MONIKA LARSEN DENNIS
Born 1963
monikald@telia.com
monikalarsendennis.com

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015-16 THINGS LOST IN THE FIRE, Norrtälje konsthall, Sweden
2014 OCEANIC with Regina Virserius, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, Florida
2006 COLDCASE at Huz16, Sandvig, Bornholm, Denmark
2005 My Heart Lies Only With You, Sandvig Kulturuge, Bornholm, Denmark
2004 DreamOn, Galleri Mårtenson & Persson, Påarp, Sweden
2003 At the End of the Day, Gallerie Rosemarie, Malmö, Sweden
2002-03 Matters, Konsthallen-Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden
2002 Matters, Passagen, Linköping, Sweden
2002 Matters, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden (catalogue ISBN 91-9738-4-8)
2001-02 PS1, New York, USA, Driven with Maria Friberg
2000-01 Marc Chagall och Monika Larsen Dennis, Millesgården, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 Spell, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (catalogue, ISBN 91-973843-1-3)
2000 Reconsidering Choice and other works, Gävle Art Center, Sweden
1998 Driven/bar, Special project at Wanås Castle, Wanås Castle, Sweden
1998 ALL OVER, Barbacka Art Gallery Kristianstad, Sweden
1998-99 Driven, Video installation for Sergels Torg, Stockholm, Sweden, with Maria Friberg
1997 Heartbrain, Gallery Larsen Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Avsej, Gallery Mejan Stockholm, Sweden (catalogue)
1994 Between the Tongue and the Verbal, The Icelandic Collage of Art and Crafts, Reykjavík, Iceland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Herstory, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers,Florida
2023 Stuff it, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2020 Fucking Boring, Galleri 21 Malmö, Sweden
2020 Rumor & Reality, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, Florida
2007 GLOBAL FEMINISMS Brooklyn Museum, New York
2007 FAIRYTALE, TICA, Tirana, Albania
2006 Konstfeminism, Hälsinglands museum, Hudiksvall
2006 BESÖKARNA/The Visitors, Western Harbour, Malmo
2005 ARTFEMINISM strategies and effects in Sweden from 1970 til today (ISBN 91-7389-201-7)
Dunkers Kulturhus, Liljevalchs konsthall, Göteborgs Konstmuseum m fl. 2005-2007
2005 Contemporary Nordic Sculpture 1980 - 2005, Wanås, Sweden
2004 Oblåst (Unblown), Skara Museum, Växjö Museum, Nationalmuseum, Sweden, Helsingfors, Finland
2003 Med lust och fägring stor, Gallerie Rosemarie, Malmö, Sweden
2001 17UP, Prague, Czech Republic (catalogue)
2001 17UP, Poznan, Polen (catalogue)
2000 Our friends from the North, UH Galleries, Hatfield, UK (catalogue ISBN 1-898543-53-4)
2000 Organizing Freedom, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, Driven with Maria Friberg
2000 Organizing Freedom, Modern Museum, Stockholm, Sweden, Driven with Maria Friberg (catalogue ISBN 91-7100-616-8)
2000 Mülheim Media Mile 2000, Mülheim am Ruhr, Germany, Driven, with Maria Friberg
2000 Wanås 2000, Wanås, Sweden (catalogue)
2000 SAK, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Life Gallery, Life Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Kabinette van de Vleeshal, Middelburg, Holland, Driven, with Maria Friberg
1999 Exterus Lahti, Lahti, Finland
1998 Icegarden, London, UK, Driven, with Maria Friberg
1998 Elbowroom, Stockholm, Sweden, with Maria Friberg (curators and participaters)
1998 Sculpture Triennal II, Vinterviken, Stockholm, Sweden
(catalogue ISBN 91-8871-242-7)
1998 The Word, Royal Library, Cultural Capital Stockholm-98, Sweden
(catalogue ISBN 91-8779-063-7)
1998 Insyn, Cultural Capital Stockholm-98, Sweden
1997 Armor, SL Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 1997ÅRSMÄN, Färg o Form, Stockholm, Sweden
1996-97 Gränsgång, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden (catalogue)
1996 Love All, Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Nordic Wells, the Nordic House, Reykjavík, Iceland
1994 Extract, Gallery 11, Reykjavík, Iceland, with Kristrún Gunnars P, Exhibit Borgarkringlan, Reykjavík, Iceland (curator)
PERFORMANCES/VIDEOS
2005 DreamOn, video
2004 Handling, video
1998 Driven, video, with Maria Friberg
1997 Next Step, video
1996 Through You, performance, Endurance, Culture House Stockholm, Sweden, with Maria Friberg
1994 Inbetween, video on ice
1993 Lipsick, performance, Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
1993 The dilemma of female taste, video
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2015-27 Känslovägar – Emotional Trails, Subway Station Hammarby Kanal, Stockholm, Sweden
2014 ROSE, Järla School, Nacka, Sweden
2013 RESTARE, to stay, to rest, to remain, Veteran Memorial, Stockholm, Sweden
2005 My Heart Lies Only with You, Bornholms Culture Week, Sandvig Bornholm, Denmark
2004 Kyssen/The Kiss, Lilla Å-promenaden, Örebro, Sweden
2004 Återkallelse, Konstvägen - Sju Älvar, Ormsjö, Sweden
1998-99 Där/Dare, Statens Konstråd, Malmö Högskola, Malmö, Sweden
(catalogue ISSN 03-49-8220)
1999 Hållplats/The Waiting Game, Kristianstad, Sweden
TEMPORARY INSTALLATION
1997-00 Rundgång/Round and Round, Artspace, Arlanda Airport, Sweden, with Maria Friberg
SPECIAL PROJECT
2006-11 Project Manager at the Public Art Agency Sweden
2004 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA
2001 The Mouth, Project leader for art students from the Royal Institute of Art and students from the Faculty of Odontology in Stockholm. Lectures, exhibition
(catalogue. ISBN 91-7205-342-9)
REPRESENTED

Gothenburg Art Museum, Sweden
Moderna Museét, Stockholm, Sweden
Lund, Sweden
Kristianstad, Sweden
State Art fund, Stockholm, Sweden
European Investment Bank, Luxembourg
The Wonderful Fund, London, England
Vattenfall, Stockholm, Sweden
Brooklyn Museum, USA

SCOLARSHIPS/GRANTS
2016-17 Malmö City Studio Grant
2009-11 Malmö City Studio Grant
2007-08 State Grant (Bildkonstnärsnämnden)
2006 Längmanska kulturfonden
2004-05 Cost Intensive Project, Swedish State Art Fund
2000-02 State Grant (Bildkonstnärsnämnden)
1999 Ester Almqvist, Swedish State Grant (Bildkonstnärsnämnden)
1998 NKKK Nordic Art Commitee, Längmanska kulturfonden
1998 NKKK Nordic Art Commitee
1997 State Grant (IASPIS), Östra Göinge Stone Grant
1996 John Anderssons Fond, Carl Jönssons Understödsfond 2
1996 Wilhelm Smiths Fond, Helge Ax:son Jonssons Travel Grant
1996 Sigrid Fridmans Sculpture Grant, NKU
1995 Carl Jönssons Understödsfond, NKKK Nordic Art Commitee
1994 Wilhelm Smiths Fond, Carl jönsson Understödsfond
BIBLIOGRAPHY
KRIGARENS VILA ( Warrior’s Rest) Lars O. Eriksson för Veteran Monumentet RESTARE 2013
Hjärnstorm # 101 Niclas Östlind 2010
Art from Kiruna to Malmö, Gunilla Grahn-Hinnfors, Göteborgsposten 2008
ARTFEMINISM strategies and effects in Sweden from 1970 til today ISBN 91-7389-201-7, 2005
SAK "Swedish Art Now 85 artists born after 1963" ISBN 91-46-21022-9, 2004
Pontus Kyander, "Passion in negation", Sydsvenskan 18 augusti 2004, Sweden
Sören Sommelius, "To doubt the grammar of seeing", Helsingborgs Dagblad 9 augusti 2004, Sweden
Torgny Nilsson, "She wants to be very clear with her art", Helsingborgs Dagblad 31 juli 2004, Sweden
Jelena Zetterström "Elusive Ambiguities", Sydsvenskan, 2002, Sweden
Martin Olsson, "Art with the relationship in focus" Sydsvenskan, 2002, Sweden
Lena Breitner, "Double feelings in sculpture" Skånska Dagbladet, 2002, Sweden
Mårten Castenfors, "The Art of Sweden in the twentieth century, part III, 1970-2000", 2001, Publication ISBN 91-973494-3-7, Sweden
Marika Wachtmeister, "Art at Wanås", Publication Byggförlaget Kultur 2001 ISBN 91-7988-212-9, Sweden
Thomas Haegerström, "Curious multimedia artist visualizes the invisible" Svenska Dagbladet, 2001, Sweden
Simon Berg, "Monika Larsen Dennis. Reconsidering Choice, a research on two works", C Composition, 2000, Sweden
Charlotte Bydler, "Monika Larsen Dennis" Tema Celeste, 2000, Italy
Anna Brodow, "The body as tool for artistic recycling" Svenska Dagbladet, 2000, Sweden
Lars O Ericsson, "Double Codes" Dagens Nyheter, 2000, Sweden
Agnetha Klingspor, "Sweet nails", Expressen Culture, 2000, Sweden
Birgitta Rubin, "Hard to keep your fingers away", Dagens Nyheter, 2000, Sweden
ZOO Magazine Issue #7, Purple House LTD. ISSN 1466-2124, 2000, Sweden
Björn Widegren, "Hottest is the marble", Gefle Dagblad, 2000, Gävle, Sweden
Karin Månsson, "Our most inner feelings" Arbetarbladet, 2000, Gävle, Sweden
Göran Hellström, "Art that invites you to touch and be touched by" Konstvärlden & Dísajn, 2000, Sweden
Per Henrik Schaffer, "To Meditate in Marble", Tidningen VI, 2000, Sweden
Åke Holmquist, "Feelings and relationships", Kristianstadsbladet, 1998, Sweden
Sune Johansson, "Simplicity with a hundred levels", Kristianstadsbladet, 1998, Sweden
Thomas Kilgore, "Researching the doubleness" , Kristianstadsbladet, 1998, Sweden
Marika Wachtmeister, "Art by Monika Larsen Dennis and Janine Antoni at the Royal Library", Sollentuna Artfair Magazine, 1998, Sweden
Erik van der Heeg, "Sculpture Triennal II", Exhibition catalogue, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden
Marika Wachtmeister, "Ordet/the Word", Exhibition catalogue, 1998, Stockholm, Sweden
Milou Allerholm, "To be among others", Group exhibition, Expressen, 1997, Sweden
Enclosure, with Maria Friberg, Overdrive, BANG Magazine, September issue, 1997, Sweden
Lars O. Ericsson, "The men of 1997 are women", Group exhibition, Dagens Nyheter, 1997, Sweden