Hanna Ljungh has for some time dedicated her art practice to the matter we describe as land, soil, stone and mountain. Her work reflects upon and questions the fine line between what we call human and non-human forms of existence and the complex relations between them. Her nearly six-hour long film I am mountain, to measure impermanence (2016) depicting the melting ice cap of Sweden’s highest mountain got wide recognition in Sweden and internationally.
Hanna Ljungh (b. 1974) works with film, photography, sculpture and installation. She lives and works in Stockholm. Ljungh has an education from Parsons School of Design, New York and Konstfack, Stockholm. Recently her work has been shown at: Kunsthall Trondheim; Kristianstads Konsthall; Studio Hippolyte and HIAP, Helsinki; The Swedish Cultural Institute, Paris; Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul; Moderna Museet, Malmö. Ljungh will during the spring have a solo exhibition at Fondazione Pini in Milano. Her work is a part of several private collections and can be found at Public Art Agency Sweden, Stockholm art and Region Skåne.
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EDUCATION:
2006-08 Special/Projektstudent, Kungliga Konsthögskolan, Stockholm2001-03 MFA, Konstfack Stockholm
1996-00 BFA, Parsons School of Design, New York (Honours Degree)
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Rosettadagboken, Anna Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2022 Den Tunna Ytan, Marabouparken Konsthall, Sundbyberg
2020 I am mountain, to measure impermanence, SSE Art Initiative, Handelshögskolan Stockholm
2020 I am mountain, to measure impermanence, Taverna Brillo
2019 Nedstigandets Anatomi, Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup
2019 Anatomy of a Descent, Ana Bohman Gallery, Stockholm
2017 I am mountain, to measure impermanence, The non existent center, Ställbergs gruva
2017 Seismisk Händelse, Dome of Visions, Stockholm2017 Ear to the ground, Hanna Ljungh & Ulrika Sparre, Örebro Konsthall
2016 I am mountain, to measure impermanence, ANNAELLEGALLERY
2014 WAYWO Hanna Ljungh & Ulrika Sparre, Lokal 30, Warzawa
2014 Vivisections, Studio Hippolyte, Helsingfors
2012 We are still lost between the abyss within us and the boundless horizons outside us, Växjö Konsthall
2012 Foundations, ANNAELLEGALLERY
2011 How to Civilize a Waterfall , Minibar Artist Space, Stockholm 2011 Vivisections, Nacka Konsthall
2010 How to Civilize a Waterfall, Fotografiska, Stockholm
2010 How to Civilize a Waterfall, Galleri Pictura, Lund
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Litiumfestivalen, Sara Kulturhus i Skellefteå
2023 Elemental Constellations, Macalline Art Center, Beijing
2023 Expedition Konst, Luleå Konsthall
2023 Moulding Nature, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2023 Tributaries, The Line, London
2023 Den första tropen, Galleri Trop, Stockholm
2022 Art on Screen, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2022 Mother Courage and her children, Accelerator, Stockholm
2022 Litiumfestivalen, Utö
2022 Kalbjärga Filmfestival, Gotland
2022 Förflytta Berg, ETC Solpark, Katrineholm
2022 Litiumtiden, Haninge Konsthall
2021 Expedition Konst, Waldemarsudde
2020 Luleåbiennalen 2020, Malmberget
2020 Kiruna Forever, Arkdes, Stockholm
2019 Sensing Nature from within, Moderna Museet Malmö
2019 Där Världen kallas skog, Köttinspektionen Uppsala
2019 Förändring/Change, Havremagasinet, Boden
2019 Allting föreställer, ingenting är, Fotografisk Sentrum Köpenhamn
2018 Allting föreställer, ingenting är, Gävle Konstcentrum
2018 Rivers of emotions, Bodies of Ore, Trondheim Kunsthall, Trondheim
2018 Hidden in plain Sight, Spanien 19 C, Århus
2018 Stenens Röst, Nässjö Konsthall
2018 Stenens röst, Kristianstad Konsthall
2017 På annan plats, Ystad Konstmuseum
2016 Water Research Area, Karlstad
2016 Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup, Skåne
2016 I call it the universal circle, Rymd Konstrum, Sickla
2015 Excavations-Frontiers in retreat, HIAP, Helsingfors, Finland
2015 D’apres Nature, Svenska Kulturinstitutet Paris
2015 This Dust, GSL Projects, Berlin
2015 Waterscapes: The Politics of Water, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, South Korea
2014 Det Rörliga Samhället, Haninge Konsthall, Stockholm
2014 Waterscapes: The Politics of Water, Kumho Museum of Art, Soeul, South Korea
2014 This Dust, TSA Gallery, Exchange Rates, Brooklyn, USA
2014 De:Stockholm, Artligue, Paris
2014 Market Art Fair with ANNAELLE Gallery, Stockholm
2014 Black Market Stockholm
2013 Christmas Show, Annaelle Gallery, Stockholm
2013 What are you working on? Husby Konsthall2013 Summer show, Annaelle Gallery, Stockholm
2013 Parabola + WAYWO at Art Athina, Aten
2013 Band/Ties, ARTicle, B.I.A.D, Birmingham
2012 Band/Ties, Wip:Konsthall, Stockholm
2012 Vid Världens Ände, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Stavanger, Norge
2011 La Commune, Global Talks,Stockholm
2011 Norsk Skulpturbiennale, Vigelandmuseet, Oslo
2011 Det Inkontinenta, samarbete med Björn Karlsson på Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2010 Tales from the Forest, Viresrums Konsthall, Småland
2009 Amaranth, Collezione Maramotti. Reggio Emilia, Italy
2009 NU, Karlskrona Konsthall
2009 Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Liljevalchs, Stockholm
2008 Make Out!, Studio 44, Stockholm
2008 Planket, Vitabergsparken, Stockholm
2008 Vittring, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm
2008 Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Liljevalchs, Stockholm
2007 Fotografi: Nu 2007, Centrum För Fotografi
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
2019 Göteborgs Internationella Filmfestival, It’s a fucking man’s world
2018 Umeå Internationalla Filmfestival It’s a fucking man’s world,
2018 Moderna Museet Filmklubb: It’s a fucking man’s world, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2018 Sunshine Socialist Cinema. Katrineholm
2018 Sunshine Socialist Cinema. Kristianstad
2016 Waterline at I:Project Space, Beijing, Water Talk at Institute for Provocation, Beijing
2016 Sunshine Socialist Cinema, Höja, Skåne
2016 Polar Week, Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
2015 Konstväxlingar, Rörliga bilder, Skanstulls T-banestation
2013 Den rörliga bildens konst Skåne, Kristianstad Konsthall
2012 Art:Screen Fest, Örebro
2012 9th Indie Lisboa- Lisbon International Independent Filmfestival, Lisbon, Portugal
2011 Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Germany
2011 How to Civilize, at Uppsala Kortfilmfestival
2011 Oberhausen Kurtzfilmtage, Oberhausen, Germany
2011 How to Civilize a Waterfall in VideoGuds spring program, Dalarna, Gävleborg, Uppsala
2010 How to Civilize a Waterfall is screened in Pixel, Finnish Tv/YLE
2009 Vedergällning shown at The Swedish Institute, Paris
2009 Vedergällning shown at Skövde Konsthall
2009 Oberhausen Shortfilm Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
2009 Vedergällning visas på Schweden für Jeden, Arsenal Cinema, Berlin
2008 Filmform News, Cinemateket, Stockholm
2008 Vedergällning shown in Arty, 22 april, SVT
REPRESENTED:
Collezione Maramotti. Reggio Emilia, Italy
Nacka Kommun
Stockholms Läns Landsting
Stockholm Konst
Region Skåne
Statens Konstråd
Kultur & Bildning Uppsala
Gävleborgs län
Konst och Hälsa Gävle
Magasin III
Moderna Museet
GRANTS:
2022 Längamanska kulturfonden
2022 Konstnärsnämndens 2-åriga arbetsstipendie
2021 Konstakdemiens stipendie
2021 Konstnärsnämndens Projektbidrag
2017 Konstnärsnämndens 2-åriga arbetsstipendie
2015 Konstnärsnämndens Projektbidrag
2014 Nordic Air residens och stipendium, HIAP, Helsingfors
2014 Helge Axelsson Johnsons minnesfond
2013 Längmanska Kulturfonden
2013 Kulturförvaltningens projektstöd
2012 Konstnärsnämndens 2-åriga arbetsstipendie
2009 Konstnärsnämndens projektbidrag
2008 Konstnärsnämndens 1-åriga arbetsstipendie
2007 Helge Axelsson Johnsons minnesfond