Julia Peirone (1973) moved to Sweden from Argentina when she was three. She studied in Gothenburg and at the well-known Kunstfack in Stockholm. She belongs to the younger generation of leading Swedish artists working mainly in the photographic and new media realm. She has received numerous Scandinavian artists' grants, prizes and public commissions and has been exhibiting continuously in museums, institutions and galleries such as the National Portrait Gallery, London, Kunstverein Munich, or the Finnish Museum of Photography to name a few.

Julia Peirone was born in Argentina in 1973. She lives and works in Stockholm.

1999-2001

Konstfack /University College of Art, Craft and Design, Stockholm
Master of Fine Arts

1996-1999

University of Film and Photography, Gothenburg
Bachelor Degree In Photography

Solo Exhibitions

2014

Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå 
Stene Projects, Stockholm

2013


Dansens hus, Like a Hawk stealing for the prey, Konstforum Norrköping, Stockholm


2012


Galleri Se, Falun, Sweden

Martin Bryder Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Crystal Contemporary Art,Stockholm



2011

Art Copenhagen,
Linköpings Konsthall Passagen, Sweden

2010


Magnus Åklundh Galleri, Malmö, Sweden

2009

Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden
Galerie f5.6, Munich, Germany
Uppsala konstmuseum (together with Anders Sletvod Moe), Uppsala, Sweden

2008

Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Golden Me, Sweden (upcoming)
Brandstrom Stockholm, Violet Vertigo, Stockholm, Sweden
Hamnmagasinet/Konsthallen in Varberg, Sweden

2007

Fotomässan, Nacka, Sweden
Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
Skärets Konsthall, Skåne, Sweden

2005

Brändström & Stene Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Gallery Krista Mikkola, (curated by Timothy Persons), Helsinki,
Hässleholms Kulturhus, Hässleholm, Sweden
Finnish Museum of Photography/Project gallery, January, Helsinki

2004

Art Rent, Tromsö, Norway

2003

Tyresö Konsthall, Tyresö, Sweden
Gallery Format, Photography in focus, Malmö, Sweden

2002

Gallery 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
Center of Photography, Exposeptember, Stockholm, Sweden

2001

Pictura, Lund, Sweden
Gallery Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden

1997

Galleri Garderoben, Gothenburg, Sweden

Group Exhibitions

2014

In Residence: Contemporary Artists at Dartmouth, Hood Museum of Art

2013

Cidades: Modos de Fazer, X Architecture Biennale, Sao Paulo
Dark Blue: The Water as Protagonist, Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee

2012

An Orchestrated Vision, St. Louis Art Museum

Structuring Nature, Walton Arts Center


2011

Detroit Revealed: Photographs 2000-2010, Detroit Institute of Arts

Life and Death of Buildings, Princeton University
Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, North Carolina


2009

Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait, Princeton University
Rethinking Landscape, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke
Focus on Photography, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College

2008

LIPF – Lianzhou International Photo Festival, China
National Portrait Gallery,Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, London, UK
Reinier van Ewijk Projects, War within, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Prague Triennale,Transgressing Mind, Prague
Groupexhibition Toys R Us at Brändström & Stene, Stockholm, Sweden

2007

Galerie F5,6, 4 Jahre f5,6, Munich, Germany
Haninge Kulturhus, Barnet i samtidskonsten, Stockholm, Sweden

2006

Vorallberger Landesmuseum, Northern Cities, Bregenz Austria
Botkyrka Konsthall, Labyrint, Stockholm, Sweden
Hotel Diplomat, Exposeptember, Stockholm, Sweden
Brändström & Stene, Exposeptember, Stockholm, Sweden
Fotografins Hus, Face á Faces, Stockholm, Sweden
Felleshuset, Northern Cities, Berlin, Germany
L.A Photo (Daniel Cooney Fine Art), Los Angeles, USA

2005

Gad Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Tromsö Art Association, Northern Cities, Tromsö, Norway
Kerava Art Museum, Northern Cities, Kerava, Finland
Oulu City Art Museum, Northern Cities, Oulo, Finland
The Aine Art Museum, Northern Cities, Tornio, Finland
Museum of Umeå University, Unstable – new directions in Swedish Photography 1990-2004, Umeå, Sweden
Kunstveiren Munich, Blick – New films and videos from the Nordic and Baltic region, Munich, Germany
Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, Still life and stilled lives, New York, USA
Gallery Faulconer at Grinnells College, Scandinavian Photography (curated by Daniel Strong), Iowa, USA

2004

Museum of Modern Art, Blick – New films and videos from the Nordic and Baltic region, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Forum Berlin (Photography Now), Berlin, Germany
Gwynne Warehouse Gallery, Photofest 2004, Hereford, UK
Galerie F 5.6, Es ist Sommer. Es ist heiß, Munich, Germany
Simrishamns Konsthall, Simrishamn, Sweden

2003

Artforum Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Culture Park, Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
Brändström & Stene Gallery, Wish you were here,Stockholm,Sweden

2002

Sad Expo, Paris, France
BB – Gallery Lars Bohmans Project room, Stockholm,Sweden

2001

Gallery Deluxe, Swedish style in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
NK, Stockholm,Sweden
Borlänges Exhibition Hall, Borlänge, Sweden
Wetterling Gallery – Graduating class of Konstfack, Stockholm
Konstfack, – Graduating class of Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
Konstfack, Twar, Stockholm, Sweden

2000

Konstfack, Sampling (project run by Ronald Jones, Jason Dodge and Felix Gmelin), Stockholm
Konstfack, I vägen (curated by the curator students), Stockholm

1999

Borås Museum of Art – Graduating class of HFF, Borås, Sweden
UKS – Graduating class of HFF, Oslo, Norway
Gallery Box- Graduating class of HFF, Gothenburg, Sweden

1998

Arles -Festival of Photography, Arles , France
Start 98 (Stockholm the city of Culture -98), Stockholm, Sweden

1997

Gallery Gufot, Gothenburg, Sweden
Malmö Museum of Art, Smitta, Malmö, Sweden

1993

Gallery of Photography, Lund , Sweden

Awards and scholarships

2005

Swedish Arts Grants Comittee, One year working grant
Iaspis, grants for exhibition abroad
Kulturfonden för Sverige/Finland

2004

Författarfonden, One year working working grant

2003

Northern Cities, Workshops/Exhibiton Project run by Northern Photographic Centre and Art Council of Oulo(www.northerncities.com)
Stockholm City Art Award

2001

Hasselbladstiftelsen Resident program in Grez-sur-loing, France
Lunds Konsthalls Vänner- Award to a young promising artist
Helge-Axel Johnson travel grant

Collections

Kiasma
Tyresö Kommun
The State Council of Art,Malmö
The State Council of Art in Gothenburg
Department of Culture in Gothenburg
SAK (Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening)
Monika Lagercrantz, Jan Stene, Lars Thulin, Anna Thulin, Joel Persson, Lovisa von Segerbaden