GLASSTRESS 2011 - VENICE BIENNALE 2011 - VENICE, ITALY

June 3 - November 27, 2011 Glasstress was a unique collaboration paring some of the most interesting names in contemporary art and design with master artisans of Venetian glass. Gyllenhammar's contribution to the exhibition was an installation utilizing glass, sculpture, and video. The Glasstress exhibition was an official part of the 54th Venice Biennale of Art. Curated by Peter Noever, Lidewij Edelkoort, and Demetrio Paparoni

Art critic, essayist, and exhibition curator Demetrio Paparoni on Glasstress 2011:

”The theme of this year’s exhibition is the complex relationship that ties art, design and architecture together in an age thought to have moved beyond modernism. Comparing the opinions of various curators, Glasstress addresses this issue through glass sculptures specially made by major artists on the contemporary scene and through objects and sculptures made by designers, whose research was influenced by the formal aspect of the use of the object.”

Among the exhibiting artists were Fred Wilson, Tony Cragg, Tony Oursler, and architect Zaha Hadid. The exhibition was held at the Palazzo Franchetti / Istituto Veneto Di Scienze Lettere Ed Arti situated on the Canal Grande.

For more information, please visit the Glasstress website: www.glasstress.org

REVISIT - SOLO EXHIBITION AT WÅNAS, SWEDEN

May 15, 2011 Charlotte Gyllenhammar was the first artist featured in a series of exhibitions entitled Revisit that offer an in-depth look at artists currently represented in Wånas sculpture park. It was in 2002 that Gyllenhammar created her major installation Vertigo – an inverted copy of her studio in full scale that was constructed underground at Wanås. Revisit provided a "closer look” into Gyllenhammar’s oeuvre, reactivated Vertigo, and provided visitors the chance to acquaint themselves with her current projects. Parallel to Gyllenhammar’s exhibition new art works were on exhibition by Yoko Ono and Jacob Dahlgren in the sculpture park.

For more information please visit: www.wanas.se

HOUSE OF SWEDEN - WASHINGTON DC, USA

February 26 – May 1, 2011 Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s work was exhibited in the House of Sweden, a stunning example of contemporary Scandinavian architecture designed by Gert Wingårdh and Tomas Hansen. The House of Sweden was inaugurated in 2006 as the new home of the Embassy of Sweden in Washington DC, and, in 2008, The Washington Post named Sweden House the "Venue of the Year". Gyllenhammar's exhibition was comprised of her acclaimed photographic series entitled Hang which first premiered at Paris Photo in 2006, as well as her sculpture entitled In Waiting. Gyllenhammar's work is also featured in the permanent collection of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, in Washington DC.

DARKER THAN NIGHT - MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

October 18 - December 12, 2010 Darker than Night was a group exhibition that sought to create a discourse resulting from a comparison of cultural beliefs and artistic practices. The exhibition presented a selection of diverse artistic explorations on the emotion fear, as transmitted via cultural expressions in the form of literature, film, entertainment and music. Curators Katrin Behdjou and Gabriel Mestre selected Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s sculpture entitled Double Blind (2009) because the work “ironically illustrate(s) the psychological reality of the attraction-repulsion dichotomy.” The exhibition was held in conjunction with the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead, and located in the Casino Metropolitano, a neoclassical palace in Mexico City.

THE SCARLETT LETTER - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA

October 22 - December 5, 2010 The Intiman Theatre, located in the heart of Seattle, Washington, selected Charlotte Gyllenhammar’s photograph Hang (2006) to represent their production of The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The play, which depicts the struggle of a woman who commits adultery in Boston, at that time a small 17^th century Puritan town, is a classic of American literature. Gyllenhammar’s image of a woman hanging upside-down within the confines of her dress seems to visualize the isolation from community life felt by Hester Prynne, the play’s main character.

DISIDENTIFIKATION - GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN

July 2 - October 31, 2010 Disidentifikation was a group exhibition that addressed how artists utilized popular culture, vernacular forms of expression, political satire, and the reappropriation of histories and ideologies as protest. Curator Stina Edblom selected artists “who explore modes of performative self imaging in an interrogation of gender, sexual, and racial difference.” The exhibition brought together an eclectic group of works from the late 1980s until today, by 8 internationally acclaimed artists. Charlotte Gyllenhammar exhibited her video installation entitled Nachsagen, Ich und Meinhof (2004). Disidentifikation was held at Göteborgs konsthall. For more information, please visit: www.konsthallen.goteborg.se

HYLLIE, A NEW CITY CENTRE - MALMÖ, SWEDEN

Upcoming project - The city of Malmö has commissioned Charlotte Gyllenhammar to construct a large public installation in Hyllie. Hyllie is the name of the new city centre currently being constructed in south Malmö. The expansion aims to make Hyllie a place of interest for the entire region of Öresund. Gyllenhammar’s installation is expected to be completed in 2011. Please visit this news page for future updates on this project.

DEFORMATION - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

August 27 - October 8, 2009 Charlotte Gyllenhammar exhibited a new body of work, including photography, film, and sculpture at gallery Christian Larsen in what was her latest solo exhibition entitled Deformation. The opening reception was on August 27th, from 17:00 - 20:00.

For more information, please visit:

www.christianlarsen.se

KIASMA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART - HELSINKI, FINLAND

March 27 - December 12, 2009 Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland exhibited Gyllenhammar's work Blindbock in Tracking Traces. Tracking Traces was a group exhibition that delt with questions surrounding aesthetics and politics through the themes of urban life and popular culture in the visual arts.

LINKÖPING CATHEDRAL - LINKÖPING, SWEDEN

Linköping Cathedral - 0n October 18th, 2009 an installation by Charlotte Gyllenhammar was inaugurated. Built in 1520, Linköping Cathedral is one of Sweden's most extravagant church buildings of the Middle Ages.

MYTHOS KINDHEIT, HUS FÜR KUNST - URI, SWITZERLAND

Mythos Kindheit - an exhibition dealing with childhood at the Hus für Kunst Uri in Switzerland, featured Gyllenhammar's work The Spectators. The term childhood brings to mind various, sometimes opposite notions such as innocence, purity, and paradise, as well as fear, helplessness, and failure.

In the visual arts the motif of childhood, as a mythological and utopian place, is often used as a frame of reference for self-investigation or self-assessment. The exhibition Mythos Kindheit explored the way in which contemporary artists reflect upon and visualize the theme of childhood.

MYTHOS KINDHEIT, CCA ANDRATX - MALLORCA, SPAIN

Mythos Kindheit traveled to Patricia Aasbeck's gallery
CCA Andratx in Mallorca, Spain. For details about the exhibition please read the news article above or click on the link below.

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STATE OF MIND - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

State of Mind / Christian Larsen -  Charlotte Gyllenhammar exhibited Fall and a new sculpture entitled Beholder. The exhibition's title refered to a situation, an action, a train of thought or a state of mind that suddenly creates a sense of lucidity. The exhibition was curated by architect and art historian John Robert Nilsson.

GIVE ME SHELTER - SHROPSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM

Charlotte Gyllenhammar's monumental sculpture Traum was on view at Attingham Park in Shropshire, U.K. until September 2009. The exhibition entitled Give Me Shelter explored man's changing relationship to the world's natural resources through new sculptural work and installations located on the beautiful grounds of the National Trust's grand 18th century mansion, in Attingham Park.

Eleven artists were invited by the visual arts commissioning organisation, Meadow Arts, to present work that examined our contradictory relationship with the natural world: we exploit and ruin it, yet we romanticise it and rely upon it to provide us with shelter from cataclysmic disasters linked to global warming and increasing pressures on resources. Give Me Shelter also included works by Christina Mackie and Susan Grant among others. For more information please visit Meadow Arts website: www.meadowarts.org

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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS, WASHINGTON D.C.

Gyllenhammar's work entitled Fall was included in a new exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C. Modern Love celebrates the stellar group of contemporary works of art donated to NMWA by prominent Washington-based collectors Heather and Tony Podesta. The couple's passion for cutting-edge art was highlighted in this selection of photographs, videos, sculptures, and paintings. The exhibition featured more than 50 works by internationally-renowned artists such as Cathy de Monchaux, Candida Höfer, Elizabeth Turk, and Jane and Louise Wilson in addition to works by exciting emerging artists. For more information visit: www.nmwa.org

MJELLBY ART MUSEUM - HALMSTAD, SWEDEN

Gyllenhammar’s Blindbock was featured in a group exhibition entitled Swedish Self-Portraits at Mjellby Art Museum in Halmstad, Sweden.

SAK GALLERY - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

In January 2008, Gyllenhammar completed multiples for SAK – Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening. The sculptures entitled B-Head, were unveiled at an exhibition at SAK gallery in Stockholm and inaugurated by Mårten Castenfors.

NEW ART CENTRE AT ROCHE COURT - WILTSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM

October 2007, at the New Art Centre at Roche Court, Wiltshire, U.K. Gyllenhammar created a monumental sculpture. The work was inaugurated in connection to the Richard Deacon exhibition and was on view until spring 2008. Curator Sarah Unitt describes the work, entitled Traum, created for Roche Court as:

''a tower standing at 4m high, made from cast concrete. Inside the tower, visible only through narrow windows, is a small, exquisite gilded hot-air balloon. The title, Traum, is a German word, meaning dream. The work conjures up fairy tales and follies and the tower itself, set in the sweeping landscape of Wiltshire, could be taken for a 21st century folly. Traum is to do with unsettling our perceptions and creating an atmosphere of tension.''

RAOUL WALLENBERG MONUMENT - GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN

Most notably, Gyllenhammar has completed a monument to Raoul Wallenberg, commissioned by the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. The monument was inaugurated by Kofi Annan on May 25, 2007, and was awarded the Jewish Association's Art Prize for 2007. The monument is a photo based work in bronze and concrete.

SWAROVSKI KRISTALLWELTEN - VIENNA, AUSTRIA

In March 2007, Gyllenhammar was the first artist to be invited by Swarovski crystal to create a work of art with their crystals. The piece, entitled The Choir, was on exhibition at Swarovski Kristallwelten in Austria, and was comprised of a sculptural group of singing children. The crystals formed the children’s mouths, and provided an interesting contrast to the raw texture of the clay figures.

WONDER - STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN

February 2007, Gyllenhammar’s installation entitled Wonder was inaugurated at the Swedish Foreign Policy Institute and the Swedish National Defense College in Stockholm. The piece consists of several bronze sculptures and a monumental photograph of an explosion.

ROCK 'N ROLL VOL. I - TOUR SWEDEN AND NORWAY

January 2007, Nachsagen, Ich und Meinhof was on exhibition at the Norrköping Museum of Art in Sweden, in an exhibition entitled Rock 'n Roll Vol. I. The exhibit then traveled to Norway where it was shown at Sørlandet Art Museum. The work was also included in an exhibition at Malmö Art Museum featuring works from their collection entitled Som du ser mig – porträtt från samlingen (As You See Me – Portraits from the Collection).