Marie Karlberg

Marie Karlberg (b.1985) is a conceptual artist whose work spans performance, painting, sculpture and curation. She often employs irony and/or satire to parody social conditions and investigates the concealed contracts beneath the so-called liberal order.

habitat extends an invitation to Karlberg primarily because of her relation to conceptual art at large, the art which remains, and fuels its capacity in confined spaces such as capitalistic cosmopolitan cities; and secondary because of her persistent desire to expose, mainly liberalism’s conservatism.

Marie Karlberg (b. 1985, Sweden) began making art as a reaction against predetermined forms of social life. Since 2024, she runs the celebrated gallery Beau Travail.

Marie has previously performed at Art Basel Miami, hosted by MoMA PS1 as well as presenting video in the acclaimed exhibition Greater New York at MoMA PS1, New York. She has done solo shows at Tramps, New York; Bonny Poon, Paris; Plymouth Rock, Zurich; Tramps, London and Reena Spaulings Fine Arts, New York. She has staged performances at Elevation1049, Gstaad; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz and Artists Space, New York. Marie has participated in group shows and ensemble performances at various galleries and institutions such as The Goethe Institute, New York; Whitney Museum of Art, New York; MoMA, New York; The 9th Berlin Biennale, Berlin and Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin. Her work is included in public collections such as The Schaulager Foundation, Münchenstein; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris and Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

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