Carl Abrahamsson Exhibitions:

FANZINERA
Solo show at Galleri Granen, Sundsvall, Sweden, July 2010. Curated by Kristian Olsson. 36 portraits of people, bands, musicians from 1985-1988, namely: Joe Coleman, Union Carbide Productions, The Gun Club, Lux Interior (The Cramps), Martin Rössel (Dom Dummaste), Kim Salmon (The Scientists), Sator, Lädernunnan, The Shamen, The Cramps, Lars Cleveman (Dom Dummaste), Lydia Lunch, Alex Chilton, Ebbot Lundberg (Union Carbide Productions), Steve Kilbey (The Church), Jonas Almquist (Lädernunnan), Jeffrey Lee Pierce (The Gun Club), The Stomachmouths, Iggy Pop, Richard Kern, Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Genesis P-Orridge (Psychic TV), Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Bernard Sumner (New Order), Blue For Two, Freddie Wadling, Sonic Youth, John Lydon, Chris Bailey (The Saints), Sort Sol, Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Died Pretty, The Godfathers, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Henry Rollins and Hüsker Dü.
36 B/W prints, 24 x 30 cm, in an edition of ten copies. The images can be seen (and bought) at EDDA (Catalogue section).

DÖDEN I VÅRA HJÄRTAN
Solo show at Martin Bryder Gallery, Lund, Sweden, Dec 2009-Jan 2010. Curated by Martin Bryder. 25 images of death in different aspects.
25 B/W prints, 24 x 30 cm, in an edition of one copy. The images can be seen (and bought) at EDDA (Catalogue section).

SYMBIOTIC PEEK-A-BOO
Solo show at MOPIA, Zürich, Switzerland, Feb 2009. Curated by Zoe Staehli. 23 images from various porn conventions in the US.
23 colour prints, 20 x 30 cm, in an edition of one copy.

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68-08
Group show at Färgfabriken, Stockholm, Sweden, June-Aug 2008. Other participants: Öyvind Fahlström, Kjartan Slettemark, Ernst Billgren, Carl Johan de Geer, Anders Petersén, Max Book, Dan Wolgers, Carl Michael von Hausswolff & Leif Elggren, Erik Pauser, Bigert & Bergström, Gustaf Broms (and others).
Four B/W prints, 24 x 30 cm.

OLIKA MÄNNISKOR
Solo show at Kraftstationen i Drags, Norrköping, Sweden, Nov-Dec 2007. Curated by Kraftstationen i Drags. The portraits from the book "Olika Människor", together with a Cotton Ferox soundtrack and an additional slideshow of alternate images on a TV monitor.
31 B/W prints, 24 x 30 cm, in an edition of ten numbered copies.

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ACHTUNG FSK 18 - Vol 2
Group show at Galerie Tristesse deluxe, Berlin, 2007. Curated by Nelja Stump and Karin Kruse.
The Porntraits-series, portraits of actresses in the adult entertainment business.
23 B/W prints, 30 x 40 cm, in an edition of five numbered copies.

LOST & FOND
Solo show at DOM Cultural Center, Moscow, 2007. Curated by Dmitry Vasilyev.
28 colour prints, 30 x 20 cm, in an edition of one copy.

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SEXUAL FLAMBOYANCE
Solo show at The Museum Of Porn In Art, Zürich, 2007. Curated by Zoe Staehli.
Images from the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco.
24 B/W prints, 30 x 40 cm, in an edition of one copy.

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COLORS NOTEBOOK
Group show at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 2006. Curated by COLORS Magazine.
Two B/W photographic prints with text and graphic structures in ink.

PORNTRAITS
Solo show at The Museum Of Porn In Art, Zürich, 2006. Curated by Zoe Staehli.
Portraits of actresses in the adult entertainment business.
23 B/W prints, 30 x 40 cm, in an edition of five numbered copies.

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THE FOLSOM FOLLIES
Group show ”Shame” at Kulturhuset, Stockholm 2003
A modified version of the Copenhagen exhibition ”The Folsom Follies”

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THE FOLSOM FOLLIES
Group show ”Kinky Copenhagen” at Silo, Copenhagen 2003. Curated by Stig Christensen.
Documentation of The Folsom Street Fair in colour (approx twenty 10 x 15 cm C-prints) and black and white (Four 70 x 100 cm prints and ten 18 x 24 cm prints)

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REBOUND
Solo show at The Lab, Copenhagen 2003
A modified version of the exhibition ”Unbound”

UNBOUND
Solo show at Moriskan, Malmö 2003.
A modified version of the exhibition ”Versatil”.

VERSATIL
Solo show at Lydmar Art Hotel, Stockholm 2003. Curated by Thomas Nordanstad.

GOTHIC
A traveling group show produced by Norwegian ”Riksutstillinger”2003-2004. Curated by Tommy Olsson.
My contribution to this exhibition featured six C-prints arranged in two sections, each containing three images. The catalogue contained 23 black and white images and a text by me.

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THE ECSTATIC SOCIETY
Group show at Fylkingen, Stockholm 2000. Curated by Mikael Prey / Fetish 23.

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT
Solo exhibition at Genesis P-Orridge’s ”Last Museum”-section at the ”New Way On”-website, 2000. Curated by Genesis P-Orridge.

BULT
(Group) Showcase at Galleri Thomas Ehrngren, Stockholm 2000. Curated by Carl Abrahamsson.
To co-incide with the release of the magazine BULT, a show was arranged with many of the contributing artists.

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MART
Group show in Stockholm 1996. Curated by Nicklas Kappelin.
Wall installation with four acrylic paintings, framed by electric lights.

COTTON FEROX
Ongoing (2002 - ). Occasional projections as part of live performances by Cotton Ferox.