Karon Nilzén

*1994, Stockholm
email: knilzenjonsson@gmail.com
ig: karon.nilzen

Copenhagen/Stockholm

CV:

Education:
Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, 2016 - 2022
Gerlesborgsskolan, Stockholm, 2015 - 2016
Ecole de Mont Cotton, Bagnols sur Cèze, France, 2013

Solo exhibitions:
Fantasy House, mörkeradaptation, Marabouparken konsthall, Sundbyberg, 2025
Helig! Helig! Helig är den rymning som lämnar dörren låst från insidan. [...], StudyForArtPlatform, Stockholm, 2024
Porte Wirtaplopice (och andra utvägar), Ladder Space, Copenhagen, 2023
Mina ben någon annans kryckor - På väg 45, Åmåls konsthall, Åmål, 2023
Gengångarens hus, Galleri Rostrum, Malmö, 2022
Why does my dog bark at nothing?, Kungstensgatan 27, Stockholm, 2022
The Eye of the Mole and the Perpetual Motion, Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, 2022
Foresight at Atlantis Nightclub, Detroit Stockholm, Stockholm, 2019

Group/duo exhibitions in selection:
EKG of a living room, with Ignas Krunglevicius, Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå, 2026
Fragment, group exhibition, Olle Nymans gamla ateljé, Saltsjö-Duvnäs, 2025
Röster på andra sidan väggen, with Yvonne Swahn, Konsthallen, Trollhättan, 2024
Fantomlemmer, with M.B. Pedersen, Maskinhallen at Sundholm, Copenhagen, 2024
(X)sites 2023 landart exhibition, group exhibition, Tranemo, 2023
Handels x Mejan, group exhibition, The Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, 2023
Den längsta natten, group exhibition, Galleri Nejd, Gothenburg, 2022
Non-Knowledge, Laughter & The Moving Image, group exhibition, Index, Stockholm, 2022 
Vargtimmen - The Royal Institute of Art‘s graduation exhibition, Konstakademien, Stockholm, 2022
One Escape At A Time, 11th Seoul Mediancity Biennale, Seoul, 2021
Jubilee Town, The Royal Institute of Art, group exhibition, Stockholm, 2021
REvisited, group exhibition, SomoS, Berlin, 2020
All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones, group exhibition, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, 2019
Uttran, group exhibition, Sjön Uttran, Stockholm, 2018

Publications:
Appendix I: Artist’s books from a Swedish point of view with special attention paid to the contributions of Denmark and Finland, Thomas Millroth, Tragus förlag, 2024
Recension: ”Den längsta natten” på Nejd, Sara Arvidsson, Göteborgs-Posten, 2022
Här är konsten du inte får missa, Carolina Söderholm, Sydsvenskan, 2022
Masterclass, Kunstkritikk, 2022
C-U-T Asks What It Means To Be a Swedish K-pop Band, Thea Ballard, Frieze, 2021
Artist in residence at SomoS, SomoS, 2020
All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones, C-print, 2019

Grants:
Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s one-year work grant, 2025
Travel grant from Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation, 2024
Marianne och Sigvard Bernadottes konstnärsfond, 2023
Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s one-year work grant, 2023
På väg 45’s residence grant, Åmål, 2023
Konstakademien scholarships for art students and young artists
(R. och H Svenssons donationsfond), 2022
The foundation AAAs grant, 2021
The foundation AAAs grant, 2020
Travel grant from Helge Ax:son Johnsons foundation, 2020
Konstakademien scholarships for art students and young artists (Jenny Linds donationsfond), 2020
Kulturstöd för unga, 2019
The foundation AAAs grant, 2017
Ekerö’s yearly youth culture grant, 2011
En snabb slant, 2009

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