Tova Mozard has an acute filmic sensibility and melancholic vision. She creates suggestive photographs and videos that explore the reality left after the illusion, a universe where fiction has already left the stage. She is drawn towards the extras of films, the props and the presence of a past when spectacle and entertainment were at their birth. Her art is intriguing and it will be interesting to see where it goes.
Carolyn Christov-Barkagievs
Tova Mozard is a visual artist working in Stockholm and Los Angeles. She works in still photography and film. Mozard holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy and has studied photography at UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, Los Angeles. Solo exhibitions include Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Ladies’ Room, Los Angeles, 1646 Art Gallery, Hague, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg and Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm. In addition, Mozard has exhibited at Sven-Harrys konstmuseum, Stockholm, Scandinavia House, New York, Fullersta Gård, Moderna Museet, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Malmö Art Museum and Artipelag, Stockholm, Anthology Film Archives, New York and Passagen Konsthall, Linköping.
The artist has participated in numerous screenings and film festivals, e.g. CURTAS Vila do Conde, Visible Evidence Los Angeles, Stockholm Film Festival, Gothenburg Film Festival, and Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival. Mozard was awarded the “1 km Film”-award at the Stockholm Film Festival in 2019 and the Jury Honorary Mention at Tempo Short Awards in 2018. The Big Scene and Psychic have been nominated for Guldbagge Awards.
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
1998-2003 Malmö Art Academy, Master degree in Fine Art
2002 Visiting scholar, UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture, Department of Art, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 ILOVERUSS, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm
2023 ILOVERUSS, Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023 Hela världen är en scen, alla försöker hitta sin plats i pjäsen, Offkonsten! c/o stadsteatern, Uppsala stadsteater
2020 The Mismade Girl, Cecilia Hillström Gallery
2020 The Theatre Awaits, Ladies’ Room, Los Angeles [US]
2019 His highness in a ditch, 1646, Hauge, NL
2018 Dalslands Konstmuseum
2018 Cops/Actors, Cecilia Hillström Gallery
2017 Market Art Fair, Stockholm
2017 The Bar at Pelikan
2015 The Comedy Store and Other Stories, Cecilia Hillström Gallery
2013 GL Holtegaard, Köpenhamn
2013 Verklighetens afton, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2012 Thunder and Oblivion, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Stockholm
2010 How’s the world treating you, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm
2008 From one to Another, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm
2007 Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm
2007 Those who live, live off the dead, ALP/Peter Bergman
2007 AGGREGAT, Black Box video, Norrköping
2007 Härnösands Konsthall
2007 CC7 Biennal 2007, Glasburen Stockholms Universitet
2006 The Marmara Pera Hotel, Istanbul
2005 The Owls Are Not What They Seem, Gävle Konstcentrum
2005 Just Visiting this Planet, ALP galleri Peter Bergman, Stockholm
2005 Galleri 54, Göterborg
2004 Extra Story, Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö
2004 Vita Kuben, Norrlandsoperan, Umeå
2003 The un-manipulated reality doesn’t always alone offer truth, ALP gallery Peter Bergman, Stockholm
2002 Galleri Pictura, Lund
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 MARKET Art Fair, Liljevalchs, Stockholm
2022 Faraway so Close, House of Sweden, Washington DC [US]
2022 10th anniversary exhibition, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm
2022 Vårsalongen 100 år, Liljevalchs, Stockholm
2021 ...Come here, I want to see you, Canopy, Malmö
2019 Om dessa väggar kunde tala, Fullersta Gård Ojord, Ekebyhovs Slott, Ekerö
2019 Kastering av inre rum, CRUM HEAVEN, Stockholm
2019 Rikstolvan, Skåne
2019 Alma Löv Museum of Unexp. Art, Östra Ämtervik
2019 Swedish Contemporary Art, Tartu Art Museum [EE]
2018 Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg Instead of Graves, Söderhamn
2018 We Are the Dead, Cora Hillenbrand Galleri, Stockholm
2017 Kosmisk Kastrering 6 – Secondhand Daylight, Kummelholmen
2017 Queen Kristina!, Kristinehamns konstmuseum
2017 Golden Sunset, Moderna museet, Stockholm
2016 Serious Collision Investigation Unit coalition, 9th Shiraevo Biennale, [RU]
2016 Swedish Art: Now!, Sven-Harrys konstmuseum, Stockholm
2015 Passagens Konsthall, Linköping
2014 Memories Look at Us, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Gotland
2014 Contemporary Nordic Photography, Scandinavian House, New York
2014 Det synliga/The Visible, Contemporary Swedish Photography, Artipelag
2014 LOOP Art Fair for video art, Barcelona (Cecilia Hillström Gallery)
2014 The Big Scene shown in the Moderna Museet collection exhibition
2013 Galleri Ping-Pong, Malmö
2013 Malmö Art Museum, Malmö
2012 The Hidden Mother, Berthe Morrisot’s Hotel, Paris
2012 III Moscow International Biennale for Young Art
2012 Al Hatzuk Gallery, Netanya, Israel
2012 Salt og brød, Aarhus Billedkunstcenter, Aarhus
2011 Konst är dyrare än korv, Varbergs Konsthall
2011 Stand Opposite of the Chorus, Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg
2011 Walk of Shame, Wip:konsthall, Stockholm
2011 Emotional Blackmail, Southern Alberta Art Gallery
2011 GHOST, Gerleborgs Konsthall, Galleri Gerlesborg, Bohuslän
2011 Vargåkra Gård, Art exhibition hall and gallery
2010 Into the Eye of the Storm, The Israeli Center for Digital Art
2010 Trä 2010, Virserums Konsthall
2010 Svenskt foto på 00-talet, Falkenberg Museum
2009 The Residence of the US Ambassador, Stockholm, curated by Aldy Milliken
2009 DIG IT, Hordalands Kunstcenter
2009 Tova Mozard & Eva Mozard, Tomelilla Konsthall
2009 Peter Lav Photo Gallery, Copenhagen
2008 Hammarströms & Mozards, Gotlands Konstmuseum
2008 Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2008 Galleri Opdahl, Berlin
2008 Life Stories, Gallery TPW, Toronto
2008 The Core of Industry, Spazio Gerra, Piazza XXV aprile, Reggio Emilia
2008 La croisée des regards / Blandad blick, Fotografins Hus/ Swedish Cultural Centre, Paris
2008 Hej gallerist!, Galleri AEREA
2008 Vox Populi, Philadelphia
2007 Houses of Memory, Durban-Malmö
2007 Bra Konst, Vikingsbergs Konsthall
2007 E-W Projects, Space 72, Verviers, Belgium
2007 BACK IN TRACK, Galleri Rekord, Oslo
2006 Dreamlands Burn, Műcsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest
2006 Singing Swinging North, Festival Paris Photo, Le Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2006 7 videokonstverk, AG925, Stockholm
2006 Face à Faces, Fotografins Hus, Stockholm
2006 Mankind, Centre for Religious Art and Culture, Heverlee in association with SMAK, Ghent, Leuven
2006 Pictures of You, ALP galleri Peter Bergman, Stockholm
2006 The Moderna exhibition 2006, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2006 ÅMX06, Should I Stay Or Should I Go?, rum46, Århus
2006 Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2005 That’s rich!, Oslo
2004 Berliner Liste, Galleri Ping-Pong, Berlin
2004 Rheinschau- Art Cologne Projects, ALP galleri Peter Bergman, Cologne
2004 Instability-new directions in Swedish photography, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2004 MALM 1, Contemporary Art from the Öresund Region, Malmö Konsthall
2004 Liste 04, ALP galleri Peter Bergman, Basel
2004 Attraktion –Contemporary Art from Skåne, Stockholm Art Fair
2003 Narration in Swedish Contemporary Art, Norrköpings Konstmuseum
2003 Nya Namn, Malmö Konstmuseum
2003 Galleri Signal, Malmö
2003 Action Work, Stockholm
2003 Get Physical, Altin Turk Showroom, Oslo
2001 Skånska fotografer, Malmö Konstmuseum
2001 Pure et Dure, Galleri Signal, Malmö
SCREENINGS AND FILM FESTIVALS
2019 Tempo film festival
2019 Rotterdam
2019 Göteborgs film festival
2019 Stock Motion
2019 Uppsala Filmfestival
2019 Curtas Vila de Conde Festival
2019 Salem Film Fest
2018 Kortfilmsdagen, Propellerteatern
2018 Artificial Tears, V-Tape, Toronto
2018 Carbonia, Italy
2018 CURTOCIRCUÍTO International Film Festival
2018 Filmform. Martin Manen
2018 Cinéphémere, Paris, LOOP selection
2018 STOCKmotion
2018 Uppsala Internationella Kortfilmfestival
2018 Sheffield Doc Fest
2018 Moscow International Experimental Film Festival
2018 Curtas Vila de Conde Festival
2018 Tempo Documentary Festival, Stockholm
2018 CPH:DOX Film Festival, Copenhagen
2017 Hilde Gallery, Los Angeles
2014 Screening at Kristianstads Konsthall curated by Filmform Stockholm
2014 Göteborgs Filmfestival
2014 Kristianstads Konsthall
2013 VIDEONALE.14 – Electric Currents, To Be Real – performance and performativity, Kunstmuseum Bonn
2011 MADE festival at Norrlandsoperan
2011 Borås Konstmuseum, Black-box exhibition
2011 Brussels Film Festival, Photo Exhibition
2011 The 12th Tempo Documentary Festival, Stockholm
2011 The 12th Tempo Documentary Festival at Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2011 Göteborg International Film Festival
2008 Cast Some Light project for Glasgow International, CCA, Glasgow/The Palestinian Association for Contemporary Art
2008 Unclassifiable, Overgarden, Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
2007 Frogner Kino, Oslo
2007 24rd Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, Kassel
2007 Edit, 10th Filmmakers Festival, Frankfurt
2007 Unclassifiable, New York
2006 23rd Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, Kassel
2006 Unclassifiable, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2006 Made in Video Festival, Copenhagen
2006 Source 16, Stockholm
2006 Viper I International Festival for Film Video & New Media, Basel
2006 ÅMX videoscreening, AROS, Århus Kunstmuseum
2005 E-flux video, KW institute (D), Manifesta Foundation (NL), The Moore Space (USA)
2005 Lens Politica, Helsinki
2005 e-flux on Ludlow Street, Manhattan, New York
2005 VIDEOreUNION, Norsk Folkemuseum, Bygdoy
2004 Repetition, Malmö Konsthall
2002 Gothenburg Film Festival
GRANTS
2018 Five-year working grant, Public Arts Council
2018 Längmanska Stiftelsen
2018 Statens Kulturråd
2017 1 st prize, Photo Book Grant, The Hasselblad Foundation
2014 Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftelse
2013 Five-year working grant, Public Arts Council
2013 Axel Sjöberg stipendiet, Skärgårdsstiftelsens
2013 Längmanska Stiftelsen
2011 Konstnärsnämnden, Kostnadskrävande projekt
2011 Uppsala kortfilmsfestivals hedersomnämnande
2010 Guldbaggenominerad i kategorin bästa dokumentärfilm
2010 Nöjesguiden Stockholmspris i kategorin Konst
2009 Edstrandska Stiftelsen
2008 Two-year working grant, Public Arts Council
2008 Kulturstipendium, Stockholms Region
2008 Helge Ax:son Johnsons resestipendium, Paris
2006 IASPIS, Studio residency, Stockholm
2005 Längmanska Stiftelsen
2005 One-year working grant, Public Arts Council
2005 Aase & Richard Björklunds fond, Malmö Konstmuseum
2004 Kulturstipendium, Region Skåne
2003 Helge Ax:son Johnsons resestipendie, Los Angeles
2003 Konstnärsnämnden, assistentstipendie, James Welling, Los Angeles
2002 Gösta Mobergs Minnesfond
2001 Liljesonska Stiftelsen
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
Malmö Konstmuseum
Moderna Museet
Region Skåne
Gävle Kommun
The National Public Art Council
Stockholms Stad
Twentieth Century Acquisitions
Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening
Norrköpings Konstmuseum
Bonniers AB
Stockholms Läns Landsting
Botkyrka Kommun
DISTRIBUTION
Filmform, Stockholm, Sweden
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