Writing

Art Reviews

• "A Work of Mourning," Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE — Kunstkritikk (international edition).
• Edgar Cleijne & Ellen Gallagher, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE — Frieze.
• Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art (RIBOCA1), Riga, LV — Kunstkritikk (international edition).
• Johannes Heldén, Konstakademien, Stockholm, SE — Kunstkritikk (international edition).
• Malin Gabriella Nordin, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE — Art Review October 2017.
• Survival Kit 9, Riga, LV — Subjekt.
• The 9th Momentum Biennial, Moss, NO — Arterritory.
• Klas Eriksson, Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg, SE — Artforum.
• Anna Boghiguian, Index Foundation, Stockholm, SE — Kunstkritikk (international edition).
• Klara Kristalova, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE — Art Review April 2017.
• Lovisa Ringborg, Cecilia Hillström Gallery, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Przemek Pyszczek, Gallery Belenius, Stockholm, SE — Arterritory.
• Ulf Rollof, CFHILL Art Space, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• “Personal,” Gotlands Konstmuseum, Visby, SE — Artforum.
• Christine Ödlund, Magasin III, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Bjarne Melgaard, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, SE — Artsy.
• Olafur Eliasson, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Annika von Hausswolff, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE — Artsy.
• Camilla Løw, Elastic Gallery, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• “Young Pioneers,” Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, NO — Artforum.
• Nadine Byrne, Elastic Gallery, Stockholm, SE — Art Review May 2015.
• Alexander Gutke, Belenius/Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE — Art Review March 2015 (pg. 145).
• Ofer Wolberger, Stene Projects, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• “The Alien Within,” Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, SE — Artforum.
• “Corpus,” Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PL — Artforum.
• Michael Manning, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Simon Mullan, Belenius/Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE — Kunstforum.
• Martin Jacobson, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Viktor Rosdahl, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, SE — Art Review Issue #78 (pg. 165).
• Anastasia Ax, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE — Art Review Issue #77 (pg. 117).
• “Re: visited,” Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Riga, LV — Echo Gone Wrong.
• Goshka Macuga, Index, Stockholm, SE — Art Review Issue #76 (pg. 131).
• “A Way of Life: Swedish Photography from Christer Strömholm Until Today,” Moderna Museet, Malmö, SE — Artforum.
• Jacob Dahlgren, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE — Art Review Issue #75 (pg. 134).
• Carl Johan Högberg, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, SE — Art Review Issue #74 (pg. 129).
• David Maljkovic, Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius, LT — Artforum.
• Meriç Algün Ringborg, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE — Art Review.
• “The Politics of Play,” Röda Sten Konsthall, Göteborg, SE — Artforum.
• “GIBCA: Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art,” Göteborg, SE — Kunstforum.
• The 7th Momentum Biennial, Moss, NO — Art Review Issue #71 (pg. 147).
• Leif Elggren, Galleri Niklas Belenius, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Virlani Hallberg, Galleri Riis, Stockholm, SE — Art Review Issue #70 (pg. 167).
• Viktor Rosdahl, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, SE — Kunstforum.
• “Sunbathers,” 1857, Oslo, NO — Artforum.
• Chris Burden, Magasin 3, Stockholm, SE — Art Review Issue #69 (pg. 160-161).
• Katarina Löfström, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE — Art Agenda.
• Ulrik Samuelson, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• “Beyond Good and Evil,” Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK — Artforum.
• “(I)ndependent People,” Reykjavik, IS — Artforum.
• Thomas Broomé, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• “Abstract Possible,” Tensta Konsthall, Spånga, SE — Artforum.
• Annika Larsson, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Christian Saldert — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Helen Broms Sandberg, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Liisa Lounila — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Jorge Peris, La Conservera, Ceutí, Spain — Artforum.
• “The Spiral and the Square. Exercises in translatability,” Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE — Artslant. pdf
• Jesper Ulvelius — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Pamela Rosenkranz and Nikolas Gambaroff, Swiss Institute, New York, US — Artforum.
• “New York Art Book Fair,” MoMA PS1, New York, US — Artslant. pdf
• Hreinn Friðfinnsson — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Juan-Pedro Fabra Guemberena, Nordin Gallery, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Martin Jacobson — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• “If the Light Should Take Us,” Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• The 6th Momentum Biennial, Moss, NO — Artforum.
• Wooloo, The 6th Momentum Biennial, Moss, NO — Artwrit.
• Paolo Bottarelli, The 6th Momentum Biennial, Moss, NO — ArtSlant. pdf
• Ann Lislegaard, The 6th Momentum Biennial, Moss, NO — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Björn Kjelltoft, Gallery Niklas Belenius, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Ragnar Persson, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Bryan Graf, Galleri Jonas Kleerup, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Peter Ern, Peter Bergman, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Gardar Eide Einarsson, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Sofia Hultén — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Dan Holdsworth, Nordin Gallery, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Petra Lindholm, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• “Home Sweet Home,” Konsthall C, Farsta, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Sara Jordenö, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Joakim Eneroth, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Jonas Nobel, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• “The Collective Coral Colony,” Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Viktor Rosdahl, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• “Aeon Profit—Piano Forte,” Platina, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Sara-Vide Ericson, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer, Christian Larsen, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• “Parkliv,” Marabouparken, Sundbyberg, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Gunilla Klingberg, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Vee Speers, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Anders Petersen, Fotografiska Museet, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• Daniel Andersson, Skövde Kulturhus, Skövde, SE — ArtSlant (Polaris Series). pdf
• “Runaway Train,” Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE — ArtSlant. pdf
• Tony Matelli, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Tom Friedman, Magasin 3, Stockholm, SE — Artforum.
• Fredrik Söderberg, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, SE — Frieze. pdf
• “Whatever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia?” OCA, Oslo, NO — artUS #26. scan
• Melody Owen, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR — artUS #24/25. scan
• Milan Design Week 2008, Various Venues in Milan, IT — artUS #24/25. scan
• Jonas Dahlberg, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE — artUS #23. scan
• Zwelethu Mthethwa, Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, SE — artUS #23. scan
• Annika Von Hausswolf, Magasin 3, Stockholm, SE — artUS #22. scan
• “Larger Than Life,” Stellan Holm Gallery, New York, NY — artUS #22. scan
• Bertien van Manen, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY — artUS #22. scan
• “Against Time,” Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE — artUS #21. scan
• “Shared Women,” LACE, Los Angeles, CA — artUS #20. scan
• Meg Madison, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA — artUS #18. scan
• Julia Page, Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA — artUS #17. scan

Literature Reviews

• Trees of the Twentieth Century by Stephen Sturgeon — HTMLGIANT.
• The Guilt Project & Tragodía 1: Statement of Facts by Vanessa Place — HTMLGIANT.
• My New Job by Catherine Wagner — Coldfront.
• Kerotakis by Janice Lee — Bookslut.
• The Evolutionary Revolution by Lily Hoang — Bookslut.
• Duties of an English Foreign Secretary by Macgregor Card — Bookslut.
• Self-Portrait with Crayon by Allison Benis White — Bookslut.
• Stranger by Laura Sims — Bookslut.
• Aim Straight at the Fountain and Press Vaporize by Elizabeth Marie Young — Bookslut.
• The Black Automaton by Douglas Kearney — Bookslut.
• Families Are Formed Through Copulation by Jacob Wren — Bookslut.
• Jet Set Desolate by Andrea Lambert — Bookslut.
• I Go To Some Hollow by Amina Cain — Bookslut.
• Dear Dearly Departed by Harold Abramowitz — Bookslut.
• Star in the Eye by James Shea — Bookslut.
• La Medusa by Vanessa Place — Bookslut.
• One Break, a Thousand Blows! by Maxi Kim — Bookslut.
• A Fixed, Formal Arrangement by Allison Carter — Bookslut.
• A Happy Man and Other Stories by Axel Thormählen, translated by Marianne Thormählen — Bookslut.
• The Mandarin by Aaron Kunin — Bookslut.

Interviews

• Jeff Lieberman, “Art, Politics, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration” — Afterimage (vol. 44 no. 4 print edition). pdf
• Ugnius Gelguda & Neringa Cerniauskaite — Arterritory.
• Lisa Jeannin & Rolf Schuurmans — KUNSTforum (Nr. 2, 2013 print edition).
• Klas Eriksson — ArtSlant. pdf
• Phil Collins, “Look into the Camera and Be Yourself” — Mobile Art Production, Imagining the Audience: Viewing Positions in Curatorial and Artistic Practice.
• Thierry Geoffroy — Artwrit.
• Nicola Bergström Hansen — ArtSlant. pdf
• Petr Davydtchenko — ArtSlant. pdf

Select Exhibition Texts

• Indriķis Ģelzis's solo show — “Figure of Everything,” Castor Gallery, London, UK. pdf
• Lisa Jeannin & Rolf Schuurmans's duo show — “As Above So Below,” Österängens Konsthall / Jönköping Läns Museum, Jönköping, SE. pdf
• Alex Nowak's solo show — “Animal Dictionary,” PARKHAUS im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, DE. pdf
• Gabriella Loeb's solo show — “Trigger-Happy,” Galleri Skomakeriet, Stockholm, SE. EN SV
• Mette Björnberg's solo show — “Power Play,” Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, SE. pdf
• Julia Bondesson's solo show — “Småland Art Archive: Julia Bondesson Sven Lundhs award,” Vandalorum, Värnamo, SE. pdf
• Femme group show — “Season of the Double Bind,” Belenius, Stockholm, SE pdf
• Leif Elggren's solo show — “Ekonomi,” Belenius, Stockholm, SE. pdf
• Roger von Reybekiel's solo show — “Untitled,” Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, SE. pdf
• Willem Andersson's solo show — “It Came Back and Larger,” Belenius/Nordenhake, Stockholm, SE. pdf
• “Sans Coordinates” — “Signal to Noise *” (curated by Stefanie Hessler), Gallery Niklas Belenius, Stockholm, SE. pdf
• press release — “Unfinished Analogies,” Konsthall C (curated with the assistance of Christine Antaya), Farsta, SE. pdf
• “Audience Tectonics” — “On Target” (W.I.R.E. co-curation), Tensta Konsthall, Spånga, SE. pdf

Commissions

• Åsa Cederqvist — response to the artist's oeuvre (2018). pdf
• Ulrika Sparre at “EXPO CHICAGO (2018)” — response to works for Stene Projects. pdf
• Isak Hall — response to the artist's studio work (2017). pdf
• Max Ronnersjö's “Percent (%)” work — response to "Art & Fashion" exhibition at Galleri Bon. pdf
• Sophie Tottie at “The Armory Show NY” — response to displayed works for Belenius/Nordenhake. pdf
• Simon Mullan's “Men Down” series — response to works. pdf

Essays

• “The Work of Max Maslansky: Better Off Alone” — Used Paintings published by Not a Cult Media.
• “The Drone, The Doom, The Beat” — Jacob Dahlgren: A to Z for Garret Publications.
• “Apologia” — Aspectivity: The History of Seeing and Representation KKH publication. pdf img
• “The Efficient Traveller: Seven Suggestions for Unpacking Martin Jacobson” — La Conservera commission. pdf
• “Derailleur” — foreword, valeveil press duo #1. pdf

Articles

• Report of “Unexpected Encounters” (2020) - Afterimage (Vol. 47, Issue 2 print edition) pdf
• “A Question of Solidarity and Sisterhood” — Kunstkritikk (International Edition).
• Report of Baltic Triennial 13 (2018) — Afterimage (Vol. 45, No. 6 print edition) pdf
• Report on Riga Photography Biennial (2016) — Afterimage (Vol. 44, No. 3 print edition). pdf
• Report on Nida Art Colony symposium "On Hosting And Displacing: Critical Tourism, Site-Specificity and Post-Romantic Condition" — Afterimage (Vol. 41, No. 2 print edition). pdf
• Nordic News — Kunstkritikk (International Edition).

Books

• Cunning Like Doves: Inquiries with Women in the Art World
• What Are You Working On? / Vad Har Du På Gång?
• Lorazepam and the Valley of Skin: Extrapolations on Los Angeles

Chapbooks

• nival
  nival: selected poems j. s. davis

  nival: selected poems is the first i&o press chapbook. It is the only text written without the guidance associated with established institutions. This handmade collection is a deviation—an untamed tryst of free verse and naïve perception. This work was written when the author was twenty years of age, subjected to inclement weather in the rural town of Oberlin, Ohio.

  excerpt

  Stricken Travesties

  In time, we accustom ourselves to some family’s pronatalist plenum.
  
  We remind fly-by scabs how much we love them when wearing pink.
  
  Sum total = four inside + stricken travesties synchronized for Pleiades.
  
  And does your life play out in a passé hodgepodge (oh, I’m unseen)
  
  resonate in a deeper feigned black tarpaulin of you—fabric too heavy?
  
  If you’ve picked sides, please be sure to get a refund for the show.

  
  

  Relax relax relax relax relax relax relax relax relax relax relax.
  
  Sit back; I’ll tell you a story. Once upon a stuffy stigma,
  
  hiding from work was considered a kingly attribute—lined in gold.
  
  Shhhh, it will never be the way you talked about with the clams,
  
  but as the tide comes in, Sandy Friction is inviting: down peon cocktails.
  
  Back to capital E’s, yellow-coated robot bombs ...

  
  

  Waking up on the wrong side of intrusions, I ejected reverberations
  
  over and through unwinding eons to discover a yam aftertaste.
  
  “Stop reminding me, Narcissus. We know your feet are wet.”
  
  I consulted the map of Lake Qinghai Hu one more time—
  
  confirmed: we live one echelon above the gauntlet.
  
  Quacksalver, your lazy minion—can you save Project Leech?
  
  

  — i&o press.
• walthall 13

  walthall 13

  j. s. davis

  walthall 13 is the second i&o press chapbook released. This text is a time-sensitive, site-specific work written while assisting the author's father with the aftermath of his third divorce. A handcrafted assemblage of estranged father-daughter dialogue, constraint-based repetition and concrete poetry, walthall 13 was written while the author was simultaneously helping her abandoned father find his way again in the world.

  excerpt

  flier lands, sure-footed
  
  grassy still, tightened turquoise
  
  take me to that north 40
  
  cleanse suppressed mistakes
  
  there’s plenty to drink <cough>
  
  “but i love you.” now what?

  
  

  size 5.5 wtf is that, midget
  
  why can’t i fit into her shoes
  
  too small for my feet, cursing
  
  heels multiplying closet snide
  
  covet vêtement habits, for sure
  
  dog vomit insults blood inheritance

  
  

  daddy flew her to mexico city
  
  child support cash punctual
  
  left behind with mommy in apts
  
  wifey domination, slim techniques
  
  swiper of 1st edition collector’s dolls
  
  he told me to call him at the office
  
  

  — i&o press.
• moot

  moot

  j. s. davis

  moot is the third i&o press chapbook. It is a conceptual writing exercise of non-fiction prompts—declaratives, questions, observations, attacks, criticism—expressed by others to the author during the course of her life (e.g. relatives, unrequited loves, mentors, strangers). All of which received "no comment," response or explanation from the author, leaving each communication unresolved. By definition, moot is either an “official” refusal to relay any further information as a response to a question or a point which is perceivably debatable or irrelevant. Handcrafted and written during a mild Swedish winter, this collection of words aspires to cancel each other out—to create a blank slate or void.

  excerpt

  “I never would have agreed if I would have known it was going to turn out this way.”

  “I don't need anymore friends.”

  “You're quite right; I'm barely human.”

  “The control or implied loss of control in either scenario, that I seem to exert or not, really doesn't do anything for me, despite your best wishes.”

  “Thank you for not mentioning the words suck, fuck, sex or blow in your introduction.”

  “You won't remember any of this one day.”

  “I propose to you there is no top to be reached here; we're both pretty much gutted.”

  “I hate you. Hate as in envy.”

  “My recent efforts to sever our relationship reflect the commonality and baseness of my conception of romance. I have all along, yet only recently so obviously, patterned my behavior after some sort of standard, the adherence to which is indicative of unoriginality on my part and disappoints you.”

  “My conceit isn't as drastic as you suppose.”

  “We're not on the same level.”

  “Please don't turn out to be a stupid cunt.”

  “If you would value the acquisition of certain types of knowledge according to their supposed utility, I'd ask you: how do you know anyway what will or will not be utilizable, even in the crudest and most material of ways, in our upcoming lives, in the world into which we'll soon be unwittingly, and unpreparedly, plunged?”

  “We don't need no stinkin' badges.”

  “You suddenly seem like someone who is in my way.”

  “I don't think of you at all.”

  “You've transcended.”

  — i&o press.

Poems

• “there are these things” — Sci-Fi is for Real #13 (Hypersleep). pdf sound
• “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” — What are you working on? / Vad har du på gång?
• selected poems from nival — Monolith Magazine #2 (Floating).
• “Chenille Loop” — [out of nothing] #4. pdf sound
• “[kun TRIVED]” — Fence Magazine #23. pdf sound
• “ö älskling” — eohippus labs, Emohippus Greeting Card #4. pdf
• multiple poems — Every Day, A Century.
• “splinter crawl” — Bearers of Distance: Poems by Runners. pdf
• “Convellent” — supplemental text for "Lights, Camera, Actions" exhibition at LACE, Los Angeles, CA. pdf
• “Threshold or May I Take Your Coat, Sir?” — You've Probably Read This Before. pdf sound
• “tripwire or flagging galore” — Next Words. pdf sound

Fiction

• “The Martins” — L.A. Telephone Book, vol. 2. pdf
• “Transit” — Drunken Boat #14.

Experimental

• “On the Strike and Silence” — Paletten #307-308.
• “Similitude Malapropos” — Reptilhjärnan (Reptile Brain) #4. pdf img
• “HPE: Hooligan Placement Exam” — Reptilhjärnan (Reptile Brain) #2. pdf img

Reprints

• “Figure of Everything” exhibition text at Castor Gallery (2020) - Indrikis Gelzis's Catalogue (2022).
• “Connections Across the Spheres” (2018) — Ulrika Sparre's Ear to the Ground (2020). Publisher: Art and Theory.
• Review of “Personalized History” at Index Foundation (2017) — Anna Boghiguian (pg. 209). Publisher: Skira.
• “Time Machine” (2011) — Ann Lislegaard's Spiral Book (2012).