Dan Lestander
Born 1959 in Arjeplog, resides in Luleå, Sweden
Artistic Director of Luleå Art Biennial/X-Border Art Biennial
Studies:
The Summer Academy, Salzburg, Austria 1994
Video prod. Kalix Media College, Sweden 1988 – 1989
Sunderby Art College, Luleå, Sweden 1983 – 1987
Solo Exhibitions (a selection):
Samiskt konstcenter, Karasjok, Norway 2012
Silvermuseet, Arjeplog, Sweden 2010
City Art Hall, Kulturens Hus, Luleå, Sweden 2008
Essarts, Quebec, Canada 2007
Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden 2002
The Swedish Pavilion, The World Exhibition
EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany 2000
Galleri Eisenerz, Eisenerz, Austria 1998
The Adolf Henriksson Hall, Malmberget, Sweden 1995
Galleri Kilen, Luleå, Sweden 1994
Norrbottens museum, Luleå, Sweden 1993
Group Exhibitions(a selection):
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Rovaniemi, Finland 2015
Helgeland Museum, Mosjøen, Norway 2014
“Whats Up North” The Northern Photographic Centre, Oulu, Finland 2014
UMEÅ 2014, Culture Capital of Europe, Inauguration Exhibition outdoors, Umeå, Sweden 2014
Katuaq, the Cultural Center of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland 2013
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 2013
KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland 2013
Espaço Cultural Tendal da Lapa, São Paulo, Brazil 2013
ISEA, Sydney, Australia 2013
NORDIC OUTBREAK, Streaming Museum / Scandinavia
House, New York, USA. Curated by av Tanya Toft, Brita Gudjonsdottir, Kati Kivinen, Jacob Lillemose och Daniela Arriado 2013
Norrbottens Ambasad för konst, Galleri So Stockholm, Sweden 2013
REFLEX / NNKS, Svolvær, Norway. Curated by Torill Østby Haaland and Jan Erik Lundström 2012
Norrbottens salong, Konsthallen, Kulturens Hus i Luleå, Sweden 2012
art:screen, Vetlanda museum, Vetlanda, Sweden 2012
Grünerløkka Lufthavn cultural center, Oslo, Norway 2012
Film Festival Miden, Kalamata, Greece 2012
International Polar Film Festival, Montreal, Canada 2012
Art Video Exchange / Small projects, Tromso, Norway 2012
CEC 2012, Sattal Estate, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, Indien 2012
Cavafy Museum, Alexandria, Egypt 2012
Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Stockholm, Sweden 1987, 1993, 2010, 2011, 2012
Beaconsfield, London, England 2011
Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn, Estland 2011
Athens Video Art Festival, Athens, Greece 2011
Kharkov City Art Gallery, Ukraina 2011
Rotterdam International Filmfestival, The Netherlands 2011
Galleri Wasa, Göteborg, Sweden 2010
Marsvinsholm Sculpture Park, Ystad, Sweden 2009
Inspark, Kulturens Hus, Luleå, Sweden 2007
Land Art, Ljusdal, Sweden 2004
Ljusdals Museum, Sweden 2003
Magnolia, Piteå, Sweden 2002
International Sculpture Biennial, Resistencia, Argentina 2000
Konstens Hus, Luleå, Sweden 1998
Grand Bend Ontario, Canada 1997
Kemi Art Museum, Finland 1996
Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland 1996
Kunstfestivalen in Lofoten, Norway 1996
Galerie Slováckého Muzea, Slovakia 1995
The BronzeTriangle, Nyiregyhása, Hungary 1995
Norrbottens salong, Norrbottens museum, Luleå, Sweden 1993
Murmansk Art Museum, Russia, 1993
Performances (a selection):
The Winter road, Dance, video, 3-dim. interpretation, percussion on ice and plow, (Director), Luleå, Sweden 2002
European Chairman meeting, performance in Swedish Air Force hangar, Luleå, (Director) 2001
Fire and percussion, the Nordic House Reykjavik, Island 2001
Out of the Water, Dance, video, music, 3-dim. Luleå, Stockholm, Sweden, Rovaniemi, Finland 1998
Videohappening Galleri Änkehuset, Stockholm, Sweden 1997
Public commissions (in Sweden unless stated otherwise):
Monumental sculpture, steel, City of Haparanda 2010
Monumental sculpture, steel, City of Luleå 2007
Stainless steel sculpture, City of Piteå 2002
Wood relief, City of Luleå 2000
Concrete/polyester sculpture, Resistencia, Argentina 2000
Wood relief, The Library in Malmberget 2000
Granite sculpture, The County Hospital, Luleå 1999
Pneumatic installation, Flygteknikerskolan, Luleå 1994
Granite sculpture, City Hall, Arjeplog 1992
Mural, Silverhatten, Arjeplog 1985
Represented (in Sweden unless stated otherwise):
The Swedish National Art Board; County Council of Norrbotten;
Fundacion Urunday Resistencia, Argentina; Municipalitys in Sweden;
Silvermuséet, Arjeplog; Sósto Sculpture Museum, Hungary
Prizes and awards (a selection):
The Dynamo Grant, The Swedish Art Grant Committee 2005
1st prize: jury’s Grand Award, International Sculpture Biennial, Resistencia, Argentina 2000
Grand development award ”Rubus Arcticus” The County Council of Norrbotten, Sweden 1997
Jury’s special prize for innovation and creativity, Olympic Art Festival, Lillehammer, Norway 1994
2nd prize, US International Snow Sculpture Contest, Milwaukee, USA 1993
1st prize, International Snow Sculpture Contest, San Candido, Italy 1993
The Emma and Karl Olsson’s Cultural Grant, Luleå, Sweden 1993
Honorable citizen of Luleå city, Sweden 1992
Gold medal, Olympic Art Festival, Albertville, France 1992
Cultural Grant, Municipality of Luleå, Sweden 1991
Finnish Lapland’s Association of Sculptors medal, Rovaniemi, Finland 1991
Bronze medal, The Nordic cine-film and video festival, Humlebaeck, Denmark 1990