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STUDIES
1974-77 Pottery apprentice, Rörstrands AB, Lidköping, Sweden
1977-81 B.A of Art Education, University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, Sweden
1984-89 M.A, Valand, University of Gothenburg College of Art, Sweden
1986 Royal College of Art, The Printmaking Department, London, UK
2002-06 Ph.D. in Fine Arts, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Sweden
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, Helsinki, Finland
Galerija Muzeja Saverenebe Unetbisti/Project Gallery Museum of Contemporary Art,
Belgrade, Serbia
Wilfried Lentz, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2007 Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Verkligheten, Umeå, Sweden
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
2006 Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
2005 Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
DCA – Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, UK
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2004 Minetta Brook at Cedar Grove, The Thomas Cole, National Historic Site, Catskill NY, USA
2002 Rooseum – Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden (with Joao Penalva)
2001 Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc, New York, USA
CRAC – Centre Régional d´Art Contemporain, Languedoc-Roussillon, Séte, France
2000 INOVA – Institute of Visual Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA
1999 Moderna Museet Project at Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, France
1998 Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
Arkepilag, The Royal Coin Cabinett, Stockholm, Sweden
Optica – Centre for Contemporary Art, Montréal, Canada
1997 CRG Gallery, New York, USA
1996 Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki, Finland
White Columns, New York, USA
1995 Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Forumgalleriet, Malmö, Sweden
1994 Sandvikens Konsthall, Sandviken, Sweden
Olle Olsson-Huset Hagalund, Stockholm, Sweden
Mölndals Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
1993 Galleri Ahnlund, Umeå, Sweden
1992 Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
Skövde Konsthall, Skövde, Sweden
1990 Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
1989 Galleri Wallner, Malmö, Sweden
1987 Subbau, Gothenburg, Sweden
Bio – Mellangatan 5, Gothenburg, Sweden
Galleri Ets Ets Ets, Umeå, Sweden
1985 Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lidköpings Konsthall, Lidköping, Sweden (with Eva Brodin)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Romantikens kraft – på spaning efter romantiken, Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden.
Seen, Unseen, Scene, CAC-Passerelle, Brest, France
2008 Nameless Science, Apex Art, New York, USA. Guangzhou Triennale, Guangzhou, China. How to build the Mississippi River in your own backyard by RAKETA & friends,
Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
2007 Residents, EDF Foundation Espace Electra, Paris, France
Who’s on First, Royal Academy Schools Gallery, London, UK
Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Contemporary Scandinavian Art, The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
(co-organized with The Moore Space, Miami), Scottsdale AZ, USA
2006 Malmö Art Academy – Sopawan Boonnimitra: Lak-ka-pid-lak-ka-perd,
Matts Leiderstam:
See and Seen, Miya Yoshida: Invisible Landscapes, Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
VAC Colección Valencia Arte Conteporáneo, IVAM,
Institute Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Icónica, Patio Herrerianeo Museo de Arte Contemporáneao Espanol, Valladolid, Spain
Again for Tomorrow, CCA Royal College of Art, London, UK
Russia: Significant Other, Anna Achmatova Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2005 No Painting, Kunstihoone, Tallinn, Estonia
2004 Falskt & Äkta, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
2003 Periferic 6 – Prophetic Corners, Iasi, Romania
Watershed – Hudson River Art Project, North Dock, Bear Mountain State Park
and Boscobel Restoration, Garrison, produced by Minetta Brook, New York, USA
Le Songe d’une nuit d’ete, Magasin 3 at CCS, Paris, France
Influence, Anxiety & Gratitude, MIT-List Visual Art Center, Cambridge, USA
Nostalgic Real, Müllerdechiara, Berlin, Germany
2002 Ochos relatos nórdicos, Centro Galegoi de Arte Contemporaánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Collected Contemporaries, Moderna Museet C/O Klarabergsviadukten 61, Stockholm, Sweden
View Finder, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Regarding Landscape, The Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Exchange and Transform (Arbeits Titel), Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
2001 Paradise In Search of a Future, Cepa Gallery, Buffalo; Atlanta College Gallery, Atlanta, USA
The Path of Resistance - MoMA meets Moderna 1960-2000, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
The Society for Contemporary Art, Acquisition Finalists 2001,
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Skifte, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Enduring Love, Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert Inc, New York, USA
2000 This Boy Could Be Me, Teater Replica, Stockholm, Sweden
The Folly, La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy
Edstrandska, Rooseum - Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
Carnegie Art Award 2000, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden; Göteborgs Konstmuseum,
Gothenburg, Sweden; Listsafn Kópavogs, Kópavogur, Reyjkjavik, Iceland; Helsingfors Konsthall,
Helsinki, Finland; Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo, Norway; Sophienholm, Copenhagen, Denmark
Drömmen om ett landskap, Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
Painterly, 11th Vilnius Painting Triennial, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
Looking Back, Bard College - Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale on Hudson NY, USA
Organising Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden;
Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999 The Family Show, Uddevalla Konsthall, Uddevalla; Passagen Linköpings Konsthall, Linköping;
Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden
Carnegie Art Award 1999, Konstakademien, Stockholm, Sweden; Listsafn, Kópavogs, Reyjkjavik,
Iceland; Amos Andersson Konstmuseum, Helsinki, Finland; Kunstnerernas Hus, Oslo;
Sophienholm, Copenhagen, Denmark; Barbican Art Gallery London, UK
By the Way, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
1998 Touch, Museum Narodna, Poznan, Poland
From The Corner of The Eye, Stedejlik Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Spatio temporal, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden
Transpositions, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Come Closer, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Vaduz, Liechtenstein;
Nikolai Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark; Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Studio Visit, Duende and Boijmans van Beuninger, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
A Visit from Stockholm, James van Damme Gallery, Brussels, Begium
1997 Summer Collection 1997, South London Gallery, London, UK
Deposition, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Letter and Event, Apex Art, New York, USA
1996 I am Curious - These Days, Cubitt Gallery, London, UK
Conceal / Reveal, Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA
Jurassic Technologies Revenant, 10th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
See How it Feels Like!,Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
1995 Disneyland After Dark, Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala;
Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
The Hotel, Hotell Gustav Vasa, Stockholm, Sweden
Hello!, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Sweden
1994 Blind Love, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Park, Doktor Glas, Stockholm, Sweden
Rum för aktuell konst, Gothenburg, Sweden
1991 Art Against Aids, Galleri Krister Fahl, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleri Ahnlund, Umeå, Sweden
PROJECTS
2005 View Finder, a project for a newspaper,
in collaboration with Borga Kanturk and Serkan Uzkaya, Radikal September 16, Istanbul, Turkey
2004 Reflections of Space – a “sputnik project” for Kunstverein München, November 12-13
at Kunstverein München, in the Hofgarten and at The Residence Museum, Munich, Germany
Mirrored (look at the painting and the painting looks back), a project made at Retretti Art Centre,
Finland in collaboration with Anders Kreuger.
View - a dinner event in collaboration with the chef Dan Barber, made at Blue Hill, Stone Barn,
Pocantino Hills, New York.
Produced by Minetta Brookwithin the series of dinners Watershed Tastemakers
2002 Selbstbildnis, a project made with Kunstverein München in Collaboration with Schack Galerie;
Munich, Germany and Philipe Metz
2001 The Artist Is at Niagara Falls, A project made with CEPA Gallery
in collaboration with Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo NY, USA
1999 Returned, a project where the artist is leaving copies made after Nicolas Poussin’s
”Spring or The Earthly Paradis” in cruising parks: Hampstead Heath London, The Rambles, Central
Park New York, Parc Mont Royal, Montréal, Park K. Marcinkowiego, Poznan, Frescati, Stockholm,
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris, and Galoppatoio, Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
1995 Kärlekstörst, a project for the newspaper Expressen, Stockholm, Sweden
1994 The Arrows of Cupid, Ynglingagatan, Stockholm, where the artist painted arrows on the sidewalk
between the gallery and the blue movie Hagabion at Hagagatan, Stockholm, Sweden
Blind Love, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, where the artist make portraits of two students
from Rinkebyskolan, Stockholm
Projects in the studio at Gullmarsvägen 50, Stockholm
1995 Under tiden, an exhibition by Stefan Uhlinder
Every Morning I Feel different - Every Night I Feel the Same, an installation by Mikael Elmgreen
1994 Smak, an exhibition made by Eva Larsson
Via Karin, Vanja, Staffan, Cilla, Lotta, Annika, Hans, Arne, Malin, Anders och Susanna,
a projekt by Elin Wikström, Stockholm Public Library and in the studio
1993 In the Garden of Eden..an Installation in my Studio
Projects in the Studio at Bjurholmsplan 21, Stockholm
2002 Whiteout & F for Fake, Kajsa Dahlberg and Christian Andersson.
PUBLIC ART WORKS
2003-06 View, made for Watershed – Hudson River Art Project, North Dock,
Bear Mountain State Park and Boscobel Restoration, Garrison, produced by Minetta Brook,
New York, USA
2001 View, produced by National Public Art Council and The City of Malmö, Västra Hamnen,
Scaniaplatsen, Malmö, Sweden
CURATORIAL WORK
2007 Reflektioner av rum, Mateuz Herczka, Mako Ishizuka and Martin Jacobson, Andréhn-Schiptjenko,
Stockholm, Sweden
RESIDENCIES
2006 International Residence at Couvents des Recollets, Paris, France
2005 Cove Park, Scotland
2004-05 IASPIS’s studio, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, USA
1999 Villa Saint Clair, Sète, France
1996-97 IASPIS’s studio, London, UK
1992 The Swedish Art Grants Committee’s Studio Residency in Montréal, Canada
ARTWORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Eskilstuna, Sweden
Bonnier Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Iziko – South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Lidköping, Umeå and Solna City Council Collections, Sweden
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Sweden
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
Statens Konstråd, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholms Landsting, Stockholm, Sweden
Sundsvalls Konstmuseum, Sundsvall, Sweden
TEACHING AND LECTURES
Positions: supervisor at Valand, University of Gothenburg College of Art, spring 1997; professor at Malmö Art Academy, 1997-2001: external tutor at Malmö Art Academy, 2007-
Lectures: Oslo Art Academy, 1995; Helsinki Art Academy, 2004 and 2006; University College of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm, 2005; The Royal Academy of Stockholm, 2000, 2003 and 2005; Valand, University of Gothenburg College of Art, 2001; Yale University, New Haven, 2003; University of North Western, Chicago, 2000; University of Illinois in Chicago, 2000; “Tuesday Talk”, Cornerhouse, Manchester, 2007, Symposium “The Construction of an Identity in Artistic Practice”, Royal Academy of Arts, Kuva and Goldsmiths University of London, at Royal Academy School, London, 2007; Kunstverein Hannover, 2007; Vetanskapsrådet, Stockholm, 2007; Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 2007
Opponent for graduate student master show: Valand, University of Gothenburg College of Art, 1998 and 2001.
CATALOGUES & BOOKS
Dissertation, CD-Rom and web publication, Matts Leiderstam, See and Seen – Seeing Landscape through Artistic Practice, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Malmö, 2006
Web catalog: Grand Tour, www.grandtourexhibition.com, Magasin 3, 2005, Stockholm, introduction by David Neuman, essays by Jan Avgikos, Denise Robinson and Jan Verwoert, a conversation between Kristoffer Arvidsson and Matts Leiderstam, a conversation between Friedemann Malsch and Matts Leiderstam
Book: View, Minetta Brook, New York 2004. Essay by Lynne Cooke and a conversation between Matts Leiderstam and Peggy Phelan.
Book: Matts Leiderstam – Works 1996 – 2001, Antenna, Stockholm 2002. Essays Gertrud Sandqvist, Marilu Knode, Ami Barak, Charles Esche, conversation between Peggy Phelan and Matts Leiderstam.
Leaflet: Selbsbildnis,Schack-Galerie & Kunstverein München, München 2002. Essays Sören Grammel and Dr Herbert W. Rott.
Book: View - a Book to Those who Live in Västra Hamnen, 2001. A public artwork made for the National Public Art Council and The City of Malmö. Essay by Matts Leiderstam
Catalog: Moderna Museet Projekt - Matts Leiderstam, Moderna Museet, 1999. Introduction Maria Lind and essay by Denise Robinson
Book: Matts Leiderstam - No Difference At All, 1996. NUNSKU, Stockholm. Essay by Lynne Cooke
Catalog: The Shepherds, an exhibition by Matts Leiderstam, Mölndals konsthall, Sandvikens
Konsthall, Olle Olsson-huset 1994. Introduction Isabella Nilsson and essay by Annika Öhrner
Artist book: De fyra kardinalsafterna, Matts Leiderstam, 1988
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catrin Loch, Matts Leiderstam – Badischer Kunstverein, Art Forum, March 2008
Michael Haufen, Matts Leiderstam “Nachbild”, Springerin, February 2008
Ulrika Stahre, “Klass, krig och ägande”, Aftonbladet, December 31 2007
Bo Madestrand, “Konstdetektiven”, Dagens Nyheter På Stan, November 29 – December 5 2007
Klaus Heid, “Der Spröde Charme des kunstpädagogischen Archivs”, Regioartline Kunstmagazin, September 17 2007
Georg Patzer, “Mit der Lupe and die Details”, Badischer Tagblatt, September 14 2007
Carmela Thiele, “Mehr Durchblick auf das Verborgene”, BNM, September 13 .2007
Book: There’s Gonna be some Trouble – The Five Year Rooseum Book 2001-2006, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö 2007. Essay by Charles Esche
Joanna Persman, “Rumstrippeln ger mer frågor än svar”, Svenska Dagbladet, May 12, 2007
Book: Konstnärlig forskning under lupp, Vetenskaprådet, Stockholm, 2007. Essay by Maria Hellström
Catalog: Icónica, Patio Herrerianeo Museo de Arte Contemporáneao Espanol, Valladolid, 2006. Introduction and essay by Pablo Llorca
Miya Yoshida, “Grand Tour, by Matts Leiderstam”, Around the Globe, BT (Bijyutsu Tecyo), April, 2006 Vol. 58/No. 878
Catalog: Again for Tomorrow, Royal College of Art, 2006, London. Introduction by Andrew Bonacina and Céline Kopp, and essay by Charlotte Bonham-Carter
Sinziana Ravini, “Lek med visuella lustar”, Göteborgsposten, December 10 2005
Jack Mottram, “Matts Leiderstam, Dundee Contemporary Arts”, Art Monthly, September 2005, No 289
Book: Collected Newsletters, edited by Maria Lind, Søren Grammel, Katharina Schlieben, Judith Schwarzbar, Ana Paula Cohen, Julienne Lorz, Tessa Praun, Kunstverein München, Munich & Revolver, Franfurt am Main, 2005
Liutauras Psibliskis, “Matts Leiderstam, Magasin 3”, Art Forum, reviews, summer 2005
Ronald Jones, “Matts Leiderstam Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden”, Frieze, Issue 92 June/July/August 2005
Catalog: No Painting, Kunstihoone, 2005, Tallinn. Essay by Anders Härm
Ricci Neuman, “Med nya ögon”, Svenska Dagbladet, February 16 2005
Camilla Hammarström, “Här leker Matts med konsten – och med oss”, Aftonbladet, February 20 2005
Catalog: Periferic 6 – Prophetic Corners, Vector Association, 2004, Iasi, Romania. Essay by Anders Kreuger
Catalog: Falskt och Äkta, Nationalmuseum, 2004, Stockholm. Essay by Håkan Nilsson
Book: Hidden Histories – 20th Century Male Same Sex Lovers in the Visual Arts, text by Michael Petry, Artmedia Press, London 2004
Claudia Steinberg, “Und plötzlich spricht die Bank”, Die Zeit, November 13, 2003
Jeffrey Kastner, “Watershed”, Art Forum, reviews, October 2003
Holland Cotter, “Art Shows in the Great Indoors”, New York Times, Weekend Fine Arts Leisure, Art Review, July 25, 2003
Book: Revisiting the Show, Asocitja Vektro, Iasi,Romania, 2003. Essay by Matts Leiderstam
Nancy Princethal, “A 10-Part Hello Along the Hudson”, New York Times, Art & Leisure, May 11 2003
Book: John Paul Ricco, The Logic of the Lure, University of Chicago Press, 2002
Catalog: Katalog 31 Statens Konstråd 2001, Stockholm, 2002. Essay by Susanne Eriksson
Book: Watershed The Hudson Valley Art Project, Journal 1, Minetta Brook, New York 2002. Essay by Gertrud Sandqvist
Matts Leiderstam and Philip Metz, “Selbsbildnis – a conversation”, Fall 02 Drucksache Kunstverein München, Fall 02
Catalog: Shimmering Substance / View Finder, catalog: Arnolfini, Bristol, 2002. Essay by Stephen Hepworth and Catsou Roberts
Catalog: Ochos relatos nórdicos, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Xunta de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, 2002. Introduction by Lorena de Coral and essay by Sören Grammel
Christian Mayer, “Die Melanchlie der Tempeldiener”, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Sonntag, 11/12, May 12 2002
Michael Hauffen, “Exchange & Transform (Arbeitstitel) Kunstverein München”, Kunstforum International, no 160 Juni – Juli 2002
Maria Lind, “Exchange & Transform (Arbeitstitel)”, Spring 02, Drucksache Kunstverein München
Gertrud Sandqvist,”Ömsesidighet”, Artes - tidskrift for litteratur, konst och musik, no. 2/2002
Catalog: Collected Contemporaries, Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2002. Essay by Sören Engblom
Dan Jönsson, “Dubbelplattityder och fantombilder”, Dagens Nyheter, March 26 2002
Joao Penalva and Matts Leiderstam, “Matts Leiderstam & Joao Penalva”, Rooseum Provisorium, 1:2002
Peggy Phelan, "A Lava Step at Any Time", NU-The Nordic Art Review, No. 6 2001
Catalog: Konsten i Västra Hamnen, The National Public Council and the City of Malmö, Malmö 2001. Essay by Pontus Kyander
Book: We are All Normal (and we what our freedom) - a collection of contemporary nordic artist writings edited by Katjya Sander & Simon Sheikh, Black Dog Publishing Limited, 2001. Conversation between Matts Leiderstam and Peggy Phelan
R.M. Ryan, ”Matts Leiderstam INOVA”, New Art Examiner, May-June, 2001
Heinz-Norbert Jocks, ”Der Homoerotische Blick”, Konstforum 154, April - May 2001
Denise Robinson, ”Matts Leiderstam, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain”, Art Press, May 2001
Michel Nuridsany, ”Fragile, domestiquée, la nature en dialogue.”, Le Figaro, March 16 2001
Gregory Salzman, "Regarding Landscape", Canadian Art, no 3, 2000
Bo Madestrand, "So trendy it hurts", Documents sur l´art, no 12, 2000
Catalog: Organising Freedom, Nordic art of the -90s, Moderna Museet, 2000. Essays by David Elliott, Kim Levin and Apinan Poshyananda
Milou Allerholm, "Vad är egentligen en familj?", Dagens Nyheter, Sept 25, 1999
Bill Arning, ”Honcho featuring Artists, Dean Sameshima, Glenn Ligon, Andriano Pedrosa, Matts Leiderstam”, Honcho, October 1998
Alexandra Bradley, ”The poetics of ambiguity: a queer sensibility”, Bulletin Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, no. 4/98
Book: Cream - Contemporary art in Culture, Phaidon, London1998. Essay by Åsa Nacking
Catalog: Arkepilag, a project organized by Stockholm - Culture Capital of Europe 1998, ”Blue Vision - Sitting in Front of a Painting - an email conversation between Matts Leiderstam and Friedemann Malsch”
Catalog: From The Corner of The Eye, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1998. Essay by Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Leontine Coelewij and Hripsimé Visser
Catalog: Transpositions, Five Swedish Artists in South Africa, South African National Gallery, Modern Museum International Program, 1998. Essay by Emma Bedford and Åsa Nacking
Catalog: Come Closer, Liechtesteiniche Staatliche Kunstsammlung, Oktagon Verlag Köln, 1998. Essays by Sara Arrhenius, Susanne Gaensheimer and John Paul Ricco
Leaflet: Studio Visit, a talk between Annika Eriksson, Maria Lind and Matts Leiderstam, Duende and Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1998
Wilhelm Snyman, "Another look at the Arcadian gardens", Cape Times, March 26 1998
Gerard Mack, "Vaduz-Kunst der 90er Jahre aus Skandinavien in der Liechtensteinischen Staatlichen Kunstsammlung", Kunst-Bulletin, April 1998, p.39
Bill Arning, ”Top of the Pops A roundup of 11 artists with careers on the rise”, Out, February 1998
Daniel Birnbaum, ”Where Have All The Madness Gone”, Parkett, “Cumulus Europa”, no 50-51/97
Catalog: Deposition-Contemporary Swedish Art in Venice, IASPIS - The Venice Biennale 1997. Essay by Maria Lind
Lena From, "Matts Leiderstam Konstnär", Göteborgs-Posten ”Gränslöst”, May 3 1997
Catalog: Letter and Event, 1997, Apex Art, New York. Essay by Maria Lind
Terry R. Myers, ”Believed to be Seen - The Work of Matts Leiderstam”, Paletten, no. 228, 1/97
Maria Lind, ”Excavating the Ideal Landscape-an interview with Matts Leidestam”, Material, no. 31,1997
Catalog: I am Curious, ”These Days”, Cubitt Gallery, London 1996. Introduction by Maria Lind and essay by Simon Grant
Catalog: Conceal / Reveal, Site Santa Fe 1996, Essay by Bruce Ferguson
Patrik Nyberg, "Döden i Arkadien", Huvudstadsbladet, August 31 1996
Bruce Ferguson, ”Matts Leiderstam: Cruising with Claude”, Art + Text, no. 54, May 1996
Catalog: Jurassic Technologies Revenant. The 10th Biennale of Sydney 1996. Essays by Vivian Bobka and Lynne Cooke
Catalog: See What it Feels Like! Rooseum-Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö 1996. Introduction by Bo Nilsson and essays by Don Kulick and Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlöf
Book: Park, 1994, Förlag, Stockholm. Essay by Sven-Olov Wallenstein, ”Parkens Två Ansikten”
Gunilla Grahn-Hinnfors, "I skuggan bland träden", Göteborgs-Posten, May 4,1994
Annika Öhrner, "90 Tal presenterar Matts Leiderstam", Tidskriften 90TAL, no.13, 1994
Maria Lind, ”Rörande utställning där allt tycks Leva ett Dubbelliv”, Svenska Dagbladet, December 3rd 1994
Lars O Ericsson, ”Förintad Intimitet. Installation of frunstrationens kyliga helvete – Matts Leiderstam på galleri Krister Fahl”, Dagens Nyheter, September 3 1990
Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary