Lisa Strömbeck

Born 1966 in Andrarum, Sweden
Lives and works in Copenhagen

EDUCATION
1994-99 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
1992-94 Freie Kunst, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

Vargåkra Gårds Konsthall, Hammenhög, Sweden

Merchandise, Memorabilia og Moneter, Skjold Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Cat, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Pet Show, Fotografiska, Tallin, Estonia

2021

The Pet Show, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden

We Are Animals, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mobil Utomhus Bio, Folkets Hus Lidköping, Sweden

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
Mammals – Hierarchies, Ringsted Galleriet, Denmark

2018
Consolation, Galleri Image, Århus, Denmark

2017
The Last Trees, Galleri Fagerstedt, Stockholm, Sweden

2015
Light Tricks, Galleri Fagerstedt, Stockholm, Sweden
In Bed, Tjörnedala Konsthall, Baskemölla, Sweden

2014
To have or have not, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany

2013
Minne av sol, Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden

2012
Advokatfirman Vinge, Malmö, Sweden
Animals do it: RECYCLE, Instant Herlev Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010
In Your Hands, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
In Memory of All Those Who Work Without Ever Getting a Reward, Turku Art Museum, Finland

2008
New Friends, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden
In Memory of All Those Who Work Without Ever Getting a Reward, Pixel, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007
In Memory of All Those Who…, Konstnärshuset Stockholm and Galleri Fem, Lund, Sweden

2006
I’m your boss – and other dreadful scenarios, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Människor och Djur, Ystad Konstmuseum, Sweden (catalogue)

2005
’Es war ja nicht alles schlecht’, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

2004
Contemporary Film and Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden

2003
Den ömma punkten, Sub Bau, Gothenburg, Sweden
The Tender Spot, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen, Germany

2002
Non-Stop Videovindue, YNKB, Copenhagen, Denmark

2001
Resting Place, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin, Germany

2000
Hvilerum, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen, Denmark

1998
Hemma, Galleri Box, Gothenburg, Sweden

1997
Country, Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark

1996
I’ll Do(with Andrea Creutz), Galleri Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark

1995
Loveliest, Galleri Saga Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark
In and Out, Rådskælderen – Kunstakademiets udstillingssted, Copenhagen, Denmark

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Best in Show: Pets in Contemporary Photography, The Momentary, Bentonville, US

The Pet Show, Fotografiska Museum, Shanghai, China

2023

Vargåkra Gårds Konsthall, Hammenhög

Inhabitants, University of Oulu, Finland

Best in Show, Fotografiska, New York, United States

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

Cat, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Pet Show, Fotografiska, Tallin, Estonia

2021
The Pet Show, Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
We Are Animals, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mobil Utomhus Bio, Lidköping, Sweden
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
Animals in Art, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Billboard Istanbul, curated by Hanne Lise Thomsen, Public Space Istanbul, Turkey
Septemberutställningen, med Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019
Solidaritetssalonen, Rønnebækholms Kunsthal, Næstved, Denmark
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Om og Om Igen, Koldinggade 12, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
100 Kvinder på Kro, Carlsbergbyens Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Co-Existence – show at the Living with Animals conference, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, USA

2016
Fra Videokunst til billedkunst, Nivaagårds malerisamling, Nivaa, DK
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
Hverdagsbilleder, Randers Kunstmuseum, Randers, DK

2015
100 Kvinder på Kro, Byens Kro, Copenhagen and Huset for Kunst og
Design, Holstebro, Denmark
Summer in the city, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Par i konst, Vargåkra Konsthall

2014
Lige i skabet, Svends Bibliotek and Nivaagaards Malerisamling,
Bakkehusmuseét, Frederiksberg
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Hem Längtan – Vardagens ideologi och estetik, Norrköpings
Konstmuseum, Sweden
To Have or Have Not, ACC Galerie, Weimar
Everyone Doesn’t Eat Meatballs in Sweden, Samara, Russia
The beginning is Always Today, Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden
The beginning is Always Today, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway

2013
Hurra, Pop-up Gallery, Venice, Los Angeles
Out to Sea, Trapholt Kunstmuseum, Denmark
The beginning is always today, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norge
Re.act.feminism, with Women down the Pub, Akademie der Künste,
Berlin
Multipel.nu, Malmö Nordic, Kulturcentralen and Malmö Konsthall
To have or have not, Halle 14, Leipzig
Seoul International Shortfilm festival, Korea
Summer in the city, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Out to Sea, Trapholt, Denmark
VIDEO, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012
Fokus 2012 Video Kunst Festival, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Nikolaj Plads,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011
Zoo, Werkleitz biennale, Halle
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Dyredamer, Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg
Terrain Video, Holstebro Kunstmuseum,

2010
Openingshow, Odense Kunsthall
Derrida’s Katze, Kunsthaus Kreutzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Dog is my co-pilot, Spinderihallerne, Vejle
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Her er vejen, Sophie Hjerl’s udhus ved Hærvejen

2009
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Works at work, with Women down the Pub, Kunsthal Charlottenborg,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Malmö Konstmuseum meets the Swanljung Collection,
Malmö Konstmuseum
Andre Stemmer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
Site Natura, Tjörnedala Konsthall
Sample #2, Deutsche Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin
Videobiograf, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg and Borås Konstmuseum

2008
Sample #1, Deutsche Künstlerbund Projektraum, Berlin
Et blik på det fremmede, Bendixen Contemporary Art, Copenhagen

2007
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen
Zoo, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Distant Relations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
Emergency room, (curated by Colonel) PS 1/MOMA, New York
X Years, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen

2006
Emergency Room (curated by Colonel), Galerie Olaf Stüber, Berlin
Strategic Questions, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna; De Appel,
Amsterdam
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen
Artists Migration, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
Konstfeminism, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
Janssons frestelse, Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art,
Copenhagen
Cultural Perceptions and Cultural Clash, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,
Halifax

2005
Six Perspectives on an Archive, Index/Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Konstfeminism, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
U3 Tunnel, Potsdamer Platz, Berlin
Baltic Raw, Hafencity, Hamburg
QTV, TV-TV, Copenhagen Art Channel

2004
Scandinavian Sparks, 278 Space, Beijing
Tomorrow II, Gallerie Asbæk, Copenhagen
Ballroom Blitz, Galleri Gimm & Eis, Copenhagen

2003
Mothers of Invention (with Women Down the Pub), Museum für
Moderne Kunst, Vienna
Show Unit, travelling exhibition, Riksutställningar , Sweden
Lost in Tomorrow, Centro Cultural Andratx, Andratx
Limes, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Santiago, Santiago de Chile
Nordic Live Art, Gothenburgh Art Museum, Gothenburg
In Reality, Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
Open Source, Mia Sundberg Galleri, Stockholm
Out to Grass, Galerie Koch & Kesslau and Bergstüble Projekte, Berlin
Fast Video, Cinemateket, Copenhagen
Women 2003, billboard project in Copenhagen

2002
Rent-a bench (with Women Down the Pub), billboard project by Jacob
Fabricius, Los Angeles
Hjemme igen, Arken – Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen
Gossip, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
Art is More Expensive Than Hot Dogs, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Coming!, Zone/Mori Art Center , Tokyo
DK, Galerie de l’école d’art, Perpignan
A Room Of One’s Own (with Women Down the Pub), Secession, Vienna
Eukabeuk Event – Swedish Art Weeks, Chiangmai University Art
Museum, Chiangmai
Je t’aime moi non plus, touring Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun; Le Fresnoy,
Tourcoing; Kunsthall Bergen, Bergen;
Museum het Domein, Sittard; ESAP, Perpignan; Leisure Club
Mogadishni, Copenhagen;
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven; and Metronom, Barcelona

2001
Der dritte Sektor (with Women Down the Pub), Kunstverein Wolfsburg,
Wolfburg
Aftenskolen (with Women Down the Pub), Galleri Signal, Malmö
Dansk Video Manifesta, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
Ideologia-Nordic Art 2001, Röda Sten, Gothenburgh
Quality Street, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen
Get That Balance, K3, Kampnagel, Hamburg
My Generation, Atlantis Gallery, London
New Premises, Gallery Muu, Helsinki

2000
Wonderful Copenhagen, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel
Wir wollen daran glauben, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
Filmform – Old School vs. New School, Galleri Artnode, Stockholm
’Big Torino’ – biennale arte emergente, Torino
9 fra det Kongelige Danske, UKS, Oslo
Shoot, touring Living art Museum, Reykjavik; Künstlerhaus Bethanien,
Berlin, etc.
SHOOT – Moving Pictures by Artists, Malmö Konsthall and Cinema
Spegeln, Malmö
Inscriptions, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm

1999
Blick, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Private Parts, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Andebølle – Ama’r, Galleri Tommy Lund, Copenhagen
Exit, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
Videokunst aus Dänemark, Galerie Voges und Deisen, Frankfurt am
Main

1998
Spin-Off, Filmhuset, Copenhagen
Bösartig, Kino Klick, Berlin
Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York
Artgenda Review, Stadtgalerie , Kiel
Presenting LAB, The Pineapple, Malmö
Efterårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
What’s Going On?, DNA Gallery, Provincetown, NY
Videorama – For Lovers Only, Depot, Vienna
Artgenda, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Boomerang, Nikolaj Udstillingsbyggning, Copenhagen
Nuit blanche – scènes nordiques les années 90, Musée d’art moderne,
Paris

1997
Frauen und Tiere, Offener Kanal, TV Hamburg
Zones of Disturbance, Steirischer Herbst, Graz
Stofskifte, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde
Politisk Kunst, Kørners kontor, Copenhagen
Video-97, Fylkingen, Stockholm
Sju sorters kakot (with Maria Finn), Tomelilla Konsthall, Tomelilla

1996
Mission : Impossible, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
Bank T.V., Bank, London and Manchester
Up Date, Turbinehallen, Copenhagen
Convoy, Turbinehallen, Copenhagen

BIBLIOGRAPHY

“Mammals – Hierachies” – Interview med Lisa Strömbeck, IDOART
The Dying Trees at Backåkra Beach, Sweden, Edge of Humanity
Ljus för liten tall, Nora Arrhenius Hagdahl, Konstnären 3 2020
Christine Antaya, Sydsvenskan 18/4 2019
Torun Börtz, Ystad Allehanda, 20/4 2019
Til trøst, Kunsten.nu
Huden vi bor, Kunsten.nu
Dogs in Bed with Humans Photographed by Lisa Strömbeck
Lisa Strömbeck
Hverdagens levende billeder, Jyllands-Posten
Konst och feminism, Om Konst
Lisa Strömbeck – Uniform, Featureshoot
Dyrisk og dyrebar – kæledyr i et samfundsvidenskabeligt lys, Publisher: Nyt fra Samfundsvidenskaberne 2013
Uniform, Blow Photomagazine issue nine 2013, Ireland
Claus Granath, Sydsvenskan, 10/1 2013
Michael Jeppesen, Information 9/6 2011
Billedkunstneren, frontpage by Women down the Pub, nr.2 june 2011
Plats, Poetik och Politik, editors Elisabet Haglund and Linda Fagerström, Skissernas Museum Lund
Unrealised Potential, curator Mike Chavez-Dawson, www.cornerhouse.org/books
Paris Photo, De L’air, No 45 Automne 2010
Lisa Strömbeck, Ha-young Kim, Photo+ November 2010
Die Katze und der Poststrukturalist, Andrea Heubach, Tierbefreiung no 67 Juni 2010
Samtidskunstens vilkår og potentialer, Unge kunstnere og kunstformidlere, 2009
Katzen essen Insel auf, Jungle World nr. 07/10, 18 Feb 2010
En anderledes tur på Københavns kanaler, Politikken 14/8 2009
Med kunsten på Havnerundfart, Børsen, 19/6 2009
Kanalrundfart med nyt focus, Information 15/7 2009
Brudarna tar plats i Byn, Matilda Gustavsson, Sydsvenskan 7/8 2009
Natur/Kultur i samklang, Anja Degerholm, Ystad Allehanda, 22/8 2009
Välbeprövade grepp på naturens roll, Tor Billgren, Sydsvenskan 27/8 2009
Moraalisia voittoja ja retkahduksia, Hanna Lamnaouer, Turun Sanomat, 23/6 2009
Om makt- och herrelöshet, Mikael Mildén, Djurens Rätt nr 5-6 2008
Förnedring och maktspel granskas, Katarina Wadstein Macleod, Svenska Dagbladet 27/9 2008
Strategic Questions: Has Man a Function in Universe?, Gavin Wade, BookWorks Publishing London
Duktig Vovve, Carolina Söderholm, Sydsvenskan, 2/3 2008
Nepal-Danish women’s groups for inclusive campaigns, The Kathmandu Post, 25/12 2007
Kunstneren som opdagelsesrejsende, Mads Damsbo, Information 7/5 2007
Intimitet og køn, Rune Gade, Nybrud – dansk kunst i 1990erne
Loss and Longing, Andreas Schlaegel and Angela Rosenberg, BE Magazine, autumn 2006
Svenske hjerters uro, Eva Pohl, Berlingske Tidene 18/5 2006
Janssons Frestelse, catalouge Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art
Konsten tar plats utanför storstan, Dan Jönsson, Dagens Nyheter 25/2 2006
Djuren är väl också människor, Carolina Söderholm, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 20/2 2006
Människor och djur, catalouge Ystad Konstmuseum, ISBN 91-87258-56-0
Who’s the Storyteller, KUNO/ Kuvataideakatemia, Helsinki
Es war ja nicht alles schlecht, catalouge Künstlerhaus Bethanien, ISBN 3-932754-64-6
Es war ja nicht alles schlecht, Photography Now, aug-sept 2005
Udsigt, Marie Dufresne, Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, no 1-2 2005
Strategisk korrekt, Halvor Haugen, Billedkunst Norge
Mennesker laver kunst – ikke køn, Mai Misfeldt, Berlingske Tidende 2/12 2004
Da konen kastrerede grisen, Lilian Munk Rösing, Information, 6/12 2002
Udsigt til indsigt, Maria Gry Bregnbak, webmagasinet Forum, www.kvinfo.dk
VIEW- Feminist Strategies in Danish Visual Arts, Women down the Pub, Informations Forlag, DK
Tender Spots, Rainer B. Schossig, Bremer Zeitung, Febr. 2003
Women Down the Pub/Rent-a-Bench, Flash Art, no 228, Jan/Feb 2003
Interview with Women Down the Pub, Passepartout 11, 2003
Women 2003, catalogue, Informations Forlag 2003
Dossier Kopenhagen – Lisa Strömbeck, Simon Sheikh, Kunstbeeld – tijdschrift voor beeldende kunst Nederlands, no 5, 2001
Lisa Strömbeck – A woman under the influence, Rebecca Kimbrell, Katalog – Journal of Photography and Video, spring 2001
Herstories tour, Sanne Kofoed, MAKE, summer 2000
Kvindelige kunstnere fortæller historie, Berlingske Tidene, 19/8 2000
Feministisk Havnerundfart, Jyllands Posten, 14/8 2000
Yours Truly, Jacob Fabricius, Pork Salad Press 2000
En blund hos Lund, Politikken, 9/6 2000
Man kæler da med kæledyr, også i soveværelset, Rune Gade, Information, 7/6 2000
Kunst: Når kæledyr knalder brikker, Camilla Stockmann, Nat & Dag, June 2000
BIG Torino 2000 – biennale arte emergente exhibition, catalouge, May 2000
SHOOT – Moving Pictures by Artists, catalouge for the Malmö film festival, feb 2000
Exit 99, catalouge for Det Kongelige danske kunstakademis afgangsudstilling, 1999
Nordic Nomads, Andrea Kroksnes, catalouge Gallery White Columns, New York, 1999
Artgenda retro, catalouge, Stadtgalerie Kiel, 1998
Presenting LAB – LAB presents, book project, 1998
Selvidentifikation og selviscenesættelse på 90ernes danske kunstscene, Simon Sheikh, Øjeblikket, no 35,1998
Spin-off – dansk og europæisk kunstvideo i halvfemserne, The Danish Filminstitute, 1998
Nuit Blanche, Simon Sheikh, catalouge, Musée d’art moderne, Paris, Feb, 1998
Boomerang, catalouge, Nikolaikirke, January, 1998
Inserts, female danish artists on internet: www.artnode.dk/inserts
Hair, in Zones of Disturbance, Graz, Sept 1997
Stofskifte, catalouge for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Sept 1997
Work in Progress, Gretchen Gasterland, s.cr.a.m no 1, 1997
Lisa Strömbeck – Country, Kristine Kern, Øjeblikket, no 32/33 1997
Moderne Kvinder, Rune Gade, Information, 26/7 1995

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Ystad konstmuseum, Ystad, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
The Swanljung Collection, Finland
Borås konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden
Det Danske Filminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark
Statens kunstfond, Copenhagen, Denmark
Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
Statens Konstråd, Sverige
Region Skåne, Sweden