Emily Sundblad

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Emily Sundblad (born 1977) is an American-based, Swedish-born painter, gallerist, and musician. She co-founded and co-directs Reena Spaulings Fine Art.

Background and education

Sundblad was born in Dalsjöfors, Sweden in 1977. She received her BFA from Parsons the New School for Design in New York in 2003, before attending the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program, which she completed in the spring of 2006.^[1]^[2]^{[better source needed]}

Career

Reena Spaulings

Reena Spaulings is both the pen name of an artist collective, and a gallery in New York City. In 2003, Sundblad and John Kelsey co-founded the gallery Reena Spaulings Fine Art.^[3] Subsequently, Reena Spaulings began exhibiting work of her own.^[4] Spaulings is portrayed in person by other artists, including co-director John Kelsey, and others from the Bernadette Corporation collective.^[5]

Spaulings, as an artist, was included in the Whitney Museum's 2006 Biennial^[6] and also took part in the group exhibition "Pop Life" at the Tate Modern.^[7]^[8]

Work under her own name

Sundblad, as herself, has also exhibited her paintings internationally and performed at a variety of venues including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.^[9]^[10]

In 2011, Sundblad had her second solo show, ¡Qué Bárbara!, both an exhibition of paintings, and inaugural and closing performances at the Algus Greenspon Gallery in New York. This show also brought about Sundblad's auction debut as she sold the self-portrait she used as her exhibit announcement at Philips de Pury, which sold for $37,500 (with the auction house premium).^[11]

Selected exhibitions

2013 : The Railbird, Algus Greenspon, New York, New York.
2013 : Endless Bummer II / Still Bummin’, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York.
2013 : Death by Water. Death by Fire (RS), Campoli Presti, Paris, France.
2012 : Danai Anesiadou, Edith Dekyndt, Emily Sundblad, Galerie VidalCuglietta, Brussels, Belgium.
2012 : Context Message, Zach Feuer Gallery New York, New York.
2011 : Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2011 : ¡Qué bárbara!, Algus Greenspon, New York, New York.
2011 : Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex (RS), Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2010 : If you leave me I will destroy you, House of Gaga, Mexico City, Mexico.
2010 : Runaway Train, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 : Don Juan in the Village, curated by Bjarne Melgaard, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.
2010 : Lonesome Cowgirl, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
2010 : Re-dressing, Bortolami, New York, New York.
2010 : (RS), Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany.
2010 : Endless Bummer (RS), Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California.
2010 : Almeria (RS), Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France.
2010 : Systems Analysis (RS), West London Projects, London, United Kingdom.
2010 : Signatures (RS), Sutton Lane, Paris, France.
2010 : So Be It (RS), Andrew Roth, New York, New York.
2010 : (RS), Musee D'Art Moderne De La Ville De Paris, Paris, France.
2010 : Looking Back: The White Columns Annual (RS), White Columns, New York, New York.
2010 : The Evryali Score (RS), David Zwirner, New York, New York.
2010 : Pop Life: Art in a Material World (RS), Musée des beaux-arts du Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
2010 : Greater New York (RS), P.S.1, New York, New York.
2010 : Pop Life - Warhol, Haring, Koons, Hirst, … (RS), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
2010 : Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix (RS), CA2M, Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain.
2009 : Strip/Stripe, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, New York
2009 : White Noise, James Cohan Gallery, New York, New York
2009 : Womanneken Pis or Good Cop/ Bad Cop, Galerie Les filles du calvaire, Brussels, Belgium
2009 : Marcel Broodthaers & Reena Spaulings (RS), Art|Basel|Miami Beach - Art Positions, Miami, Florida
2009 : The Belgian Marbles (RS), Sutton Lane, Brussels, Belgium
2009 : (RS), Malmo Kunsthall, Malmo, Sweden
2009 : (RS), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009 : Pop Life (RS), Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
2009 : Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex (RS), Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida

Selected performances

2011 : Grand Openings Return of the Blogs, Museum of Modern Art New York, July 20–August 1, 2011
2010 : Grand Openings High Liners (GO), Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, May 26
2010 : Street Performance, Centro Historico, Gante y 5 de mayo, March 10
2010 : Opening Night Performance, GAGA, March 11
2010 : Gene Beery Opening, Algus Greenspon Gallery, September 28
2009 : Betteraves Club: Emily Sundblad and Margaret Lee, November 8
2009 : (GO), Sculpture Center, New York, New York, September 13 – November 30
2008 : Bumbershoot 2008 (GO), The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA August 30 – September 1
2008 : Carrier Waves, Nichts IST AUFREGEND. Nichts IST SEXY. Nichts IST NICHT PEINLICH (GO), Mumok Factory & Museum Modern
2008 : Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria, April 12 – April 20
2008 : (GO), Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, April 24 & April 25
2008 : Songs For Bjarne, Greene Naftali, New York, New York, February
2007 : I Love Nobody, with Stefan Tcherepnin and Marten Holmberg, Radio Daniele WFMU, Vizcaya, Miami, USA
2007 : Tvillingarna, Tour- Pussycat Lounge NYC, The Mandrake LA and Pasaguero Mexico City, Mexico, October
2007 : Montevideo, with Rita Ackermann and Askar Brickman, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, May
2007 : The Anita Berber Picture Palace Performance, Bellwether Gallery, New York, New York, March
2007 : Tvillingarna on The Boat Bellman, Stockholm, Sweden, August
2007 : (GO), Tsunan High School, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Nigata, Japan, August
2007 : (GO), Magical Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, August
2007 : JJJE, with Jay Sanders and Josef Strau, New York, New York, May
2007 : Tvillingarna at Ugglan, Stockholm, Sweden, May
2007 : Lee Williams, with Jutta Koether, New York, New York, January
2007 : Meerettich on Ice, Volksbuhne, Berlin, Germany, December

Selected curated exhibitions and other projects

2007: Skymningsfestivalen, a Compilation of Swedish Music for Radio
2007: DanieleBologna
2006: Akademische Graffiti, with Seth Price
2006: Gone With The Wind, A Reena Spaulings Film
2004-2005: White Light/White Heat, Reena Spaulings CD Box Set featuring Barbara Sukowa, Rita Ackermann, Emily Speers Mears, Emily Sundblad, Josh Smith and others.
2004–present: A Night of Country: An ongoing country music performance project in collaboration with playwright Richard Maxwell.
2003–present: Reena Spaulings Fine Art, A New York Gallery
2002: Youʼre Just a Summerlove But I'll Remember You When Winter Comes, co-curated With Hanna Liden
Ongoing: Lee Williams: An artist-persona created with Jutta Koether

References

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^ "Reena Spaulings Names New Director". ArtNews. June 20, 2015.
^ Rosenberg, Karen (2006-02-27). "Who Are These People? - The Art World's JT LeRoys". nymag.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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^ "Whitney 2006 Biennial; Arts + Artists". Whitney.org. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
^ Swerdloff, Alexis (2009-10-21). "The Unassuming Doyenne of New York's Experimental Art World: Emily Sundblad". PAPER. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ "Merlin Carpenter". Art in America. October 3, 2012.
^ "Grand Openings Return of the Blogs". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved June 18, 2013.
^ Cotter, Holland (2007-03-02). "Art in Review; Aspects, Forms and Figures". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
^ Kley, Elizabeth. "Emily Sunblad at Algus Greenspon". artnet Magazine. Retrieved 2018-04-10.