Sven Loven

Images

Installation view. Sven Loven. Hell is Hot and the World is Cold, 2021. No Gallery, New York — Installation view. Hell is Hot and the World is Cold, 2021. No Gallery, New York

Sven Loven. Woman in Torture, 2021. Acrylic on streched canvas, artist's frame. 35,6 x 45,7 x 5,1 cm — Woman in Torture, 2021. Acrylic on streched canvas, artist’s frame. 35,6 x 45,7 x 5,1 cm

Sven Loven. Descent, 2021. Acrylic on streched canvas, artist's frame. 45,7 x 35,6 x 3,8 cm — Descent, 2021. Acrylic on streched canvas, artist’s frame. 45,7 x 35,6 x 3,8 cm

Sven Loven. Trip to Mars, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 152.40 × 183 cm — Trip to Mars, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 152.40 × 183 cm

Sven Loven. I want to love everybody and be loved by everybody, to be the prism and the rainbow, to have so many minds reflected within me that reality is indistinguishable from a dream, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 183 × 152.40 cm — I want to love everybody and be loved by everybody, to be the prism and the rainbow, to have so many minds reflected within me that reality is indistinguishable from a dream, 2018. Acrylic on canvas. 183 × 152.40 cm

Sven Loven. The Egoist Rider, 2018. Acrylic on vinyl film. 81,2 x 66 cm — The Egoist Rider, 2018. Acrylic on vinyl film. 81,2 x 66 cm

Installation view. Changeling, 2017. Jan Kaps, Cologne

Awakened by the mouth of hell, 2017. Acrylic on wood panel. 152 x 122 cm

Ant People, 2018. Acrylic on aluminum panel. 41,9 x 63,5 cm

I wrote your name on a bullet, 2017. Acrylic on canvas. 214 x 168 cm

Circle Dance, 2017. Acrylic on aluminum panel. 152 x 92 cm

Anti-Schelling Sad Face, 2017. Acrylic on canvas. 152 x 122 cm

Installation view Steven, 2017. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen

How can we monetize love, 2017. Acrylic on canvas. 214 x 244 cm

Discourse, 2018. Acrylic on wood panel. 66,4 x 50,8 cm

SEOD, 2015. Acrylic on canvas. 128,5 x 203 cm

Purple Thread (Thugga), 2016. Acrylic on wood panel. 183 x 122 cm

Die Freundin, 2018. Acrylic on vinyl film. 66,6 x 55,8 cm

Take care, Novalis, 2017. Acrylic on wood panel. 122 x 152 cm

CV

Sven Loven

Born 1979 in Stockholm
Lives and works in New York

Education
1997–2002 The Cooper Union, New York

Solo exhibitions
2021 
Hell is Hot and the World is Cold, No Gallery, New York
2018
Paris Internationale, Paris. Christian Andersen
2017
Changeling, Jan Kaps, Cologne
Frieze Frame, New York. Jan Kaps
The Infamous Crush, Magenta Plains, New York
Steven, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
2016
Weltergeist, Vosberg, Cologne
2015
PussyCatShrimp, Jeffrey Stark, New York
2014
The Thirst, Heliopolis, New York

Selected group exhibitions
2021
Family & Friends, Magenta Plains, New York
2020
NY Biennial, Bleecker Playground, New York
2019
Post Analog Studio, The Hole, New York
2018
"haha", Aguirree, Mexico City
The Long Zoom, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
Tab.1: 2:00, curated by Motoko Ishibashi, Fig., Tokyo
2017
Summer Show, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm
2016
CORAZÓN, BB5000 Studio, Milan
2015
On Cardinal Points, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
2012
Dealers Lounge, PS Project Space, New York
2011
Group Show, Rush Arts Gallery, New York
2009
On From Here, Guild & Greyshkul, New York

Writing and publications
2016
Missing Mother of Order, in Texte zur Welt Issue no. 20 (Sammlung Haus N, Kiel)
2014
"The Cold Standard of Drifting Worlds", Monograph for Avery Singer, (Kunsthalle Zürich and JPR Ringier)
Words on Pictures, Puns and Punishment, Respondent to Panel Discussion, Kunsthalle Zürich