Sune Greger Nordgren
Born 1948 in Lund, Sweden
1969 – 1974 Forum School for Graphic Art, Malmö and studied Economic History and Art History at Lund University.
1975 – 1990 Editor of Kalejdoskop Review for Contemporary Art and publisher (Kalejdoskop Förlag) of art books and artists’ books. Illustrator and graphic designer for other Publishers (such as Bo Cavefors) of books on Art, Poetry and Politics.
1980 – 1986 Art critic at Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, Swedish Radio and several art magazines.
1986 – 1989 Editor/producer of weekly arts programmes for Swedish television (SVT), Stockholm (SVT1) and Örebro (SVT2).
1990 – 1996 Director of Malmö Konsthall in Malmö, Sweden
1996 – 1998 Founding Director of IASPIS – International Artists Studio Programme in Sweden.
1998 – 2003 Founding Director of BALTIC, the Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England.
2003 – 2006 Founding Director of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, Norway.
2007 – 2011 Project Manager for Vandalorum – Centre for Art and Design, Värnamo, Sweden
2007 – 2018 Project Manager for Kivik Art Centre, Sweden
2007-2014 Columnist for newspaper Dagens Naeringsliv, Oslo
2008 – Arts Advisor and Curator for Strawberry Art & Design / Stordalen Collection, Oslo, Norway
Other information
Honorary member (since 1994) of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm, Sweden
Honorary Freeman (2012) of the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough, England UK
Member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics)
Jury member for the Hasselblad Photo Award 2002 and 2003 (chair), Gothenburg.
Board member of the Astrup-Fearnley Museum, Oslo (1998-2003)
Chair of the Visual Arts Fund (Bildkonstnärsfonden) and Iaspis, Stockholm (2003-2009).
Arts Advisor for The Savings Bank Foundation (Sparebankstiftelsen), Oslo (2007 –
Board member of Stordalen Foundation, Norway (2010 – 2020)
Director of the Bård Breivik AS, Oslo (2016 – 2021)
Member of the arts council for the University of Lund, Sweden (2016 – 2021)
Exhibitions as Freelance curator
Jeppa byggde Villa Naturen, (med Staffan Lamm), Kristianstads Länsmuseum 1983
Richard Long – River Avon Mud Circles and Magpie Line, Malmö Konsthall, 1985
Joan Miró. Collected Original Posters from the Dr. Nils Tryding collection, Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt 1995, National Museum, Warszawa 1996 and Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm 1998
Edvard Ottosson – ett livsverk, Aoseum (i museet vid Torget), Åhus 1990
Rear Window, Xposeptember, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm 1998
Max Ernst, Sculptures, Fundação Arpad Szenes-Viera da Silva, Lisbon 1999
Franco Leidi, Att vara tillsammans, Västerås Konstmuseum, Millesgården, Stockholm, Kristianstads Konsthall, Kulturhuset Luleå 2008
Marlene Dumas, Coming and Going, Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2011
Grafik älskar fotografi (Grrrafik 2011), Fotografins rum, Malmö Museer 2011
Stena 15, Göteborgs Konstmuseum 2011
Olav Christopher Jenssen, Galleri Dronning Joséphine, Oscarshall, Oslo 2014
Prisverdige, HM Dronning Sonjas Kunstnerstipend, Norske Grafikere, Oslo 2104
Gunilla Klingberg, A Sign in Space, Malmö Konsthall 2014
Ny nordisk grafik, The Queen Sonja Print Award, Waldemarsudde, Stockholm 2014
Prize Prints, The Queen Sonja Print Award, Scandinavia House, New York 2015
Diptyk – Tom Sandberg fotografi, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 2015
Tom Sandberg/Around Myself, Fondazione Fotografia, Modena 2015
INSIDE architecture by Åke Axelsson, Jonas Bohlin and Mats Theselius, Konstakademien / Royal Academy, Stockholm 2018
Bård Breivik, Strandverket, Marstrand 2018
Bård Breivik, Landskrona Konsthall 2019
Bård Breivik, Royal Academy / Konstakademien, Stockholm 2019
Ilmar Laaban Centennial, Royal Academy / Konstakademien, Stockholm 2021
Marit Tingleff, Ceramic Art, Landskrona Konsthall 2022
Open Doors, HM Queen Sonja Art Collection, Oslo 2022
Bård Breivik – et oppgjør, Gamle Munch (Museet), Oslo 2023
Rett fra Ekely, femton konstnärer på Gamle Munch (Museet) Oslo 2023
Ivan Jordell, Konstföreningen Aura, Krognoshuset, Lund 2024
”Gärna avantgardistisk konst”, Schyls Donation på Ravinen, Båstad 2025
Från text till bild, illustrationskonst, Konstakademien, Stockholm 2025
Exhibitions for Malmö Konsthall 1990-96
1990
Olli Lyytikäinen / Arvid Pettersen
Klaus vom Bruch / Toshikatsu Endo
Malmö Moderna Museum (Schyls Donation)
Jetzt Berlin! (Year 1 after the Wall)
Barbro Bäckström / Retrospektivt
Håkan Rehnberg / Moira
1991
Arnulf Rainer / Måleri 1980-90
Seriekopplingar (ur Lasse Åbergs samling)
Richard Serra / Skulptur & Grafik
Särlingar / Outsider Art / Art Brut
Fluxus á la Carte
Paul Klee
1992
Sigurdur Gudmundsson / Retrospektivt
A Cabinet of Signs (Contemporary Art from Japan)
Från Skåne (Dawid, Gerry Johansson, Ralph Nykvist och Jacques Werup)
Claes Eklundh / Nya målningar
The Schyl Collection (Malmö Moderna Museum, new aquisitions)
Leon Tarasewicz / New paintings
Bertil Lundberg / Med eftertryck (tio elever)
Leon Golub / Retrospektivt
1993
Georg Baselitz / Grafik & Skulptur
Årets Bild / Pressfotograferna
Dorothea Tanning / Retrospektivt
Susana Solano / Skulptur
Work & Turn – Artists’ Books
Milan Kunc / Jiri Kolar
Antony Gormley / Sculpture & The European Field
Joan Miró / Sculpture & Original Posters (Nils Tryding Collection)
1994
Barbara Kruger (Billboard Project)
To Brancusi: Carl André, Miroslaw Balka, Richard Deacon, Ellsworth Kelly
Keith Haring
Nancy Spero / Wall Painting Project
Christian Boltanski / Museum Södra Förstadsgatan
Alberto Giacometti / Scuplture – Paintings – Drawings
1995
Francis Bacon – Marlene Dumas
Lars Kleen / Rep
Anders Österlin / Konstnär & illustratör
Forum Final (+ Annexet)
Cindy Sherman / Photographic Work 1975 – 95
Max Ernst / Sculpture
1996
Seven Stories (Contemporary Art in Africa)
Andres Serrano / Photographic Work 1983 – 95
Bård Breivik / Skulptur
Betong: Miroslaw Balka, Antony Gormley, Anish Kapoor
1997
(prepared)
Olav Christopher Jenssen
Jaume Plensa
Antonio Saura
Exhibitions for IASPIS
Ulf Rollof, 7C’s, 49th Venice Biennial, Cinema Arsenale, Venice 1999
Exhibitions for BALTIC
Pre-opening 1998 – 2002
Jaume Plensa, Blake in Gateshead, 1996
Kurt Schwitters, No Socks, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle 1999
Anish Kapoor, Taratantara, BALTIC Site, Quayside Gateshead 1999
BALTIC Memories, Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead 1999
Flash DVD (Coll. Bifrons Stichting), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 1999-2000
Martin Weber, Side Gallery, Newcastle 2000
Jenny Holzer, Xenon Projections, Newcastle/Gateshead 2000
Outlanders, artists from Stockholm, Waygood Gallery, Newcastle 2001
Marijke van Warmerdam, Weather Forecast, Newcastle 2000 and Venice Biennial 2001
Janet Cardiff, Forty Part Motet, Castle Keep, Newcastle 2001
Opening
B.OPEN (opening exhibition Summer 2002) Chris Burden, Carsten Höller, Julian Opie, Jaume Plensa, Jane & Louise Wilson, Los Carpinteros, The Breadman (Tatsumi Orimoto) and Alec Finlay
Post-opening from 2002
Öyvind Fahlström (collaboration with MACBA, Barcelona)
Pedro Cabrita Reis, A Place Like That
Olav Christopher Jenssen, Both
2003
Sigurdur Gudmundsson
The Cathedral (coll. Durham Cathedral)
COBRA (coll. NTE, Hayward Gallery)
Chad McCail
Eva Grubinger
Antony Gormley, Domain Field, Expansion Works
Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, The Coal Coast
Jane & Louise Wilson
Martin Puryear
Outside of a Dog, Artists’ Books
Exhibitions for the National Museum, Oslo
Alle snakker om museet… New display of the collections, 2005
Kyss Frosken! (Kiss the Frog!) , Tullinløkka 2005
Bård Breivik Vortex – works in progress, Nasjonalgalleriet 2005
Exhibitions for Kivik Art Centre
Kivik Start, Snøhetta + Tom Sandberg, Bergdala, Kivik 2007
Kivik Art ‘08, David Chipperfield + Antony Gormley, Bergdala, Kivik 2008
Kivik Art ’09, Julian Opie – Dancing in Kivik + Matti Suuronen – Venturo House, Bergdala, Kivik 2009
Kivik Art ’10, Petra Gipp: Refugium & Runa Islam: Cabinet of Prototypes (video), Bergdala, Kivik 2020/Land Arc
Kivik Art ’11, Fifth Summer, Kim Hedås: Illusion, Land Arc, Bergdala, Kivik 2011
Kivik Art’12, Land Arc (3) + existing works from previous years, Bergdala, Kivik 2012
Kivik Art ’13, Gert Wingårdh Himlatrappan, Gerry Johansson Fotografier, Bergdala, Kivik 2013
Kivik Art ’14, existing works from previous years, Bergdala, Kivik 2014
Kivik Art ’18, Sol LeWitt, Nine Towers for Jene, Bergdala, Kivik, 2018
Exhibitions for Vandalorum, Värnamo
Yngve Ekström – inte bara Lamino, Knäppfabriken/Smålands Konstarkiv, 2008
Vi prøver at lave en udstilling, Uglycute + students, Knäppfabriken/Smålands Konstarkiv, 2009
Apokalys Labotek – illgrön design, Knäppfabriken/Smålands Konstarkiv, 2010
Cyklar! Cykeln som ide och form, invigningsutställningen,Vandalorum, 2011
Dick Bruna & Miffy, Vandalorum 2011
David Svensson: For Ever, Vandalorum 2011
ZOOM -italiensk design/ Studio Ballo, samarbete med Vitra Design Museum, Vandalorum 2011
Commissions / uppdrag
Richard Long, River Avon Mud Circles and Magpie Line for Malmö Konsthall, September 1985
Antony Gormley, Expansion Works and The European Field for Malmö Konsthall, 1993
Barbara Kruger, Tänk som vi / Tala som vi / Älska som vi / Hata som vi / Se ut som vi, billboard-projekt för Malmö Konsthall, februari 1994
Miroslaw Ba?ka, 30x60x10, 250x1958x795, 30x60x10, 30x60x10, 250x521x174 for Malmö Konsthall (Betong/Concrete), November 1996.
Antony Gormley, Allotment / Koloni for Malmö Konsthall (Betong/Concrete), November 1996.
Anish Kapoor, 10m x 10m and 10m x 10 m for Malmö Konsthall, (Betong/Concrete), November 1996
Jaume Plensa, Blake in Gateshead for BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, November 1996
Etienne Clément Portrait of BALTIC for BALTIC CCA, Gateshead September 1998 – July 2002 (ongoing).
Anish Kapoor, Taratantara for BALTIC CCA, Gateshead, July 1999
Marijke van Warmerdam, Weather forecast for BALTIC CCA, Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, December 2000 and Venice Biennale, Campo Santa Margherita, June 2001.
Grennan & Sperandio, The Hand and the Word for BALTIC CCA, The Little Theatre, Gateshead, April 2001
Julian Opie, Escaped animals for BALTIC CCA (B.Open), Baltic Square, Gateshead, July 2002 (and for Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, Arnolfini in Bristol and Tate Modern in London).
Jaume Plensa, Blake Baltic Blue 1-8 for BALTIC CCA (B.Open), Gateshead, July 2002.
Chris Burden, Tyne Bridge (Meccano) for BALTIC CCA (B.Open), Gateshead, July 2002
Pedro Cabrita Reis, A Place Like That for BALTIC CCA, Gateshead, October 2003
Antony Gormley, Domain Field for BALTIC CCA, Gateshead, May-September 2003
Magne Wiggen, Kyss Frosken!/Kiss the Frog!, Nasjonalmuseet, Tullinløkka, Oslo, May-September 2005
Snöhetta Architects & Tom Sandberg, Mothership, Viewfinders and Photo Boxes for Kivik Start, Kivik Art Centre, July-September 2007
Sign – Nordic Black-and-white Photography – Åke Hedström, Gerry Johansson, Tuija Lindström, Georg Oddner, Tom Sandberg and Gunnar Smoliansky – Clarion Hotel Sign, Stockholm, February 2008
David Chipperfield & Antony Gormley, A Sculpture for the Subjective Experience of Architecture (the Kivik Pavillion), Kivik July-September 2008
Antony Gormley, Standing Matter IX, sculpture installation, Kivik Art Centre 2008.
Julian Opie, Dancing in Kivik, sculpture project (diabas) for Kivik Art Centre, June – September 2009
Petra Gipp, Refugium, Kivik Art Centre, June – September 2010
Runa Islam, Cabinet of Prototypes (film), Kivik Art Centre, June – September 2010
Kim Hedås, Illusion, ljudinstallation för Kivik Art Centre, 2011
David Svensson, For Ever, Vandalorum, August 2011
Menneske i Moderskipet, Antony Gormley och Snøhetta, Lillehammer komune / Kunstmuseum, September 2011
Jaume Plensa, Dröm, Clarion Hotel Post, Drottningtorget, Göteborg, January 2012
Pia König, 600 skulpturer, Clarion Hotel Post, Göteborg 2012
Jone Kvie, Stellar I and Stellar II, Clarion Hotel Post, Göteborg 2012
Jaume Plensa, Where are you?, Clarion Hotel & Congress, Trondheim 2012
Julian Opie, LED Sculpture, Clarion Hotel Arlanda Airport, Sky City, Arlanda, Stockholm, 2012
Gert Wingårdh, Himlatrappan, Kivik Art Centre 2013
Gunilla Klingberg, Exit, Malmö Konsthall/Clarion Hotel Malmö Live, Malmö 2014
Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Bloody Forever, Hotel Malmö Live, Malmö 2015
Kristina Matousch, Filter, Hotel At Six, Stockholm, 2017
Jaume Plensa, Mar Whispering, Hotel At Six, Stockholm 2017
Bente Stokke, Room Drawings (350 + 40), Villa Copenhagen 2021
Takao Momiyama, Two Sashiko tapestries for Sommerro, Oslo 2022
Tyra Tingleff, Wall painting for Sommerro, Oslo 2022
Publications/ Publikationer
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