Carl Johan Högberg (1979, Eskilstuna Sweden)
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Education
BFA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2005-2008
Honours Program, Gerrit Rietveld Academie & UvA, Amsterdam, 2006-2007
Umeå konstskola, Umeå, 2003-2004
Art History, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, 2003-2004
Eskilstuna folkhögskola, Eskilstuna, 2000-2003

Residencies
2019-2020 Atelier Holsboer, Cité des Arts, Paris, FR
2016 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2014 Hordaland kunstcenter, Bergen NO
2013 Iaspis, Stockholm SE
2008-2010 De Ateliers, Amsterdam NL

Solo exhibitions
2018 She Who Speaks. Salzburger Kunstverein, AT
2018 She Who Speaks, Grazer Kustverein, Graz, AT
2015 Post-Fordist Yoga, Ron Mandos, Amsterdam, NL
2015 Shuttlecock feat. Bob’s Your Uncle Sports Bar. Hordalands kunstsenter, Bergen NO
2013 Christian Larsen gallery, Stockholm SE
2011 Kingfisher, BIS71 ruimte voor kunst, Geleen NL
2011 Health Through Sports, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam NL
2009 She Who Speaks, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam NL

Group exhibitions
2019 The Imporance of Being Earnest, a Trival Comedy for Serious People, Kunstverein Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Let’s See, Where Were We? In a Pit of Despair, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2017 Image Drain, 4th Tallinn Biennale, curated by Anthea Buys. Tallinn, EE
2016 Games People Play, curated by Katia Krupennikova, Nest, Den Haag NL
2016 Games people play, Nest, the Hague, NL (upcoming)
2015 LIAF 2015, curated by Matt Packer and Arne Skaug Olsen, Lofoten, NO
2013 The Black Moon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris FR
2013 Open Studios, Iaspis, Stockholm SE
2013 Prospects & Concepts - Mondriaan Fonds toont talent, Art Rotterdam, NL
2012 Secret Postcards, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht NL
2012 -Ology, Amstel 41, Amsterdam NL
2012 Painting Now, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam NL
2012 Art Rotterdam, Galerie Ron Mandos, Rotterdam NL
2011 What's Up! De Jongste Schilderkunst in Nederland, Dordrecht Museum | Huis van Gijn (cat.)
2011 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2010 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst, Koninklijke Paleis, Amsterdam (cat.)
2010 5e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs, Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag
2010 Test Assembly, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague (cat.)
2010 Runaway Train, Bonniers konsthall, Stockholm
2010 Offspring 2010, De Ateliers, Amsterdam (cat.)
2009 Art Brussels, Galerie Ron Mandos, Brussels
2008 Taming the Untamable, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2008 Paraat #4 (Best of Graduates 2008), Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2008 MudPie, W139, Amsterdam
2008 T.i.s.t. TWAY 2, Amsterdam
2008 Rietveld in the Oude Kerk, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2007 Experience as infinite differences, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam (cat.)

Awards/Scholarships/Grants
2017 Ontwikkelbudget, Amsterdams fonds voor de kunst, NL
2015 Werkbijdrage Bewezen Talent, Mondriaan Fonds, NL
2015 Internationellt kulturutbyte, Swedish Art council
2014 Internationellt kulturutbyte, Swedish Art council
2013 Internationellt kulturutbyte, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2013 Elice Erlandssons stipendium, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
2013 Grant to attend Iaspis Stockholm, Fonds BKVB
2012 Werkbudget, Fonds BKVB
2011 Startstipend, Fonds BKVB
2010 Koninklijke Prijs Voor Vrije Schilderkunst (winner)
2010 5e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs 2010 (shortlisted)
2008-2010 Grant from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to attend De Ateliers
2010 Wim Izaks Prijs (nominated)
2008 Buning Brongers Prijs (nominated)

Other
2012 Guest teacher, European Exchange Academy, Beelitz-Heilstätten DE
2008-2012 Guest teacher, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam NL
2012 Project leader, "The Swedish Connection", Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam / Härnösand NL/SE
2010 Project leader, "The Swedish Connection", Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam / Klockestrand NL/SE
2007-2008 Participant Artistic Research project Mudpie, Amsterdam NL

Publications/texts/catalogues
SHUTTLECOCK, Artist monograph, published by Hordaland Art Centre, 2015
What's up! De Jongste Schilderkunst in Nederland, Dordrecht Museum | Huis van Gijn, 2011
Koninklijke Prijs Voor Vrije Schilderkunst, Koninklijke Paleis Amsterdam, 2010
Offspring MMX, De Ateliers, 2010
The Session #7, 'The Obsession', 2009
READ BACK - experience as infinite differences, UVA/Gerrit Rietveld Academie, 2007
Gray Magazine #3, 2007

 

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