short biography
Martin Schibli, is one of the most acknowledged curators based in Sweden, with an extensive international network. He is also teaching at art schools and universities.
During the year 2015-2017 he was the artistic director for Växjö Kunsthalle, with solo and group exhibition with Swedish and International artists, like Jiri Kovanda, Ewa Partum, Juan Castillo, Jonathan Meese, Endre Tot, Andrei Monatyrsky, Jonas Lund, Agata Nowosielska, Conny Blom, André Bötzer and Andre Talborn and others. Between 2006 – 2102, as the director of exhibitions, he transformed the Kalmar konstmuseum to be one of the top institutions in Sweden, the Museum took part in several international collaborations with other institutions around Europe. The exhibitions at the museum includes solo exhibitions with i.e. Artur Zmijewski, Swetlana Heger, Guy Ben-Ner, Marina Naprushkina and Georg Baselitz, He curated group exhibitions as Friction and Conflict, The social critique 1993 – 2005, Swedish conceptual Art, The order of things, etc.
Other institutions he have been working with are i.e. at Kunsthalle Rostock, City Gallery Gdansk, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, NCCA URAL, Shiryaevo Biennale, Moderna Museet, Stockholm among others. Schibli is also the initator and curator (together with Curator Bigos) to the exhibition War ein Scheenes Schiff, about the world largest see catastrophe Wilhelm Gustloff.
The last year he has curated exhibitions on context of biennales in Russia and Bolivia, and together with Iwona Bigos he curated one of the major exhibition in Wroclaw in connection to the European cultural capital.
Besides curating, Schibli also work continuously with lectures at universities and art schools, i.e. Linné University, Umeå Art Academy, Ölands Art School and Royal Art Academy. He has also given lectures in Poland, Switzerland, Lithuania and Russia.
During the last years Schibli have also organized international conferences on subject like public art and contemporary art, not only in Sweden but also in Russia, Moldavia and Belarus.
In Sweden Schibli is also known for the book How to become a contemporary artist in three days (2005, together with Lars Vilks), an introduction on how to survive in the art world, the book also gives a description on the connections between theory and the practise of contemporary art. The book is used at several art academies and universities in Scandinavia. Schibli also writes continuously for different art magazines and catalogues on artist.
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18. Feb 28. Augt₀ - a new era Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
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25. Oct 25. OctMy Perversion is the Belief in Art Pori Art Museum
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24. Nov 22. DecGiving Meaning to Emptiness... NCCA National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kaliningrad
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11. Mar 08. MayShock Strike Blow / Rough History. Merzedes Sturm-Lie & Alisa Yoffe Växjö Konsthall
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15. Jan 06. MarNollpunkt Växjö Konsthall
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05. Dec 28. Feb 2016Moving Mass Kalmar Konstmuseum
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22. Nov 18. Jan 2015A/HNOX=GOOR ÁTO BE Ñ3 C (::)1»(:°) + TNT7 X (%TV)3D C P/FB2/MC2 (LOG33 + RAC4Y) S+/P- =HNO X-O ÁNOTTOBEÑ (::) »(°:) (MB+AF»YT+LOO – LEGAL TRAFFICKING Kalmar Konstmuseum
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28. Jan 09. AprPAGANISM Kalmar Konstmuseum
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17. Sep 20. NovA COMPLICATED RELATION, PART II Kalmar Konstmuseum
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27. Nov 27. Feb 2011HÄR II - Art from the Kalmar Region 2010 Kalmar Konstmuseum
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04. Sep 10. OctKalle Brolin: MAFIYA Kalmar Konstmuseum
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04. Sep 14. NovSwedish Conceptual Art Kalmar Konstmuseum
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05. Jul 01. AugIs there any Hope for Optimistic Art Moscow Museum of Modern Art
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12. Jun 05. SepArtur Zmijewski - Habana Libre Kalmar Konstmuseum
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31. May 30. Jun 2011ARTNEWS OUTDOOR Samara Art Museum
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22. May 22. AugGeorg Baselitz and his relationship to the Swedish artists Hill, Josephson, and Strindberg Kalmar Konstmuseum
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13. Nov 20. DecLiving in a Modern Society Kaliningrad State Art Gallery
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12. Sep 08. NovSOCIAL CRITICISM 1993-2005 - an art historical expose Kalmar Konstmuseum
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13. Jun 29. JunRECONSTRUCTION - Anna Odell Kalmar Konstmuseum
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30. May 30. AugIrwin - What is art Kalmar Konstmuseum
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13. Sep 23. NovFriction and Conflict Kalmar Konstmuseum
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17. Jul 08. AugLiving in a Modern Society L-Gallery, Moskau
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10. May 24. AugSwetlana Heger / Guy Ben-Ner / Daniel Segerberg Kalmar Konstmuseum
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18. Aug 16. SepBetween Reality and Fairytales Kalmar Konstmuseum
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30. Nov 30. DecWestern Russia Kalmar Konstmuseum
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07. Sep 15. OctHeath Bunting / Alba Kalmar Konstmuseum
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01. May 20. JunLars Vilks: Omphalos Moderna Museet Stockholm