Curriculum vitae
Mikael Kihlman
Born in Uppsala, Sweden 1953, resident in Stockholm
Solo exhibitions (selection):
1989 Norrbottens Museum, Luleå, Sweden
1990 -2005 Härnösands Konsthall, Härnösand
1990 -94 Swedish Printmakers Association, Stockholm
1995 Galleri Skånes Konst, Malmö
1996 Konstens Hus, Luleå
1996 Ahlbergshallen,östersund
1996 Galeria Na Odwachu, Wroclaw, Poland
1998 Prizewinner solo-exhibition 2nd Intern. Triennale of Graphic Arts, Sophia, Bulgaria
1998 Rådhuset, örnsköldsviks Konstförening, Sweden
1998 Galleri Johan S, Helsinki, Finland,
1999 -2004, -2006 Galleri Bergman, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Graficki Kolektiv, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2001 Galleri Udengaard.Malmö, Sweden
2001 Galleri Thomassen, Gothemburg
2002 Residence of the Swedish UN Ambassador, New York, U.S.A.
2004 Galerii BWA, Kielce, Poland
2005 Atelier Presse Papier, Trois Rivieres, Canada
2005 Gallery of Contemporary Art (with Jacek Szewczyk), Opole, Polen
2005 Karlskoga Arthall, Karlskoga, Sweden
2006 Galleri Udengaard, Århus, Denmark
2007 Museum of Lithographic Art, Tidaholm, Sweden
Group exhibitions, international exhibitions (selection):
1989 Swedish Graphic-triennale, Gothemburg Sweden
1992 Scandinavian Graphic-triennale, Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Sweden
1994 -97 - 2000 Triennial -94,-97 - 2000 Krakow, Poland
1995 -99 11e, 12e Norsk Internasjonal Grafikk Triennale, Fredrikstad, Norway
1995 -97 21th, 22nd International Biennal of Graphic Art, Ljubljana,Slovenia
1996 -98 The 3rd, 4th Sapporo International Print Biennale, Japan
1996 The 3rd Kochi International Triennal Exhibition of Prints, Japan
1998 -2001 11th, 12th Tallin Print Triennial, Estonia
1998 -2000 V, VI Bienal Internacional de Grabado, Orense, Spain
1999 Centrum Kultury Zydowskiej, "Spår av tid" , Krakow, Poland
2000 Botkyrka Konsthall, "Spår av Tid", Stockholm, Sweden
2001 10th Int. Print and Drawing Biennial, Taipei Fine Arts Museum,Taiwan
2001 4 Prix de la Ville du Locle, Museé des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland
2001 "Contemporary European Prints" Kim Nae Hyun Art Gallery, Korea
2002 "Hand-pulled Prints", Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.
2002 Galeria ZPAP, Lublin Poland, "Spår av Tid"
2003 "Spår av Tid", Kalmar Museum, Kalmar, Sweden
2003 "Spår av Tid", Tomarps Kungsgård, Tomarp, Sweden
2003 "International Print Biennial Beijing2003", Beijing, China
2003 "Spår av Tid" , BWA, Zamek Ksiaz, Walbrzych, Poland
2004 "Open Print" Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, England ( Invited Artist )
2006 "On Paper...On Glass..." Gallery of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
2007 "European Crossroads", Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania (with
örjan Wikström, Jacek Szewczyk and Chris Nowicki)
2007 The 27th Biennial of Graphic Arts, MGLC; Ljubljana, Slovenia (invited artist)
2007 The 5th International Triennial, Prague, Czech Republic (invited artist)
2008 "European Crossroads", Muzeul de Arte, Cluj, Romania (with örjan Wikström, Jacek Szewczyk and Chris Nowicki)
2008 IMPRINT2008, Kulisiewicz International Graphic Arts Triennial, Warszawa, Poland (invited artist)
International prizes, grants and awards:
1989 -90, -94, -99/2000, 2007/2008 Swedish Art Grants Committee, working grant
1991 Swedish Art Grant Committee, Projects
1993 -99, -2001, 2003 Swedish Institute
1994 Grand Prix Toronto, Canada.
1995 1st Prize, Sophia, Bulgaria
1996 Sponsors Prize, Sapporo, Japan
1997 Grand Prix Uzice, Yugoslavia
1999 Distinction medal, Ostrow Wielkopolski. Poland
1999 Honorary mention. International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania
1999 Honorary Prize, 3rd Egyptian International Print Triennale, Kairo 1999
2000 Honorary mention, VI Bienal Internacional de Grabado Caixanova, Spain
2001 Equal Prize, Ostrow Wielkopolski, Poland
2001 Honorary mention. International Mini-Print Biennial, Cluj, Romania
2002 Sponsors Prize, Montreal International Miniature Print Biennial, Canada
2002 Prize of the Jury, 2a Muestra Internacional de Miniprint en Rosario 2002, Argentina
2003 Bronze Medal, International Print Biennial Beijing, China
2003 Karlskoga-Nobel Art Award
2003 Grand Prix, X Small Graphics Exhibition, Nis 2003, Nis, Serbia/Montenegro
2004 Erik Wessel-Fougstedts Scholarship 2004, Swedish Printmakers Association, Stockholm
2004 "Best print in Show", 99th Annual Summer Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Bath, England
2005 3d prize, 13th Internatinal Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria
2005 Award of Merit. 14th International Print and Drawing Exhibition. Miami. Florida. U.S.A.
Represented at:
Swedish Art Council, Modern Museum, State, City, museums and privat collections in Sweden and abroad.
British Museum
Member of:
Grafiska Sällskapet ( Swedish Printmakers Association ), KRO (Swedish Artists Union) , Grafik i Väst, Gothemburg
Literature:
Ur vår tids Grafik 46, Kim Nicklasson, Samlargrafik 1997
Spår av Tid, ( "Traces of Time" ), ( with Jacek Szewczyk, örjan Wikström, Joanna Helander, Adam Zagajewski, Pawel Huelle and Czeslaw Milosz ), Almlöfs Förlag 2000
Solna Centrum - Novi Sad, (with poems by Aleksandar Tisma ) Almlöfs Förlag 2003