Anders Kjellesvik
Born 1980 (Stord, Norway)
E-mail: a.kjellesvik (at) gmail.com
EDUCATION
2003 – 2005 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
2003 Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki / Kuvataideakatemia (Erasmus), 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
BOARD POSITION
2019 – 2022 Chairman of the board; LNM / Association of Norwegian Painters
2019 – 2022 Deputy chairman; LNM / Association of Norwegian Painters
2017 – 2019 Jury member; The National Jury, Annual exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus, Norway
2017 – 2021 Member of the advisory board of Kunstnernes Hus, Norway
2014 – 2017 Chairman; Association of Norwegian Printmakers (Norske Grafikere), Norway
MEMBERSHIP Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK)
Norske Grafikere (NG)
Unge Kunstneres Samfunn (UKS)
Landsforeningen Norske Malere (LNM)
Norsk Billedhoggerforening (NBF)
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES
2013 Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Limerick, Ireland *
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:
2021 Grotten, (the cave), Tegneforbudet, Oslo, Norway *
2020 Rough travel for a rare thing, Norsker Grafikere, Oslo, Norway
2020 Studio, Billedhoggerforeningen, Oslo, Norway *
2020 Breaking Rules Together, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
2018 Kontor, Bankplassen, Oslo *
2017 Poteten, KORO (Uro), Mjøsa, Norway *
2016 Blind Bow Breakup, Galleri LNM, Oslo, Norway
Dead and Potato Man, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Limerick, Ireland *
2015 Über ende und Anfang, Galerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
Found and Lost, Haugesund Billedgalleri, Norway
2013 Anders Kjellesvik / Monique van Genderen / J. A. Pramuhendra, Gallerie Michael Janssen, Berlin, Germany
Untitled (New Prints), Trykkeriet, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Bergen, Norway
2011 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 AND PROJECTS:
2019 It ́s (in) our Nature, Bærum Kunsthall, Norge
2018 Det var en jul, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norge
2017 Statens 130. Kunstutstilling, Høstutstillingen, The National Art Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Birds, Nørrekærbiennalen, Danmark *
Poteten, Lomsjøen, Kunstland, Norge *
Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norge
2015 By Products, curated by Zoë Claire Miller – Ausstellungsraum IG Metall, Berlin, Germany
Imagining Commons, Volt, Bergen, Norway *
Art Brussel, Galerie Michael Janssen, Belgium
Positions Berlin, Galerie Michael Janssen, Germany
2014 Desert Island, The Museum of Longing and Failure, avTaggart and Lewis, RAKE Visningsrom,
Trondheim, Norway*
How Green Was My Valley, Vevringutstillinga, Norway *
2013 7th Norwegian Sculpture Biennial 2013, Over bekken etter vann, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
Undercover: a Dialect, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, currated by Michele Horrigan, Carlow, Ireland
aiPotu at Landmark, Volt´s symposium on collectivity and collaboration in art. Bergen Kunsthall, Norway *
Welcome to the Neighbourhood, ASKEATON CONTEMPORARY ARTS, Limerick, Ireland *
Vestlandsutstillingen 2013, , Norway
drawNEARFAR, Winchester Gallery, England
The Circle and the Square, Gruneløkka Kunsthall, Oslo, Norge *
10 year anniversary exhibition, the nord land / Sørfinnset Skole, Gildeskål, 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
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2019 / 2020 Roten, Gran, Oppland County, Norway *
2018 Den høgreiste og havet, Leirvik Torg and Vidsteenparken, commissioned by Stord Kommune, Norway2016
Fjuk 161 m.o.h / Skystudier, Fjuk Oppvekstsenter, Sørum, Norway
2012 – 2014 Or (fletting), temporary outdoor sculpture. In collaboration with architect Håvard Arnhoff, Vevring exhibition
and Sogn og Fjordane county, Vevring, Norge
2011 Øyets Gymnastikk, public commission for Sandneshallen, Sandnes Kommune / Rogaland Fylke, Norge *
CURATING
2014 How Green Was My Valley, KORO (Uro) – Outdoor project for Vevringutstillinga’s 35 years anniversary.
Naustdal, Norway *
Invited artists: Sean Lynch (IR), Lisa Torell (SE), Egill Sæbjörnsson (IS), Michael
Fliri (IT), Liv Strand (SE), Freek Wambacq (B), Laura Solari (CH)
2011 Free Poems, with Jorunn Hancke Øgstad (N), group exhibition, Podium, Oslo, Norway
Invited artists: Sue Tompkins (UK), Sarah Lannan (US), Simon Evans (UK), Kirstine Roepstorff (DK),
Sofie Bird Møller (DK), Gustav Oppland (N)
2010 Glogauer Dreieck, with Jorunn Hancke Øgstad (N) and Ivan Andersen (DK), Berlin, Germany
2005 Oslo Mobile Kunsthall, in collaboration with Helga Marie Nordby, Oslo Kunsthall, Norge *
Invited artists:: Fillippo Filliger (CH), Parfyme (DK), Blunderbuss, Michael
Fliri (I), John Mäkinen (FI), Jérôme Leuba (CH), Rakett (N), AK 28 (S), Systerfilm (S)
TEACHING and EXAMINER
2018 – 2020 Examiner, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (KHiO), Norway
2018 Print workshop for schools, Munch museet, Oslo, Norway
2015 Guest lecturer: UiT, Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, Norway
2012 – 2014 Examiner, MA / BA, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (KHiO), Norway
2012 Guest lecturer: Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, (KHiO), Norway
2010 Guest lecturer: Bilde i Rom, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen (KHiB), Norway
2009 Guest artist / lecturer: Thematic Residency ‘The Wanderer’, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada *
2006 – 2010 Guest lecturer: Prosjektskolen (Oslo) og Strykejernet (Oslo), Norway *
2012 Den Kulturelle Skolesekken: Øyets Gymnastikk, Sandved Skole, Sandnes Kommune , Norway
2011 Den Kulturelle Skolesekken: Rapport, Turneorganisasjonen Hedmark / Kunstbanken, Hamar, Norway
2007 Den Kulturelle Skolesekken: Rainbow Warriors, Inndyr Skole, Gildeskål Kommune, Norway
PUBLICATONS (selected)
2013 Undercover: a Dialect, VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Carlow, Irland, 2013 *
2013 Tegnebiennalen 2013
2011 NuDa, WunderbaumWanderlustWunderkammer, Harpefoss Hotell 16 siders sort/hvitt tabloid avis, 2011 *
2011 Øyets gymnastikk, katalog for offentlig utsmykning, Sandneshallen, Sandnes Kommune. 2011
2010 Norsk Kunstårbok 2010
2010 Tegnebiennalen 2010
2009 Snow blind Homer; Notes on Utopia | aiPotu, forfatter Zachary Cahill (US)
2008 2008 Biennale of Sydney, Revolutions – Forms That Turn, red. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Thames and Hudson, London *
2008 If you don´t like the weather, wait 15 minutes, aiPotu, 48 s. storformat avis i 4 farger, Biennale of Sydney *
2008 Shimaguni, aiPotu, 40 fanziner distribuert fra Japan *
2007 Bande Dessiné, Éditions Dasein, Éditions Dasein *
2006 aiPotu, 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 Surpapier, Éditions Dasein*
COLLECTIONS Malmö Konstmuseum, Statoil, Stord Kommune, Haugesund Kommune and various private collections.
PRESS AND REVIEW (selected)
Contemporary Magazien (Issue 2, Annual 2007), Sydney Morning Herald (AUS), Scene4 (USA),
Exibart (IT), Fyrdabladid (IS), Grapevine (IS), Kaupukilehti Pohjois (FI), Kunstkritikk.no, Bergens Tidende, Aftenposten, Jærbladet,
Eidsvoll Blad, Klassekampen, Meløyavisa, Parisart (FR), Rogalands Avis,
Teknemedia (IT), Romerikes Blad, Hamar Arbeiderblad, , Stockholm City and Metro, Storhaug Bydelsavis, TV Hordaland,
Natt og Dag og NRK.
ARTIST GRANTS
2020 – 2022 Statens Kunstnerstipend / Norwegian Art Council, 3 year work grant
2019 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, 1 year work grant
2015 Norske Grafikeres Fond, project support
2017 – 2018 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, 2 year work grant
2016 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, 1 year work grant
2015 Norske Grafikeres Fond, project support
2014 Arbeidsstipend fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, 1 year working grant
2013 Arbeidsstipend fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, 1 year working grant
2010 – 2012 Norwegian Art Council / Statens Kunstnerstipend for yngre Kunstnere (ASY), 3 year work grant
2011 Kathinka og Olaf Mejdells Legat
2009 Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond, 1 year work grant
2008 Stipend fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2007 Statens Kunstnerstipend, Chr. Lorch Schives og hustrus legat
2007 Kunstnerstipend, Sparebanken Vest
2007 Norske Grafikeres Fond
2005 Statens Kunstnerstipend – Materialstipend
2004 Norske Grafikeres Fond
PROJECT FUNDING (selected)
KORO – URO (Uteromsordning)
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Norsk Kulturråd, Prosjektstøtte
NBK Vederlagsfondet
Nordic Council of Ministers, NIFCA – Sleipnir Grants
Bergen Kommune
Anders Kjellesvik works as a solo artist and in the artist collaboration aiPotu with Andreas Siqueland (N) *. For more information please visit the web site www.aipotu.org
