Bror Ida Lennartsson (*Sweden)
Bror Ida Lennartsson understands sculpture as an extended narrative technique. They experiments with material and form in order to open them up as a physical and tactile form of expression of emotions beyond their usual contexts in the relationship between viewer and object. In the process, connections emerge between symbolic meanings, social values, and individual and societal readings that often address repressed sensations, rejection, and the treatment of the other.
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Bror Ida Lennartsson
Lives in Mjölby / Berlin
Education
2010-2013 Master of Fine Arts, The University of Fine Arts Hamburg, DE
2007-2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The National Academy of the Arts Oslo, DE
Exhibitions
Solo shows (selection)
2022 Avatar Blues, Beton, Berlin, DE
2020 An Udder Kiss, Cave 3000, Berlin, DE
2019 Avatar Blues, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, DE
2018 Parasites of desire (Offal), PODIUM, Oslo, NO
2017 Offal, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg, DE
2016 Hiding behind the horizon, SiteA Gallery, Yokohama, JP
2015 Immobilised Posture, Galerie in der Wassermühle Trittau, DE
2014 Wake (In collab. with Eric Lenght) Galleri Bonn, Stockholm, SW
2013 Retrospective, part I, M.1 Arthur Bosskamp Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, DE
2012 Next time I will lick you dry, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg, DE
2012 Lö Grån Blö, Holodeck, Oslo, NO
2011 Hiding behind the horizon, Ringstube, Mainz, DE
2011 Sleep in a waken state of awakening, Galleri Lund Åstrand, Stockholm, SE
2010 Singular Identity, One Night Only, UKS, Oslo, NO
2008 The cockshaped void inside me, (with Mikael D Brkic), Galleri 21:24, Oslo, NO
Group shows (selection)
2024 Louche Ops, duo show with Jedediah Caesar, Berlin, DE
2024 ...am Rand der Natur, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Springhornhof, DE
2024 Tiere, Gruppe Motto, Hamburg, DE
2023 Höstutställningen, Mjölby Konsthall, Mjölby, SE
2023 Stayin’ Alive (Live reality show), Tobaksvägen 32, Moonblooddissociation, Stockholm, SE
2023 Förberedelser inför nedstigning i Helvetet, Tamano, Moonblooddissociation, Stockholm, SE
2023 Organic Motion, Studio20, Berlin, DE
2023 The Architects, BcmA, Berlin, DE
2023 How to not be sick in a sick world, Performance and open studio, NKF Malongen, Stockholm, SE
2022 Jahresgaben, GAK Bremen, DE
2022 Den leeren Strand überqueren, um den Ozean zu sehen, GAK, Bremen, DE
2022 Day of the frogs, Floating University, Berlin, DE
2021 Winter Rose, Veli Iz Cultural Center, Iz, HR
2021 Public Relations, Studio Peragine, Hamburg, DE
2021 Do you like this garden?, Mörby Gård Konst, Stockholm, SE
2021 Ich, Galerie Melike Belir, Hamburg, DE
2019 Die spur der Zeit, Periscope, Salzburg, DE
2019 Sexed Power, MOM’s art space, Hamburg, DE
2018 Pleasure Drive, GSL Projects, Berlin, DE
2018 Birds, Oldenburg Kunstverein, Oldenburg, DE
2017 Rest in the furrow of my skin, Kunsthaus Hamburg, DE
2017 Colourless green ideas sleep furiously, Project Arts Centre, Dublin, IR
2017 Parkplatztreffen 2, Kunstverein st Pauli, Hamburg, DE
2015 From road to road, Davin Art space, Busan, KR
2015 Audio work (and performance) with CALL, Feministische Avant Garden, Hamburger Kunsthalle, DE
2014 Im Frühling, Darling. Kunstverein, Hamburg, DE
2013 BewerberInnen 2014 für die Hamburger Arbeitsstipendien für Bildende Kunst, Hamburg, DE
2013 Index 13, Kunsthaus Hamburg, DE
2013 Beatitude, (with Friends and Lovers in Underground), 59 rivoli, Paris, FR
2013 Tear Apart, Minibar Artist Space, Stockholm, SE
2013 The We in Me in Us in You, Gallerie Gencher, Hamburg, DE
2013 Macht und Gewohnheit (curated with CALL ), Gängeviertel, Hamburg, DE
2012 All my clean friends and lovers, Perla Mode, Zürich, CH
2011 #2 Destillat, (with Friends and Lovers in Underground), Hamburg, DE
2010 Bachelor at Large, National Museum of Art, Oslo, DE
Grants
2024 IASPIS, Konstnärsnämnden,Stockholm, SE
2022 Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn, DE
2021 Artistic Research Stipend, Senate Department of Culture, Berlin, DE
2021 Project grant, Liebelt Stiftung Hamburg, DE
2018 Work Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds Bonn, DE
2016 Kunstbeutel 4#, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, DE
2016 Work grant of the city Hamburg, DE
2015 Neue Kunst in Hamburg- Travel grant, DE
2015 Artist Exchange program Hamburg-Busan, Busan, KR
2013 Stipend for graduates artist, NO
2011 DAAD Stipend for foreign students, Hamburg, DE
Publications (selection)
2018 Guano, Work grant of the city Hamburg Catalogue
2017 Offal, Neue Kunst in Hamburg, travel grant Catalogue
2015 Immobilised Posture - II+I,I+I+I,I+II,III, Galerie in der Wassermühle Trittau Exhibition Catalogue
2014 CALL, Issue II (Co. Editor)
2013 II+I,I+I+I,I+II,III, (Subject, other, object), Master thesis
2013 CALL, Issue I, (Co. Editor)
Projects
2018 Co. initiator to “I too, have been seduced by the promise of exposure”, Hamburg
2012 Co. founder and participant in CALL, a feminist platform (www.callzine.org) , Hamburg/Berlin
Lectures, talks, performance, etc
2021 Artist Talk at Konstfack / the University of Arts Crafts and Design, Stockholm, SE (online)
2021 Artist Talk at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, Grundklasse, DE (online)
2020 Mom art space - A podium discussion within the framework of the feministic group exhibition „Sexed Power“. I was invited to represent the feminist platform CALL, in conversation with two other feministic groups in Hamburg, FEMREP and CCC.
2019 Das feministische Kollektiv, in relation to Mary Beth Edelson‘s exhibition Nobody messes with her, Kunsthalle Münster, DE . I was invited to talk about the conversations and collaborations I have had within Mary Beth Edelson within the framework of CALL. In the talk I read a long email conversation between me and Mary Beth Edelson, about care.
2017 Premortem-(anti) Ageing for Artists, A Feminist Convention Festival organised with CALL, Worpswede, DE
2015 CALL performance / Audio work, (with CALL), Feministische Avant Garden, Hamburger Kunsthalle, DE. A public discussion - with a selfmade table - all the participants of CALL sat at the table discussing topics in the show and in the arts of Hamburg - together with the audience. Music, reading and performance was taking place within the performance.
2014 Lecture - I was invited to make a presentation for the HFBK’s sculpture class about my graduation work II+I,I+I+I,I+II,III (Decay).
Teaching experience
2024
2019 Guest professor, The University of Fine Arts Hamburg, DE
2019 Guest teacher - Workshop with Natasja Loutchko, Ærø Art School, Ærø, DK
2017, 2019 Co. Teacher with Gerry Bibby and Michael Beutler, Sommarakademi Salzburg, AU
2014-2017 Art Teacher, Kunst -AG, Coppernicus Gymnasium Nordstedt, Hamburg, DE