Gabriel Bohm Calles

Gabriel Bohm Calles is an independent artist, lecturer and teacher based in Nybrostrand and Malmö, Sweden. He is one of the main initiators of the Interpresence Institute at Umeå University and works with education programmes and text production at Malmö Art Museum. In his art, Gabriel Bohm Calles focuses on non-verbal aspects of being together and telling stories. Drawing on a rich tradition of Butoh dance, his performances push the boundaries of the self and revolve around the tension between society and individual, mediated through the body, its identities derived from personal history, class, race, gender and age inscribed in its movements. Gabriel has exhibited and performed as a solo artist and in groups at Bildmuseet, Umeå, Tate Modern, London and Studio Plesungan, Solo, Indonesia, among other venues. He has taught performance classes and given lectures at Malmö University, Goldsmiths College of Art, London, Umeå Art Academy and elsewhere.