MARI MATTSSON
B. 94, Dals-Ed/Gothenburg.
Based in Stockholm, Sweden
mari.mattsson[at]hotmail.com

EDUCATION
2021 - 23    Master in Fine Arts, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2016 - 19    Bachelor in Fine Arts, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2017            Contemporary Art and Politics, Akademi Valand, Gothenburg
2014 - 16    Painting, Dômen Konstskola, Gothenburg


EXHIBITIONS
2025
Galleri 54, Gothenburg (solo) - Upcoming in March
2024
It's Foggy Outside, Galleri CC, Malmö. Curator: Laus Østergaard - Upcoming in October
WAVE NOISE, Radio 88.9 FM / Hägerstensåsens Medborgarhus, Stockholm. Curator: Linnéa Wästfelt.
Vi arbetar här, Konsthall C, Stockholm.
2023
Time Teller, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm (solo)
Fragments of Forests, Curating Art Stockholms Universitet & Accelerator,  Stockholm (duo). Curators: Linnéa Wästfelt & Jonas Van Kappel.
Graduation show, Konstakademien, Stockholm. Producers: Kristina Jansson, Gunilla Klingberg & Silvia Thomackenstein.
2022
BLINDSPOTS / GMT +0, Galleri Toll, Stockholm (solo). Curator: Maria Toll.
Openhaus, ZK/U, Berlin
Spherical Movements in the Abyss, Lyssningsrummet, Stockholm (duo).
2021
Rundgång, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Al Dente Skulpturpark, Umeå
2020
Drip drip drop, self-organized with support from Stockholmshem, Stockholm (solo)
Hjorten Skulpturpark, Galleri Toll & Konsthall323, Stockholm
2019
Graduation show, Marabouparken konsthall, Stockholm. Producer: Meryem Saadi.
Barracuda #3, Klubb Barracuda, Gothenburg (screening)
Roundup, Gothenburg. Curators: Albin Bergström & Sara Andreasson.
2018
I collected stones, Lidelsen festival, Nyköping (solo)
(innan jag kunde simma flöt jag med vågorna), Kungl. Konsthögskolan, Stockholm (solo)
Alpha Centauri, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart. Curators: Annika Eriksson & Fatima Hellberg.
Back2School, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
2017
Two Girls One Space Another-Fucking-Self-Exploring-Exhibition, Galleri Fisk, Bergen (duo)
First Year Exhibition, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Roundup, Gothenburg. Curator: Albin Bergström.
2016-18
Säg hej, Public Commission for Göteborgs kulturkalas, Gothenburg
2016
Vårutställning, Dômen Konstskola, Gothenburg
2015
ÅH!, Frilagret, Gothenburg. Curators: Linnea Jardemark & Linn Sydvik.
Vårutställning, Dômen Konstskola, Gothenburg
Short Film Screening For Refugees Peckham, Kulturföreningen Lidelsen, London (Screening)


RESIDENCIES
2024            7DAGAR, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet
2022            ZK/U (Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik), Berlin
2022            Contamination, The Mirror Institution, Öland
2016            Vistelsestipendium, Hållö, Dômen Konstskola


WORKSHOPS AND ARTIST TALKS
2024            Artist talk with Elina Flyrin & Eva-Lotta Holm Flach, Galleri Flach, Stockholm
2023            Time Teller, workshop on interpretation, scores and voice, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
2022            RE-PRINTED MATTER, workshop about fanzines, Index Foundation, Stockholm
2022            Artist Talk, ZK/U, Berlin
2018            Artist talk, Dômen Konstskola, Gothenburg


PUBLICATIONS
2020 -            Editor and producer of RE, with Laurens Rohlfs.
RE is a collaborative artist’s book project exploring printed matter as material and format for artistic practices together with invited artists. Resellers include Malmö Konsthall (SWE), Hordaland Kunstsenter (NO), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (DK), Konsthall C (SWE), Göteborgs Konstmuseum (SWE).

Postcards With Mountains VI, GRUMS: Postcards With Mountains / Martin Eltermann, 2024.
Notes on Ex-Futures, STOCKHOLM: Praun & Guermouche, 2023. Eds: Johanna Gustafsson Fürst & Asier Mendizabal.
Graduation Show - Exhibition Catalogue, STOCKHOLM: Mejan Press / The Royal Institute of Art, 2023.
RE-ENCHANTMENT, STOCKHOLM: RE, 2022. Eds: Laurens Rohlfs & Mari Mattsson.
Petrosexuality, COPENHAGEN: Madeleine Andersson, 2022.
A Dialogue Between Myself and the Landscape, STOCKHOLM: RE, 2021. Eds: Laurens Rohlfs & Mari Mattsson.
Lovechild, STOCKHOLM: Radula, 2020.
Graduation Show, STOCKHOLM: Mejan Press / The Royal Institute of Art, 2019. Eds: Sara Rossling & Meryem Saadi.
Sadface #1-3, STOCKHOLM: Mari Mattsson, 2017.
#GENDER, LONDON: We Are Some Wild Children Magazine, 2015.


GRANTS
2024                Molly och Ragnar Rudemars fond, Konstakademien (The Royal Academy of Arts)
2024                Helge Ax:son Johnsons stiftelse
2023                Assistant Grant (with Lisa Tan), Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Arts Council)
2023                Tobissons fond
2022                Kjellbergska Flickskolans Stipendiefond
2022                Hähnels stipendiefond
2021                 Kris 3, Konstnärsnämnden (Swedish Arts Council)
2019                 Frederika Bremer Förbundets Stipendiestiftelse
2019                 Doktor Felix Neuberghs Stiftelse
2017                 Kungl. & Hvitfeldtska Stiftelsen
2017                 Kjellbergska Flickskolans Stipendiefond
2016                 Familjen Wikanders Stiftelse

SELECTED REVIEWS AND MENTIONINGS
Ashik & Koshik Zaman & Kasia Syty. “The 2023 Best Exhibitions List”. C-Print. Web, Dec 29, 2023.
Susanna Slöör, “Helgjutet och välavstämt”. Omkonst. Web, May 25, 2023.
Ashik Zaman. Hermits, “Fennel and out of Body Experiences”. C-Print. Web, May 25, 2023.
Ashik Zaman. Hermits, “Sonic Variables and Peripheries”. C-Print. Web, March 3, 2023.