FREJA ANDERSSON

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f  b. 1985, Stockholm
Swedish-Finnish identity lives and works in Malmö, Sweden Artist's statement I moved through an AI landscape the other day. My body remembers the experience; it feels as real as the memory of walking up the stairs to grandma’s house in eastern Finland. This is how I move: between physical, virtual, digital, and memory spaces. Between epochs and frames on a roll of film. My body, with all its senses, is my tool – constantly discovering in interaction with camera, pen, projector, keyboard and software. The outcome, with all its shifting parts, intertwines in installations, performances or multi-channel works, where details are, and are not, interchangeable. Archives are created over time as my material is collected and expanded. Filled with black-and-white contrasts, underwater journeys and war memorabilia. I may discover something new, perhaps in a virtual reality, but constantly return to my archives to reshape and build upon elements. Allow materials to be interwoven through long processes. Details change, require space, become layers of embodiment that form a fragmented whole. The audience may play an active role. Sometimes, the workshop format or text broaden the context. I hold an MFA from Stockholm University of The Arts and work from my studio in Malmö. I’ve exhibited at Studio Galleria in Warsaw and Fotografiska Stockholm. Over the last five years, I’ve had several residencies and projects at Inter Arts Center in Malmö. Since 2017, I’ve been part of the artist group Tvilling, exhibiting at Fylkingen Stockholm and Skissernas Museum in Lund CV (a selection) Exhibitions 2024 Inter Arts Center, Malmö / 2023 Moriskan, Malmö 2020 Moderna Museet, Malmö / 2019 Galleria Studio, Warsaw 2019 Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg / 2018 Galleri CC, Malmö 2017 Fotografiska, Stockholm / 2017 Galleria Luoma, Hamina 2017 Projektrum Hjärne, Helsinborg Art Week / 2016 Burträskbygdens
Konstförening, Burträsk / 2007 Konst i det gröna, Stockholm 2005 FantasiHuset, Stockholm Performances 2022 Sowjetisches Ehrenmal, Stralsund / 2022 S:t Pauli mellersta kyrkågård, Malmö / 2022 Inter Arts Center, Malmö / 2019 St. Joris en
de draak, Groningen / 2018 Noite Branca Braga (w. Jana Irmert) 2017 CRCLR, Berlin (w. Irmert) / 2014 Stockholms Konstnärliga
Högskola / 2009 Arvikafestivalen (w. Teater FARA) / 2009 PLEJ - Theater
Festival, Uppsala / 2008 Burträsksvängen / 2007 E4:an, Skellefteå Screenings 2023 LiAn Film Festival, Kristianstad / 2020 Biograf Hypnos, Malmö 2019 San Giò Verona Video Festival / 2019 Festival de Videodanza de Palma / 2018 Nordische Filmtage, Lübeck / 2017 High Coast International Film Festival, Lunde / 2016 Steirisches Filmfest, Feldbach Szczecin European Film Festival / Uppsala Short Film Festival / 2015 International Female Film Festival, Dhaka / Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Festival, Bilbao / 2011 BUFF filmfestival Exhibitions with the artist group Tvilling 2023 Gamla Dockan, Media Evolution, Malmö / 2022 Skissernas Museum, Lund / 2020 Domkyrkoforum, Lund / 2019 Akt #3, Fylkingen, Stockholm / 2019 Inter Arts Center, Malmö 
 Residencies / Labs / Projects 2024 1,2,3 Play Time, Inter Arts Center & Region Skåne, Malmö 2023 Data Ornamentalism, BEK - Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts 2023 Virtual Rooms in Meat Space, Region Skåne 2022 Region Skåne Residency - Digitaliseringens Möjligheter, Inter Arts Center 2020 Medskapande Processledning i gemensamma livsmiljöer, Statens Konstråd 2020 Konst i gemensamma livsmiljöer, Konstnärscentrum Syd 2015 Dance Film Lab, Malakta Art Residency, Vasa 2012 DFFB-Program during the Berlinalen Talent Campus, Berlin Artist Talks / Presentations / Workshops 2024 Morgondagens Pippi, Vimmerby / 2023 Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Karlshamn / 2022 Dissemination Conference, Malmö / 2020 Film i Malmö 2020 Från Idé till Verk, Online / 2017 UnCut, Solna / 2017 FilmCentrum Syd, Malmö / 2017 Feministisk Festival, Malmö / IFEMA, Malmö / 2016 InKonst, Malmö / 2016 Nordisk Panorama, Malmö / 2015 DocLounge, Malmö 2011 Gothenburg International Film Festival Related Work 2023 Creator in Cross Innovation Lab, Region Skåne & Region Blekinge 2022 Projections for Feronia Wennborg, Minu Festival for Expanded Music, Copenhagen / 2017 Design of the photo book ”Annotationsbok” with photographer Tobias Hultén / 2014 Co-director and cinematograper "Kärrtorp efter smällen", SVT / 2011 Production Assistant for Roy Andersson, Studio 24 at "A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence" Positions of Trust 2020–24 Preseident f the Swedish Film Association, Sfilm (also 2016–17) 2016–19 Judging applications in fine arts, performing arts and moving images for Kulturbryggan, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee / 2016 Part of The Swedish Committee for Baltic NGO Forum, Gdansk / 2012–14 Nordic Blog Correspondent for Breaking Ground, platform for European young filmmakers and video artists / 2014 Investigating possibilities for artists to collaborate with the European Capital of Culture (2016) Donostia San Sebastian, funded by KulturKraft Stockholm and The European Social Fund Teaching Experience 2017–19 Coach in video art projects, Boost HBG, Helsingborg 2015–19 Organizing the filming of events and teatching in filmmaking, Musikhögskolan, Malmö / 2010–19 Teaching short courses in film and art, Fridhems Folkhögskola, Svalöv / 2009–12 Producer of, and teacher in Skapande Skola, Svalövs Kommun Education 2014 MFA, Stockholm University of the Arts / 2011–13 Two artistic exchange programs in-between HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, Gothenburg & Suchitra School, India / 2007–11 Four years/Diplomas in Fine Arts, Filmmaking & Performing Arts, different schools / 2007 Graphic Design, Forsbergs skola Grants 2023 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 2-years working grant 2021 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse 2021 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 1-year working grant 2018 Längmanska Kulturfonden 2017 EBBA-priset 2014 Rektor Sven Kjerséns Minnesfond Other - Part of the artist group Tvilling together with Bianca Maria Barmen
 (sculptor), Britta Olsson (choreographer) and Erik Peters (composer) - Films and video works represented in different collections,
 e.g Film Centrum, LadyBug, Film i Skåne, Sfilm, A-märkt Tour