Meta Isæus-Berlin, biography
Born 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden. Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden.
EDUCATION
1986-1993 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
1984-1986 University College of Arts Craft and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
1984 Handarbetets Vänner, Stockholm, Sweden
1981-1983 Pernby Målarskola, Stockholm, Sweden
1980-1981 Konstskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Mörkersyn, Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, Sweden
Awakening, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
2015
Undervegetationen gör sig påmind, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
Sand Castle for Grown Ups, Mare Gallery, Chania, Crete, Greece
There is no Time in the Dream, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
2012-2013
Smygkuvning (Suppressing), Thielska galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
2012
Upp Till Ytan – Retrospektivt Måleri 1980-2012, Bohusläns Museum, Konsthallen, Uddevalla, Sweden; Konsthallen Passagen, Linköping, Sweden
2011
Lockrop och dess efterskalv, Olle Nymans ateljé, Saltsjö-Duvnäs, Sweden
Moon Dreams, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2010
Reminiscenses, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
Orpheus, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
Lumière du Nord – Nordic Light, with works by Edvard Munch, Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris, France
Små och stora historier, Vargåkra gård, Hammenhög, Sweden
The Waiting Maria, Katarina Church, Stockholm, Sweden
2009
Inside Out, Outside In, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2008
Imprinting and Filtering, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
2007
The Rehearsal, Baukunst, Cologne, Germany
2006
Fickla Vrårna, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Short Moments, Art Basel Miami Beach, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Miami, US
2004
På Glid, Jönköpings Länsmuseum, Jönköping, Sweden
2003
Två Parallella Nu, Olle Olsson-huset Hagalund, Solna, Sweden
2001
A Water Home,”Bo-01 City of Tomorrow”, European Housing Expo, Malmö, Sweden
What the Memory Selects, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Vad jag minns att jag minns, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm, Sweden
1996
Nothing in Exchange, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
1995
Galleri Mors Mössa, Gothenburg, Sweden
1993
Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
Fabric Works, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
Sliperiet, Borgvik, Sweden
2016
Women don’t paint very well, HangmenProjects, Stockholm, Sweden
Kyrkor och konstnärer i sjätte, sinnet Hällefors kyrka, Hällefors, Sweden
2014
I <3 IT! WHAT IS IT?, Galleri 5 Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Hem Längtan, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
Borås International Sculpture Biennial 2014, Borås, Sweden
2012
A Real Home, Sven-Harrys konstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Painting, Painting, Vargåkra Gård, Hammenhög, Sweden
Surface-Tension, travelling exhibition Katarina church, Hedvig Eleonora Church, Sjöstadskapellet, Flemingsberg Church, Sweden
Pirosmani, National Gallery of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Artists and their studios, exhibition in connection with the launch of the books with the same name, Pierre & Peters, Stockholm, Sweden
2011
After Work, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
Tomas Tranströmer festival, Katarina Chuch, Stockholm, Sweden
7 stipendiater, Sven-harrys konstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
2010
It’s a Set-up, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
2010
Heritage and Identity, travelling exhibition for the City of Uppsala, Sweden
2009
Cœur de femme, Galerie Sophie Scheidecker, Paris, France
Önskekonst, Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Gävle, Sweden
2006
Drömdiken, Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden
2004
Multiplex, Skulpturens hus, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Samlingarna – Samtidskonsten i fokus, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
EUROPE EXISTS, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2002
Skönhetens Metamorfoser, Dunkers Kulturhus, Sweden
Home Again, Works by Contemporary Swedish Artists, Arken Museum för Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
2000
The Flying Moose – Konst och design, Konstnärshuet, Stockholm, Sweden
1999
Signs of Life, Melbourne internation Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
Malmö Konstmuseum besöker Magasinet, Wanås, Knislinge, Sweden
Mot en lyckligare mänsklighet, Arbetets Museum, Norrköping, Sweden
1998
Skandia Via, Kunstraum, Dǘsseldorf, Germany
Kiasma Collection, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
[UME:SE], Umedalen Skulptur, Umeå, Sweden
1997
On Life, Beauty, Translations and Other Difficulties, 5th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey
God Bless Our Mobile Home, Gallery Amfilada, Szczelin, Gallery Wyspa, Gdansk, Gallery BWA Slupsk, Poland
Deposition – Contemporary Swedish Art In Venice, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1996
See What It Feels Like, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
S H E L T E R Wolfslaar, Breda, Netherlands
Container 96 – Art Across Oceans, Copenhagen, Denmark
På: Tiden, Moderna Museet, Sweden
1995
La Hora del Norte, Centro Culturel del Condo Duque, Madrid, Museo Diocesano, Pia Almoina, Barcelona, Spain
Africus: Black Looks White Myths, Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
1994
Det dubbla arvet, Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1993
Invasion, Millesgården, Stockholm, Sweden
Spegling – Nyförvärv från 90-talet, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1992
Plåtstaden Lugnet, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
Johan Börjesson “Up to the Surface”, in Upp till ytan, Elanders, 2012
2011
Katarina Wadstein Macleod “To see or to see too much”, in The mating-call and its after-shock, Katarina tryck, 2011
2010
Katarina Wadstein Macleod ”Tears, water, colour”, in Reminiscenser och Orfeus, ed. by Meta Isæus-Berlin, Brommatryck & Brolins 2010
2008
Monica Nieckels ”What the Memory Selects and the Dream Sees”, Imprinting and Filtering, ed. by Meta Isæus-Berlin, Fälth& Hässler, Värnamo 2008
2006
Niclas Östlind ”Från det välbekanta till det främmande och tillbaka igen – Anteckningar om Meta Isæus-Berlins konstnärskap”, Meta Isæus-Berlin, Fickla Vrårna, Liljevalchs konsthall, Liljevalchs katalog nr 47, Fälth&Hässler, Värnamo 2006
2006
Nina Weibull ”Fantasier mellan brud och träd”, Meta Isæus-Berlin, Fickla Vrårna, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Liljevalchs katalog nr 47, Fälth&Hässler, Värnamo 2006
2004
Estelle af Malmborg, ”Meta Isæus-Berlin”, Svensk konst nu 85 konstnärer födda efter 1960, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening årsbok 2004, Wahlström&Widstrand Fälth&Hässler, Värnamo 2004
2002
Torsten Weimarck, ”Om ”verkligheten” i några arbeten av Meta Isæus-Berlin”, Konsthistorisk tidskrift/ Journal of Art History, volym 71 , 2002, ed.by Department of Art History at Stockholm University, Wallin&Dalholm, Lund
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stockholm School of Economics – Collection, Sweden
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
Götebogs Konstmuseeum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Kiasma, Museet för nutidskonst, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Jönköpings läns museum, Jönköping, Sweden
Magasin 3, Stockholm Konsthall, Sweden
Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
Statens konstråd, Stockholm, Sweden
Umedalen Skulptur, Umeå, Sweden
Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden