Biennale and...
, Kristoffer ZetterstrandKristoffer ZetterstrandKristoffer Zetterstrand is a Swedish artist.Kristoffer Zetterstrand studied at Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm and the Facultad de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Zetterstrand works in a classical painting tradition, but his works are often influenced by both arthistory, pixelated old...
video works curated by Gunnel PetterssonGunnel PetterssonGunnel Pettersson, born 1960 in Malmö, is a Swedish artist who lives and works in Simrishamn and Malmö.Gunnel Pettersson was educated as a fine artist in textiles and sculpture at University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm , and also holds a degree in computer and video art from The...
in collaboration with Film Form including Carl Fredrik ReuterswärdCarl Fredrik ReuterswärdCarl Fredrik Reuterswärd , is a Swedish painter and sculptor. He studied with Fernand Léger in Paris 1951 and was a professor of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1965-1969...
Solo exhibition with Tris Vonna MichellTris Vonna MichellTris Vonna-Michell is a British artist who performs narratives and constructs installations through the layering of these narratives, photographs and mementos, presented using antiquated technologies and slide projection. Vonna-Michell lives in Southend, UK, and Stockholm, Sweden...
. Performance Behind The Yellow Wallpaper based on The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanCharlotte Perkins GilmanCharlotte Perkins Gilman was a prominent American sociologist, novelist, writer of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction, and a lecturer for social reform...
. Publication 163 04/Venezia, New York, Paris.
- 2010: Exhibition "Rethink Kakotopia" curated by Elisabeth Delin Hansen from Nikolaj Centre of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen with Lise AutogenaLise AutogenaLise Autogena is a Danish artist living in the UK. At the age of 17, she left home to live in Denmark's famous experimental community Christiania, an experience which she has said was very important in her development....
& Joshua PortwayJoshua PortwayJoshua Portway is an artist and game designer. He is a frequent collaborator with Lise Autogena, for example on their Black Shoals stock market planetarium project. He is also the author of the series of interactive music pieces...
, Bill BurnsBill Burns (artist)Bill Burns is a Canadian artist.-Life and work:Bill Burns was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1957 and has lived and worked mostly in Toronto, Canada and London, England.Proving Machine and Floatation Device no.3, 2008...
, Haubitz + ZocheHaubitz + ZocheHaubitz + Zoche is a collaboration of two artists Sabine Haubitz,born 1959 and Stefanie Zoche, born 1965. They have been working together since 1998 and are exhibiting in international context...
, Tue GreenfortTue GreenfortTue Greenfort is a Danish artist best known for his environmentalist works. He studied at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste , Frankfurt am Main and at Academy of Fünen, Denmark.-Selected Solo Exhibitions:...
, Tea MäkipääTea MäkipääTea Mäkipää is a Finnish artist known for her installations, architectural works and videos. She earned a BA in Fine Art, from the Academy of Fine Arts , Helsinki and an MA from the Royal College of Art in London...
, Cornelia ParkerCornelia ParkerCornelia Ann Parker OBE, RA is an English sculptor and installation artist. -Life and career:Parker studied at Gloucestershire College of Art and Design and Wolverhampton Polytechnic...
, SuperflexSuperflexSUPERFLEX is a Danish artists' group founded in 1993 by Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen and Bjørnstjerne Christiansen. Superflex describe their projects as Tools, as proposals that invite people to actively participate in and communicate the development of experimental models that alter the prevailing...
and Fiona TanFiona TanFiona Tan , is an artist in photography as well as film and video installations. She grew up in Australia and currently lives in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. She studied at Gerrit Rietveld Academie, and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunst and teaches at the postgraduate academy De...
. The Children of Ceausescu with photographs by Kent KlichKent KlichKent Klich is a Swedish artist living in Copenhagen. He studied psychology at the University of Gothenburg and worked with adolescent children before turning to photography. He joined Magnum Photos in 1998 and left in 2002. His work is noted for a strong commitment to social issues and has...
and texts by Herta MüllerHerta MüllerHerta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceauşescu regime which she experienced herself...
. Opening of The Billboard a public art project for young artists and art students. World premiere of Det Hårda och det Mjuka (The Hard and the Soft) by Öyvind Fahlström written in 1953 and performed by The Alice Collective. TRIO ABC choreographed by Tanja Tuurala a reworking of Trio A by Yvonne RainerYvonne RainerYvonne Rainer is an American dancer, choreographer and filmmaker, whose work in these disciplines is frequently challenging and experimental. Her work is classified as minimalist art.- Early life :...
. Exhibition "Vem vill bli slängd på tippen?" (Who wants to be thrown on the garbage dump?) by Patrick Kretschek, Erik Rosshagen and Fredrik Ehlin. Video screening Vittnesmål (Testimony) curated by Magdalena DziurlikowskaMagdalena DziurlikowskaMagdalena Dziurlikowska born in Warsaw 1975, is an artist and art critic who lives and works in Stockholm. She has BA from Stockholm University and an MA from Konstfack, the University College of Arts Crafts and Design Stockholm. As a critic she has written for Sydsvenska Dagbladet,...
and Richard Dinter. Exhibition Berliner Geschichten (Berlin Stories):The Collective Coral Colony with Nevin Aladag, Larissa Fassler, Annika LarssonAnnika LarssonAnnika Larsson is a contemporary artist living in New York. She received a Master of Fine Arts from the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm....
, Johannes Paul Raether and Solmaz Shahbazi, Curated by Adnan YildizAdnan YildizAdnan Yıldız , is a former Turkish footballer who played as a defender.-External links:*...
- 2011: Maria Lind appointed director. Exhibition Gifts of Intimacy curated by William EastonWilliam Easton (artist)William Easton is Scottish artist and curator and writer, His performances, films and art works have been shown extensively including exhibitions at the ICA 1984, London, Bornholm Art Museum in Denmark 2004, Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw at the Ujazdów Castle1991, Bronx Museum of the Arts in...
with Anastasios Logothetis, Hans Rosenström, Corinna Schnitt, Mako Ishisuka and Peter CallesenPeter CallesenPeter Callesen is a Danish artist and author. Callesen is renowned for his exceptional talent in combining the minimalism of a big crisp white sheet of paper with the complexity of meticulously cut and folded paper and uses the two to build out some really beautiful compositions...
. Publication of "Gifts of Intimacy" written by William EastonWilliam Easton (artist)William Easton is Scottish artist and curator and writer, His performances, films and art works have been shown extensively including exhibitions at the ICA 1984, London, Bornholm Art Museum in Denmark 2004, Museum of Contemporary Art, Warsaw at the Ujazdów Castle1991, Bronx Museum of the Arts in...
External links
- Tenstakonsthall.se, Tensta Konsthall
- Artslant.com
- e-flux E-flux.com Stockholm.se, City of Stockholm
- Artipedia.org