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Lars Cuzner   Born 1974 Södertälje, Sweden
Based in Oslo, Norway

Education

2003 – 2005    Umeå Universitet, Umeå
1996 – 2000    Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver

Projects (ongoing)

2012

  • Baltic Cute Curators network (participant) Kassel, Germany and Kim? Contemporary Art Centre in Riga, Latvia
  • Lars Cuzner’s Conversational Ghosts by Kjetil Røed (book and release coming fall 2012)
  • European Attraction Limited (ongoing 2011 – 2014)

Exhibitions

2012

  • The Brucennial 2012, New York

2011

  • nobelprize.no, Internet
  • Press Conference, KHIO, Oslo
  • Broadcast through a brother 3, based in berlin, Berlin
  • Bed Bug Formication ATCE, Oslo

2010

  • Recurring individual conversations, UKS, Oslo,
  • Broadcast through a brother 2, Basso, Berlin
  • Broadcast through a brother 1, Grimmuseum, Berlin
  • What happens in the forest stays in the forst,  The Parallel Action – The Great Escape, Stange
  • Trying Bigerts, Podium, Oslo

2009

  • Everyone is Dying, Ljusgården, Umeå
  • Kool-Aid for Drowning fish, Front Magazine. Vancouver

2008

  • The Promise, Vita Kuben, Norrlandsoperan, Umeå
  • The Promise, European Social Forum Galleri Addo, Malmö

2007

  • Detecting Common Cold, Symbiosis IAO Gallery, Oklahoma City
  • Detecting Common Cold, MADE Norrlandsoperan, Umeå

2006

  • Sverige är bäst I Sverige, Verkligheten, Umeå

Grants

2011             International Support, OCA, Office for Contemporary Art Norway
2011             Development grant, Public Art Norway (KORO/URO)
2010-11       2 year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2011             Projects grant, Norwegian Visual Arts Association
2010            Mobility support grant, The Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture
2008            High-cost projects grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2008            Exhibition grant, The Cultural Administration, Umeå
2006            Exhibition grant, Kultur Nord

Commíttee
2011            Arbetsgrupp, Fellesverkstedet. Oslo
2008          Reference group, Digital arts fellowship, Humlab Umeå University
2007          Board member, Verkligheten, Artist run centre. Umeå

Work

2011 –         Coordinator, UKS, Oslo
2005-09    Artistic Director, Kulturverket,  Umeå