CV
EDUCATION:
2022 - 2024 Master of Fine Arts, HDK-Valand Academy of Art and Design, Gothenburg
2019 - 2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå
2020 Painting summer course, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå
2017 - 2019 Fine Arts, 2 year, Art school Munka, Munka Ljungby
2009 - 2012 Bachelor of Journalism, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall
2004 fall term Gender, society, science I, Lund University
2005 spring term Social Anthropology: General course, Lund University
SOLO/DUO - EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:
2024 Växtvärk, Bror Hjorths Hus, Uppsala, 7 Sep - 5 Oct (Currently)
2023 Queering the Flora, Gallery Rotor, Gothenburg, 8 - 15 Nov
2022 Över Kvarken På vågorna till dig, The Holmön Boat Museum, Holmön, 19 juni - 21 Aug
2021 I himlen finns inga kön, w Alex Rosa, Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, 14 - 20 Feb
2021 I himlen finns inga kön, w Alex Rosa, roof screening Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, 12 Feb
2020 Ett hav emellan. Oss emellan. project room Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, March
2019 Växtvärken, Gallery Spectrum Art school Munka, Munka Ljungby, 4 - 10 Feb
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2024 Speculative Gatherings (MFA Exam Show), Slakthuset, Gothenburg, 10 - 18 May
2024 There is something about you that I will always recognize, Galleri Rotor, Gothenburg, 23 - 25 Feb
2023 Thin Lines of Uneasiness, Gallery Rotor, HDK-Valand Academy of Art, Gothenburg, 19-21 May
2023 Artist Book Exhibition, Gothenburg Museum of Art (Bookstore), Gothenburg, 5 - 7 May
2023 Master midterm exhibition, Gallery Monitor, HDK-Valand Academy of Art, Göteborg, Feb
2022 Videowork I himlen finns inga kön in Alex Rosa's exhibition, Konsthallen, Luleå, 21 May - 25 Sept
2022 Bachelorshow: It was forever until it was not, Västerbottens Museum, Umeå, 7 May - 21 Aug
2021 OAS, art piece Ett år bort, Mareld Västerbottens konstförening, Umeå, 23 Oct
2021 WIP - A Work In Progress exhibition, The Gallery Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, 7-10 Oct
2021 Re-Think festivalen, I himlen finns inga kön w Alex Rosa, Norrlandsoperan, Umeå, 3-5 Sept
2021 IDAHOT Queer Treasure Quest, Idahot committee, Amalthea bookcafé, Malmö, 15 - 17 May
2021 Halvfabrikat, Galleri Verkligheten, Umeå, 26 mars - 3 April
2020 There's no time, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, 3 - 5 Dec
2020 Word_sketch_paint, instagram show Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, Aug
2020 The Underbelly of a Stone, instagram show Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, 1 - 31 May
2019 HEJ - This is what we applied with, The Gallery Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå, 3 - 6 Oct
2019 ALLT ÄR OBLIGATORISKT, Skånes konstförening, Malmö, 3 - 12 May
2018 Magma, Toftabadet, Munka-Ljungby, 29 okt - 4 Nov
2018 Birgit Nilsson - en utställning, Kronohäktet, Ängelholm, 14 - 23 Sept
2018 Inte bara behållare, Kronohäktet, Ängelholm, 16 feb - 4 March
RESIDENCY AND GRANTS:
2024 Artist in residency at xKONSTx, Konstföreningen Åkern, June
2024 Scholarship, Tobisons stipendiestiftelse, HDK-Valand, June
2024 Bror Hjortföreningen's scholarship for drawing, Feb
2023 Scholarship for research travel to Texas, USA, Arnulfska stipendiefonden, Nov
2023 Scholarship for research travel to San Francisco, USA, Adlerbertska Stiftelserna, Okt
2023 Scholarship, Otto och Charlotte Mannheimers fond, April
2023 Scholarship for research travel to New Mexico, USA, Arnulfska stipendiefonden, Jan
2023 KUNO Express Course "Common Boundaries", Nida Art Colony, Lithuania, 6 - 11 Feb
2021 Art residency w Alex Rosa, Sikås Art Center, 9 - 26 Nov
2021 Art residency w Alex Rosa, Stora Fjäderägg, 18 sept - 3 Oct
And exhibition coming at The Holmön Boat Museum in summer 2022
2021 Grant, Stiftelsen Petersenska hemmet, May 2021
WORKSHOPS:
2024 Drawing workshop at Bror Hjorth's house, Sept
2024 Drawing workshop at xKONSTx, Konstföreningen Åkern, June
OTHER:
2022 - (Ongoing) Gallery host and art educator in creative workshop at Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg
2023 - (Ongoing) Host, Röhsska - Museum of Design and Craft, Göteborg
2021 - 2022 Art educator in the Creative Workshop, Bildmuseet (Museum of Contemporary Art and Visual Culture), Umeå
2020 - 2022 Museum host at Bildmuseet (Museum of Contemporary Art and Visual Culture), Umeå
MEDIA/LINKS:
Upsala Nya Tidning, Hon skapar "queera ögonblick" i växtriket, June 6 2024
Bror Hjorths hus, Queera växter växer fram på väggarna i stipendiatens utställning, September 2 2024
Bror Hjorths hus, Catja Tonberg Teckningsstipendiat 2024, September 2024
HDK-Valand, Graduation 2024 Catja Tonberg, June 2024
Göteborgs Universitet, Catja Tonberg från fri konst tilldelas Bror Hjorthföreningens teckningsstipendie, February 26 2024
Västerbottens kuriren, Farmor dansar i mitt kök, June 14 2021
Folkbladet, Dubbla duos till Stora Fjäderäggs residens, July 28 2021
Norran, Museum Anna Nordlander på Pride, February 2021