Matts Leiderstam

(Gothenburg, Sweden, 1956)

Lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden. Leiderstam has had solo exhibitions at Turku Art Museum, Turku; Grazer Kunstverein, Graz; Malmö Art Museum, Malmö; and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (all 2010); Salon Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade; Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam (both 2008); Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm; Verkligheten, Umeå; and Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (all 2007). Selected group exhibitions include Louvre in Heino – Photography from the Collection of Reyn van der Lugt, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle; Modernautställningen 2010, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Canon and Attitude, x_hibit – exhibition rooms of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna; 14 Vilnius Painting Triennial: False Recognition, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius (all 2010); Konsthall SE, Konsthall C, Hökarängen; The Mountain Show, Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam; Seen, Unseen, Scene, Centré d’Art Passerelle, Brest; and Romantikens kraft – på spaning efter romantiken, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö (all 2009). Leiderstam holds a PhD in Fine Arts from the Malmö Art Academy. He was an artist-in-residence at the International Residence at Couvents des Recollets in Paris (2006), at Cove Park in Scotland (2005) and at IASPIS’s Studio in Stockholm (2004-2005).