Henrik Strömberg (SE, 1970) lives and works in Berlin. He holds an M.A. in Photography and History of Photography from FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Czech Republic and a BA in Fine Art from Camberwell College of Art, London, UK. Strömberg works with photography, sculpture and installation, often merging the various media in overarching spatial installations developed around topics such as transformation, otherness and societal paradigms while comprising the interaction between sculptural volumes, architectural vocabulary and the use or digital reproduction of object trouvée and repurposed materials. Strömberg – consecutively – exhibited mostly institutionally in Sweden, U.K., Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Poland, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Japan, USA, South Korea and Martinique.
Curriculum vitae
Academic engagements
2025 – upcoming – Guest lecturer for the class of Hynek Alt, FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Czech Republic
2022 Guest lecturer class of Cultural contents, contemporary art and photography, Joongbu University, Chungnam, Seoul, South Korea
2021-2022 Tutor, lecturer with Prof. Sofia Hultén for the class: Bild, Raum, Objekt, Glas, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle, Germany
Education
1997-1999 FAMU, Academy of Performing Arts Prague, Czech Republic – M.A. Photography, History of Photography
1994–1997 Camberwell College of Art, London, UK – B.A. Fine Art
Solo exhibitions (selected)
2025 moon half -glass full to the brim, Kunstraum HKM Oxbron, Sweden
2024 Hanging on a thread, Henrik Strömberg and Eduard Kiesmann, ÅPLUS Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2023 Bygones be bygones or: what’s hidden in the snow will come to light by thaw, Kunstverein am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, Germany
2022 Limbs, strata and edible seeds, K.P. Art Centre, Seoul, South Korea
2022 object amnesic: a compost manifesto, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2019 refraction of lightness, Fondazione Morra, Palazzo Tarsia Spinelli, Naples, Italy
2019 Vertical Matter, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2018 Symbiopoiesis, solo installation with works in reference to selected pieces by Dieter Roth and Nam June Paik, Galerie Papillon, Paris, France
2018 forward multiplications, Ann Wolff Prize, Visby, Sweden
2017 echoes in dust, Åplus Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2017 The Compost, The Federal Foreign Office, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin,Germany
2016 The door, LOGE Berlin, Germany
2016 Unseen Art Fair, solo installation, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Object Amnesic, The Ephemeral Collection, Salonistes, Venice, Italy
2016 times new roman, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Mashti, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin,Germany
2014 to the letter, Der Würfel, Neumeister Bar-Am Gallery, Berlin,Germany
2013 quarter of a kind, Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin, Germany
2013 second life – first place, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin,Germany
2012 Komplexraum #1, General Public, Berlin, Germany
2010 Vanishing, Galerie SAKS, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 Henrik Strömberg, Hässleholms Konsthall, Sweden
2010 Cirkulations Centralen, Malmö, Sweden
2009 o.T. Raum für aktuelle Kunst, Lucern, Switzerland
2007 Hotel Europa, Galerie Visite Ma Tente, Berlin, Germany
2007 Wartesaal, Perla Mode, Zürich, Switzerland
2007 Galerie Rose-Marie, Malmö, Sweden
2007 Source, Galerie 5213, Berlin, Germany
2005 Remains, Galerie 5213 Berlin, Germany
2004 Mellantider, Installation at Kirseberg Church, Malmö, Sweden
2003 7 Scenes, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
Group exhibitions, Biennials and Art Fairs site specific installations (selected)
2025 Busan International Photography Festival 2025, Busan, South Korea
2024 Chart Copenhagen, Installation with Andreas Johnen presented by Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2024 RIZZ/MAXX ’24, curated by Erik Nordenhake, Dorothee Nilsson gallery, Berlin, Germany
2023 Random Papers, 14°N 61°W, Espace D’art Contemporain, Fort De France, Martinique
2022 Sailors of the land, Buzzer Reeves, Berlin, Germany
2022 Vergoldet, Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
2022 Vergoldet/Doré, Château Nyon, Switzerland
2022 Art Bite, Nicoletta Rusconi Art Projects, St Moritz, Switzerland
2022 Site specific installation “object amnesic – a compost manifesto” in the frame of the show Moss or a study of chasms caused by living under boreal conditions, Kunstverein am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, Germany
2021 untitled multiplications, Lage Egal, Berlin,Germany
2021 Open Studios, Interface Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2020 Sculpture Non- Sculpture, Light or flexible, Sculpture Biennale, Changwon, Seoul, South Korea
2020 In Weiter Ferne so Nah, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin,Germany
2020 Present Perfect Continuous, 30 jahre Jubiläumsausstellung Schloss Plüschow, Germany
2019 Morph- O: Isolation of (portable) pressure, Daegu Photo Biennale Special Exhibition Berlin, Kunstverein am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, Germany
2019 Vertikalwinkel, Das Schau Fenster, Berlin,Germany
2019 Das Treffen dreier Punkte, Interiors to Being, Berlin,Germany
2018 imagine a world where the opposite of light isn’t dark, Zona Sztuki Aktualnej, Szczecin, Poland
2017 Intuition to fill emptiness, artists in reference to selected works of Joseph Beuys, Maria & Vadim Zakharov Free Home, Berlin, Germany
2017 echoes in dust, site specific installation with works in reference to selected pieces by Jannis Kounellis and Man Ray at Åplus Contemporary, Berlin,Germany
2017 Thirdness, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2017 AIPAD Photography Show, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, NYC, USA
2017 Market Art Fair, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 Unseen Photo Fair, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2016 Perceptions, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2016 Lady Dada Kalam, Kunsthaus KuLe, Berlin, Germany
2016 NAK , Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
2016 Kollision, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2016 AIPAD New York, Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, USA
2016 Art Brussels, Neumeister Bar-Am, Belgium
2016 Geheimnis, Kunstverein Potsdam, Potsdam, Berlin, Germany
2015 Transient Material, HAUS AM LÜTZOWPLATZ, Berlin, Germany
2014 – 2007:
6&6 ES 16 Off Space, Zürich, Switzerland
Drama, Salon 1, Berlin, Germany
Frames, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
Bodybuilding, Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin, Germany
Bibliography (selected)
solo publications:
2025 CHRONOS, Henrik Strömberg, Published by Edizioni Morra – Morra Foundation – Supported by Alexander Tutsek Stiftung
2021 “object amnesic – a compost manifesto”, with Jens Soneryd, Blow Up Press, Winner of BUP Book Award
2016 Object Amnesic, The Compost, artist “fanzine” with Jens Soneryd
2016 Mashti, monograph, Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin, Germany
2007 Source, Fanzine, by Adi Ehrat
2007 Source, artist book, Supported by Konstnärsnämnden, Stockholm, Sweden and Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2003 7 Scenes, catalogue to the show, Skåne Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
magazines, editorials and group shows catalogs:
2025 Busan International Photography Festival catalogue – main pavilion international artists, Busan South Korea
2022 Vergoldet/Doré, Catalogue, Kerber Verlag, Germany
2021 In Weiter Ferne so Nah, German Foreign Ministry / Auswärtiges Amt : AArtist in Residency Catalogue, Berlin, Germany
2020 Zagreus, Zagreus Project, Berlin,Germany
2020 Ducato Prize Contemporary Art Award Catalogue,Parma, Italy
2019 Das Treffen dreier Punkte, Interiors to Being, Berlin, Germany
2018 Texte zur Kunst, “bildstrecke”, sketches for the compost, HEFT NR. 111
2018 DOC! Photo Magazine Vol. Q8, Issue #43 – The state of flux of the movable content, selected works in reference to Man Ray, Blow Up Press
2018 VERK. Magazine – feature, text by Linda Bergman
2017 Artipoeus, podcast by Susie Kahlich – “echoes in dust”
2016 39 Null Magazine, feature / text by Felix Fiedler, Spring issue
2014 Blind Spot Magazine, 20 year anniversary issue
2013 LOFT Bookazine, feature / text by Saskia Neuman
2012 General Public, catalog to the project and exhibitions program
Grants, residencies, scholarships and recognitions (selected)
2025 production and implementation grant Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, Münich, Germany
2023 Kemmler Foundation Investigation Grant, Berlin, Germany
2022 Stiftung Kunstfond Research Stipendium, Bonn, Germany
2022 Nominated – third finalist – for the Photo -Text Book Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2020 Blow Up Press, BUP Book Award 2020, Warsaw, Poland
2020 Alexander Tutsek-stiftung, Munich, Germany
2019 Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy
2017 Ann Wolff Prize, Visby, Sweden
2017 AArtist residency, The Federal Foreign Office, Auswärtiges Amt, Berlin, Germany
2016 Berlin Senate Research Grant, Berlin, Germany
2010 Sitterwerk Foundation, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2007 Konstnärsnämnden, “Source”, Malmö, Sweden
2007 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2006 Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Schloss Plüschow, Germany
Public Collections (selected)
Collection Marra – Oldoini, Rome, Italy
Art’us Collective Collection, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Hackelsberger, Berlin, Germany
Nicoletta Rusconi Collection, Milan, Italy
M+M Collective, Basel, Switzerland
Public Art Agency – Swedish Ministry of Culture, Statens Konstråd, Sweden
Fondazione Morra, Naples, Italy
Ann Wolff Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, Munich, Germany
Christine Symchych Collection, Milwaukee, USA
Kultur Hässleholm, Hässleholm, Sweden
Mecklenburgisches Künstlerhaus, Schloss Plüschow, Germany
La Luxembourgeoise SA, Luxembourg