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SUNNIVA MCALINDEN

Born 1963 in Oslo, lives and works in Stockholm

Education
2003-2004 Kungl. Konsthögskolan, Arkitekturskolan, Stockholm: Påbyggnadsutbildning i Arkitektur | Postgraduate Architecture at the School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Art, KKH, Stockholm, Sweden
1985-1990 Kungl. Konsthögskolan, KKH, Stockholm | Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden
1984-1985 Nordiska Konstskolan, Kokkola, Finland

Teaching Positions
2008-2010 Professor, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Department of Fine Art, KHiB, Norway
2004-2008 Associate Professor, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Department of Fine Art, KHiB, Norway

Solo Exhibitions
2010 Mind How You Go, Susanne Pettersson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Folly, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2003 Impression-Self-Soap-Nausea, Galleri Hjärnstorm, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 I am Nature, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, SAK, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Through, Galleri Argo, Stockholm, Sweden
1996 Containers, Galleri Argo, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Containers, Galleri RAM, Oslo, Norway
1993 22, Galleri Argo, Stockholm, Sweden
1993 Ghosts, Tegnerforbundets Galleri, Oslo, Norway
1993 22, Unge Kunstneres Samfund, UKS | Young Artists Society, Oslo, Norway
1990 Sweger Konst, Stockholm, Sweden
1990 Konsthall ALKA, Linköping, Sweden

Other projects
2008 Short film - supplement for the exhibition Folly at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Produced by Lightsource Film Productions, Oslo
2005 Publication - Pure and Promiscuous : Sunniva McAlinden. ISBN 82-8013-050-0. Published by KHiB, Norway

Public Commissions
2002 Ränder och öppna strukturer, Onkologkliniken Södersjukhuset, SÖS, Stockholm: Stockholm Läns Landsting
1998 Ridå, stage curtain for the main auditorium, Moderna Museet, Stockholm: Statens Konstråd
1998 Reflectors, Astrid Lindgrens barnsjukhus, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Stockholm: Stockholm Läns Landsting

Group Exhibitions, selected
2006 20 år! Stipendiater Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse, Inaugural show, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
2004 B-Open, Kunstrom, Bergen
2004 8x8, Arkitekturmuseet, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm
2002 Blir du lonesome, lille vän? Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
2000 G.A.D. Gallery, Stockholm
2000 Galleri Ahnlund, Umeå
2000 Galleri Argo, Stockholm
1999 Galleri RAM 10 år, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
1999 12 konstnärsvänner, Galleri Doktor Glas, Stockholm
1999 By the way, IASPIS, Stockholm
1999 BOXing, Vanta Stadsmuseum, Finland
1998 Vad är konst? Contemporary Swedish Art Visits Bukarest, Academia de Arta, Romania
1997 Galleri Argo, Stockholm
1996 Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse 10 år, Stockholm Art Fair
1996 Syndige Abstraksjoner, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
1995 Comp i Box, c/o Rieloff, Stockholm, Sweden
1992 Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse, Stockholm Art Fair
1991 VAPO, Trøndelag Kunstnersenter, Trondheim
1990 Galleri Leger, Malmö
1990 8, Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm

Annual National Exhibitions, Norway
1999, 95, 93, 87 Statens Kunstutstilling | National Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
1995, 94, 92, 91 UKS Vårutstilling | Young Artists Society Annual Spring Exhibition, Oslo

Represented, Collections
Statens Konstråd | The National Public Art Council, Stockholm
Stockholm läns landsting | Stockholm County Council
Stockholms Konstråd | Stockholm Art Council
Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse, Stockholm
Trøndelag faste galleri, Trondheim, Norway

Awards-Stipends-Grants-Residencies
2003 Längmanska Kulturfonden, Stockholm, Sweden
2001-02 Arbetsstipendium, Sveriges bildkonstnärsfond | The Visual Arts Fund, Sweden
2000 Gerhard Bonniers Stipendium, Kungliga Akademien för De Fria Konsterna | The Royal Academy, Stockholm
1998 Arbetsstipendium, Sveriges bildkonstnärsfond | The Visual Arts Fund, Sweden
1996 Arbetsstipendium, Sveriges bildkonstnärsfond | The Visual Arts Fund, Sweden
1996 Studio residency at Acme Studios, London; The Visual Arts Fund, IASPIS, Sweden | Sveriges bildkonstnärsfond, IASPIS
1995 Arbetsstipendium, Sveriges bildkonstnärsfond | The Visual Arts Fund, Sweden
1994 Bildkonstnärernas upphovsrättfond, Stockholm, Sweden
1992 Längmanska Kulturfonden, Stockholm, Sweden
1991 Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse för unga konstnärer | Maria Bonnier Dahlin’s Foundation, Stockholm

Proposals by invitation, public art | Skissuppdrag, offentlig konst
2004 Invited by Bergen Tomteselskap in collaboration with Hordaland Kunstsenter (HKS) to submit a proposal for Råstølen residential area, Bergen, Norway
2001 Invited by The National Public Art Council to submit a proposal for Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Gothenburg, Sweden | Statens Konstråd: Elektro- och Datorteknik, Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg
1998 Invited by Stockholm Art Council to submit a proposal for the Eriksdal public swimming pool centre, Stockholm, Sweden | Stockholms Konstråd: Äventyrsbadet, Eriksdalsbadet

Reviews: Solo exhibitions
2010 Anders Olofsson: Sunniva McAlinden på S. P. G. http://konsten.net/?p=3642
2003 Jessica Kempe; Den mänskliga naturen. Bilder på gränsen, Dagens Nyheter 25/04/03, Stockholm
2003 Anders Olofsson: Galleri Hjärnstorm: Sunniva McAlinden 10/4-10/5, Stockholm, www.konsten.net
2001 Anders Olofsson: Galleri Argo, Stockholm: Sunniva McAlinden 21/4-13/5, www.konsten.net
1996 Stig Johansson: Tittskåp som förvillar ögat, Galleri Argo. Svenska Dagbladet 25/05/96, Stockholm
1995 Wenche Wolle: Fargen bedrar, Dagbladet, 22/08/95, Oslo, Norway Dagbladet, 22/08/95, Oslo
1995 Simen Midgaard: Erkjennelsesmekanikk, Morgenbladet 25-31/08/95, Oslo http://www.oslo.net/historie/MB/utg/9533/kultur/15.html
1993 Lotte Sandberg: Sunniva McAlinden - Tegnerforbundet and UKS, SIKSI 2/93, Nordic Art Review, Helsinki
1993 Øystein Ustvedt: Maleri – UKS, Aftenposten 22/01/93, Oslo

Catalogues: Group exhibitions
2006 20 år! Stipendiater Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse 1985-2005
1998 Vad är konst? Contemporary Swedish Art Visits Bukarest. Text by Viveca Wessel.
1996 Maria Bonnier Dahlins Stiftelse 10 år, Stockholm. Text by Ralph Hermanns.
1996 Syndige Abstraksjoner, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo. Text by Øystein Ustvedt.
1990 8, Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm. Text by Anders Olsson.

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