Klara Lidén was born in 1979 Stockholm, Sweden. She attended the School of Architecture, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (2000–2004), the Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin (2003) and the University College of Arts Crafts and Design, Konstfack, Stockholm (2004–2007). Lidén has had solo exhibitions at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, and the Serpentine Galleries, London, and The New Museum, New York. In 2009, her work was presented in the Danish and Nordic Pavilions at the 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale and she received a special mention from the jury of the 54th Venice Biennale. Lidén’s work resides in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; and the Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo; among others.