Anders Kjellesvik                                                                                           Born 1980, Stord, Norway

a.kjellesvik (a) gmail.com
www.anderskjellesvik.com
www.aipotu.org

Kjellesvik works as a solo artist and with Andreas Siqueland (N) in the artist collaboration aiPotu*


EDUCATION:
2003 - 2005                The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003                           Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Nordplus student, Finland
2002                           Art Academy of Sarajevo, exchange project, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2001 - 2004                The National Collage of Art, Bergen, Norway
2000 - 2001                Bergen Art School, Norway

RESIDENCES:

2011                            Lyset i Varanger, Finnmark Fylkeskommune, Vadsø, Norway
2011                            Nordisk Kunstnersenter Dalsåsen, NKD, AIR Dalsåsen, Norway
2009                            Kloster Bentlage, Rheine, Germany
2009                            W17, BKH Studio Program, Kunstnernes Hus, Norway
2008                            Bundanon Trust, Bundanon, Australia
2006                            Advanced Course in Visual Arts, FAR, Como, Italy

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS:

2013
New Prints, Trykkeriet, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Bergen, Norway

2011                                    
Øyets Gymnastikk / The Gymnastics of the Eye, public commission,, Sandneshallen, Sandnes, Norway *
Varmrøkt Vernissage, Nordisk Kunstnarsenter, NKD, Dale, Norway

2010                                    
Leila, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway *
Tour of the British Isles, United Kingdom *
Boomerang Boat Museum, South Shields, England *
Cabaret, UKS Sommerfest, Ringsveen, Lillehammer, Norway *
In lack of a better name, Snowball Editions, Oslo, Norway *
Lyset i Varanger, Finnmark Fylkeskommune, Norway
Half-Way – at Stord, so late a lonely shore, Giga, Stord, Norway
Besichtigung Vol. 2, Håvard Arnhoff Portrait Gallery, Oslo, Norway                                   

2009                                    
Smeden og Vandreren, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway *
The Smith and the Wanderer, Campers / Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Markveien, Oslo, Norway *
Bermuda Triangle / Call of the Wild, The Overlooked Space, Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, Canada *
Dérive, Galleri Hartwich, Sellin, Rügen, Germany
Bermuda Triangle / Journey to the Underworld”, Gallery Volt, Bergen, Norway *
Porträits, Landschaften und Kartoffeln, Münsterlandfestival 2009, Münster, Germany
Wanderlust, GAD, Oslo, Norway

2008                                    
Bermuda Triangle / Lolita”, France Fiction, Paris, France *
Rock Island, Gallerinatten, Unten Drunter, Malmö, Sweden *

2007                                    
Sagatìmi, Dwarf Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland *
Flag Monument, Sørfinnset, Norway *
A Voyage on the North Sea, Unorossodue, Milano, Italy *

2006              
Sky High, Bastard, Oslo, Norway *
Rainbow Warriors, Inndyr, Norway *
Collective Shovel,og Kaffe, Seilduksgata 25a, Oslo, Norway *
Moving In, GAD, Oslo, Norway

2005                                    
Loffere / Tramps, Tou Kunsthall / Tou Scene, a 700 km walk from Oslo to Stavanger, Norway *
Dagens Nyheter, Studentenes Roklubb, Kalvøya, Norway *
Polar Expedition, a series of public projects and concerts in the north of Norway *
Hotel Dansk Pige,  Bergen Kunsthall, Norway *
Liberty Monument, Galleri Festiviteten, Eidsvoll Verk, Norway *
Oslo Mobile Kunsthall, Oslo Kunsthall, Norway *

2004                                    
Mixmaster / Peep Show, Galleri Q, Kæbenhavn, Denmark *
Wish I was a young or a dead artist, Danske Grafikeres Hus, København, Denmark
100 nye portretter, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Denmark
Round in Circles, sammen med Tim Bennett(UK). Kuvataideakatemian Galleria, Helsinki, Finland

2004/2005                   
Tour of Europe: *                 
                                     Malmö Kunsthall, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Stedelijk Museum, Kunsthal Rotterdam, K21
                                     Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Zürich, PAC Milano, Villa Croce (Genova), 
                                     Musee d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain Nice, Musèe d’Art Contemporain de Marseille,
                                      Centre Pompidou (Paris), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt),
                                     Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin), Hamburger Bahnhof (Berlin), Kunsthallen Nikolaj (København)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2013                                    
Broken Wagon, Norsk Skulpturbiennale 2013, Vigelandsmuseet, Norway
To sider av same sak, Vestlandsutstillingen 2013, Norway

2012                                    
Unknown (Paintings), Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
Beacons and Cairns, NKD Pavillion, Bristol Biennial 2012, England
Bruk auga før du går inn i kott og krok, VU 2012, Haugesund Billedgalleri, Norway
Vevringutstillinga, Vevring, Norway
Preparation for an expedition, TorinOver 012, MAO - Museo d'Arte Orientale, Torino, Italy *
Five thousand generations of birds, Fitjar, Norway *
Potato Man and Death, A Ship Called She, Metro Arts Galleries, Brisbane, Australia *
Kome til deg i Tidende, Musea i Sogn og Fjordane, Norway *

2011            
Statens 124. Kunstutstilling, Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Concentrate on the Devil – Stop concentrating on the Devil, Wildenbruchestr 81, Berlin, Germany
Neukölln Norwegen, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin, Germany
Spår, Malmø Kunstmuseum, Malmø, Sweden
November, Festiviteten, Eidsvoll Verk, Norway
Practice for a Sunset, Tidens Krav, Oslo, Norway
WunderbaumWanderlustWunderkammer, Harpefoss Hotell, Harpefoss, Norway *
Til Salgs, Østlandsutstillingen, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway *

2010    
You can find me in the garden if you want to, unless it’s poring down with rain, Bar 25, Berlin, Germany *
Svarteste natta i manns minne, Podium, Oslo, Norway
Endless Boogie, Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany
Salong 2010, Rod Bianco, Oslo, Norway
Tegnebiannalen 2010, Momentumhallen Moss, Norway
Nye medlemmer utstilling, Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway
A formal figure, Forgotten Bar, Berlin, Germany
Ayran & Yoga - The 1st Berlin Kreuzberg Biennal 2010, Germany

2009     
Tempo som tanke - byrom som skisse, Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien, Norway *
Performance Festival, Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway *
Dark Matters, Peder Balke Senteret, Toten, Norway
Rote Licht, Ung Norsk Samtidsgrafikk, Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway

2008  
Battle of Herdla”, Mellom Himmel og Hav 2, Performance Festival, Herdla, Norway *
Boomerang Boat, Revolutions forms that turn, Biennale of Sydney 2008, Sydney, Australia *
If you don´t like the weather, wait 15 minutes., Revolutions forms that turn, Biennale of Sydney 2008, Sydney, Australia *
Been there, done that, Echo, Transpalette, Bourges, France *   
Out Cold, Pavillon 7, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France *
The Tempest, Tegnebiennalen 2008, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway *
Reality Bliss, Kunstverket, Oslo, Norway
Scandinavian Indie, Kunstverein Rüegen, Putbus, Germany

2007   
4. Grafikk-Triennale, Holbæk, Denmark
Gul och Blå, BotnikStudios, Hamburgsund, Sweden *
The Sinking Boat Tent Project, The Tent Show, Nikolaj Kunsthall, København, Denmark *
Two men record everything that happens in a square, L´Evolution de l´art, SPACE Projects,  Slovakia *
Eggs and Castles, MiArt, galleri Unorossodue, Milano, Italy *

2006    
Happy Mountain Circus, Fragmented Show, Via Farini, Milano, Italy *
Travel Book, Momentum, Nordic Biennale for Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway *
Warm-Up, Corso Aperto, CASV,  Antonio Ratti Foundation, Como, Italy *
Noise Killer, Secret sounds from the underground, Radio(www.surinternet.org), Paris, France *
Scandinavian Driftwood, Nucleo de Arte, Maputo, Mosambique

2005
The Recycling Show, Stockholm Art Fair, Sweden *
Tutkia Suomi, an expedition to Finland with Parfyme (DK) *

2004      
Fremtidens Kontor, w/ N55 and Parfyme, København, Denmark
Wanderlust, Danske Grafikeres Hus, København, Denmark
Chrysalis, Stord Kunstforening, Norway
HOHOT, Inner Mongolian Art Museum
Mellom bakkar og berg, USF, Bergen, Norway
Grafikk, Helsingör Libary, Denmark

2003                                   
Art in Architecture, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Artist contribute society, Academy Gallery Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina                 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

2011                
Free Poems, with Jorunn Hancke Øgstad (N), group exhibition, Podium, Oslo, Norway

2010                                    
Glogauer Dreieck, with Jorunn Hancke Øgstad (N), Berlin, Germany

2005                                    
Oslo Mobile Kunsthall, invited artists: Fillippo Filliger (CH), Parfyme (DK), Blunderbuss, Michael
Fliri (I), John Mäkinen (FI), Jérôme Leuba (CH), Rakett (N), AK 28 (S), Systerfilm (S), Oslo, Norway *


TEACHING
2006 - 2012                 
Guest Teacher: Oslo National Academy of Arts, Kunstfag (KHiO, Norway), Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KHiB, Norway),
The Banff Centre (Canada), Prosjektskolen (Oslo, Norway) og Strykejernet (Oslo, Norway)

2012                                    
Sensor: MA / BA, Oslo National Academy of Arts, Kunstfag (KHiO, Norway)

2011 - 2012                  
Den Kulturelle Skolesekken: Øyets Gymnastikk, Sandved Skole, Sandnes Kommune, Rapport,
Turneorganisasjonen Hedmark / Kunstbanken, Hamar og Inndyr Skole, Gildeskål Kommune

PUBLICATIONS
NuDa, 16 pages tabloid newspaper, 2011
Norsk Kunstårbok 2010
Tegnebiennalen 2010
If you don´t like the weather, wait 15 minutes, aiPotu, 48 pages broad sheet newspaper, Biennale of Sydney - 2008
Shimaguni, aiPotu, 40 fanziner sendt fra Japan, 2008
Bande Dessiné, Éditions Dasein, 2007
Travel Book, Éditions Dasein, 2006,
Sur Papier, Radio, Dasein, Paris, 2006
Fragmented Book, Nero Publishing, 2006
Try again, Fail again, Fail better, Festival Program, Momentum Festival of Contemporary Art, 2006


PRESS                  
Sydney Morning Herald, Contemporary Annual, Exibart, Fyrdabladid, Grapewine, Jærbladet, Aftenposten, Eidsvoll Blad, Kaupukilehti Pohjois, Klassekampen, Meløyavisa, Parisart Rogalands Avis, Scene 4 (NY), Teknemedia, Undo, Bergens Tidende, Romerikes Blad, Stockholm City and Metro, Storhaug Bydelsavis, TV Norge / TV Hordaland, NRK Østlandssendingen, among others.


SUPPORT:
Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Norwegian Art Council, NBK Vederlagsfondet, Kulturkontakt Nord, Nordic Council of Ministers, NIFCA - Sleipnir, Bergen Kommune and Montana, among others.


GRANTS:
2010 – 2012                   Statens Kunstnerstipend for Yngre Kunstnere, 3-årig arbeidsstipend
2011                               Kathinka og Olaf Mejdells Legat
2009                               Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond – 1.årig arbeidsstipend
2008                               Statens Kunstnerstipend – Vederlagsfondet – Work Grant
2007                               Sparebanken Vest – Artist grant
2007                               Statens Kunstnerstipend – Vederlagsfondet – Work Grant
2007                               Norske Grafikeres Fond, Artist grant
2006                               Statens Kunstnerstipend, Chr. Lorch Schives og hustrus legat
2005                               Statens Kunstnerstipend, Material Grant
2004                               Norske Grafikeres Fond, Artist grant


MEMBERSHIPS:
The Explorers Club, New York, USA
Norwegian visual artists association (NBK)
The community of young artists association (UKS)
The association of Norwegian painters (LNM)
The association of Norwegian printers (Norske Grafikere)

REPRESENTATION:
Malmö Konstmuseum, Statoil ASA, among others