Miriam Bäckström

♀ *1967 / Sweden

Works

Solo exhibitions

Extensions

three-dimensional works - sculpture, textile, photography

Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid (ES)
11 Sep 2025 – 8 Nov 2025
Debuting Others Will Know

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo (US)
25 May 2023 – 25 May 2024
New Enter Image

Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid (ES)
17 Dec 2016 – 10 Feb 2017
I DON'T KNOW, SAID PIERROT

Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp (BE)
15 Jun 2014 – 10 Aug 2014
Smile As If We Have Already Won

Nils Staerk, Copenhagen (DK)
29 Aug 2013 – 19 Oct 2013
Mirrors

Nils Staerk, København (DK)
12 May 2012 – 30 Jun 2012
The Opposite of me is I

lunds konsthall, Lund (SE)
4 Feb 2012 – 25 Mar 2012
NEW POSSIBILITIES, SAME DISAPPOINTMENTS

Momentum, Moss (NO)
8 Oct 2011 – 8 Jan 2012
Mirrors

Galleri Niklas Belenius, Stockholm (SE)
1 Oct 2009 – 25 Oct 2009
Appearance

European Kunsthalle c/o Ebertplatz , Köln (DE)
25 Sep 2009 – 1 Oct 2009
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Peter Lav Gallery, København (DK)
26 Feb 2009 – 28 Mar 2008
Material for a film

Preus Museum, Horten (NO)
21 Oct 2007 – 30 Dec 2007
The Viewer

Nils Staerk, København (DK)
13 Jan 2006 – 4 Mar 2006
Betraktaren // El observador

Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid (ES)
22 Sep 2005 – 31 Oct 2005
Rebecka

Iaspis Galleriet, Stockholm (SE)
9 Sep 2004 – 10 Oct 2004
Rebecka

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)
31 Jan 2004 – 18 Apr 2004
Apartments II

Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm (SE)
10 May 2003 – 19 Jun 2003

Group

Fotografie als analytische Praxis

Leopold Museum, Wien (AT)
12 Nov 2021 – 6 Mar 2022

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Gottfried Bechtold, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Christian Boltanski, Hanne Darboven, Olafur Eliasson, Guenther Foerg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Herbert W. Franke, Nan Goldin, Heinrich Heidersberger …
En tyst vår vandrar genom lägenheten

Magasin 3 Stockholm, Stockholm (SE)
7 May 2021 – 18 Dec 2021

with Absalon, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Kimsooja, Pipilotti Rist, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Wood), Marijke van Warmerdam
Golden Sunset

contemporary Swedish photography

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
25 Mar 2017 – 4 Mar 2018

with Linda Hofvander, Jenny Kaellman, Martin Karlsson Tebus, Tova Mozard, Julia Peirone, Eva Stenram
Aufschlussreiche Räume

Interieur als Porträt

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
31 Jan 2016 – 24 Apr 2016

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Simone Demandt, Carlo Mollino, Ene-Liis Semper
PHOTOGRAPHY

WORKS FROM THE LOUSIANA COLLECTION

Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek (DK)
17 Sep 2014 – 9 Nov 2014

with Doug Aitken, Richard Avedon, Roger Ballen, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Olaf Breuning, Thomas Demand, Rineke Dijkstra, Guenther Foerg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn, Per Bak Jensen …
Between Realities. Photography in Sweden 1970-2000

Hasselblad Center, G (SE)
8 Feb 2014 – 11 May 2014

with Lotta Antonsson, Yngve Baum, Micke Berg, Ola Billgren, Stina Brockman, Trinidad Carrillo, Dawid, Carl Johan de Geer, Lennart Durehed, Cecilia Edefalk, Ann Christine Eek, Bruno Ehrs …
Summer Show

Curated by Nikolaj Stobbe

Nils Staerk, København (DK)
10 Jul 2012 – 17 Aug 2012

with Olaf Breuning, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Mads Gamdrup, Torbjorn Rodland
La morada del hombre

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
23 Feb 2012 – 16 Jun 2012

with Berenice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Lewis Baltz, Herbert Bayer, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jeff Brouws, Alain Bublex, Gregory Crewdson, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Demand, Disfarmer (Mike Meyer), Stan Douglas …
Another story

1000 Photographs from the Moderna Museet Collection

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
1 Feb 2011 – 15 Feb 2012

with Diane Arbus, Brassai, Julia Margaret Cameron, Robert Capa, Larry Clark, Dawid, Samuel Fosso, Nan Goldin, Denise Gruenstein, Andreas Gursky, Hans Hammarskjöld, Gerry Johansson …
Herein!

Fotografierte Interieurs

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
14 Apr 2011 – 11 Jun 2011

with Laurenz Berges, Katharina Bosse, Lynne Cohen, Lucinda Devlin, Martin Doerbaum, Julian Faulhaber, Luigi Ghirri, Candida Hoefer, Alex Hartley, Matthias Hoch, Sarah Jones, Louise Lawler …
Director's Choise

ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj (DK)
19 Jun 2010 – 22 Aug 2010

with Thea Djordjadze, Jan Fabre, Jesper Just, Annette Messager, Pipilotti Rist
Looking for Love

CFF Centrum fotografi , Stockholm (SE)
30 Jul 2009 – 16 Aug 2009

with Lina Scheynius
MOON AND HALF DOME

Works from the Hasselblad Foundation collection

Hasselblad Center, Göteborg (SE)
26 Jan 2008 – 24 Mar 2008

with Ansel Adams, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Richard Avedon, Edouard Boubat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Marjaana Kella, Christer Stroemholm
spectacular space

Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zürich (CH)
3 Mar 2007 – 7 Apr 2007

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Daido Moriyama, Walter Niedermayr
Det möjligas konst

lunds konsthall, Lund (SE)
20 Jan 2007 – 18 Mar 2007

with Ion Grigorescu, Arturas Raila, Raqs Media Collective
Dreamlands Burn - Nordic Art Show 2006

Műcsarnok, Budapest (HU)
8 Dec 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Johanna Billing, Elina Brotherus, Jonas Dahlberg, Jacob Dahlgren, Felix Gmelin, Veli Granoe, Alexander Gutke, Jens Haaning, Jesper Just, Ragnar Kjartansson, Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen …
Spread in Prato 2006

Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato (IT)
18 Nov 2006 – 20 Dec 2006

with Gea Casolaro, Robert Pettena, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, XU Tan
(RE) VOLVER

Plataforma Revólver, Lisboa (PT)
27 Sep 2006 – 8 Nov 2006

with Ângela Ferreira, Mona Hatoum, Susana Mendes Silva, Wangechi Mutu
Summer

Nils Staerk, København (DK)
7 Jul 2006 – 19 Aug 2006

with Olaf Breuning, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Mads Gamdrup, Torbjorn Rodland
Face á Faces!

Panoptikon, Stockholm (SE)
15 Jun 2006 – 6 Aug 2006

with Alain Bublex, JH Engstroem, Nan Goldin, Cécile Hartmann, Hans Hemmert, Suzanne Lafont, Dominik Lejman, Tova Mozard, Annee Olofsson, Yuki Onodera, Roman Opalka, Orlan …
The Moderna Exhibition 2006

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
18 Feb 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Johanna Billing, Loulou Cherinet, Jonas Dahlberg, Cecilia Edefalk, Annika Eriksson, Felix Gmelin, Mats Hjelm, Saskia Holmkvist, Annika Larsson, Tova Mozard, Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg, Annika von Hausswolff
Schattenspiel

LANDESGALERIE LINZ, Linz (AT)
26 Jan 2006 – 1 May 2006

with Christian Boltanski, David Claerbout, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Bjoern Melhus, Duane Michals, Simon Dybbroe Moeller, Ene-Liis Semper, Fiona Tan, Wolfgang Tillmans, Kara Walker, Jane & Louise Wilson
Unlimited ID

Dazibao, Montréal (CA)
23 Feb 2006 – 8 Apr 2006

with Max Dean, Jonathan Gitelson, Bettina von Zwehl, Jun Yang
Toutes les photographies d'une autre personne

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
10 Feb 2006 – 1 Apr 2006

with Carsten Hoeller
Sichtbarkeiten - Zwischen Fakten und Fiktionen

Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg (DE)
20 Jan 2006 – 19 Mar 2006

with Harun Farocki, Benjamin Heisenberg, Lynn Hershman, Aernout Mik, Michael Najjar, Saskia Olde Wolbers, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Sean Snyder, Milica Tomic
Schattenspiel. Schatten und Licht in der zeitgenössischen Kunst

Eine Hommage an Hans Christian Andersen

Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel (DE)
17 Sep 2005 – 27 Nov 2005

with David Claerbout, Hubert Duprat, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Bjoern Melhus, Duane Michals, Simon Dybbroe Moeller, Ene-Liis Semper, Fiona Tan, Kara Walker, Jane & Louise Wilson
More Than This! Negotiating Realities

Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art

Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg (SE)
3 Sep 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Fikret Atay, Monica Bonvicini, Gerard Byrne, Runa Islam, Marcel Odenbach, Adrian Paci
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Venice Biennale - NORDIC, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Matias Faldbakken, Carsten Hoeller, Laura Horelli
The Venice Biennial - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera, Christoph Büchel …
Colección de Fotografía Contemporánea de Telefónica

MARCO Vigo, Vigo (ES)
28 Jan 2005 – 5 Jun 2005

with Marina Abramovic, Francis Alys, Helena Almeida, John Baldessari, Jose Manuel Ballester, Per Barclay, Bleda & Rosa, James Casebere, Hannah Collins, John Coplans, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Olafur Eliasson …
The Edstrand Foundation Scholarship Winners 2004

Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (SE)
8 Dec 2004 – 20 Feb 2005

with Jonas Dahlberg
Instability - New directions in Swedish Photography

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm (SE)
11 Sep 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Sofia Änghede, Dejan Antonijevic, Dejan Antonjevic, Lotta Antonsson, Nina Bacos, Helena Blomqvist, Estella Burga, Leif Claesson, Katarina Elvén, JH Engstroem, August Eriksson, Johan Fowelin …
Apparences étranges

Institut Suédois, Paris (FR)
5 Nov 2004 – 31 Dec 2004

with Denise Gruenstein
Memento

Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala (SE)
16 Oct 2004 – 21 Nov 2004

with Nygards Karin Bengtsson, Sune Jonsson, Michael Klöpfer, Maria Miesenberger, Santeri Tuori
Xposeptember 2004

Xposeptember - Stockholms fotofestival, Stockholm (SE)
10 Sep 2004 – 10 Oct 2004

with Lars Arrhenius, Jonas Dahlberg, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Juan Pedro Fabra Guemberena, John Goto, Emil Heilborn, Mai Hofstad Gunnes, Johan Holm, Peter Hüttner, Thomas Nilsson, Lennart Nilsson, Georg Oddner …
Anders Zorn and Contemporary Nordic Art

ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj (DK)
26 Jun 2004 – 5 Sep 2004

with Mads Gamdrup, Jouko Lehtola, Esko Maennikkoe, Torbjorn Rodland, Lars Tunbjoerk, Annika von Hausswolff
The Violence of Tone

curated by Anders Kreuger

W139, Amsterdam (NL)
8 May 2004 – 6 Jun 2004

with Alicia Framis, Ann Lislegaard
The Collections – focusing on contemporary art

Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg (SE)
13 Dec 2003 – 18 Apr 2004

with Kari Cavén
The 1st at Moderna Museet

Moderna Museet, Stockholm (SE)
1 Mar 2004 – 31 Mar 2004

with Stefan Höller
History Now

Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg (SE)
29 Mar 2003 – 11 May 2003

with Magnus Bärtås, Marcelo Brodsky, Carl de Keyzer, Willie Doherty, Carl Johan Erikson, Alfredo Jaar, Maria Miesenberger, Zineb Sedira, Carrie Mae Weems, Sue Williamson, Jasmila Zbanic
Revisitar Canarias . The Canary Islands Revisited

Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid (ES)
14 Feb 2003 – 29 Mar 2003

with Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Augusto Alves da Silva, Olafur Eliasson, Craigie Horsfield, Miguel Rio Branco, Montserrat Soto
2002 Taipei Biennial

Curated by Bartomeu Mari and Chia Chi Jason Wang

Taipei Biennial, Taipei (TW)
29 Nov 2002 – 2 Mar 2003

with Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Thomas Demand, SONG Dong, Runa Islam, Joan Jonas, Johannes Kahrs, Ursula Rogg, SHAO Yinong & MU Chen, Kyoichi Tsuzuki, Xavier Veilhan
Raum ohne Raum

Alte Schule/Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Köln (DE)
28 Oct 2002 – 29 Nov 2002

with Christine Erhard, Les Schliesser, Paul Thuile

Events

APERTURA MADRID GALLERY WEEKEND

Arte Madrid, Madrid (ES)
11 Sep 2025 – 14 Sep 2025

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Yolanda Andrade, Paula Anta, Daniel Canogar, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, Thomas Demand, Agnes Denes, Paz Errazuriz, Maya Goded, Graciela Iturbide, Los Torreznos (Rafael Lamata & Jaime Vallaure (España, 1965)
ARCOmadrid 2023

ARCO ARte COntemporáneo, Madrid (ES)
22 Feb 2023 – 26 Feb 2023

with Ignasi Aballi, Carlos Aires, Francis Alys, Albarran Cabrera, Marie Louise Alemann, Eugenio Ampudia, Ibon Aranberri, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Letizia Battaglia, Cecilia Bengolea, Jorge Méndez Blake …
CHART ART FAIR 2018

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Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
31 Aug 2018 – 2 Sep 2018

with Marina Abramovic, Carlos Amorales, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Ulla Jokisalo, Sandra Kantanen, Eeva Karhu, Joachim Koester, Hilla Kurki, Alicja Kwade, Niko Luoma, Daido Moriyama, Juuso Noronkoski …
Art Dubai 2018

Art Dubai, Dubai (AE)
21 Mar 2018 – 24 Mar 2018

with Girma Berta, Alex Hartley, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Cristina Iglesias, Idris Khan, Nalini Malani, Barthelemy Toguo, Viktor Vorobyev, Yelena Vorobyeva
CHART ART FAIR 2017

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Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
1 Sep 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Niko Luoma, Daido Moriyama, Anna Reivilae, Tomas Saraceno, Matt Saunders
The Venice Biennale - 51st International Art Exhibition

Directors: María de Corral and Rosa Martínez

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
12 Jun 2005 – 6 Nov 2005

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Pilar Albarracin, Helena Almeida, Vasco Araujo, Ahmed Askalany, Rebecca Belmore, Guy Ben-Ner, Blue Noses, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Tania Bruguera, Christoph Büchel …
e-flux video rental

e-flux, New York (US)
15 Sep 2004 – 15 Mar 2005

with Nevin Aladag, Tiong Ang, Michel Auder, Loulou Cherinet, Olga Chernysheva, Jeremy Deller, Trisha Donnelly, Alicia Framis, Gilbert & George, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Teresa Margolles, Gordon Matta-Clark …
Fotografie und Erinnerung

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)
Fotografie und Erinnerung

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)
Zeitbewusstsein und Narrativität: Neue Formen des Erzählens in der Kunst

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)

with Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler
Fragen zur Erzählung und Raum in der Gegenwartskunst

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)

with Teresa Hubbard & Alexander Birchler