Ruby Nilsson (b.1993) is an artist based in Copenhagen/Malmö. Her work oscillates between the fields of visual- and performing arts, often finding its final form in large-scale, collaborative scenic productions. Thematically, Nilsson’s work grapples with social and cultural notions of aesthetics and gender, especially how they are interlinked.
Nilsson is educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (DK) and Södertörn University (SE). She is the curator of the visual arts programme at Norbergfestival 2024 and a recurrent writer for Paletten Art Journal.
In 2024, she will also be a guest lecturer in Creative Writing at the Swedish Royal Institute of Art, co-hosted with Index in Stockholm.
Contact
ONGOING
PLAYS & PERFORMANCES
2025 spect @ INKONST, MALMÖ
EXHIBITIONS & CURATION
2025 CHASER @ INDEX STOCKHOLM
2024 NORBERGFESTIVAL @ NORBERG
WRITING
2024 GUEST ISSUE @ PALETTEN, GOTHENBURG
PAST
PLAYS & PERFORMANCES
2024 fugue @ DASARTS, AMSTERDAM
2023 FERA @ REWILD, COPENHAGEN
2023 FLIGHT MODE: ON LIVESTOCK & PARANOIA @ GÖTEBORGS KONSTHALL, GOTHENBURG
2023 FERA @ FYLKINGEN, STOCKHOLM
2023 LILLA ORAKLET @ SKOGEN/RÖDA STEN, GOTHENBURG
2023 TOKENS @ BIKUBENFONDEN, COPENHAGEN
2023 FERA @ INKONST, MALMÖ
2023 A GEOMETRY OF SPEED @ SKÅNES KONSTFÖRENING, MALMÖ
2022 LILLA ORAKLET @ HÄGERSTENS AMFITEATER, STOCKHOLM
2022 AN exercise FOR THE END OF THE WORLD @ DET GAMLE SKOLE BRÖNSHÖJ, COPENHAGEN
2021 END OF BOOKS @ TURTEATERN, STOCKHOLM
2021 THE ANN LEE SYNDROME @ MY WILD FLAG, STOCKHOLM
2021 GRAVITY AND GRAVES @ INKONST, MALMÖ
2020 END OF BOOKS @ DRAMATON, ATALANTE, GOTHENBURG
2019 ORDO VIRTUTUM @GALLERI DELFI, MALMÖ
2019 SPEED RUIN @ KONSTAKADEMIEN, STOCKHOLM
2019 BASTARD OF ALLEGORY @ REAKTORHALLEN, STOCKHOLM
EXHIBTIONS & CURATION
2023 ANOTHER POSSIBLE INNER EXTERIOR MOMENT TO MOMENT NONLOCATION LOCATION @ KONSTHALL C, STOCKHOLM
2022 FYRTIO @ GALLERI CC, MALMÖ
2021 PRELIMINARY MATERIALS FOR A CATGIRL @ KONSTHALL C, STOCKHOLM
2020 LAST SUNSET OF TODAY @ SKRAPAN, STOCKHOLM
2018 ARTIFICIAL COMMONER @ GALLERI DELFI, MALMÖ
SELECTED ESSAYS / FICTION
2023 DYSFORISK REALISM @ PALETTEN
2022 RESIDENT EVIL @ PALETTEN
2021 THE ANN LEE SYNDROME @ MY WILD FLAG
2021 THE HOUR OF EURYDICE @ IRRLICHT
RESIDENCIES
2023 The Swedish Institute, Rome, Athens
Writing residency
2022 Inkonst, Malmö
Performing arts residency
2022, skogen, gothenburg
performing arts residency
2021 Inter Arts Center, Malmö
Performing arts residency
2021 Konsthall C
Writing residency
2019 Black Box Teater, Oslo
Performing arts residency
2019 PAF, St Erme
Writing residency
GRANTS
2023 1 -YEAR WORK GRANT, SWEDISH AUTHORS’ FUND
2022 STUDY GRANT, SANDREWS FOUNDATION