EMIL
HOLMER
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal Details
1975 Born in Karlstad, Sweden
Education:
1996 - 1997 Nordiska Konstskolan, Nordic School of Art, Karleby, Kokkolla, Finland
2002 Master of Fine arts from the Academy of Arts in Umeå, Sweden
2003 Guest-student at U.D.K, Berlin, Klasse Tony Cragg
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Galleri 21. Exhibition title: "Parasites and diagramme"
  Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg. Exhibition title: "Strange Attractor"
  Gotlands Muesum of Art, Sweden. Emil Holmer, solo exhibition. (Paralell with Veronica Brovall and Erik Bunger)
2010 Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo. Exhibition title: "Civilized Worm"
  Gallerie Michael Janssen, Berlin. Exhibition title: "Dead Letters"
2009 Galleri S.E, Bergen. "Emil Holmer, Paintings 2009" (simultaneously with John Bauer)
2008 Arnstedt & Kullgren Galleri, solo exhibition, May 31st - June 18th 2008
2007 "Kapitalistischer Realismus"- Projectspace, Berlin, 30/6
  Monash University,dpmt of fine arts, - Melbourne, Australia
2006 "Cut/Sink/Melt" CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö, Sweden.
  *ID;I gallery, Stockholm Sweden, October
2005 "Meat on Bones" SOX36, Berlin
2004 "Pressured Proportions". (Public Sculpture), Johannesburg, South Africa
2003 "Stolen and abandonded car" public sculpture, Berlin.
2001 "Other People" Gallery 60, Umeå , Sweden
  "Avalanche in Sweden" performance with Curchill Madikida, Umeå ,Sweden
1999 "Magic Moment" Gallery Ynglingagatan1, Stockholm, Sweden
Group Exhibitions
2011 Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, "Skri-en utställning om frykt" ("Scream-an exhibition about fear")
  Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, "Picnic"
  Autocenter, Berlin. "Magma", Opening 2011-01-07(with: Veronica Brovall, Jyrki Riekki, Susann Brännström, Samppa Törmälehto)
  Galerie Michael Janssen, Gallery Group Exhibition,(with Gianfranco Baruchello, Meg Cranston and others)
2010 Autocenter, Berlin, 100th exhibition, Group Show, February.
  Forgotten Bar, Berlin,: "Collage Accident", Group Show
2009 Forgotten Bar, Galerie im Regierungsviertel Berlin, Group Show. 19/12 2009
  "Ei saa peittää-Må ej övertäckas" Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Juni-Oktober 2009. Kurerad av Göran Green och Johan Verkmäster
  "Made in Berlin", Örebro Konsthall, 1June 12th - August 09
2008 "Nordic Drawing" 2008-06-01 to 2008-08-17
  "Inland Empire", Christiansand Kunstforening, curated by Aage Langhelle
  "Infernoesque", Heidestrasse, Berlin
  "Every Body Counts" Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, May 2008
2007 One Twenty Gallery, Gent, Belgium: "Aibophobia - Proposals for a Heterotopian Interior"
  "L´homme nu"- Centre d´art Mirha Phalaina, Montreuil. October*
  "Exil/Berlin" Arnstedt & Kullgren, Sweden (May)
2006 "Emergency Room" Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin. September
  "Shellheads" GLUE Projectspace, Berlin, May
  "Anhalt Berlin" Arntstedt & Kullgren, Sweden
2005 "Dripped c/o Sweden", A.r.I.A.s, Makati City, Philippines
2004 "Widwuchs", TheaterDiscounter, Berlin
  "Korsnäs Gummi Biennalen 2004", Falun, Sweden
2003 "Existence and Engagement" Stockholm, Sweden
2002 "Kraftverk", Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
  "Kraftverk", Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Fairs
2010 Istanbul Art Fair, with Galerie Michael Janssen
2008 Art Rotterdam with One Twenty Gallery
2007 Copenhagen Art Fair, with Arnstedt&Kullgren
2003 Stockholm Art fair
Achievements and Grants
  Konstnärsnämden 2 årigt arbets-stipendium, 2009
  Visiting Artist Scholarship, January-March, Monash University, Melbourne, 2007
  Konstnärsnämnden 1-årigt arbetstipendium (one year working grant), 2006
  Helge Ax: son Johnson, 2006
  IASPIS 2003
  Helge Ax: son Johnson, 2001
  Bildmuseet in Umeå, project stipendium 2003
  J C Kempe foundtation autumn 2002
  Stockholm ArtFair stipendium 2001
Represented
  Johannesburg Art Gallery
  Malmö Konstmuseum (Malmö Artmuseum)
Other relevant professional experience:
  Guest-Professor at Academy of fine Arts, Tallin, Estonia
  Guest-lecturer at Monash University, Melbourne (2007))
  Wits University, Johannesburg (2004)