Selected Residencies and Awards
2020 Längmanska stiftelsen
2020Villa San Michele, Capri
2020Résidence artistique internationale Appart’Atelier de l’été, Ferme-Asile, Sion
2015Member of The Royal Academy of Fine Arts
2014Carnegie Art Award
2006The Swedish Art Council’s work grant
2002Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Umbertide
2000Edstrandska Stiftelsen, Malmö
1998Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Berlin
1997I.A.S.P.I.S., Stockholm
1996The Swedish Art Council’s work grant / The Elisabeth Foundation, New York City
1994International Studio Program, New York City / Olle Baertlings stiftelse, Stockholm
Selected Teaching
2012–22 Professor of Fine Art at Royal Institute of Art (KKH), Stockholm
2009–10 Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Harvard University, Department of Visual and Enviromental Studies (VES), Cambridge, Mass.
2001–09 Professor of Fine Art at Malmö Art Academy at Lund University
Selected Education
1986–91 Konsthögskolan / Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
1989–90 Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques, Paris
1984–86 Gerlesborgskolan, Stockholm
Selected Solo (S) and Group (G) Shows
2021 Sustainable Societies for the Future, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö (G)
A Raft of Time Belenius, Stockholm (S)
2020 All Together Now Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art, Athens (S)
Social Photography VIII, Carriage Trade, New York City (G)
2019 Art–Walk, Hydra School Project, Ydra/Hydra (G)
2019 New Reception Pieces – Works by members of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Konstakademien, Stockholm (G)
2018-19 I am. Are You? Ileana Tounta Contemporary Art, Athens (S)
2018 Loss, Hydra School Project, (Palio Gymnasio/Sachtourion), Ydra/Hydra (G)
Social Photography VI, Carriage Trade, New York City (G)
2017 Show and Tell–att visa och berätta, galleri Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö (G)
Time Is/Tid finns, Belenius/Nordenhake, Stockholm (S)
Sites of Knowledge, Jane Lombard Gallery, New York City (G)
Molnet – the Cloud Unknowing, Värmlands museum, Karlstad (G
Dit Vindarna Bär / Whereever the Wind Carries, Lunds konsthall, Lund (G)
2016 Photography Ends Here, Renata Fabbri, Milano (S)
2016 Solo presentation, Belenius/Nordenhake, Armory New York City (S)
2015 STATE OF BEING, Belenius/Nordenhake, Stockholm (G)
2014 HERE/NOW, Artipelag, Stockholm (G)
Time Is/Tid finns, Belenius/Nordenhake, Stockholm (S)
MATERIAL MARKS (as far as I can reach), Giacomo Guidi Arte Contemporanea, Milano (S)
Gerlesborgsskolan 70 år, Gerlesborgsskolan, Bohuslän (G)
Social Photography III, Carriage Trade, New York City (G)
2013 1980 – Works from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York City (G)
Signal to Noise, Galleri Niklas Belenius, Stockholm (G)
distracting surface, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz (G)
Carnegie Art Award 2014, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm (G)
2012 En linjes försvarstal/The Complaints of a Line, Thielska galleriet, Stockholm (S)
The modernist language and its re-interpretation, Special Exhibition, Milano (G)
White Lines (Metal Works and Drawings), Andrae Kaufmann, Berlin (S)
2011 White Lines, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö (S)
Social Photography, Carriage Trade, New York City (G)
2010 On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York City (G)*
2009 Written Language (line drawings), Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin (S)
ABER SCHWARZ IST KEINE FARBE, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf (G)
From Place to Place II, Museum of Public Art, Lund (G)
2008 Planes & Squares, Galleri Brändström Stockholm, Stockholm (S)
2007 Fiction Is No Joke, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm (S)*
Jag vill kunna se vad det är, Lunds Konsthall, Lund (G)
Wandauftrag II, Bayer, Leverkusen (G)
2006 Red Pilot, carlier | gebauer, Berlin (S)
Common Destinations, The Drawing Center, New York City (G)*
2005 Perspektörerna (Bagdad), Galleri Brändström & Stene, Stockholm (S)
Isolario, Lunds Konsthall, Lund (S)*
Art Feminism, touring exhibition: Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; Hälsinglands Museum, Hudiksvall; Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg (G)*
2003 Die Perspekteure, carlier | gebauer, Berlin (S)
Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (G)*
2002 I Want to Be Frivolous!, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg (S)*
Gossip, Rooseum/Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö (G)
Carnegie Art Award 2002, Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhus, Reykjavik; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen; Victoria Miro Warehouse, London; Helsinki City Art Museum, Meilahti Art Museum, Helsinki; Röda Sten, Gothenburg
2001 For the Vicinity of Concord, daad galerie, Berlin (S)*
Make Me Feel, special exhibition, Art-Athina, Athens (G)*
Projects for a Revolution, Le Mois de la Photo à Montreal (G)*
Mirror’s Edge, touring exhibition: Bildmuseet, Umeå; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Castello di Rivoli, Turin; Tramway, Glasgow; Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (G)*
2000 Re-drawing the Line, Art in General, New York City (G)
Escape_Space, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal (G)*
Under the Same Sky, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki (G)*
1999 Days to Come, Galleri Andreas Brändström, Stockholm (S)
Urban Visions, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (G)*
De Vleeshal, Middelburg, Netherlands (G)
Contemporary Film and Video Screening, Wolfsonian Museum, Miami (G)
1998 Welcome to Earth, Arkipelag, Stockholm (S)*
Out of the North, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (G)*
Come Closer, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Vaduz (G)*
Visions du Nord /Nuit blånche, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (G) *
The King Is not the Queen, Arkipelag, Stockholm (G)*
1997 Protect Identity, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö (S)
Untitled/Bloody Flyovers, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (S)
Deposition, Venice Biennale, Venice (G)*
The Crystal Stopper, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York City (G)
1996 På Tiden, Moderna Museet, Stockholm (G)*
The Architecture of Dreams, Museo Regional, Guadalajara (G)
See What it Feels Like, Rooseum, Malmö (G)*
Soho 20, New York City (G)
1995 Pictures for the Chief Electrician, Patrick Callery, New York City (S)
Patrick Callery, New York City (G)
1994 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki (G)
Médiations, La Base, Paris (G)*
Gallery Andréhn-Schiptjenko and Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm (S)*
1993 Ad Hoc, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm (G)
1992 Identitet, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm (G)*
1991–92 Moika 22, Apartment 9, St. Petersburg and Granowskaya 5, Apartment 52, Moscow (G)*
1991 STILLSTAND Switches, Shedhalle, Zurich (G)*
1990 Le territoire de l’art, The Russian Museum, Leningrad (G)*
* Catalogue
Selected Catalogues and Publications
2021 Thomas Millroth, Artists´ books from a Swedish Point of view with special attention paid to the contributions of Denmark and GDR.Ellerströms/Tragus/Buchhandlung Franz und Walter König; Stockholm, 2021
2020 Konstens frågeformulär, Konsten.net 2020
2019 Konstnärernas kollektivverkstad – en svensk kulturhistoria, Carlssons förlag 2019
Sophie Tottie: ”Konstens frågeformulär # 123”, konsten.net 2019, konsten.net
Carriage Trade: “Social Photography VII”, Carriage Trade 2019, New York City
2018 Tottie, Sophie: Loss, Hydra School Project 2018, Athens
2016 Daria Filardo / Sophie Tottie: “MATERIAL MARKS (as far as I can reach)”, Propexus / Renata Fabbri 2016, Gothenburg
2014 Bruno, Giuliana: Surface, Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality and Media, University of Chicago Press, Chicago
Hannula, Mika and Tottie, Sophie: ”Sophie Tottie interviewed by Mika Hannula”; Morris, Frances: ”Painting All Over”, Carnegie Art Award 2014, Stockholm/Värnamo
2013 Birnbaum, Daniel & Noring, Ann-Sofi: “The Legacy of Hilma af Klint – Nine Contemporary Responses”, Walter König 2013, Cologne
2011 Foster, Hal and Tottie, Sophie: “The Visit”, White Lines, Malmö Konstmuseum/Distanz Verlag, Malmö/Koethen
Magdalena Dziurlikowska: “Gränslös konst”, Konstvärlden, No 6, Stockholm
Hornig, Sabine and Tottie, Sophie: “Mindspaces”, Durchs Fenster, Pinakotek der Moderne, München
Tottie, Sophie: “A Line’s Manifesto/En linjes försvarstal”, Hus 10, Gina Tricot, Villa G, Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor Annual Report 2010, Värnamo
2010 Butler, Cornelia H: “Walkaround Time”, On Line. Drawing Through the Twentieth Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Tottie, Sophie: “Språkskriftfragment”, Det åskådliga och det bottenlösa: tankar om konst och humaniora tillägnade Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlöf, Festschrift for Professor Margaretha Lagerlöf, eds. Björk, Tomas; BorgWik, Lempi et al., Skrifter från konstvetenskapliga institutionen vid Stockholms universitet/Department of Art History,
Eidos No. 22, Stockholm
2009 Tottie, Sophie: “Hegel’s House”, Babel: Festschrift
für Werner Hamacher, ed. Aris Fioretos,
Urs Engeler Verlag, Basel
2008 Tottie, Sophie: “FOYM”, Festschrift for Daniel Burén, Collective artist book, Atelier Daniel Burén, Paris
2007 Morgan, Jessica; Rossholm Lagerlöf, Margaretha; Jonsson, Stefan; Östlind, Niclas; Tottie, Sophie: Fiction Is No Joke, Liljevalchs Konsthall/Hatje Cantz, Stockholm/Ostfildern
Rossholm Lagerlöf, Margaretha: “I bildkonstens reflektionskammare. Sophie Totties kommande dagar”, Konstverk och konstverkan, eds. Rossholm, Göran and Sonesson, Göran, Symposium, Eslöv
2006 Carl, Katherine: “Sophie Tottie”, The Drawing Center’s Drawing Papers, No. 64, New York City
Rossholm Lagerlöf, Margaretha: Inlevelse och vetenskap. Om tolkning av bildkonst, Atlantis, Stockholm
2005 Jonsson, Stefan: “Consciousness Within”, Isolario, Lunds Konsthall, Lund
2004 Allgårdh, Sophie and Estelle af Malmborg: Svensk konst nu. 85 konstnärer födda efter 1960, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening, Stockholm
Tottie, Sophie: “Sometimes someone ends up alone with their image”, Herr P, Dr Löwenskjöld och Björn Lövin, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
2003 Springfeldt, Björn: Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Basualdo, Carlos: “Forms of the Possible”, insert for For the Vicinity of Concord, artist book, DAAD/Printed Matter, Berlin/New York City
2002 Tottie, Sophie: “18 Sunsets for Each 24 Hour Period”, Carnegie Art Award 2002, Stockholm
Kramer, Jane; Meschede, Friedrich; Boethius, Lena: I Want to Be Frivolous!, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
Tottie, Sophie: “No Question Will Be Answered Afterwards, Either Directly Or Indirectly”, We Are All Normal (And We Want Our Freedom) – An Anthology of Contemporary Nordic Artist Writing, NIFCA/Black Dog Publishing, Helsinki/London
2001 Tottie, Sophie: For the Vicinity of Concord, Artist book, DAAD/Printed Matter, Berlin/New York City
Blom, Ina: “Sophie Tottie”, Make Me Feel, Art-Athina, Athens
Andersson, Fred: “Staden som minne och kuliss. Möte med Olav Christopher Jenssen och Sophie Tottie”, ARTES, No. 3, Stockholm
2000 Wallenstein, Sven-Olov: An Anomic Archive, Kiasma, Helsinki
1999 Enwezor, Okwui: Mirror’s Edge, Bildmuseet, Umeå
Morgan, Jessica: Urban Visions, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
Masui, Anette: “Öga mot öga”, Bildjournalen, SVT/Swedish Public Television, Stockholm
1998 Basualdo, Carlos: “Monuments Without Attributes”, Out of the North, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
Bonami, Francesco: “The Terrorist”, Come Closer, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Vaduz
Basualdo, Carlos: “Pictures for the Chief Electrician”, Cream, Phaidon, London
1997 Morgan, Jessica: “Sophie Tottie” Deposition, La Biennale di Venezia 97, IASPIS, Stockholm
Ponce de Leon, Carolina: “Studio Visit”, TRANS, No. 3, New York City
1996 Basualdo, Carlos: “The Structure of Paleness”, See What it Feels Like, Rooseum, Malmö
1994 Wallenstein, Sven-Olov: “Sophie Tottie”, Médiations, Art Node, Stockholm
Tottie, Sophie: Untitled, Artist Book, Sophie Tottie/Printed Matter, Stockholm/New York City
1992 Birnbaum, Daniel: “Våld kan vara långsamt”, Expressen, April 4, Stockholm
1991–92 Olessia: “SOPHIA” (insert) Moika 22, apt. 9/Granowskaya 5, apt. 52, St. Petersburg/Moscow, Svenska Institutet/Statens Kulturråd/Sveriges Bildkonstnärsfond, Stockholm
1990 Tottie, Sophie: Le Territoire de l’Art, Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques/Musée Russe, Paris/Leningrad
Selected Reviews
Bons, Magnus; “Konsten väljer: Sophie Tottie på Belenius,” konsten.net, January 21, 2021
Rubin, Birgitta; “Stilla skönhet i Sophie Totties linjespel,” Dagens Nyheter, January 13, 2021
Artforum International, “Social Photography VIII, Carriage Trade,” MUST SEE, Artforum, August 5- October 10, 2020
Tzanetoulakou, Faih; Hydra School Project; Loss as dispaced view; CultureNow.gr, July 8, 2018
Mattsson, Leif: ”Nagla fast de undflyende ögonblicken”, www.omkonst.com, October, 7, 2014
Allgårdh, Sophie: ”Personligt opersonliga teckningar fängslar”, Svenska Dagbladet, October 1, 2014
Jönsson, Dan: “Lavin av Linjer”, Dagens Nyheter, January 12, 2012
Söderholm, Carolina: “På sin egen linje/Personligt linjespel”, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, December 5, 2011
Jones, Ronald: “Sophie Tottie”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Artforum, September, 2007
West, Kim: “STOCKHOLM Critics Picks; Sophie Tottie”, Liljevalchs Konsthall, www.artforum.com, May, 2007
Nilsson, Håkan: “Sophie Tottie, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm”, Dagens Nyheter, April, 2007
Hamacher, Sophie: “BERLIN Critics Picks; Galerie carlier | gebauer”, www.artforum.com, February, 2006
Andersson, Fred: “Kartverk med visuell kraft och politiskt bråddjup”, Svenska Dagbladet, April 2, 2006
Zetterström, Jelena: “Upptäcktsresa till verkligheten”, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, March 1, 2005
Stange, Raimar & Dave Allen: “Sophie Tottie”, carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Frieze, No. 76, 2003
Fechner-Smarsly, Thomas: “Berliner S-Bahn-Fries”, Frankfurter Rundschau, October, 2001
Stjernstedt, Mats: “Sophie Tottie”, Flash Art, November–December, 1998
Frankel, David: “Sophie Tottie”, Patrick Callery, Artforum, February 1996
Public works
2015 AtSAR, Linköpings universitetssjukhus. (Commissioned by AmPublic & Landstinget i Östergötland)
2015 P.Ull, SLU (Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet. (Commissioned by Statens konstråd / SLU)
2008 Rundöga, Filosofiska Institutionens bibliotek, Lund universitet. (Commissioned by Statens konstråd.)
2007 FOYM, Cederqvist, Hovslagargatan, Blasieholmen, Stockholm. (Commissioned by Kiwiab)
1999 Jag flyger, jag flyger Mälardalens högskola. (Commissioned by Statens konstråd/ Mälardalens högskola)