Jan-Erik Lundström

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Jan-Erik Lundström (born 1958) is a Swedish curator, the director of BildMuseet[1], Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (a museum of contemporary art and visual culture), and the co-curator of the 3rd Bucharest Biennale[2].

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[edit] Biography

Lundström is a well regarded lecturer, curator, organizer, and writer. A few of his latest exhibitions include "Politics of Place", "Killing Me Softly" (Tirana Biennial[3]), "Projects for a Revolution" (Mois de la Photo[4], Montreal), "Double Vision" (Prague Biennial)[5], "Same, Same, but Different" and "After the Fact", a major survey towards documentary practices in contemporary art.

[edit] Books

He is the author of numerous books, including Nordic Landscapes, Tankar om fotografi (Thoughts on Photography), Irving Penn and Horizons: Towards a Global Africa.

[edit] Teaching and Writing

Both a guest professor at HISK, Antwerp, Belgium and at the Kunstakademie, Oslo, Norway, Lundström is also a busy lecturer and writer internationally, a contributor to various symposia and to art and idea magazines such as Glänta[6], European Photography, Paletten[7] and tema celeste[8].

[edit] References

  1. ^ BildMuseet, Umeå universitet
  2. ^ 3rd Bucharest Biennial http://www.bucharestbiennale.org/
  3. ^ Biennale.Net
  4. ^ Mois de La Photo http://www.moisdelaphoto.com/
  5. ^ Prague Biennial http://www.praguebiennale.org/
  6. ^ Glänta http://www.glanta.org/aktualiteter.lasso
  7. ^ Paletten http://www.paletten.net/
  8. ^ Tema Celeste http://www.temaceleste.com/