1) BIO
Mats Stjernstedt studied art history in Lund and worked previously as an art critic for Artforum, Flash Art, Art+Text, Siksi the Nordic Art Review and Aftonbladet. He wrote catalogue essays for artists like Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Johanna Billing, Rivane Neuenschwander and Ann-Sofi Sidén. As a freelance curator Stjernstedt has been working for Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Turku Art Museum, IASPIS, the Swedish Institute, Stockholm, Nifca, Helsinki, and Malmö Art Academy. Since September 2001, Mats Stjernstedt has been the director of Index - Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation in Stockholm, during 2009 presenting projects and solo exhibitions with Sean Snyder, Mladen Stilinovic, Alevtina Kakhidze, Susan Hiller and Goldin + Senneby. Among his group exhibitions are "Space between", (Museum Anna Nordlander and Gävle Konstcentrum) "Alphabetical order" (Index), "Exteriors" (Index at Center for Contemporary Art, Kiev and Artist's Union Gallery, Odessa), "Collect call", (H.arta space, Timisoara) and "(dys)function", (Lunds konsthall, Lund).

Helena Holmberg is a curator based in Stockholm. She is currently the curator at Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation (www.indexfoudantion.se ) and the director for Xposeptember (www.xposeptember.se ), a biannual art event in Stockholm with a focus on photographic  and moving image. Other activities include teaching, lecturing and free lance assignments within contemporary art.

2) MEETINGS & VISITS
Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium
Argos: exhibition 'Actors & Extras'              
Anny De Decker 
Extra City: exhibition Guy 'Till: Avenue patrice Lumumba' and 'Lieven de Boeck: Dicxtionary of Space, Part II Public Space, l.e.t.t.e.r.s.' +  meeting with Anselm Franken
Objectif Exhibitions: exhibition 'Sharpon Hayes: The Futur is Unthinkable'  + meeting with Mai Abu Eldahab
Nico Dockx
Muhka: exhibition 'Textiles'
Dora Garcia
Marie Puck Broodthaers
Groeninge Museum
S.M.A.K, meeting with Frank Maes
Patrick Ronse
Stefaan Dheedene
Richard Venlet
HISK : presentation by Mats Stjernstedt & Helena Holmberg on Index Foundation
Wiels, meeting with Dirk Snauwaert

3) RESULTS

After their meeting with Dora Garcia, Mats Stjernstedt and Helena Holmberg have organised an exhibition with her work at Index. The exhibition took place from February 10 till March 28, 2010. www.indexfoundation.se/...