lives and works in Göteborg, Sweden
studio: Konstepidemin, Konstepidemins väg 6, 413 14 Göteborg
contact: info@carinafihn.se

> education
Fine Art & New Media, Valand Academy of Fine Arts, Göteborg University 1997 – 1999
Hovedskous School of Fine Arts, Göteborg 1977 – 1982
Art History, Göteborg University 1977

> solo/duo exhibitions selected
"Drömfabrik/Traumfabrik" (w. Hildegard Skowasch) Galleri mp3, Berlin 2018
" The brain is wider than the sky" Glasrummet, Galleri Konstepidemin, Göteborg 2017
"Drömfabrik/Traumfabrik" Bageriet, Konstepidemin, Göteborg (with Hildegard Skowasch) 2016
"Big Bang Workshop" Grafik i Väst, (with Marie Palmgren) 2014
"A Matter Of Nature", Grafiska Sällskapet Stockholm 2013
"The Order Of Nature", Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, US , 2012
"The Spectrum Of Resistence" video installation Campus Mid Sweden University, Östersund 2010
"The Spectrum Of Resistence" video installation Galleri Konstepidemin, Göteborg 2009
Galleri Koch, Stenungsund 2009
Göteborgs Konstförening 2008
L´USINE Galerie, Brussels 2006
Ahlbergshallen, Östersund 2005
Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 2004
Cabelfactory Gallery Helsinki, Finland 2002
Galleri Konstepidemin, Göteborg 2000
Konsthallen Vänersborg 1999
Hanaholmens Culture Center, Helsinki, Finland 1998
Swedish Printmakers Gallery, Stockholm 1997
Konsthallen Härnösand 1997
Galleri Just, Turkuu Finland 1996
Galleri Gripen, Karlstad 1996
Galleri Rosengången, Lerum 1994
Göteborgs Konstförening 1993
Nolhaga Slott, Alingsås 1991
Galleri Kongelf, Kungälv, 1985
Galleri Jacob Thran, Uddevalla 1884

> group exhibitions selected
2020 "Skräddare som rebell" Risk(U) #4
Nordiska Gästateljén, Malongen Stockholm
2020 13-festivalen, performancefestival Konstepidemin Göteborg
2019 Group show, Galleri 54
2019 My library was dukedom large enough (GIBCA extended) Glasrummet, Galleri Konstepidemin
2019 Västerås Konstmuseum, Installation med ”Skräddare som rebell” på utställningen Väva, Fläta, Fästa
2019 Samtryckt, Vänersborgs Konsthall
2019 Galleri Astley, Uttersberg Jubileumsutställning Grafikverkstan Godsmagasinet
2019 "Photography in printmaking" Endegra Pop up show,
C.Rockefeller Center for the contemporary arts, Dresden, Germany
2019 Codex Book Fair & Symposium 2019, San Francisco Bay Area, US
2018 - 2020 Bibliotek Nordica, a nordic artist book-project
2018 Ålgården Borås
2018 "Lake of Dreams, stories from the unconcious. Performance at 13Festivalen,
Konstepidemin Göteborg
2017 "Nytryckt", Konsthallen Lokstallet, Strömstad
2017 P-ART-Y, Galleri Konstepidemin
2017 10th Biennale internationale d’estampe contemporaine de Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
2017 Group show, Galleri 54, Göteborg
2016 Frövifors Pappersbruksmuseum
2015 Strandverket konsthall , Marsstrand
2015 "Nordic Artists' Books" Gallery Astley, Uttersberg
2015 "Vorhang/ Ridå" Kunsthalle m3, Berlin, Germany (Carina Fihn, Pia Mauno, Camilla Engman)
2015 "Late summer art show 2" Galleri Konstepidemin, Göteborg
2015 "Tombola Parksalong" Azaleadalen Göteborg
2015 Nordic Artists' Books, Gallery Jangva, Helsinki, Finland
2014 "Partitur för en hägring" video pid web gallery for moving art and sound
2014 Late summer show,Galleri Konstepidemin, Göteborg
2014 Miniprint Finland, Hyvinkää Art Museum Finland
2014 SUPERMARKET – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2013 "Tombola Parksalong" Azaleadalen Göteborg
2013 "Påsksalong" Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2012 Rapport 2012:1 Galleri Box , Göteborg
2012 "Nya verk– Nya Tider" Galleri Konstepidemin, Göteborg
2012 "Ars Europa Kustavi", Finland
2011 Gallery Maaret Finnberg, Turku, Finland 2011 (with Mikko Paakkola and Anders Rönnlund)
2011 "Tablaviviente" videoscreeningat at Caja Negra Artes Visuales, Chile
2011 "Tablaviviente" Video art festival, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile
2010 "Three Stories" Pätalo-Keskus, Taivalkoski, Finland (with Ulla Mogren and Berit Jonsvik)
2009 Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
2008 "Micro" Galleri Uddenberg/Olsson Göteborg
2007 "Landscape Now" Rackstadmuséet, Arvika
2005 An Lanntair Art Centre Isle of Lewis, Scotland
2004 Galleri Uddenberg/Olsson Göteborg
2004 Sweden house, Brussels
2003 The print Triennal XII, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm
2001, 2002 Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
2002 Wågermanska Konsthallen, Skärhamn
2000 Swedish Printmakers Gallery, Stockholm
2000 Italienska Palatset, Växjö
1999 Opus 1 Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
1998 ”SAVE” Sveaborg, Helsinki, Finland
1998 Circle Suedois, Paris, France
1997 ”A level of lostness” Highland Printmakers Gallery, Inverness, Scotland
1997 "Grez sur Loing"-Göteborg" Stenasalen, Göteborg Art Museum
1996 Kalejdopapper Grafik i Väst
1996 Filosofgangen Odense Danmark
1995 Karlskoga Konsthall
1994-1995 ”Flags for North” Östersund, Sundsvall
1992 Swedish Printmakers Gallery Stockholm
1991 Miniprint,Olofström
1990 Göteborgs Konstförening
1989 About paper” Mölndals Museum
1989 IX Grafiktriennalen, Göteborgs Art Museum
1983 "Sagan om verkligheten" Södertälje Konsthall
1982 "Sagan om verkligheten" Maneten, Göteborg

> Commissions och other projects selected
"Partitur för en hägring" (video - Carina Fihn /sound - Dan Tommi Hildén)
pid/nedslag i verkligheten, Götaplatsen, Göteborgs kulturkalas 2014
"Artist Books, Zines and Artistic Knowledge Production"
Grafik i Väst/Grafiska Sällskapet at SUPERMARKET – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, Kulturhuset, Stockholm 2014. Curators: Carina Fihn, Lina Nordenström, Erik Saline
Poetry of Space, public work Göteborg  2006
Oceania , video 2005
In my eye, video 2004
Souvenir, public work Uppsala  2002
Museum of Forgetfullness, CD-ROM-project 1999 – 2000
Insomnia , video 2002
You can´t really see the eye, video 2000
The Circle webproject 1997
Memory and Forgetfullness ,1997 webproject
Under the crumbs, 1998 webproject
A number of public works 1988 – 1993

> Represented
Museum of Art, Göteborg
Museum of Art, Borås
Swedish Art Council
several municipalities and county councils

> publications/reviews selected
www.omkonst 2015
ARTES nr 4 2001 (essay)
Systema Naturae-The Order of Nature (exhibition catalogue 2012)
Göteborgs-Posten 25.1 2008 (review)
The Sail Loft (exhibition catalogue 2005)
Länstidningen Östersund 5.4 2005 (review)
Nyfikenhet, Göteborgsposten 14.3 2001 (article)
Något nytt just där något gått förlorat, Göteborgs-Posten 30.10 2000 (review)
Att finna något annat, Arbetet Nyheterna 18.6 1999 (article)
Nätet som konstsalong, GT 2.8 1998 (article)
Göteborg -Grez, Stenasalen, Göteborgs Konstmuseum (exhibition catalogue 1997)
Provocerande tomhet, Göteborgsposten 19.6 1997 (article)
Göteborgare i Grez, Sundsvalls tidning 2.8 1997 (article)
Turun Sanomat 14.9 1996 (review)
Tre utmanare av inlevelsen, Borås tidning 29.9 1993 (review)
Hemligheter och begrundan, Göteborgs-Posten 12.2 1991 (review)
I ljusa och grymma rum, DN 22.1 1983 (article)

> grants
2018 Iaspis-The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual Artists
2018 Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation
2015 Iaspis-The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual Artists
2015 Region Västra Götaland: Artist in residence, Berlin, Germany
2012 The Swedish Arts Grants Committeé
2012 Iaspis-The Swedish Arts Grants Committee's International Programme for Visual Artists
2007 The Swedish Arts Grants Committeé
2006 Göteborgs Kulturnämnd: Travel grant New York
2003 Swedish-Norweigan Fund: Artist in residence Lofoten, Norway
2002 NIFCA: Artist in residence, Tallinn Estonia
1999 Artist in residence, The Hanasaari Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre, Finland
1999 BUS Visual Artist Copyright Fund
1999 Göteborg Cultural Award
1997 The Swedish Arts Grants Committeé
1995 Göteborgs Kulturnämnd: Artist in residence Grez sur Loing, France
1993 The Swedish Arts Grants Committeé
1990 The Swedish Arts Grants Committeé
1987 The Swedish Arts Grants Committeé
1983 Göteborg Cultural Award
1983 The Swedish Arts Grants Committeé

> others
Teaching printmaking at Göteborgs Konstskola 2001 –
Lectures/workshops/studio talks/guest critic at Valand Academy of Art, Göteborg, HDK Göteborg, Connecticut College, US...
Graphic design works