HENNY LINN KJELLBERG
Uppsala
+46 708 686 212
info@hennylinn.se
EDUCATION
2023-2024 ResearchLab Craft, Konstfack
2007 – 2009 MFA, Ceramics, Konstfack: University College of Arts and Crafts, Stockholm, Sweden.
2006 “Parks and Gardens”, public art workshop at Konstfack: University College of Arts and Crafts, Stockholm, Sweden.
2005 “Art after 1950”, studies of contemporary art theory, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
1997 – 2000 BFA, Ceramics, The Danish Design School, Bornholm.
1999 National University College of Art and Craft, Oslo, Norway.
1994 – 1995 Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm, preparatory art school.
SELECTED SOLO- AND GROUP SHOWS
2023 Händer i Lera, group show at Hallstahammars Konsthall oct 23 – jan 24
Anata / I know you, group show Hokusho University Gallery, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
2022 Gläntan with Thommy Wahlström, Galleri 2, Uppsala. Fieldstation 21/22, Ifö Center Konsthall, Bromölla, with SLAM.
2021 Unsolid Ground, soloexhibition at Galleri 1/2, Uppsala. Sediment at Sörmlands Museum, Nyköping with curator- and artist’s group SLAM. Konst tar plats (arr Region Uppsala), Lancashiresmedjan in Karlholmsbruk
2020 Livet!, group exhibition in Ulleråker, Uppsala (arr Konstfrämjandet Uppland) .
2019-20 Stipendiater 2019, Uppsala Konstmuseum
2017 Uttydelser; Konst som port till reformationen, Uppsala kommun/ Uppsala stadsbibliotek Galleri Sadelmakarlängan in Österbybruk with Moa Lönn Erinring, Skulpturparken Engelsberg TRANSITION II at MEKENS Konsthall in Smedjebacken
2016 Transition, group exhibition at Leksands Kulturhus.. Stipendiatutställning, Landstinget i Uppsala läns and Uppsala kommun Culture Grants 2016, Offkonsten c/o Teatergalleriet, Uppsala. Att slå rot, solo exhibition at Keramiskt Center, Höganäs, Februari 20- May 29 2016.
2015 Inside Out, group exhibition based on the works of Andreas Vesalius, initiated by Uppsala kommun, shown in Odinslund, Uppsala and Uppsala Art Museum. Magiska Rum, group exhibition in Rånäs slottspark, Norrtälje. Solo/Duo, solo exhibition, Galleri 1, Uppsala. 2014 OHANA, group exhibition in Uppsala Botanical Garden, summer of 2014. May 25th – Sept 17th. Rågång, a land art project and residency at Ricklundgården, Saxnäs, Lappland. May – August 2014. Critical Mass, solo exhibiton at Rochester Art Centre, Minnesota, USA. May 2013- August 2014
2013 Critical Mass, solo exhibiton at Rochester Art Centre, Minnesota, USA. May 2013– August 2014 Uppsala Kommuns stipendiatutställning på Offkonsten, Uppsala. Art Miners, group exhibitions with the artist group Art Miners at Independants Yokohama 3rd, Yokohama and Asashimashi Museum / Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
2012 Ny Nordisk Keramik, group exhibition at Vendsyssel Kunstmuseum, Denmark. Omständighet, solo exhibition at Ebelingmuseet, Torshälla, Sweden. Push Play, NCECA Invitational group exhibition at Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle, USA.
2011 Lång tids perspektiv, solo exhibition at Multeum Konsthall, Strängnäs, Sweden, November-January 2011-2012. Phoenix Landscapes, group exhibition at 77m3, Århus, Denmark, November Uppehållstillstånd, group exhibition at Gottsundabiblioteket, Uppsala, Sweden Konst från Sverige, group exhibition at Kunsstation Kleinsassen, Fulda, Germany Fem Markörer, group exhibition at gallery hAnd madE, Nyköping, Sweden Temperature, group exhibition at Sanam Chandra Art Gallery, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Uppsala.Doc, group exhibition at Walmstedska gården, Uppsala, Sweden In Sanity, a show with the artists’ group Scene at Galleri Officinet, Copenhagen Wire Works II at NCECA Project Space, Tampa, Florida, USA Hide & Seek, solo exhibtion Galleri 1, Uppsala. 2010 Scene, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, USA. Juried by NCECA With Jennifer Woodin (US) and Ane Fabricius Christiansen (DK)
2009 Freedom to Roam, a land art piece outside Perth, Canada, on invitation from the Field Work project. Solitudes, Blås & Knåda, Stockholm East Coast Meets West Coast, Rörstrands Kulturcentrum / Rööhska Satellit, Lidköping Funktion & Fiktion, Engelska Magasinet, Rejmyre Konstfack’s Vårutställning / Degree Exhibition, Stockholm, Sweden Vårsalongen, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden Please contact me for info regarding work prior to 2009.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2019 Stillbild V, public commission for Tallmon Äldreboende, Skutskär, by Älvkarleby kommun
2017 The Portrait Boxes II, art for Jumkil school, commissioned by Uppsala Municipality Uttydelser, Konst som port till reformationen, Uppsala Stadsbibliotek, commissioned by Uppsala Municipality
2014 Skifta hamn, parallell public commission for Lerums kommun, Sweden.
2012 Moving North, public commission by Uppsala municipality.
CURATING / RESIDENCIES / PERFORMANCES
2019-2022 (with SLAM) Curating and organizing the Fieldstation residencies in collaboration with Ifö Center, Bromölla, supported by Kulturrådet, Region Skåne, Konstnärsnämnden and others.
2018-2019 Aritistic Director for the project Konstkuben, ett mobile Exhibition space run by Kulturenheten Region Uppsala in collaboration with Konstnärernas Riksorganisation Uppsala.
2015-2018 with SLAM – planning and curating the exhbition and seminar Beyond the Object; a group exhibition with Nordic contemporary ceramic art at Uppsala art museum, summer 2018.
2014 AiR at Ricklundgården in Saxnäs, Västerbotten, Sweden.
2013 Min mamma är en import, stage design for a dance performance at Gottsunda Dans & teater, Uppsala. Study trip to Sado island, Japan.
2012 Print Symposium, Guldagergaard – International Ceramic Research Centre, Danmark. ScanCeram, international ceramic conference in Hjørring, Danmark. Participation in NCECA ceramic conference in Seattle, USA.
2011 Wire Works II at NCECA, Tampa, Florida. Thai:Nordic 2011, workshop på The Art Centre at Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
2010 Fragile Skin, porcelain pieces made for a performance in the Stockholm subway, with Anna E. Weiser. Re-collection, a land art / performance piece on Hirtshals Strand, Nordjylland, Danmark supported by the CreaBiz conference at the University College in Hjørring.
2006-2010 Development of set design for the new chamber opera Dream Seminar / Drömseminarium, based on the texts of Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer. Participation in development workshops in Sweden and USA
2009 Freedom to Roam, a land art project supported by FieldWork and Ontario Arts Council, Canada Set design, Dream Seminar / Drömseminarium, workshop and work in progress performance at Västerås Concerthouse, Sweden.
2007 Porcelain Percussion, a collaboration with composer Ellen Lindquist (USA) and percussionist Birgit Løkke (DK) at the symposium ”Collaborative Relations” at the International Ceramic Research Centre in Denmark. Princess, ceramics, performance and photography in Gottsunda Centrum, Uppsala, Sweden.
2005 Objects for the performance Bevingad, betagen (In Rapture) with dancer /choreographer Maud Karlsson, Uppsala, Sweden. 2004 Handrum, objects and performance with Marie Sandell, Formargruppen, Malmö Gallerinatt.
2003 Collaboration with musicians / dancers Marie Sandell and Anna Välilä Leis; ceramic objects / set design for the performance Någon Annan Annanstans (Someone Else Elsewhere), Högriskfestivalen, Malmö. Costume and set for Solve, a dance piece with Pia Sidetun, shown at Ribersborg Cold bath house, Malmö, and Värmlands Museum, Karlstad.
2002 Residency at the International Ceramic Research Centre, Denmark. Transparence – a study in porcelain, light and linen, a collaboration with textile artist Anna-Karin Bylund, Stockholm. Residency at Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta, Canada – research on the relation movement – form in collaboration with choreographer Pilar Gallegos (Mexico).
2001 Umiak – Inuk, a collaborative project with the musician and poet Sarah Granskou, Toronto, Canada (ceramic sculpture as set design and props).
TEACHING 2005 – Ceramic Classes for children and adults. “Culture and care” ceramic classes with mentally disabled and people within the open psychiatry care. ABF Strängnäs, Skaparverkstan; Kultur i vården/Studiefrämjandet, Uppsala. Various workshops both nationally and internationally. From 2016 teacher at the Design lab, run by Studiefrämjandet i Uppsala län / Uppsala kommun. Currently working as an art teacher within Skapande skola, at the museum Bror Hjorts hus, and as teacher in ceramics and sculpture at Wiks folkhögskola, Uppsala.
REPRESENTED
Statens Konstråd / The National Public Arts Council Sweden, Vadstena Kommun / Vadstena Municipality, Strängnäs Kommun / Strängnäs Municipality, Uppsala Kommun / Uppsala Municipality, Älvkarleby Kommun / Älvkarleby Municipality
GRANTS
2023-2024 Two year Work grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2021 Projectgrant Swedish Arts Grants Committee (with SLAM)
2019 Uppsala Kommuns kulturstipendium / Uppsala Municipality Culture Grant
2017 Höganäs Kommuns Keramikstipendium / Höganäs Municipality Ceramic Grant
2016 Upplands Läns Landstings Kulturstipendium / Region Uppsala Culture Grant
2013 Uppsala Kommuns kulturstipendium / Uppsala Municipality Culture Grant
2012 Estrid Ericsons Foundation Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation
2011 Estrid Ericson Foundation
2010 One year Work Grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2009 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2008 J.L Eklund Crafts Foundation
2007 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee Estrid Ericson Foundation Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation
2002 NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art) IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee The Foundation for Danish-Swedish Collaboration Estrid Ericson Foundation Helge Ax:son Johnsons Foundation
2001 IASPIS / Swedish Arts Grants Committee Estrid Ericson Foundation
Member of KIF/KRO, KC Öst, Upplands KRO, UKK – Uppsala Artist’s Association.