Ingela Ihrman (b 1985, Kalmar, Sweden) lives and works in Malmö. Her work is sparked by the strong emotions of everyday life and a desire to understand, question or express certain aspects of being alive, social and human. It is particularly the pleasures and pain that come with co-existence, autonomy, loneliness and longing for belonging that intrigues her. She has a constant gaze towards the lifeforms and landscapes we refer to as Nature. Her practice includes sculpture, installation, performance, video and writing as well as collaborations within the fields of science, theatre and dance. 
e-mail: ingela.ihrman(a)gmail.com

Current, soon and recent

24 september 2021: I have been in love for 8 million years with artists Pedro Barateiro, Richard Healy, Ingela Ihrman, Adrien Missika
curated by Borbála Soós at Re_Act Contemporary, Azores

October 2 2021 - January 16, 2022: A Great Seaweed Day, Bohusläns Museum, Uddevalla



Education
2010 – 2012: MFA, Art In the Public Realm, Konstfack, Stockholm
2007 – 2010: BFA, Konstfack, Stockholm
2005 – 2007: Gerlesborg Bohuslän School of Fine Art, Hamburgsund
2004 – 2005: Stenebyskolan, School of Arts and Crafts, Dals Långed

2015: Tiden är elden i vilken vi brinner. 7,5 hp, Göteborgs Universitet

Solo exhibitions
2021: The Giant Hogweed, Karlin Studios / FUTURA, Prague
2018: Paddan, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar
2018: Varm Saft, Kristianstads konsthall, Kristianstad
2018: We Thrive, Cooper Gallery, University of Dundee
2017: It's Sweetwater, Zabriskie Point, Geneva
2017: The Inner Ocean, der TANK, Institut Kunst, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel
2016: Det frodas i framtiden / Future Flourish, Tensta konsthall, Stockholm
2014: "The beach is open to all without restrictions, and there is no charge for use.", Ronneby konsthall, Ronneby
2013: Tropikerna i Gnesta, Gnesta Art Lab
2013: ETT MED NATUREN, Fullersta Gård, Huddinge
2013: Kom in! Galleri Gerlesborg, Hamburgsund (with Christina Langert)
2012: The Giant Water Lily Victoria regia BLOOMS at Rodeløkka!, Percival Space, Oslo

Selected group exhibitions
2021: A Vegetal Encounter, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2021: The Overview Effect, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
2021: Sustainable Societies for the Future, Malmö konstmuseum, Malmö 
2020:  Weather Report: Forecasting Future, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vasa
2020: Yokohama Triennale 2020 "Afterglow", Yokohama
2020: Being Pulled All Over The Place, SCAN Projects, London
2020: Weather Report: Forecasting Future, Kiasma, Helsingfors
2020: Sensing Nature From Within, Moderna Museet, Malmö
2020: Föreställningar om naturen, Västerås konstmuseum
2019: Weather Report: Forecasting Future, Nordic Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale
2019: Flora, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger
2019: Air, Flowers, Salt. Artworks from the Collections of Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Torino
2019: Choreographies of the Social, Statens konstråd, Stockholm
2019: The Trouble is Staying, Meet Factory, Prague
2019: Träd, Luleå konsthall, Luleå
2019: Of Beast and Man, SCOTTY ENTERPRISES, Berlin
2018/2019: Luleåbiennalen 2018, Tidjord/Tidal Ground, Luleå
2019: The Moderna Exhibition 2018, With the future Behind us, Moderna museet, Stockholm
2018: Herbarium, Art Lab Gnesta & Grafikens hus, Gnesta
2018: Becoming Plant, Tenderpixel Gallery, London
2018: Metamorphoses – Let Everything Happen to You, curated by Chus Martinez , Castello di Rivoli, Torino
2018: Omnejd, Lunds konsthall, Lund
2018: Soon Enough: Art in Action, Tensta konsthall, Stockholm
2017: Family First, Södertälje Konsthall, Södertälje
2016: The Eight Climate (What does art do?), 11th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
2016: The Swamp Biennal, Art Lab Gnesta
2015: Situation Hembygd, Tensta museum: Fortsättning, Stockholms Läns Museum, Stockholm
2015: Survival K(n)it 7, Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Riga / Tensta Konsthall
2015: STREAM(2) Helpless, South Windham
2015: Becoming by Recalling, Passagen Konsthall, Linköping
2015: Den naturliga ordningen, Haninge konsthall, Haninge
2014: STREAM, South Windham
2014: UPPEHÅLL, Marabouparken, Sundbyberg*
2013: Vart tog hon vägen? Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm Music & Arts Festival, Stockholm
2013: Sommer i nOrd, Saeby
2012: HÄR HAR MAN ALLTID MED SIG,Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm Music & Arts Festival, Stockholm*
2012: In a world of my own, Vintervikens trädgård, Stockholm*
2012: Jättenäckrosen Victoira amazonica BLOMMAR i tropiska växthuset på Skälby! Art Line / Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar
2011: Permanens III, Akademiska Hus, Linköping
2011: Strangers: Between Europe and Asia, VII Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art
2010: Another Way / En annan väg, Wanås Foundation, Knislinge
2010: Liljevalchs Vårsalong, Stockholm
2008: H(är)!, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar

Public comissions
2017-2021: Jättenäckrosen, Hökarängen T-bana, Sirapsvägen, Stockholm Konst
2020-2021: Kortedalakrokodilen, Första Majgatan 2, Göteborgslokaler
2019-2020: Tågandet på Visborg, Konst i Stadsbyggnadsprojekt, Statens konstråd/Baltic Art Center/Region Gotland
2017-2019: Festplats för Träskafton, Vega pendeltågstation, Haninge Kommun
2018: Äntligen Semester, Hälsocentralen Gripen, Region Kalmar*

Public events, performances, screenings
2021: Sydhavnsambassaden #6, Copenhagen
2021: Invigning av Festplats för Träskafton, Haninge kommun, Vega *
2021: Rom på rundgang, Kurant Visningsrom/Tromsö Film Festival
2019: Samtidigt i Svenshögen, GIBCA Extended, Stationen, Svenshögen
2019: These two exchange limbs, South London Botanical Institute, London
28.9 2018: Vilka är ni? with Maja Salomonsson, Anna Haglund and Ögonblicksteatern, Umeå
2018: Vad gör ni här? Rum för performance, Bildmuseet, Umeå (with Maja Salomonsson och Ögonblicksteatern)
2017: Obstacle, Art Video for Kids, Kunsthall Stavanger
2017: Release: Seaweedsbladet #1, Malmö
2017: Grodan och solen går ner i havet - en sagoyogaföreställning, med Evelina Hartwig, Nordiska akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn
2016: Träskafton i Karlstad, Water Research Area, with Maretopia, Karlstad *
2015: Översvämningsseminarium, REGN - Kajsa G. Eriksson & Fredric Gunve, Galleri Box del 2 i GIBCA Extended, Göteborg **
2015: LARU15 Human Era, Helsingfors
2015: Träskaftonslunch i Hägerstens botaniska trädgård, Art Lab Gnesta, Gnesta*
2015: The Giant Knotweed Panflute Ensemble, Gamla Linköping, Linköping
2015: Open Edit With Three Sisters, Agora Collective, Berlin
2014: Översvämningsseminarium, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö**
2014: GKU Vårfestival, Art Lab Gnesta, Gnesta
2013: Amorfophallus Titanum, Microclima / Art Night Venice with Art Lab Gnesta, Venice
2013: Norrköping Pride*, Norrköping
2013: THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HOW IT FLOWS, Capricious & Högkvarteret, Stockholm*
2013: Nattvandring på Fullersta Gård, Fullersta Gård, Huddinge*
2013: Jan Lindblad Film Festival, Folkets hus, Nås
2012: Konstkarusellen, Galleri 54, Göteborg
2012: Alla måste duscha - en gympasalsredovisning av Sofia Hultin, Hägerstensåsens skola, Stockholm
2012: Svenska Flickan och Hägerstens Botaniska trädgård, Orionteatern, Stockholm*
2012: Rädsloingenjörerna, Hallonbergens Bibliotek, Stockholm*
2012: Hallonbergen Live, Stockholm*
2011: Hägerstens Botaniskas Trädgårdsradio Live! at Konsumera Mera, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping*
2011: Jan Lindblad Film Festival 2011, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle
2011: Hägerstens Botaniska Trädgårds Jubileumsshow, Kristianstad Konstmuseum, Kristianstad*
2011: Hägerstens Botaniskas Trädgårdsradio - Live!, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle*
2011: Östersjögalan, (H.B.T.), Högkvarteret, Stockholm*
2010: Hägerstens Botaniska, Galleri Syster Blandband Audition, Supermarket, Stockholm*
2009: Hägerstens Botaniska Trädgård, Midsommargården, Stockholm *

Written
2021: Soós, Borbála: VLNA #87 2021, https://www.vlna.sk/vlna-87/
2019: Lind, Maria: Catalogue for Weather Report: Forecasting Future, Nordic Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Mousse Publishing
2019: Malmström, Caroline. Cora #56
2017: Martinez, Chus. An inexaustible goddwill. Schrin-pease.de From leaves to politics
2017: Konstfrämjandet Jämtland + Länstidningen LT, 4 april
2016: Martinez, Chus. Club Universe, Sternberg Press, Berlin and Institut Kunst at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel. p. 77-79
2016: Skoglund, Sara. Intervju med Ingela Ihrman. In Artlover # 29, p. 34-35
2016: Ihrman, Ingela. Tankar om yttre och inre hav. In Fält (7) by Art Lab Gensta, p. 43-52
2016: Hägerstens Botaniska Trädgård. Den rituella träskaftonsmåltiden. In Fält (7) by Art Lab Gnesta, p. 37-39
2015: Lind, Maria. On the tranforming wonders of nature in the work of Ingela Ihrman. In ArtReview # March 2015 (https://artreview.com/opinion/march_2015_opinion_lind/)
2015: Ihrman, Ingela. Phone Call Between Little sister and Big sister. In Fearon, Adam; Fránkova, Nina; Fröberg, Jana; Heistinger, Lukas; Hellfun (Arnell, Josefine och Göran, Max); Ihrman, Ingela; Wold Lund, Inger; Levén, Eli; Pettersson, Filippa, Three Sisters at Vrångsholmen, Berlin: Broken Dimanche Press
2014: Sandström, Frida. Det slutade aldrig att regna. In Kunstkritikk (http://www.kunstkritikk.se/nyheter/det-slutade-aldrig-att-regna/)
2014: Catalogue for Art Line, p. 70-75
2013: Ihrman, Ingela. GOLDEN/GOLDEN Delicious Retriever. In Fält (2) by Art Lab Gnesta, p. 2-5
2012: Ihrman, Ingela. Tellus Ruber. In Percival Space, An Epitath For the World We Are Leaving Behind, Oslo: Percival Space
2012: Ihrman, Ingela. Tropikerna 1-4, self published
2011: Catalog for Strangers: Between Europe and Asia. VII Shiryaevo Biennale of Contemporary Art, p. 17, 70-71.

Residencies
2021: Artist-in-residence, På spaning efter Scanie, Den platta jorden, Åstorps konsthall (with Frida Peterson)
2019: Villa Vassilieff, Bétonsalon - Center for Art and Research, Paris
2018: Artist-in-residence, The Boothy Project, Isle of Eigg, UK
2016: Artist-in-residence, Swamp Storytelling, Earth CoLab & Art Lab Gnesta, Neil Island, India
2015: Artist-in-residence, Swamp Storytelling, Art Lab Gnesta , Gnesta *
2015: Trumpeten co Mellanrum, Malmö **
2015: Three Sisters at Vrångsholmen, Agora Collective, Berlin
2014: Tre systrar på Vrångsholmen, Tanum
2013: Artist-in-residence, Art Lab Gnesta, Gnesta
2011: The Nomadic Show, Shiryaevo

Teaching, projects and other work
2021: Guest teacher, Kostym & Situation, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2021: Guest lecturer, Nyckelviksskolan, Stockholm
2019: Master Symposium Women on Earth, Institut Kunst, FHNW, Basel
2017: Costume and scenography for IMMUNSYSTEMET by Sandra Lolax, Stina Nyberg & Rosalind Goldberg
2016: Guest lecturer at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kust, Instiutu Kunst, Basel, Schweiz
2016: Guest lecturer at RAT School of Art, Seoul, Korea
2016: Guest teacher, Munka Ljungby Folkhögskola (with EvaMarie Lindahl)
2015: Guest teacher, Det här är INTE en maskerad, (with Angelica Falkeling) Den nya konst(utbildning)en, Konstfrämjandet/Lisa Nyberg, Malmö
2014-2016: Translator English/Swedish for Tensta konsthall
2014: Guest teacher, Konstfrämjandet/Lisa Nyberg, Malmö
2013: Guest teacher at Gerlesborgsskolan Bohuslän (with Christina Langert)

Represented at
Statens konstråd, Moderna Museet, Malmö konstmuseum, Västerås konstmuseum, Castello di Rivoli,

* Hägerstens Botaniska Trädågrd with Sam Hultin och Johan Eriksson