Born 1980 in Kristiansand. Lives and works in Berlin and Oslo.


Education

2001 - 05 National Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA/SKA), Oslo
2000 - 01 Nordland Art and Filmschool, Kabelvåg


Projects and solo exhibitions

2010 GAD, Oslo (December)
2010 "Short Sad Thoughts", Perla Mode, Zürich
2010 "Dust", Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo

2009 "Tom Means Empty in Norwegian", Galleri S.E, Bergen
2009 Kunstmuseet Kube, Ålesund

2008 "The Price of a Song", NP3, Groningen
2008 "Catalog of Wonders", Point Éphémère, Paris
2008 "404", Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn

2007 GAD, Oslo
2007 "Somewhere Else, Another Time", Prosjektrommet, Galleri F15, Moss
2007 Leif Magne Tangens (with Matthew Antezzo), Skien
2007 "Blurry Diamonds", Unten Drunter, Malmö

2006 "Blurry Diamonds", R. T. Hansen, Berlin
2006 Akershus Kunstsenter (with Josefine Lyche), Lillestrøm
2006 "The Truth", GAD, Oslo

2005 "Home Alone", By the Way, Bergen
2005 Hordaland Kunstsenter (with Josefine Lyche and Jan Christensen), Bergen

2004 "When Disaster Strikes", ROR Galleria, Helsinki


Projects and group exhibitions

2010 "Uten ramme; nye rom", Harstad kunstforening, Harstad (November)
2010 "Uten ramme; nye rom", Tromsø kunstforening, Tromsø (October)
2010 "The Show with No Name", Galerie Jette Rudolph, Berlin (June)
2010 "Fiction", Fondation d'Entreprise Ricard, Paris
2010 "Praeludium", Dreizehn/Thirteen, Berlin
2010 "Planka nr. 6", Anna & Sverre, Oslo
2010 Nationalmuseum Project Space, Oslo & Stockholm & København & Amsterdam & Paris & London & Berlin

2009 "Den Gode - Den Onde - Den Grimme", Damir & Birk, Copenhagen
2009 "Tempo som tanke - byrom som skisse", Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien
2009 "One day I will be a star", Maison du Livre, de l'image et du Son, Villeurbanne
2009 "Cut Ups", Centrum för Fotografi, Stockholm
2009 "Copenhagen", Espersen/Schrader, Berlin
2009 "Kalender 2009", Snowball Editions, Oslo
2009 "Første tanke = beste tanke", Tempo, Skien
2009 "Spekulasjon", Babel, Trondheim
2009 "Don't Judge a book by its cover!", Litteraturhuset, Oslo
2009 "Utpust!" (Sørlandsutstillingen), Christianssands Kunstforening, Kristiansand; Skien Kunstforening, Skien; Arendal Kunstforening, Arendal

2008 "Der Autorität", Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg
2008 Nationalmuseum, Berlin
2008 "Poll of Push and Pull", International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York
2008 "Sommerutstilling", GAD, Oslo
2008 "Fotografiets dag", Preus museum, Horten
2008 "Icebreaker Festival", Lilandgården, Kabelvåg
2008 "Fra samlingen" Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
2008 "Don't Judge a book by its cover!", Gartenstudio, Berlin
2008 "Alone in the Dark", Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2008 "Ghost Work", Librairie du Jeu de Paume, Paris
2008 "Art is Not Mute", Hit, Gothenburg
2008 "Rykk tilbake til start!", 0047 OSLO, Oslo

2007 "Obergeschoss Dritter Finger Rechts", Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
2007 "Art is Not Mute", ICA-Dunaújváros, Dunaújváros
2007 "Nothing", R. T. Hansen, Berlin
2007 "Cross Talking", Christianssands Kunstforening, Kristiansand
2007 "Sommerutstilling", GAD, Oslo
2007 "Pierogi Flatfiling", Artnews Projects, Berlin
2007 "Art is Not Mute", Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm
2007 "Electrolux", 0047 OSLO, Oslo
2007 "Borealis", Bergen Offentlige Folkebibliotek, Bergen
2007 "Come Into the Open", 0047 OSLO, Oslo
2007 "OvKiDovKi", Øksnehallen, Copenhagen
2007 "Sørlandsutstillingen 07", Bomuldsfabrikken Kunsthall, Arendal; Skien Kunstforening, Skien; Christiansand Kunstforening, Kristiansand (booklet)

2006 "Dødsstjerne", Leif Magne Tangens, Skien
2006 "3t 10 år", Black Box, Oslo
2006 "MOLIM Art Sale Oslo", Torggata 17b, Oslo
2006 "Rio", Artnews Projects, Berlin
2006 "Norsk skulpturbiennale", (with Josefine Lyche) Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo (catalogue)
2006 "Hjem", Agder kunstnersenter, Kristiansand
2006 "Visible - Invisible", Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
2006 "Scandinavian Spastic", Sjokoladefabrikken, Oslo
2006 "Oslo Art Festival", Members Club/Prosjektskolen, Oslo
2006 "Crossings", (Youthbridge benefit event) Stallungen/Viktoriaquartier, Berlin
2006"Sørlandsutstillingen 06", Bomuldsfabrikken Kunsthall, Arendal; Skien Kunstforening, Skien; Christiansand Kunstforening, Kristiansand (booklet)

2005 "Hook-up (3 Curators/30 Days): Flicker!", Projekt 0047, Berlin
2005 "Hook-up (3 Curators/30 Days): Stilleben", Projekt 0047, Berlin
2005 "Up North", Casa del migg, Barcelona
2005 Kunstakademiets avgangsutstilling, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (catalogue)
2005 "The Würth Show", Galleri Würth, Oslo (catalogue)
2005 "Common Sense", Søgne Gamle Prestegård, Søgne
2005 "Past/Present/Forever", Buia Gallery, New York City
2005 "GPB 2005", publication by Galleri Pastor Bonus (Olga Robayo and Marius Wang)
2005 "BoundLess", participant in Jan Christensens project, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
2005 "Draw", Stray-Dog Gallery, Aberdeen
2005 "Sørlandsutstillingen 05", Bomuldsfabrikken Kunsthall, Arendal; Skien Kunstforening, Skien; Christiansand Kunstforening, Kristiansand (booklet)

2004 "Salong 100", Helgesensgata 4, Oslo
2004 "Painting Based Groupshow", Nordea bank, Oslo
2004 "Åpent forum", Galleri Seilduken, Oslo

2003 "Norsk skulpturbiennale", (with Are Mokkelbost and Kalle Runeson), Haugar Vestfold Art Museum, Tønsberg (catalogue)


Curated projects

2008 "High Come Down", Smia, Kristiansand (Including: Jan Christensen, Vera Dvale, Roald Andersen d. y., Jan Freuchen, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Josefine Lyche,
Per-Oscar Leu, Anders Dahl Monsen, Kristin Nordhøy, Håvard Pedersen, Synnøve G. Wetten)

2007 "Believers & Illusionists", R. T. Hansen, Berlin (Including: Vårin Andersen, Jan Christensen, Santiago Cucullu, Halina Kliem, Josefine Lyche, Frode Markhus, Marius Martinussen, Yorgos Sapountzis, Anders Smebye, Norbert Erwin Witzgall)

2005 "Common Sense", Søgne Gamle Prestegård, Søgne (Including: Roger Eugen Poliakov Egseth, Jan Freuchen, Pål Steinar Gumpen, Henrik Leonard Lohne, Josefine Lyche, Lars Morell, Kalle Runeson)

2003 "Let´s Get Physical", Altin Turk Showroom, Oslo (Including: Kalle Runeson, Marianne Hurum, Josefine Lyche, Tova Mozard, Per-Oskar Leu, Lars Morell, Mathias Øygard, Are Mokkelbost, Karen B. Sveen)
2003 "Handicapped Future", Raw Space Seilduken, Oslo. Co-curated with Josefine Lyche. (Including: Tobias Arnell, Ane Graff, Espen Dietrichson, Michael O’Donnell, Josefine Lyche, Karl Larsson, Andreas Mangione, Lars Morell, Kalle Runeson, Anders Smebye, Leif Magne Tangen)


Grants and Residencies

2010 Grant; BKV 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-year working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Oslo

2009 Studio Residency, Deutsche Börse Residency Program, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
2009 Grant, International support, OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
2009 Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond Prosjektstøtte, Oslo
2009 Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo

2008 Grant, Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre kunstnere - 2 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
2008 Studio Residency, Kristiansand kommune, Kristiansand

2007 Grant, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo
2007 Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfonds Prosjektstøtte, NBK, Oslo

2006 Grant, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo

2005 Grant, The Legacy of Forsberg and Aulie/Forsbergs og Aulies Legat, Oslo
2005 Grant; The Legacy of Christian Lorck Schive and his Wife, Oslo
2005 Grant; Sørlandsutstillingens reisestipend, Kristiansand


Public collections

2010 Utsikten Kunstsenter, Kvinesdal
2010 Postens østlandsterminal, Lørenskog
2010 Postens østlandsterminal, Lørenskog (with Jan Christensen)

2009 Bergen Kommune, Bergen
2009 Telemark kunstnersenter, Skien

2008 Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö
2008 Kristiansand Kommune, Kristiansand
2008 StatoilHydro, Stavanger
2008 Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand

2007 Color Line AS, Oslo

2006 Montblanc, Hamburg