Galleri Haaken

Bergen, Norway
Lives and works in Oslo

Education:
1983 -1988 Statens Håndverk og Kunstindustri Skole, Oslo
1989 -1993 Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo

Solo Exhibitions
2016
– ATARAXIA, Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2016
– THE BLACK FLAG, site specific performance with Marit Følstad, Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2013
– TEMPLATES OF QUALIA, Boilerroom, Oslo, Norway
2012
– XYZ, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway
2011
– EMBRACING PERPLEXITY, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
2010
– IMMANENT RESILIENCE, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kr.Sand, Norway
2009
– THE ELIXIR OF CHAOS, BABEL AND BEDLAM, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
2008
– GIKK MEG OVER SJØ OG LAND, Blaafarveverket, Modum, Norway
2006
– REALMS OF SENTIMENT, Festspillutstillingen, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2005
– ANASOGNOSIA, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
2003
– MARSUPIUM, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
– FOR THE NONCE, Display Space for Contemporary art, Prague, the Czech Republic
2001
– THIS IS IT FOR ME, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
– BROKEN ELEPHANT, RMIT Project space, Melbourne, Australia
– MEANWHILE, BACK ON EARTH…RECENT READINGS OF THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES, Ocular Lab, Mellbourne, Australia
2000
– FLAT ACRYLIC, Tower Studio, Queens College, Melbourne, Australia
– CRYPTOMNESIA, Nesstudio – Att. Nexi, W 139 -Artist Space, Amsterdam, Holland
– VITAL EVIDENCE, Galleri s-e, Bergen, Norway
1999
– NEO NOBILE, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
– THE GRAVE IS NO BAR TO MY CALL, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, Norway
1998
– Nesstudio WORLD TOUR 98 “ First assembly, Urisino Station, NSW – Second assembly, H-Project, Melbourne,Vic. -Third assembly, Gallery 207,Los Angeles Cal.”
– JOINT VENTURE , Galleri SE, Bergen, Norway
– LAST VIEW, Memorian Genius Collections, Oslo, Norway
1997
– VARIOUS WORKS + PROJECT B, Studio II & III, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
– IMAGINE POLKE OVER THE NORTH POLE, Herslebsgate 10 B, Berlin
– TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, Herslebsgate 10, Oslo
1996
– TWO SCULPTURES, Galleri Riis, Oslo
– PALE BLUE EYES, Galleri Riis, Oslo
– PRETERITUM Galeria Potocka, Krakow,
– LA NUIT, C/O Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
1995
– THE MEMORIAM GENIUS COLLECTIONS, Opening of permanent Museum with works dating back to 1966, Herslebsgate 10, 4th floor, Oslo
– THE MEMORIAM GENIUS COLLECTIONS, Galleri Riis, Oslo, at Stockholm Art Hotel 95
1994
– HYPATIA, Galleri F-15, Moss.
– THE MYSTERY OF HISTORY, Galleri Riis, Oslo
– AMORIS, Herslebsgate 10, Oslo.
– OPUS OSIRIS, – television debate with seven personas, Video installation, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
1993
– MEMORY, Herslebsgate 10, Oslo
– EXIT, Herslebsgate 10, Oslo
– IN PURSUIT OF THE AUTHENTIC, Lectural performance, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo

Group shows
2015
– IF YOU HAVE TO ASK, YOU´LL NEVER KNOW, Galleri Haaken, Oslo
2013
– PARADOKS, Norsk videokunst 1980 – 2013, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
2012
– BIOGRAPHY OF A SHY PORNOGRAPHER, Tidens Krav, Oslo
– LANDSKAP, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo – HIGHER GROUND, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø
2011
– PATTERN RECOGNITION, Galleri Kant, Esbjerg, Denmark
2010
– GOD NATT DA DU. Surrealisme i norsk kunst, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway
2009
– BENDIK RIIS BAND, Galleri F-15, Moss / Bommuldsfabrikken, Arendal (2010)
– SORT ROMANTIKK, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø.
– NACHSPIEL VORSPIEL, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
2006
– TEGNEBIENNALEN, “Lucid Dreamers”, ( Med Marit Følstad) Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
2005
– CARNEGIE ART AWARD, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvik, Norway
-KYSS FROSKEN, Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Norway
2004
– COLLABORATIONS, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden
– NO WAY TO NORWAY, Galleri s-e, Bergen, Norway
2003
– AFRAID PARADE, Sub Commandante, Oslo, Norway
– BE THERE, BE PART OF IT, No. 9, Oslo, Norway
2002
– SPRAWL, “Directly beneath the storm”, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
– THE SAO PAULO BIENNAL, “Furtive subtender”, Sao Paulo, Brasil
2001
– THE UKS BIENNIAL, “Ignorance Is An Empty Space” Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia IN RESIDENCE, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway – “7 ambivalente fortellinger om kjønn og identitet”, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Trondheim Kunstmuseum,
2000
– PISSOTIERE, RE-PLAY DUCHAMP, Ocular Lab, Melborne, Australia
– ATOPIAN BLISS, “Flakk”, Nordens Hus, Reykjavik, Island
– ATOPIAN FERAL, Momentum, The Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
– USED AND AMUSED, Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
1999
– 00, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, Holland (1999 / 2000)
– IRONI, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
– NEXT STOP, Eksenter – Kunstfestivalen i Lofoten, Norway
1998
– NONPAINTERS PAINTING, Berlin, Malmö, Zagreb, Amsterdam, Oslo.
1997
– NOR A WAY, “Amygdalia”, Stadtgalerie, Kiel
– CONTEMPORENA 2 “Pearls for Swine”, Bienale of emerging art, Pisa
– DOUBLE BIND, Galleri Enkehuset, Stockholm
1996
– WHITE EUROPEAN MALE The Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki
– Harald FENN & Urban GHADTSPA Galleri 9, Kristansand Kunstner senter
– SYNDIG ABSTRAKSJON, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
1995
– ART ATTACK 95 , OSLO – Galleri Nicolai Wallner , Kopenhagen i Herslebsgate 10 , Oslo
– * PERSSON * PISANI * NESS * STOCKHOLM SMART SHOW 95 Galleri Wang / Herslebsgate
– 10 / Galleri Riis.
– OPENINGSHOW, “C / O “ Atle Gerherdsen, Oslo
– “I CONFESS”, Nicolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen
– PAR AVION, LACE, Los Angeles
– DIXI, Langesgate 1, Oslo
1994
– Prosjekt i Gamlebyen (PiG), Old City of Oslo – Homage to Gertrud Sandqvist, Galleri F-15, Moss
– WHITE EUROPEAN MALE, Mobile multiple project, Herslebsgate 10, Oslo 1993
– Graduate Show, Academy of Fine Art, U. K. S., Oslo

Public Collections
Kunnskapsdepartementet 2015
Danske Bank 2014
Nordnorsk Kunst Museum 2009
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst 2008
Sørlandets Kunst Museum 2006
Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Design og Arkitektur 2005, 2012
Det Norske Storting, Oslo, 2000
Norsk Kulturråd 1994, 1998

Public Commissions
Nydalen T-banestasjon 2016
Oslo fengsel, 2013
Nordea Liv, Bergen, 2009
StatoilHydro, Vækerø, Oslo, 2006
Norsk Hydro, Sandsli, Bergen, Norway , 2004,-2006
Riksarkivet, Oslo, 2004-2005
Glemmen Videregående skole, Fredrikstad, 2001

Publications
This Is It For Me, 2001
Realms of Sentiment, 2006
XYZ, 2012