Saskia Holmkvist
Professor of contemporary art
Lives and works in Oslo and Stockholm
EDUCATION:
Holmkvist holds an MFA from the University College of Arts, Crafts and Design (Konstfack), Stockholm and a BA in Art History, History of Ideas, Anthropology from the University of Stockholm.
Saskia Holmkvist work reflects professionalization of language and concerns of translatability within identity politics. In the process she explores the negotiation of undertaking roles and how present language structures affect the politics of these positions.
Saskia Holmkvist selects protagonists, unchains a situation, or situates us in a scenario giving the directors position away. The work involves, performative strategies, site-specific projects and film and video. She often draws on participation and performance in creating encounters and narratives between protagonists inspired from journalism, improvisational theatre and psychology to reflect the boundaries between language, representation and reality.
Website: http://saskiaholmkvist.com
Research results
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Bojana Cvejić, Dora Garcia, Saskia Holmkvist & Martin Robert White:
Timelines I: Perseverance, Solidarity and Revolt
(2026).
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Saskia Holmkvist, Manuel Pelmus, Nkule Mabaso & Michael Sperlinger:
Book Release: Margaret (Back Translation) by Saskia Holmkvist
(2025).
Other presentation (full text). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
Designhistorier - my film Sicherheit is shown in the permament collecttion at Röhsska in Gothenburg from 2024.
(2024).
Museum exhibition (research archive). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
Riffs, Antics Gallery, Stockholm
Showing: Blind Understanding-New Commentary
(2024).
Museum exhibition (research archive). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
Margaret (Back Translation)
(2024).
Visual Arts (research archive). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
Chronical Desire, curator Corina Oprea
(2023).
Museum exhibition (research archive). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
The Impersonal Verb and The Hidden Subject
(2023).
Museum exhibition (research archive). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
Artistic Research Autumn Forum
(2022).
Visual Arts (research archive). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
The Curatorial Incubator V.16: Living in Hope – Program #3 Curated by Sanjit Dhillon:
Slow Unfurling
(2020).
Museum exhibition (research archive). More information -
Saskia Holmkvist:
Canopy - Roundabout
(2020).
Museum exhibition (research archive). More information
