Roberto Ekholm
Born Gothenburg, Sweden 1976
Living and working in London
2002–2005 BA Fine Art Goldsmiths College University of London London
1996-1998 BA Dance Laban Centre for Movement and Dance London
Forthcoming:
17 March - 29 July, 2012 Touch of The Oracle, Part of Michael Petry's Golden Rain Installation, Palm Springs Museum October 2012 The Proposed Dialogue, Gallery Bengtson, Gothenburg
Solo Shows:
2009
Mosquito Man & Other Stories, Galleri Skylten, Stockholm
Group Shows:
2012
Re-Imagine:Ourselves, Ukrainian Institute, New York
2011
Sagacity, Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, London
Where The Men Met, Supermarket, Stockholm
2010
Crash Open, Charlie Dutton Gallery, London
The Show, Sobreático, Barcelona Spain
Inspired by Soane, Sir John Soane’s Museum, London
La Perruque, Hackney Wicked, London
Summer Screenings, Gallery Primo Alonso, London
Salong Malongen, NKF, Stockholm
2009
Mosquito Man part of S&P Stanikas. Magda Goebbels, Vilnius
Mosquito Man, Performance, LCC, London
Don’t call us, We’ll call you, Islington Art Factory, London
LGBT - Stonewall 40 Years On, Clifford Chance, London
2008
Golden Rain – by Michael Petry, ‘On the Edge’, Stavanger, Norway
Cruelty, George Tavern, London
2005
Recent Graduate Show, The affordable Art Fair, London
Graduate Show, Goldsmiths College,London
2004
SeeSaw, The Crypt, St Pancrass Church, London
Performances:
2011
The Mosquito Choir, Supermarket, Stockholm
2010
Patient Zero, This is Not a Gateway, London
The Magnet Man, La Perruque, Hackney Wicked, London
2009
The Mosquito Choir, Mosquito Man & Other Stories, Galleri Skylten, Stockholm
2001
The Lodgers, Lulu’s Living Room, Birmingham
2000
Happiness, Lulu’s Living Room, The Place Theatre, London
1999
The Lodgers, Lulu’s Living Room, Hanover
1998
The Lodgers, Lulu’s Living Room, Battersea Arts Centre, London
The Lodgers, Lulu’s Living Room, Bloomsbury Theatre, London
The Lodgers, Lulu’s Living Room, Greenwich Dance Agency, London
The Lodgers, Lulu’s Living Room, ICA, London
Life is Sweet, Lulu’s Living Room, Jackson’s Lane,London
1994
Roof of the World, Rubicon, Dance Company, Gothenburg
Poseidon’s Dream, Kulturmaskinen, Gothenburg
RESIDENCIES:
2010 May - July NFK - Malongen Stockholm, Sweden
PUBLICATIONS:
Nature Morte, Thames & Hudson, 2013
Inspired By Soane, The John Soane’s Museum 2010
Le Cool Barcelona, review by Marta Bernal, October 2010
FAD, interview by Maxim Northover, 23 July 2010
QX.se, Interview by Anders Backlund, 01 December 2009
Mums, Sweden, 2009
Golden Rain, Michael Petry, 2008
Grants/Awards
2010 Nordic Art Association (NKF), Stockholm. Residency and grant