Talk
Emma Bugden in discussion with Sweet Punch artists Robert Johansson & Vanna Bowles
Wednesday 25 October 2006, 5:30pm
The Physics Room
FREE

Sweet Punch curator Emma Bugden will talk with artists Robert Johansson and Vanna Bowles about the exhibition and their broader artistic practice.

Sweet Punch was developed during Emma’s 2005 NIFCA research residency in Finland. She is currently Curatorial Director at Te Tuhi - The Mark in Pakuranga, Auckland, where Sweet Punch will also be showing. Robert Johansson (Sweden) & Vanna Bowles (Norway) are visiting New Zealand for the opening of Sweet Punch.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES:

Vanna Bowles was born in 1974 in Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2004 she completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway. Her individual practice has been included in the solo exhibitions “Chain of Unsettled Events” 2006, Nordic Art Info, Oslo, Norway,

Galleri Thomassen, 2006 Gothenburg, Sweden. She has worked collaboratively with Robert Johansson on the performance projects: ‘The body’s thin shell’, ARS06, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, ‘Mera Kropp (More Body)’ touring eight schools in Akershus, Norway (2005), ‘Fra kaos til kosmos’,  2004 , Bomuldsfabriken Arthall, Arendal, Norway ‘Testomony’, 2003, Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway, and ‘Pugnae Spectaculum’, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (2002). She lives in Oslo, Norway.

Robert Johansson was born in 1977 in Grums, Sweden. In 2004 he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway. In 2005 he was an artist in residence at the Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art in Suomenlina, Helsinki, Finland, through the Nordic Air programme. His individual practice has been shown in exhibitions including ‘Nuevo Estocolmo, 2006, Södertälje Konsthall, Södertälje, Sweden, and ‘Tour Grandia’, 2005, GRANDIA, Stockholm, Sweden. He has worked collaboratively with Vanna Bowles on the performance projects: ‘The body’s thin shell’, ARS06, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, ‘Mera Kropp (More Body)’ touring eight schools in Akershus, Norway (2005), ‘Fra kaos til kosmos’,  2004 , Bomuldsfabriken Arthall, Arendal, Norway ‘Testomony’, 2003, Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway, and ‘Pugnae Spectaculum’, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (2002). She lives in Oslo, Norway.

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25 October - 25 November 2006
Sweet Punch
Gun Holmström, Vanna Bowles & Robert Johansson, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Raakel Kuukka
Curated by Emma Bugden