CHRISTIAN ANDERSSON
Born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1973.
Lives and works in Malmö, Sweden.


EDUCATION

1996-2001 Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden

2011
Magritte/Focault (Om ordet och tingen), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017
Public Art Project in Le Havre, curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, Le Havre city, Le Havre, France
Museum CIAJG, Guimaraes (solo)CIAJG, Guimarães, Portugal

2016
Christian Anderssonvon Bartha, Basel, Switzerland
Put the Cobwebs Back in PlaceGalerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
Wolfsburg UnlimitedKunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Conversation SilencieusePalais de Tau / Frac Campagne Ardenne, Reims, France
Surrealism and BeyondBoymans van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Belgium.
The Primal Shelter is The Site For Primal Fears The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland

2015
DREAMCATCHER, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
LegendeKunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland

2014
X Y Z, von Bartha Chesa, S-chanf, Switzerland
A Splitting Headache, Triple V, Paris

2013
While You Were Sleeping, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Le 12e Biennale de Lyon - BIKINIBikini, Lyon, France

2012
The Great and Secret Show by Christian Andersson, Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland

2011
From Lucy with love (Palais), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
ArtUnlimited / To R.M for EVER, Art Basel 42, Basel, Switzerland
From Lucy with love, Moderna Museet Malmö

2010
NEVE R O DD O R EVEN, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Pendulum, Permanent public sculpture at the LTU, Luleå, Sweden
Monkey See, Monkey Do, Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vittoria Gasteiz, Spain
Galerie Nordenhake (with Alexander Gutke), Stockholm, Sweden
51 Days in June, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlim, Alemanha

2009
Three steps to Rockefeller, Fortino 1, The Brodbeck Foundation, Catania, Sicily, Italy

2008
I did it just the same, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Schrödingers Cat, public sculpture at Vitenfabrikken, Sandnes, Norway
Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal

2007
Near Mint, Elastic Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Arnstedt & Kullgren Gallery, Båstad, Sweden

2006
ArtUnlimited, Art Basel, Switzerland

2005
The 1st at Moderna, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Christian Andersson, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
9 was 6 if, Studio A, Otterndorf, Germany

2004
1:1. Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden

2003
F for Fake, Galleria MUU, Helsinki, Finland
The Blind Spot, Ping Pong Gallery, Malmö, Sweden

2002
F for Fake, The Suitable Gallery, Chicago, USA

2001
MA Show, Peep/Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden

1999
Plan B, Galleri 21, Malmö, Sweden


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015
Mirror Image, group exhibition, Medizinhistorisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

2014
Room Service - On the Hotel in the Arts and Artists in the Hotel, Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Germany
100 Years William S. Burroughs, von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland
We hate in Order to Survive, Malmo Inter Arts Centre, Malmo, Sweeden
Six Memos for the Next…Magazin 4, Bergenz, Austria

2013
Arqueológica, Matadero, Madrid, Spain
Une oeuvre de Christian Andersson / Un texte de Vicent Pécoil,12th Biennale de Lyon, France
Victor, A, Judge William, Johannes (de silentio), Constantin, Vigilius, Nicolaus, Hilarius, Johannes (Climacus), H.H., Anti-Climacus et. al.Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen

2012
Inside and Out, KIM? (Contemporary Art centre, Riga), Riga, Latvia
Upplyst / Enlightened, Artipelag, Stockholm
Around Every Corner, Elastic Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Off the Beaten Track, Von Bartha Garage, Basel, Switzerland

2011
What did you expect?, Galerie Torri, Paris, France
Phénomènes/ Résonance, Biennale de Lyon, Galerie Néon, Lyon, France
all to wall (part I) - curated by João Silvério, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Margritte - Focault / Om orden och tingen, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Ghost, Gerlesborgs Konsthall, Gerlesborg, Sweden

2010
Look Again, SECCA, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Ocus Pocus, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
The Sophisticated Eye (Trompe l'Oeil), Galerie Opdahl, Berlin, Germany
Landings, Vestfossen, Norway
Open Light in Private Spaces, Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst, Ruhr, Germany
On Gaps and Silent Documents, Artefact Festival (STUK), Leuven, Belgium

2009
This is the score, part II, Elastic, Malmö, Sweden 
L'avenir d'une illusion, Centre d'art Passages, Troyes, France
Behind The image/The Image Behind, Artefact at Stuk Arts Center, Leuven, Belgium
Spridd Isolerad Konst, Konstmuseet, Kalmar, Sweden
Changing Light Bulbs in Thin Air, CCS Bard, The Hessel Museum, New York, USA

2008
L'éternel retour 1: La Méduse, La Salle de Bains, Lyon, France
The Real Thing, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
no no no no no no no no no no no there's no limit, Signal, Malmö, Sweden
ABC, Art Berlin Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
The Deluded Eye, The National Museum, Stockholm, Sweden

2007
What You See Is What You Guess, FRAC Champagne/Ardenne, France
New Generation, Gallery Von Bartha Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland
Tricky, Galeria Estrany de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Ob Ich Das Sehe, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany

2006
5 Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Germany
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, Sweden
Modernautställningen 2006, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

2005
More Than This!, Göteborg International Art Biennal, Gothenburg, Sweden
ADAM, Smart Projects, Amsterdam, Holand
The Invisible Insurrection Of a Million Minds, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
OK/OKAY, Swiss Institute & Grey Art Gallery, New York, USA

2004
Edstrand foundation, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
All Movable Wonders, The IASPIS Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Open Studios, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
Momentum, Contemporary Art Biennal, Moss, Norway
The Office, Brändström & Stene Gallery at Futurniture, Stockholm, Sweden
Attraktion Skåne, Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden

2003
Nya Namn, The Museum Of Art, Malmö, Sweden
Collective, NIFCA, Suomenlinna, Helsinki, Finland
Adagio, Gävle Konstcentrum, Sweden
Greyscale/CMYK, The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland

2002
The Stray Show, Chicago, USA
Project Space c/o Matts Leiderstam, Stockholm, Sweden
Greyscale/CMYK, The Tramway, Glasgow, UK
Passenger, Astrup Fearnley Museum of modern art, Oslo, Norway

2001
Virus Bo01, Malmö, Sweden
Lost in space, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden

2000
Ann och hennes vänner, Galleri konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
7 Kunstellationer, Palace Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999
Zwischenräume # 4, Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Come as you are, PEEP, Malmö, Sweden

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2004
The Edstrand Foundation
Konstnärsnämnden, 2 year working grant
IASPIS studio residency, Stockholm, Sweden

2003
NIFCA Residency, Helsinki, Finland
The foundation of Aase & Richard Björklund

2002
Konstnärsnämnden, 1year working grant
Framtidens Kultur
IASPIS, Cultural Exchange
The foundation of Molly & Ragnar Rudemar
NIFCA/Network North Residency, The Tramway, Glasgow, UK


COLLECTIONS

FRAC Champagne Ardenne, France
MUDAM, Luxembourg
Malmö Konstmuseum, Sweden
Brodbeck Foundation, Italy 
Morra Greco Foundation, Italy
Foundation Mies van der Rohe, Spain