Biography/Cv

Johan Tirén
Born 1973, lives and works in Stockholm.
From 1998-2003, Johan Tirén attended the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and holds a MFA from Malmö Art Academy (2004). Tirén’s work is concerned with the construction of history and ideology and has involved critical studies of various social issues.

Education
Master of fine art, The art academy in Malmö 2003-2004
The Royal Danish art academy 1998-2003

Selected exhibitions and projects.

  • 2012 “Contours of the Common” CCA-Derry, Northern Irland
  • 2012 “Dagens eko – kvart i fem” Varbergs Konsthall, Sweden
  • 2012 “Hembyg(g)d, Marabouparken, Sweden (with Anna Högberg)
  • 2012  “Utan titel – Rapport 2: 2012″  Haninge konsthall, Sweden (with Anna Högberg)
  • 2012  “Temporary Status” Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden
  • 2012 “Supermarket, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden”
  • 2011/2012  ” Encounter with Hill. Selections from the Malmö Art Museum” Lunds Konsthall, Sweden
  • 2011 “Redraw, Rewrite, Retool” Vita kuben, Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, Sweden
  • 2011 “Terms of belonging” Overgaden – Institute of Contemporary Art,  Copenhagen
  • 2011 “Iaspis Open Studio” Iaspis, Stockholm , Sweden
  • 2011  Index,  Screening of “positions/locations (after E. S. report to the Maritime Museum)”, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2011 TRACKS -  New Acquisitions in Malmö Art Museums collection of Nordic contemporary art, Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö
  • 2011 “Konsumera mera” Norrköpings konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden
  • 2011 “Angry – Young and Radical”  Nederlands fotomuseum, Roterdam. (with Runo Lagomarsino)
  • 2010/11  “Modernautställningen 2010″,  Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2010/11 “Cash flow”, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2010 “!?” Signal – center for contemporary art, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2010  “Vectors of the Possible”, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst in Utrecht, Holland
  • 2010 Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2010 “Denmark 2010 – Instructions to the nation of the “happiest people in the world”, Overgaden – Institute of Contemporary Art., Copenhagen
  • 2010 “without payment” Almedalen, Gotland, Konstfrämjandet (with Anna Högberg, Malin Lobell)
  • 2009 “Sharing a society?” (Att dela ett samhälle) Kulturhuset K1, Stockholm (with Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg, Johan Waerndt
  • 2009 “Labyrint 09 Writings and observations” Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm
  • 2009 “Open Engagement” Marabouparken annex, Sundbyberg, Sweden
  • 2009 “Verka” Studio 44, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2009 “There is no audience / an exhibition about public imagination”,  Montehermoso, Vitoria Gasteiz, Spain (with Christian Hillesø)
  • 2009 Posted 4, Cork, Ireland (with Runo Lagomarsino)
  • 2008 Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding, Parsons The New School for Design, the Sheila C Johnson Design Center, New York, USA
  • 2008 The Unfair Fair, 1:1projects, Rome, Italy
  • 2008  “A radical shift of scenery” – Project at the Office of Regional Planning, Stockholm, Sweden (with Janna Holmstedt, Anna Högberg and Johan Waerndt)
  • 2007 ”those who control the past command the future – those who command the future conquer the past” with
  • Runo Lagomarsino, curated by Tone O Nielsen, Overgaden institute of contemporary art, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2007 ”Notes on the celebration of a national day” Farsta Gård, Stockholm
  • 2007 “An isolated corner” with Lena Flodman, exhibition produced in collaboration with NTG Equality ARGUS
  • 2006 “Deep Search”, Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg, Sweden
  • 2006 studio 44, Landscape, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2006 ”we’re saying what you’re thinking” Public manifestations of creative dissent, Lunds stadshall, Sweden
  • 2006 “Out of sight” Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden (with Runo Lagomarsino)
  • 2006 artwork for Øjebliket (danish magazine)
  • 2005-2006 SKISS, Nynäshamn, Sweden
  • 2005 Malmö Art Academy 10 years, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2005  Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2004 “History”, galleri PEEP, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2004 Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
  • 2004 Videozone, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • 2004 Minority Report, Århus, Denmark, (with Runo Lagomarsino)
  • 2004 Centre Culturell Suedois, Paris, France
  • 2004 Repetition, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
  • 2004 Open Studios, Malmö, Sweden, (with Runo Lagomarsino)
  • 2004 S Förstadsgatan 80, Malmö, Sweden
  • 2003 Cartes Blanches,10the Biennial of Moving Images, Geneva. Switzerland
  • 2003 I am a curator, Chisenhale Gallery, London, England, (with Runo Lagomarsino)
  • 2003 copycat, Copenhagen, Denmark, (with V3TO)
  • 2003 3rd International student triennial, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 2003 Hot Spot, Malmö Museum, (with Runo Lagomarsino),
  • 2003 Re/aktion, edited by Kristina Ask, (with Runo Lagomarsino),
  • 2002 More people mediate, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2002 V3TONITE, fundamentalism of the new order, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2002 Information, Copenhagen, Denmark, (with V3TO)
  • 2002 Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, (with Pia Rönicke)
  • 2002 Bits’n’pieces, video screening, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2002 Urban Legend, Konstakuten, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2002 Brööl, Zoologisk Have, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2002 CopCop, Galleri Asbæk underground, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2002 Malmö-Oslo 1-0, Overstation, Astrup Fearnley museum, Oslo, Norway
  • 2002 Retur, Köpenhamn, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2001 Med tanke på klimatet, Metronome no 7 (edited by clementine Deliss)
  • 2001 Nomadsland, Malmö, Sweden

Curatorial work:

  • 2010 Home Sweet Home, Konsthall C, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Art consultant Stockholm County Council (from 2009)
  • Member of the board at Konsthall C, Stockholm (from may 2006)
  • Member of the board at gallery Signal in Malmö, Sweden , 2001-2005

Selected Workshops / lectures

  • 2012 lecture at KTH, Stockholm
  • 2012 lecture at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
  • 2012 lecture at Malmö Art Academy
  • 2012 lecture at Konstskolan Idun Lovén
  • 2011 lecture at Vita Kuben, Norrlandsoperan, Umeå
  • 2011 lecture and workshop at KTH, Stockholm
  • 2011 lecture and workshop, Skiss conference,  Stockholm
  • 2010 lecture and workshop at Tromsö Art Academy, Norway
  • 2010 lectures at Konstfack, Stockholm
  • 2009 lecture and workshop at “Open engagement”, Marabouparken, Stockholm
  • 2009 “Workshop in connection with the development of Ursvik, Stockholm”
  • 2009 “Equality” -A series of workshops with Lena Flodman, Skiss Härnösand/Sundsvall
  • 2008 “Uniform” -A series of workshop with Lena Flodman, Skiss Härnösand/Sundsvall
  • 2008 “Art history and contemporary art” teaching and workshop at Norra Konstskolan.
  • 2007 “Working with art outside the artscene – an introduction to Skiss” lectures and workshops, with Malin Lobell,  Skiss Malmö