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Emily Sundblad
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Emily Sundblad (born 1977) is a painter, singer and art dealer. She is co-founder and co-director of Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York.
Sundblad was born in Sweden in 1977. She received her BFA from Parsons the New School for Design in New York in 2003, before attending the Whitney Museum's Independent Study Program, which she completed in the spring of 2006.
Career
In 2003, Sundblad co-founded the gallery Reena Spaulings Fine Art, meaning she is one of the portrayers of the fictional New York art scene "It Girl", gallerist, and then artist, Reena Spaulings, who appears to helm the gallery. Spaulings is portrayed by other artists, including co-director John Kelsey, gathered from the collective known as the Bernadette Corporation, which has been producing and releasing film, music, and literature since its creation in 1994.
Spaulings, as an artist, was included in the Whitney Museum's 2006 Biennial and has also exhibited at the Tate Modern.
Sundblad, as herself, has also exhibited her paintings internationally and performed at a variety of venues including the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
In 2011, Sundblad had her second solo show, ¡Qué Bárbara!, both an exhibition of paintings, and inaugural and closing performances at the Algus Greenspon Gallery in New York. This show also brought about Sundblad's auction debut as she sold the self-portrait she used as her exhibit announcement at Philips de Pury, which sold for $37,500 (with the auction house premium).
With Sundblad's decision to directly send her painting to auction, even before the show's opening, she commented on the current art market and the time between an artist's emergence and day at auction, not to mention monetizing one's own image.
Her transformation of the gallery space, and having it act as an entertainment venue for one-time performances, also tested general expectations of art world commerce.
Sundblad's performances for ¡Qué Bárbara! were acclaimed for her soulfulness and potential as a "music phenomenon."
Selected Exhibitions
2013 : The Railbird, Algus Greenspon, New York, New York.
2013 : Endless Bummer II / Still Bummin’, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, New York.
2013 : Death by Water. Death by Fire (RS), Campoli Presti, Paris, France.
2009 : Pop Life (RS), Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
2009 : Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex (RS), Bass Museum of Art, Miami, Florida
Selected Performances
2011 : Grand Openings Return of the Blogs, Museum of Modern Art New York, July 20–August 1, 2011
2010 : Grand Openings High Liners (GO), Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden, May 26
2010 : Street Performance, Centro Historico, Gante y 5 de mayo, March 10
2010 : Opening Night Performance, GAGA, March 11
2010 : Gene Beery Opening, Algus Greenspon Gallery, September 28
2009 : Betteraves Club: Emily Sundblad and Margaret Lee, November 8
2009 : (GO), Sculpture Center, New York, New York, September 13 – November 30
2008 : Bumbershoot 2008 (GO), The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA August 30 – September 1
2008 : Carrier Waves, Nichts IST AUFREGEND. Nichts IST SEXY. Nichts IST NICHT PEINLICH (GO), Mumok Factory & Museum Modern
2008 : Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria, April 12 – April 20
2008 : (GO), Randolph Cliff, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, April 24 & April 25
2008 : Songs For Bjarne, Greene Naftali, New York, New York, February
2007 : I Love Nobody, with Stefan Tcherepnin and Marten Holmberg, Radio Daniele WFMU, Vizcaya, Miami, USA
2007 : Tvillingarna, Tour- Pussycat Lounge NYC, The Mandrake LA and Pasaguero Mexico City, Mexico, October
2007 : Montevideo, with Rita Ackermann and Askar Brickman, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, May
2007 : The Anita Berber Picture Palace Performance, Bellwether Gallery, New York, New York, March
2007 : Tvillingarna on The Boat Bellman, Stockholm, Sweden, August
2007 : (GO), Tsunan High School, Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006, Nigata, Japan, August
2007 : (GO), Magical Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, August
2007 : JJJE, with Jay Sanders and Josef Strau, New York, New York, May
2007 : Tvillingarna at Ugglan, Stockholm, Sweden, May
2007 : Lee Williams, with Jutta Koether, New York, New York, January
2007 : Meerettich on Ice, Volksbuhne, Berlin, Germany, December
Selected curated exhibitions and other projects
2007 : Skymningsfestivalen, a Compilation of Swedish Music for Radio
2007 : DanieleBologna
2006 : Akademische Graffiti, with Seth Price
2006 : Gone With The Wind, A Reena Spaulings Film
2004-2005 : White Light/ White Heat, Reena Spaulings CD Box Set featuring Barbara Sukowa, Rita Ackermann, Emily Speers Mears, Emily Sundblad, Josh Smith and others
2004–present : A Night of Country: An ongoing country music performance project in collaboration with playwright Richard Maxwell.
2003–present : Reena Spaulings Fine Art, A New York Gallery
2002 : Youʼre Just a Summerlove But Iʼll Remember You When Winter Comes, Co-Curated With Hanna Liden
Ongoing : Lee Williams: An artist-persona created with Jutta Koether
Press
Neil, Jonathan T.D., "Dissonant Returns at Art Basel Miami Beach." Art Agenda, December 2011.
Bankowsky, John, "Best of 2011: Top Ten." Artforum, December 2011.
McKenzie, Robert, "!Que Barbraro. MAY, October 2011.
Westreich, Thea, "Roving Eye: Some Thoughts on Art Market Alternatives." Art in America, October 7, 2011.
* Guagnini, Nicolás, "!Que Bárbara!" Texte Zur Kunst, September 2011.
Marshall, Piper, "Emily Sundblad." Frieze, September 2011.
Kley, Elizabeth, "Emily Sundblad, Sunday Painter." Artnet.com, May 17, 2011.
Swerdloff, Alexis, "The Unassuming Doyenne of New York's Experimental Art World: Emily Sundblad." Papermag.com, October 10, 2009.
Fiduccia, Joanna,"Amy Granat & Emily Sundblad." Frieze, May 20, 2008.
Lewis, David, "My Brain's a Cliff and My Heart's a Bitter Buffalo." Artforum.com, March 14, 2008.
Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review; Aspects, Forms and Figures." The New York Times, March 2, 2007.
Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review; Whitney Independent Study Program." The New York Times, May 12, 2006.
Rosenberg, Karen, "Who Are These People." New York Magazine, February 27, 2006.
Cotter, Holland, "Art in Review; Reena Spaulings. The New York Times, February 4, 2005.
