(photo: Maja Rut Eriksson )
William U. A. Mårdberg
Born 1995 in Stockholm, Sweden
william.mardberg@gmail.com | www.williammardberg.com

William U. A. Mårdberg explores themes of memory, longing, and relational vulnerability through a multidisciplinary practice spanning film, sound, and text. His work blends poetic abstraction with cinematic composition, often centering the voice as a narrative anchor. Drawing from a background shaped by liturgical structures and ritual language, his pieces resonate with quiet spirituality and emotional immediacy.

In parallel with his visual art practice, he is the creative lead and songwriter of the post-punk band Isolated Youth, and co-founder of the label and production house Birthday Productions.

His works have been presented at institutions such as the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (MUMOK), Reaktorhallen at KTH Stockholm, the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Fylkingen in Stockholm, MoMA PS1 during Art Basel Miami, and Norrtälje Konsthall.

Education

  • 2023 – Ongoing: Five-Year Master’s Program in Fine Art, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
  • 2024 – 2025: Academic Exchange, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024: Something Passes By, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
  • 2022: The Sinking Bed, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje
  • 2019: Tomorrow in a Year, Hallstavik Konsthall, Hallstavik
  • 2018: The Hanging Garden, Växplats Nybyn, Ledinge
  • 2017: Fellowship Exhibition, Galleri K, Norrtälje

Group and Duo Exhibitions

  • 2025: Leakage as Resistance, Reaktorhallen KTH, Stockholm
  • 2025: Två, Källarbyn Gamla Stan, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
  • 2025: On Violence, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
  • 2025: Screening of Hymn, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (Mumok), January 17
  • 2024: First-Year Exhibition, Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
  • 2023: Uäääh!, Fylkingen, Stockholm (March 24 & 25)
  • 2019: Juried Exhibition, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje

Performances and Collaborative Works

  • 2025: Live Performance, Sound Lab, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, January 16
  • 2024: Live Performance, Sound Lab, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna, November 21
  • 2023: Nuage Articulé (with Marie Karlberg), MoMA PS1 at Art Basel, Miami, December 5

Artistic Assignments

  • 2024: Cover Art for Miserere Mei by Isolated Youth (Vinyl and Digital)
  • 2020: Cover Art for Iris by Isolated Youth (Vinyl and Digital)
  • 2018: Cover Art for Warfare by Isolated Youth (Vinyl and Digital)

Grants and Awards

  • 2025: Anders Sandrews Foundation Scholarship
  • 2025: Stim Support, LiveMusikLyftet
  • 2024: Anna Whitlocks Scholarship for Exchange Studies
  • 2023: International Exchange and Travel Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
  • 2017: Youth Art Scholarship, Norrtälje Art Association

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