Karl Holmqvist

SOLO EXHIBITIONS  

2008
Karl Holmqvist, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik

2007
The Grey Triangle, Hollybush Gardens, London

2006

Nausea, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin

GÅVÄNTASTANNA, Marabouparken Annex, Stockholm

Wie Delphine, Delphine es tun... Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin

2002

FREE PRESS, Namdee Publishing Station, Bangkok

1999

Karl Holmqvist, Bildmuseet, Umeå

1995

International Kleen, Taidehalli Project Room, Helsinki

White Noise, Schipper & Krome, Cologne

1992

Tune In, Turn On, TRE, Stockholm

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS  

2008
27 Senses, KUBE, Alesund*
Manifesta 7, Trento*
Publish and Be Damned, Kunstverein München, New York
Secrets, E-flux, New York
Poetry Project, White Columns, New York*

2007

A Choreographed Exhibition, Kunst Halle S:t Gallen, S:t Gallen
Merz Symposium Organic Functionalism, Cabaret Voltaire, Zürich
A Spoken Word Exhibition, Swiss Institute, New York
Überleben, Program, Berlin
If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part of Your Revolution, Muhka, Antwerpen
Playback, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris*
Pawnshop, E-flux, New York
Le Truc, Project Arts Center, Dublin*
Deaf II, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris
Put out the Light, Erase a Line, Studio 44, Stockholm
I Want Your Texts, unitednationsplaza, Berlin
Films On Parade, Atelier Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Speaker's Corner, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig

Eva's Arche und der Feminist, GBE, New York

Dead Already, Reena Spaulings Fine Arts, New York

Robert Smithson, Fotogalleriet, Oslo*

California files, CCA Wattis, San Francisco*

Raw, among the ruins, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht*

Otra de vaqueros, Perros Negros/Toasting Agency, Mexico City*

Models for tomorrow, European Kunsthalle, Cologne

Design by Accident, Croynielsen, Berlin

2006

Meerrettich on Ice, Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin

If I Can't Dance, I Don't Want To Be Part of Your Revolution, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam

Old News, CNEAI, Chatou*

Illusion is a Revolutionary Weapon, Swiss Institute, New York

Tenemos el Duchamp, Galeria de Arte Mexicano, Mexico City*

Radio Gallery, Resonance 104,4fm, London

The Title As The Curator's Art Piece, Blow de la Barra. London*

EVR Film Festival, Extra City, Antwerp

La Maman et la putain, Galerie Air de Paris, Paris*

DotDotDotDot, Mossutställningar, Stockholm

2005

The Failure, Korridor, Berlin

24H Incidental, Swiss Institute, New York

BMW IXth Baltic Triennale, I C A, London*

BMW IXth Baltic Triennale, C A C, Vilnius*

E-flux Video Rental, Portikus, Frankfurt*

The Fifteen Minutes Show, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam

Radio Days, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam*

E-flux Video Rental, KunstWerke, Berlin*

Utopia Station, World Social Forum, Porto Alegre

I'M WITH YOU IN ROCKLAND, Moderna Museet, Stockholm

2004

Utopia Station, Haus der Kunst, Munich*

Untrue Stories, Media Art Farm, Tblisi

You Don’t Love Me Yet, Frieze Art Fair, London*

Sound ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris

Publish and Be Damned, Cubitt Gallery, London

Den Bästa Dikten, Konst2, Skärholmen

B D V Showroom, The George, Paris*

Berlin Nord, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin*

Candyland Zoo, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury

2003

Feu De Bois, FRAC Pays De La Loire, Carquefou*

Utopia Station, Venice Biennale, Venice*

You Don’t Love Me Yet, Galleri Index, Stockholm

Playschool, Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen*

Soirée Tropicale, C E C, Geneva

forget egret regret, A I A V, Akiyoshidai

Same Different, New Gallery, Bucharest

2002

rent-a-bench, Florence Av / Santa Fe Av, Los Angeles*

Haunted by Detail, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam*

International Networks, Karstadt, Wiesbaden*

Gasthof, Staedelschule, Frankfurt*

Slow, Shedhalle, Zürich*

After Shopping, Kulturhuset, Stockholm

2001

Soft Guys for Hard Times, Sparwasser H Q, Berlin

A Little Bit Of History Repeated, KunstWerke, Berlin*

Tirana Biennale 1, Escape, Tirana*

All Systems Go, B A C, Visby*

Intentional Communities, Rooseum, Malmö*

Club Bevil, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik

Lady Bump, Gavlak Projects East, New York*

2000

Social Hackers, MUU Gallery, Helsinki*

Apartment, BüroFriedrich, Berlin

Werkleitz Biennale, Werkleitz*

Viva Scanland, Catalyst Arts, Belfast

Make It Happen ON TOUR, Momentum Biennal of Contemporary Art, Moss*

Now It Is Allowable, The Collective, Edinburgh*

1999

Tendencies In Love, Hilton Hotel, Berlin

Make It Happen, Backstage, Stockholm

Now It Is Allowable, Swedenborg Society, London*

1997

Volles Haus, Schipper & Krome, Berlin

The Invisible Part Two, Galleri Index, Stockholm

The Invisible, Galleri Y1, Stockholm

Clean & Sane, Edsviks Konst & Kultur, Stockholm*

Team404, Car Factory, Braunschweig*

1996

Escape Attempts, Freetown of Christiania, Copenhagen*

Original Copy, Taidehalli, Helsinki*

Meet Me in the Park After Dark, Campbell's Occassionally, Copenhagen

1995

I Confess, Nikolai Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen*

Art Against Aids, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

Learn To Read Poetry, A/C Project Room, New York

1993

Water Bar, Various Locations, New York

1992

Writings On The Wall, 303 Gallery, New York

 

* Catalogue

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ZAPP Magazine #11, Amsterdam 2007
Design By Accident,
Exhibition Review, Raimar Stange, Modern Painters, April 2007 

If I Can't Dance, Exhibition review, Dominic Eichler, Frieze, April 2007

Ah, Feminism, Polly Staple, Frieze, March 2007

Berlin braucht Zeitvertreib, Nikola Dietrich, Monopol, Nummer 1 2007

Karl Holmqvist, Exhibition review, Jennifer Allen, Artforum.com, December 2006

The Title as The Curator's Art Piece, Exhibition review, Dan Kidner, Untitled Fall 2006

Top Ten, Fia Backström, Artforum November 2006

La Maman et La Putain, Exhibition Review, Pablo Leon de la Barra, Frog No 4, Automne-Hiver 2006

Karl Holmqvist, Exhibition Review, Ronald Jones, Frieze Issue 102 October 2006

Karl Holmqvist, Exhibition Review, Robert Stasinski, Flash Art International July-Sept 2006

How Does 30 Grand a Year and a Company Car Sound? Cerith Wyn Evans, Exhibition Introduction, La Maman et la putain PDF catalogue, Air de Paris, Paris July 2006

Mångsidigt formexperiment, Exhibition review, Milou Allerholm, Dagens Nyheter 060513

GÅVÄNTASTANNA, Exhibition Review, Kim West, Artforum.com, May 2006

Through the Looking Glass, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen and Pernille Albrethsen, Exhibition essay part of exhibition publication GÅVÄNTASTANNA, Marabouparken, Stockholm, April 2006

UNTIL DEATH DO US PART, Tomas Kindenberg, NOLLTJUGOETT, 022006

I ON A LION IN ZION, Anna Colin, Untitled Winter 2006

Artist's Favourites, Elke Krystufek, Spike 06, 2005

Karl Holmqvist, Jay Chung, Q Takeki Maeda, Neue Review, Ausgabe 10, Juli 2005

Gasthof, Ronald Jones, Artforum October 2002

Smell, See, Touch, Hear, Catalogue Haunted by Detail, Francesco Bernardelli, De Appel CTP 2002

A Little Bit Of History Repeated, Jennifer Allen, Artforum, March 2002

Jag Är Spökrösten, Johanna Billing, Paletten Issue 244, 4/2001

A Little Bit Of History Repeated, Catalogue, Jens Hoffmann, Berlin 2001

Social Hackers, Exhibition Review, Sorina Basto, Flash Art, Nov-Dec 2001

Tirana Biennal, Catalogue, Jens Hoffmann, Tirana 2001

All Systems Go, Catalogue, Bella Rune, Visby 2001

Social Hackers, Catalogue, Paula Toppila/Cristina Ricupero, Helsinki 2001

Social Hackers, Exhibition Review, Tomas Träskman, Nu, Vol. III No.1/01

The Real Work, Catalogue Christiane Mennicke / Corinna Koch, Werkleitz 2000

BAS 5,Catalogue Hayward Gallery, London 2000

Renhet―Utan pekpinnar, Exhibition Review, Sven-Olov Wallenstein, Svenska Dagbladet 970823

Clean & Sane, Catalogue, Maria Lind, Stockholm 1997

Självmord i ett kontorslandskap, Exhibition Review, Sara Arrhenius, Aftonbladet 960822

ZAPP Magazine #4, Amsterdam 1995

Karl Holmqvist TRE, Exhibition Review, Dennis Dahlqvist, Flash Art Jan/Feb 1993

Fire, Exhibition Introduction TUNE IN, TURN ON, Daniel Birnbaum, TRE, Stockholm 1992

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS by Karl Holmqvist 

FACEHUG, Photographic Collage and Concrete Poem, Facehug, Berlin 2007

Cat People, Artist's Xerox book, Air de Paris, Paris 2006

I ON A LION IN ZION, Cut-up book published as part of BMW IX Baltic Triennal of International Art, Vilnius 2005

I*M WITH YOU IN ROCKLAND, Artist's Poetry Xeroxed booklet, Utopia Station, Haus der Kunst, Munich 2004

DEN BÄSTA DIKTEN I SKÄRHOLMEN, Artist's Xeroxed book, Konst2, Skärholmen 2004

SILENCE, Artist's Xeroxed book, Iaspis, Stockholm 2003

THE K. PROTOCOL, Haiku book, A I A V, Akiyoshidai 2003

Lady Bump, Artis's Xeroxed Book, Gavlak Projects, New York 2001

GO WILDE, Artist's Xeroxed book, Catalyst Arts,Belfast 2000

Aesthetic Movement, Esoteric Poster journal (Four issues) London, Helsinki, Tirana, Bangkok 1999-2002

21 POEMS, Artist's Poetry Poster publication and CD-rom, Stockholm 1997