° 1983
Lives in Göteborg (Sweden), lives in Berlin (Germany).
Artist website Education: 2005-2010: Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main 2008-2009: Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm
Solo exhibitions include:
2012: New Jersey, Basel, The Chief Architect of Gangsta Rap, MoMA PS1, New York, Rörlig Bild, AP News, Zürich, hoodumentary ~ SELECT CROWD, Minibar Artist Space, Stockholm
2011, h00dumentary, On-Blocks, Sandy Brown, Berlin
Group exhibitions include: 2012: Realness Respect, Kunstverein Medienturm, steirischer herbst, Graz, Domino Effect, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, How to eclipse the light, curated by Karen Archey, Wilkinson Gallery, London, Synthetic Vertigo: 002 Eye Rubs, Elaine MGK, Basel 2011: History as an Object, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland, based in Berlin, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, 2010: Geschmacksverstärker, MMK Zollamt, Frankfurt am Main 2008: The Great Game to Come, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main.
>Ilja Karilampi, The Hunter in the Armchair, 2012.Book, ink, paper, 17 x 11.5 cm, 68 p, language: English, publisher: Morava books, Poznan, Poland, ISBN: 978-83-933762-4-7.
> Exhibition: Book Lovers 4.0 (Pop-up Bookstore). 28 January 2014 - 02 February 2014.
> Exhibition: THE BOOK LOVERS - A Project about Artist Novels. 25 January 2013 - 09 March 2013.
> Exhibition: The Preparation of the Novel (Book Lovers 5.0). 18 July 2014 - 05 September 2014.
> Exhibition: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ARTWORK BECOMES A NOVEL?. 07 December 2012 - 21 April 2013.
> Ensemble: The Artist's Novel.