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Maria
Miesenberger is perhaps best known for her series of
manipulated photographs, Sverige/Schweden (1993-2000).
The body of work Sverige/Schweden is derived from family
snapshots from her childhood in Austria and Sweden. She
rearticulates these images in soft focus and renders family
members as blackened silhouettes. These forms serve as
emotional Rorschach tests upon which we can project our
own memories and dreams as well as our own notions of family
and identity. Irene Berggren states that the Sverige/Schweden
series "addresses the sense of being a stranger, neither at
home or away from home, neither a child or a grownup.
Everyday situations offer their own readings. The strength of
this work is in its transferral of what is strange and distinct
into something recognizable. A process that takes place in
the beholder through the pictures that the artist has gleaned
from the family album. Speaking of her artistic process, Maria
Miesenberger makes the following statement : "I take on certain
questions which I find important and interesting. Questions about
being a child, about the role of a child in the family drama, about
being formed as an individual, about liberation, about discovering
and experiencing one s sexuality both as a child and as an adult.
Then I enter my own self and search around in order to understand
and to remember. A large part of my work with my art is about
finding a language. A medium in which I can express myself and
above all communicate. A medium which I haven t found in the
spoken or written language."
EDUCATION:
1995-96 Student at MFA Sculpture Program, Parsons School
of Design, New York, USA.
1994-95, Special Student, Painting Department, The University
College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), Stockholm, Sweden.
1991-94, Post
Graduate Degree, Academy of Photography, The
University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack),
Stockholm, Sweden.
SELECTED
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2007
: Arnstedt
& Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden.
2006
: Arnstedt
& Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden.
2005
: Galleri
Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden.
Skövde konsthall, Skövde, Sweden.
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden.
2004
: Tracing
the Inside, Passagen, Linköping, Sweden.
2003: Robert
Mann Gallery, New York.
Anstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden.
2002: Uncut,
Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden.
2001: Uncut, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden.
Maria Miesenberger, Jönköpings Läns Museum, Sweden.
2000: Robert
Mann Gallery, New York, USA.
Swedish Consulate in Los Angeles, USA
1999:
Galerie
Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
William
Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (L.A. International
Biennial Art Inviational 1999).
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden.
Project Room, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden.
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
1998:
Hasselblad Center at Konstmuseet, Gothenburg, Sweden.
It´s all in your head, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden.
1997: Silverstein Gallery, New York.
1996: The Meffan Museum & Art Gallery, Forfar, Scotland.
1995: Arbroath Library Gallery (Fotofeis 95), Arbroath, Scotland.
1993
: Galleri
Adlercreutz-Björkholmen, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007
: Barnet
i Samtidskonsten, Haninge Konsthall och Tyresö
Konsthall, Sweden.
2006
: Konstfeminism,
Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
Sollidens skulpturutställning, Öland, Sweden.
Umedalen Skulptur 2006, Umeå, Sweden
.
2005: Contemporary Nordic Sculpture 1980-2005, The Wanås
Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden.
Scandinavian Photography 1:Sweden, Faulconer Gallery,
Davenport, USA
.
Manipulationer,
Luna kulturhus, Södertälje, Sweden.
2004: Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga, Latvia.
Instabilt, Nya riktningar inom svensk fotografi, Kulturhuset,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Memento, Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden.
Tusenfryd, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Drammen, Norway.
2002:
History
Now: The Presence of the Past in Contemporary
Photography, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
Travelling 2003-2004 to: Arbetets museum, Norrköping, Sweden;
Passagen, Linköping, Sweden.
Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden.
Sörlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristianstad, Norway.
Midlanda konsthall, Timrå, Sweden.
Konsthallen Rönneby, Rönneby, Sweden.
Thought flies - an art and science exhibition, Kulturhuset,
Stockholm, Sweden.
2001: Arnstedt & Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden.
396
Fotografiska förälskelser, Karin & Lars Halls samling,
Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
Repar på en slätt yta, Hasselblad Center at Konstmuseet,
Gothenburg, Sweden
.
Attitude
of Mind and Imagination, M.K. Ciurlions National Museum,
Kaunas, Lithuania.
Swedish Contemporary Art Collection, M.K. Ciurlions National
Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania.
As If You Mean What You Say, part of Nordic-Japanese
Contemporary Art Symposium in Tokyo, Embassy of Sweden,
Tokyo, Japan.
Hypnosis, Seven Swedish Stories, Art Moscow, Central House
of Artists, Moscow, Russia
.
Material
10 år, Art Node, Minbyrån, Stockholm, Sweden.
New York State of Mind, Swedish Artists in New York, Embassy
of Sweden Washington, USA.
2000: This Boy Could Be Me, Replica Theater & Art Center,
Stockholm, Sweden
.
Together
and Apart, Kleipeda Art Exhibition Hall and Baroti Gallery,
Kleipeda, Lithuania.
Syndrome/Disappear: International Group Exhibition, IASPIS
Galleriet,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Family Tree, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, USA.
DAK ART 2000;ART Biennal 2000, Dakar, Senegal.
Open Studio, IASPIS ; International Artists, Studio Program in
Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden.
1999: People in Motion, Replica Theater & Art Center in
Stockholm, Sweden
.
The
Conclusion of Paradox, Venetia Kepernekas Fina Art,
New York, USA.
Privat Samling, from the collection of Karin and Lars Hall,
BildMuseet, Umeå, Sweden.
Nordiskt Foto, from the collection of Hasselblad Center,
Skövde Konsthall, Sweden.
#13, a Blind Spot Exhibition at Robert Mann Gallery, New York, USA.
Som om man menar vad man säger, Enkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Malmö Museum at Wanås 1999, The Wanås Foundation, Sweden.
As If You Mean What You Say, Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris, France.
Nadbaltyckie Centrum Kultury, Gdansk, Poland.
1998: Strange
Days, Caren Golden Gallery, New York, USA.
Bokslut, Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden.
Works from the Collection, Moderna Museet in Stockholm, Sweden.
1997: The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair Miami,
The Raleigh Hotel, Miami, USA.
Eloge de l´ombre, Espace Electra, Paris, France.
Project Space, Silverstein Gallery, New York.
SmArt Show Goes to Sea, International Contemporary Art Fair
Stockholm -Helsinki, with Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm,
Sweden and Finland.
The Gramercy International Contemporary Art Fair, with
Silverstein Gallery, New York.
Chicago Art Fair, with Silverstein Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Autoshow Kassel & Stockholm, Index Magazine, Germany
and Stockholm.
1996: The Great Collections, Moderna Museet in Stockholm
at Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle de Bundesrepublic Deutschland,
Bonn, Germany.
Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden.
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Västerås, Sweden.
Art Exchange Fair, with Silverstein Gallery, New York.
ID, Silverstein Gallery, New York.
ExpoArte -96, with Silverstein Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico.
All Saints and Index Edition, Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mois de la Photo, Centre Culturel Suedois, Paris, France.
På: Tiden/On: Time, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
1995:
SAS Lounge, Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden.
Christmas Edition, Gallery Index, Stockholm, Sweden.
Prospect- Contemporary Swedish Photography, Touring Exhibition;
Konstmuseum Västerås, Sweden.
Örebro
Konsthall, Sweden.
Gävle Läns Museum, Sweden.
Fotomässan, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Stockholm SmArt Show, Galleri Adlercreutz-Björkholmen,
Stockholm, Sweden.
Antonsson/ von Hauswolff/ Miesenberger, Galleri Magnus
Karlsson, Västerås, Sweden.
An Opening, Skövde Konsthall, Sweden.
From Scandinavia/ dalla Scandinavia, La Mente e l´Immagine,
Galleria di arte fotografica, Rome, Italy
.
Stranger
Than Paradise; Contemporary Scandinavian Photography,
Touring exhibition, Charlottenburg, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Identity and Illusion, Thomas Nordanstad Gallery, New York.
Truth or Dare, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Heaven´s Embroidered Cloths,Bradford National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, England.
Fabrique d´Histoire, Saaremaa Biennaalo 95, Kuressaare, Estonia.
Fotofeis 95, International Festival of Photography in Scotland,
Edinburgh, Scotland.
Copyright Island, GRATIS, Portugalete, Spain.
Foto Biennale Enschede 95, Rijksmuseum Twenthe,
Enschede, Netherlands .
1994: Stockholm SmArt Show, Galleri Adlercreutz-Björkholmen,
Stockholm, Sweden.
The Abject, Northern Photography Treinnal, Oulo, Finland.
Nord Photo Art, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland.
Photodiffusione, Turin, Italy.
Occupying Territories, ZONE Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
De utsatta, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Stranger Than Paradise,: Contemporary Scandinavian Photography,
Touring Exhibition, The International Center of Photography, ICP
Midtown, New York, USA.
Photomuseum Winterhur, Winterhur, Switzerland.
1993: Not
a Garden Party, Forum Gallery, Malmö, Sweden.
4th
Biennal Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Prospect,
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Prelude, Galleri Adlercreutz-Björkholmen, Stockholm, Sweden.
The Rejected, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
Work in Progress, University of Industrial Design and Art,
Helsinki, Finland.
1992: Bastard,
The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland.
Contemporary Nordic Photography, The House,
Copenhagen, Denmark
COLLECTIONS
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
.
Norrköpings
Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
.
Malmö
Museum, Malmö, Sweden
.
Sundsvalls
Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden
.
The Photographic Museum at the Museum of Modern Art,
Stockholm, Sweden
.
The National Public Art Council of Sweden
.
The Art Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo,
Former Yugoslavia
.
Henry Buhl Collection, USA
.
Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
.
Skövde
Konstmuseum, Skövde, Sweden
.
Göteborgs Kulturnämnd, Gothenburg, Sweden
.
Borås
Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
.
Jönköpings Läns Museum, Jönköping, Sweden
.
Kultur Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden
.
M.K.
Ciurlions National Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania
.
Kulturförvaltningen,
Stockholms Konstråd, Stockholm, Sweden
.
Linköpings kommun, Linköping, Sweden.
AWARDS
/ GRANTS
2005: Artist of the Year, Märta Måås-Fjetterström.
2002: Ljunggrenska Konstnärspriset, Stockholm, Sweden.
1999
: IASPIS
Artist-in-Residence, Stockholm, Sweden.
1997-98: The
Swedish Art Council, Sweden.
1996: The American Scandinavian Society Cultural
Award, New York, USA.
1995: The
Swedish Art Council, Sweden.
1995: The
Sweden-American Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.
BOOKS
AND CATALOGUES
2002: Maria Miesenberger Uncut, text by Irene Berggren,
photohistorian. Lunds Konsthall and Galleri Lars Bohman, Sweden 2002.
2001: Divan
- Tidskrift för psykoanalys och kultur, nr. 1-2/2001,
Bengt Warren, Stockholm, Sweden 2001.
Effektiv visuell kommunikation, text by Bo Bergström.
Carlssons Bokförlag, Stockholm 2001.
Sveriges Konst 1900-talet, Del 3. 1970-2000,
text by Mårten
Castenfors. Sveriges
Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm 2001.
Attitude of Mind and Immagination, text by Andrzej Ekwinski.
M.K. Ciurlions National Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania 2001.
Hypnosis - Seven Swedish Stories, text by John Peter nilsson,
Lars O Ericsson and others. Art Moscow, Central House of Artists,
Moscow, Russia 2001.
2000: Konsten
att ha perspektiv - Malmö Musei Vänner 75 år,
Malmö Konstmuseum 2000.
The Buhl Collection Calendar 2000, The Henry Buhl Foundation
Collection, New York 2000.
Syndrome/Disappear, text by Mats Stjernstedt. IASPIS,
Stockholm 2000.
Bäckström,
Eriksson, Haning, Miesenberger, Åstrand -
DAK ART 2000, text by David Elliott, Lars O Ericsson and
others. Biennale
des Arts dakar, Senegal 2000.
Anita Christoffersson - Autobiographical Confessions. On Tracy
Emin, Louise Bourgeois and Maria Miesenberger. Goldsmith
Collage, London 2000.
1999: Svensk
Konst:ut ur det tomma rummet, text by Sören Engblom.
Svenska Institutet, Stockholm 1999.
Effektiv visuell kommunikation, text by Bo Bergström.
Carlssons Bokförlag, Stockholm.
Skuggpojkarna, Lars Norén. Dramaten/Riksteatern
programkatalog 1999.
As If You Mean What I Say/Som om man menar vad man säger,
text by carina Törnblom, Georg Stone, Andreas Gedin and others.
Stockholm 1999.
Malmö Museum at Wanås 1999, text by Gertrud Sandqvist and
others. The Wanås Foundation.
Blind Spot - Issue Thirteen. Maria Miesenberger. New York 1999.
1998: Works,
text by Lars O. Ericsson, Eva Hallin, Jan-Erik
Lundström, Maria Miesenberger and Hasse Persson. Galleri
Lars Bohman/Hasselblad Center, Stockholm, Sweden 1998.
1997: Eloge
de l´ombre, Espace Electra, Paris, France 1997.
1996:
På:Tiden, Moderna museet, text by Jan-Erik Lundström,
Sören Engblom and Sina Najafi. Stockholm,
Sweden 1996.
The Great Collections, Moderna museet in Stockholm at
Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle de Bundesrepublic Deutschland.
Bonn,
Germany 1996.
1995:
Obsession,
Foto Biennale Enschede ´95, Rijksmuseum
Twenthe, text by bas Vroege. Enschede, Netherlands 1995.
Fotofeis ´95, International Festival of Photography in Scotland,
text by Alasdair Foster. Edinburgh, Scotland 1995.
Fabrique d´Histoire, Saaremaa Biennal ´95, text by Peeter
Linnap, Jan-Erik Lundström and John Strathatos. Kuressaare,
Estonia 1995.
En Öppning, Konsthallen i Skövde, text by Gertrude Sandqvist.
Skövde, Sweden 1995.
From Scandinavia/Dalla Scandinavia, La Mente e l´immagine,
Galleria di arte fotografica, text by Giovanna Catania. Rome,
Italy 1995.
Konstfack
150 år - Jubileumsbok, (Akademin för fotografi), text
by Hans Hedberg. Stockholm,
Sweden 1995.
Copyright
Island, GRATIS. Portugalete, Spain 1995.
1994: Stranger
Than Paradise - Contemporary Scandinavian
Photography, The International Center of Photgraphy, ICP -
Midtown, text by Steven Henry Madoff and Jan-Erik Lundström.
New York, USA 1994.
De utsatta, Hasselblad Center, text by Jan-Erik Lundström
and Maria Lind. Gothenburg,
Sweden 1994.
Contemporary
Living - Violence, International Photgraphic Triennal,
text by Jan-Erik Lundström and Maria Lind among others. Oulo,
Finland 1994.
Nord Foto Art, Center for Contemporary Art - Ujazdowski Castle,
text by Marek Grygiel and others. Warsaw, Poland 1994.
Occupying Territories, ZONE Gallery, text by Kate Tregaskis and
Mark Little. Newcastle upon Tyne, England 1994.
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