LISELOTTE WAJSTEDT
Liselotte, born 1973, is a Sámi multimedia artist from Kiruna whose work spans film and video, collage, painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, and installation. Her experimental moving image body of work comprises over two dozen shorts and feature-length films. Spanning hybrid documentary, experimental media, music video, dance, and fiction films, Wajstedt mobilizes many different styles and techniques in the service of her politics and aesthetics, including animation, claymation, stop-motion, and superimposition. Many of Wajstedt’s films engage explicitly or implicitly with multiple and hybrid subject positions, as evident in Árvas (2009), Faces (2009), A Sami in the City (2007), Sami Daughter Jojk (2007), A Soul in a City (2011), Kiruna Space Road (2013), The Lost One (2014), Sire and the Last summer (2021), The Silence in Sapmi (2022) and EANDI (2023), In my hand (2025)
Behind her she has an education in painting and arts from different schools in Sweden: Alma manusutbildning 2021-2022, Project programme in free Art at Royal Tnstitute of art as well as animation and experimental filmmaking with special emphasis on documentary storytelling and scriptwriting; Bachelor of Arts in Expression in Convergent Media, 2010 at Gotland University.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2025 IN MY HAND, short documentary 23 min (dir: Liselotte Wajstedt and Marja Helander)
Norsk Premiär TROMSÖ INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL. Won Tromsø Palmen, best shot film.
VÄRLDSPREMIÄR: GÖTEBORGS FILMFESTIVAL,
2024 IN MY HAND, ÁRRAN 360°, short documentary 12 min. Premiär Bodø24, 3 februari 2024.
2023 EADNI, short art film, 7 min. Premiere festival: imagineNative 2023, Filmfest Sundsvall 2023
2022 EADNI, short art film (ÁRRAN 360°, 8 min) Pavilion´ at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale de Venezia, Tromsö Filmfestival, Bodö24
2022 SIRE OCH DEN SISTA SOMMAREN, short fiction, 15 min
2022 TYSTNADEN I SÁPMI / SILENCE IN SÁPMI, documentary 70 min
2020 MOAI BÁHTARETNE / ON THE RUN, documentary, ´3:00 min (FILMFORM
2020 BROMSGATAN, hybrid/ documentary, ’7:57 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2020 KVARTERET ORTDRIVAREN, documentary ´22:14 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2020 THE GIRL KIRUNA, documentary, ´10:00 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2017 THE FIRE, exerimental documentary, ’9:50 min
2017 RUOTNAS VÁRRI, music video, Lars-Ánte Kuhmunen, ´4:54 min
2017 GÁBNA, documentary, interview with Lárs Ánte Kuhmunen, ‘6:16 min
2016, WELCOME, hybrid/dance, ´4:46 min
2016 BURN THE DRUMS / GOAHTI music video ’2:04 min
2014 THE LOST ONE ‘6:30 min 2014 THE LOST ONE, A Story, ´16:25 min
2014 JORINDAS RESA, ‘16 min, Fiction
2013 KIRUNA – RYMDVÄGEN, Kiruna Space Road, experimental documentary, 52:00 min
2012 A SOUL OF A CITY, experimental, animation ‘5:50 min
2011 I AM IN LAVVU, art film, installation ‘5:00 min 2011 GIRON, Animation ‘3:00 min
2009 ÁRVAS music video, Sofia Jannok ‘3:40 min
2008 FACES short ‘3:29 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2008 REINDEERS 2007 The City sámi in the woods, documentary, ´4:40 min
2007 A SAMI IN THE CITY ´8:00 min 2007 THE SAMI AND HER BODY, ´4:52 min
2007 SÁMI NIEIDA JOJK (Sami Daughter Yoik) 58:30 min (distr. FOLKETS BIO)
2005 KOLTLOOP, Short, Experimental loop from ”Sámi Nieida Jojk” ´3:18 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2005 ROCKABILLY Short, Music Video, Fe-mail ´8:48 min.
FESTIVAL LIST, IN MY HAND (2025):
Tromsø International Film Festival; Winner: Tromsøpalm, Best Short Film
Göteborg Film Festival; Nominated
Human Film Festival
Hot Docs; Official Competition
Seattle International Film Festival; Official Competition
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival; Winner: Best Short Documentary Film
Sydney Film Festival; In Competition
Way Out West
Vancouver International Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival; Winner
Filmfest Sundsvall, Winner, Norrlands bästa och Special mention, internationalla juryn
Umeå Filmfestival, Nominated’
ÖVRIGT: 2023 2nd Unit Director på Netflixfilmen Stöld
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: (urval)
2025 MUU Helsinki Center for Contemporary Art
2025 Sommarsalong – Kiruna Kyrka, Kiruna Konsthall.
2025 FÄRGFABRIKEN, Kortfilmen Bromsgatan
2024 BOTHNIASALONGEN juni-september 2024. I Umeå, Skellefteå and Luleå. Shortfilms: Sire och den sista sommaren and EADNI.
2024 Bodø24 ÁRRAN 360°, IN MY HAND
2023 FÄRGFABRIKEN, Shortfilm GIRON, 27 April – 11 Juni
2023 ÁRRAN 360° Tromsö International Filmfestival, start: 17/1-23
2022 THJÖRNEDALA KONSTHALL, “Máttaráhkko och jag” My work: ”The Lost One” installation
2022 ÁRRAN 360° is presented as an official part of the extended program of ´The Sámi Pavilion´ at the 59th LA BIENNE DE VENEZIA, My work: EADNI (8 min),
2020, ArkDes, KIRUNA FOREVER, Kvarteret Ortdrivaren, Bromsgatan, The Girl Kiruna,
2019 TEGEN 2, Stockholm, Motståndets tid – Om dekolonisering, THE LOST ONE
2019 Utställningen “40 jagi” på Alta museum 21.11.2019 – 31.3.2020 , BRODERIER
2019 GALLERI SYSTER, LANDSCAPE TAKEOVER2, Filmer, bildkonst, Luleå, sept 6-28:e
2019 EDSVIK KONSTHALL, Áigemátki – Tidsreise – Time Travel, 26 jan-24 feb, THE LOST ONE,
2017 Trondheim, Áigemátki – Tidsreise – Time Travel, TRÅANTE 2017, THE LOST ONE,
2017 HAYWARD GALLERY, SOUTHBANK CENTER IN LONDON, Nordic Matters, Nordic film and Video, 13-14/1 -17, A SAMI IN THE CITY,
2016 SIART9 Bienal, Bolivia, En lo mas profundo del Norte/ /Deep into the north, THE LOST ONE,
2015 THERE IS SOMETHING IN BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, Map of the new art: Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
2015 geh8, Dresden, Holy Independent space, 21/6-12/7, “THE CITYSÁMI IN THE WOODS” 2015 FELLESHAUS BERLIN, Sámi Contemporary, 10/7-27/9, “JORINDAS RESA”
2015 KUNSTHAUS DRESDEN, KIRUNATOPIA, nov-14-Mars-15, “KIRUNA RYMDVÄGEN”
2015 KUNGSBACKA KONSTHALL, Sámi Contemporary,, 6/2-12/4, “JORINDAS RESA”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: (urval)
2023 NORDIC HOUSE in the Faroe Islands 23 rd Jan – 5 th feb.
2023 GALLERI 54 in Gothenburg, 17 – 19 mars 2023
2020 NORRBOTTENS MUSEUM, KIRUNA ORTDRIVAREN, Kvarteret Ortdrivaren, Bromsgatan, The Girl, Vernissage 6/6 2020
2020 BILD OCH FORM DALARNA; VIDEOGUD, THE SÁMI AND HER BODY
2019 GAALTJIE, ÖSTERSUND, THE MOTHER, broderade bilder, 6 feb – 5:e april
2018 TRÁHPPIE, THE MOTHER, broderade bilder, Samiska veckan i Umeå,
2016 SAMISK SENTER FOR SAMTIDSKONST; KARASJOK, THE LOST ONE installation, april-may
2016 VÄRMLANDS MUSEUM, THE LOST ONE installation 23/1-28/2
2016 ALTA MUSEUM, Alta in Norway, THE LOST ONE installation, 18/1-28/3
2014 BILDMUSEET in Umeå, THE LOST ONE installation, 25/5-7/9
2014 GISLAVEDS KONSTHALL, Black Box, I AM IN LAVVU, 15/3-6/4
2012 VÄSTERBOTTENS MUSEUM Samiska veckan, I AM IN LAVVU, Curator Anna Linder
2010 BILDMUSEET in Umeå 6/3-14/3 -10, Curator: Jan-Erik Lundström, ÁRVAS and FACES
2009 Film i Uppland & Kultur i Länet, “Videokonst” Dalarna och Uppland, during the year. FACES
SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP
2023 Arbetsstipendium 2 y, Konstnärsnämnden
2019 Arbetsstipendium, Konstnärsnämnden
2019 Arbetsstipendium, Samiske Kunstneres og Forfatteres Vederlagsfond, SKFV
2016 Projektbidrag, Sámi Council
2016 Projektbidrag, Region Norrbotten
2015 Projektbidrag, Konstnärsnämnden
2015 Projektbidrag, Region Norrbotten
2014 Längmanska kulturfonden
2014 Arbetsstipendium, Samiske Kunstneres og Forfatteres Vederlagsfond, SKFV
2013 Kulturpris från Gunborg och Sten Rosenströms Stiftelse
2012 Robus Arcticus stipendium
2012 Målinriktat Arbetsstipendium, Konstnärsnämnden
2009 Arbetsstipendium, Sámi Council
LISELOTTE WAJSTEDT
Liselotte, born 1973, is a Sámi multimedia artist from Kiruna whose work spans film and video, collage, painting, photography, sculpture, textiles, and installation. Her experimental moving image body of work comprises over two dozen shorts and feature-length films. Spanning hybrid documentary, experimental media, music video, dance, and fiction films, Wajstedt mobilizes many different styles and techniques in the service of her politics and aesthetics, including animation, claymation, stop-motion, and superimposition. Many of Wajstedt’s films engage explicitly or implicitly with multiple and hybrid subject positions, as evident in Árvas (2009), Faces (2009), A Sami in the City (2007), Sami Daughter Jojk (2007), A Soul in a City (2011), Kiruna Space Road (2013), The Lost One (2014), Sire and the Last summer (2021), The Silence in Sapmi (2022) and EANDI (2023), In my hand (2025)
Behind her she has an education in painting and arts from different schools in Sweden: Alma manusutbildning 2021-2022, Project programme in free Art at Royal Tnstitute of art as well as animation and experimental filmmaking with special emphasis on documentary storytelling and scriptwriting; Bachelor of Arts in Expression in Convergent Media, 2010 at Gotland University.
FILMOGRAPHY:
2025 IN MY HAND, short documentary 23 min (dir: Liselotte Wajstedt and Marja Helander)
Norsk Premiär TROMSÖ INTERNATIONAL FILMFESTIVAL. Won Tromsø Palmen, best shot film.
VÄRLDSPREMIÄR: GÖTEBORGS FILMFESTIVAL,
2024 IN MY HAND, ÁRRAN 360°, short documentary 12 min. Premiär Bodø24, 3 februari 2024.
2023 EADNI, short art film, 7 min. Premiere festival: imagineNative 2023, Filmfest Sundsvall 2023
2022 EADNI, short art film (ÁRRAN 360°, 8 min) Pavilion´ at the 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale de Venezia, Tromsö Filmfestival, Bodö24
2022 SIRE OCH DEN SISTA SOMMAREN, short fiction, 15 min
2022 TYSTNADEN I SÁPMI / SILENCE IN SÁPMI, documentary 70 min
2020 MOAI BÁHTARETNE / ON THE RUN, documentary, ´3:00 min (FILMFORM
2020 BROMSGATAN, hybrid/ documentary, ’7:57 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2020 KVARTERET ORTDRIVAREN, documentary ´22:14 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2020 THE GIRL KIRUNA, documentary, ´10:00 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2017 THE FIRE, exerimental documentary, ’9:50 min
2017 RUOTNAS VÁRRI, music video, Lars-Ánte Kuhmunen, ´4:54 min
2017 GÁBNA, documentary, interview with Lárs Ánte Kuhmunen, ‘6:16 min
2016, WELCOME, hybrid/dance, ´4:46 min
2016 BURN THE DRUMS / GOAHTI music video ’2:04 min
2014 THE LOST ONE ‘6:30 min 2014 THE LOST ONE, A Story, ´16:25 min
2014 JORINDAS RESA, ‘16 min, Fiction
2013 KIRUNA – RYMDVÄGEN, Kiruna Space Road, experimental documentary, 52:00 min
2012 A SOUL OF A CITY, experimental, animation ‘5:50 min
2011 I AM IN LAVVU, art film, installation ‘5:00 min 2011 GIRON, Animation ‘3:00 min
2009 ÁRVAS music video, Sofia Jannok ‘3:40 min
2008 FACES short ‘3:29 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2008 REINDEERS 2007 The City sámi in the woods, documentary, ´4:40 min
2007 A SAMI IN THE CITY ´8:00 min 2007 THE SAMI AND HER BODY, ´4:52 min
2007 SÁMI NIEIDA JOJK (Sami Daughter Yoik) 58:30 min (distr. FOLKETS BIO)
2005 KOLTLOOP, Short, Experimental loop from ”Sámi Nieida Jojk” ´3:18 min (distr. FILMFORM)
2005 ROCKABILLY Short, Music Video, Fe-mail ´8:48 min.
FESTIVAL LIST, IN MY HAND (2025):
Tromsø International Film Festival; Winner: Tromsøpalm, Best Short Film
Göteborg Film Festival; Nominated
Human Film Festival
Hot Docs; Official Competition
Seattle International Film Festival; Official Competition
imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival; Winner: Best Short Documentary Film
Sydney Film Festival; In Competition
Way Out West
Vancouver International Film Festival
Helsinki International Film Festival; Winner
Filmfest Sundsvall, Winner, Norrlands bästa och Special mention, internationalla juryn
Umeå Filmfestival, Nominated
GROUP EXHIBITIONS: (urval)
2025 MUU Helsinki Center for Contemporary Art
2025 Sommarsalong – Kiruna Kyrka, Kiruna Konsthall.
2025 FÄRGFABRIKEN, Kortfilmen Bromsgatan
2024 BOTHNIASALONGEN juni-september 2024. I Umeå, Skellefteå and Luleå. Shortfilms: Sire och den sista sommaren and EADNI.
2024 Bodø24 ÁRRAN 360°, IN MY HAND
2023 FÄRGFABRIKEN, Shortfilm GIRON, 27 April – 11 Juni
2023 ÁRRAN 360° Tromsö International Filmfestival, start: 17/1-23
2022 THJÖRNEDALA KONSTHALL, “Máttaráhkko och jag” My work: ”The Lost One” installation
2022 ÁRRAN 360° is presented as an official part of the extended program of ´The Sámi Pavilion´ at the 59th LA BIENNE DE VENEZIA, My work: EADNI (8 min),
2020, ArkDes, KIRUNA FOREVER, Kvarteret Ortdrivaren, Bromsgatan, The Girl Kiruna,
2019 TEGEN 2, Stockholm, Motståndets tid – Om dekolonisering, THE LOST ONE
2019 Utställningen “40 jagi” på Alta museum 21.11.2019 – 31.3.2020 , BRODERIER
2019 GALLERI SYSTER, LANDSCAPE TAKEOVER2, Filmer, bildkonst, Luleå, sept 6-28:e
2019 EDSVIK KONSTHALL, Áigemátki – Tidsreise – Time Travel, 26 jan-24 feb, THE LOST ONE,
2017 Trondheim, Áigemátki – Tidsreise – Time Travel, TRÅANTE 2017, THE LOST ONE,
2017 HAYWARD GALLERY, SOUTHBANK CENTER IN LONDON, Nordic Matters, Nordic film and Video, 13-14/1 -17, A SAMI IN THE CITY,
2016 SIART9 Bienal, Bolivia, En lo mas profundo del Norte/ /Deep into the north, THE LOST ONE,
2015 THERE IS SOMETHING IN BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH, Map of the new art: Imago Mundi, Luciano Benetton Collection, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy
2015 geh8, Dresden, Holy Independent space, 21/6-12/7, “THE CITYSÁMI IN THE WOODS” 2015 FELLESHAUS BERLIN, Sámi Contemporary, 10/7-27/9, “JORINDAS RESA”
2015 KUNSTHAUS DRESDEN, KIRUNATOPIA, nov-14-Mars-15, “KIRUNA RYMDVÄGEN”
2015 KUNGSBACKA KONSTHALL, Sámi Contemporary,, 6/2-12/4, “JORINDAS RESA”
SOLO EXHIBITIONS: (urval)
2023 NORDIC HOUSE in the Faroe Islands 23 rd Jan – 5 th feb.
2023 GALLERI 54 in Gothenburg, 17 – 19 mars 2023
2020 NORRBOTTENS MUSEUM, KIRUNA ORTDRIVAREN, Kvarteret Ortdrivaren, Bromsgatan, The Girl, Vernissage 6/6 2020
2020 BILD OCH FORM DALARNA; VIDEOGUD, THE SÁMI AND HER BODY
2019 GAALTJIE, ÖSTERSUND, THE MOTHER, broderade bilder, 6 feb – 5:e april
2018 TRÁHPPIE, THE MOTHER, broderade bilder, Samiska veckan i Umeå,
2016 SAMISK SENTER FOR SAMTIDSKONST; KARASJOK, THE LOST ONE installation, april-may
2016 VÄRMLANDS MUSEUM, THE LOST ONE installation 23/1-28/2
2016 ALTA MUSEUM, Alta in Norway, THE LOST ONE installation, 18/1-28/3
2014 BILDMUSEET in Umeå, THE LOST ONE installation, 25/5-7/9
2014 GISLAVEDS KONSTHALL, Black Box, I AM IN LAVVU, 15/3-6/4
2012 VÄSTERBOTTENS MUSEUM Samiska veckan, I AM IN LAVVU, Curator Anna Linder
2010 BILDMUSEET in Umeå 6/3-14/3 -10, Curator: Jan-Erik Lundström, ÁRVAS and FACES
2009 Film i Uppland & Kultur i Länet, “Videokonst” Dalarna och Uppland, during the year. FACES,
SELECTED SCHOLARSHIP
2023 Arbetsstipendium 2 y, Konstnärsnämnden
2019 Arbetsstipendium, Konstnärsnämnden
2019 Arbetsstipendium, Samiske Kunstneres og Forfatteres Vederlagsfond, SKFV
2016 Projektbidrag, Sámi Council
2016 Projektbidrag, Region Norrbotten
2015 Projektbidrag, Konstnärsnämnden
2015 Projektbidrag, Region Norrbotten
2014 Längmanska kulturfonden
2014 Arbetsstipendium, Samiske Kunstneres og Forfatteres Vederlagsfond, SKFV
2013 Kulturpris från Gunborg och Sten Rosenströms Stiftelse
2012 Robus Arcticus stipendium
2012 Målinriktat Arbetsstipendium, Konstnärsnämnden
2009 Arbetsstipendium, Sámi Council
ÖVRIGT: 2023 2nd Unit Director på Netflixfilmen Stöld
PUBLIC ART WORK:
2019 Inköpt av Luleå Kommun Offentlig konst, 2 målningar och 1 Broderi
2019 Inköpt av Östersunds kommun, offentlig konst, Embroidery
2017 Inköpt till Uppsala kommun Offentlig konst, 2 st Embroidery.
2017 Inköpt av Uppsala kommun, offentlig konst 3 st photo collage
2018 Inköpt av Umeå kommun, offentlig konst, Embroidery
PUBLIC ART WORK:
2019 Inköpt av Luleå Kommun Offentlig konst, 2 målningar och 1 Broderi
2019 Inköpt av Östersunds kommun, offentlig konst, Embroidery
2017 Inköpt till Uppsala kommun Offentlig konst, 2 st Embroidery.
2017 Inköpt av Uppsala kommun, offentlig konst 3 st photo collage
2018 Inköpt av Umeå kommun, offentlig konst, Embroidery