Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| Germany | 26 |
| United Kingdom | 13 |
| USA | 12 |
| France | 11 |
| Sweden | 10 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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CECCH - Centre d'édition contemporaine - Genève, Switzerland |
5 |
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Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Germany |
4 |
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SI Swiss Institute, USA |
3 |
Biography: 
1964 Born in Vasteras (SE)
Lives and works in Berlin (DE)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 122 
until 8.9.
Solo shows 15
2013
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| EQ UI LI BR IU M - MD 72, Berlin |
2012
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| Karl Holmqvist - Galleria Civica d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea - GAM, Turin |
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| Karl Holmqvist - Alex Zachary Peter Currie, New York City, NY |
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| Karl Holmqvist - Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen |
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| The Hours Of This Watch Is Numbered - House of Gaga, Mexico City |
2010
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| Part I - maybe a kiss in the garden - Circus, Berlin |
2009
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| Karl Holmqvist - I´LL MAKE THE WORLD EXPLODE - - Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (closed, 2012) |
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| Entrevista con el Vampiro - House of Gaga, Mexico City |
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| Karl Holmqvist – I´m with You in Rockland - Argos, Brussels |
2008
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| Karl Holmqvist - down and out - Dépendance, Brussels |
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| Karl Holmqvist - Nýlistasafnið - The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik |
2007
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| Karl Homqvist - Hollybush Gardens, London (England) |
2006
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| Nausea - - Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (closed, 2012) |
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| GÅVÄNTASTANNA - Marabouparken, Sundbyberg |
1999
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| CD-rom - Part II - Bildmuseet, Umeå |
Group shows 106
2013
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| Gerry Bibby - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin |
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| Footnotes - Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius |
2012
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| Again, A Time Machine - Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo |
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| Acts Of Voicing - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
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| Publish or Parish - cneai =, Chatou |
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| Intoleranz / Normalität - Grazer Kunstverein, Graz |
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| The Log-O-Rithmic - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo |
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| Der Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen - Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen |
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| Things, Words and Consequences - Moscow museum of modern art - MMOMA, Moscow |
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| If There Would Be A Face, This Would Be A Cat - Dépendance, Brussels |
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| Intérieur jour - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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| Sinking Islands - Labor, Mexico City |
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| Shaman / Showman - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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| Ecstatic Alphabets/Heaps of Language - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
2011
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| Sociétés secrètes - Savoir, oser, vouloir, garder le silence - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
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| Modify, as needed - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL |
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| Biennale di Venezia - 54th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Dealing with - Some books, visuals, and works related to American Fine Arts, Co. - Kunstraum der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg |
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| Chairs - - Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (closed, 2012) |
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| The Bell Show - Lüttgenmeijer, Berlin |
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| An Exchange with Sol LeWitt - Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA |
2010
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| End Note - Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin |
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| BigMinis - Fetishes of Crisis - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
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| Untitled (Ohne Titel) - Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (NGBK), Berlin |
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| Manifesta 8 - Manifesta - European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Murcia |
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| The Moderna Exhibition 2010 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| SWEDISH CONCEPTUAL ART - Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar |
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| Electra Presents: 27 Senses - Chisenhale Gallery, London (England) |
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| ... avant il n’y avait rien, après on va pouvoir faire mieux. - Circuit, Lausanne |
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| Foreigners Everywhere - T293, Naples |
2009
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| Foreigners Everywhere - Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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| The Malady of Writing. A project on text and speculative imagination - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| Labyrint 09 Writings and observations - Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba |
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| Editions vs objets - CECCH - Centre d'édition contemporaine - Genève, Geneva |
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| Scorpio's Garden - - Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin (closed, 2010) |
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| the Avantgarde: Depression - Marres - Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht |
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| Collaboration - Autocenter, Berlin |
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| MOMENTUM 2009 – 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art: Favoured Nations - Momentum Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art , Moss |
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| Character Generator - Eleven Rivington, New York City, NY |
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| Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
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| Warm Summer Days, Indoors - Sandy Brown, Berlin |
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| Karl Holmqvist - Christopher Knowles - Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna |
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| modern modern - CAM - Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Over The Bridge We Go - Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna |
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| for Fans and Scholars alike - Westlondonprojects, London (England) |
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| Celebration - Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin |
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| FLOORS / WALLS - - Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (closed, 2012) |
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| The Rehersal - Hollybush Gardens, London (England) |
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| live art /levende scene - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo |
2008
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| Sphinxx - Stuart Shave / Modern Art, London (England) |
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| Une Exposition Chorégraphiée - La Ferme du buisson - centre d'art et de curiosités culturelles, Noisiel |
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| Galeria Sentimental - Tensta Konsthall, Spanga |
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| Manifesto Marathon - Serpentine Gallery, London (England) |
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| The Library of Babel / In and Out of Place - Zabludowicz Collection London, London (England) |
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| Make Out! - studio44, Stockholm |
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| Manifesta 7 - Comitato Manifesta 7, Bolzano |
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| Sights from a Steeple - IBID Projects, London (England) |
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| Experiment Marathon Reykjavik - Listasafn Reykjavikur - Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavik |
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| freunde und bekannte - Sparwasser H Q - Forum for contemporary art, Berlin |
2007
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| Eine choreographierte Ausstellung - Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, St. Gallen |
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| Performa - SI Swiss Institute, New York City, NY |
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| If I can't dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Performa 07 - The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance - Performa, New York City, NY |
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| Playback - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris |
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| Le Truc - Project Arts Centre, Dublin |
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| Deaf 2 "From the Audible to the Visible" - Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris |
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| Put the light out, erase a line - studio44, Stockholm |
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| OTRA DE VAQUEROS - CECCH - Centre d'édition contemporaine - Genève, Geneva |
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| Interaktion I. Speakers’ Corner - Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig |
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| Vårutstillingen 2007 - Fotogalleriet, Oslo |
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| The California Files - Re-Viewing Side Effects of Cultural Memory - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| RAW - Among the ruins - Marres - Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht |
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| Otra de vaqueros - Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City |
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| Modelle für Morgen - European Kunsthalle, Cologne |
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| design by accident, Dover Publications, Inc., NY, 1968 - Croy Nielsen, Berlin |
2006
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| Labyrinth - Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba |
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| If I Can't Dance I Don´t Want to Be Part Of Your Revolution - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
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| Old News - cneai =, Chatou |
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| Loris Gréaud with Karl Holmqvist - SI Swiss Institute, New York City, NY |
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| The Title As The Curator’s Art Piece - Blow de la Barra, London (England) |
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| La maman et la putain - Air de Paris, Paris |
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| Lovely Shanghai Music - Himalayas Art Museum (the former Zendai Museum of Modern Art) , Shanghai |
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| Accrochage des editions 1995-2005 - CECCH - Centre d'édition contemporaine - Genève, Geneva |
2005
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| 24h Incidental - SI Swiss Institute, New York City, NY |
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| PERFORMA 05 - Performa, New York City, NY |
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| BMW - Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius |
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| The IX Baltic Triennial of International Art - BMW - The Baltic Triennial of International Art, Vilnius |
2004
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| utopia station: auf dem weg nach porto alegre - Haus der Kunst München, Munich |
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| Candyland Zoo - Herbert Read Gallery - University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent (England) |
2003
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| Look Into the Future - and Understand Why - Iaspis Galleriet, Stockholm |
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| XVIIIe Ateliers Internationaux du Frac des Pays de la Loire - FRAC - Pays de la Loire, Carquefou |
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| 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Playschool - - Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen (closed, 2011) |
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| Same-Different. On Identity, Integrity, and Sexual Politics - - Galeria Noua, Bucharest (closed, 2006) |
2002
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| Haunted by Detial - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
2001
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| Affiches - Livres - CECCH - Centre d'édition contemporaine - Genève, Geneva |
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| "SOFT BOYS FOR HARD TIMES" - Sparwasser H Q - Forum for contemporary art, Berlin |
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| 1st Tirana Biennale 2001 - Tirana Biennial, Tirana |
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| Social Hackers - CECCH - Centre d'édition contemporaine - Genève, Geneva |
2000
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| 4. Werkleitz Biennale - real[work] - Werkleitz Biennale, Halle (Saale) |
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| British Art Show 5 - John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (England) |
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| British Art Show 5 - Collective Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
1998
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| Clean and Sane - Galleri F15, Moss |
1995
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| Tobias Gerber & Karl Holmqvist - - Schipper & Krome, Cologne (closed, 2000) |
Dealer Directory 1 |
United Kingdom
| | Hollybush Gardens, London (England)
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Collections 1

Belgium
| | Extra City - Kunsthal Antwerpen, Antwerp
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