Born 1974, Bodø. Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
EDUCATION
2015-21 The Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme (advisers Maria Lind, Jan Verwoert & Ane Hjort Guttu), the Academy of Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of Arts, NO
2000-04 Bergen Art Academy (Prof. Jeannette Christensen), KHIB, Bergen, NO
1999-00 Strykejernet Art School (Teachers Matias Faldbakken / Vilde von Krogh), Oslo, NO
SOLO-EXHIBITIONS (FROM 2009)
2021 New Work, Tempesta Gallery, Milan, IT
2020 There Are Others Here With Me, OSL contemporary, Oslo, NOR
2019 The Goblets, 1857, Oslo, NO
2017 Mattering Waves, Entreé NY, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, NY, USA
2015 The Hungry Eye, Kunstnerforbundet/ The Artists’ Association, Oslo, NO
2013 Your Groundwater, Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, NO
2012 Graff-Løw-Sandbeck, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo, NO
2011 Graff-Hol-Lyche: Whiteout, The Arts Festival of North-Norway, Harstad, NO
The Aforementioned Lack of Clarity, Landings Project Space, Vestfossen, NO
2010 Patches of Standing Water, Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, CH
2009 Sliding, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (FROM 2009)
2021 Liverpool Biennial 2020: The Stomach and the Port, curator Manuela Moscoso, Liverpool, UK
2021 Liquid Life, curator Martha Kirszenbaum, Kistefos-Museet, Jevnaker, NO
2020 7 x 7, a Rhizome/ New Museum/ Kunsthall Stavanger-collaboration, Kunsthall Stavanger, NO
2020 7 x 7.no, a Rhizome/ New Museum/ Kunsthall Stavanger-collaboration, Rhizome
2020 Diversity / United, curator Walter Smerling, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, RU
2020 Weather Report –Forecasting Future, curators Leevi Haapala & Piia Oksanen, Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, FI
2020 Weather Report –Forecasting Future, curators Leevi Haapala & Piia Oksanen, KIASMA, Helsinki, FI
2019 Art Encounters Biennial 2019, curators Maria Lind & Anca Rujoiu, Timisoara, ROU
2019 Weather Report –Forecasting Future, curators Leevi Haapala & Piia Oksanen/ KIASMA, the Nordic Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale 2019, IT
2019 The Trouble Is Staying, curator Inês Geraldes Cardoso, Meet Factory, Prague, CZ
2019 Tempo Tempo Tempo, curator Rhea Dall, Kistefos-Museet, Kistefos, NO
2019 Selflessness, curator Steffen Håndlykken/1857, Kunstnernes Hus, NO
2019 The Future Stands Still but We Move in Infinite Space, curator Randi Grov Berger/ Entrée, Oslo, NO
2019 Earth-Body, curator Jonatan Habib Engqvist & Gabriel Mestre, Museo de Geologica, Mexico City, MEX
2019 The Micro Challenge, Vitenskapsfestivalen, Trondheim Kunstmuseum Gråmølna, Trondheim, NO
2018 Art & Science (NATURvitenskap), curator Randi Thommessen, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, NO
2018 Almende -Second Triennial of Beetsterzwaag, curators Niekolaas Lekkerkerk & Julia Geerlings, NL
2018 Frail Mighty, curator Prosjektrom Normanns, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, NO
2018 Soon Enough: Art in Action, curator Maria Lind, Tensta Konsthall, Spånga, SE
2017 Pluss Pluss, curator Helle Siljeholm, Black Box Teater, Oslo, NOR
2017 Skulpturbiennalen, Vigeland-museet, curator Steffen Håndlykken, Oslo, NO
2017 Myths of the Marble, curators Milena Høgsberg & Alex Klein, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, NO
2017 Myths of the Marble, curators Milena Høgsberg & Alex Klein, ICA Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
2016 The 11th Gwangju Biennale “The Eight Climate (What Does Art Do?)”, curator Maria Lind, Gwangju, KR
2016 Form Matters, Matter Forms, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, IT
2016 Electron Sea, presentation at Independent Brussels curated by 1857, Brussels, BE
2016 Treasures, curator Knut Ljøgodt, Northern Norway Art Museum, Tromsø, NO
2015 Triennial: Surround Audience, curators Lauren Cornell & Ryan Trecartin, New Museum, NY
2015 Kuppelkupp, Frida Hansen: Art Nouveau in Full Bloom, curator Hanne Ueland, Stavanger Art Museum, NO
2015 Distant Moods in a Blue Evening, curator Inga Stêimane, Cesis Art Festival, Riga, LV
2013 Momentum 2013 - 7th Nordic Biennale of Contemporary Art, curators Ekroth/Hammer, Moss, NO
2012 If you want it you can get it for the rest of your life, curator Erlend Hammer, ISCP, NY, USA
2012 Lot, curators N/V Projects, Cul de Sac Gallery, London, GB
2012 Berlin. Status, curators Christoph Tannert/ Svein Drühl, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2012 Higher Ground, curator Lise Dahl, Northern Norway Art museum, Tromsø, NO
2011 Morgenrøde, curator Naoshi Ôkura, KOBE Biennale 2011, Kobe, J
2011 Half Square- Half Crazy, curators Marco Bruzzone/Andreas Grulli, VIAFARINI, Milano, IT
2011 Captain Pamphile, curator Gunter Reski, Sammlung Falkenberg Hamburg, DE
2010 The Drawing Biennale 2010, curators Schröder/ Altmann, Momentumhallen, Moss, NO
2009 Life Forms, curator Sara Arrhenius, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE
2009 Lob der Kritik, curator Andreas Schlaegel, Fruehsorge Galerie, Berlin, DE
SELECTED PRESS BIBLIOGRAPHY (FROM 2009)
2018
Martine Hoff Jensen, Kunstner Ane Graff blir Norges eneste representant på Veneziabiennalen i 2019, D2 Milou Allerholm, ‘Konsten som griper in i akuta miljöfrågor’, DN.se, 22.02.18
Karsten Thurfjell, ‘Tensta konsthall firer 20 år med framtidsspaningar’, sverigesradio.se, 12.02.18
Karsten Thurfjel, Radiointervju, ‘Metallexperiment, indiska gatsopare och digitala bergatroll’, 2:24 min, sverigesradio.se, 12.02.18
2017
Emma Carr, ‘Must-See Art Guide: Philadelphia’, artnet.com, 27.07.17
Nikita Mathias, ‘Utenfor rekkevidde’, Kunstkritikk.no, 13.06.17
Victoria & Andreas, ‘Performance night at the museum’, viserpaakunst.com, 09.06.17 Maria Lind, ’Molecular Dramas’, ArtReview, May 2017
Stian Gabrielsen, ‘Arnesteder for ambisjon’, Kunstkritikk.no, 31.03.17
Ben Eastham, ‘Myths of the Marble’, art-agenda.com, 30.03.17
Emil L. Mohr, ‘Ane skaper bølger i Harlem’, Avisa Nordland, 13.03.17
Ane Graff & Alex Klein, In Conversation, Entrée Radio, 04.03.17
Pernille Albrethsen, ‘In Front of the Marble Screen’, Kunstkritikk.no, 22.02.17 Øivind Storm Bjerke, ‘Virkelighet og uvirkelighet’, Klassekampen, 08.02.17
Morten Andenæs, 'Myths of the Marble’, Objektiv, 07.02.17
Kjetil Røed, ‘Sjeldent nyansert om digitalisering’, Aftenposten, 03.02.17
2016
Aileen Burns & Johan Lundh, ‘Advancing the Minor Institution’, Kunstkritikk.no, 12.09.16
2015
Shana Beth Mason, ’The New Museum Triennial: Surround Audience’, Kunstforum.as, 10.03.15
Anouk Kruithof ’The Only All-Female All-Art Review’, Metropolis M, 05.03.15
Edit., ’New Museum 2015 Triennial: “Surround Audience”’, moussemagazine.it, 05.03.15 Pernille Albrethsen, ’Avatarene’, Kunstkritikk.no, 03.03.15
D. Creahan, ’The New Museum Triennial: ”Surround Audience”’, artobserved.com, 03.03.15 Edit., New Museum Triennial: Surround Audience, Contemporaryartdaily.com, 01.03.15 Benjamin Sutton, The New Museum’s Triennial Surrounds Audience with Too Much Art, Hyperallergic.com 24.02.15
Kjetil Røed, ’New Museum-triennalen: Tenker i mellomrommet’, Aftenposten, 20.02.15 Katy Diamond Hamer, ’Surround Audience: 2015 Triennial’, eyes-towards-the-dove.com
2014
Kristian Skylstad, ’Hvordan du endres, celle for celle’, Kunstkritikk.no, 22.08.14
Silje Rønneberg Hogstad, ’Utrolig skummelt. Veldig viktig’, Billedkunst nummer 5, 2014 Tommy Olsson, ’Teksten, stilen og tekstilen’, Klassekampen 09.07.14
2013
Mathew Rana, ’Current shows: Ane Graff’, Frieze.com, 15.04.13
Milena Høgsberg, ’City report: Oslo’, Frieze no. 154, 01.04.13
Caroline Woodley,”Neither-Nor: Momentum 7, the 2013 Nordic Biennale”, Afterall, 16.09.13 Line Ulekleiv, ’Hvem, hva, hvorfor –Momentum 7’, Billedkunst no. 5, 01.09.13
Mona Pahle Bjerke, ’Sterke verk i svak ramme’, NRK.no, 27.06.13
2012
Stefan Thorsson, Simplicity full of nuances’, Kunstforum.as, 07.12.12 Kjetil Røed, ’Fornem brutalitet’, Kunstkritikk.no, 04.12.12
Mona Gjessing, ’En vital vinterreise’, Klassekampen, 28.11.12
2011
Nicolai Strøm-Olsen, “Se til fortiden for å se nåtiden”, KUNSTforum, 26.07.11
2010
Johanne Norby Wernø, "Tegne-Grand Prix", Morgenbladet, 14.05.10
Synnøve Vik, "Tegning i nye rom", Billedkunst, 10.05.10
Arnt Fredheim, "Store øyeblikk og store uvesentligheter", Moss avis, 18.05.10
2009
Børre Haugstad, "De nye kunststjernene", VG, 17.11.09
Frans Josef Petersson, "Temat skymmer sikten", Aftonbladet, 07.10.09 Sebastian Johans, "Hur skal vi överleva?", UNT.SE, 05.10.09
Nils Forsberg, "Livsformer / Bonniers konsthall", Expressen, 02.10.09 Anders Olofsson, "Livsformer", Konsten.net, 26.09.09
Marte Spurkeland, "Steininger", D2, 18.09.09
Arve Rød, "Veggmonologene", Dagens Næringsliv, 08.06.09
Erik Bjørnskau, "Snakker til veggen", Aftenposten, 08.06.09
Kjetil Røed, "Tegningens mulige konsekvenser", Billedkunst 2/ 2009 Arve Rød, "Tegning og tid", Dagens Næringsliv, 28.02.09
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISIONS:
2021-24 KORO / Livsvitenskapsbygget UiO
2020 The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway 2015 The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway
KORO / the Norwegian Parliament 2014 Statoil Art Collection
KORO / Public Art Norway 2013 Sørlandet Art Museum
2011 Northern Norway Art Museum