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Fia-Stina Sandlund, born 1973

Educational background
2000-2003 Konstfack in Stockholm.
1998-2000 The Academy of Photography and Film in Gothenburg.

Upcoming
12 September – 19 October "Revolution, I Love You", Trafó Gallery, Budapest

Exhibitions and performances
2008:  “6808”, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2008:  “Revolution, I love you”, traveling exhibition, Europe
2008:  “Playground revolutions”, Rumänska Kulturinstitutet, Stockholm
2007:  “The Gothenburg biennial”, Gothenburg
2007:  “Agorafolly”, Europalia, Brussels
2007:  “Formalities”, Iaspis Gallery, Stockholm
2006:  “If you are the rebel, I will be decent”, Swedish tour/Soloperformance.
2006:  “They call us Artfeminists” performance/debate at Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
2006:  “ARTFEMINISM”, Liljevalchs, Stockholm.
2006:  “Collecting Art, knollege and other stuff at a University”, Stockholm.
2006:  Solo exhibition at MAN in Skellefteå, Sweden.
2006:  “The Moderna exhibition 2006”, Moderna Museet.
2006:  “Capital (It Fails Us Now)” Kunstihoone, Tallinn, Estonia.
2005:  “Capital (It Fails Us Now)” UKS, Oslo, Norway.
2005:  “#2 Second Blind Date”, performance, gallery ak28, Stockholm.
2005:  “ARTFEMINISM”, Dunkers, Gothenburg Art Museum and Liljevalchs.
2005:  “Tempo”, documentary festival, Stockholm.
2005:  “Radiobio” “Radiocinema”, Stockholm.
2005:  “Spokenword & Progressive Song” Mondo, Stockholm.
2005:  “Radiodays”, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2005:  “Unizone”, Norwegian and Swedish Traveling Exhibitions (Riksutställningar).
2005:  “Participation: Nuisance or Necessity?” IASPIS gallery, Stockholm.
2004:  “Funeral performance”, Enkehuset, Stockholm.
2004:  “Aktionsverket”/”the Action Piece”, Auktionsverket, Stockholm.
2004:  “Blind Date” interview-performance with Lars Nittve at “Nordic Excellence”, Stockholm.
2004:  “Genus and Media”, travelling exhibition, the west region of Sweden.
2004:  “Johanna Gustafsson & co”, Konstakuten, Stockholm.
2004:  “Ici”, video-exhibition, Nantes, France.
2004:  “Swedish Hearts”, Moderna Muséet, Stockholm.
2004:  “WE LOVE YOUKO”, homage-performance to Yoko Ono, Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
2004:  “Current Report”, show at Stadsmuséet, Stockholm.
2004:  “To do: Write a popsong” Soloshow at gallery Box part 3, Gothenburg.
2003:  “To do: Solve the world peace”, Soloshow at Gallery Box part 2.
2003:  “To do: Crush the Gubbvälde”, Soloshow at Gallery Box part 1.
2003:  “Fia-Stina Sandlund tells you the way it is”, performance at Mondo, Stockholm.
2003:  “Catmind” Animal communication-performance during the exhibition “Catwalk”, Stockholm.
2003:  “(F)-acts”, gallery Etc, Stockholm.
2003:  “Mönstring”/”Inspection”, Norrkopings Art Museum.
2003:  “Current Report”, show at Moderna Dansteatern, Stockholm.
2003:  “Perfect Performance”, Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
2003:  Performance with Swedish Radio, Window, Kuturhuset, Stockholm.
2003:  “Fia Famous”, Live radio performance at Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
2003:  “Art-TV”, Filmhuset, Stockholm.
2002:  “It’s tea time, gentlemen”, show with Kaya Ålander, Stadsmuseet, Norrkoping, Sweden.
2002:  “Tempo”, documentary festival at Kulturhuset.
2002:  “Sthlm Artfair”, Spoken word performance.
2002:  “Expo September”, photo exhibition, Stockholm.
2002:  “Fia Famous & the Fruitcakes”, After Shopping, Stockholm.
2002:  “Fia Famous & the Fruitcakes”, SEX-magazine, Södra Teatern, Stockholm.
2002:  “Rumla”, Spoken word performance, oo-tal magazine.
2002:  Performance with Unfucked Pussy at Stockholms Stadsteater.
2002:  “Passenger”, performance, Astrup Fearnley musem, Oslo.
2002:  “He came, he saw, he conquered”, the naming of a place after a dead brother, Linkoping.
2001:  Performance, Sugar Janos studio, Budapest, Hungary.
2001:  “Resistance”, “Unfucked Pussy is throwing rocks”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
2001:  Unfucked Pussy at Stadsteatern, Stockholm.
2001:  Unfucked Pussy at Stadsteatern, Gothenburg.
2001:  “To have and have not”, with Marianne Lindberg de Geer, Gallery Maneten, Gothenburg.
2000:  Unfucked Pussy at Uppsala Art Museum.

Protest actions
2004:  “50/50”, the Grammy award 2004.
2003:  “We can not eat the honour”, action against Norrköpings Art Museum.
2003:  “The red stocking is thrown”, radio protest against the country Denmark.
2003:  Radio protest action against national film awards.
2002:  Action Against Miss Sweden part 2.
2002:  TV-protest against the talkshow Slussen, TV3.
2001:  Action against Sweden's Lucia pageant at Skansen, Stockholm.
2001:  Action against Café-magazine, Sturecompagniet, Stockholm.
2001:  TV-protest against Miss Sweden part 1.

Radio
2005:  Frispel, P3, “I think I am bleeding. Do you think so?”.
2005:  “Lantz i P3”, as sidekick on national radio.
2004:  SRc, “The Way Of Socialism”.
2004:  SRc, “Made in China”.
2004:  SRc, “Dramatic Dubbel”.
2004:  Flipper on P3, interview with Kate Pendry.
2003:  P1, “the Artist Club – as one big happy family”.
2003:  Flipper, P3, as house artist.
2003:  P1, the philosophical room, “Dirt” and “the Gaze”.
2002:  P1, window performance, Kulturhuset, Stockholm.
2002:  SRc, “Mongoloid he was a mongoloid”.
2002:  P1, “Feministic spoken word medley”.
2002:  SRc, “Fia Famous Black&White Research”.
2001:  Frispel, P3, “Unfucked Pussy hates men”.

Own text
2006:  Paletten, What is Political Art?
2006:  Glänta, The Artist's club, You and I.
2006:  Etc-magazine, 23/11 -2001
2006:  Kopenhagen Newsletter curated by Judith Scwarzbart.
2005:  Fabrik-magazine, “Kate”.
2005:  Arena magazine, Artfeminism.
2005:  Etc-magazine, “the opinionmachines are out of order”.
2004:  “Texst”, “Dramatic Dubbel”.
2004:  BANG-magazine, “Remember her name”.
2004:  “the heart of darkness”, exhibition catalogue.
2004:  Umeå Art Academy, catalogue.
2004:  “Femkamp”, nordic, feministic anthology.
2004:  Etc-magazine, “the grammy award 2004”.
2004:  Presens-magazine, “countryside living”.
2004:  Expressen, “somebody please help, the scream is stolen.”
2004:  the Ladyfest book, “Fia-Stina Sandlund tells it the way it is”.
2003:  Fanzine “Problems/Solutions”.
2003:  Tidningen Expressen, Fem Unga.
2003:  Visslingar & Rop “Sven (he who thinks he is special)”.
2003:  Expressen, about the movie everybody loves Alice.
2003:  Etc-magazine, “About artists”.
2003:  Femkul-magazine.
2002:  Sourze, the book, “It’s payback time”.
2002:  “Whistles & Shouts”, “Sven (he who think he is special)”.
2002:  Aftonbladet daily newspaper, article about Miss Sweden.

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Others
2004:  Pedagogical project with college students at Zone Modern, Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
2004:  Pedagogical project, Children's Megaphone, Riksteatern.

Awards
2004:  TCO’s culture award.
2003:  Nominated, the Big Radio Award, documentary of the year.
2002:  Nominated, artist of the year, Nöjesguiden.

Grants
2004:  Working grant, the Art Grants Committee.
2005:  Helge Ax:son Johnson, travel grant.
2005:  IASPIS, support for Swedish artists exhibiting abroad.
2006:  NIFCA Nordic Air in Copenhagen. Spring 2006.