Biography
Lars Bergström born 1962 in Stockholm
Mats Bigert born 1965 in Stockholm.
Collaboration since 1986 Education 1985-90 Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
Solo Exhibitions
2018
“The Weather War,” Skissernas Museum, Lund
“The Climate Experiment,” Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
“Prognosis,” Örebro Konsthall
2017
“Eye of the Storm,” Artipelag, Stockholm
“The Weather War,” Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum
2016
“The Freeze,” Belenius/Nordenhake, Stockholm
2015
“The Weather War,” Växjö Konsthall
“Explosion of Speech,” Goethe Institute, Thessaloniki
2014
“The Drought,” Varberg Konsthall
“The Weather War,” Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
“The Weather War,” Summerhall, Edinburgh
2013
“The Drought,” Castle of Barletta, Italy Les Yper Yper, Thessaloniki
“The Drought,” Contexts, Paris
“The Drought,” Gallery Niklas Belenius, Stockholm
2012
“The Weather War,” film installation, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
“The Storm,” Gallery Niklas Belenius, Stockholm
“The Mouse,” CIS Art Lodgers, Convent de Sant Agusti, Barcelona
“CO2 Lock-In,” public performance: Sergels Torg, Stureplan, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm
2011
“Know Yourself,” Världskulturmuseet, Göteborg
“Meditations on Divinations,” Forum, Stockholm
2010
“Temporary Truth,” Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
“Know Yourself,” Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2009
“Short Circuit No.18,” Cabinet Magazine, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Conference Of Birds Gallery, Bangkok Kunstverein Wiesbaden
“If You Don’t Like The Weather, Change It,” Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
2007
“Last Supper,” Künstlerhaus Bethanien
“If You Don’t Like The Weather, Change It,” Uppsala Art Museum
2006
Black Box, Norrköping, Sweden
“Last Supper,” Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, San Francisco
“Last Supper,” Galeria Noua, Bucarest, Romania
2005
“Last Supper,” Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
2004
“4 for four,” Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
2003
“Digital Space,” Kunstmuseen der Stadt Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany
“Full Stop,” Rum för berusning I, Vin & Sprithistoriska Museet, Stockholm
2002
“The Waiting Room,” Zinc Gallery, Stockholm
“Triviality Inverted,” Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
Yeans project room, Gothenburg
2000
“Peptalk,” Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
1999
“Peptalk,” Galleri Axel Mörner, Stockholm
1998
“Climate Chambers II,” Swedish Pavillion, EXPO 98, Lisbon
1997
“Love Is In The Air,” Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
“Therapi Taxi,” Galerie Ursula Walbröl, Düsseldorf h-Project, Melbourne, Australien
1996
“Bubblegum Pink,” Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
“Bubblegum Pink,” Galerie Gebauer und Thumm, Berlin
1995
“Climate Chambers,” Kabelfabriken, Galleri Anhava, Helsinki “LOOP,” Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1994
“Climate Chambers,” with Riksutställningar, Travelled through: Atlas Copco (Galleri Lars Bohman), Stockholm, Buskerud Kunstnersenter Drammen (Galleri Riis), Oslo, Pulpfabriken (Galleri Stefan Andersson), Umeå, Konstens Hus Luleå, "Kabelfabriken" (Galleri Annhava), Helsinki
1993
“Amygdala,” Galleri Eklund, Umeå
1992
“Supercells,” Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
1991 “Collapsed Gallery,” Galleri VY, Stockholm
1990 “Biosphere III,” Galleri Riis, Oslo
Selected Group Shows
2017
“Zwanzig,” Gallerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
“Victory Over the Sun, The Poetics and Politics of Eclipse,” KMAC, Louisville, KY
2016
“Acclimatize,” Moderna Museet, Stockholm
“In the Wake,” Houston Center for Photography
“Artefact2016,” STUK, Leuven
“Luftslottet,” Norrköpings Konstmuseum
“Surfacing Earth,” Röda Sten, Gothenburg
“Death, an exhibition about Life,” Liljevalchs, Stockholm
2015
“Personal Structures,” Palazzo Bemba/Palazzo Mora, Venice
2014 “Liebe/Love,” Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludvigshafen
“Drive the Change,” 100plus, Zurich
“Biotop,” Biologiska Museet, Stockholm
“Second Life,” KMAC, Louisville
“Slow Future,” Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
“Strange Weather,” Science Gallery, Dublin
“urSenses,” Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2013
14th Videonale, Bonn Kunstmuseum
2012 Spring/Break Show, NY Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
“Clouds,” Museum of Public Art, Lund
2011 “Flash Light Bar,” performance, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
“Swedish Art in India,” Emami Chisel Art in collaboration with Aakriti Art Gallery, Kolkata
“Living as Form,” Creative Time, NY
2010
“Eattopia-2010,” International Video Art Exhibition, Hung-Gah Museum, Taipei Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst, Kulturhauptstadt Europas RUHR.2010
2009
Documentary Fortnight, MoMA, NY
"Digital Gardens,” Staatliches Kunst Museum, Schwerin
2008
“6808,” Färgfabriken, Stockholm
“Anima(e),” Villa Nigra-Anema, Italy
“Teleport Färgfabriken,” Färgfabriken Norr, Östersund, Sweden
“Under Pain Of Death,” Austrian Cultural Forum, New York
2007
International Photo festival, Kunstverein Ludvigshafen Documentary Fortnight, MoMA, NY
2nd Moscow Biennial
2006
1st. Singapore Biennial
“Crime & Punishment,” Tallin Art Hall
“Summer of Love,” Virserums Konsthall
2005
“Lichtkunst Aus Kunstlicht,” ZKM, Karlsruhe
“No Man is an Island,” Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
”Alterità X Adattamento,” Polish Institute, Rome
2004
“Copy-art.net,” IBID project, ICA, London
“Making Differences,” Historiska Museet, Stockholm
“Berlin North,” Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
2003
“Outlook,” Athens “Svezia Extra<->Ordinaria
” Change+Partner Contemporary Art, Rome
“Contemporary Art From Sweden,” ECB, Frankfurt Main, Swedish Embassy, Berlin
“Break,” New Swedish Design, Palazzo Isimbardi, Milan
“What is Important?,” 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art," Stadtgalerie, Kiel; Schloss Plüschow, Germany; Kunsthall Bergen, Norway and further venues in Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Poland and Malmö “In/Out,” Trafo, Budapest
2002
“Over the Moon,” Kunstamt Kreutzberg, Berlin
2001
“The Future is Now!,” Louisiana Museum for Modern Art
Yokohama Triennal 2001, Japan
“Utopian Landscapes,” Zinc Gallery, Stockholm
“ZONE,” Swedish style at Mori Art Center, Tokyo
“Todays Utopia,” Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
2000
Kwangju Biennial 2000, Korea
Norrtälje Konsthall, together with Carl-Michael von Hausswolff
Artspace 1%, Copenhagen, together with Carl-Michael von Hausswolff
“Circus Circus,” Norrtälje Konsthall
“No Vacancies,” Berlin
1999
“Surveing the Landscape,” Lombard & Freid, NY
“Game Over,” Watari-Um, Tokyo
1998
”Deathwatch,” INSYN, Cultural Capital project, Stockholm
1997
“Des Histoires en Formes,” Le Magasin, Grenoble
“Umedalens Skulptur 97,” Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umeå
“Performa 97,” with Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
1996
“Comp in Box,” Galleri Anhava, Helsinki
“Files,” Bunker Vierte Etage, Berlin
“Original Copy,” Kunsthalle, Helsinki
“INTERPOL,” Färgfabriken, Stockholm
“Disneyland After Dark,” Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Rauma Biennial, Rauma Art Museum
“Geben und Nehmen,” Schloss Plüschow
1995
“Disneyland After Dark,” Uppsala Konstmuseum
1994
“Erzig,” Moderna Museet, Stockholm
“What’s in your mind,” Technical Museum, Stockholm
1993
Aperto, Venice Biennial
1989
Polyphonix (Fluxus et Happenings), Centre Georges Pompidou; Curators Jean- Jacques Lebel and Jacqueline Cahen; Paris, France
Public Works
2018
“Swedish Mirage” SE-Banken, Stockholm
2017
“Tip of an Iceberg,” Nya Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm
“Tomorrow’s Weather, Valle skole, Oslo
” “Solar Egg,” Riksbyggen, Kiruna
“Face au Temps,” Hospital de Saint Denis, Paris
2016
“Tomorrow’s Weather Lexington,” 21C, Lexington, USA
“Dew Drops & Mother of Pearl Clouds,” RPC, Trelleborg
“Geniezeit,” Chalmers, Gothenburg
2015
“Falling Apples,” Heggs skole, Lier, Norway
2014
Lugnets public school, Stockholm
2013
“Cymatic Pool” and “Pixel Garden,” Ericsson Head Quarters, Stockholm
2012
“Tomorrow’s Weather Stockholm Central Station”
2010
“Sun Passage,” Familjebostäder, Hammarby, Stockholm
“Tornado Touch Down,” Borås Travel Center
2009
“Tomorrow’s Weather Copenhagen,” Aller, Copenhagen
“Mirage,” Artcenter, Gävle
2008
“Tunnel Vision,” SL, Skanstull, Stockholm
2005
“Peptalk 2,” Älta Icehall, Stockholm
2004
“Reflecting Pool,” Artcenter, Gävle
2003
“Ecco Humour,” Parking garage, Dunkers Culturehouse, Helsingborg
2002
“Flash Of Genius,” Nacka Culturehouse, Stockholm
2001
“Thought Incognito,” K-Huset, Linköpings University
2000 “Wishing Well,” Autostadt VW, Wolfsburg
1993 “Green/Redhouse,” Subway Station Odenplan, Stockholm
Films
2018
“The Climate Experiment,” 58 min. HD/DCP (in production)
2015
“Important Message to the Public,” 14 min. HD/DCP
2014
“Moments of Silence,” 14 min. HD/DCP
2012
“The Weather War,” 58 min. HD
2011 “The Mouse,” 27.30 min. HD
2009
“Life Extended,” 57 min. HD
2008
“Tunnel Vision,” 27 min. HD
2007
“If You Don't Like The Weather, Change It,” 4 ch. 20 min. DV
2005
“Last Supper,” 58 min. DV, 16 mm
1999
“The Big Feed,” 11 min. DV