 Artist's arttributes:
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Installation, Performance, Sound Art |
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| Sweden | 27 |
| USA | 2 |
| Italy | 2 |
Biography: 
1954 Born in Linkoping (SE)
Active since the late 1970s, Leif Elggren has become one of the most constantly surprising conceptual artists to work in the combined worlds of audio and visual. A writer, visual artist, stage performer and composer, he has many albums to his credits, solo and with the Sons of God, on labels such as Ash International, Touch, Radium and his own Firework Edition. His music, often conceived as the soundtrack to a visual installation or experimental stage performance, usually presents carefully selected sound sources over a long stretch of time and can range from mesmerizingly quiet electronics to harsh noise. His wide-ranging and prolific body of art often involves dreams and subtle absurdities, social hierarchies turned upside-down, hidden actions and events taking on the quality of icons.
Together with artist Carl Michael von Hausswolff, he is a founder of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV) where he enjoys the title of king.
Lives and works in Stockholm (SE)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 42
until 24.6.
Solo shows 6
2009
2008
2005
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| Det finns ett ljus i vart hus - Black Box Video - Aggregat, Norrköping |
2002
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| Leif Elggren - New Jerusalem - Pierogi Brooklyn, New York City, NY |
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| Leiff Elggren - Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg |
2000
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| Leif Elggren - Flown Over By An Old King - Färgfabriken Stockholm, Stockholm |
Group shows 35
2011
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| Hauntings – Ghost Box Media - Kunstverein Medienturm, Graz |
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| „rewriting Worlds: Dada Moscow“ A Special Project Of The 4th Moscow Biennale - Barbarian-Art Gallery, Zurich |
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| The 6th Momentum Biennial 2011 - Imagine being here now - Momentum Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art , Moss |
2010
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| The Moderna Exhibition 2010 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| SWEDISH CONCEPTUAL ART - Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar |
2009
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| Labyrint 09 Writings and observations - Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba |
2008
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| 6808 - Färgfabriken Stockholm, Stockholm |
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| My Computer - 300m3, Gothenburg |
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| Tänd Mörkret! [Banish the Darkness] - Swedish Art 1975 - 1985 - Millesgården, Lidingö |
2007
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| Inauguration of the Consulate General of The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland - Gallery 400 - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Switch on the Darkness - Swedish art 1975-85 - Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg |
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| Autistisk kilskrift - Färgfabriken Stockholm, Stockholm |
2006
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| Dreamlands Burn - Mucsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest |
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| Labyrinth - Botkyrka Konsthall, Tumba |
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| Makten är Din - Black Box Video - Aggregat, Norrköping |
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| Guds Söner - Leif Elggren & Kent Tankred - Färgfabriken Stockholm, Stockholm |
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| Landskap - studio44, Stockholm |
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| Tracking the Traces - Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, QC |
2005
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| Touristclass - Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö |
2004
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| Sjukdom - studio44, Stockholm |
2003
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| Östersund Art Video Festival 03 - TRUNK | THE NORDIC ART VIDEO FESTIVAL, Östersund |
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| 50th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Modesty - Galerija Skuc, Ljubljana |
2002
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| Transformer - Pori Taidemuseo / Pori Art Museum, Pori |
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| Todos somos pecadores. Arte nórdico contemporáneo - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
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| ROUGE PHOSPHENE - CRAC - Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain de Sète, Sète |
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| I promise, it´s political - Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
2001
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| Taking over - Bildmuseet, Umeå |
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| 49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
2000
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| Taking over - an art project by Andreas Gedin - Bildmuseet, Umeå |
1999
1993
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| Overground - Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg |
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