Knutte Wester, biography
Born 1977, Sweden
SELECTED EDUCATION
1998–2003 Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, MA of Fine Arts
2000 Dep. of fine arts, Wits University, Johannesburg,
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Film Galley, Paris
2023 Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, Sweden
2021 Handelshögskolan, Stockholm
2021 Göteborgs Stadsmuseum, Sweden
2019 Azad Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2018 Halmstad Konsthall, Sweden
2017 Länsmuseet Gävleborg, Sweden
2017 Varbergs Konsthall, Sweden
2017 The Nordic Watercolour museum, Sweden
2016 Umeå Konsthall, Sweden
2016 Örebro Konsthall, Sweden
2016 Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden
2016 Havremagasinet, Boden, Sweden
2015 Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn, Sweden
2014 Eskilstuna Konstuseum, Sweden
2014 Karlskrona Konsthall, Sweden
2013 Västerbottens Museum, Sweden
2013 Stockholms Läns Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå, Sweden
2012 Västerås Konstmuseum, Sweden
2011 Touring exhibition produced by Folkets hus och Parker. Hammarkullen, 2011 Örnsköldsvik, Söråker, Hallunda, Lysekil, Trollhättan, Boo, Kiruna, Sweden
2011 Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 Östergötlands Länsmuseum, Linköping, Sweden
2010 Wyspa institutet of art, Gdansk, Poland
2009 Ropa, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Studio 44, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 Röda sten, Gothenburg, Sweden
2007 Orbita Space
2006 Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
2005 Museum of National History, Tirana, Albanien
2002 Galleri Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2002 Galleri 60, Umeå, Sweden
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Alma Löv Museum, Sweden
2024 Risktovlan, Sweden
2021 15th Busan International Video Art Festival, Korea
2021 Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2019 KASA Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2018 Modernautställningen, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden "
2018 Innan vi glömmer, Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden
2018 Territories, Havremagasinet, Boden
2016 That which grows and that which bars, Svolvaer Konsthall, Norway
2016 Transition, Leksands Kulturhus, Sweden
2016 Sliperiet, Borgvik, Sweden
2015 NARS Open Studios exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
2014 Claybird's Lullaby, Arena Festival, Anglican Church, Riga (Performance)
2010 Enstrangment, The Showroom, London, UK
2010 Action Field Kodra 10, Kalamaria, Greece
2010 Swedish Family, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Sweden
2009 Swedish Family, Museum of Mordern Art, Moscow, Russia
2008 The Spring Salon, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 Mobile Museum, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia
2007 The Spring Salon, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2006 Unofri, National Gallery, Tirana, Albania
2005 Bli, Jämtland länsmuseum, Östersund, Sweden
2005 Ingen människa är illegal, Konstakuten, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Graduation exhibition, Kungliga konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Graduation exhibition, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
2002 The Spring Salon, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Konstfack på Kulturhuset, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
2000 Urban futures 2000, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
2000 This is not how it usually is, Market Theater Gallery, Johannesburg
1999 9 samtida samtidigt, Röda sten, Göteborg, Sweden
REPRESENTED
Modera Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Statens Konstråd, Sweden
Nordic Watercolour Museum, Sweden
Västerås Museum of Art, Sweden
Konst på hög, (Sculpture park) Kumla
Sörmlands Museum
SELECTED PUBLIC WORK
2020 RomanoParken, Göteborgs Stad (work in progress)
2018 Vattenbärare, Burnnsparken, Varberg
2016 Child carrying wings, Carolinaparken, Uppsala, Sweden
2016 Untitled project (Rogers Avenue) Brooklyn, New York (non official)
2015 Monument without a home, Köpmangatan, Örebro, Sweden
2013 Ett litet sår som måste ses om, Östersunds Hospital, Östersund, Sweden
2013 Monument without a home, Örebro, Sweden
2013 Gzim och den frusna sjön, Täby centrum, Täby, Sweden
2012 Gzim och den frusna sjön, Sturegatan, Västerås, Sweden
2011 Monument without a home, District Court, Karskrona, Sweden
2009 Monument without home, Umeå Travel Centre, Umeå, Sweden
GRANTS
2018 Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2015 Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2015 Rettigs Konststipendium
2015 ABF’s Litteratur- och Konstpris
2015 Umeå Kommuns kulturstipendium
2014 NARS international Studio Program (New York)
2013 Art Grant, Carl-Axel Valén Foundation
2012 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Project support
2010 The Art Stipend, Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland
2009 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 2 year working grant
2007 Wyspa Airport program, Gdansk via IASPIS
2007 IASPIS studio stipend, Riga
2006 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, working grant
2006 Award, the international competition at Unofri 06, National Gallery, Tirana
2005 Nordic Institution for Contemporary Art, “West Balkan Air”
2005 Swedish Arts Grants Committee, ”extra costly works”
2003 Umeå City Art Stipend to a graduate student of the Art Academy
2003 Kempe Fund, ”Guldgatan 8”
2000 SIDA, ”Dialog mellan Bildkulturer”
FILMOGRAPHY
2016 Horungen (A Bastard Child)
Premiered in the competition at the International Documentary Film
Festival i Amsterdam (IDFA) November 2016.
It has been screened at over 30 international festivals such as Toronto, Seul, Teheran and others. Festival list and Awards at www.horungen.com
2014 Dawn in a city without name
Gothenburg International Film Festival, 2014; Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm 2014; Skepto International film festival, Cagliari 2014; Uppsala International Short Film Festival, 2014.
Won best "Best Short Documentary" - Tempo Documentary Film Festival "Best feature story" - Northern Character Film & TV Festival, 2014.
Selected for international competition at Nordic/Docs 2014, Oslo and Busan Internatinal short film festival I Korea, Minimalen Film Festivale in Norway and Evropa Film Akt in Paris.
2011 Gzim Rewind
Shown on: Sveriges television in February 2012, Gothenburg International Film Festival, 2012; Tromsö International Film Festival 2012, Salaam Film Festival, Copenhagen 2012, Dokufest Prizren, Kosovo 2012, Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm 2012.
Nominated to the Dragon Award for Best Swedish Documenatary at Gothenburg International Film Festival, 2012
The Jury’s Special mention at Tromsö International Film Festival 2012
Awarded the Salaam Film price at Salaam Film Festival, Copenhagen
Selected for Nordic Panorama Film Festival, Oulu, Finland 2012
Selected Balkan Competition, DokuFest, Prizren, Kosovo 2012