Tina Umer
B. 1991, Koper, Slovenia
Based in Gothenburg, Sweden
In my work I work with themes such as memory, personal symbolism, layering matter and meaning, the human connection to things and places. I source my inspiration from my immediate environments, both online and offline. I work from a photographic standpoint but blend it with textile art, installation, sound appropriation and illustration.
Received my MfA from Photography at Academy Valand in Gothenburg, Sweden, and BA from Visual Communication at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Selected Shows
2023
(upcoming) "Liljevalchs Vårsalong", Stockholm, SE
(upcoming) "Horror Vacui", Detriti Gallery, Göteborg, SE
2022
“Twentyfour Seven” with Eva-Teréz Gölin, Steneby Konsthall, Dals Långed, SE
“CFF Periferi”, Book Fair, Landskrona Foto, Landskrona, SE
“Holy Clicking” with Eva-Teréz Gölin, Hammarkullen Konsthall, GBG, SE
“Publishing as Artistic Practice”, curated by Lani DuVall, Vulkano GBG, SE
“By the Sea” Fönstret, CFF, Stockholm, SE
“By the Sea”, Göteborgs Bildverstad members exhibitions, Klippan, GBG, SE
“Gone Clicking - Rugs”, Boy Konsthall, Bollebygd, SE
2021
“CFF Periferi zine project”, touring exhibitions and talks, Skövde Konstmuseum, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, CFF Stockholm, Borås Konstmuseum, SE
“Gone Shopping”, Konstrummet Skärhamn Bibliotek, Tjörn, SE
“Dutch WIlderness”, Risåsgatan 12, Göteborg, SE
“Gone Clicking - Rugs”, part of The Internet Yami-Ichi, Aksioma and Dobra Vaga, Ljubljana, SI
2020
”Dutch Wilderness”, AiR Witte Rook, Breda, NL
”Gone”, gna projects, Stockholm, SE
2019
“Wind and Mountains”, Konsthall Nord, Aalborg, DK
“The Great Elastic”, WIP Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
“This is not a Departure Hall”, Rödasten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE
2018
Nordic Dummy Award tour, exhibition of shortlisted dummies (2018-2019), SE, NO, DK, FI, IS
“Rest Assured in Unknown Places”, gallery Format, Malmö, SE
“Gone Clicking”, solo show at Gallery Rotor2, Valand Academy, Gothenburg, SE
Artist book release, part of “Published”, Hasselblad Foundation, Gothenburg, SE
2016
“Different Worlds”, Kino Šiška & Photon - Center for Contemporary Photography, Ljubljana, SI
2015
“Rdečenuzeleno”, Apolonio palace & Gallery KUD Esko, Piran, SI
“Friends in Art”, part of ”Artefatto 10“, Trieste, IT
”Predvidevanje/ Předvídání / Foreseeing“, Gallery Photogether, Zlin, CZ
2014
“Renaissance of the 19th century photography”, Central European -House of Photography, Bratislava, SK
”Uncooked culture”, The Tabernacle, London, UK
“Different Worlds: Young Contemporary Photography”, Photon Gallery, Ljubljana, SI
“Olika in kultura” organised by KUD Čas, Olika, SI
Circus Terminal Worldwide, Uncooked culture, Piran, SI
“Sporno” (“Controversial”), part of the festival Photonic Moments 2014, ALUO, Ljubljana, SI
Publications
2022
"Gone Clicking", design Sara Bezovšek, ISBN 9789152716175
2021
"Dutch Wilderness", CFF Periferi, ISBN 9789198736878
2014
"Old & New", zine
Grants
2022
Konstnärsnämden 1-year Working Grant, SE
2019
Hasselblad Foundation's Anniversary Stipend, SE
2018
AAA Stipendium, AAA Stiftelsen, SE
Adlerbertska Stipendierstiftelsen, SE
2012-2016
Municipal stipedium for talented students MOK, Koper, SI