Karin Keisu (b.1995, Tornedalen) and Josse Thuresson (b.1992, Stockholm) have been working as an artistic duo since 2018. Their projects take the form of text, film, performance, digital installations and curating, addressing politics of language, queer time and the strength of being on the margins.
Education
2020-2022 Master's programme in Fine Art, Konstfack Univerisity of Arts, Crafts and Design [SE]
2019 Exchange semester, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Post Conceptual Art Practices [AT]
2017-2020 Bachelor of Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts [NO]
Solo exhibitions
2022 (Upcoming) Konstmuseet i Norr, Kiruna [SE]. Curated by Hampus Bergander
2022
Back to Back, MFA Solo Exhibition, Konstfack, Stockholm [SE]
2021
Caring is Fundamental,
www.ergi.xyz. Curated by Niels Munk Plum
2019
Perverse Temporalities, Resepsjonsgalleriet, Oslo [NO]
2019
Cream archive, Skylight, Oslo [NO]
2018
YOUR ARE EXTREME/A dislocated language, Skylight, Oslo [NO]
Group exhibitions, performances and screenings
2022 (Upcoming)
Sometimes Time: A Week of Film, Stockholm [SE]. Curated by Mourning School
2022 (Upcoming)
Konstfack Degree Exhibition, Konstfack [SE]. Curated by CuratorLab
2021
Ergi presents, BOA - Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus, Oslo [NO]. Curated by Håkon Lillegraven
2021
En dag om arbetsstugorna, Medborgarhuset Korpilombolo [SE]. Organized by Stiftelsen Norrbottens läns Arbetsstugor, Sannings- och försoningskommissionen för tornedalingar, kväner och lantalaiset and Norrbottens museum
2021
Young Arctic Artists 2021, Gallery Napa & Studio Mustanapa, Rovaniemi [FI] and Alta Kunstforening, Alta [NO]. Curated by Panu Johansson, Savu E. Korteniemi, Åsne Kummeneje Mellem and Katriina Pedersen
2021
SAFE SKILLS - Varje brand är en berättelse, commissioned work for Räddningstjänsten Skåne Nordväst, Helsingborg [SE]
2021
Queer Cohesion #1 Collectiveness, Detroit Stockholm [SE]. Curated by Hinni Huttunen and AnnaLeena Prykäri
2021
Strömningar, Södertälje konsthall in collaboration with Konstfack, Södertälje [SE]
2020
Touching 2022,
www.unknow.online. Curated by Karin Keisu, Magnus Andreas Hagen Olsen and Josse Thuresson
2020
Forbidden Beauty, KINO DER KUNST, Munich [DE]
2020
RAVISHING SLUBB, Storgata 26, Oslo [NO]
2020
Women’s day celebration line-up, Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, Oslo [NO]
2020
The Ravishing Beauty Salon ft. Showbaren, Galleri Seilduken 2, Oslo [NO]
2020
HE.ARTBREAK, Galleri Redan, Malmö [SE]
2019
Room for Collective Encounters (R.C.E.), Akademirommet, Oslo [NO]
2019
Athens Festival of Queer Performance, Athens [GR]
2019-2020
STRUKTURA. Time, The Wrong Biennale for Digital Culture,
www.struktura-time.com. Curated by Lesia Vasylchenko
2019
Make your own makeover, Lazy Life, Vienna [AT]
2019
Klimax performance space, Stockholm [SE]
2018
the ongoing is really going on, Social Space, Oslo [NO]. Curated by Niels Munk Plum
2018
Let’s stay in touch, Prosjekttorget, Oslo [NO]
2018
unkNOW Online Stream Festival, Akademirommet, Oslo [NO]. Curated by Lesia Vasylchenko and Magnus Andreas Hagen Olsen
2018
Naughty but cute, House of Everysome, Oslo [NO]
Printed work
2022 (Upcoming) Publication on Translation, Curating Art, Stockholm University.
2021
Onwards and upwards, I guess, MFA1 Konstfack
2020
My tongue is a 10 centimeter long Swedish flag, Wormhole, Issue 2, Between the lines
2020
AVGNAG 2020, BFA Kunstakademiet i Oslo
Curatorial work
2020
Touching 2022,
www.unknow.online
2019
Tactual interest, Erik Thörnqvist, K4 galleri, Oslo [NO]
2019
Surrender, Gjermund Eskedal, K4 galleri, Oslo [NO]
2019
Wearing the fog, Yafei Qi, K4 galleri, Oslo [NO]
2019
Forrest, Lova Ranung, K4 galleri, Oslo [NO]
Residencies
2018 Villa Moderne, Arcueil, Paris [FR]
Grants and awards
2022 Rektorsstipendiet, Konstfack
2022 Nominated for Fredrik Roos stipend
2021 Axel N Anderssons stipend
2020 Ulla Fröberg-Cramérs stipend
2020 KINO DER KUNST Project Award
2020 Nordisk Kulturfond - Oppstart stipend
2020 FKDS studio grant, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2020 Konstakademiens stipend for art students and young artists
2019 FKDS grant for the development of artistic practice
Press
Avvik på høyt nivå, text by Geir Haraldseth, Billedkunst tidsskrift 2021
Kamppailua Pohjasen kielillä: Young Arctic Artists 2021, text by Savu E. Korteniemi, Kaltio cultural magazine, 5/2021
Meänkieli ja viittomakieli oon kärsinheet Ruottin kielipolitiikasta, Meänraatio Sveriges Radio, 31.5.2021
Konstelever gör film om arbetsstugor och språkförtryck, METavisi, 26.2.2021
Die Preisträger*innen des Festivals „Kino der Kunst“, artmagazine, 2.11.2020
Et annet nett er mulig, Kunstkritikk, 3.3.2020
