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Mike Sperlinger

Professor of theory and writing
Writer and curator
Lives and works in Oslo and London (b. 1977)

EDUCATION:
Mike studied English Literature (BA, Sussex) and Aesthetics & Art Theory (MA, Middlesex), and in 2006-07 he was a Helena Rubinstein Curatorial Fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York.

RECENT WORK AND PROJECTS:
As a writer he has contributed to a variety of publications including Afterall, Art Monthly, Dot Dot Dot, Frieze, Radical Philosophy and Texte zur Kunst, as well as catalogue texts for artists including Keith Arnatt, Ursula Mayer, Laure Prouvost and Hong-Kai Wang. He has also worked extensively as an editor, with projects including books on early conceptual art (Afterthought, 2005) and artists’ cinema (Kinomuseum, 2008); issues of Will Holder’s eclectic journal of writing and art FR David; and, together with the artist Christian Flamm, a critically-acclaimed fanzine (Foxtrot Echo Lima Tango, 2010) about the 1980s British band Felt.

OTHER RELEVANT PROJECTS:
In 2002 he co-founded LUX which drew on the legacy of the London Filmmakers’ Co-operative and other artist-run organisations. During more than a decade as assistant director he developed the distribution of LUX’s film and video collection. As well as many screenings and exhibitions for LUX, he has curated other projects independently including the group show «Let’s Take Back Our Space» (Focal Point Gallery, Southend, 2009) and German artist Marianne Wex’s exhibition at the Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2012).

Research results

  • Bruce Hainley, Hettie Judah, Karsten Lund, Ramaya Tegegne, Helena Vilalta & Eleanor Ivory Weber: Ghislaine Leung: Holdings (2015-2025) (2025).
    Exhibition catalogue (research archive). More information
  • Saskia Holmkvist, Manuel Pelmus, Nkule Mabaso & Michael Sperlinger: Book Release: Margaret (Back Translation) by Saskia Holmkvist (2025).
    Other presentation (full text). More information
  • Dora Garcia, Sheba Chhachhi & Michael Sperlinger: The Office for... Radical Melancholy (2025).
    Other presentation (full text). More information
  • Michael Sperlinger & Inger Lise Hansen: Kunstnersamtale med Inger Lise Hansen (2025).
    Other presentation (full text). More information
  • Michael Sperlinger: Downstream from modernity: Inger Lise Hansen’s DAM (2025).
    Exhibition catalogue (research archive). More information
  • Michael Sperlinger: Let a thousand stipulations bloom: Ghislaine Leung’s scorings (2025).
    Other (research archive). More information
  • Michael Sperlinger & Tor Åge Bringsværd: Collecting the First of September (2025).
    Interview (full text). More information
  • Michael Sperlinger: Meanwhilism: Tor Åge Bringsværd's 'The Man Who Collected the First of September, 1973' (2025).
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper (research archive). More information
  • Michael Sperlinger, Lesia Vasylchenko, Mi You & Tor Åge Bringsværd: The Man Who Collected the First of September, 1973 (2025).
    Academic anthology/Conference proceedings (research archive). More information
  • Michael Sperlinger: Some hermetic remarks on The Sign of Four (2025).
    Exhibition catalogue (research archive). More information

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