curriculum vitae
Kenneth E. J. Pils

Kenneth E.J. Pils is a contemporary artist from Sweden. He was born in 1964 in Jönköping and raised in Huskvarna until 1983 when his first art training began in Vellinge in the southern part of Sweden. After studies at the Art Academy in Stockholm, he now lives and works in Stockholm. The last name Pils is originally from Austria (the father). 1987, during his studies at National College of Art in Stockholm, he met his love, the artist Lotte Nilsson Välimaa with whom he has made numerous art projects. He is involved in several artist-run activities like Studio 44 and Supermarket Art Fair.
He is an artist firmly rooted in a painting that moves in a borderland where the painting touches and blend together with installation, sculpture and graphics. The motives revolves around the formation of self/identity and how the notion of the self affect the perception of the outside world.
Studier
Andra studier
Medlemskap
Separatutställning
Projekt
Grupputställning
Samlingsutställning
Offentlig gestaltning
Andra uppdrag
Anställning
Grants and residencies
2010 Svenska Ambassaden och Moderna Museet -resebidrag
2008 Sveriges bildkonstnärsfond IASPIS
2004 Salagårdens vistelsestipendie, Delsbo
1998 Örnsköldsviks KKV:s arbetsstipendium
1997 Jönköpings landstings arbetsstipendium
1996 Sveriges bildkonstnärsfonds arbetsstipendium
1995 Nya grafikers stora pris Falubiennalen
1995 Brucebostipendiet Gotland vistelsestipendium vid Själsö
1995 Konstakademiens examensstipendium
1995 Jönköpings läns konstförenings stipendium
1993 Anders Sandrews stiftelse Stockholm
1993 Wilhelms Smith:s fond
1993 Helge Ax:son Johnssons stiftelse för resa till Rom
1991 Hallpressens kulturstipendie Jönköping
Public collections
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Nationalmuseum Dalarnas museum Smålands konstarkiv Statens konstråd Aguelimuseet Jönköpings landsting, Uppsala landsting Stockholms landsting Älvsborgs landsting Ekerö kommun |
Göteborgskommun Jönköpings kommun Värnamo kommun Uppsala kommun Örnsköldsviks kommun Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening Apotekets konstförening Göteborgs hamn AB Nordea-Liv |