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Biography

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Curriculum Vitae

Education:

The National College of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway 1967-71

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France 1971-75

Royal College of Art, London, England 1975-76

Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Holland 1976-79


Selected Collections:

Shanghai City Art Collection, China

Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Holland

H.R.M. Queen Sonjas Art Collection, Norway

The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

Henie-Onstad Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway.

The National Gallery of Oslo, Norway.

Ville de Paris, France.

Bibliothéque Nationale de Paris, France.

The Museum of modern Art, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia.

The Nordic Graphical Union.

Nordisk konstsentrum, Helsinki, Finland.

Norwegian counsil for cultural affairs.

Bergen Art Gallery, Norway.

City of Oslo Art Collections, Norway

Malmo Museum of Modern Art, Sweden

Shanghai Duolun Museum of M­odern Art, China

Parc de la Villette, Paris, France

University of Oslo, Norway

The Kistefos Museum, Norway

Preus Museum, Horten, Norway

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway

Tor Juul Collection

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Statoil Art Collection, Norway  

The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow


Selected Solo Exhibitions:

Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 1973

Galleri F15, Moss, Norway 1978

Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Holland 1978

Henie-Onstad Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway 1981

Galleri Sct. Agnes, Roskilde, Denmark 1982

Galerie Art Contemporain J&J Donguy, Paris, France 1984

Galleri Doktor Glas, Stockholm, Sweden 1985

Henie-Onstad Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway 1986

Galleri Ojens, Gothenburg, Sweden 1987

Galleri J.M.S., Oslo, Norway 1989

Le Lieu, Québec, Canada 1989

Naham Contemporary, New York, USA 1990

P.S.1, The Clock Tower Gallery, New York, USA 1990

Galerie J.& J. Donguy, Paris, France 1991

Porin Art Museum, Pori, Finland 1992

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany 1993

Art Museum of Düsseldorf in Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf, Germany 1993

Bergen International Art Festival, Norway 1993

Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway 1994

Gallerie J&J Donguy, Paris, France 1995

Galerie Benden & Klimczak, Cologne, Germany 1998

«Werkstatt Europa 2000» with the installation «Trollvideo» Forum Kunst, Rottweil, Germany 2000

World exhibition EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany 2000

"To Whom it may concern", The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway 2002

"Pluss Minus Zero", Henie Onstad Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway 2002

"Trollene på Finnskogen", Finnskog, Norway 2002

Molde International Jazz Festival, Festival exhibition 2004

Solo Exhibition; Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai 2004

"Illuminations", National Library of Norway 2005

"A Dolls House", Gallery Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, Norway/ The National Museum, Oslo, Norway 2006

"Leo the Lion", Bollywood Film Festival, Mumbai, India 2006

Hå Gamle Prestegård, Stavanger, Norway, Capital of Culture 2008

Peer Gynt-festival, Vinstra, Norway2008

Fort Jesus, Mombasa, The National Museums of Kenya 2009

Petrification of STONE STORY, Tafjord, Norway 2010

"Goddesses", The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 2010

"Absolutt installasjon", The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 2011

"Retrospective. Film and Video Art in Norway, 1960-90", Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway 2011

“Heaven & Earth”, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway 2010-11

“Overlys”, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway 2011

“Limelight”, Kunstmuseet KUBE, Ålesund, Norway 2013

«Enn om vi smykket Fjellet?», The Norwegian Festival of International Litterature, Molde, Norway 2013

«tour-Retour», Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway 2014-15

“House of Commons”, installation project . The Norwegian Parliament, Oslo, Norway 2015-16

“Gordian Knot. Necklace”, The Royal Festival Hall, London, England 2017

“Tennessee Waltz”, QB Gallery, Oslo, Norway 2018

"A Doll's House", travelling exhibition, Norway 2018-20

"Wittgenstein's Boat", Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany 2019

“Artificial Intelligence”, QB Gallery, Oslo, Norway 2020

“La Poupée aux pensées trop dangereuses”, Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway 2020

“Icebreaker”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway 2020

“Wittgenstein’s Boat”, Bergen International Festival, Norway 2022​

“Wittgenstein’s Boat”, Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, Germany 2022

“Prosjekt Gjerdeløa”, Vitimusea, Ålesund, Norway 2023

«Natur på naturpapir», Kunstverket Galleri, Oslo, Norway 2024

«Global Groove», Festivalutstilling Norsk Litteraturfestival, Galleri Zink, Lillehammer, Norway 2024


Selected Group Exhibitions:

«Femmes Peintres et Sculpteurs», Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France 1975

«Video International» , Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark 1976

«Life Styles», Institute of Contemporary Art, London, England 1976

Video and Film Manifestatie, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Holland 1977

«Landscape», Henie-Onstad Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway 1978

«International Impact Art Festival», Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan 1980

«London Video Arts», ACME Gallery, London, England 1980

«Experimental Environment», Reykjavik, Iceland 1980

«Dialogue on Contemporary Art in Europe», Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal 1985

«Norealis», DAAD Galerie, Berlin, Germany 1986

«Olympiad of Art», Mueum of Modern Art, Seoul, South-Korea1988

«International Impact Art festival», Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Japan 1989

«Voyage Pittoresque», National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway 1991

«7 Cities, 7 Countries», Leuwarden, Holland 1991

«Il Paesaggio Culturale», Palazzio delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy 1992

«Winterland», Munich/Germany, Barcelona/Spain, Tokyo/Japan and Atlanta/USA 1994

«Project for Europe», Copenhagen, Denmark 1994

«At the Century`s End», National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C., USA 1995

«west of the moon», Astrup- Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway 1995

Seoul International Art Festival, Seoul, South-Korea 1995

Nordic Art Center, Helsinki, Finland 1996

«Aquilo», Museum Moderner Kunst, Samlung Ludwig, Wien, Austria 1995

«Aquilo», Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bologna/Italy 1996

«Electra», Henie-Onstad Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway 1997

«Open 999», International Sculpture Festival, Lido-Venice, Italy 1999

"Sub Rosa", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark 2000

"A dolls house", Henie Onstad Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway 2002

"Kaohsiung International Container Arts Festival", Kaohsiung, Taiwan 2003

"Mirage", Shanghai, China 2003

"Is it art?", Xian, China 2004

"Open Asia", International Sculpture Festival, Lido-Venice, Italy2004

"New Creative Vanguard", Advance Art Center, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai 2004

KUBE Museum, Ålesund, Norway 2005

"Norge", Contemporary Landscapes from the Collection of Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway Scandinavia House, New York, USA 2005

"The Basic Exhibition", The National Museum of Art, Design and Architecture, Oslo, Norway 2005

"Two Asias, Two Europes", Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai 2005

"Icebreaker", Galleri GAD, Oslo 2006

"Post Nora", Bejing, Ibsen Year 2006

"Nicht nur Lachs und Würstchen", Norwegian Technological Museum, Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Berlin, Leipzig 2006/08

"To Live With Contemporary Art", Galleri F15, Moss, Norway 2007

"Talking About Painting", The National Museum of Art, Design and Archtecture, Oslo, Norway 2007

"Art 4", The National Museum of Art, Design and Archtecture, Oslo, Norway 2007

The 5th Uiwang International Placard Art Festival, Korea 2007

"Only Colour" Chateau La Roche-Vernaise, France 2007

Lofoten International Art Festival, LIAF, Svolvær, Norway 2008

The Festival of North Norway, Harstad Art Center 2008

Biennale des Couvets, Gallerie Le Lieu, Quebec, Canada 2008

The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad, Norway 2008­

"Whatever Happend to Sex in Scandinavia?", Office for Contemporary Art (OCA), Oslo, Norway 2008/09

Statens Høstutstilling, Oslo, Norway 2009

”Blodig alvor”, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway 2010

”God natt da du…”  Surrealism in Norwegian Art, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway 2010

“Norse Soul”, Katzen Art Center, American University Museum, Washington DC, USA 2010

“Goddesses”, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 2010

“Absolutt installasjon”, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 2011

“Retrospective. Film and Video Art in Norway, 1960-90”,  Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway 2011

“PARADOX. Positions in Norwegian Video Art 1980 – 2010”, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 2013

“I de lange nætter”, Voting Anniversary Exhibition, Mathiesen Eidsvold Værk, Eidsvoll, Norway 2013

Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland 2014

“Poor Art- Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and parallel practices 1968-2015,
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 2015-16

“POP ETC.”, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, Norway 2015

“Silent Revolt: Norwegian Process Art and Conceptual Art. in the 1970s and 80s”, The National Museum of Art Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 2016

“Entangled”, Turner Contemporary, Margate, England 2017

“Create Spaces”, Luxelakes A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China 2017

"On a Pedestal", Castletown House/Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland 2018

“Far From Home”, ARoS, Århus, Denmark 2018-2020

“Barnetegninger”, Galleri 60, Oslo, Norway 2021

“Finnskogen Jubileumsutstilling”, Finnskogen, Norway 2021

“TIL DEG”, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway 2021

Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland 2021

“Momentum 11: House of Commons”, Galleri F15, Moss 2021

“Oslo Negativ”, Deichman library, Oslo, Norway 2021

“Open doors”, The Queen Sonja Art Stable, Oslo, Norway 2022

“Generasjonar”, Oseana Art Centre, Os, Norway 2022

“A boundless idea of the North”, Le Nouveau Printemps, Toulouse, France 2023

Soli Brug, Sarpsborg, Norway 2024

“Nordiske lidenskaper”, Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway 2024

Commissions:

Hotel Union, Geiranger, Norway 1986

Skaugum, Asker, Norway 1987

School of Health- and Social studies, Stavanger, Norway 1993

Amoco, Stavanger, Norway 1994

Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway 1997

Mannheller tunnel, Sogn og Fjordande, Norway 1995

Radiance of the Seas, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Norway 2000

Tønsberg Cultural Center, Tønsberg, Norway 2001

Sogn og Fjordane Countycounsil , Norway 2003

Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 2003

Shell/Hydro, Ormen Lange Gas Terminal, Aukra Møre og Romsdal 2005

Kirkelund primary school, Skiptvet, Norway 2007

Rauma Cultural Center, Åndalsnes, Norway 2007­

Luster Savings Bank, Norway 2009

The Sparebank 1 Alliance head office, Oslo, Norway 2011

The Norwegian Parliament, Oslo, Norway 2012

N.N. Torshovdalen, Oslo, Norway 2014

Lunner Helse- og omsorgssenter, Lunner, Norway 2020


Biennales / World Exhibition:

Biennale de Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France 1980

Biennale di Venezia, Nordic Pavillion, Venice, Italy 1986

23rd International Biennal of Sâo Paulo, Brazil 1996

Norwegian Pavillion, World Exhibition EXPO 2000
Hannover, Germany 2000


Prizes:

Nominated for ZKM (Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnologie)
Media Prize, Germany, for the video "A Phrenological Self-Portrait" 2005

Axel Waldemar Johannessens Pris 2006

Ingerid Fegerstens stiftelse, Billedkunstprisen 2006

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France 2023

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