Maria Friberg

1966: Born in Malmo, Sweden
1986: Art History, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden
1987: Bild & Form, Lunnevad, Sweden
1988: Nordic Art school, Kokkola, Finland
1992: Myndlista- og Handidaskoli, Reykjavik, Iceland
1995: Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden; Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2023: Force Majeure, Galleri Flach, Stockholm, Sweden; Nästan där / Almost There, Thielska Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden; Handed, Galleri Flach, Stockholm, Sweden; Silent Revolution, CONNERSMITH, Washington D.C., United States

2022: Askersunds Konsthall, Askersund, Sweden; Stora Tysta Steg, Aguélimuseet, Sala, Sweden; Force Majeure, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France; To be handed, VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Öland, Sweden; To be handed, LMNO, Brussels, Belgium

2021: Mirroring the Bois de Fa #1, Part 1: Automn, LMNO Conciergerie, Brussels, Belgium

2020: Silent Revolution, Olseröds Konsthall, Olseröd, Sweden; Piles of Dreams, Nässjö Konsthall, Nässjö, Sweden; Silent revolution, Jönköpings Länsmuseum, Jönköping, Sweden

2019: Erna, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden; Résistance-The silent voice, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2018: Saker som äger-lager av drömmar, Rättviks Kulturhus, Rättvik, Sweden

2017: Commoncause, Nationalmuseum at Kulturhuset, Project Container, Stockholm, Sweden; Time Trace, LMNO, Brussels, Belgium; Dreams and Goals, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden

2016: Vaksam, Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden; Trace, VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Borgholm, Sweden; Piles of dreams, Lidköpings Konsthall, Lidköping, Sweden; Piles of dreams, Karlskrona Konsthall, Karlskrona, Sweden; Piles of dreams, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden; Belonging, Länskonsthall Boden, Boden, Sweden

2015: Erna, CONNERSMITH, Washington, D.C., United States; Piles of Dreams, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden; Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden; Erna, Spot City, Jonny´s Sax, Gothenburg, Sweden; Halmstad Konsthall, Halmstad, Sweden

2014: Days of Eyes, Pi Artworks, London, United Kingdom; Between Solitude and Belonging, CONNERSMITH., Washington, D.C., United States; Maria Friberg, Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden; Maria Friberg, Alingsås Konsthall, Alingsås, Sweden; Artphilein Collection on display : Maria Friberg, Choisi Cultural Association, Lugano, Switzerland

2013: Duration, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Solo exhibition, Robischon Gallery, Denver, United States; Duration, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden; Passagen 20 år, Passagen Konsthall, Linköping, Sweden; Moving Mind, Kulturhuset Borgen, Gislaved, Sweden

2012: In Flux, Fotografiska, Estocolmo, Sweden; MARIA FRIBERG, Galleria Galica, Milano, Italy; The Painting Series, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany; Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, Sweden; Maria Friberg, Sandvikens Konsthall, Sandviken, Sweden

2011: Automatic Thoughts and Spinning Wheels, Motala konsthall, Motala, Sweden; The Painting Series, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Teater Galleriet, Uppsala, Sweden; Hotel Diplomat, curator: dep art ment, Stockholm, Sweden

2010: Transmission, CONNERSMITH, Washington D.C., United States; Transmission, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden

2009: Way Ahead, Östergötlands Museum, Linköping, Sweden; Way Ahead, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany; Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, United States; Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece

2008: Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn, Sweden; Konsthallen, Kulturens Hus, Luleå, Sweden; Alongside Us, Galica Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; Alongside Us, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden; Maria Friberg and Per Hüttner, Abecita Corsettfabrik Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden; Media Test Wall, MIT List Visual Arts Center Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

2007: Fallout, Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany; Still lives, Skövde Konsthall, Skövde, Sweden; Embedded, CONNERSMITH, Washington D.C., United States

2006: Working Model, Robischon Gallery, Denver, United States

2005: Sleeping Beauty, Galica Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; STILL LIVES, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden; STILL LIVES, CONNERSMITH, Washington D.C., United States; Boys Are Us, Skäretskonsthall, Skäret, Sweden; Blown Out, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, United States

2004: Seconds Away, Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg, Sweden; Café Royal, Frankfurt, Germany

2003: Endless Limit, Room 02, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, United States; Embassy of Sweden, Washington D.C., United States; Liquidación Total, with Lawrence Weiner, Madrid, Spain; Painted view « Odd Weeks », Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Show up, Galica Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy; AM DC, CONNERSMITH, Washington D.C., United States

2002: seconds away, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden; Yvon Lambert, project room, Paris, France; Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, United States; Plains Art Museum, Fargo, United States

2001: Team Gallery, New York, United States; Porin Taidemuseo, Pori, Finland; Arndt & Partner II, project room, Berlin, Germany; Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art Center, Athens, Greece; Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden

2000: Art Statements, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Are you there, where?, Gallery Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria; Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden; Project room, Millesgården, Stockholm, Sweden; STHLM/GBG, Göteborg, Sweden

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)

2023: Under Isen Ligger Himlen / Under the Ice Lies the Sky, Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg, Sweden; 202 Människor i ett rum, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden

2022: In to the darkness – out to the light, Offkonsten ! C/o Uppsala Stadsteater , Uppsala, Sweden; Smörgåsbord, Bonnier Gallery, Miami, United States; Can you hear me, Galeria Fab, Tirana, Albania; Prognos, Klippans Konsthall, Klippan, Sweden; Blicka, Umeå Konsthall, Umeå, Sweden; Realities, Östergötlands museum, Linköping, Sweden; Das Eigene im Fremden- Einblicke in die Sammlung Detlev Blenk, Museum Bensheim, Beinsheim, Germany

2021: Vi vill komma så nära det går, Edsvik Konsthall, Sollentuna, Sweden; The World As We Don't Know It - A New Bond Between Human and Earth, Droog, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Agents of Change, LMNO, Brussels, Belgium; KONSTellation, Institut suédois, Paris, France; La lumière du Nord, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2020: BPAC Photo, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Miroirs3 - De terre et de ciel, biennale d'art contemporain d'Enghien, Parc d’Enghien & l’Église Saint Nicolas, Enghien, Belgium; Spellbound – John Bauer and the Magic of Nature, Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, Sweden; United we rise, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2019: Idrottsminnen – Tore A Jonassons Collection, Riksidrottsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden; Published/Publicerat, Photo Books in Sweden, Galleri CFF, Stockholm, Sweden; VideoGud 2019, Video tour in Gävleborg, Uppsala & Dalarna, Sweden

2018: Sthlm Forever, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden; Passagen 20 år, Passagen Linköpings Konsthall, Linköping, Sweden; Galleri Skutestan, Håverud, Sweden; Published/Publicerat, Photo Books in Sweden, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, Sweden; Groupshow, VIDA Museum & Konsthall, Öland, Sweden; Behind the greenery, outdoor installations at Galjtbergets Nature reserve, Gotlandsmuseum, Gotland, Sweden; Mejan 94, Domeij Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; Whishes, Brussels, Belgium, Belgique; 3654 Days after, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2017: Rascal, 2017-2018, Vantaa Art Museum, Vantaa, Finland

2016: Acclimatize, onlineproject, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Polarized, Vision film and media art event, Rovaniemi, Finland; In Search of the Present, Espoo Museum of Moderna Art, Espoo, Finland; The Romantic Postmodernism, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden; Northbound / Southbound, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2015: Playback, Selected works from the Pierre Huber Collection, Shanghai, China; L’arbre, le bois, la forêt : lieux du mythe, du fantasme, de la peur, supports de l’imaginaire, Abbaye Saint André Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France; SUECIA CONTEMPORARE, Erik Dahlberg och samtiden, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden; Det Stora Blå /The Big Blue, Gotlands Museum, Visby, Sweden; The Romantic Postmodernism, Göteborgs konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden; Far Between, Robischon Gallery, Denver, United Stats

2014: Erna Hasselblad 100-Year Celebration, Projectroom, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden; Summershow 1, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France; The PAV project Visual Arts in Time in Jazz, Berchidda, Sicile, Italy; Man though the eyes of women, Stedelijk museum Zwolle, Zwolle, Zwolle, Netherlands; Suecia Contemporare, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden

2013: Bookhouse, Museo Arte Contemporanea Acri, Acri, Italy; 1825 Days, Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Elemental at Havremagasinet, Boden, Sweden; Social videoscape from the North, UTS Gallery, Sidney, Australia; Living in the Ruins of the Twentieth Century, UTS Gallery, Sidney, Australia

2012: Galleri örsta, Kumla, Sweden; Ytspänning, (travelling exhibition in churches in Stockholm),Hedvig Eleonoras Church, Sweden; 10 års jubileum, Skäretskonsthall, Skäret, Sweden; Power, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden; KONST ÄR DYRBARARE ÄN KORV, Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg, Sweden

2011: The Moderna Museet Collection, Another Story, Part 3, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Blink! Light, sound and the moving image, Variable Media from the Collection of Polly and Mark Addison and the Denver Art Museum, Denver Art Museum, Denver, United States; Consume more (Konsumera mera), Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden; The 12th annual Sidewalk, Film Festival Birmingham, Alabama, United States; SOUVENIRS FROM EARTH, TV Station European Cable Network

2010: Comments (Kommentarer), Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden; No Fear Beyond This Point, Galica, Milan, Italy; Our Love For Cars (Bilen i våra hjärtan!), Kultur I Skövde, Skövde, Sweden; Swedish Photo, Falkenbergs Museum, Falkenberg, Sweden; Tales from the Forest (Skogens berättelser), Virserumskonsthall, Virserum, Sweden; Le temps du corps, Swedish Institute, Paris, France; Video festival, The Historic Center of Zaragoza, Spain; BELLE VUE, Contemporary Art Centre, Athens, Greece

2009: DARKSIDE II - Fotografische Macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; IN-FINITUM, Palazzo Fortuny, Venise, Italy; 103.39’ minuter film, film program, Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden; Helsingborg hjärta Malmö, Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden; Underwater, Western Bridge, Seattle, United States; REBELLE. Kunst & Feminisme 1969-2009, Museum Arnhem, Arnhem, Netherlands; Our Broken American Hearts, Museet för glömska, Norrköping, Sweden

2008: När solen står som högst - sommaren i bild, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden; We Interrupt Your Program, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, United States; Grosser Auftritt , Kunsthalle Erfut im Hauz zum Roten Ocher, Erfurt, Germany; PPERSPECTIVE 2008: A Contemporary Feminist Art Project, Anaid Art Gallery, Bucharest, Romania; Maria Friberg & Per Hüttner, Abecita Corsettfabrik Konstmuseum Borås, Sweden

2007: Becoming a Mother, Botkyrka Konsthall, Sweden; Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, New York, United States; Facades, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, United States; I love Malmö, Turun Taidemuseo, Turku, Finland; Art and Feminism - Swedish Art and Feminist Issues from 1970 to the Present, Riksutställningar: Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg / Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm / Hälsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall / Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden

2006: Photographie/Editionen, Gruppenausstellung, Momentum Gallery, Vienna, Austria; Attityd, Luna Kulturhus, Södertälje Konsthall, Sweden; Die Kultur der Angst, The Federkiel Foundation, Leipzig, Germany; Closed Eyes / Lukkede Øjne, Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense, Denmark

2005: Church of All Stars, Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo, Norway; Prospective Sites, Billboard project, Vienna, Austria; Library, Contemporary Art Galleries, Storrs + Stamford University of Connecticut, United States; Drammens Museum för kunst, Drammen, Norway; Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France; The Dream of Myself, The Dream of the World - Set 2, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; Scandinavian Photography 1:Sweden, Faulconer Gallery, Grinnell College, Iowa Western Bridge, United States; Young Art Europe, Museum of Young Art, Vienne, Austria

2004: Attityd, Haninge Konsthall and Norrtälje Konsthall, Sweden; Control, BBK, Bilbao, Spain; The Mythological Machine: Images in the Media, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick University, United Kingdom; Tusenfryd?, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Drammen, Norway; In Praise of Silence - Still lifes in Contemporary Art, South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland; Memory and Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid & Gran Canaria, Spain; The Standard Projection: 24/7, Standard Hotels, Los Angeles, United States

2003: Show Unit, video tour in Sweden by Riksutställningar, Stockholm, Sweden; Night train, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland; Doing Business (Dysfunctional Corporate Culture), University of Connecticut, Connecticut, United States; How to learn to love the bomb and stop worrying about it, Programa Art Center, Mexico City, Mexico; Whithout Fear & reproach, Witte Zaal, Gent, Belgium; Brave New Word, Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Contemporary Art from Sweden, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; De bortbjudna, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden; European Art at Dupont Circle, Washington D.C., United States; Projekt Framtiden, Sjöhistoriska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Water is Art-Art is Water, Stockholm City Conference Center, Stockholm, Sweden; Billboard project, Copenhagen, Denmark / Malmö, Sweden; HOME GROWN, Passagen Linköpings Konsthall, Linköping, Sweden

2002: Beyond Paradise, Bangkok, Thailand / Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / Shanghai, China; FASTE, Friends Night at Isabelle Suret’s, Paris, France; Photo and Video installations, Skulpturens Hus, Stockholm, Sweden; Coming!, Swedish Embassy, Tokyo; Zone/Mori Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

2001: DRIVEN, P.S.1, New York, United States; Art Works Consulting, Haus am Lutzowplats, Berlin, Germany; Abbild, New York, United States; Septembre Artique, film/video festival, Normandie, France; Maskuliniteter, Nikolaj Plads, Copenhagen Contemporary Art center, Denmark; Objects in mirror are closer than they appear, Team Gallery, New York, United States; Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, Canada; BLICK, NIFCA, Helsinki & Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg, Sweden; Perfunctor, Team Gallery, New York, United States; My Generation, (Trans) position, London, United Kingdom; Tell it like it is, Diehl Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin, Germany

2000: DRIVEN, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; Video 2000, Städtische Gallerie, Göppingen, Germany; THIS BOY COULD BE ME, Replica Theater, Stockholm, Sweden; SENSITIVE, Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France; Mülheim Media Mile 2000, Mülheim, Germany; Real Work, 4th Werkleitz Biennale, Werkleitz, Germany; Organising Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; TEMPO, Passagen Linköpings Konsthall, Linköping, Sweden; Changing Minds, Experimental Intermedia, Gent, Belgium

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND RESIDENCES

2022: Corona crisis grant part 4, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee; Corona crisis grant part 3, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2021: Working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2020: Corona crisis grant part 2, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee; Corona crisis grant part 1, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee

2018: Working Grant, Tierp Municipality, Tierp, Sweden

2016: Statens konstråd, Travel Grant

2015: Statens Kulturråd, (Swedish Arts Council)

2013: Stockholms stads Kulturstipendium (Stockholm City Culture Grant)

2012: Axel Sjöbergs Stipendium, Stockholm; Signe och Ragnar Edlings fond

2010: The Arts Grants Committee, Five-year working grant

2008: Längmanska kulturfonden; Stockholms stads Kulturstipendium (Stockholm City Culture Grant)

2006: IASPIS

2005: Statens Kulturråd; The Arts Grants Committee, five-year working grant; Sveriges författarfond; Längmanska kulturfonden

2004: IASPIS

2003: The Ellen Trotzig Foundation Prize

2000: The Arts Grants Committee, two-year working grant

1999: NKKK; The Arts Grants Committee; IASPIS

1998: IASPIS

1995: BUS; Gösta Mobergs minnesfond

1994: Letterstedtska föreningen; Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse

1993: Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse

1992: Stiftelsen Clara Lachmanns fond

1991: Nordplus

1990: Konsthögskolans teckningsstipendium; Marta, Wivi och Åke Liljesons stiftelse

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selection)

2016: Friberg Maria, Black Balance, Stockholm, Art and Theory Publishing

2015: Friberg Maria, Changed Positions, Stockholm, Art and Theory Publishing

2009: Coll., Maria Friberg, Seattle, Marquand Books Inc., Nordic Heritage Museum (exh.cat.)

2008: Coll., Maria Friberg, Stockholm, Maria Friberg Publishing

2005: Coll., Maria Friberg, Stockholm, Maria Friberg Publishing

2002: Coll., The Verge: Maria Friberg, Fargo, Plains Art Museum (exh.cat)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthour, Switzerland

The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., United States

Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland

Denver Art Museum, Denver, United States

Tampa Art Museum, Tampa, United States

Herbert F Johson Museum of Art, Itacha, United States

National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., United States

21c Museum, Louisville, United States

European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany

Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York, United States

Museo Fortuny, Venise, Italy

The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, United States

EMMA, Espoo Museum of Moderna Art, Espoo, Finlande

KU LEUVEN, University, Belgium

Sweden: National Public Art Council, Stockholm; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg; Linköpings Konstmuseum, Linköping; Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås; Norrköping Konstmuseum, Norrköping; Skövde Konstumuseum, Skövde; Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö; Botkyrka Kommun; Grafikens Hus, Mariefred; Linköpings kommun; Motala Kommun; Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå; Norrtälje kommun, Norrtälje; Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm; Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg; Fotografiska, Stockholm; Lidköpings kommun, Lidköping; Umeå kommun, Umeå; Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Gävle; Uppsala Kommun, Uppsala; Hjältarnas Hus, Västerbottensläns landsting, Umeå; Tore A Jonassons Stiftelse, Riksidrottsmuseet, Stockholm; Tierps kommun, Tierp; Jönköpingslänsmuseum, Jönköping; Region Skåne, tidigare Skånes läns landsting; Uppsala läns landsting, Uppsala