MARIA TOLL
1990, Stockholm
EDUCATION
2016 - 2018 Bergen Art Academy - Department for contemporary art (khib/KMD) - bachelor fine art - Bergen (NO)
2015 - 2016 Oslo Academy of Fine Art (khio) - bachelor fine art - Oslo (NO)
2013 - 2015 Gerlesborgsskolan Bohuslän - fine art - Gerlesborg (SE)
2012 - 2013 Nyckelviksskolan - färg form hantverk - Stockholm (SE)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Så er endnu en dag gået og kommer aldrig mere igen - Ta·da - Copenhagen (DK)
2021
Formad II - Kungstensgatan 27 - Stockholm (SE)
2020
Formad - Galleri 54 / Peepshow - Gothenburg (SE)
2017
Washing hands to eternity - Galleri Fisk - Bergen (NO)
På land är det svårt att hålla sig flytande - Galleri Bokboden - Bergen (NO)
2015
Nä nu jävlar - PORTNERgalleriet - Oslo (NO)
2014
Jag vet något som inte du vet - Restaurang Anno 44 - Gerlesborg (NO)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
The observer (portal to everyday life) - duo-exhibition with Astrid Hjortdal - apiece gallery - Vilnius (LT)
Imaginary places - duo-exhibition with Astrid Hjortdal - Afloat Contemporary - Bergen (NO)
2022
Portionsavund - Konstnärshuset - Stockholm (SE)
Symbiosis - duo-exhibition with Astrid Hjortdal - Galerie Feiertag - Kassel (DE)
I never leave home without control (II) - Skulpturpark Prøvestenen Syd - Copenhagen (DK)
2021
Under ytan är jag mindre ensam - HJORTEN Skulpturpark 2021 - Stockholm (SE)
Everyday Loop - Salong Sergel - Sergelstorg - Stockholm (SE)
2020
Ris finns i kylen, bara att micra - Superlocal2020 Supermarket Stockholm independent art fair - Crum Heaven - Stockholm (SE)
I always check things before I leave - Paradgatan en jubileumsutställning - Konsthall323 - Stockholm (SE)
tisdag 17.56 - HJORTEN Skulpturpark - Stockholm (SE)
Men då får inte du komma på mitt kalas - Open Window - Stockholm (SE)
2019
I never leave home without control - Minstoll Skulpturpark - Stockholm (SE)
I am very happy to be here - Klimax: Performance space - collaboration with Astrid Hjortdal - Stockholm (SE)
Mini Loop - Syndensgate 1b - Bergen (NO)
2018
Jag säger inte att jag såg dig kissa i duschen - Bachelor graduation show - Bergen art Academy - Bergen (NO)
Looping Thoughts - Prøverommet - Bergen Kunsthall - Bergen (NO)
I am very happy to be here - Art in Urban Context - KMD - Bergen (NO)
2017
Bibliotek - Unfolding WORDS - Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek - Bergen (NO)
2016
Standard - SupermatrixXX - Hulen - Bergen (NO)
AiUC: Living our lives at one remove? - Rom 8 - Bergen (NO)
2015
I just wonder if you ever think of me - Receptionsgalleriet - Oslo Academy of Fine Art - with Kristian Suvatne Augland - Oslo (NO)
Gerlesborg graduation show - ID:I Galleri - Stockholm (SE)
Group show with Kobolt Magazine - Nau Gallery - Stockholm (SE)
2014
System i kommunhus - Galleri Ranrike - together with Fanny Ehnvall - Tanum (SE)
Elementen på Röhsska Museet - Röhsska museet - Gothenburg (SE)
G R A N T S / S T I P E N D S
2023
Mobility funding from Nordic Culture Point (Nordisk Kulturkontakt)
Travel grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)
2022
One year working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)
Support for artistic production and cultural events from Stockholm Municipality
2021
Crisis grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)
Studio grant from Stockholm Municipality
Support for artistic production and cultural events from Stockholm Municipality
2020
One year working grant from the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden)
Bror Marklundstipeniet
2018
Byggnads Kulturstipendium
2015
Maria Whitlocks minnesfond
2014
Tanum Kommuns Utställningsstipendium
PROJECTS
2023
Organizer of HJORTEN sculpture park 2023 together with the artist Nikki Fager Myrholm. 50 artists participated.
2022
Organizer of HJORTEN sculpture park 2022 together with the artist Nikki Fager Myrholm. 57 artists participated.
2021
Organizer of HJORTEN sculpture park 2021 together with the artist Nikki Fager Myrholm. 50 artists participated. We had also invited Konsthall323 (Frida Krohn & Ylva Trapp) to host and show a filmprogram.
2020
Organizer, together with the artist Nikki Fager Myrholm, of the exhibition I det koboltblå köket står en stekpanna på spisen med ett centimetertjockt lager fett at the gallery Crum Heaven in Stockholm. The exhibition was a part of Superlocal2020 by Supermarket Stockholm Independent Art Fair. Participating artists was Sanna Albenius, Niklas Delin, Sanna Laaban, Tanja Silvestrini, Nikki Fager Myrholm & Maria Toll.
Organizer of HJORTEN sculpture park together with the artist Nikki Fager Myrholm. 60 artists participated. We had also invited Konsthall323 (Frida Krohn & Ylva Trapp) to host and show a filmprogram.
Organizer of Open Window where I, together with the artist Nikki Fager Myrholm, had gathered 72 artists based in Stockholm to exhibit in their windows and on their balconies during one weekend.
2020 - 2021
The project Kunsthalle Alles Toll. A vitrine in Gesundbrunnen's underground station in Berlin which I treat as a gallery.
https://www.galleritoll.com/kunsthalle-alles-toll
2019
Organizer of Minstoll sculpture park where I had gathered 42 artists to exihibit in a park outside my apartment in Stockholm.
I also invited Konsthall323 and Galleri Minst to join.
2018 - On going
The project Galleri Toll. A vitrine in Ropsten's underground station i Stockholm which I treat as a gallery.
A new artist exhibits each month. https://www.galleritoll.com
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Looping Mind - #2 - Klistermärkesklubben
2015
Cap & Design, Number 1, February, 2015
Kobolt Magazine no. 6, June, 2015