Født i Oslo, 1974. Bor og arbeider i Berlin, Tyskland.
EDUCATION
1996–2000 The National Academy of Fine Arts,
Oslo, Norway
1999–2000 The Royal Danish Art Academy,
Copenhagen, Denmark
2000–2001 The National Academy of Fine Arts,
Master studio, Oslo, Norway
1994–1996 Strykejernet Art School, Oslo, Norway
Residencies
2006 OCA Office for Contemporary Art
Norway/Platform Garanti Residency
Program Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
Milwaukee International Residency
Program, Milwaukee, WI, Usa
2005 The National Academy of Fine Arts,
Oslo, Norway – Arcueil, Paris, France
SEPARAUTSTILLINGER
2009 Exhume to Consume,
Supportico Lopez, Berlin
Center of the World, Preus Museum,
Horten, Norway
(curator: Jonas Ekeberg)
Toe Pincher, Snowball Editions,
Oslo, Norway
2008 Lycanthropic Chamber, Standa rd
(Oslo ), Oslo, Norway
2006 All Items Must Fit In Basket,
Standa rd (Oslo ), Oslo, Norway
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Green
Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Usa
(with Ida Ekblad)
2005 No Comply, Richard and Dolly Maass
Gallery, State University of New York,
Purchase College, New York City, NY,
Usa (curator: Paul Brewer)
B-Sides, Projekt 0047,
Berlin, Germany
Cum Taedio In Infinitum, Q, The Royal
Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen,
Denmark
(with Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen)
2003 Free Drinks, Fotogalleriet,
Oslo, Norway
1999 Notes From The Underground, Galleri
21:25, Oslo, Norway
(with Gardar Eide Einarsson)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Six Degrees of Separation,
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Two in One, Witte de With Center of
Contemporary Art and
De Appel, Christie´s,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Gjengangere, Bastard, Oslo
Survival Kit, Latvian Centre for
Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga, Latvia
(curator: Solvita Krese)
2008 Show Me, Don’t Tell Me, Brussels
Biennial 1, Brussels, Belgium (curators:
Nicolaus Schafhausen and Florian
Waldvogel)
Horror Vacui, Layr Wuestenhagen
Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
We Have Never Met Before, But It´s
WIith Great Anticipation of Your
Understanding That I´m Writing You
And I Hope You Will In Good Faith
Give A Deep Consideration To My
Proposal Below, Standa rd (Oslo ),
Oslo, Norway (curators: Mikkel E
Astrup and Eivind Furnesvik)
Frieze Art Fair, Standa rd (Oslo ),
London, UK
When You Carry A Hammer A Lot
Of Things Look Like Nails, Skalitzer
Strasse 64, Berlin, Germany
Figureheads, Torpedo Bokhandel/The
White Tube, Oslo, Norway
Hydro Corporate Collection, Henie
Onstad Art Centre, Høvik, Norway
Nerhagen Skogsfestival, Vang, Norway
Nationalmuseum, Nationalmuseum
Berlin, Schönleinstr. 6,
Berlin, Germany
(curator: Lars Monrad Vaage)
Master of Puppets, Planka, Oslo,
Norway (with Sverre Gullesen)
2007 Frieze Art Fair, Standa rd (Oslo ),
London, UK
Tempo Skien, Public Art Project,
Skien, Norway
Robert Smithson, Fotogalleriet, Oslo,
Norway (curators: Lina Viste Grønli
and Anders Smebye)
Routines of Resistance, Standa rd
(Oslo ), Oslo, Norway
(curator: Eivind Furnesvik)
Unknown Unknowns, NordJyllands
Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
(curator: Tarje Gullaksen)
Future Primitive, UKS, Oslo, Norway
(curator: Helga Marie Nordby)
Skate Culture, Bildmuseet, Umeå,
Sweden (curators: Jonas Ekeberg and
Gardar Eide Einarsson)
Paris Was Yesterday, La Vitrine, Paris,
France (curator: Hanne Mugaas)
Dislocations (Don’t Try Popping
Them Back Into Place), ARCO –
Special Projects Section/Standa rd
(Oslo ), Madrid, Spain (curator: Chus
Martinez, with Gardar Eide EInarsson
and Matias Faldbakken)
2006 NADA, Standa rd (Oslo ), Miami, FL,
Usa
Milwaukee International, Willy Wonka
Inc., Milwaukee, WI, Usa
Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul
Chance), Bellwether Gallery, New York
City, NY, Usa (curator: Joao Ribas)
White Stains, Standa rd (Oslo )/
Extra City, Antwerpen, Belgium
Skate Culture, Bergen Kunsthall,
Bergen, Norway (curators: Jonas
Ekeberg and Gardar Eide Einarsson)
Street: Behind The Cliché, Witte
de With Contemporary Art Center,
Rotterdam, the Netherlands (curators:
Nicolaus Schafhausen and
Renske Janssen)
Bokaktig, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
The Norwegian Sculpture Biennial,
The Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
(curator: Cecilia Widernheim)
There Are Two Paths, Torpedo
Kunstbokhandel, Oslo, Norway
(curators: Ida Ekblad and Hanne
Mugaas)
Giving the People What They Want,
Glassbox, Paris, France (curator:
Hanne Mugaas)
Several Ways Out, UKS Gallery, Oslo,
Norway (curator: Craig Buckley)
Skate Culture, Preus Museum, Horten,
Norway (curators: Jonas Ekeberg and
Gardar Eide Einarsson)
50/50, AK 28, Stockholm, Sweden
Villa Jelmini – The Complex of
Respect, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern,
Switzerland (curator: Philippe Pirotte)
2005 Blankness Is Not A Void, Standa rd
(Oslo ), Oslo, Norway
(curator: Gardar Eide Einarsson)
Gardar Eide Einarsson/Marius Engh/
Matias Faldbakken, Standa rd
(Oslo )/Liste 05, Standa rd (Oslo ),
Basel, Switzerland
2004 Salon 100 – Works on Paper,
Heimdalsgaten 4, Oslo, Norway
(temporary exhibition space)
Standard Escape Routes, ISCP, New
York City, NY, Usa
(curator: Eivind Furnesvik)
Pilot 1 – International Art Forum,
Limehouse Town Hall, London, UK
Rank Xerox, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen,
Norway (project by Gardar Eide.
Einarsson and Matias Faldbakken)
10 Years After, Bomuldsfabriken
Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway,
(with Anders Smebye)
Shugacube, Vincent Lunges Institutt,
No. 9 – Visningssted for Samtidskunst,
Oslo, Norway
Vækerø Sculpture Garden, Public Art
Project, Oslo, Norway
Listepop, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
Liste 04, under the auspicy of
Fotogalleriet, Basel, Switzerland
2003 Institiution2, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
(curator: Jens Hoffmann)
Rathaus, Oslo Open, Atelier C,
City Hall, Oslo, Norway
Merry-Go-Round, Video program,
Oslo Open, Oslo, Norway
2002 Museum of Installation, London, UK
Bjørvika 17. august, Skur 55, Bjørvika,
Subcomandante, Oslo, Norway
Brøl, Zoo Copenhagen,
Frederiksberg, Denmark
UKS Forum 2/3/4, Architecture
2001 UKS biennalen 2001,
Seilduksfabrikken, Oslo, Norway
Fane, Galleri Elbowroom,
Gothenburg, Sweden
Måske, Norbergfestivalen,
Norberg, Sweden
Heavy Backstage, Ballongmagasinet
2000 Postprofessionalism, VCA,
Melbourne, Australia
Presenting the piece/Her er værket!,
Otto, Galleri Rhizom, Århus, Denmark
Cantine del Borgo II,
Underhaugsveien, Oslo, Norway
Graduation Show, The National
Academy of Fine Arts, The Stenersen
Museum, Oslo, Norway
Bergen Museum For Samtidskunst,
Bergen, Norway
Forrett, Statens kunstakademi,
Seilduksfabrikken, Oslo, Norway
1999 Weisse Zwerge und Grosse Riesen,
Galleri Neu Deli, Bauhaus Universität,
Weimar, Germany
Cantine del Borgo, Galleri 21:25, SKA,
Oslo, Norway
Vibrations, Rogaland Contemporary
Art Center, Stavanger, Norway
1998 Die Faster Recordings, Quicksilver
Gallery, Middelsex School of Art,
London, UK
Heavy Backstage – Live In Bergen,
Bergen Museum For Samtidskunst,
Bergen, Norway
The Great Rock’n’Roll Battle (The Best
Of Frode Fivel), Heavy Backstage,
Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway
Heavy Backstage, Telemark University
College, Bø, Telemark, Norway
Annekset, Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway
(with Daniel Jensen)
1997 Heavy Backstage, Annekset, the
National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo,
Norway (with Daniel Jensen)
Punkpartyperformance, Galleri 21:25,
Oslo, Norway
ANDRE AKTIVITETER
2008 Co-curator of the exhibition When
You Carry A Hammer A Lot Of Things
Look Like Nails, in Skalitzer Strasse
64, Berlin, with Marco Bruzzone
2005–2006 Co-founder and -curator of the gallery
Bastard in Oslo, Norway,
with Anders Smebye
2004 Curator of the public art project
Vækerø Sculpture Garden,
Oslo, Norway