Open Studios autumn 2022

Welcome to IASPIS Open Studios autumn 2022!

For this edition of IASPIS’ signature event, 13 artists and duos from five continents share installations, drawings, photographs, design, film, sculptures, performances, and much more. Alongside the Stockholm grant holders there will be a special participation by grant holders in Umeå and Göteborg, and the International Dance Programme. 

Oona Nelson, Weronika Bela & Ivar Hagren, Kemang Wa Lehulere, Dunne & Raby, Rahel Shawl, Isshaq Albarbary, Catherine Anyango Grünewald, Sara Kaaman, Jenny Magnusson, Geoff Robinson, Funduk (Matteo Locci & Başak Tuna), Ángel Manuel Ramírez Roque and Mona Namér give us an insight into their ongoing processes.

It is impossible to group all the practices presented here under one comprehensive topic, so there is no attempt to do that. It is rather the singularity of each artist and duo what makes Open Studios an ever-changing representation of the multiplicity present in the Swedish and international contemporary art scenes.  

Coordinated by Victoria McCarthy
Graphic design by Evelina Mohei

Participating artists

Grant holders in Stockholm
Oona Nelson (US)
Weronika Bela & Ivar Hagren (Sweden)
Kemang Wa Lehulere (South Africa)
Dunne & Raby (UK)
Rahel Shawl (Ethiopia)
Isshaq Albarbary (Palestine)
Catherine Anyango Grünewald (Kenya/Sweden)
Sara Kaaman (Sweden)
Jenny Magnusson (Sweden)

Grant holder in Göteborg
Ángel Manuel Ramírez Roque (Cuba)

Grant holders in Umeå
Geoff Robinson (Australia)
Funduk: Matteo Locci (Italy) & Başak Tuna (Turkey/Italy)

International Dance Programme
Mona Namér (Sweden)

Public programme

1pm
Doors open

1:20–1:30pm
Welcome address by Mika Romanus, Director General, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Foyer)

1:30–1:45pm
Mona Namér: Screening (Dance Studio)

2–2:30pm
Ángel Manuel Ramírez Roque: Presentation (Residency kitchen)

3–3:15pm
Mona Namér: Screening (Dance Studio)

3–4pm
Kemang Wa Lehulere: Performance, in collaboration with Lefifi Tladi (Foyer)

3:30–6:30pm
Sara Kaaman: Informal talks (Studio 8)

4–4.40pm
Dunne & Raby: In conversation with Martín Ávila (Studio 4)

4:20–5pm
Weronika Bela & Ivar Hagren: In conversation with Yuvinka Medina (Studio 2)

4–7pm
Rahel Shawl: Informal talks and Ethiopian coffee ceremony (Studio 5)

5:30–6pm
Geoff Robinson: Sound performance (Foyer)

5:15–5.45pm
Mona Namér: Screening and presentation (Dance Studio)

6pm
Bar opens (Foyer)

6–6:45pm
Jenny Magnusson: In conversation with Anna Öberg and Magnus af Petersens (Studio 9)

7–7:30pm
Funduk: Performance (Archive)

7:30–9pm
DJ Karani (Foyer)

The studios are open 1–9pm. The public programme schedule might be subject to changes.

IASPIS is the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual and Applied Arts. Its mission is to support artistic development and expand employment opportunities through internationalisation. Its activities include residency programmes in Sweden and abroad, public activities and various forms of bringing together artists, curators and other professionals.