Sofia Hultén
- Born in 1972, Sweden
- Lives and works in Berlin since 1997
- 2018 Professor for sculpture, Hochschule für Bildenden Künste Braunschweig
- Since 2023 Professor for sculpture,Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart
Upcoming Exhibitions
- Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm (solo), 2027
- Group exhibition curated John Peter Nilsson in Stockholm, Fall 2026
Selected Exhibitions
2026
2025
- Spinning Needle, Broken Compass, Fullersta Gård, Stockholm
- Factory Made, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
2024
2023
- Hat Trick Cyclist, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
- Basic Fit, Office Baroque, Antwerp
- Power House; Episode 02 - No One Belongs Here More Than You, Schiller Museum, Weimar
2022
- Uppers And Downers with Thilo Jenssen, Christine König Galerie, Vienna
- Tiefenschärfe. Zwischen Lust, List Und Schrecken, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
- Pattern Recognition, Kunstpalais Erlangen
- To Light, Shadow And Dust, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
- Mythos Handwerk, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
2021
- Super Call Me Fragile Ego, Daniel Marzona, Berlin
- Why Are You Angry?, S.M.A.K., Ghent
- Sound And Silence, Kunstmuseum Bonn
- Landliebe - Kunst Und Landwirtschaft, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur
- Cose Naturali - Das Wesen Der Dinge, Galerie M+R Fricke, Berlin
- Lost Weekend, Yvon Lambert, Paris, and Galerie Allen, Paris
2020
- Manly Rainy Moany, Farbvision, Berlin
- Hoffnung, Draiflessen Collection
- Smoke A Grid Like A Grapevine Does, Scharaun, Berlin
2019
- Undead, Undead, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
- Blue Is The Colour Of Your Eyes, Moderna Museet, Malmö
- Tandem: Sofia Hultén And José Antonio Suàrez Londoño, Alexander and Bonin, New York
- Blickachsen 12, Skulpturen in Bad Homburg und Frankfurt RheinMain
- It, Is, What, It, Is, Meessen De Clerq, Brussels
2018
- Unstable Fakers Of Change In Self, KINDL Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
- Here's The Answer, What's The Question?, Museum Tinguely, Basel
- Casual Causal, àngels Barcelona
- Coulda Woulda Shoulda, Daniel Marzona, Berlin
- Der Flaneur, Kunstmuseum Bonn
- A Grin Without A Cat, Borås Internationella Skulptur Biennal, Borås, Sweden
- Play It Again: The Art Of Remaking, Firstsite, UK
- Northern Exposure, Nordic Museum, Seattle
2017
- Here's The Answer, What's The Question?, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
- Ausser Sicht, Kunsthalle Mainz
- Revolution In Red, Yellow And Blue, Marta Herford
- Floating World, Art Bahrain Across Borders, Bahrain
- A Throw Of The Dice Will Never Abolish Chance, Chateau La Borie, France
2016
- Entropy High, i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
- The Secret Life Of Images, Kunstverein Freiburg
- How To Charm, QBox Gallery, Athens
- Swedish Art Now!, Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum, Stockholm
2015
- When Lines Are Time, Espai 13 Miro Foundation, Barcelona
- Truckin', Daniel Marzona, Berlin
- Momentum - 8th Nordic Biennial Of Contemporary Art Tunnel Vision, Moss, Norway
- Poetic Minimalism, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
- Gathered Fates, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
- Birmingham Show, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
- 5 Years, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich
- Bricologie, Villa Arson, Nice
- Last Sighting, daadgalerie, Berlin
- Second Nature, Sophie Van De Velde Gallery, Antwerp
- Adam, Eve And The Devil, Marres, Maastricht
2014
- Matter Is Plastic In The Face Of Mind, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
- I Used To, I Still Do, But I Used To, Too, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich
- Vom Dasein Und Sosein, Frankfurter Kunstverein
- I'm Still Here, Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm
- New Ways Of Doing Nothing, Kunsthalle Wien/Kunsthalle Vienna
- Côté Intérieur, Tiroler Künstlerschaft
- Almost Something, Not Quite Nothing, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles
2013
- How Did It Get So Late So Soon, Kunstverein Braunschweig
- If You Never Did You Should, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
- Vom Eigensinn Der Dinge, Kai 10, Düsseldorf
- Rhythm In It, Aargauer Kunsthaus
- Sweet Bitter Symphony, Künstlerhaus Bremen
2012
- Statik Elastik, Langen Foundation, Neuss
- One In Ten, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
- How To Make, Kunsthaus Dresden
- Landscapeism, Kunstverein Glückstadt
- Reyjkjavik Arts Festival, National Gallery of Iceland
- Remainder, Hilary Crisp Gallery, London
- Guangzhou Triennale, Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou
2011
- No No Nono No No, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
- Pressure Drop, RaebervonStenglin, Zürich
- Kölnskulptur #6, Skulpturenpark Köln
- O, Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
- (Re)constructed, Kunsthalle Glarus
- Informellnature, Galerie Sabine Knust, München
- The Moving Object, Essays and Observations, Berlin
2010
- Past Particles, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
- Ninety-Nine Problems, Meessendeclerq, Brussels
- Test/tat, Galerie für Gegenwartskunst, Bremen
- Sofia Hultén with Wolfgang Plöger, Galerie Nelson-Freeman, Paris
- The Moderna Exhibition, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
- A Walk Around The Block, La Ferme Du Buisson, France
- Schöner Wohnen, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
- Documents 10, Today Art Museum, Beijing
- Objects Are Like They Appear, Meessendeclerq, Brussels
- Anticipation Time, Museums of Bat Yam, Israel
- Fische Hinterlassen Keine Spüren, Künstlerhaus Bremen
2009
- Back To Back, Konrad Fischer Oben, Berlin
- Drawn Onward, Perrot's Folly, Ikon Gallery Offsite, UK
- Table Des Matieres, Carl Freedman Gallery, UK
- Collaboration, Autocenter, Berlin
- Known Unknowns, Loop Gallery, Seoul
- Gestern Oder Im 2. Stock, Münchner Stadtmuseum
- Pop-Up!, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
- Berlin 2000, Pace Wildenstein, New York
- Der Innere Blick - Das Interieur In Der Zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Tübingen
- Nautilus, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
- Haus Kaputt Haus Heile, Kunstverein Springhornhof
- Time, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf
2008
- Mutual Annihilation, Künstlerhaus Bremen
- Auflösung, Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum, Berlin
- Documentation, HIAP, Cable Factory, Helsinki
- Betwixt: Sofia Hultén Between Kendell Geers, Gabriel Orozco, Jonathan Monk, Cosima Von Bonin, Paul Chan And Mona Hatoum, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
- Driller Killer, Forgotten Bar Project / Galerie im Regierungsviertel, Berlin
- Weisses Lächeln, Croy Nielsen, Berlin
- Home Alone, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
- Freunde Und Bekannte, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
- If You Give Me The Mountain I Will Ask For The Sea, Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen
- Mimétisme, Extra City, Antwerp
2007
- Familiars, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK
- You Do Voodoo You Do, Kunstverein Nürnberg
- Preparations For Uncertain Doom, Galerie Adler Videospace, New York
- Die Stadt Von Morgen, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
- Space Invasion, Wien
- Um-Kehrungen, Kunstverein Braunschweig
- Between Reality And Fairytales, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden
- State Of Work, Fotohof, Salzburg
- We Can't Be Stopped, MAC/VAL, Musée du Val de Marne
- Highlights, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
- Casa Vecina, Mexico City
2006
- Possessions, Kunstverein Göttingen
- Events With Unknown Outcome, Letzte Überprüfung, Berlin
- Abgebrannt, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
- Schein Und Abgrund, P//AKT, Amsterdam
- Eigenheim, Kunstverein Göttingen
- L'apparence Et L'abime, Immanence, Paris
- Berlin: Tendenzen, Instituto de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona
- Vorläufige Durchsuchung, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2005
- Natalia Goldin Gallery, Stockholm
- Things We Know, Test Site - Rooseum, Malmö
- Ergonomicon, Conworks, Seattle
- Re:Search, Universität der Künste, Berlin
- Up And Coming Video Screening #1, Galerie Adler, Frankfurt
- Erste Haut, Galerie gebrüder Lehmann, Dresden
2004
- Blick New Nordic Film And Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
- My Blood Is Electric, Spitz Gallery, London
- We're Not Here To Give You Pleasure, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes
- Me, Myself And I, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida, USA
- Trendwände, Kunstraum Düsseldorf
- L'attitude Des Autres, s-m-p, Marseille
- Fellbach Triennale Der Kleinplastik, Fellbach
- Belluard Bollwerk, Fribourg, Switzerland
- Social Ease, Luft Space, Toronto
- Art..chitecture, Evo Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Fast Umsonst, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
- Hansi Hinterseer, Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin
2003
- Capri Berlin with Lucy Powell
- lothringer dreizehn Munich with Bettina Carl
- Special Projects, PS1, New York
- Losing It, Fenton Gallery, Ireland
- Out To Grass, Koch und Kesslau, Berlin
- Escapology, G39, Cardiff, Wales
- überlebensstrategien Für Untrainierte, Kunst und Medienzentrum Adlershof, Berlin
- Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Berlin
- Office, The Photographers' Gallery, London
2002
- Koch und Kesslau, Berlin
- Videoidyll, Staatsbank, Berlin
- The Berlin Files, De Chiara Gallery, New York
- Sound, G7, Berlin
- Here And Now, Büro Friedrich, Berlin
- Galerija-Kneipe, Warsaw, Poland
- We're Not Here To Give You Pleasure, Proto Academy, Edinburgh
- Fricties, Vooruit Center, Ghent
- We're Not Here To Give You Pleasure, G39, Cardiff, Wales
- La Nuit Art Vidéo, Maillon-Wacken, Strasbourg
2001
- Not At Home, Schloß Solitude, Stuttgart
- White Collar, Temporary Site, Zimmer Str, Berlin
- We're Not Here To Give You Pleasure, rraum 02, Frankfurt
- Art Works:Consulting, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin
Scholarships and Awards
2011
- Moderna Museets Vänners Skulpturpris
2009
- Stiftung Kunstfonds One Year Scholarship
2008
- Helsinki International Artists Programme
2007
- IASPIS Studio Scholarship, Stockholm, Sweden
2005
- Studio Scholarship Akademie der Künste Berlin
- Senate One Year Work Scholarship Berlin
2003
- Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt, Berlin
2001
- Künstlerförderung Berlin
1998
- DAAD One Year Scholarship, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham & Museum Tinguely, Basel
ISBN 978-1-911155-12-6
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How did it get so late so soon
Kunstverein Braunschweig
ISBN 978-3-86206-352-9
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Moderna Museets Vänners Skulpturpris 2011
Moderna Museets Vänner
ISBN 978-91-86243-04-3
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Galerie Nordenhake:
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