| bio | Laleh Kazemi Veisari is an artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Her interdisciplinary practice embraces drawing, painting and writing at its core, and engages in collaborative processes, researching the social and environmental imaginary.
| selected solo exhibitions | Nuda (2020), Stockholm; Galleri Öst (2020), The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm (SE); Centrifug (2020), Konsthall C, Farsta (SE); Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design (2019), Stockholm (SE); Bror Hjorths Hus (2018), Uppsala, (SE). Her work is represented in public collections in Sweden.
| grants | One-year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee, Konstnärsnämnden (2020); Bernadotte grant, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm (2019); Bror Hjorthföreningens stipendium för unga tecknare, Drawing grant, Uppsala (2018).
| education | MFA in Fine Arts, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design, Stockholm (SE) (2019). Previously: MSc/Gothenburg University (SE); BSc/London School of Economics and Political Science (UK).
| review | Karlstam, C., Tecknad rymd i kraftfulla bilder, Uppsala Nya Tidning, 13. September 2018.
| contact | studio[at]laleh.one
| gallery | Belenius
| news |
24–26 September, By Appointment 2020, Spritmuseum, Belenius and ELASTIC Gallery, Stockholm (SE), Image Source: By Appointment 2020.
2020: 19 November: 2020 Års vinster i konstlotteriet, group exhibition, online / location pending, SAK, Sveriges Allmäna Konstförening, Stockholm (SE) // 10 October–23 November: Antenna, group exhibition, Borlänge Bibliotek, Borlänge Konstförening, Borlänge (SE) // 24–26 September: By Appointment 2020, Spritmuseum, group exhibition, Belenius and ELASTIC Gallery, Stockholm (SE) // 19 September: Opening for Växjö konsthall & Det fria ordets hus, group exhibition by Kulturvagnen (Kerstin Björk and Tony Blomdahl), Växjö konsthall, Växjö, (SE) // 28–30 August: imaging/imagining: unfolding, solo exhibition, curated by Nora Hagdahl and Annie Jensen, Nuda, Stockholm (SE) // 16 May–7 June: The Curse of Knowledge, Group Exhibition, curated by Hannah McDonald, Upper Hand Gallery, Göteborg (SE) // 14 March–29 August: Memory for Forgetfulness, Drawing Commission untitled (dove), 2020, feature in exhibition and video work by Afrang Nordlöf Malekian and Cristian Quinteros Soto, The Archive, Botkyrka konsthall, Fittja (SE) // 27 February: Ordkonst: Vatten/Water, Publication Feature, Malmö (SE) // 12–23 February: Lingering for a time (2020), solo exhibition, Centrifug, Konsthall C, Farsta (SE) // 25 January–1 March: The Everyday Holds the Broken (2020), solo exhibition, Gallery Öst, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm (SE)
2019: 2–3 December: Conference, Commissioned Art works for Anthology Actualize utopia, released at the Conference Towards a more inclusive arts sector, led by Arts Council Norway, Oslo (NO) // 25 October–17 November + 12–16 June: Research Pavillion #3, Wording – Disruptive Processes, Collaborative Writing in Public Space, facilitated by Lena Séraphin, Research Pavilion, Venice (IT), and Exhibition Laboratory, Helsinki (FI) // 16–26 May: Degree Exhibtion, group exhibition, curated by Asrin Haidari and Emily Fahlén, Vita Havet, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design, Stockholm (SE) // 21 February–3 March: Letters from Water, Master of Fine Arts solo exhibition, Vita havet, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design, Stockholm (SE) // 24–27 January: Loungen #2, Konstnärshuset, group exhibition, Svenska Konstnärernas Förening, Stockholm, (SE)
2018: 13 September: Review for Porous Red Dust, Tecknad rymd i kraftfulla bilder, UNT, Uppsala (SE) see below // 1–30 September: Porous Red Dust (2018), solo exhibition, Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala (SE)
UNT, Recension, by Karlstam C., 13. September 2018, source: Uppsala Nya Tidning.