Carl Johan Högberg (1979, Eskilstuna Sweden)
Based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo exhibitions
2011 Kingfisher, BIS71 ruimte voor kunst, Geleen
2011 Health Through Sports, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2009 She Who Speaks, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions
2011 What’s Up! De Jongste Schilderkunst in Nederland, Dordrecht Museum | Huis van Gijn
2011 Art Amsterdam, Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2010 Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst, Koninklijke Paleis, Amsterdam
2010 5e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs, Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag
2010 Test Assembly, Stroom Den Haag, The Hague
2010 Runaway Train, Bonniers konsthall, Stockholm
2010 Offspring 2010, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
2009 Art Brussels, Galerie Ron Mandos, Brussels
2008 Taming the Untamable, Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
2008 Paraat #4 (Best of Graduates 2008), Galerie Ron Mandos, Amsterdam
2008 MudPie, W139, Amsterdam
2008 T.i.s.t. TWAY 2, Amsterdam
2008 Rietveld in the Oude Kerk, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
2007 Experience as infinite differences, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam
Prizes/Scholarships/Grants
Startstipendium 2011, Fonds bkvb Amsterdam
Koninklijke Prijs Voor Vrije Schilderkunst (winner)
5e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs 2010 (shortlisted)
Grant from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science to attend De Ateliers, 2008-2010.
Wim Izaks Prijs, 2010 (nominated)
Buning Brongers Prijs 2008 (nominated)
Residencies
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2008-2010
Education
BFA, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, 2005-2008
Honours Program, Gerrit Rietveld Academie & UvA, Amsterdam, 2006-2007
Umeå konstskola, Umeå, 2003-2004
Art History, Umeå Universitet, Umeå, 2003-2004
Eskilstuna folkhögskola, Eskilstuna, 2000-2003
Other
Guest teacher, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, 2008-
Project leader,The Swedish Connection, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam/Klockestrand, 2010
Participant Artistic Research project Mudpie, Amsterdam, 2007-2008
Artist assistant (Gustav Hellberg), Berlin, 2004-2005
