Ingela Ihrman (b. 1985) is an artist based in Malmö. She studied at Konstfack, Stockholm and graduated in 2012. Her recent exhibitions include Survival K(n)it 7, LCCA, Riga; Becoming by Recalling, Passagen konsthall, Linköping and Den naturliga ordningen, Haninge Konsthall. Along with Sofia Hultin and Johan Eriksson she forms the performance group Hägersten’s Botanical Garden, currently engaged in a collaboration with Art Lab Gnesta within the project Swamp Storytelling.
www.ingelaihrman.com
Education
2010 – 2012: MFA, Art In the Public Realm, Konstfack, Stockholm
2007 – 2010: BFA, Konstfack, Stockholm
2005 – 2007: Gerlesborg Bohuslän School of Fine Art, Hamburgsund
Solo/duo exhibitions
2014: “The beach is open to all without restrictions, and there is no charge for use.”, Ronneby konsthall
2013: Tropikerna i Gnesta, Gnesta Art Lab
2013: ETT MED NATUREN, Fullersta Gård, Huddinge
2013: Kom in! Galleri Gerlesborg, Hamburgsund (with Christina Langert)
2012: The Giant Water Lily Victoria regia BLOOMS at Rodeløkka!, Percival Space, Oslo
Selected group exhibitions
2015: STREAM(2) Helpless, South Windham
2015: GLASMO, Combustion gallery, Zadar
2015: Becoming by Recalling, Passagen Konsthall, Linköping
2014: UPPEHÅLL, Marabouparken, Sundbyberg*
2013: Vart tog hon vägen? Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm Music & Arts Festival, Stockholm
2012: HÄR HAR MAN ALLTID MED SIG,Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm Music & Arts Festival, Stockholm*
2011: Strangers: Between Europe and Asia, VII Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art
2010: Another Way / En annan väg, Wanås Foundation, Knislinge
Selected public events and performances
2015: Träskaftonslunch i Hägerstens botaniska trädgård, Art Lab Gnesta, Gnesta*
2015: Open Edit With Three Sisters, Agora Collective, Berlin
2014: Salon i Kongalejliheden, Copenhagen
2013: Amorfophallus Titanum, Microclima / Art Night Venice with Art Lab Gnesta, Venice
2013: Nattvandring på Fullersta Gård, Fullersta Gård, Huddinge*
2012: Konstkarusellen, Galleri 54, Göteborg
2012: Svenska Flickan och Hägerstens Botaniska trädgård, Orionteatern, Stockholm*
2011: Hägerstens Botaniskas Trädgårdsradio Live! at Konsumera Mera, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping*
2011: Jan Lindblad Film Festival 2011, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle
2011: Hägerstens Botaniska Trädgårds Jubileumsshow, Kristianstad Konstmuseum, Kristianstad*
2011: Hägerstens Botaniskas Trädgårdsradio – Live!, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle*
Publications, reviews and other printed material
2015: On the tranforming wonders of nature in the work of Ingela Ihrman, Maria Lind, ArtReview March 2015
2015: STREAM, 2chairs, catalogue
2014: Art Line Catalogue, p. 70-75
2014: Fält #2, Art Lab Gnesta
2012: Tellus Ruber, An Epitath For The World We Are Leaving Behind, Percival Space
2012: Tropikerna 1-4, self published publication
2012: The Baltic Sea Gala Show, Capricious Magazine #13, The Water Issue*
2011: Strangers: Between Europe and Asia. VII Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art. Catalog p. 17, 70-71.
Residencies
2015: Art Lab Gnesta / Swamp Storytelling, Gnesta *
2015: Trumpeten co Mellanrum, Malmö **
2015: Three Sisters at Vrångsholmen, Agora Collective, Berlin
2014: Tre systrar på Vrångsholmen, Tanum
2013: Art Lab Gnesta, Gnesta
2011: The Nomadic Show, Shiryaevo
Other
2015: Teacher, Det här är INTE en maskerad, (with Angelica Falkeling) Den nya konst(utbildning)en, Konstfrämjandet/Lisa Nyberg, Malmö
2014-ongoing: Translator English/Swedish for Tensta konsthall
2014: DNK mentor, Konstfrämjandet/Lisa Nyberg, Malmö
2013: Guest teacher at Gerlesborgsskolan Bohuslän
* Hägerstens Botaniska Trädågrd with Sofia Hultin och Johan Eriksson
** Ateljékollektivet Trumpeten, Malmö