Carola Grahn
Born 1982, Jåhkåmåhkke, Sæpmie
Based in Lund, Sweden
Education
| 2013 | Master of Fine Art, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm |
| 2011 | Bachelor of Fine Art, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm |
Solo Exhibitions (selected)
| 2025 | Drick Drick, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, SE Mother, Sun & Ocean, VII & V years, Nord Norsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, NO |
| 2023 | Trädgränsen, Wanås Konst, SE |
| 2020 | I Have Scrutinized Every Stone and Log on the Southwest side of the Mountain, Röda Sten, Göteborg, SE |
| 2015 | Sámi Suhttu [Sami Rage], Márkumennu – Sami Music Festival, Evenes, NO Horizon of Me(aning), Small Projects, Tromsö, NO |
| 2014 | Vidderna ropa [Plains Call Out], Bildmuseet, Umeå, SE |
| 2013 | Bonansa Bardizan, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, SE |
Group Exhibitions (selected)
| 2026 | Manif D’art 12: Splitting ice, Québec City, CA Nordic Threads, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, DK Rosa Sejl – Swedish Modernism from Moderna Museet, Brandts Museum, Odense, DK |
| 2025 | Rosa Segel (2023),Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE |
| 2024 | After the Sun—Forecasts from the North, Gammelstrand, Copenhagen, DK After the Sun—Forecasts from the North, Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo AKG Art Museum), US Earthworks, Bergen Kunsthall, NO Rosa Segel (t.o.m. 2025), Moderna Museet Stockholm, SE |
| 2023 | Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home, Daniels Faculty of Architecture, University of Toronto, CA |
| 2022 | Nuit Blanche, Toronto, CA Corona Collections – The Swedish Arts Council’s new acquisitions in 2021, Skissernas Museum, Lund, SE I staden växer ett fält (A field grows in the city), Malmö Konsthall, SE Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, CA Coronasamlingen – StatensThe Swedish Arts Council’s new acquisitions in 2021, Havremagasinet, Boden, SE Swedish Acquisitions Insights, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE NEW RED ORDER PRESENTS: One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, DK Duodje genom arkiven (Duodje through the archives), Ájtte Svenskt Fjäll och samemuseum, Jokkmokk, SE With Love, Museum Anna Norlander, Skellefteå, SE |
| 2021 | Friendship. Nature. Culture. 44 Years of Mercedes-Benz Art Collection, Mercedes-Benz Contemporary, Berlin, DE Come back as a Flower, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, FI Among All These Tundras, PATAKA ART + MUSEUM, Porirua, NZ |
| 2020 | Språk, Havremagasinet, Boden, SE Among All These Tundras, Campbell River Art Gallery, CA Among All These Tundras, MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, CA |
| 2019 | Motståndets tid, Tegen 2, Stockholm, SE Among All These Tundras, Onsite Gallery, OCADU, Toronto, CA Sámi Intervention/Dáidda Gážada, IAIA Museum Of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA), SantFe, US Among All These Tundras, Esker Foundation, Calgary, CA |
| 2017 | London Literature Festival/ Nordic Matters, Southbank Centre, London, UK Sámi Suhttu/ Samisk vrede [Sami Rage], Kulturrådets årskonferanse, Oslo, NO In Dialogue, Art Museum University of Toronto, Toronto, CA noe beveger seg sakte i en annen retning (something is moving slowly in a different direction), Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim, NO Maadteraahkas döttrar [Maadteraahka’s daughters], Uppsala Kommun, Uppsla, SE Du som jeg (You like me), Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš/ Sami Center of Contemporary Art, Karasjok, NO Museums on Fire, Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), Oslo, NO Show me Color, TRÅANTE, Trøndelag senter for samtidskunst, Trondheim, NO Show me Color, IKT, Tromsö, NO |
| 2016 | Art Ii Biennale 5 / 2016 – Poetics of the Material, Kauppila, FI Salón International de Arte Indígena Manuel Quentín Lame/ Popayán, CO One as antother, Havremagasinet, Boden, SE Sieidevárri (Silk Mountain), Márkumennu, Evenes, NO |
| 2015 | Becoming by recalling, Passagen konsthall, Linköping, SE |
| 2014 | “In Kind ” Negotiations – Open Studios, The Banff Centre, Banff, CA Art Edition 2014, Hangaram Art Museum of Seoul Arts Center, KR The 3rd Photospectrum: Sweden / The Photographer – A Social History of Photography, Gallery Jinsun, Seoul, KR I ärlighetens namn (In all honesty), Slakthusatejéerna, Stockholm, SE |
| 2013 | To be defined, Centrum för Fotografi (CFF), Stockholm, Sweden 24 spaces, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, SE FOXHOLE #7, Minibar, Stockholm, SE Royal Institute of Art Spring Show, Stockholm, SE |
Awards
| 2024 | Aase och Richard Björklunds Foundation Swedish Arts Grants Committee – Two Year Working Grant |
| 2022 | Swedish Arts Grants Committee – One Year Working Grant |
| 2021 | Asmund och Lizzie Arles skulptörpris |
| 2018 – 2019 | Malmö City Art Studio Grant Swedish Arts Grants Committee – Two Year Working Grant |
| 2017 | Byggnads Kulturstipendium |
| 2015 | Helge Ax:on Johnson’s Foundation Kaija Anstensens Minnesfond |
| 2014 – 2016 | Stockholm City Studio Grant |
| 2014 | Iaspis International Exchange Nancy and Andrew Wiswell Scholarship |
| 2013 | Helge Ax:on Johnson Foundation |
| 2012 | Royal Institute of Art, EE-medel |
| 2010 | Anders Sandrew Foundation Royal Institute of Art, EE-medel |
| 2009 | Wilhelm Smith Foundation Norrbotten County Council Culture Grant |
| 2005 | Norrbotten County Council Culture Grant Sami Parlament Culture Project Grant Jokkmokk Municipality, KUPP – kultur och upplevelseutveckling Sparbanken Nord, Framtidsbanken projektbidrag |
Public Commissions
| 2026 | Staare/ Östersund Kommun, SE Syöldate/ Skellefteå Kommun, SE |
| 2022 – 2027 | KORO – Viking Ships Museum, Oslo, NO |
| 2021 – 2026 | Norrköping Kommun, SE |
| 2023 | Special commission for Archbishop Antje Jackelén for Church of Sweden, SE Special commission for Havremagasinet |
| 2021 | Kämpa. Övertorneå Kommun, SE Nåejtien Njalla Tärnaby/ Dearna, Storuman Kommun, SE |
Collections
Samiskt Kunstmagasin (The Sami Art Museum) (NO)
Moderna Museet (SE)
Swedish Arts Grants (SE)
Mercedes-Benz Art Collection (DE)
Gothenburg Museum of Art (SE)
Kin Museum of Contemporary Art (SE)
Ájtte Svenskt Fjäll and Samemuseum (AIDA archive) (SE)
Region Jämtland Härjedalen (SE)
Östersund Municipality (SE)
Nasjonalt samisk kompetansesenter (NASÁG/NASAK)(NO)
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma (FI)
