Fia Backström
Swedish artist (born 1970)
Fia Backström (born 1970) is a Swedish artist, writer and educator known for her multidisciplinary artworks. Backström lives and works in New York City.
Career
Backström's art practice embraces both relational and conceptual art. Her output ranges among event production, exhibitions, magazine ads, posters, and conversations. In 2005, Backström staged the exhibition lesser new york in response to the MoMA PS1 MoMA exhibition Greater New York. The salon des refusés style exhibition would later be shown as part of the official Greater New York exhibition at MoMa PS1.
In 2011, she represented Sweden in the Venice Biennale.
Backström's work is included in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the RISD Museum and the Moderna Museet.
In 2018, she was awarded the Prix Littéraire Bernard Heidsieck - Centre Pompidou.
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