There’s Something Deep Inside of Me, 2005, Graphite, masking tape, blue mannequin eyes, newspaper, wire and acrylic medium, 45 x 64 x 61 inches There’s Something Deep Inside of Me, 2005, Graphite, masking tape, blue mannequin eyes, newspaper, wire and acrylic medium, 45 x 64 x 61 inches

Curriculum Vitae

b. 1971, Norway

Member: Scuptors Guild, Inc.

Education

1998 - 1999 Goldsmith College, MFA (Postgraduate Diploma), London, UK
1993 - 1996 Coventry University, Bachelor of Arts (Honors), Coventry, UK
1990 - 1993 Visual Communication, Voss v.d.g. Norway

Installations, Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2010

Hanes Gallery at Wake Forest University, curator Victor Faccinto, Greenboro, NC

2009

VoltaNY with Samson Projects, Boston, MA

2008

The Sex Life of Animals, Museum of Sex, New York, USA

2007

Samson Projects, Boston, USA

2006

Red Saw Gallery, Escaping Freedom, Newark, USA

2004

Samson Projects, The Urge That Binds, Boston, USA

2002

Islip Art Museum, Auto Parts, Project '02, Carriage House installation, New York, USA

2001

Bronx Museum of Arts, CAP, SuperVention, New York, USA

1997

Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS), Leap of Faith, installation, Oslo, Norway


Selected Group Exhibitions

2010

ruiNation curator Jerry Kearns, NY, NY
Arin Contemporary Art, Back to the Drawing Board: A New Look at Contemporary Drawing

2009

Galerie Susan Nielsen, Rock Paper Scissors, Paris, France
Darkness Descends curated by Christina Vasallo, Chashama, NYC, NY
Drawn, Naomi Arin Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV

2008

Labyrinth, Exit Art, NYC, NY
Volta4, Special Project with Samson Projects, Basel, Switzerland
The Sherman Gallery - Boston University, The Exquisite Line, curated by Lynne Cooney
Drawing Biennial, Kunstnernes Hus, Norway
Governors Island, In-Site, public project w/Sculptors Guild, New York, USA
Volta4, Special Project, Basel, Switzerland
Eyewash, Art-Walk, New York, USA

2007

Western Michigan University, Keeping it Real, curated by Jerry Kearns, USA
Art Cologne, Sculptors Guild, Germany
The Art Lab @ Robert Smiths Hotel, Cabinet of Curious Ties, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, USA
Barbara Gillman Gallery, Head to Head, advised by Judith Page, Miami, FL
Trygve Lie Gallery, Norwegian Artists in New York II, NY, NY
Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Sanctuary, NJ
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Human Eyes, Boston, MA

2006

Volitant Gallery, Take me to bed or lose me forever, curated by Leona Scull-Hons, TX, USA
Gallery 744, Newark between Us, curated by Rupert Ravens, USA
Cuchifritos Gallery, Working Space 06, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Zeina Assaf
3rd Ward, Nature More, curated by Peter Dudek, New York, USA
Hillwood Art Museum, Archival to Contemporary: Six Decades of the Sculptors Guild, curated by Jerelyn Hanrahan, New York, USA
New Art Dealers Association (NADA) Art Fair, Samson Projects, Miami, USA
MACO méxico arte contemporáneo, Samson Projects, Mexico City, Mexico
ARCO’06, Samson Projects. Madrid, Spain

2005

New Art Dealers Association (NADA) Art Fair, Samson Projects, Miami, USA
Office of the Manhattan Borough President, Artists Alliance Inc, New York, USA
Istanbul Biennial, Waterways, artSUMER, curated by Renee Vara, Istanbul, Turkey
Venice Biennial, Waterways, curated by Renee Vara, Venice, Italy
Exit Art, Homomuseum, New York, USA
Smack Mellon, T-Zone, curated by Peter Dudek, New York, USA
Scope New York, Samson Projects, New York, USA

2004

Arthouse at The Jones Center, New American Talent, curated by Jerry Saltz, Austin, TX, USA
Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, Timeless/Timeliness, curated by Dominique Nahas, Newark, USA
Samson Projects, Super Salon, Boston, USA

2002

Dining Haul: Unpacked no.4, curated by Alisoun Meehan, New York, USA

2001

G-Module, Perfect Plastic, Paris, France

2000

Danielle Arnaud Gallery, Brussels Art Fair, London, UK

1999

Goldsmith College Degree Show, London, UK

1998

Kunstnernes Hus, Høstutstillingen, Oslo, Norway

1997

Atelier G9, Geniale I, litt likt og litt forskjellig, Oslo, Norway
G.U.N., Gnu Nug-Nug, Oslo, Norway

1996

Atlerier G9, Klar, Freidig, Gå, Oslo, Norway
Coventry University Degree show, Coventry, UK
The Blind Spot, curated by Dave Sowerby, Arcade Center, Birmingham, UK


Grants, Awards & Residencies

2010

Headlands Artist Residency, San Francisco, CA

2009

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Sculpture
Sculpture Space Artists-in-Residence, Utica, NY

2008

Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Prosjektstøtte, Norway

2007

Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Prosjektstøtte, Norway
Peer Gynt Public Sculpture finalist, Norway

2006

Statens Kunstnerstipend, Work Grant for Younger/Newly Established Artists 2006, Norway
Art Omi International Artists Residency, NYC, NY, USA

2005

Artists Alliance Inc.’s (AAI) LES-RSP Residency Program, New York, USA
Statens Kunstnerstipend, Work Grant for Younger/Newly Established Artists 2005, Norway
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, sculpture, USA

2004

Office for Contemporary Art, Exhibition support, Norway

2003

Creative Capital, Professional Development Workshop, New York, USA
Statens Kunstnerstipend, Work Grant for Younger/Newly Established Artists 2003, Norway

2002

Aljira Emerge 2003, Professional Development for Emerging Artists, Newark, USA
Office for Contemporary Art, Exhibition support, Norway
Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Exhibition support, New York, USA

1999

Statens Kunstnerstipend, Etableringsstipend, Norway

1997

Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Prosjektstøtte, Norway
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Prosjektstøtte to Atelier G9, Norway
Norsk Kultur Fond, Debutant støtte, Norway

1996

Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Prosjektstøtte to Atelier G9, Norway


Collections

Jamie Drake, New York, USA
Danielle Arnaud, London, UK
Gallery 27, Oslo, Norway
National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway
The Collection of Coventry University, Coventry, UK

Panels, Lectures and Other

2004 Jersey City Museum, Slide presentation, Jersey City, USA
2003 Bronx Museum of The Arts, Collaborative Arts Project-panel, New York, USA
2001 Bergen Kunst Skole, Visiting Artist in USA
96-01 1 of 6 Founding members of the coop studio/gallery Atelier G9

Press

Art Forum, September 2007 [pdf]

© 2004 - 2010 samsonprojects.com - Disclaimer - Site by Metroline Design