Karin Kihlberg (Sweden 1978) & Reuben Henry (England 1979) Based in Birmingham, UK

Contact: info@karinkihlberg-reubenhenry.org
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Education / Karin Kihlberg
99-02 University of Central England, First Class BA(Hons) Fine Art, Birmingham, UK

Education / Reuben Henry
98-01 BA Honours Fine Art, UCE Birmingham, UK

Solo Exhibitions
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2008
Citric Gallery, I like to remember things my own way. How I remember them. Not necessarily the way they happened, Brescia, Italy
Fondazione March, at Lago SpA, Padova, Italy, curated by Marinella Paderni
Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden

2007
Centre des Arts Actuels SKOL, Montréal, Canada (as part of Les Mois de la Photo á Montréal)*
Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
Vivid, Birmingham, UK

2006
The New Art Gallery Walsall, (Artists Studio) UK
Red T Space, Dashanzi International Art Festival, Beijing, China

2003
Red Gallery, Hull, UK

Group Exhibitions
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2009
Margaret Harvey Gallery, Seriously...? Exploring sincerity in contemporary film and performance, (touring) St Albans, UK
Aspex Gallery, Emergency 4, Portsmouth, UK
Tensta konsthall, Cut My Legs off and Call Me Shorty, Stockholm, Sweden
Arts Depot, Seriously…? Exploring sincerity in contemporary film and performance, London, UK
Roma Contemporary Art Fair, Rome, Represented by Citric Gallery

2008
Eastside Projects, One Day Comic, Collaborative project by Henrik Schrat, Birmingham UK
Zoo Art Fair, London, performance program curated by CollectingLiveArt
Zoo Art Fair, London, with East Side Projects
Strategic Questions, Bookworks, London, curated by Gavin Wade*
Bloomberg Space, Art Futures, London

2007
Artissima, Turin, Italy, represented by Citric Gallery
Citric Galley, Binary Oppositions, Brescia, Italy, curated by Matt Price*
Tate Modern, Art Summer University, three-day event, London, UK
New Generation Arts, Birmingham, curated by Robin Dobson
Phoenix Arts Association, Double Acts, Brighton, UK, Curated by Sally Lai
Futura, You, Prague, Czech Republic
Hayward Gallery, 100 Ideas Festival, London, UK

2006
Ikon Gallery Eastside Picnic, Birmingham UK
Museu del Cinema, Girona, Spain (as part of VAD video festival)
Gescheidle Gallery, The Truth About Susan Gescheidle, Chicago, USA, curated by The Centre
Of Attention
DGC-CGA Summer Salon, Montréal, Canada
ArtGene, U-Hang, Cumbria, UK
Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, Australia, curated by Marcus Westbury

2005
The Artists with Two Brains, St Pauls Church, Birmingham, curated by Chris Hammond
The Garden Show, curated by Milee Lee, Birmingham, UK
Exit Art, Other America, New York, curated by Camilla Maramblo*
Fierce! Festival, Like a Musical, presented with Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Public Notice, commissioned by Capital art projects, UK*
The Window, video installation in central Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Artfair, ‘I am Karin Kihlberg’ performed by Anna Lundquist, presented by Candyland

2004
Public Notice, The Distance Between Us, commissioned by Capital Arts, Birmingham, UK
VTO Gallery, Wayne Rooney, London UK
Saltburnartists, Saltburn, UK, curated by Ray White
Re:Sound, Radio Broadcast, Gloucestershire, UK
Brain Jelly Live Art Show Case, Birmingham, UK, curated by AAS
Mead Gallery, Warwick Art Centre, UK, invited by Juneau Projects

2003
Columbia, Springhill Institute, with the People's Elbow
K3 Projects, Cardboard Tram performance, Zurich, and at Liste Art Fair, Basel. With the People's Elbow

2002
291 Gallery, London, UK, curated by Onedaymonday
File Art, Distributed art cd, uk, Denmark
Halmstad Museum, curated by Debbie Thompson, Sweden

2001
BarnSpace, Gothenburg, Sweden
Warwick Art Centre, Space invaders, Warwick, UK
Eagle Works Gallery, All The Places in the United States of America, performance, Wolverhampton, UK, curated by John Rogers*

2000
Varbergs Museum, Hallands Konstnarsforening, Sweden

Video Screenings
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2007
Fuzzy Logic, curated by Patrice Duhamel (Columbia trailer)
   Centre D'Art et Diffusion Clark, Montreal, Canada
   Antitube, Quebec City, Canada

2006
VAD International video and digital festival, Cinema Truffaut, Spain (Like A Musical)
S1 Salon at FACT, Liverpool (Weakling)*
Te lo Puedo Decir sin Palabras, Centro de Historia Zaragoza, Spain (A Woman’s Work)

2005
Rotterdam VHS Festival, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, Netherlands (Like A Musical)
Performance to Camera, Side Cinema, Newcastle Upon Tyne (Conversation Exchange)
Take 291, 291 Gallery, London (Like A Musical)
S1 Salon, S1 Artspace, Sheffield (Weakling)
Inport: International Video-Performance Festival curated by Gert Hatsukov. Tallinn, Estonia
Österunds Konstvideo Festival, Jämtlandsläns museum, Sweden (Like A Musical)

Best of Pure Screen Touring Programme, by Castlefield Gallery, Manchester. UK (This is Not About Sexuality)
   Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland
   Itau Cultural institute in São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
   Itau Cultural institute in São Paulo, Porto Alegre, Brazil
   AntiMatter Film Festival, Canada
   Side Cinema, Newcastle, UK
   UCLAN, Preston, USA
   Studio Voltaire, London, UK
   Screening at Hull International Short Film Festival, UK
   Residence-Gallery, London, UK
   Radiator-festival, Nottingham, UK

2004
Off Loop video art festival, Barcelona (A Woman’s Work)
Hangar Ouvert, Hangar, Barcelona (Columbia)

2003
Max 5, New Foundry, Hoxton, London (American Gangster, Asshole Conversations)
Brrr! Super-8 Festival, part of Loop 'OO, Barcelona Culture Studios

2000
Five Years Gallery, London (What are you doing Today, Rabbit?)
Video Positive 2000, Liverpool (What are you doing Today, Rabbit?)

Residencies
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2009/10    Researchers at the Jan Van Eyck Academie (Fine Art Department), Maastricht, NL (24 months)
2007         Futura (2 months), Prague, Czech Republic
2005/7     Interdisciplinary Support Program, (18 months) Vivid, UK
2006        Redgate Gallery (1 month), Beijing, China
2005/6     The New Art Gallery Walsall (3 months), Walsall, UK
04-05       Stockholm, residency supported by Arts council England (4 months), Sweden
03-04       Barcelona, residency, (6 months), Spain
2003        Space Banana, Birmingham, 3 months, UK

Awards / Commissions
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2006     Arts Council England project grant in Melbourne and Beijing
             British Council, support for exhibition in Melbourne, Australia
2005     a-n NAN award to study artist led activity in Tallinn, Estonia
2004/5  Arts Council project grant/Stockholm
2004     Research grant to study models for artist led initiatives in the UK
2003     Established Springhill Institute, artist led gallery (www.springhillinstitute.org)
             Go and See award, Arts Council England
             Gallery 37, Youth work: Arts and Young People, Advanced-community Partnership Award
2000     Ray Finnis Award for Live Art
             Awarded Gertrude Griffin Award

Collections
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The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK (The Waiting Room)

Conferences, Public Presentations and Artist Talks
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2009
The Event/Grand Union, thoughts on the geo-temporal location of experience, Birmingham, UK
Jan van Eyck Academie, Research Proposal, Maastricht, NL

2008
Walsall College, artists talk, Walsall, UK
IAF Leicester, Record, Re-Enact, Act, Conference, Leicester, UK
Het Wilde Weten, artist talk. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Paparazzi, artist talk. Den Haag, The Netherlands
Birmingham City University, professional practice talk for third year students

2007
Castlefield Gallery, artist talk, Manchester, UK
Tate Modern conference on video art. London, UK
Wolverhampton University, artists talk, Wolverhampton, UK

2006
Birmingham City University, (Bournville), artists talk, Birmingham, UK
New Art Gallery Walsall, artist talk, UK.
Birmingham City University, professional practice talk for third year students
Artist News Letter, Conference on artist led activities from recipients of the NAN award. Newcastle, UK
The MAC, Are the sockets the same in Shanghai, Arts Council England, conference on working internationally
S1 Gallery, Commitee Inc., conference on artist run spaces, Sheffield, UK
DOT Open Studios, lecture on the artist in the studio, Leicester, UK

2005
Ikon Gallery, talk on Ikon’s origin as an artist-led space
Corner House, ‘Tuesday Talks’ artist talk, Manchester, UK
Birmingham Artists Studios, Birmingham UK
SOC, artist talk, Stockholm, Sweden

Teaching
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2008
Walsall College, UK, visiting lecturer (1 day)
Birmingham City University, (BIAD) UK, visiting lecturer (1 day)

2006
Birmingham City University, (Bournville) UK, visiting lecturer (1 day)

Bibliography
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2007
Explorations Narratives/Replaying Narrative, published by Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal (Catalogue/essay)
Worth The Wait, Published in Hour, Montreal, September 27th, 2007, written by Isa Tousignant (Review)

2006
Expect the Unexpected, Published in Art of England, written by Lisa Black (Interview)

2005
Dancing In The Streets, Published by Fierce Festival, written by Paul Clark (Interview)

2004
Time & Breakfast, Published in The Future magazine, written by Charlotte Smith (Review)
This is Real Life, This is Columbia Published in Megazine written by Ana Benlloch (Review)

Published Texts
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2008
a-n Magazine, artist news letter, Project(or) Art Fair, Rotterdam, published in April Issue

2007
Springhill Institute Report on Activities, book published by Springhill Institute

2005
a-n Magazine, artist news letter, A winters tale, artist led activities in Stockholm, published in April Issue
Corner House Magazine, A bit of give and take, on participant contributions in artwork

* Publication