b. 1966 Sjøvegan Norway
RECENT AND UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTES
2015 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
2014 Commission for the new Technology building, University of Tromsø (KORO Public Art Norway)
2014 A Voice of One’s Own, Malmö Konstmuseum
2013 Acting in the City, Norrköpings Art Museum. Commission
2013 The Beginning is Always Today, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
2013 Activum, Kunstnerforbundet Oslo
EDUCATION
2001-2002 Business and Project Management for Art Professionals, Folkluniversitetet, Malmö
1993-97 Trondheim Academy of Fine Art/Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1992-93 Art History University of Oslo (not completed)
1989-91 Strykejernet Art School, preparatory art education, Oslo and Barcelona
1988-89 Theatre Science, University of Oslo
1988-90 Film studies, Friundervisningen Oslo
1987 Examen Philosophicum University of Tromsø
RESIDENCIES
2013 September – October, Berlin Mitte
2009 November, Colab Art & Architecture, Bangalore, India, by invitation (OCA)
2009 April – May, Platform China Residency, Beijing
2006-2007 October – April, IASPIS Stockholm
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONA AND PROJECTS
2012 Global Grammar Public commission for KORO (Public Art Norway)
2011–2012 Reading Group and Lecture Program Kunstnernes Hus Oslo
in collaboration with Runa Carlsen
2011 Beyond Oxiana Solo exhibition 1 Shanthi Road, Bangalore, India
Produced by OCA in collabotation with Colab Art & Architecture/Suman Gopinath
Diary – Seven Days in Jerusalem Artist pages A Prior Magazine #22
Tales of Fraternity, Power and Time –The Armenia Project 0047 Oslo
Duo exhibition with Liv Strand. Curator Suzana Martins
2010 Creative History Special version for The Wall, UKS Oslo.
Commissioned by Linus Elmes
2007 The Road to Oxiana Station I: Cairo Baltic Sea Cultural Centre Gdansk.
Curator Agata Rogos
2005 The Mai Zetterling-Project Konsthall C Stockholm. Curator Per Hasselberg
2004 Creative History Blå Porten/Liljevalchs Stockholm. Curator Niclas Östlind
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Eternal Tour Nomadic Art Festival Jerusalem and Ramallah
Curator Donatella Bernardi
Correct me if i’m critical Nordische Botschaften, Berlin
Featuring amongst others Elmgeen & Dragset, Marion von Osten and Daniel Knorr
Curator Adnan Yldiz
2008 Headlines & Footnotes Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Bærum, including Lene Berg,
Matthew Buckingham, Andrea Geyer, Ivan Grubanov, Viktor Rosdahl & Allen Ruppersberg.
Curator Caroline Ugelstad.
The last Marquise Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek/Brussels, including Leo Copers
Berlinde De Bruyckere, Anouk De Clercq, Wang Du, Tracey Emin, Sylvie Fleury, Cindy Sherman
Barbara Visser & Heidi Voet. Curator Ann Geeraerts
Rauma Biennale Balticum Rauma Art Museum, Rauma. Curator Henna Paunu
Strike back [ON] Gallery and around Poznan, installation at Lawica Airport
including Thierry Boutonnier, Hubert Czerepok, Karolina Kowalska, Dominik Lejman
Oliver Ressler, Tea Makipaa, Konrad Smolenski, Piotr Wyrzkowski & Ilya Chichkan.
Curators Obscurators
2007 If I can’t dance I will not be Part of your Revolution Edition II Episode 4
MuHKA Antwerp, including Heather Allen, Monica Bonvicini, Lili Dujourie, Jef Geys
Karl Holmqvist, Sanja Ivekovic, Jutta Koether, Sarah Pierce, Falke Pisano, Erik Van Lieshout
Frances Stark, Hito Steyerl, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Cathy Wilkes, Haegue Yang
& Katarina Zdjelar. Curators Annie Fletcher and Frederique Bergholtz
Open House IASPIS Stockholm, curator Magnus Af Petersens
Konstfeminism Touring exhibition by Riksutställningar, Gothenburg Museum of Art
2006 What about her side of History Charlotte Fogh Contemporary Århus
including Lisbeth Bank, Nanna Debois Buhl, Henriette Heise, Christine Melchior
Sofie Hesselholdt & Vibeke Mejlvang. Curator: Kathrine Bolt Rasmussen
Konstfeminism Helsinglands museum, Hudiksvall
Konstfeminism Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm
2005 Konstfeminism Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
FESTIVALS
2007 Women.inc festival Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
2006 Pixel Dance Video Art Festival, Thessaloniki
2005 Trunk the nordic art video festival Östersund
SCREENINGS
2008 Women Filmmakers European Social Forum, Malmö Curator: Torbjörn Limé
2007 Art Kino Bastard Gallery Stockholm
Women Filmmakers Supermarket, Konstnärshuset Stockholm
2006 I don’t know what else to do with myself ak 28 Stockholm
Curators: Esther Lu and Adnan Ylditz
Pineapple Videobar Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin
2005 Pineapple Videobar Malmö Konsthall
Pineapple Videobar ID:I Stockholm
Pineapple Videobar Dunkers Kulturhus Helsingborg
LECTURES
2012 The Latour Tour Experimental Lecture with Runa Carlsen
19 and Nov 9 Oslo Academy of Fine Art October
Nov 6 Centre for Ecological Economics and Ethics, Bodø Graduate School of Business
Money and Art panel at Kunstnernes hus, initiated by Gertrud Stensvåg
Seminar on Artist Economy Oslo Academy of Fine Art
2011 Gender NOW! Seminar at Trondheim Academy of Fine Art NTNU
2009-2011 Oslo University College, Diverse lectures
2008 Mai Zetterling –off the Beaten Track Office for Contemporary Arts Norway
Whatever happened to Sex in Scandinavia
Mai Zetterling –off the Beaten Track Museion, Bolzano/Italy, inv. Corinne Diserens
Selfpresentation Oslo Academy of Fine Art
2007 Respondent to keynote lecture by Rosi Braidotti De Balie, Amsterdam
(If i can’t Dance I don’t want to be Part of your Revolution Symposium)
Selfpresentation Kunstskolen i Rogaland
2005 Selfpresentation Prosjektskolen, Oslo
2004 Integration and Public Space Malmö University College
WORKSHOPS
2007 The Artistic Process Kunstskolen i Rogaland
2004 Site spesific Folkeuniversitetet i Malmö
2002 Integration and Public Space Department for Strategic Devbelopment, City of Malmö
TEACHING
2011 Tromsø Acamemy for Comtemoprary Art
temporary replacing Professor Åsa Sonjasdotter 50% engagement October-December
2009-2011 HIOA (Oslo University College) diverse projects and contracts, The Department for Aesthetics
post graduate training for public school teachers within Arts and the BA program in Art pedagogy (approximately 50 %)
2009 Trondheim Academy of Fine Art NTNU (lecture and tutorials)
GRANTS
2013-2014 Norwegian Artist Society
2011-2012 Norwegian Artist Society
May 2011–February 2012, Working grant, Arts Council Norway
2010 Norwegian Artist Society
2010, 2008, 2007, 2005 International Support, OCA
2010, 2005, 2002 Norwegian Artist Society
2003 Arts Council Norway
2010, 2004, 2001 Arts Council Norway (exhibition support)
1997 Arts Council Norway (equipment support)
2004 Working grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2004 Ambrosius Egedius og hustrus legat, Norway
2000 Sleipnir NIFCA
PROJECT SUPPORT GRANTS
2008 Norwegian Photographers Association
2008, 2000 Arts Council Norway
2006 Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2008, 2004, 2000, 1998 Norwegian Artist Society
OTHER
Qualified as Associate Professor (Oslo Academy of Fine Art 2009)