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Born 1974 in Umeå, Sweden
Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden


Statement —1

”With intricate shifts in proportions and perspective, Ömalm creates a world that oscillates between the fantastic and the forbidden, the living and the dead.”

— Mårten Castenfors, Museum Director, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.


Statement —2

”Cecilia Ömalm´s artistry is spatial in multiple dimensions. From the two-dimensional photographic and manipulated images, through its gradual transition to a third dimension, where light wire has been used in a number of works forming a kind of blueprint from which fictitious walls come fourth. The historical and archaeological layers embody the fourth dimension; time and timelessness are created by culture´s oldest manifestations: buildings, places of worship, but also the roles and characters belonging to these rooms—a continuous travel through history.”

— Malin Zimm, Architect Ph.D

Exhibitions

2015 Christian Larsen Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2014 Verket, Stockholm, SE
2014 Artist of the Month, Konstkuben, Vallentuna, SE
2014 Nocturne II/Rosersberg, Arkitektkuben, Botkyrka Konsthall/Fittja, SE
2013 Österlen Lyser, Kulturgjuteriet, Borrby, SE
2012 Nocturne I/Denderah, Thielska galleriet, Stockholm, SE
2012 The Room, Loyal Gallery, Malmö, SE
2010 Bungenäs/10 Artists, Bungenäs, SE
2009 New Aquisitions, Moderna Muséet, Stockholm, SE
2009 Details, Mejan Labs Art Service, Stockholm, SE
2008 Zoo Art Fair, Natalia Goldin Gallery, London, UK
2008 Pixelvärk Festival, Koppartälten Hagaparken, Stockholm, SE
2008 Konstakademien, grant holders, Stockholm, SE
2008 New Aquisitions, Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås, SE
2008 Art for the Government Offices of Sweden, Statens Konstråd, Stockholm, SE
2008 MARKET, Natalia Goldin Gallery, Stockholm, SE
2007 Malmaison, Natalia Goldin Gallery, Stockholm, SE
Public Art/Site specific works

2013 Doors to the Afterlife, light installation at Taverna Brillo, Stockholm, SE
2012 Tereuma, public commission, Vallentuna Kulturhus/Bibliotek, Vallentuna, SE
2011 Brobdingnag, public commission, Jan Stenbecks Torg, Kista, Stockholm, SE
2010 Temple of the Cross, commissioned land art piece in former Limestone quarry, Bungenäs, SE
2009 Astrophyton Darwinium, commissioned ceiling object, Restaurant Riche, Stockholm, SE
2008 Malmaison, permanent installation in elevator, Hammarby Art Port, Fabege Fastigheter, Stockholm, SE




Grants

2014 Konstakademin, The Royal Academy of Arts, Elisabeth Norlund Foundation, Stockholm, SE
2010 Stockholm stads ateljéstipendium, Studio Grant of the City of Stockholm, SE
2007 Danielsgården, Residency, Rättvik Municipality, Bingsjö, SE
2006 Arbetsstipendium, Konstnärsnämnden, The Swedish Art Council´s work grant, Stockholm, SE
2005 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Stockholm SE
2002 NIFCA/Sleipnir, Helsinki, FI
2001 Thord Grey Memorial Fund/American Scandinavian Foundation, New York, NY, US
Collections

Moderna Muséet, Västerås Konstmuseum, Statens Konstråd, The New York Kunsthalle, private collections (worldwide)


Education

1998-99 General Studies in Photography, International Center of Photography, New York, NY, US
1997-98 Photography, Gotlands Läns Folkhögskola, Hemse, SE