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GABO CAMNITZER                                           Email: gabocamn at gmail . com

 

EDUCATION

  • 2017-2018     Whitney Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, USA

  • 2015- 2016    Mejan Residency, Research Fellowship, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2005-2008  Master of Fine Arts, Konsthögskolan Valand, Göteborgs Universitet 

 

TEACHING

  • 2024- Associate Professor of Art, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, USA

  • 2020-2024 Director of Foundations, and Assistant Professor of Social Practice, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

  • 2018 - 2020  Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Columbia University, School of the Arts, New York, NY

  • 2013 - 2016  Lecturer, Valand Academy of Fine Art, Gothenburg University, Sweden

  • 2015  Guest Lecturer, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia

  • 2014 Guest Lecturer, Göteborgs Konstskola, Gothenburg, Sweden

  • 2014 Guest Teacher, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estonia

  • 2011-2015 Head Teacher, Gerlesborg Art School, Bohuslän, Sweden

 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS/EVENTS

  • 2024 Pîvo Residency, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • 2024 Thailand Biennale, Primary Forms, invited by Sebastian Cichocki and Helena Czernecka, Convened by Rirkrit Tiravanija and Gridthiya Gaweewong, Chiang Rai, Thailand

  • 2023 Esta Semilla Germinará, La Escuela, Guadalajara, Mexico

  • 2022 Why? (Place your ear to the ground and tell me what you hear), curated by Ulrika Flink, Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden.

  • 2022 Promised Land , Curated by Elvira Dyangani Ose, Hacer Noche, Oaxaca, Mexico

  • 2022 Overlap Dance, FRMoCA, a collaborative exhibition with social practice students from UMassD, USA

  • 2021-2022 Glorious Wound, Queens Museum

  • 2021 Keynote Speaker, Bridging the Gaps between Artists and Educators, University Council of Art Education / PS122 Gallery Education Salon Series, New York, NY 

  • 2021 Presenter, Bergen Kunsthall, Tenthaus Symposium, Norway

  • 2020 A Compass for the House Door, collaboration with Alina Tenser, commissioned by the Onassis Foundation, curated by Queens Museum.

  • 2020. …a simple but wonderful device…, Gothenburg Konsthall, Sweden

  • 2019 We Are Animals, performance at Tishman Hall, The New School, collaboration with the Youth Program at The Sixth Street Community Center, New York.

  • 2019. Aesthetic Behavior; Developmental Sequences, with Lluis Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY2018    The Camouflage Society, Tenthaus, Oslo, Norway

  • 2018    Queens International, Curated by Sophia Marisa Lucas and Baseera Khan, Queens Museum, USA

  • 2018    Public Event, Artists Space, New York, USA

  • 2018    Gaudiopolis, curated by Franciska Zólyom, Museum of Contemporary Art (GfZK), Leipzig, Germany

  • 2018   Art and Collaborative Creativity,  Artist Lecture and panel discussion,Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2018    11th Mercosul Biennial, curated by Alfons Hug, Porto Alegre, Brazil

  • 2017   Den Fria Leken, curated by Katrin Ingelstedt, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, Sweden

  • 2017   Developer and Producer of “Playground on the Move,”  in collaboration with C31 for Save the Children Serbia        

  • 2016    Artist Lecture, “Other Languages Are Secrets,” Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden

  • 2016    Presenter and panel member, Tenthaus Sessions: Toolkit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Norway

  • 2016    Curator and organizer of the platform and exhibition, Meaning Making Meaning, A-Venue, Gothenburg, Sweden. This included an exhibition and workshop program featuring the work of over forty artists, pedagogues and theorists.

  • 2015    Guest speaker, higher seminar, Department of Culture and Learning, Södertörn University, Huddinge, 

  • 2016  The Day of the Children, Public workshop with children, Parque Rodó, Montevideo, Uruguay

  • 2016  Meaning Machine, workshop series, Hus 28, KKH, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2016  Parallel Thinking, curated by Melisa Rheingrüber, City Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 

  • 2016 Footering Notes, Galleri Mejan, Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2015  Beyond the Binaries, organized by Ismail Fayed, Netherland Flemish Institute (NVIC), Cairo, Egypt

  • 2015 Tombola Parksalong, curated by Pia König, Slottskogen, Gothenburg, Sweden

  • 2014   Klumpen i sig, KKV Bohuslän, Hamburgsund, Sweden

  • 2014  Frontier Vernacular, Gallery Raja, Tallinn, Estonia

  • 2014  Bienal Boludez, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • 2013  Handlungsbereitschaft, curated by Mona El-Bira, Julia Müller und Julian Malte Schindele, Motorenhalle, Dresden, Germany          

  • 2013  Love Explosion, curated by Ola Åstrand och Mikael Nanfeldt     Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden   

  • 2012  Handlungsbereitschaft, curated by Mona El-Bira, Julia Müller und Julian Malte Schindele Kunstsaele, Berlin, Germany 

  • 2011  Autonomi Andra Rum, Andra Stället, Angered, Sweden 

  • 2011  Tö, Plan D, Düsseldorf, Germany 

  • 2011  Tombola Parksalong, Slottskogen, Göteborg, Sweden

  • 2010  Gabo Camnitzer, Museo Blanes, Montevideo, Uruguay

  • 2010  Obsolescent Obstacles, Gerlesborg Konstsskola, Sweden

  • 2010  Always Moving, curated by Jared Davis, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia 

  • 2010  Choosers Can't Be Beggars, Konstepidemin, Göteborg, Sweden 

  • 2010  Transformables, Galería Dodeca, Montevideo, Uruguay 

  • 2009  Disregarding Alchemy, Galleri 54, Göteborg, Sweden 

  • 2009  La Obsolesencia del Monumento, curated by Patricia Hakim, Instituto de Cultura, Chaco, Argentina 

  • 2009  Rumstering, curated by Camilla Larsson, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 

  • 2009  Utsändning Under Sommaren, Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg, Sweden 

  • 2008  Blobs and Chunks: Empirical Obfuscations, Galleri Rotor, Göteborg, Sweden

  • 2008  A4 Show, Minsk, Belarús 

  • 2008  Long Story Short, curated by Kim Einarsson and Adnan Yildiz, Konsthallen, Göteborg, Sweden 

  • 2008  The Stage, KRING, Space for Creative Culture, Seoul, South Korea 

  • 2007  Permanens, organized by KiWi, Linköpings Universitet Parken, Linköping, Sweden 

  • 2007  Utsnitt, Galleri Bäckalyckan, Jönköping, Sweden 

  • 2006 Artist in Residence and Exhibition-3 Months, El Basilisco, Buenos Aires, Argentina

  • 2006  Great Expectations, curated by Power Ekroth, Glashuset, Valand Academy, Göteborg, Sweden 

  • 2004  Terrorvison, Exit Art, New York, USA

 

HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

  • 2021-2022 Queens Museum, Artist-in-residence, Year of Uncertainty

  • 2020 Finalist for the Arquia Próxima Prize

  • 2012  Konstnärsnämnden arbetsstipendium, Konstnärsnämnden 

  • 2008  Stipend, Eric Ericson Fond 

  • 2008  Stipend, Bertha Neuberghs Fond 

  • 2007  Sculpture Prize, Akademiska Hus Stipendiet 

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS

  • 2022 CLASS STRUGGLE “Rethinking pedagogy and social practice in the pandemic era” Gabo Camnitzer and Joseph Henry. https://www.artforum.com/interviews/rethinking-pedagogy-and-social-practice-in-the-pandemic-era-87819

  • 2019 Gabo Camnitzer and Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco: Aesthetic Behavior; Developmental Sequences. The Brooklyn Rail, by Joseph Lubitz (https://brooklynrail.org/2019/03/artseen/Gabo-Camnitzer-and-Llus-Alexandre-Casanovas-Blanco-Aesthetic-Behavior-Developmental-Sequences)

  • 2019 Filipe de Sousa, Art Biology Capital: Aesthetic Behavior; Developmental Sequences, The Avery Review, http://averyreview.com/issues/40/art-biology-capital

  • 2016  Radio interview, Museum of Nonvisible Art hosted by Brainard Carey, Yale University Radio, WYBCX, http://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/gabo-camnitzer

  • 2016 “Affirmative Uncertainty - Critical Thinking in Arts Education, Part 3,” Paletten, # 302

  • 2015  “Affirmative Uncertainty - Critical Thinking in Arts Education, Part 2,” Paletten, # 301

  • 2015  “Affirmative Uncertainty - Critical Thinking in Arts Education, Part 1,” Paletten, # 300

  • 2014  “Gula klumpar på sommarens utställning på KKV”, Linda Smith, Strömstads Tidning, 24/06/2014  

  •  2014   “Mångfald ett ledord”, Malin Bjerkstig, Bohusläningen, 23/06/2014       

  • 2014  “Gabo Camnitzer: Kedjereaktion,” Adrian Hörnquist, 29/01/2014 http://www.throwmeaway.se/intervju/gabo-camnitzer-kedjereaktion/

  • 2014 “Levitation of a Slice of Bread,” Gabo Camnitzer, Scheitern Magazine, edited by Marie Egger, 2014, http://www.scheitern-magazin.de/preview_pdf.pdf

  • 2013  “Harnessing/Harvesting,” Gabo Camnitzer, Att Segra, edited by Angelica Falkeling and Anna-Karin Rasmusson, 2013

  • 2013 Handlungsbereitschaft, Skizze einer Generation am Ende der Geschichte, exhibition catalog, http://www.bublitz.org/downloads/werklisten/Werkliste_HBS3.pdf

  • 2013 El Basilisco, Residencia De Artistas 2005-2009, Book

  • 2013 “Väl Mycket av det Goda,” Lisbet Ahnoff, Göteborgs Posten, 3/07/2013

  • 2013 “Readiness to act & footnotes to breakup,” Undo.net, 20/02/2013, http://www.undo.net/it/mostra/154635

  • 2013 Love Explosion, catalog, with text by Andréas Hagström

  • 2013 Gabo and the Wartels, In a Very Small Boat, album released by OMA333, http://oma333.tictail.com/product/gabo

  • 2013 Glenn & Glenn, Glenn vs. Glenn, Album released by Zeon Light, http://zeonlight.bandcamp.com/album/glenn-glenn-glenn-vs-glenn-zeon-light-043

  • 2009 “80-tålet går igen,” Ingela Lind, Dagens Nyheter, 30/04/2009

  • 2009 “Topparna – och några bottennap - från konståret 2009”, Sara Arvidsson, 09/01/2010, http://konsten.net/topparna-och-nagra-bottennapp-fran-konstaret-2009/

  • 2009 “Konst för lekfulla”, Fredrik Svensk, Göteborgs Posten, 9/10/2009,  http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/konstdesign/1.221416-konst-for-lekfulla

  • 2009 “Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm: ‘Rumstering’, (29/4-14/6),” Anders Olofsson, 30/04/2009, http://konsten.net/bonniers-konsthall-stockholm-”rumstering”-294-146/

  • 2009 “Konst som svävar fritt,” Sara Arvidsson, Göteborgs Fria, 7/10/2009, http://www.goteborgsfria.se/artikel/80959

  • 2009 “Tron på Konsten är tillbaka,” Clemens Poellinger, Svenska Dagbladat, 26/04/2009, http://www.svd.se/kultur/tron-pa-konsten-ar-tillbaka_2801455.svd

  • 2009 “Händelser mellan rum”, Susanna Slöör, 05/05/2009, Omkonst, http://www.omkonst.com/09-rumstering.shtml

  • 2008 “Idel extremer,” Mikael Olofsson, 15/05/2008, Göteborgs Posten, http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.136528-idel-extremer?m=print

  • 2008    “I ett gåtfullt gränsland,” Astrid von Rosen, 12/03/2008 Göteborgs-Posten http://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.135961-i-ett-gatfullt-gransland?m=print

  • 2005 “Terrorvision,”  Naief Yehya, Art Nexus #55 - Arte en Colombia #101, Jan - Mar 2005, http://artnexus.com/Notice_View.aspx?DocumentID=14528

  • 2004 “Sampling Degrees of Terror, From Al Qaeda to Cancer,” Grace Glueck, New York Times, 21/05/2004, http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/21/arts/art-review-sampling-degrees-of-terror-from-al-qaeda-to-cancer.html

  • 2004 “Terrorvision en Nueva York y más allá / Terrorvision in New York and beyond,” Ana Tiscornia, Art.Es Magazine, May-June, 2004. (Pages. 70-71). http://www.art-es.es/artes4.htm

  • 2004 “The Look of Fear,” Serghei Soloviev, Daily Russian Newspaper, 01/06/2004