Matti Sumari
Born 1987, Helsinki, Finland
Lives and works in Malmö, Sweden
matti.sumari (at) gmail (.) com
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Co-founder & coordinator of Alta Art Space, artist-run exhibition space in Malmö, 2015 –
Represented by Coulisse Gallery
Solo Exhibitions:
2023
Ad Hoc Dog at Galleri Cora Hillebrand, Gothenburg, Sweden
Duo presentation with Julia Selin at Market Art Fair with Galleri Flach, Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
The artist’s dream of the insect’s innermost desire with Julia Selin at Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden
2022
Follow a bug to the end of the World with Julia Selin at Konsthallen Trollhättan, Sweden
Malus Domus at Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden
2021
Medhjälpare & Bordsgäster, Domkyrkoforum, Lund, Sweden
Non-human itch at KH7smallspace, Aarhus, Denmark
HOT SAP with Julia Selin at Rörsjögatan 10, Malmö, Sweden
Icke-mänsklig klåda at Sjöbo konsthall, Sjöbo, Sweden
2018
corrupted full of life at Schimmel Projects – Art Centre Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2017
Cementa & Toyota at ACUD gallery, Berlin, Germany
Paragoge, with Petter Dahlström Persson at Skånes konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
2015
Heart of Gold at Trumpeten c/o mellanrum, Södra Förstadsgatan, Malmö, Sweden
2014
TICK TICK TICK SPRÄNG at Konstfrämjandet Västerbotten, Umeå, Sweden
2013
(THE LOGIC OF) INSTRUMENTS FOR CYCLES THROUGH A HUNTER-GATHERER-GARDENER
at Galleriet, Konstnärligt Campus, Umeå, Sweden
2012
With All We Have for Everyone – With the States Money to Ourselves
with Andréas Brännström at Galleri Maskinen, Umeå, Sweden
2009
MAMMALS with Julia Selin and Jaakko Pallasvuo at B-galleria, Turku, Finland
2006
MUNO FINDS A JEWEL at Galleria Camera Aurea, Helsinki, Finland
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024
Havets veje at Petter Dass Museum, Sandnessjøen, Norway
2023
Money or Life at SIGNAL – Center For Contemporary Art, Malmö, Swedenn
Contemporary Myths & Artifacts at Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm
Noisy Neighbours organized by CSAM at Form/Design Center, Malmö, Sweden
Present Nature at Alma Löv Museum of Unexpected Art, Östra Ämtervik, Sweden
Stress Test, curated by New Scenario, at Creamcake & HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin, Germany
Vår Vår at Molekyl gallery, Malmö, Sweden
På Besök at Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden
2022
In the City grows a field at Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Havets Veje at Bovbjerg Fyr, Lemvig, Denmark
Noisy Neighbours, by CSAM at Oslo Architecture Triennale, Oslo, Norway
Matches, curated by Asrin Haidari at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Crunchy Spores, Hydropoly at Vermilion Sands Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter Piper Pigged A Pickled Pepper, curated by Jeanette Gunnarsson at Fitzrovia gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021
What we are working with, curated by Hour Projects at Künstlerhaus Bregenz, Austria
#Organism at KH7artspace, Aarhus, Denmark
Blandstades taktik organized by CSAM, Malmö, Sweden
IMARSUAQ – Havets Veje at Katersugaasivik Nuutoqaq / Nuuk Lokalmuseum, Nuuk, Greenland The suggestive body at Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna, Sweden
First International Festival of Manuports at Kohta Kunsthalle, Helsinki, Finland
Malmö So There at Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden
All Flesh Is Hay at Gislaveds konsthall, Gislaved, Sweden
Death to the Curator at Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Highly Toxic at Digitaliseum, Malmö, Sweden
2020
Reyhani, Sumari, Wallin, – Processerna bakom offentlig konstnärlig gestaltning by plattform KcSyd at Konstfrämjandet Skåne, Malmö, Sweden
Sikås Biennale 2020 at Sikås Art Center, Hammerdal, Sweden
Songs for Sigge at Celsius Projects, Malmö, Sweden
Polyfoni 5 at Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simris, Sweden
ATOMIC, organized by Schimmel Projects, in Bressanone, Südtirol, Italy
2019
100! at Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
Spooky action at a distance at Galleri NOS, Stockholm, Sweden
SJÒGVUR – Havets veje, TURA YA MOYA container-art at SALT, Suðuroy, Faroe Islands
Close Call at Kunstscenen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Northern Lights, curated by Something Must Break at Alta Art Space, Malmö, Sweden
Sinkhole Project, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
FIVE FORMS of PLAY: MIMICRY at Celsius Projects, Malmö, Sweden
mold dust life energy with Lisa Trogen Devgun & Paula Buškevica at IKOLONI, Malmö, Sweden
2018
Calculation Live at VIII Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Velvet Ropes at CRUM Heaven, Stockholm, Sweden
evolution and comfort at Ta·da Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
Boxplay at 8.Salon, Hamburg, Germany
2017
The Island of Blossoming Trees, Drömmarnas Hus, Rosengård, Malmö, Sweden
Campsite, Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA
VAFT – Video Art Festival Turku, Turku, Finland
Van Gogh´s Fan Club at Å´Kaj Gallery, Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden
2016
APERTO at Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
LOOP – A video art marathon by Galleri CC at Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2015
LOOP – A video art marathon at Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
Berlin Food Art Week at ACUD, Berlin, Germany
Hot Beverages with Erik Sjödin and Ami Kohara at Cigarrvägen 13, Stockholm, Sweden
The Spring Exhibition at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Resistance at Pianofabriek, Saint-Gilles, Brussels, Belgium
2014
Maskinen Art Boat on the Wasaline ferry between Umeå, Sweden and Vaasa, Finland
Survival Kit/Umeå festival Umeå, Sweden
Radical Mycology at Umeå Kulturhus, Umeå, Sweden
BiteVilnius Cinema, Vilnius, Lithuania
CULTURAL CAPITAL at ZK/U – Center for Art and Urbanistics, Berlin, Germany
CULTURAL CAPITAL at Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
2013
URBAN TACTICS – ART MOMENTS FESTIVAL at Erzsébet tér, Budapest, Hungary
2011
GALLERY CARLSSON SVENSSON CONTEMPORARY: GRAND OPENING II at Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden
2010
EUROPA UNDERGROUND at CLAB gallery, Lodi, Italy
VÅRSALONG 2010 at Skellefteå Konsthall, Skellefteå, Sweden
THE REFLECTING POOL / UNTITLED PEOPLE at Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden
2009
IS THERE A PICTURE IN THE ROOM? with Erik Nilsson & Julia Selin, Sagateatern, Umeå, Sweden
LEIF – NORRLANDS NYA PERFORMANCEFESTIVAL, Luleå, Sweden
2008
HELT PLÖTSLIGT ÄR VI HÄR at Cave Gallery, Detroit, USA
MOVING – CLARION ART FILM FESTIVAL at Clarion Hotel Stockholm, Sweden
Collections:
Moderna Museet
Public Art Agency Sweden
Region Scania
City of Stockholm
City of Lund
Konstmuseet i Norr – Norrbotten County Art Museum
Hallands konstförening
Fondazione Antonio Ratti
Private collections
Education:
2012 – 2014 Master of Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden
2011 – 2012 Small-scale Organic Farming & Sustainable Living, Hola folkhögskola, Sweden
2011 Beekeeping, Studieförbundet Vuxenskolan, Umeå, Sweden
2009 Exchange course, Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2008 – 2011 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Sweden
2007 Umeå Art School, Umeå, Sweden
2006 Nordic Art School, Kokkola, Finland
Grants:
2021 Covid-19 relief grant from the City of Malmö, Sweden
2021 studio grant for 2022-2023 from the City of Malmö, Sweden
2020 one-year working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2018 grant for artistic development from the City of Malmö, Sweden
2018 travel grant from Frame Contemporary Art Finland
2018 international cultural exchange grant from the The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2017 international cultural exchange grant from the The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2016 Studio grant for 2017-2018 from the City of Malmö, Sweden
2014 Grant from Umeå municipality Cultural Committee, Umeå, Sweden
2014 Assistant Grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee for assisting the German artist Judith Hopf