Født i Odda, 1981

EDUCATION
2005-2007 Art academy Malmö, Lunds Universitet. MFA
2004-2005 Art academy, Oslo, Khio, DIPLOMA.
2003-2004 Staedelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Frankfurt am Main.
(Professor: Wolfgang Tillmans)
2002-2003 Kunsthøyskolen i Bergen avd. Kunstakademiet
1999-2001 Strykejernet kunstskole i Oslo

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Gallery REKORD, void to void; scenes from a subterranean avalanche
2007 MFA exhibition, konstögskolens galleri, Malmö, Sweden.
2006 Galuzin Gallery avd. 227. Snap to grid crack to speed - Leander Djønne on Ivan Galuzin
2005 Galler 21:24, Oslo. Antisocial Personal Disorder

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2008-2009 Nordic Delight, New York, curated by Sinziana Ravini (upcoming)
2008 Art Recipe Oslo – Kabul. (upcoming, May-Sept)
2008 Kunstenerforbundet, Oslo Alone in the dark. Curated by Kristian skylstad (upcoming, June)
2008 REKORD, Oslo. Shifting Schisms. Curated by Kristian Skylstad
2008 Astrup Fearnley, Oslo. Lights On. “Devil in disguise”. REKORD pavilion.
Curated by Thora Dolven Balke, Ingvild Langgård og Eirin Støen
2008 Projekt 0047. Norway. Back to start. Curated by Jan Christensen
2008 Galleri 54, Göteborg, Sweden. Voudou, curated by Maianne Zamecznik & Lena Selander
2008 F15, Moss. Norway. The Last Battle. Curated by Ivan Galuzin

2007 Projekt 0047, Oslo. Voudou, curated by Marianne Zamecznik & Lena Selander
2007 Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover. crosskick/plattform # 4. Curated by Martin Engler.
2007 Bonnier Konsthall, Stockholm. In Search for The Lost self,
also participating with a performance: void to void & the dead performance, (14 th of May)
curated by Marianna Garin, Sinziana Ravini & Camilla Larsson
2007 Generaly Foundation, Vienna. Exile of imaginary. Politics Aesthetics and Love
LTTR Issue NO V Positively Nasty. Part of the Documenta 12 Magazines

2006 West Germany, Buro fur postpostmoderne Kommunikation, Berlin
2006 Stenersen museet, Oslo, Graduationexhibition, DIPLOMA.
2006 Year exhibition, Konsthögskolan i Malmö, Sweden
2006 Scandinavian Spastic, Oslo Norway
2006 Liquidacion Total, Madrid. Stuck on a Melting Rock `n Rolling.
Curated by RAKETT - Karolin Tampere & Åse Løvgren
2006 Members club, Bergen. Anti social personal disorder.
also performance : So Much for that nothing with Fredrik Östman (18 feb.)

2005 Barcelona, Centre Civic Barceloneta, LOOP 05
2005 Galleri 21,Malmö hardcore curiosity/distant memory.
Performance with Annette Stav & SynnøveWetten

2004 Salong 100, Oslo,
2004 UKS,Oslo. Skatv artawards 2004. With Ivan Galuzin and Christian Bould
2004 Staedel museum, Frankfurt am Main, Touching from no distance.
Performance with Fredrik Østman
2004 Project Tyssosium at Norsk vannkraft og industristadmuseum, Odda kommune
with Munan Øvrelid, Christian Bould, Steinar Kristensen and Fredrik Östman
2004 Staedelschule, Rundgang
2004 Festival junger talente, Offenbach, Frankfurt am Main

2003 Be there be a part of it. No.9 visningsrom for samtidskunst.

2002 Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, From all of us to all of you.
With Teje Øverås, Ivan Galuzin and Bård Tjelta.

CURATED PROJECTS
2004 Gallery Arena, Oslo. Art as an encounter to a feedback mantra for losers Munan Øvrelid
2004 SALONG 100, group exhibition. Co-curated with Josefine Lyche and Steinar Kristensen.
122 artists from seven nations. (dec.)
2004 Project “ Tyssosium” NVIM, Odda Kommune.Munan Øvrelid, Christian Bould, Steinar Kristensen
and Fredrik Østman
2003 No9. Visningsrom for samtidskunst. Be there, be a part of it. Co-curated with Munan Øvrelid.
With: Ole Jørgen Ness,Kåre Magnus Bergh , Lars Harr, Leander Djønne, Simen dyrhaug,
Munan Øvrelid Daniel teigen.

GRANTS
2008 Grant, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo
2008 Grant, Office of Contemporary Art Norway, External Relations.
2008 Grant, The Art council Norway/ Norsk kulturråd, Oslo

2007 Grant, Art council Norway/Norsk kulturråd, Oslo. Scenetekstutvikling.
2007 Grant, Odda Kommune, Kulturstipend

2006 Blix Foundation Fine Art stipendium, Denmark

PUBLICATIONS
2008 Cosmologies in flux, categories under stress and ideas striving for the logic of self-evidence
– Key writing on desert search # 3. Fanzine Svekureltihpublishing

2007 Void to Void - Key writings on desert search # 1. Fanzine Svekureltihpublishing

2006 The doghouse is a small house, but better than no house at all.
LTTR, issue V, Positively Nasty. NYC (part of Documenta 12 magazines)
2006 I believe no man threw away life while it was worth keeping. Fanzine svekureltihpublishing
2006 Every message starts with a revolution. Fanzine svekureltihpublishing
2006 Det første av tusen dokumenter som avkler de 666 aggressive nihilistiske diabolske metode.
666 forskjelliger måter å fortelle samme historie. Fanzine. Svekureltihpublishing

2005 Diploma, om parodi for Kristian Ø Dahl

BIBLIOGRAPHY, PRESS
2008 Ljud som berättelse
“Vodou”, Galleri 54, Göteborg, 15/2 - 16/3 2008 Text: Margareta Persson. www.omkonst.com
2007 Jøran Rudi, Mager og tydelig lydutstilling, Vodou, Galleri 0047. 30- Nov, 07 – 13 Jan 08.
(http://kunstkritikk.no/article/27524)

2006 “ kunstpris for den alternative scenen “ SKATV artawards 2004 at UKS, Oslo.- Norwegian art
yearbook 2005. page. 101
2006 “Salong 100, Big scandinavian salon” Norwegian art yearbook 2005. page. 109

2005 Henmo, Ingvill. ”Hundre kunstnere på en helg”, Billedkunst, Oslo, no. 1, 2005, p 4

2004 Aspevoll, Tone Foss. “Trosser kuratorer”,Klassekampen, Oslo, December 16, p 18
2004 Haugstad, Børre. “Julesalong med ung kunst”, VG, Oslo, December 17, pp 68-69
2004 Tribute to the 90ies. kunstkritikk.no. Ketil Nergaard. 05.11.04.
http://kunstkritikk.no/kk/anmeldelser\_archives\_all.php
2004 Gravdal, Jan. “kunst i kraft og industri” Hugesunds avis. 02.07.04

OTHER
Theory teacher at the art school Prosjektskolen and Strykejernet Kunstskole.