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EDUCATION:

2012 – 2014:     MA Fine Art, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm

2009 – 2012:     BA Fine Art, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm

2004 – 2006:     Film college, Skurups Folkhögskola, Skurup

 

SELECTED SHOWS:

2017 (upcoming) Galleri Box, Göteborg.

2015     Map of the new art, Imago Mundi – Luciano Benetton Collection

2015     Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm.

2015     Göteborgs Konsthall. ”Let Me Tell You A Story”, group show.

2014     Verkstad: rum för konst, Norrköping. ”Lagrat liv”, solo show.

2014     Stockholm Music & Arts, exhibition in the art program.

2014     ”Not Safe For Work”, MA degree show, Konstakademien.

2014     Graduation solo show, Galleri Mejan.

2013     Temporära Konsthallen,  SEE-SAW #2, group show.

2013     Verkstad: Rum för konst,  SEE-SAW #1, group show.

2012     BA degeree show, Royal Institute of Art.

2011     Preparation for disaster, Black box, Royal Institute of Art.

2011     Notes On A Room # 5, group show Open Studios, Royal Institute of Art.

2010     Notes On A Room # 2, group show ”Four Days of Escapism”, Weld.

 

SELECTED SCREENINGS:

2014    Filmbar #13

2014    33rd Uppsala International Short Film Festival.

2014    Galleri Maskinen, Art Cruise Weekend.

2014    Prosecco e Pop Corn, Bari, Italy.

2014    Norrköping Art Museum.

2014    FLM DVD #04, The Photographer.

2013    Nominated to a Guldbagge-award for best short of the year, The Photographer. 

2012    Göteborg International Film Festival. The Photographer nominated to Startsladden, Best Swedish Short.

2010    Fat Film Festival, Italy. Special Jury Mention, The Participant

2009    Kurbas, Kiev. Notes On A Room #1.

2009    Pixel, Lund. The ParticipantAwarded for Best Cinematography, 2nd Prize Best Film and Best Original Music score.

 

PUBLICATIONS: 

2015-10    ”Archive of Visions and Actions – Contemporary Art from Sweden” (Fabrica)

2015-04    ”Verkstad 09-15” (contribution to an anthology about Verkstad Konsthall)

2015-04     Filmögon #1 (contribution to the film fanzine filmögon.se)

2015-03     Videofocus Stigmart10 Art Review, 12th edition

2014-07    ”Vägledning / Guidance” (publication for Stockholm Music & Arts, ed. Hans Carlsson)

2014-06    Paletten #296 (Peeping Tom p. 28)

2014-05    ”Not Safe For Work” (publication for degree show, ed. Fredrik Ehlin)  

2014-03    FLM DVD #04

 

RESIDENCIES & GRANTS:

2016     One-year-grant from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

2015     Elice Erlandsson grant (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts)

2015     Bengt Fredriksson grant (The Royal Academy of Fine Arts)

2014     Norrköping Air recidency program.

2013     Fredrik Bremer-förbundets studiestipendium

2013     Gustaf och Ida Unmans donationsfond

2012     Anders Sandrews Utbildningstipendium

2007     Svenska Filminstitutet; Fortbildningsstöd för kvinnliga filmskapare

 

OTHER:

2016     Guest lecturer at the BFA programme in independent filmmaking, Akademin Valand, Göteborg

2015     Guest lecturer at the BFA programme in independent filmmaking, Akademin Valand, Göteborg

2015     ”What there is”, ”The Photographer” and ”Orienteering” is distributed by Filmform.

 

PRESS:

2014-10-08    Kultursidan, Tjuvtitt på eget och andras liv

2014-08-27    Norrköpings tidningar, Filmar vid sidan om

2014-07-10    Kultursidan, Vanja söker vardagens mobilfilmer

2014-07-10    Folkbladet, Med öga för dina filmer

2014-07-08    Sveriges Radio P4 Norrköping, Intervju

2014-07-08    SVT Östnytt, Din mobilfilm kan bli konst

2014-05-29    Dagens Nyheter, Med tiden närvarande i alla rum

2014-03-18    FLM no. 25

2012-03-24    FLM no. 16

 

Biography

Vanja Sandell Billström (b. 1983) is an artist and filmmaker based in Stockholm, Sweden. Her work shifts between documentary, fiction and video installations. In 2012 ”The Photographer” was nominated for Best Swedish Short, Startsladden, at Göteborg International Film Festival and one year later nominated for the Guldbagge Award. Since 2007 she is a part of  Tangram Film together with Andrea Kåberg, Hanna Sköld and Jenifer Malmqvist.