Erika Råberg (b. 1987) is a Swedish-American artist working across lens-based practices as a photographer, filmmaker, educator, and independent curator. She uses both still and moving images to explore the subtle relationships built into her surrounding environments, whether on the farm in rural Sweden which has been in her family since the 1600s or in and around Boston, Massachusetts, where mythologies regarding the founding of the United States can be observed in the everyday. She is driven by an interest in slow looking, body language, and image-making itself – in particular, within the space between still and moving image.
Råberg has shared work in group and solo exhibitions in Chicago, including at the Elmhurst Art Museum, ACRE Projects, Roman Susan, Chicago Artists Coalition, Sector 2337, High Concept Labs at Mana Contemporary, Filter Photo Festival, Ballroom Projects, and the Swedish American Museum. She has also exhibited in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, and Boulder, as well as internationally in Stockholm, London, Berlin, and Iceland.
As an educator, she has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and remotely at Berklee College of Music and Southern New Hampshire University. She also produces independent curatorial projects as Occasional Gallery, an apartment gallery initially located in Chicago, IL.
Råberg holds a BA in Literature from Oberlin College, an MFA in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MA in Curating Art from Stockholm University.
Råberg has shared work in group and solo exhibitions in Chicago, including at the Elmhurst Art Museum, ACRE Projects, Roman Susan, Chicago Artists Coalition, Sector 2337, High Concept Labs at Mana Contemporary, Filter Photo Festival, Ballroom Projects, and the Swedish American Museum. She has also exhibited in New York, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, and Boulder, as well as internationally in Stockholm, London, Berlin, and Iceland.
As an educator, she has taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and remotely at Berklee College of Music and Southern New Hampshire University. She also produces independent curatorial projects as Occasional Gallery, an apartment gallery initially located in Chicago, IL.
Råberg holds a BA in Literature from Oberlin College, an MFA in Photography from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MA in Curating Art from Stockholm University.
Upcoming:
What I Meant: [dancing_banana.gif]
a live music & multimedia performance
Curated by Melanie Emig and Naomi Columna
April 29 at Current, CLE
April 30 at Inlet Dance Theater
May 2 at BottleHouse
Further information
Recent:
Onion City Experimental Film Festival
March 31 - April 3, 2021
Outdoor Screening: June 10th, 2021
Further information
Streetlight
March 8 - 28, 2021
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Flat Earth Film Festival
February 12 - 14, 2021
Austurvegur 4
Seydisfjördur 710
Iceland
Further information
Nested Roots
March 5 - 25, 2021
Carbondale Arts
76 South 4th Street, Carbondale, CO
Further information
Mirror State
November 12, 2020 - February 21, 2021
Interdisciplinary project in collaboration with Ryan Packard, Jonathan Råberg, and Claire McCahan, as part of a fellowship from the NEST Foundation for the Arts at the University of Boulder, Colorado
On view in two locations:
In-person instalation at The Arbor Institute, Boulder, Colorado
Online exhibition: www.mirrorstate.com
Further information
Erratum Movie Club: Erika Råberg
June 21 - 25, 2020
Online stream
Erratum Galerie
Böckhstrasse 40
Berlin, Germany 10967
Further information
Art-In-Place
May 20 - August 23, 2019
Various locations in Illinois and globally
Curated by Courtney Lederer
Further information
Mindepartementet Opening Exhibition/Festival
September 10, 2019
Mindepartementet
Royal Institute of Art
Slupskjulsvägen 26A
Stockholm, Sweden
Further information
Available Light (solo exhibition)
September - November, 2019
Scandinavian Culture Center
206 Waltham Street
West Newton, MA
Further information
In, between, and outside (solo exhibition)
March 18 - April 20, 2019
<terminal> at Austin Peay State University
Clarkesville, Tennessee
Curated by McLean Fahnestock
Further information
Streetlight Revisited
May 6 - July 28, 2019
Roman Susan and Wedge Projects
1224 West Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
1448 & 1442 West Howard Street, Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Western Pole, with Frances Dorenbaum
April 2019
Located at approximately 2201 S Western Ave, 902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Further information
Hasty Happenings
April 18, 2019
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL
I haven't been
November 9, 2018, 8pm
Video with composition for strings, synths, and percussion in collaboration with Ryan Packard
Featuring: Ensemble Chartreuse
Myra Hinrichs, violin
Carrie Frey, viola
Helen Newby, cello
High Concept Labs
Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Further information
Loungen
September 13, 2018, 6pm
Organized by Lydia Belevich, Anna Engver, and Oliva Pettersson Fleur and by SKF (Svenska Konstnärernas Förening/Swedish Artists Association)
Konstnärshuset /SKFSmålandsgatan 7, 111 46
Stockholm, Sweden
Guest Curator: Moving_Image_00:04
September 21, 2018
Founded by Santina Amato; Co-Directed by Santina Amato and Sarah Skaggs
ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Further information
We Like Small Things v.2
September 21 - October 27, 2018
Curated by Aimee Beaubien
2018 Filter Photo Festival
September 21 - October 27, 2018
Festival Reception:
September 28, 6 - 9pm
Filter Space
1821 W Hubbard Street, Suite 207
Chicago, IL 60622
Further information
Up like the sun, down like a pancake
July 7 - August 5, 2018
Organized by Kelly Lloyd
Opening reception: July 7, 7 - 9pm
Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore
16 W North Ave
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Further information
Radio Play with Tate n Lyle and Fionn Duffy
Broadcast of selection from Chips in the night, in collaboration with Kelly Lloyd
July 23 - 5 August 2018
Organized by Fionn Duffy, Rohanne Udall, and Paul Hughes
Open Choreography Residency
July 31, 6 - 9pm UK time (UTC +1)
Siobhan Dance Studios
London, England
Further information
Available Light (solo exhibition)
Photographs and moving images from 2012-17
February 8 - March 29, 2018
Opening reception: February 23, 4-6pm
Swedish American Museum
5211 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
Further information
Screening: Moving_Image_00:03
March 23, 2018, 6:30pm
Moving_Image series founded by Santina Amato, with guest curator Jose Santiago Pere
Lithium Gallery
1932 S Halsted, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60608
Utställning: Projektstudenter Exhibition (Project Studies Exhibition)
Featuring work by Corrine Ericson, Daphne Keramidas, Ellen Malmgard, Emille de Blanche, Erika Råberg, Igor Blomberg Traneaus, Jens Evaldsson, Maija Lempiainen-Nyrén, and Sarah Tjäder
January 10 - 14, 2018
Opening reception: January 10, 5pm
Mindepartementet, Slupskjulsvägen 26a
Skeppsholmen
Stockholm, Sweden
Mounting Tension
New works by Courtney Mackedanz, April Martin, and Erika Raberg
Curated by Kate Sierzputowski
December 1-29, 2017
Opening reception: Friday, December 1, 6-9pm
ACRE Projects Gallery
1245 W 19th St
Chicago, IL 60608
chips in the night
in collaboration with Kelly Lloyd
Terrain Biennial
October 1 - November 15, 2017
Further information
'this holiday season' album release party
Royal Art Academy
November 13th at dusk
Further information
2017 Grant Recipient: Independent Research in Visual Arts
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
58 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Guest artist in Project Studies, Fall 2017
Royal Institute of Art
Stockholm, Sweden
Streetlight
Roman Susan
July 17 - July 31, 2017
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Screening of New Years Day 2017 in the United States of America with free jazz improvisation on strings
Part of Triloka (Three Realms) Album Release Concert by composer and bassist Bruno Raberg
Featuring:
Bruno Råberg - acoustic bass
Layth Sidiq - violin
Bengisu Gokce - violin
David Wallace - viola
Naseem Alatrash - cello
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
8pm
Shapeshifter Lab
Brooklyn, NY
Further information
InVisible Culture Retrospective Exhibition (University of Rochester)
Sunday, May 7, 2017
7pm
Lyric Theatre
440 East Ave
Rochester, NY
Further information
Artist Talk, Hambidge 2nd Saturday Artist Talks
The Hambidge Center
Rabun Gap, GA
Saturday, April 8, 2017
7pm
Further information
Residency at the Hambidge Center
Rabun Gap, GA
March 28 - April 9, 2017
Further information
Screening of New Years Day 2017 in the United States of America with free jazz improvisation on strings
Part of Triloka (Three Realms) Album Release Concert by composer and bassist Bruno Raberg
Featuring:
Bruno Råberg - acoustic bass
Layth Sidiq - violin
Bengisu Gokce - violin
David Wallace - viola
Naseem Alatrash - cello
February 25, 2017
7:30pm - 9pm
Piano Craft Gallery
793 Tremont St, Boston, MA
Further information
Fiction Within, Chicago Artists Coalition
Curated by Sharmyn Cruz Rivera
February 3 - 23, 2017
Opening: Friday, February 3, 6 - 9pm
Further information
COLLABO, Second Floor Rear
Curated by Frances Dorenbaum and Claire Frost
February 4 - 6, 2017
Further information
Sense of Place
Elmhurst Art Museum
December 10, 2016 - February 12, 2017
Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Artist Walkthrough
Saturday, December 10, 2016 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Further information
ACRE Residency
Steuben, WI
July 6 - 17, 2016
Further information
Blueprints
Organized by Roman Susan and Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center
May 21 - July 2, 2016
Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center
6433 N Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Analogues
Curated by Brett Swinney
Hannah Givler
Woomin Kim
Erika Raberg
April 29 - May 19, 2016
Opening: April 29, 6pm - 9:30pm
Special Event: Echolocation: a performance
Echolocation invites two bassists into the gallery space for an exploration of nonverbal communication through sound. Through choreographed movements and improvisation, the two players imagine and reimagine sound directed internally and also responsive to the other.
Conceived by Erika Raberg, performed by Bruno Raberg and Rob Lundberg
May 8, 2016, 4pm - 5:30pm
Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Further information
In/habit Roving Art Series
Curated by Mitsu Salmon (Chicago) & Rebecca Lavoie (Montréal) April 28, 2016, 8pm
Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL
Further information
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Beamer) Chicago IV
Organized by Andrew Rosinski
April 23, 2016, 8pm - 11pm
Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL, 60608
Further information
What I Meant: [dancing_banana.gif]
a live music & multimedia performance
Curated by Melanie Emig and Naomi Columna
April 29 at Current, CLE
April 30 at Inlet Dance Theater
May 2 at BottleHouse
Further information
Recent:
Onion City Experimental Film Festival
March 31 - April 3, 2021
Outdoor Screening: June 10th, 2021
Further information
Streetlight
March 8 - 28, 2021
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Flat Earth Film Festival
February 12 - 14, 2021
Austurvegur 4
Seydisfjördur 710
Iceland
Further information
Nested Roots
March 5 - 25, 2021
Carbondale Arts
76 South 4th Street, Carbondale, CO
Further information
Mirror State
November 12, 2020 - February 21, 2021
Interdisciplinary project in collaboration with Ryan Packard, Jonathan Råberg, and Claire McCahan, as part of a fellowship from the NEST Foundation for the Arts at the University of Boulder, Colorado
On view in two locations:
In-person instalation at The Arbor Institute, Boulder, Colorado
Online exhibition: www.mirrorstate.com
Further information
Erratum Movie Club: Erika Råberg
June 21 - 25, 2020
Online stream
Erratum Galerie
Böckhstrasse 40
Berlin, Germany 10967
Further information
Art-In-Place
May 20 - August 23, 2019
Various locations in Illinois and globally
Curated by Courtney Lederer
Further information
Mindepartementet Opening Exhibition/Festival
September 10, 2019
Mindepartementet
Royal Institute of Art
Slupskjulsvägen 26A
Stockholm, Sweden
Further information
Available Light (solo exhibition)
September - November, 2019
Scandinavian Culture Center
206 Waltham Street
West Newton, MA
Further information
In, between, and outside (solo exhibition)
March 18 - April 20, 2019
<terminal> at Austin Peay State University
Clarkesville, Tennessee
Curated by McLean Fahnestock
Further information
Streetlight Revisited
May 6 - July 28, 2019
Roman Susan and Wedge Projects
1224 West Loyola Ave, Chicago, IL 60626
1448 & 1442 West Howard Street, Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Western Pole, with Frances Dorenbaum
April 2019
Located at approximately 2201 S Western Ave, 902 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Further information
Hasty Happenings
April 18, 2019
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL
I haven't been
November 9, 2018, 8pm
Video with composition for strings, synths, and percussion in collaboration with Ryan Packard
Featuring: Ensemble Chartreuse
Myra Hinrichs, violin
Carrie Frey, viola
Helen Newby, cello
High Concept Labs
Mana Contemporary
2233 S Throop Street, Chicago, IL 60608
Further information
Loungen
September 13, 2018, 6pm
Organized by Lydia Belevich, Anna Engver, and Oliva Pettersson Fleur and by SKF (Svenska Konstnärernas Förening/Swedish Artists Association)
Konstnärshuset /SKFSmålandsgatan 7, 111 46
Stockholm, Sweden
Guest Curator: Moving_Image_00:04
September 21, 2018
Founded by Santina Amato; Co-Directed by Santina Amato and Sarah Skaggs
ACRE Projects
1345 W 19th Street
Chicago, IL 60608
Further information
We Like Small Things v.2
September 21 - October 27, 2018
Curated by Aimee Beaubien
2018 Filter Photo Festival
September 21 - October 27, 2018
Festival Reception:
September 28, 6 - 9pm
Filter Space
1821 W Hubbard Street, Suite 207
Chicago, IL 60622
Further information
Up like the sun, down like a pancake
July 7 - August 5, 2018
Organized by Kelly Lloyd
Opening reception: July 7, 7 - 9pm
Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore
16 W North Ave
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Further information
Radio Play with Tate n Lyle and Fionn Duffy
Broadcast of selection from Chips in the night, in collaboration with Kelly Lloyd
July 23 - 5 August 2018
Organized by Fionn Duffy, Rohanne Udall, and Paul Hughes
Open Choreography Residency
July 31, 6 - 9pm UK time (UTC +1)
Siobhan Dance Studios
London, England
Further information
Available Light (solo exhibition)
Photographs and moving images from 2012-17
February 8 - March 29, 2018
Opening reception: February 23, 4-6pm
Swedish American Museum
5211 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60640
Further information
Screening: Moving_Image_00:03
March 23, 2018, 6:30pm
Moving_Image series founded by Santina Amato, with guest curator Jose Santiago Pere
Lithium Gallery
1932 S Halsted, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60608
Utställning: Projektstudenter Exhibition (Project Studies Exhibition)
Featuring work by Corrine Ericson, Daphne Keramidas, Ellen Malmgard, Emille de Blanche, Erika Råberg, Igor Blomberg Traneaus, Jens Evaldsson, Maija Lempiainen-Nyrén, and Sarah Tjäder
January 10 - 14, 2018
Opening reception: January 10, 5pm
Mindepartementet, Slupskjulsvägen 26a
Skeppsholmen
Stockholm, Sweden
Mounting Tension
New works by Courtney Mackedanz, April Martin, and Erika Raberg
Curated by Kate Sierzputowski
December 1-29, 2017
Opening reception: Friday, December 1, 6-9pm
ACRE Projects Gallery
1245 W 19th St
Chicago, IL 60608
chips in the night
in collaboration with Kelly Lloyd
Terrain Biennial
October 1 - November 15, 2017
Further information
'this holiday season' album release party
Royal Art Academy
November 13th at dusk
Further information
2017 Grant Recipient: Independent Research in Visual Arts
Thord-Gray Memorial Fund
The American-Scandinavian Foundation
58 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10016
Guest artist in Project Studies, Fall 2017
Royal Institute of Art
Stockholm, Sweden
Streetlight
Roman Susan
July 17 - July 31, 2017
Roman Susan
1224 W Loyola Ave
Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Screening of New Years Day 2017 in the United States of America with free jazz improvisation on strings
Part of Triloka (Three Realms) Album Release Concert by composer and bassist Bruno Raberg
Featuring:
Bruno Råberg - acoustic bass
Layth Sidiq - violin
Bengisu Gokce - violin
David Wallace - viola
Naseem Alatrash - cello
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
8pm
Shapeshifter Lab
Brooklyn, NY
Further information
InVisible Culture Retrospective Exhibition (University of Rochester)
Sunday, May 7, 2017
7pm
Lyric Theatre
440 East Ave
Rochester, NY
Further information
Artist Talk, Hambidge 2nd Saturday Artist Talks
The Hambidge Center
Rabun Gap, GA
Saturday, April 8, 2017
7pm
Further information
Residency at the Hambidge Center
Rabun Gap, GA
March 28 - April 9, 2017
Further information
Screening of New Years Day 2017 in the United States of America with free jazz improvisation on strings
Part of Triloka (Three Realms) Album Release Concert by composer and bassist Bruno Raberg
Featuring:
Bruno Råberg - acoustic bass
Layth Sidiq - violin
Bengisu Gokce - violin
David Wallace - viola
Naseem Alatrash - cello
February 25, 2017
7:30pm - 9pm
Piano Craft Gallery
793 Tremont St, Boston, MA
Further information
Fiction Within, Chicago Artists Coalition
Curated by Sharmyn Cruz Rivera
February 3 - 23, 2017
Opening: Friday, February 3, 6 - 9pm
Further information
COLLABO, Second Floor Rear
Curated by Frances Dorenbaum and Claire Frost
February 4 - 6, 2017
Further information
Sense of Place
Elmhurst Art Museum
December 10, 2016 - February 12, 2017
Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
Artist Walkthrough
Saturday, December 10, 2016 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Further information
ACRE Residency
Steuben, WI
July 6 - 17, 2016
Further information
Blueprints
Organized by Roman Susan and Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center
May 21 - July 2, 2016
Chicago Industrial Arts & Design Center
6433 N Ravenswood
Chicago, IL 60626
Further information
Analogues
Curated by Brett Swinney
Hannah Givler
Woomin Kim
Erika Raberg
April 29 - May 19, 2016
Opening: April 29, 6pm - 9:30pm
Special Event: Echolocation: a performance
Echolocation invites two bassists into the gallery space for an exploration of nonverbal communication through sound. Through choreographed movements and improvisation, the two players imagine and reimagine sound directed internally and also responsive to the other.
Conceived by Erika Raberg, performed by Bruno Raberg and Rob Lundberg
May 8, 2016, 4pm - 5:30pm
Chicago Artists Coalition
217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607
Further information
In/habit Roving Art Series
Curated by Mitsu Salmon (Chicago) & Rebecca Lavoie (Montréal) April 28, 2016, 8pm
Ballroom Projects
3012 S Archer Ave, Chicago, IL
Further information
B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Beamer) Chicago IV
Organized by Andrew Rosinski
April 23, 2016, 8pm - 11pm
Mana Contemporary Chicago
2233 S Throop St., Chicago, IL, 60608
Further information
Contact:
Links to complete video works available upon request at erika.raberg at gmail.com.
Links to complete video works available upon request at erika.raberg at gmail.com.