Fia Backström

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Fia Backström (born 1970) is a Swedish artist, writer and educator known for her multidisciplinary artworks.[1] Backström lives and works in New York City.[2]

Career[edit]

Backström's art practice is embraces both relational and conceptual art.[3] Her output ranges between the production of events, exhibitions, magazine ads, posters, and conversations.[4] In 2005 Backström staged the exhibition lesser new york in response to the MoMA PS1 MoMA exhibition Greater New York.[5] The salon des refusés style exhibition would later be shown as part of the official Greater New York exhibition at MoMa PS1.[6][7]

In 2011 she represented Sweden in the Venice Biennale.[8][9]

Backström's work is included in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[1] the RISD Museum[10] and the Moderna Museet.

In 2018 she was awarded the prix littéraire Bernard Heidsieck - Centre Pompidou.[11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Fia Backström". www.whitney.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  2. ^ "Fia Backstrom". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  3. ^ "Indirect Signs: Q+A with Fia Backstrom". 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  4. ^ "Art in Review". The New York Times. 18 July 2008.
  5. ^ "Fia Backström by Robert Fitterman - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  6. ^ "Jean-Luc Martinez Named Director, Louvre Museum". 3 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  7. ^ Scott, Andrea K. (23 October 2015). "More Than a Youthquake at MOMA PS1". Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via www.newyorker.com.
  8. ^ "People". www.bard.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-08-15. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  9. ^ "La Biennale di Venezia 2011". Moderna Museet i Stockholm. 30 March 2011. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Socially Organized Appearance - RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org. Archived from the original on 2019-05-29. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  11. ^ prix littéraire Bernard Heidsieck - Centre Pompidou
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