Unni Gjertsen
Visual artist, filmmaker, and writer based in Oslo
Unni Gjertsen (b. 1966, Norway) is a visual artist, filmmaker, and writer based in Oslo. Her interdisciplinary practice explores how we perceive geography and history, often employing ecological and feminist perspectives. She uses film, performance, text, and installation to explore how narratives about place and history are constructed and experienced.
Upcoming Projects
- Solo exhibition, Vitenparken Campus Ås / Norwegian BioArt Arena (2025)
- Performance, UKS (Unge Kunstneres Samfund), Oslo (2026)
Resent Exhibitions and Screenings
- Coast Contemporary, Gamle Munch Oslo
- I Like Maps Because They Lie, Kristianstad Konsthall (2024)
- Vega Kino, Oslo (2023)
- Njokobok, Oslo (2022)
- Gothenburg International Biennial for Contemporary Art (GIBCA), 2021
Selected Group Exhibitions
Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo), Bodø Biennale, Museo de Arte de Lima, Museum for Contemporary Art (Roskilde), Malmö Art Museum, Nordische Botschaften (Berlin), Henie Onstad Art Center, MuHKA (Antwerp), and Konsthall C (Stockholm).
Residencies
- Mitte, Berlin
- Platform China, Beijing
- CoLab Art & Architecture, Bangalore
- IASPIS, Stockholm
Writing and Education
In 2020, an excerpt from her novel-in-progress was published in Signaler, the debutant anthology by Cappelen Damm. She holds a degree from the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (NTNU) (1993–1997) and studied Creative Writing at UiT The Arctic University of Norway (2016–2017).
Teaching & Committees
Gjertsen has taught at various Norwegian art academies, most recently in the Art and Public Space program at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2017–2018). She served on the Norwegian Artist’s Grants Committee in 2022.