The works ranges from discursive cultivation projects and eco-building experiments to study groups for riding and horsemanship for refugee women or community River-writing sculptures.
An important aspect of all activities are exchange of experiences between people with different backgrounds, and the rest of the biosphere, building on participation and practical hands on work.
Projects:
2024 – 26 “Other Hydro Powers” Initiates a network of remote communities in the north, living near a water course, dealing both with the current challenges/threats due to violations connected to colonization and industrialization, and the caring of memories and practices from living with the water in the past. Ammer, Sweden, Rjukan, Norway, Kingcome inlet, Canada.
2023 “Symbiotic connections” residence and workshop with Rogsån river, Falun, Sweden
2022-23 “Art and life in critical zones” In collaboration with Maria Lind at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow, residences and webinar serie with Russian artists on the making of art under hardships.
2023 “A part of the Landscape” Residence and site specific work of Mathieu Vrijman, Sara Ajnnak, Jonas Rahm and Marlene Lindmark in Kultivators silvo pasture.
2021 ”M/other Futures” Work-meeting on the farm looking at domestic activities of maintenance and care (child rearing, cooking, cleaning, gardening) as practices full of political and aesthetic potential, rethinking family beyond species’ boundaries. With Art Lab Gnesta and Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology. With artists Karin Bolender, Signe Johannessen, Luiza Prado och Rhizomatic squad for care technology
2020 – 21 ” Explorations of Now” In collaboration with Cullberg dance company and Institute For Future Studies. Workshops and presentations in Orlångens nature reserve Huddinge.
2019 ”Kultivating M<other tongues” pre-conference for Multispecies storytelling conference in Växjö, Linnéaus University. 2016 “New Horse Cultures” project with Ölands refugee facilities on the horse as a carrier of culture, and artistic starting point. With artists Signe Johannesen, Shiva Anoshirvani, Ramez Omareen and Johan Carlsson. Presentations; Aledals equine center, Ölands folkhögskola och Kalmar konstmuseum. Kalmar, Dyestad, SE
2015 “Kitchen table activism” workshop with Möllstorp refugee facility and Ölands folkhögskola on baking and bread cultures with artist Eva Bakkeslett, Dyestad, Ölands Skogsby, SE
2013 ”Friendfarm”, village exchange of the new global rural, Tanzania – Sweden
2011 “Camp” Post revolutionary exercises with self-organized art groups from the middle east, Århus DK, – Dyestad, SE “M.A.R.I.N” Science and art project on visualization of environmental data of the Baltic sea. Dyestad, SE
2010 “The Wedding between Art and Agriculture”, International conference for rural art organisations in Europe and Australia. Dyestad, SE. “Herbologies and Foraging Networks”, Mapping on traditional herbal medecin use in Latvia Aizputen, LV
2009 “Guerilla Gardening” with Mykorrhitza network, Malmö, SE. “Glocalguide” Interactive guide to ancient walking path, Ismantorp – Dyestad, SE. 2008 ”Right to farm the Land, right to use the Land” Land distributed to Iraqi and Somali refugees, in collaboration with Plan 3 and public Globality Gardens, Kristiansstad, SE.
2006 ”Building common land” Collaboration with Ölands folkhögskola Design students rebuilding village commonland, Dyestad, SE. ”The right of public access” workshop in the Right of public access to nature for immigrants, Dyestad, SE. 2005 ”Dinner with Cows” Filmproduction with support of Swedish filminstitute, Dyestad, SE.
Public commissions:
2021-22 ”Vi är vilda bin” Närlunda Pre-school, Helsingborg, SE
2021-22 “Göhsir” Nynäs Castle, region Sörmland, SE
2019 – 20 “The leaking monument” i Swedish arts councils local art projects. Dyestad, Gnesta, Melbourne, SE/AUS “Passagen” Ryhovs Hospital. Jönköping, SE “Bäcken” Östergötlands museum. Linköping, SE
2017 “Unknown planet” Vilsta recreational park, in collaboration with Skjulstaskolan Eskilstuna kommun, SE
Exhibitions, public interventions:
2024 “Observatoriet” Art and life in the critical zone, Kin, Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna, SE
2023 “Observatoriet” Art and life in the critical zone, Södertälje Konsthall. SE
2023 “Dear Måna” Community River – writing sculpture for Rjukan Solarpunk festival. Rjukan, NO
2020 – 21 ”Experimentalfältet” Accelerator konsthall, Stockholm University, SE
2019 ”Smålit” Smålands literature festival, Jönköping, SE
2018 ”Soon enough, art in action” Tensta konsthall, Tensta SE “20/20” Virserums konsthall, Virserum, SE ”The land we live in, the land we left behind” Somerseth & wirth Gallery, UK “Pop up Folkhögskola” Kalmar Ljusfestival, Norrliden, Kalmar, SE “The Epicentre of everything” Gallery syster, Luleå, SE
2016 “Den sista Ölandshästen” Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE
2015 “A better version of home”, Residency at Strade di vini. Castelvenere Neapel, I “Geophagia” World art day IAA, Cake and debate. Stockholm, SE “Table of plenty” food and refugee workshop, public dinner, at Agora house, Berlin, DE 2014 ”Land reform” Gislaved Konsthall, Gislaved, SE ”Fittja Pavillion” Serra di Giardini, Arkitekturbiennalen, Venedig, I “Dry toilet” The new Biennale of art and architecture, Fittja, Stockholm, SE “Return ticket” Creative Times summit, Moderna museet, Stockholm, SE “Urban horse sound” Rotundan, Kalmar, SE
2013 “Friend farm” Supermarket artfair, Stockholm, SE “Elders Hill” Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE “YAK-YAK” National gallery, Swanhill, AUS
2012 “Crosscultural Nomadic coffe cheese”, Barents Spektakel, Kirkenes, NO “Gnestopia” Artlab Gnesta, SE “Gran´s University” Cirkulationscentralen, Malmö, SE “Top soil” Odla! Den blå Planeten, Botkyrka Konsthall, Botkyrka, SE “Timebanking” Astrid Noacks Atelier, Norrebro, Köpenhamn, DK
“Hungry City” Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE “Fittja Open” Botkyrka Konsthall, Botkyrka, SE “Belgrade Artfair” Culturni centar Beograda, Belgrad, SER “Cartographies of Hope” Doxc center of contemporary arts, Prag, CZ
2011 “Radical artpractises” Grupp exhibition, Gallery 21, Malmö, SE “Alt_CPH” Copenhagen alternative artfair, Köpenhamn, DK “Imagine farm” Århus Kunstbygning, Århus, DK “Lunch with cows” Halikonlahti Green art trilogy, Salo, FIN
2010 “Lysning” Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, SE. “Ditch it” National Gallery, Liverpool Biennial, UK.
2009 ”Land, art at the Wilhelmina Polder”. Dutch foundation SKOR, Zeeland, NL. “Cowdown, Seed up!” Eu agriculture ministers meeting installation Växjö Konsthall. Växjö, “Partake, ruminations on art and the culture of food,” greenmuseum.org San Francisco, US.
2008 “Vision in motion, Motion in vision” Verbeke foundation, Antwerpen, BE. “In-Site”, Sculptors guild, New York, US. 2007 “Supermodel” Gallery W139, Amsterdam, NL.
2006 ”Allotment” Cirkulationscentralen Malmö. SE.
Scholarships, Awards:
Dynamostipendiet 2017 Work stipend Swedish Arts Grants Committe, 1 year, 2 years, 2012, 2014, 2019 Project stipend, international exchange Swedish Arts Grants Committe 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2024 Nominated to Prix de Coal 2012 Kalmar region Culture prize 2006
Presentations
2023 “Wayward arts symposium”, Istanbul, TR 2022 “Northern Gathering” Remai Modern, Saskatoon, CA 2017 “Samtidskonstdagarna” presentation Kultivator and Konstfrämjandet Öland Kalmar for contemporary art days Dyestad, SE 2016 “Rada Awards” Minsk, BEL “Future seminarium”, Högskolan för Design och Konsthantverk, Göteborg, SE “Leken som konstnärlig utgångspunkt” 40 års jubileum för Svenskt barnbildsarkiv, Eskilstuna, SE
2015 “Art and artists in school” World art day, IAA Stockholm, SE “People making spaces” Jaroslav, RU “On site specific” Gallery “Y” Minsk, BEL 2014 “Green lab” Riksutställningar, Visby, SE
2013 ”Urban horse soil action” Seminar ANA atelier, Copenhagen, DE ”Context in flux” Riksutställningar, Visby, SE
2012 “Visionary arctic” Kirkenes, NO “Remote residencys” Nida Artcolony, Nida, LV www.kultivator.org
“Farmers in residence” Artist talk Astrid Noacks atelier, Copenhagen, DEN “Present Futures” Bildkonst akademien, Helsinki, FIN
2010 “Pixelache” Kiasma museum of modern art, Helsingfors, FIN.
2009 “Renewable energy” By SERDE, Aizpute, LV. “Organized Networks” By RIXC, Riga, LV. “Goings on” 98 weeks project room, Beirut, LEB “Campo Adentro” Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Madrid, ES.
2008 ”Kultivars” Beyond Land Art; and artists’ cultivation projects. Cylinders Estate, UK. ”The Groeneveld Forum”. Strategy for a meaningful countryside. Baarn, NL. ”Open Sauces”. Synaesthetic dinner over the future of food. By Foam, Brussels, BE.
2007 ”JUICE 9, on food, fuel and design” By Doors of perception, New Delhi, IN.
2006 ”Mapping the Creative rural economy” Lancaster University, By British art council and rural arts foundation Littoral. Lancaster, UK. Formal networks Remote residencies Agri – culture.eu The collective brain SWAN residencies