Born 1987 in Uddevalla, Sweden
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Education:
2024-2021 Way of the Völva, Priestess of Nature training, teacher: Zindra Andersson, Stockholm, Sweden
2013 – MFA, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
2011 – BFA, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
2008 – Dômen Artschool, Gothenburg, Sweden
Solo exhibitions:
2025 – Jane Avril, Oslo Project Space (Oslo Prosjektrom), Oslo, Norway
2023 – ?Lind? and Jane Avril – open studio, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
2023 – Presentation at Malmö Art Museum in connection to Barbro and Holger Bäckströms grant
2022 – Open studio – Atelier ouvert, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2021 – Jane Avril, Gallery Ping-Pong, Malmö, Sweden
2018 – The Regiment, Eks-rummet, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018 – P18/Q – The Queer Company, Gallery Ping-Pong, Malmö, Sweden
2017 – P18/Q – The Queer Company, Gotland Art Museum, Visby, Sweden
2016 – Lund culture night, Pufendorf Institute, Lund, Sweden
2015 – Burden of Knowledge, Molekyl Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2013 – North & South, MFA graduation exhibition, KHM gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Selected group exhibitions:
2025 – 21 Malmö artists at Galleri 21 – a retrospect, Galleri 21, Malmö, Sweden
2025-2024 Queer Pop-up Cinema with artists from the collection of Homografiska Museet, Trollhättans konsthall, Trollhättan, Sweden
2025 – 2024 – The collection of Homografiska Museet
Vänersborgs konsthall, Vänersborg, Sweden
2024 – Footprint, Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
2023 – Växa, exchange exhibition with the members of Galleri CC, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, USA
2023 – International Water, exchange exhibition with the members of artist run galleries Galleri CC and Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2023 – New Acquisitions, Homografiska Museet, Fengersfors, Sweden
2022 – Zephyr, Kirsten Kjaers Museum, Jutland, Denmark
2022 – Open studio – Rymdprogrammet workshop II, Molekyl Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2020 – Fucking Boring, Galleri 21, Malmö
2020 – Hamn, group exhibition at Sydhavn Station with Gallery CC, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 – Focal Point, Steneby Konsthall, Dals Långed, Sweden
2020 – Paper Works, Artists in isolation residency, Gallery Extra and Fish Tank at Panora, Malmö
2019 – 100, Gallery CC, Malmö, Sweden
2019 – Ulricehamn Pride, Ulricehamn, Sweden
2018 – Weekly Mass, Skånes konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
2018 – Borås Art Museum, Borås Pride, Sweden
2016 – Malmö Gallery Night, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, Sweden
2016 – Hemskt roligt (Awful funny), Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
2015 – Loop – a video art marathon, Gallery CC, Malmö
2015 – Body and Borders, curated by Kulikovska-Shabo group, Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå
2014 – Understrøm – Young Nordic Art, ARoS Art Museum, Aarhus, Denmark
2013-2009 Malmö Art Academy Year Exhibition, Malmö, Sweden
2013 – 24 spaces – a cacophony, Malmö Nordic, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
2013 – Species of space, Museum of Public Art, Lund, Sweden
2012 – Girls Just Wanna have Fun, Pop up art show hosted by Galleri Christoffer Egelund, Copenhagen, Denmark
2011 – BFA show, KHM gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2011 – Ny scen/New scene, Bohusläns museum: konsthallen, Uddevalla, Sweden
2010 – On The Wall, CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö, Sweden
2009 – Bohussalongen, Bohusläns museum: konsthallen, Uddevalla, Sweden
2009 – Peepshow, Gallery 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
2008 – 2007 Dômen Artschool year exhibit, Gothenburg, Sweden
2007 – Cash box multipel show, Gallery Box, Gothenburg, Sweden
Performance:
2024 – Vaginal Davis Universität for the Damaged and the Gifted
Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 – Millennium Star – Love Stories and Salomé, Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup, Sweden
2023 – The Altar of Camp: Mae West, performance lecture and seance at the opening of Växa, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, USA
2023 – 13Festivalen, performance festival, Konstepidemin/Adas Teater, Gothenburg, Sweden
2022 – Millennium Star in concert, John’s Hall, Kirsten Kjaers Museum, Jutland, Denmark
2022 – Co-worker at the performance Human World by Johan Lundin, FLOCK, Malmö Art Museum at Scaniabadet, Malmö, Sweden
2022 – Performance at the inauguration of public artwork “Det som står” by Sara Nielsen Bonde – Millennium Star by the sea, X-sites, Torekov, Sweden
2021 – InQ, queer club event, Inkonst, Malmö
2021 – Millennium Star performs at Supermarket, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
2021 – Konst vid ån/Art by the river, performance, Kulturföreningen Tegel, Utvälinge, Sweden
2020 – Bal Illegal #2, an event streamed online
2020 – Hamn – Millennium Star lip syncs in Danish, with Gallery CC, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020 – Millennium Star-gazer, live streamed make up treatment and tarot readings, Panora, Gallery Extra and Fish Tank, Malmö, Sweden
2019 – Time Travel: Ice Break – Millennium Star as a VR-travel guide, Gallery Extra at Vinterlund, Lund, Sweden
2019 – Time Travel Entertainment – Millennium Star Lip Syncs For Their Life, Gallery Extra at Lorensborgs shopping mall during Bästa Biennalen, Malmö, Sweden
2018 – Weekly Mass, Skånes konstförening, Malmö, Sweden
2016 – Taggotagg! 12 Stormens öra – performance art salon, Gallery 21, Malmö, Sweden
2016 – Breaking The Binary – A Gender Liberating Fashion Show by Ivan Fahy, Malmö Pride, Sweden
2016 – Taggotagg! 9 – performance art salon, Malmö, Sweden
2015 – Vilja Willpowers dragshow, Potato Potato, Malmö, Sweden
Residencies:
2023 – Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 – Kirsten Kjaers Museum, Jutland, Denmark
2022 – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2020 – Artists in isolation residency, Fish Tank – Panora, Malmö, Sweden
2018 – The Swedish Institute, Paris, France
Screenings and festivals:
2024 – Vaginal Davis Universität for the Damaged and the Gifted
Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2023 – Jane Avril – The Life of a Moulin Rouge Dancer, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Sweden
2023 – Jane Avril – The Life of a Moulin Rouge Dancer, in connection to Barbro and Holger Bäckströms grant, Malmö Art Museum at Panora, Malmö, Sweden
2018 – Open Out Festival, Tromsø, Norway
2017 – 100 scenes that break the norm Gotland Regional Theatre, Gotland Pride, Visby, Sweden
2017 – Chouftouhonna Festival #3, Tunis, Tunisia
2016 – Gotland Art Museum during Gotland Pride, Visby, Sweden
2016 – POWER▼MAKT, curated by Ima Read, Joda Bar and Kitchen/Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden
2016 – Loop – a video art marathon, Gallery CC at Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2016 – Malmö Queer Film festival, Panora Malmö, Sweden
2014 – In The Blend, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, Sweden
2013 – One Night Only, Oslo, Norway
2013 – Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, England
2012 – LGBT-festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
2011 – Malmöfestivalen, Malmö, Sweden
2011 – Ladyfest Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
Publications:
2019 – An Afternoon, artists book about the video work with the same name, from 2011.
Artist talks and pedagogical work:
2025 – Lecture: Jane Avril and artists who depicted her, Oslo Project Space, Oslo, Norway
2024 – Schillerska upper secondary school, Gothenburg, Sweden
2023 – Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, Portugal
2022 – Performance course teacher – Business, with Johan Lundin/Gallery Extra, Östra Grevie Folkhögskola, Sweden
2021 – Lecture at Dômen Artschool, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 – Performance Art Trends, Talks and Performance program, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2021 – Östra Grevie Folkhögskola – guest teacher and artist talk, Malmö, Sweden
2021 – Performance Art Trends, Talks and Performance program, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2021 – Culture in Crisis? Cultural practitioners in pandemic times, CROCUS, Lund University (online)
2021 – Presentation of Galleri CC for BFA3 Valand, Gothenburg (online)
2020 – Presentation and mini workshop on drag, Habitat Q, Malmö, Sweden
2019 – On Practices, Skånes Konstförening, Malmö
2019 – A critical conversation – LGBTQIA+ in the Police and Armed Forces, Ulricehamn Pride, Ulricehamn, Sweden
2019 – LBS Upper Secondary School, Gothenburg, Sweden
2018 – Art film club, Gallery Format, Malmö, Sweden
2018 – NTI Upper Secondary School, Skövde, Sweden
2017 – Public program, Grosses Treffen portfolio review and networking event, Nordic Embassies, Berlin
2016 – Gotland Art Museum during Gotland Pride, Visby, Sweden
2016 – Guest teacher, Infographics and gender, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden
2016 – Rainbowcafé, Fenix – house for youth culture, Visby, Sweden
2015 – Östra Grevie Folkhögskola, Östra Grevie, Sweden
2013 – Ten Chances, No Hustle, Minneapolis, USA
2013 – Dômen Artschool, Gothenburg, Sweden
2012 – LGBT-festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
2011 – Ny scen/New scene, Bohusläns museum: konsthallen, Uddevalla, Sweden
Curatorial work:
2023 – Dispersive movements Zahra Moein (IR) Afrang Nordlöf Malekian (IR/SE) Curating with Bahareh Mirhadinezhadfard, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2022 – FYRTIO, curator along with the Galleri CC members, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2022 – Shape/Build/Form – Tore Hallas (DK), crazinisT artisT/Va-Bene Fiatsi (GH), Curator with Arngrímur Borgthorson, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2021 – Ways of Journeying, Madeleine Aleman (SE), Vala T. Foltyn (PL/DK/SE), Sebastian Wahlforss (SE) Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2020 – Healing Paths – Sandra Johnston (IE-GB), Francis Fay (IE), Gallery CC, Malmö, Sweden
2017 – Erratic Transitions – Helene Nymann (DK), Samaneh Reyhani (IR), Maja Borg (SWE), Molekyl Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
Film related work and other:
2024 – Volunteer at Oslo Negativ Photo Festival, Oslo, Norway
2024 – Voice for The Shaggy Man – In the installation Naked on my Ozgoad, by Vaginal Davis, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden
2024 – 2019 Member of Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2024 – 2022 Co-chairperson, Galleri CC, Malmö, Sweden
2017 – Participating in Grosses Treffen, portfolio review and networking event at the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Filming and editing three concerts by Hertzbreakerz, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, Sweden
2017 – ongoing. Co-managing performance artist Vaginal Davis official Instagram account
2017 – Props for the project Feast of The Red Herring by Francis Patrick Brady, Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden
2016 – Editing of the play/concert Arrival Cities: Växjö by Teatr Weimar, Malmö, Sweden
2016 – Acting in the video work Next room harp No.1 by Bjarni Tor Pétursson, Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden
2016 – Video editing for Apolonija Šušteršič, the project Master plan for Duamdong
2015 – Filming and video editing of the dance and music piece Inside/Outside by The Six Tones.
2014 – Video projections for the concert Champ d’Etoile by Kent Olofsson/Teatr Weimar, shown at R1, the reactor hall at KTH in Stockholm, Sweden
2013 – Filming of the play/concert Arrival Cities: Växjö by Teatr Weimar, Inkonst, Malmö, Sweden
2013 – Assistant for Apolonija Šušteršič, PhD student at Malmö Art Academy
2013-2011 Assisted the curator, Fotogalleriet Format, Malmö, Sweden
Collections:
Malmö Art Museum
Homografiska Museet, Fengersfors, Sweden
Kirsten Kjaers Museum, Jutland, Denmark
SAQMI – The Swedish Archive for Queer Moving Images
Grants:
2025 – 1 year work grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2025 – 1 year grant from the Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2025 – Project grant for John and Stephanie Lind, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2023 – Barbro and Holger Bäckströms grant, Malmö Art Museum
2022 – Anne-Marie-Hökerberg-Hechts stipendiefond, Konstakademien, Stockholm
2022 – Extra covid-19 crisis support grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2021 – Malmö City work grant
2021 – Helge Ax:son Johnssons fund
2021 – Covid-19 crisis support grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2019 – King Gustaf VI Adolfs fund for Swedish culture
2019 – 2 year work grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2018 – Helge Ax:son Johnssons fund
2018 – Längmanska culture fund
2018 – International culture exchange, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2017 – 1 year work grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2017 – International culture exchange, Grosses Treffen, Berlin, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2017 – Byggnads kulturstipendium/Builders union culture grant
2017 – Greta and Sigfrid Thuréns fund, The Scanian Art Club, Malmö, Sweden
2016 – Project grant for P18/Q – The Queer Company, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2016 – Short film grant, Film on Gotland, Sweden
2015 – Aase and Richard Björklunds fund, Malmö Art Museum, Sweden
2013 – Malmö city studio grant, Sweden
2012 – 2006 Gustafsbergsstiftelsen, Uddevalla, Sweden
2010 – Uddevalla culture grant, Sweden
2008 – Stiftelsen barnhemmets vänner, Uddevalla, Sweden