Born 1984 in Falun, Sweden

Education

Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 2007-2008
BFA Valand School of Fine Art, Göteborg, 2005-2008
the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art in Bohuslän, 2003-2005

Courses

Visual and material culture, 15 hp Stockholm University, autumn term 2007,
To educate and inform 10 p, Faculty of Education, Göteborg University, spring term 2007
Artistic interpretation in the public space, 8 p, School of Design and Crafts at Göteborg University, spring term 2007
the Aestetics of history of ideas, 10 p, Faculty of Humanities, Göteborg University, autumn term 2006

Solo Exhibitions

Galerie L MD, Paris, 2011
Le Salon du Dessin Contemporain at Carrousel du Louvre, with L MD galerie, Paris, 2011
Galleri Flach, Stockholm, 2011
Konsthallen Trollhättan, 2010
Galleri Pictura, Lund, 2009
Galleri Flach+Thulin, Stockholm, 2009
Peepshow Galleri 54, Göteborg, 2008
Galleri Se, Falun, 2008
Galleri Mejan, Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 2008
Gallery UR, Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company, Stockholm, 2007
Artway, the National Railtraffic Authority, Borlänge, 2006
Gallery the Wall, the National Federation of People's parks and community Centres, Falun, 2006

Group Exhibitions

Art Copenhagen, Galleri Flach, Forum Copenhagen, 2011
Thinking through Painting, KU-project with Sigrid Sandström, Jan Rydén and Jonatan Habib Engqvist, the Boiler Room at Konsthall C, Hökarängen, 2011
Prizewinners and Pieces of reception 2010, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 2010
Eternal return, Falun, 2009
Botnic studios, Gerlesborg, 2009
Volta 5, Galleri Flach+Thulin, Basel, 2009
Market, Galleri Flach+Thulin, Konstakademien, Stockholm, 2009
Äga rum, Rättviks Art Gallery, 2009
Åhlénska stiftelsens stipendium, Art Gallery Dalarnas Museum, Falun, 2008
The Absent Past / Det Frånvarande Förflutna- Berättelser i och om ett rum, IDKA Kulturkiosken, Gävle, 2008
The (deviant) Art Festival, Trollhättan Art Gallery, 2008
The Loose Knowledge Movement, Third year Exhibition Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 2008
Another Space, Valand School of Fine Art Bachelor Exhibition, Göteborg, 2008
Across the Divide, Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, 2008
Galleri Bäckalyckan, Jönköping 2007
Spring Exhibition 2007, Valand School of Fine Art, Göteborg, 2007
Art Gallery Norrköping, Norrköping, 2007
Art in Dalarna-06, Art Gallery Dalarnas Museum, Falun, 2006
Spring Exhibition 2006, Valand School of Fine Art, Göteborg, 2006
Respond to Silvia Bäschli, the Nordic Watercolour Museum, Tjörn, 2006
Admission Exhibition 2005, Valand School of Fine Art 2005, Rotor 1, Göteborg, 2005
the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art Scholarship Exhibition, Gallery Bohus, Uddevalla, 2005
the Bohus Salon 2004, Art Gallery Bohuslän Museum, Uddevalla, 2004

Grants

Ester Lindahl's Travelling Grant, 2011
Härke Artist Grant, 2011
Grants for Research and Development In the Arts, Royal University College of Fine Art (KU-medel) for the project The Practice of Painting as Theory, together with Jan Rydén, 2010
Helge Ax:son Johnson Travelling Grant for the project The Practice of Painting as Theory, together with Jan Rydén, Sigrid Sandström and Jonatan Habib Engqvist, 2010
Axel Theofron Sandberg's watercolour grant, the Royal Swedish Academy of fine arts, 2010
One-year Work Grant, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee, 2009
Marianne och Sigvard Bernadottes Art Grant, 2009
Åhlenska stiftelsens stipendium, 2008
Otto och Charlotte Mannheimer, 2008
Otto och Charlotte Mannheimer, 2007
the County Council of Dalarna culture grant for young people, 2006
the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art workshop scholarship, 2005

Represented

Statens Konstråd
Åmells Collection
the County council of Värmland
the County Council of Dalarna
UR art association
Konstbanan art association
Vänersborg art association
Private collections

Employments

Guest teacher, Wendela Hebbe upper secondary school, Södertälje, 2009 -
Workshop teacher, The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Tjörn, 2009
Workshop teacher, Medborgarskolan, 2009 -
Guide, Galleri Bäckalyckan, 2007
Guide, Rethinking Dissent Göteborgs International Biennal for Contemporary Art 2007
Workshop teacher, Bilda studieförbund och Arenan i Falun, 2006 -

Lectures

Royal Institute of Art's Research Week, report of the KU-project Thinking through Painting, 2011-10-27
KTH School of Architecture, 2011-10-19
Härke Art Center, 2011-07-18
Galleri Flach, 2010-11-22
Eternal Return, Magasinet in Falun, 200-300 students from junior high school per lecture, 2009-10-12 - 2009-10-13
Wendela Hebbe Gymnasiet, recurrent since 2009

Reviews and Articles

Jean-Michel Charbonnier, "Les Temps Suspendus de Kristina Bength", Magazine Connaissance des Arts, juillet-août 2011
Sara Skoglund, "The artist as a fraudster, and the fraudster as an artist", Konstperspektiv, 2 (2011)
Frans Josef Petersson, "Critical patient", Aftonbladet, 26 January 2011
Joanna Persman, "Suggestive images disappear in installation", Svd, 21 January 2011
Peter Cornell, "Stories to the image", Expressen, 18 January 2011
Leif Mattson, "Flows of clinical humanism", Omkonst, 19 January 2011
Anders Olofsson, "Kristina Bength at Galleri Flach", Konsten, 19 January 2011
Anna Sofia Dahl, "Motif from old hospital photographies", TTELA, 17 September 2010
Anders Olofsson, "The tops and some pitfalls- of the art year 2009!", Konsten, 9 January 2010
Ingrid Stigsdotter, "Variation in the female identity", Sydsvenskan, 4 May 2009
Joanna Persman, "Complex works stretch boundaries", Svd, 16 April 2009
Susanna Slöör, "The image of a name", Omkonst, 7 April 2009
Anders Olofsson, "In the mirror of the illusionist", Konsten, 7 April 2009
Pernilla Ahlsén, "Kristina Bength creates new images of old forger", DN, 1 April 2009
Marianne Törner, "Irony and ritual seriousness", Dalarnas Tidningar, 29 January 2009
Fredrik Svensk, "Photographic shadows imprinted", Göteborgsposten, 19 December 2008
Marinka Malmi, "A suggestive world", Dalademokratern, 28 October 2008
Susanna Slöör, "See the world pass by", Omkonst, 6 February 2008
Anders Olofsson, "Konstakademien, Stockholm, Kungl. Konstakademiens magistrar och Kandidater", Konsten, 1 June 2008
Marianne Törner, "More people than landscape in Dalakonst 06", Falu-Kuriren, 18 November 2006
Sven-Erik Olsson, "Come along to exciting home visit", Dalarnas Tidningar, 3 May 2006
Bo Degerman, "A downpour of impressions and reflections", Dala-Demokratern, 23 February 2006
Birgitta Knifström Nordén, "Kristina sees Falun with mirror reflex", Falu-Kuriren, 13 February 2006
Marita Adamsson, "Students at Gerlesborg at Bohusgalleriet", Bohuslänningen, 27 Augusti 2005

TV and Radio

Kåre Persson, " In former days one thought it was possible to see sickness and criminality just by viewing a face", SVT 1, Sverige!, del 7 av 18, 3 October 2010
Nyheter Väst, "Watercolours examines physiognomy", TV4, 28 September 2010
Sara Lundin, "The imposter and the tinge", Sveriges Radio P1, K2, 14 May 2009