John Skoog
Born 1985 in Malmö, Sweden
Lives and works in Copenhagen
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
6 X John Skoog, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweeden
2018
John Skoog: Reduit (redoubt), Galerie1.357, Ghoethe Universitär & MMK, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2016
hamletnosferatu,Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Mad Horizon, Index—The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
3 filmer,Konstföreningen ARTiE, Eslöv Konsthall, Eslöv, Sweden
2015
Värn, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
LAND, Museu d’Història de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Palace, Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland
Slow Return, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Shadowland, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2014
L A N D, A Tale of a Tub, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Redoubt, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, UK
2013
Federsee, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Sent på Jorden, Art Lab Gnesta, Gnesta, Sweden
Shadowland, Lampione, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2012
Sent på Jorden and Förår, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Archeology, Technology & Cinema AEMI, Irish Film Institute, Dublin, Ireland
2019
Metamorphosis. Art in Europe Now, Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
2018
The Moderna Exhibition, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
House Taken Over, Casa Tomada, Mexico City, Mexico
2017
Ondulation und Totenfunk Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Transformationer Kunsthal Ulys, Odense, Denmark
2016
Screening, Alexander Levy, Berlin, Germany
SWEDISH ART: NOW!, Sven-Harrys konstmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
Mixtape 2016, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
2015
Cold War, Hot Peace, Slought, Philadephia, US
Mainzer Ansichten, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany
2014
Tahi Moore & John Skoog,Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland, New ZealandI multiplied myself to feel myself, Kunstraum Niederoesterreich, Vienna, AustriaRundblick, Verein Kirschenpflücker e.V., Cologne, Germany
Real DMZ Project 2014, Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do & Artsonje Center, Seoul, Korea
A Time for Dreams: 4th Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA), Moscow, RussiaArs Viva Preis: Truth/Reality - Björn Braun, John Skoog, and Adrian Williams, Museum fur Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, GermanyArs Viva Preis: Truth/Reality - Björn Braun, John Skoog, and Adrian Williams, GAM – Galleria civica d’arte moderna e contemporanea, Turin, Italy
2013
Ars Viva Preis: Truth/Reality - Björn Braun, John Skoog, and Adrian Williams, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Taming the Narrative, Basis as a part of b3 Biennale, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Echo Release, NKV Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
Apollo, Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Scenery, &model, Leeds, UK
Cinema-Teatro Apollo, Bellaria Igea Marina, Italy
Art Film Preis, Lichter Art Film Preis, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2012
Zauderberg: The 2012 Graduates of the Städelschule, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyTaco Truck(as a part of et al.*), Jarhundrethalle,Lüften Mouson Arts & Music Festival, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Den Rörliga Bildens Konst, Kristiandstad Konsthall, Kristiandstad, Sweden
2011
Übermorgenkünstler II, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, GermanySurreale Dinge (as part of et al.*), Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyFotografi i Fokus, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, SwedenSuperbia Luxuria (with M.Martinsen, S.Mosblech & A.Skoog), Wandas Video Look, Gothenburg, Sweden
2010
Haunted House (as part of et al.*), Alt-Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt am Main, GermanyÄven denna plats ett vittne bär (with M.Martinsen & J.Granqvist), Övedskloster, Sweden2009
Livet med det okända, Galleri Koh-i-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008
The Brakhage Lectures, Städelschule/Deutsche Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
A-political exhibition, T.I.C.A. Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art, Tirana, AlbaniaIn the absence of Glenn Gould (with Z. Dempster), Ludlow 38, Goethe-Institute, New York City, US
Comportamientos/Diámetro, Pino Suarez, Mexico City, MexicoCali Contemporaneo, Centro Cultural de Cali, Cali, Colombia
2007
700 år, Tomarps Kungsgård, Sweden
PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, US
Det Dolda(with Erik Berglin)Västernorrlands Länsmuseum,Sundsvall, Sweden
2006
So we closed our eyes, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim, Norway
2005
New Swedish Video, Monkeytown Gallery, New York, US
Scandinavian Photography 1: Sweden, Faulconer Gallery, Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, Grinnell College, Grinnell, US
2004
Malm1, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
2003
47 konstnärsporträtt, Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden
SELECTED SCREENINGS
2020
Museum of the Moving Image, New York, US
John Skoog Northern Lights Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus
2018
Strangers on a Train, 64. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
2017
Allt till synes... John Skoog, Cinemateket, Filmhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Double Feature: John Skoog, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
3 filmer Konstföreningen, ARTiE, Eslöv Konsthall, Eslöv, Sweden
2016
20. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Mysteries Inside Facts: A Selection of International Contemporary Short Films, Los Angeles Filmforum, Los Angeles, USCopenhagen Architectural Film Festival, Copenhagen, DenmarkLes Recontres Internationales: Paris, Gaîté lyrique, Paris, FranceSMK Friday, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Les Recontres Internationales: Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, GermanyBusan International Short Film Festival, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, Korea
2015
International Shorts Competition: Berlinale 2015, 65th Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, GermanyFade into you: episode XXXVIII, Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz, Germany
Ann Arbor Film Festival Presents, UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, Brooklyn, USInternational Competition, 53rd Ann Arbor International Film Festival, Ann Arbor, USInternational Competition, 15th New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, PolandInternational Competition, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, UKFOCUS: John Skoog, Lago Film Fest X+1, Revine Lago, ItalyInternational Competition, Frontiera - International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival, Goiânia, BrazilL’Âge D’Or, Cinematek Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
International Competition,Hamburg International Film Festival, Hamburg, Germany
Directors Cut, Indielisboa Lisbon International Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Shortscapes, Lake Como Film Festival, Como, ItalyNational Competition, Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, SwedenFocus Baltic Sea, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Landeshauptstadt Schwerin, GermanyInternational Competition, Tempo Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm, SwedenStartsladden, Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, SwedenVärn, Folkets Bio, Stockholm, Sweden
2014
New Vision Competition, CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, DenmarkSpecial Screenings, Stockholm Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden
+ Screening, Art center Ongoing, Tokyo & Doshisha University Clover Hall, Kyoto, Japan
International Competition, 14th New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
John Skoog, Eric M. Nilsson & Jan Troell,Lilla Filmfestivalen, Båstad, SwedenInternational Competition 60, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
Recontres Internationales: Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
International Competition, Milano International Film Festival, ItalyInternational Competition,Indielisboa Lissabon International Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
Recontres Internationales, Palais de Tokyo & Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, FranceSweden Up & Coming, Kino Riffraff, Zürich, SwitzerlandEin abend mit… Sent på Jorden, Ve.sch, Wien, Austria
2013
Spectrum, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
International Competition 59, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
John Skoog & Makino Takashi,Kino Golem, Hamburg, Germany
The Giant Corpse Flower Bloom, Microclima Venezia, Venice, Italy
The Idea of North, Video_Dumbo, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, New York, US
Arbeiter verlassen die fabrik (1.Mai), (with Benedikte Bjerre) Eröffnung des Neubau, Hafen Zwei, Offenbach, Germany
1km film, Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm, SwedenInternational Competition, Festival de cinema Independent de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
2012
Les Rencontres Internationales: Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
Les Rencontres Internationales: Madrid, Filmoteca Española, Madrid, Spain
Den Rörliga Bildens Konst, Screening-tour på bibliotek i Skåne, Kristianstads Konsthall, Sweden
International Competition,Indielisboa Lissabon International Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2011
Onde/Waves, Torino International Film Festival, Turin, Italy
Les Rencontres Internationales: Paris, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FranceZinebi 53, Bilbao International Festival of documentary and short films, Bilbao, SpainBest Swedish Shorts, Bergmanveckan, Ingmar Bergman Center, Fårö, Sweden
Message to Man, St Petersburg International Film Festival, St Petersburg, RussiaStartsladden (best Swedish short), Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg, Sweden
Värmlands Film Festival,Filmhuset Palladium, Arvika, Sweden
2008
Calicontemporaneo,Artes Plásticas De Cali, Cali, Colombia
Diámetro,Videoprogram i tunnelbanestationen Pino Suarez, Mexico City, Mexico
2006
New York Underground Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, New York, US
EDUCATION
2010
Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
2007
Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2005
School of Photography, Göteborg, Sweden
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2019
CPH:DOX Award for Ridge, CPH:DOX Festival, CopenhagenZinebi First Film Jury Award Bilbao International Film Festival of documentary films, Bilbao
2018
Edstrandska Foundation's Scholarship Fund 2018, Malmö
2015
Startsladden (Best Swedish Short), 12th Göteborg International Film Festival, Göteborg
2014
16. Baloise Art Prize, Art Basel, Basel
Arbeitsstipendium, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe, Frankfurt
2013
Ars Viva Preis, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft, Berlin
1km Film, Stockholm International Film Festival, Stockholm
Aase och Richard Björklunds donationsfond,Malmö Museum, Malmö
Artfilm Prize, Lichter International Film Festival, Frankfurt am Main
Jury Special Mention, Prix Scribe, Paris
Hessische Kulturstiftung travel grant, Wiesbaden
2012
Reisestipendium,Hessische Kultur Stiftung, Wiesbaden
2011
Jury’s Special Prize, Message to Man: St Petersburg International Film Festival, St Petersburg
2010
Klippans kommuns kulturstipendium, Sweden
IASPIS – International exchange, Sweden
2009
Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs och Frosta, Sweden
2008
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes 2008-2012, GermanyElsa Killbergs Fond, Sweden
Städelschule Portikus e.V., Germany
2002
Jury’s Special Prize, Trollhättans Film Festival, Trollhättan