Fia Backström Explained

Fia Backström (born 1970) is a Swedish artist, writer and educator known for her multidisciplinary artworks.[1] Backström lives and works in New York City.[2]

Career

Backström's art practice is embraces both relational and conceptual art.[3] Her output ranges between the production of events, exhibitions, magazine ads, posters, and conversations.[4] In 2005 Backström staged the exhibition lesser new york in response to the MoMA PS1 MoMA exhibition Greater New York.[5] The salon des refusés style exhibition would later be shown as part of the official Greater New York exhibition at MoMa PS1.[6] [7]

In 2011 she represented Sweden in the Venice Biennale.[8] [9]

Backström's work is included in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[1] the RISD Museum[10] and the Moderna Museet.

In 2018 she was awarded the prix littéraire Bernard Heidsieck - Centre Pompidou.[11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fia Backström. www.whitney.org. 2019-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190407005034/https://www.whitney.org/artists/10895. 2019-04-07. live.
  2. Fia Backstrom. The New Yorker. 2019-05-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529052109/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/fia-backstrom. 2019-05-29. live.
  3. Web site: Indirect Signs: Q+A with Fia Backstrom . 31 January 2011 . 2019-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190529053251/https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-features/interviews/fia-backstrom/ . 2019-05-29 . live .
  4. News: Art in Review. The New York Times. 18 July 2008.
  5. Web site: Fia Backström by Robert Fitterman - BOMB Magazine. bombmagazine.org. 2019-05-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529051556/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/fia-backstr%25C3%25B6m/. 2019-05-29. live.
  6. Web site: Jean-Luc Martinez Named Director, Louvre Museum . 3 April 2013 . 2019-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190529051558/https://www.artinamericamagazine.com/slideshow/17615/2/41628/ . 2019-05-29 . live .
  7. Web site: More Than a Youthquake at MOMA PS1. Andrea K.. Scott. 23 October 2015. www.newyorker.com. 29 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20170705215424/http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/02/a-tale-of-two-cities-art-andrea-k-scott. 5 July 2017. live.
  8. Web site: People. www.bard.edu. 2019-04-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180815050849/http://www.bard.edu/mfa/bios/index.php?id=99959714. 2018-08-15. live.
  9. Web site: La Biennale di Venezia 2011. 30 March 2011. Moderna Museet i Stockholm. 7 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190407005033/https://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en/2011/03/30/venedigbiennalen2011/. 7 April 2019. live.
  10. Web site: Socially Organized Appearance - RISD Museum. risdmuseum.org. 2019-05-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190529052217/https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/socially-organized-appearance-2017195. 2019-05-29. live.
  11. prix littéraire Bernard Heidsieck - Centre Pompidou

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