Thomas LILJENBERG
20th century, Sweden

Thomas Liljenberg lives and works in Stockholm. He graduated in 1982 from the National College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm (1978-1982) and Stockholm University (1988–89)
Early Works 1978–1990

1978 Initiates Firework together with Leif Elggren, Stockholm
1979 The Apartment, exhibition (together with Elggren), Firework, Sigtunagatan 5, Stockholm
1979 Implosioner, solo exhibition, Sigtunagatan 5, Stockholm
1980 Firework, exhibition (together with Elggren), Sigtunagatan 5, Stockholm
1981 Järv-Rum (Glutton-Room), solo exhibition, Sigtunagatan 5, Stockholm
1981 Fält (Field), solo installation, Sigtunagatan 5, Stockholm
1981 Krets (Circel), performance, Sigtunagatan 5, Stockholm
1981 Phase 1:6, performance (together with Elggren), Fylkingen, Stockholm
1981 The Apartment, performance (together with Elggren(Jonsson/Hultman), Göteborgs konsthall
1981 Uterus, performance, 20 Live project’s. Fylkingen and Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1982 Graduates from National College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm
1982 Elektrolys, performance/installtion (together with Elggren), KIFiN, Norrköping, Sweden
1982 Initiates Firework Edition (together with Elggren), Stockholm
1982 Stockholm–Groningen, installation (together with Elggren), galleri Metro, Groningen, Holland
1982 Serial-aktion, performance/sound work, Galleri Mors Mössa, Göteborg
1982 Elektrolys II, installation, (together with Elggren), Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Helsinki, Finland 1982
1982 Kaka/Såll/Kälke, installation, Galleri Sankt Olof, Norrköping, Sweden
1982 The Old Water Tower in Linköping, sound-installation (together with Elggren/Hausswolff/Pauser), Linköping, Sweden
1983 Elektrolys III, installation, galleri Mors Mössa, Göteborg, Sweden (together with Elggren)
1983 Elektrolys–Elektrolys II, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
1983 Stockholm–Groningen, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
1983 Serial-aktion, book, Firework Edition
1983 Initiated Firework Centrallagret, a small gallery in Stockholm (together with Elggren)
1983 Verkstaden återbesökt (The Studio Revisited), exhibition (together with Elggren), Firework Centrallagret, Stockholm
1983 Brown Paintings, solo exhibition, Firework Centrallagret, Stockholm
1983 13.7.83, exhibition (together with Elggren), Firework Centrallagret, Stockholm
1983 LOT, exhibition (together with Elggren), Firework Centrallagret, Stockholm
1983 Vi bjuder Firework på fisketur, exhibition (together with Elggren), Firework Centrallagret, Stockholm
1984 Grand Hotel, performance, Stockholm (together withElggren/Hausswolff/Pauser), Grand Hotel, Stockholm
1984 Stockholm–Groningen exhibition (together with Elggren), Firework Centrallagret, Stockholm
1984 Phase 1:6, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
1984 Three Brown Paintings, exhibition, VHS Kunststation, Kleinsassen, Germany
1984 Någonting som är större än vad det är (Something bigger than it is), performance (together with Elggren/Hausswolff/Pauser), Galleri Mors Mössa, Göteborg, Sweden
1984 Public artwork for Stockholms Läns landsting, enamel paintings
1984 Artist-Books, exhibition, Grafiska Sällskapet, Stockholm
1985 Lunda-biennalen nr 2, exhibition, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
1985 Saftmaskinen (The Jucie machine), solo installation, Centralbadet, Stockholm
1985 The Tower of Water/The gallery of Water, 7” (together with Elggren/Hausswolff/Pauser), Phauss/Firework
1985 Fält (Field), solo exhibition, Radium, Göteborg, Sweden
1986 Havet, solo exhibition, Sveagalleriet, Stockholm, Sweden
1986 Public work for Stockholms Läns landsting, enamel paintings
1987 Galleri Oscar, solo exhibition, Stockholm
1987 Public work for Stockholms Läns landsting, enamel paintings
1988 Promenad, performace, Riddarhyttan, Sweden
1989 Elektrolys IV, installation (together with Elggren), Kristofferskolan, Bromma, Sweden
1989 Havet (The Ocean), exhibition, Viborg Museum, Denmark
1989 Havet (The Ocean), exhibition, galleri Holtegaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989 La tempest, solo exhibition, Firework Edition, Stockholm

Works 1990–
1991 En tredje resultant, solo exhibition, gallery Periscope, Stockholm
1991 The Apartment, installation (together with Elggren), gallery Forum, Stockholm
1992 The Apartment (together with Elggren), Stockholm Art Fair
1992 120 DOLDA, solo exhibition, Sveagalleriet, Stockholm
1993 Sweden Dreams, solo exhibition, Kalmar Museum, Kalmar, Sweden
1993 Sweden Dreams, solo exhibition The Swedish Parliament, Stockholm
1993 IDOL, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
1993 Zzzz, CD (together with Elggren), Firework Edition Records
1994 Partiet, performance (together with Elggren), Kulturbolaget, Malmö, Sweden
1994 Konst på Hötorget/Hötorget i Konsten, exhibition, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1994 Nya Stockholm, exhibition, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1994 Partiet, a political party/installation, Firework Edition, Stockholm
1994 The Party, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
1996 Experiment With Dreams, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
1996 Experiment With Dreams, exhibition (together with Elggren), Produzenten Gallerie, Kassel, Tyskland
1996 Experiment With Dreams, exhibition (together with Elggren), Malmö Museum
1996 The Codfish Suit, CD (together with Elggren), Firework Edition Records
1996 Endurance, exhibition and performance, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1996 Love-All, exhibition, Färgfabriken, Stockholm
1996 Nya Stockholm (UTOPIA), exhibition, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
1996 Artist-books, exhibition, Grafikens Hus, Mariefred
1996 Ebola–Swedish Dreamer, 7” (together with Elggren), Firework Edition Records
1997 A Scholar Stops Mounted on a White Charger, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
1997 Floor of Dreams, book, Firework Edition
1998 PORT, exhibition, Rågsved, Sweden
1998 Saltsjöbadsdokumentet, exhibition (together with Elggren), Fisksätra,  Sweden
1998 Gothenburg Spooky, solo exhibition and outdoor installation, SUBBAU, Gothenburg, Sweden
1998 Sweden Dreams, book, Firework Edition
1998 Swedish Mess, exhibition, (together with Elggren), Arkipelag, Nordic Museum, Stockholm
1998 Nature is Perverse, performance, Modern Museum, Stockholm
1998 The Party, CD (together with Leif Elggren), Firework Edition Records
1998 Initiates Hz, Fylkingens webb-magazine, www.fylkingen.se/Hz
1998 Firework Edition, exhibition (together with Elggren), Fylkingen, Stockholm
1998 Synk, sound project, Swedish Radio
1999 Pandoras Box, installation, InterAccess, Toronto, Canada and Royal College of Art, Stockholm
1999 9.11, CD (together with Elggren), Firework Edition Records
1999 The Answers, exhibition (together with Elggren), BildMuseet, Umeå, Sweden
1999 Transformatoriche Bordelle, performance (together with Elggren), Fylkingen, Stockholm
2000 The Answers, book (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
2000 Two Thin Eating One Fat, CD (together with Elggren), Firework Edition
2000 Experiment With Time, CD, Firework Edition Records
2000 Chapter VII, book, Firework Edition
2000 The Answers, bookrelease (together with Elggren), Printed Matter, New York, USA
2001 Motstånd, exhibition, Modern Museum, Stockholm
2001 Överflugen av en gammal kung, exhibition (together with Elggren), Färgfabriken, Stockholm
2001 Re-Mix, performance, Fylkingen, Stockholm
2001 Överflugen av en gammal kung, exhibition (together with Elggren), Passagen, Linköping
2002 Överflugen av en gammal kung, exhibition (together with Elggren), Göterborgs, Konsthall 2002 –05 The Office of Culture / vårbygård.nu, Stockholm
2002 Listening Post, (in collaboration with Chris Watson and Mike Harding), IASPIS / The Royal Academy, Stockholm
2002 Elektrolys VI, installation/performance (together with Elggren), Fylkingen, Stockholm
2002–2004 Citizen Centre – A proposal for a new public centre in Vårby gård (in collaboration with artist Anders Krüger and architect Erik Stenberg), Stockholm
2002–2003 Burden and Masters, solo exhibition, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2005 Adorno, performace (together with Bergmark/Melin/Dezy), Fylkingen, Stockholm
2005 Initiates Kista Art City in Kista, Stockholm
2005 Film Fylkingen, film, Fylkingen, Stockholm
2005 Erase and Rewind, exhibition, Bukowskis, Stockholm
2005 Human Work, exhibition, Galleri 44, Stockholm
2005–07 Direct, project (together with Hans Andrén), Stockholm, Kista, Alby, Vårby gård och Tensta,  Sweden
2006 Urban Design, workshop, Arkitekturmuseet, Stockholm
2007 Artist Books, exhibition, Projectesd, Barcelona, Spanien
2007 Cunt 69, CD (together with Elggren), Firework Edition Records
2007  K>SE, reserch project, Chalmers/KK-stiftelsen, Gothenburg–Stockholm
2007 Kunskapsresan, project for the Municipal of Säffle, Sweden
2008 Haigha Sophia i Vårby gård, performance together with Bo Samuelsson, Vårby gård, Sweden
2008 Teaches at the university in Böö, Norway
2008 Lectures and seminaries at Västerås Art Museum, Västerås, Sweden
2008 Participates as reference in the public art project “Gå över ån”, Västerås Art Museum, Västerås
2008 Initiates SKALA in collaboration with architect Erik Stenberg and David Powell.
2008 Teaches at Beckman school for art and designe, Stockholm
2008 Initiates project glocalsiteswop in collaboration with Bo Samuelsson and Sten Sandell, Kista, Sweden
2008 Graphic design and profile for Askengren Company, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 Workshop Cultural Infrastructure at Interactive Institute, Kista, Stockholm
2008 Workshop Kista Art City, Kista
2008 Workshop and seminarie at Kista Science Tower, Kista
2009 Receives support from Innovativ kultur for Kista Art City
2009 Workshop Kista Art City in Kista Science Tower
2009 GATE, workshop and exhibition at Greenlandspark, Kista
2009 The City & The Future, project and exhibition at Kista Science Tower, Kista
2009 Initiates and launches #01 of webbmagazine Appendix (together with Leif Elggren)
2009 Street Corner Talking, Public artwork, Kista Galleria, Kista
2009 Top secret (Hemligstämplat) box and release (together with Leif Elggren) satumaa*kustantmo in collaboration with the Modern Museum, Stockholm
2009 Episode #8 of The Belsona Academy, belsonaacademy.podomatic.com/
2009 Becomes member of KRO board committee (Swedish Artists’ National Organization)
2010 Becomes member of BUS board committee (Visual Arts Copyright Society in Sweden)
2010 Community Art, SO-Stockholm, Stockholm
2010 Initiates ONE SIZE FITS ALL, label for multiples and artworks, Kista Art City
2010 Swedish Conceptual Art, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar
2010 Någon hyr ett rum och vi bor i det (In collaboration with Leif Elggren, CM v. Hausswolff and Erik Pauser). Frimurarhotellet, Kalmar/In connection with Swedish Conceptual Art, Kalmar Konstmuseum
2010 The Firework Appendix #02 and 03 (in collaboration with L. Elggren)
2010 RÄTTVISA. Street Corner Talking. Public artwork, Kista/Stockholm

Curatorial:
20 Live project’s, Modern Museum and Fylkingen, Stockholm 1981
Konst på Hötorget / Hötorget i Konsten, Kulturhuset, Stockholm 1994
International Artist Exchange, Sweden-Germany. Gallery Forum Stockholm and Produzenten Gallerie, Kassel, Germany 1997
Nature is peverse, Modern Museum, Stockholm 1998
Fylkingen Artist In Residence, 2000–
Pandora’s Box, Artist Exchange, Sweden-Canada. Enkehuset, The Royal College of
Art Stockholm and Fylkingen 1999 and InterAccess, Toronto, Canada 2000
Artist In Residence 2001 – A Pier, Fylkingen 2001 (in collaboration with Thor McIntyre-Burnie och Chris Watson, UK)
Infrastructure, workshop in field recording together with Chris Watson and Mike Harding (UK) at the Royal College of Art in Stockholm
Listening Post, IASPIS/The Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm. International exchange project Sweden and UK 2002
Adorno, International exchange project 2003– 04. Sweden, Austria, Germany and Portugal.
The Office of Culture, project manager, Huddinge county, Vårby Gård, July 2002– November 2004 and Villa San Michele, Capri, Italy December 2004–
ArtStars, Luxembourg, Paris and Berlin 2005–06
Direct, Stockholm, Kista, Rinkeby, Botkyrka and Huddinge county. Sweden, 2005–
Kista Art City, Stockholm 2005–
K>SE, research project for KK-stiftelsen, in collaboration with Hans Andrén and Ingegerd Green, Gothenburg and Stockholm 2007–
Kunskapsresan, the Municipal of Säffle, in collaboration with Ingegerd Green, 2007–

Commissions
Fylkingen board committee, (co-chairman), 2000–
Fylkingen program committee, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2001
Fylkingen Artist In Residence, 2000–
Editor of Hz – Fylkingens Webb magazine, 2000–
Grafikskolan board committee, 2003–
Föreningen Sveriges Konstnärer 2007–
Swedish Artists’ National Organization board committee, 2009–
BUS board committee (Visual Arts Copyright Society in Sweden), 2010–

Antology:
Nature Is Peverse, CD, Fylkingen Records 2000
Överflugen av en gammal kung, book, Färgfabriken 2001
Krev X, CD, Touch, London 2002
Corporal Mentality, book, Lukas & Sterner Inc., New York 2003
Stillupsteypa: the immediate past of no interest to us …, CD, b-boy, 2001
Music Overheard, edited by Damon Krukowski and curated by Kenneth Goldsmith, the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2007
Smiling Through My Teeth, Curated by Vicki Bennett, Sonic Arts Network, 2008
Källar händelser, bok, Gallerie Forum, Stockholm 2008

Source: http://www.thomasliljenberg.se/cv/