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Gertrud Sandqvist born 1955 Education 1977-78 School of Journalism, Stockholm 1983 MA in journalism and Art History, Lund

Employments:
1979 editor Arbetaren
1980 editor Form design magazine
1981-84 editor Paletten art magazine
1984-88 Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Helsinki
1986 founded the Nordic art magazine siksi, Editor in chief
1986-88,1990. Swedish ed. until 1994
1988-90 art critic Hufvudstadsbladet, Helsinki
1990-92 art critic Svenska Dagbladet, Stockholm
1992-94 director Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
1994-95 Director and responsible for Theory Fotohögskolan, Gothenburg University
1995 - Director and responsible for Theory Malmö Art Academy, Lund university, since
2001 also responsible for its Ph.D program

Curated exhibitions( a selection):
1987 "Natur", Sophienholm, Denmark
1987 Voyage, Borås Konstmuseum, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1989 Mirjam Tuominen, Amos Andersons konstmuseum, Helsinki
1990 Abjekt, Enkehuset,Stockholm, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Helsinki
1992 Waldemarsudde, Waldemarsudde
1992 Avståndsbedömning, Muesum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
1993 privat, Galleri F 15, Moss
1993 Legeme, Galleri F 15, Moss
1994 Mary Kelly, Galleri F 15, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Helsingfors stads konstmuseum 1994 8 rum för måleri, Galleri F 15
1998 Nedbruten, Storkyrkan, Stockholm

Books, larger catalogue texts:
1984 Charlotte Mannheimer
1989 Mirjam Tuominen 1992 Episodes, Olav Christopher Jenssen (Kleinheinrich)
1994 Marianna Uutinen (Otava)
1994 Johan Scott (Raster)
1997 Love letter headings for Brontë sisters (kleinheinrich)
1999 Carolus Enckell (DAAD)
2000 Marijke van Warmedam(DAAD) Larger catalogue texts since 2000:
2001 Ann-Sofi Sidén. Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris Matts Leiderstam, Antenna, (2002) Matts L Hudson River Project, USA, Artes 2.02
2002 Lars Nilsson, Magasin 3, Stockholm Per Maning, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo Thomas Shütte, DIA center for contemporary art, New York
2003 Olav Christopher Jenssen, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Cantz
2005 Lili Dujourie, Palais des Beaux Arts , Bruxelles .

Theory ( a selection):
Abjekt, siksi 3.90, Ur Hysteran ,Paletten 2-3.96, Den upplösta ordningen , Moderna Museet , Stockholm Wounds

1998, Art and Social Democracy, Afterall
1999, The Museum of our wishes, Moderna Museet Stockholm Utopia and Reality
2000., Abjekt, Paletten 2.04 1996 organizer of the symposium Beyond the Rule, on cultural strategies after vanished systems, with Hal Foster, Mary Kelly, Klaus Teweleit, Laura Cottingham, Slavoi Zizek. Dk Paletten 2-3/96) 1999 organizer of the seminar Death Drive-Art and Psychoanalysis, with Laura Mulvey, Peggy Phelan, Friedrich Meschede, Denise Robinson. (Doc Öyeblikket, special issue #2 vol 10 2000)
1999 Co organzier of Changing the System?, a dialogues between artists and curators about the changed structures of the art scene , Witte de With, Rotterdam, with among others Jimmie Durham,Joan Jonas, Janet Cardiff, Renée Green, Pierre Bismuth ,Sophie Tottie, Rita McBride, Catherine David, Dirk Snauwert, Paolo Colombo, Lynne Cooke . (doc. Nifca 1999)
2000 Co organizer of the seminar and workshop program Borders , Kulturbro
2000, Det kongelige danske kunstakademi. Participants Jimmie Durham, Marybeth Edelson, Renee Green, Sharon Lockhart, Collier Schorr (workshops), Sarat Maharaj, Clementine Deliss, Vera Lutter, Morgan Fisher, Maria Thereza Alves, Vera Lutter, Maia Damiovic.
2004 Co organizer of the seminar Art and Production of Knowledge, Lunds konsthall. Participnats Okwui Enwezor, Lynne Cooke, Sarat Maharaj, Juan Maidagan and Dolores Zinny, Jens Hoffmann, Maria Lind Jury- and board member .
1998-2002 Jury member Berlin Künstlerprogramm, DAAD
1999 - Jury member Barbro Bäckströms stipendiefond
2001- 2004 Jury member Carnegie Art Award
2003- Board member Stiftelsen Framtidens Kultur
2003 - Chair person Baltic Art Center, Visby Awards:
1989 Yngve Bäcks stipendium till nordiska konstkritiker
2001 Lunds universitets pedagogiska pris