Lina Persson is a visual artist and researcher of narrative storyworlds and animated worldbuilding. Her work explores interspersed perspectives and sustainable systems and takes the form of installations, in galleries, specific sites or as public art commissions, both in Sweden and internationally.
As an artistic researcher Persson develops, plans and implements collaborative and transdisciplinary projects. She speaks on panels, presents at conferences, and peer-reviews for journals such as JAR, The Journal for Artistic Research, and as editorial board for VIS, Nordic Journal for Artistic Research.
As teacher she regularly lectures and tutors in art schools in Europe, Asia and the US. She was also head of the animation program at SKH 2012-2019. She is currently a senior researcher at the film and media department at Stockholm University of the Arts, working with her research project Climate-Just Worldings financed by the science council & her transdisciplinary project Transforming Practices financed by NAVET, KTH. She is also pursuing a PhD fellowship on 50% with the project Performative Storyworlds.
Currently a senior researcher at Stockholm University of the Arts, Stockholm.
CV
Lina Persson, born in Visby, Sweden 1978
Lunapersson@gmail.com
Selected exhibitions & projects
2023 ELSA — New Reactive Earth, Climate Story Lab Nordic, 2023-2024
2023 Peripheral Perspectives, Artistic research exhibition, C-mine, Belgium
2022 Elsa climate calculator, a tool and a fluxus score, www.elsa.film
2021 Human Mine, exhibition/intervention, National museum of science and technology, Stockholm
2020 Water have rights, Performance, Konstnärliga avsmyckningar, Akt III, Mossutställningar, Stockholm
2019 Where the world is called forest group exhibition, Köttinspektionen, Uppsala
2018 Hypersleep Release and group exhibition, Crum Heaven, Stockholm
2018 Du har inget val Tegen 2, Stockholm
2018 Other publishing paths, other publishing worlds Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2017 Ultimate Limits VI Gotlands konstmuseum
2017 Taikonauts journey Big Echo, online journal of critical science fiction.
2017 Ultimate Limits III Södertälje konsthall
2017 Ultimate Limits II Nacka konsthall 2016 ‘Performing Labor,Reymyre art lab
2016 Ultimate Limits I Galleri 54
2016 Animated Ecology, gallery INCA, Seattle, USA 2015 ‘Supermarket,Galleri 54
2013 Sindrome LaCapella, Barcelona
s VI Gotlands konstmuseum
2017 Taikonauts journey Big Echo, online journal of critical science fiction.
2017 Ultimate Limits episode III Södertälje konsthall, Stockholm
2017 Ultimate Limits episode II Nacka konsthall, Stockholm
2016 Animated Ecology, INCA, Seattle
2016 Ultimate Limits episode I, Galleri 54, Göteborg
2015 Tunga Ting Supermarket Galleri 5
2013 Sindrome LaCapella, Barcelona
2013 Aspectivity–The History of Seeing and Representation galleri Mejan
2012 Sunshine Socialist Cinema Ängelholm
2012 A fault in the tale Gocart Gallery, Visby *
2012 Nyspråk Ett rum med utsikt, Slakthusateljeerna, Stockholm
2012 Långsamt-Blixtsnabbt Ett lysande Namn # 19/20,
2011 Stone From Strange Mountain 0047, Oslo, Norway *
2011 Tempus Nullius CAG, Connecticut, US *
2011 Svart Fet Jord Fylkingen, Stockholm
2011 Items of Dual Use Wip:konsthall, Stockholm
2011 Experimental Fiction Rotor Gallery, Gothenburg
2011 Items of Dual Use VM Gallery, Karachi
2011 100 years later The Reading Room, Bangkok
2010 IASPIS open house Stockholm *
2010 Svensk konceptkonst Kalmar Konstmuseum
2010 Reality Check Trøndelag senter for samtidskunst, Trondheim, Norway
2010 Line of Action Galleri bob, Bergsjön
2009 Fraternity Among Nations The Nobel Peace Prize Online Exhibitions
2009 Labyrinth 09 — Writings and Observations Botkyrka konsthall, Stockholm
2009 What Happens When Nothing Happens Fofa Gallery, Montreal
2009 From Mount Huan To Sheshan Mountain Tranströmmer Gallery, Kunming
2008 Another order Konsthall C, Stockholm
2008 Art-Swap Akademie der Künste, IGBK, Berlin
2008 Module Reykjavik Art Festival
2008 Varför böcker Södertälje konsthall
2008 Spring bookfair CCA, glasgow
2007 Writings, The mobile box, Istanbul
2007 Ung grafik, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
2007 G8:24HRS Radio, United Nation Plaza, Berlin
2007 Reader’s (un)digest tidskriften OEI
2007 Grafiktriennal 07 Royal academy of fine arts, Sweden
2006 Labyrinth Botkyrka konsthall,
2006 My percieving Tilt Gallery, Portland
2006 Imaginaction Turku theatre
2005 Nu Grafikgruppen, Gotland art museum
2004 The duell Artpool, Art Research Centre, Budapest
2001 1=1/2 2=1 Gotland art museum
Lunapersson@gmail.com
Selected exhibitions & projects
2023 ELSA — New Reactive Earth, Climate Story Lab Nordic, 2023-2024
2023 Peripheral Perspectives, Artistic research exhibition, C-mine, Belgium
2022 Elsa climate calculator, a tool and a fluxus score, www.elsa.film
2021 Human Mine, exhibition/intervention, National museum of science and technology, Stockholm
2020 Water have rights, Performance, Konstnärliga avsmyckningar, Akt III, Mossutställningar, Stockholm
2019 Where the world is called forest group exhibition, Köttinspektionen, Uppsala
2018 Hypersleep Release and group exhibition, Crum Heaven, Stockholm
2018 Du har inget val Tegen 2, Stockholm
2018 Other publishing paths, other publishing worlds Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2017 Ultimate Limits VI Gotlands konstmuseum
2017 Taikonauts journey Big Echo, online journal of critical science fiction.
2017 Ultimate Limits III Södertälje konsthall
2017 Ultimate Limits II Nacka konsthall 2016 ‘Performing Labor,Reymyre art lab
2016 Ultimate Limits I Galleri 54
2016 Animated Ecology, gallery INCA, Seattle, USA 2015 ‘Supermarket,Galleri 54
2013 Sindrome LaCapella, Barcelona
s VI Gotlands konstmuseum
2017 Taikonauts journey Big Echo, online journal of critical science fiction.
2017 Ultimate Limits episode III Södertälje konsthall, Stockholm
2017 Ultimate Limits episode II Nacka konsthall, Stockholm
2016 Animated Ecology, INCA, Seattle
2016 Ultimate Limits episode I, Galleri 54, Göteborg
2015 Tunga Ting Supermarket Galleri 5
2013 Sindrome LaCapella, Barcelona
2013 Aspectivity–The History of Seeing and Representation galleri Mejan
2012 Sunshine Socialist Cinema Ängelholm
2012 A fault in the tale Gocart Gallery, Visby *
2012 Nyspråk Ett rum med utsikt, Slakthusateljeerna, Stockholm
2012 Långsamt-Blixtsnabbt Ett lysande Namn # 19/20,
2011 Stone From Strange Mountain 0047, Oslo, Norway *
2011 Tempus Nullius CAG, Connecticut, US *
2011 Svart Fet Jord Fylkingen, Stockholm
2011 Items of Dual Use Wip:konsthall, Stockholm
2011 Experimental Fiction Rotor Gallery, Gothenburg
2011 Items of Dual Use VM Gallery, Karachi
2011 100 years later The Reading Room, Bangkok
2010 IASPIS open house Stockholm *
2010 Svensk konceptkonst Kalmar Konstmuseum
2010 Reality Check Trøndelag senter for samtidskunst, Trondheim, Norway
2010 Line of Action Galleri bob, Bergsjön
2009 Fraternity Among Nations The Nobel Peace Prize Online Exhibitions
2009 Labyrinth 09 — Writings and Observations Botkyrka konsthall, Stockholm
2009 What Happens When Nothing Happens Fofa Gallery, Montreal
2009 From Mount Huan To Sheshan Mountain Tranströmmer Gallery, Kunming
2008 Another order Konsthall C, Stockholm
2008 Art-Swap Akademie der Künste, IGBK, Berlin
2008 Module Reykjavik Art Festival
2008 Varför böcker Södertälje konsthall
2008 Spring bookfair CCA, glasgow
2007 Writings, The mobile box, Istanbul
2007 Ung grafik, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
2007 G8:24HRS Radio, United Nation Plaza, Berlin
2007 Reader’s (un)digest tidskriften OEI
2007 Grafiktriennal 07 Royal academy of fine arts, Sweden
2006 Labyrinth Botkyrka konsthall,
2006 My percieving Tilt Gallery, Portland
2006 Imaginaction Turku theatre
2005 Nu Grafikgruppen, Gotland art museum
2004 The duell Artpool, Art Research Centre, Budapest
2001 1=1/2 2=1 Gotland art museum
Grants/Awards
2020 NAVET, KTH, small visionary project
2018 The Swedish Research Council, Artistic research project
2016 IASPIS grant, exhibition abroad, USA
2011 IASPIS grant, exhibition abroad, Norway
2011 IASPIS grant, exhibition abroad, USA
2011 IASPIS grant, samarbetsprojekt utomlands, Thailand
2011 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Two years working grant
2010 IASPIS studio grant, Stockholm
2010 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange
2009 Västra Götaland studio grant, Kunming, China
2008 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, assistant grant
2008 Nordic culture fund, group project
2008 Nordic culture point, group project
2007 Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers fond
2007 Ann-Margret Lindells stipendium
2006 Belle Arte Lamia, Video art price
Education
2015 Grundkurs i pedagogik för högskolelärare, 7,5 HP, Konstfack
2014 Thinking & writing, Bard institute
2012 Konst & Arkitektur Avbildandets historia, KKH
2012 Retorikutbildning, Retorikpedagogen Stockholm
Valand school of fine arts, MFA, 2008
2010 Gothenburg University, Western imperialism & colonialism 20p
2005, Gotland university, BA experimental film
2001, Gotland art school
Teaching
2019 Senior Researcher, Stockholm University of the Arts
2012–2018 Assistant professor, Head of animation education, Stockholms Uniarts
2016 Gylleboverkets hållbarhetsfestival, workshop för barn
2016 Föreläsning, Skövde högskola, forskargrupp
2015 Workshop, GDI Konstfack
2012 Undervisning, Arkitekturhøgskolen, Oslo
2011 Undervisning, University of Connecticut
2011 Animation/Postproduktion, Amanda Herman
2011–2012 Undervisning, Stockholm Dramatiska högskola
2010 Teaching, Kunstakademiet, Oslo
2009 Undervisning, HDK-Valand, photography
2007–2009 videokonst, ABF, Gothenburg
Invited talks
2023 Hållbar film - Elsa.film, Hållbarhetsveckan, Film i Västmanland.
2023 Storytech, conference, presentation, Gävle
2023 Tempofestivalen, filmfestival, presentation, Stockholm
2022 Beyond dystopia, symposium, presentation, Västerås
2022 Navet week, conference, presentation, Stockholm
2022 Work a work, Book release panel, Rönnells, Stockholm
2020 Vetenskapsrådets Symposium för Konstnärlig forskning, presentation
2020 Alliances and Commonalities conference, presentation, Stockholm
2019 Tempo Dokumentärfestival, presentation & panel, Stockholm
2018 Multispecies Storytelling in Intermedial Practices, presentation, Linnaeus University
2017 KKH Research week, presentation & panel discussion, Stockholm
2016 Uniarts Research week, presentation, Stockholm
2020 NAVET, KTH, small visionary project
2018 The Swedish Research Council, Artistic research project
2016 IASPIS grant, exhibition abroad, USA
2011 IASPIS grant, exhibition abroad, Norway
2011 IASPIS grant, exhibition abroad, USA
2011 IASPIS grant, samarbetsprojekt utomlands, Thailand
2011 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Two years working grant
2010 IASPIS studio grant, Stockholm
2010 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international exchange
2009 Västra Götaland studio grant, Kunming, China
2008 The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, assistant grant
2008 Nordic culture fund, group project
2008 Nordic culture point, group project
2007 Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers fond
2007 Ann-Margret Lindells stipendium
2006 Belle Arte Lamia, Video art price
Education
2015 Grundkurs i pedagogik för högskolelärare, 7,5 HP, Konstfack
2014 Thinking & writing, Bard institute
2012 Konst & Arkitektur Avbildandets historia, KKH
2012 Retorikutbildning, Retorikpedagogen Stockholm
Valand school of fine arts, MFA, 2008
2010 Gothenburg University, Western imperialism & colonialism 20p
2005, Gotland university, BA experimental film
2001, Gotland art school
Teaching
2019 Senior Researcher, Stockholm University of the Arts
2012–2018 Assistant professor, Head of animation education, Stockholms Uniarts
2016 Gylleboverkets hållbarhetsfestival, workshop för barn
2016 Föreläsning, Skövde högskola, forskargrupp
2015 Workshop, GDI Konstfack
2012 Undervisning, Arkitekturhøgskolen, Oslo
2011 Undervisning, University of Connecticut
2011 Animation/Postproduktion, Amanda Herman
2011–2012 Undervisning, Stockholm Dramatiska högskola
2010 Teaching, Kunstakademiet, Oslo
2009 Undervisning, HDK-Valand, photography
2007–2009 videokonst, ABF, Gothenburg
Invited talks
2023 Hållbar film - Elsa.film, Hållbarhetsveckan, Film i Västmanland.
2023 Storytech, conference, presentation, Gävle
2023 Tempofestivalen, filmfestival, presentation, Stockholm
2022 Beyond dystopia, symposium, presentation, Västerås
2022 Navet week, conference, presentation, Stockholm
2022 Work a work, Book release panel, Rönnells, Stockholm
2020 Vetenskapsrådets Symposium för Konstnärlig forskning, presentation
2020 Alliances and Commonalities conference, presentation, Stockholm
2019 Tempo Dokumentärfestival, presentation & panel, Stockholm
2018 Multispecies Storytelling in Intermedial Practices, presentation, Linnaeus University
2017 KKH Research week, presentation & panel discussion, Stockholm
2016 Uniarts Research week, presentation, Stockholm
Texts/Reviews
2019 C-print;. The Word for World Is Forest → link
2019 Upsala nya tidning, Skog som är bäst utan skog → link
2017 Svensk, Fredrik; 2017. The Ultimate Limits of Infinity–beskrivningar och spekulationer → link
2011 Speculating Artistic Speculation, Sarah Demeuse, Rivet, Tempus Nullius
2011 Shifting the Real, Sinziana Ravini, Code Magazine.
2008 fanmo jimte, Magnus Bärtås, Konsthall C.
Publications/Articles
2017 Persson, Lina; 2017, A Taikonauts Journey. In: Big Echo, journal of critical science fiction → link
2017 Persson, Lina; 2017. Animated Ecology. In: Program för Kungl. Konsthögskolans forskningsvecka → link
2016 Persson, Lina; 2016. Being Animated, essay → link
2016 Persson, Lina; 2016. Outsourcing Animation → link
Artistic research
→ Research Catalogue
2017 Return of the Silurians, institutionen för film & media, StDH, Stockholm Uniarts
2016 KKH Research week, presentation & panel discussion
2016 Stockholm Uniarts Research week, work in progress presentation
2015 Tunga Ting, institutionen för film & media, StDH, Stockholm Uniarts
Represented
Filmform archive & distribution, Stockholom
Botkyrka Konsthall/the Labyrint Press archive, Botkyrka, Sweden
Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Naples/Italy
Grafikens hus, Mariefred
County council of Gotland
Butik CMYK, Copenhagen
Collective projects
the Mobile Box, artist run gallery project. themobilebox.com
Shoal of Mackerel, publishing house for artist books. rcca.co.uk/ashoalofmackerel
Bilaga Limited Editions, art subscription. bilaga.wordpress.com
2019 C-print;. The Word for World Is Forest → link
2019 Upsala nya tidning, Skog som är bäst utan skog → link
2017 Svensk, Fredrik; 2017. The Ultimate Limits of Infinity–beskrivningar och spekulationer → link
2011 Speculating Artistic Speculation, Sarah Demeuse, Rivet, Tempus Nullius
2011 Shifting the Real, Sinziana Ravini, Code Magazine.
2008 fanmo jimte, Magnus Bärtås, Konsthall C.
Publications/Articles
2017 Persson, Lina; 2017, A Taikonauts Journey. In: Big Echo, journal of critical science fiction → link
2017 Persson, Lina; 2017. Animated Ecology. In: Program för Kungl. Konsthögskolans forskningsvecka → link
2016 Persson, Lina; 2016. Being Animated, essay → link
2016 Persson, Lina; 2016. Outsourcing Animation → link
Artistic research
→ Research Catalogue
2017 Return of the Silurians, institutionen för film & media, StDH, Stockholm Uniarts
2016 KKH Research week, presentation & panel discussion
2016 Stockholm Uniarts Research week, work in progress presentation
2015 Tunga Ting, institutionen för film & media, StDH, Stockholm Uniarts
Represented
Filmform archive & distribution, Stockholom
Botkyrka Konsthall/the Labyrint Press archive, Botkyrka, Sweden
Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Naples/Italy
Grafikens hus, Mariefred
County council of Gotland
Butik CMYK, Copenhagen
Collective projects
the Mobile Box, artist run gallery project. themobilebox.com
Shoal of Mackerel, publishing house for artist books. rcca.co.uk/ashoalofmackerel
Bilaga Limited Editions, art subscription. bilaga.wordpress.com