Biography
Sebastian Mügge is born in 1981 in Bonn, lives and works in Umeå (SE). He studied at the Umeå Academy of Fine Arts (SE) and got his Master of Fine Aerts in 2011.
Stipends
Stipendien
- 2018, 2017, 2016, 2011 IASPIS-Swedish Arts Grants Committee, international cultural exchange grant
- 2017, 2013 Nordic Culture Point, mobility funding
- 2016 Ester Lindahl Foundation, travel grant
- 2015 Kulturkontakt Nord Grant
- 2014 STEP Beyond Travel Grant, European Cultural Foundation
- 2014 Byggnads Culture Grant
- 2014 Sparbanksstiftelsen Norrland Art Grant
Atelier Stipendien
- 2017 The Artists´ Apartment (Limerick City Council Arts Office), Limerick, Ireland
- 2016 Karelian art residence (AiR Karelia), Petrozavodsk (RU) | Riddergade AIR/Viborg Kunsthall, Viborg (DK)
- 2015 SIMRES /Nordic and Baltic artist-in-residence program in Reykjavik run by the Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SIM), Iceland
- 2015 Aabenraa Artweek 2015 (DK) | Ricklundgården, Saxnäs (SE)
- 2014 GeoAIR, Tbilisi, Georgia | Art Centre Totaldobže, Riga, Latvia | Alternative Cultural Centre / Centre for Peace and Tolerance, Gracanica, Kosovo
- 2013 Pärnu Artist House, Pärnu, Estonia | Kultuuritehas Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2012 Survival Kit, Sigulda, Latvia | Kramfors/Höga Kusten (SE) | Drake Arts Centre, Kokkola (FI)
solo shows (selection)
- 2018 Galleri 54, Gothenburg (SE)
- 2017 How to Get More Likes in God´s Own country, Galleri Gotland, Visby (SE) | #Limerick, Occupy Space, Limerick, Ireland
- 2017 126 Gallery, Galway, Ireland
- 2016 Solyankaparty, Vyhod Media Center, Petrozavodsk (RU) mit Alte Schweden
- 2015 Get it all, and more!, Väsby Konsthall, Upplands Väsby (SE), mit Alte Schweden
- 2014 Tbilisi, Lost and found in Transit, Kalmar Konstmuseum (SE), mit Alte Schweden | Tbilisi, Lost and found in Transit, Center of Contemporary Art, Tbilisi, Georgia, mit Alte Schweden
- 2014 Pareidoli!, Galleri Alva, Umeå (SE)
- 2013 Балтийская лента, Pärnu City Gallery, Pärnu, Estonia, mit Alte Schweden | Om revolutionen kommer, Kalmar Konstmuseum (SE), mit Alte Schweden | Dagboksanteckningar, Kramfors Konsthall (SE) | Man tager vad man haver, Ljusgården, Umeå (SE) | Zuviel? Zuwenig?, Villa de Bank, Enschede (NL), mit Doris Kaiser | De andras liv, Härnösands Konsthall (SE)
- 2010 Sebastian Mügge/Christoph Mügge, Galerie Gerken, Berlin (GER)
group shows (selection)
- 2018 ID:I Gallery, Stockholm (SE), kuratiert von DAS ESSZIMMER, Bonn (GER) | Supermarket Independent Art Fair, Stockholm (SE), mit Svends Bibliotek, Copenhagen (DK) & Galleri GRO Pietarsaari (FI)
- 2017 Gränsland, Sveriges Fängelsemuseum, Gävle (SE) | Young Arctic Artists 2017 – Alien Threshold, Gallery Napa, Rovaniemi (FI) | The Kunsthalle and the Villages , Viborg Kunsthal, Viborg (DK)
- 2016 Ja, må vi leva!, Galleri GRO, Pietarsaari (FI)
- 2015 You Are New to the Mountain, SIM Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland | Aabenraa Artweek – Biennale for international contemporary art”, Aabenraa (DK) | Square, sphere, and cube – geometrical poetry in the park at Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot | Homeland, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå (SE)
- 2014 Homeland, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa (FI) | Survival Kit 6 / The Utopian City, LCCA, Riga, Latvia | Länssalong, Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå (SE)
- 2013 Survival Kit 5 / Slow Revolution, LCCA, Riga, Latvia | The Singing Revolution and then what?, Culture Factory Polymer, Tallinn, Estonia
- 2012 Survival Kit 4 / Timeline Hotel, Sigulda, Latvia | 2. Kunstfestival Strom, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Köln (GER) | 4e Biennale du dessin, Le jeu de l´illusion – Mouvement, espace, temps, Musée des beaux-arts de Mont-Saint-Hilaire”, Québec (CA) | Restkunst, Neues Kunstforum, Köln (GER)
- 2011 Expo-vente Cultivez l’art, Caravansérail, Rimouski, Québec (CA) | 13, Bildmuseet, Umeå (SE) | 13, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm (SE)