GERHARDSEN GERNER
Jan Christensen
Biography
Born 1977 in Copenhagen. Lives and works in Berlin
Education
1997–2000 The National College of Art and Design (NCAD/SHKS), Oslo
Solo Exhibitions and Projects
2012
Galleri F15, Jeløya
Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn
2011
Rom for kunst/Oslo S, Oslo
The Seoul Sessions 2011, Artsonje Lounge Project (with Anders Fjøsne), Seoul
Nothing is for Free, M. F. presents Mmmm..., Dortmund Bodega (with Anders Fjøsne and Kristian Skylstad), Oslo
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
2010
The Pod Bay Door, The Helen E. Copeland Gallery, Montana State University, Bozeman
Interrupted Space Continuum, c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
Camera Studies, Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad
I Love Myself and Everyone Else / I Hate Myself and I Want to Die; Less Time
Left to Live, Even More
to Do; Bipolar-conceptualism - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell. Shut the Fuck
Up, You Piece of Shit, Galleri MGM, Oslo
2009
Still more titles for which I don´t know what to make, Kubus Lenbachhaus,
curated by Sven Beckstette, Munich
Funky Mental Rabbit Hole, c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
Plan B is to Make Plan A Work, Volt, Bergen
2008
Camera Studies, Galleri MGM, Oslo
All Those Moments Will Be Lost, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
2007
Program: Initiative for Art + Architectural Collaborations, Berlin (with Hackenbroich
Architekten) Initial, Münster
Milieu, Bern
Relative Value, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen
Galleri MGM, Oslo
2006
Good Times Make You Think that You Are the Lucky One, Buia Gallery, New York
BAR-Code Program, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent (upcoming)
Forward Momentum, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
2005
Process Room, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Hordaland Kunstsenter (with Josefine Lyche and Lars Morell), Bergen
Unfinished Painting, Yvon Lambert Project Room, New York
2004
Painting Myself into a Corner, Galleri MGM, Oslo
Some Titles for Which I Don't Know What to Make, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen,
Berlin
2003
Galleri MGM, Oslo
You Are Always Alone in the Cinema (J. Monk), Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Quarantine Series, Amsterdam
2002
Mind [the] Space (with Gardar Eide Einarsson), Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Group Exhibitions (including installations for art fairs and other
projects)
2011
You are Free, curated by Julie McKim & Daniel Kingery, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
ΔΤΧ (Delta Tau Chi), OR Gallery, Berlin, curated by Håvard Pedersen
Figurer og fortellinger, curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran and Grete Årbu, norsk samtidskunst fra Astrup Fearnley samlingen, Sogn Kunstsenter, Lærdalsøyri
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Stop and Go, curated by Mathias Wagner, galerie baer I raum für aktuelle kunst, Dresden
2010
Grafosfæren, curated by Truls Ramberg, Norske Grafikere, Oslo
The Supreme Council of Higher Beings, SIM, Reykjavik
Stoff, Stockholm Fringe Fest, Stockholm
Øyafestivalen, curated by Marianne Karlsen, Oslo
Rahmenprogramm, project organized by AW Available Works during the ArtForum fair, Berlin
Redefining Centre, Artlight Domaquaree, Berlin
Das Schönste im Leben, Pilotenküche, Leipzig
Open Light in Private Spaces, 1. Biennale for International Light Art, Ruhr
Intensif-Station, curated by Dr. Susanne Meyer-Büser, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Metropolis, Galerie M+R Fricke, Berlin
SHAZAM!, c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
You are Free, curated by Julie McKim & Daniel Kingery, Tape Modern, Berlin
2009
Timemachine, Jahresgaben-Ausstellung, curated by Vlado Velkov, Kunstverein
Arnsberg, Arnsberg
Herre i eget hus?, BOA, Oslo
Blytt and Rooney Curate Something Nice, curated by Declan Rooney and Are Blytt
Kunstprojects, Berlin
CAM, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen
Utpust! (Sørlandsutstillingen), Christianssands Kunstforening, Kristiansand;
Skien Kunstforening, Skien;
Arendal Kunstforening, Arendal
Bunnies, it must be bunnies, curated by Erlend Hammer Lautom Contemporary,
Oslo
How to work better. Das Büro im Atelier, curated by Christiane Rekade,
The University of
Jena/Kunstverein Jena, Intershop Tower (Leutragraben 1, 11. Etage), Jena
2008
Up Against the Wall, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
De:Place, Re:Place, Seoul Design Olympiad, Seoul
40/40, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
Hove Festival, Tromøya, Arendal
Alone in the Dark, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
High Come Down, Smia, Kristiansand
Art is Not Mute, Hit, Gothenburg
Lights On – norsk samtidskunst, The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern
Art, Oslo (cat.)
2007
Røtter i Porsgrunn, Porsgrunn Fengsel/Porsgrunn Kunstforening, Porsgrunn
Pawnshop, e-flux, New York
Tomorrow, Kumho Museum and Artsonje Center, Seoul
Tempo, Skien (cat.)
Art is Not Mute, Ersta Konsthall, Stockholm; ICA-Dunaújváros,
Dunaújváros, Hungary
Where Euclid Walked, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul (cat.)
The Yeonhee-Dong 195 Recidency Project: A Hundred Ideas and Ten Thousand Combinations,
Yeonhee-Dong 195, Seoul (cat.)
Stuff, Detroit MOCA, Detroit
Believers & Illusionists, R. T. Hansen, Berlin
Vorstellen, formulieren – Sprache als Modell der Wirklichkeit, K3 –
Project Space, Zürich
I Will Never Make It!, Kunstraum D21, Leipzig
Invisible Jet, Buia Gallery, New York
Poster Project, Participant Inc./Devon Costello & Ilya Lipkin, New York
2006
Poster Project, Kantor Feuer Window Space/Devon Costello & Ilya Lipkin,
New York
Rio, Artnews Projects, Berlin
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami
Cosa Nostra, Glassbox, Paris
JRP|Ringier – We Make Books With Art, Daviet-Thery, Paris
Nordiske spor, Galleri Trafo, Asker
Please Love Me: Architectural Style and the Love Letter, Walker's Point Center
for the Arts, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|37|Basel, Basel
Breezer, Buia Gallery, New York
Oslo Art Festival, Members Club/Prosjektskolen, Oslo
Bound_less, Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger; Nord-Trøndelag fylkesgalleri,
Namsos (touring exhibition/the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design;
catalogue)
Super, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
2005
Yellow Pages (with John Armleder & Team 404), Museum of Modern and
Contemporary Art (MAMCO), Geneva; Kunsthalle Palazzo, Basel/Liestal; Turm
Gallery, Helmstedt
Pro 2005, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (cat.)
The Failure, Korridor, Berlin
Gallery Artists, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Present Perfect!, T293, Naples
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|36|Basel, Basel
ChangdonGo!, The National Art Studio, Seoul (cat.)
Prague Biennale 2, Karlin Hall, Prague (cat.)
Post Notes, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Post Notes, ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
Installation, Galleri MGM, ARCO, Madrid (cat.)
Bound_less, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo; Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø;
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum
Eikaasgalleriet, Jølster; Trondarnes Distriktsmuseum, Harstad; Kulturkontoret,
Eidsberg kommune;
Grenselandmuseet, Kirkenes (touring exhibition/Riksutstillinger; catalogue)
2004
Salong 100, Oslo
None of the Above, The Swiss Institute, New York
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art Forum Berlin, Berlin (cat.)
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|35|Basel, Basel (cat.)
Desidolize Now, Exposition internationale d'art contemporain Jeune Creation,
Paris
MixMax, Artsonje Center, Seoul (cat. + booklet)
2003
Høstutstillingen, (with Øystein Aasan), Kunstnernes Hus/Oslo
Sentralstasjon, Oslo (cat.)
...it's Alive, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
Installation, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Art|34|Basel, Basel
Ideologia 2, Röda Sten, Gothenburg (cat.)
Southbound – Case Study of an Imaginary Community in Berlin, Spittelmarkt,
Berlin (cat.)
2002
40 Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen, (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Fluxus Festival
2002, Wiesbaden
Sliding Down the Surface of Things II, Sthlm Art Fair, Stockholm
o VER Station no.2/Passenger (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Astrup Fearnley Museum
of Modern Art, Oslo
2001
o VER Magazine (with Rirkrit Tiravanija), Oslo Kunsthall/The Academy of Fine
Arts, Oslo
Sliding Down the Surface of Things, The Life Foundation, Stockholm
Other Places, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
2000
Form 2000 (touring exhibition), Norsk Form/Momentum Ekstra, Moss; Norsk Form,
Rådhusplassen,
Oslo; Tromsø Museum, Tromsø; Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø;
Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum,
Trondheim (cat.)
Curated Exhibitions
2010
Solo-exhibitions by Sex Tags, Are Blytt, video screening by Pike & Nug,
Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien (upcoming, September)
Josefine Lyche with Ane Graff, Henrik Pask and Lars Brekke, solo-exhibition
by Camilla Kloster and video screening by Kristian Skylstad, Telemark Kunstnersenter,
Skien (upcoming, April)
2009
Group exhibition: "Tempo som tanke - byrom som skisse" (featuring
Anna Daniell, Morten Kildevæld Larsen, Are Blytt, Petter Buhagen, Tor
Børresen, Snorre Ytterstad, Lars Morell, Sandra Norrbin, Gard Andreas
Frantzsen, Steffen Håndlykken, Kjell Varvin, Nicklas Gahnstrøm,
Tuva Gonsholt, Åsil Bøthun, Mathias Steinbru, Anne Guro Larsmon,
Siri Østvold, Frode Markhus, Marianne Zamecznik, aiPotu (Anders Kjellesvik
og Andreas Siqueland) and Stian Ådlandsvik), solo-exhibition by Anders
Valde and screenings of Grovt Skadeverk 1 & 2, Telemark Kunstnersenter,
Skien (upcoming, November)
2009
Solo-exhibitions by Johan Strandahl, Kristofer Henriksson, video screening
by Vårin Andersen and book release of "Norsk Graffiti 1984-2008"
published by Ocht Forlag, Oslo (ISBN 978-82-998137-0-9), Telemark Kunstnersenter,
Skien
2009
Solo-exhibitions by Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Brita Been and video screening
by Bengt Gabrielsen,Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien
2009
Group exhibition: "Første tanke = beste tanke" (featuring
Yokoland, Sølvi Strand, Lars Morell, Sandra Norrbin, Kristin Nordhøy,
Siri Østvold and Samuel Olou), Tempo Skien, Skien
2008
Group exhibition: "Ten Raised to the Eighty-first Power" (featuring
Tor Børresen, Dag Erik Elgin, Kristofer Henriksson, Torgeir Husevaag,
Camilla Kloster, Stian Kluge, Jonathan Monk, Kristian Skylstad and Vibeke
Tandberg), Galleri MGM, Oslo
2008
A series of group exhibitions: "Rykk tilbake til start!" (#1 featuring
Ane Graff, Anders Smebye, Anders Valde, Are Blytt, Are Hauffen, Are Mokkelbost,
Arne Borgan, Arnell/Lello, Atle Hynne, Bård Ask, Leander Djønne,
Steinar Kristensen and Åsil Bøthun; #2 featuring Christian Brandt,
Christina Peel, Dag Erik Elgin, Daniel Theodor Jangmar Paulsen, Gard Frantzsen,
Hjørdis Kuraas, Ignas Krunglevicius, Ingrid Lønningdal, Ingvild
Kjær Tofte and Ingvild Langgård; #3 featuring Camilla Kloster,
Christian Blandhoel, Christin E. Holthe Olsen, Josefine Lyche, Karolin Tampere,
Kjell Varvin, Kristian Skylstad, Kristin Nordhøy, Lars Morell, Magnus
Vatvedt, Maren Juell Kristensen, Maria Sundby, Steffen Håndlykken and
Yngvild Rolland; #4 featuring AKFF!, Endre Aalrust, Erlend Hammer, Morten
Kildevæld Larsen, Munan Øvrelid, Oda Broch/Sondre H. Bjørgum,
Pablo Castro, Per Osker Leu, Randi Nygaard, Richard Nygård, Stian Eide
Kluge, Richard Øiestad, Sex Tags and Sofie Berntsen; #5 featuring Anne
Szefer Karlsen, Arentz/Heibø, Bjørn-Kowalski Hansen, Eva Kun,
Ivan Brodey, Karen Kviltu Lidal, Liv Tandrevold Eriksen, Marius Martinussen,
Maya Økland, Odd Fredrik Heiberg, Permafrost, Stine Walderhaug, Susanne
Kathlen Mader, Sverre Malling, Terje Nicolaisen, Thor Oreld/Leon Mathisen
and Torgeir Husevaag; #6 featuring Jeannette Christensen, Johan Sæther,
Kari Steihaug, Kim Andre Hagen/Diana Ailin, Lars Brekke, Marlie Mul, Marte
Johnslien, Mikkel Wettre, Nils Olav Bøe, Per Hess, Sandra Vaka, Trond
Hugo Haugen, Trond Kasper Mikkelsen, Ulf Verner Carlsson, Vibeke Tandberg,
Yngve Holen and Øivind Kristiansen/Nils Wogsted), 0047 Oslo, Oslo
2006–2007
Various projects, solo- and group exhibitions (Including solo exhibitions
by Leigh Bridges, Mark Neufeld, Christina Peel; group exhibition Dødsstjerne
with Ane Graff, Kine Lillestrøm, Lars Morell, Pushwagner and Jordan
Wolfson; book presentation Neobiota – Fragments of Misunderstanding
by Christine de la Garenne and Via Lewandowsky), Leif Magne Tangens, Skien,
Norway
2006
Dødsstjerne (including Ane Graff, Kine Lillestrøm, Lars Morell,
Pushwagner, Jordan Wolfson), Leif Magne Tangens, Skien
2005
Hook-up (3 Curators/30 Days): Flicker!, Group Exhibition, Projekt 0047, Berlin
Past/Present/Forever, Group Exhibition, Buia Gallery, New York
There is No Such Such Thing as the Real World, Group Exhibition (curated by
Nicolai Gerner-Mathisen,
concept by Jan Christensen), Galleri MGM, Oslo
2003
Look Into the Future – and Understand Why, Group Exhibition, IASPIS
Galleriet, Stockholm
Perfect Timeless Repetition, Group Exhibition, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen,
Berlin
2001
Torgeir Husevaag: Stiff Neck, Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo
2000
Richard D. James: Aphex Twin, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
1999
Karl Fredrik Runeson: Skulls and Bones, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
Grants, Prizes and Residencies
2011
BKV kunstnerstipend/working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Oslo
International support grant: You are Free, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna. OCA, Oslo
International support grant: SAMUSO/Artsonje Art Center, Seoul. OCA, Oslo
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
2010
Artist in residence, Montana State University, Bozeman
Studio residency, Seljavegur, SIMRES, Reykjavik
International support grant: K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
BKV 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-year working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond,
Oslo
2009
Exhibition grant/utstillingsstipend, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd,
Oslo
BKV 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-year working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond,
Oslo
2008
Travel Grant, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Seoul
BKH 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-Year Artist Grant, Bildende Kunstneres
Hjelpefond, Oslo
2007
Travel Grant, The Royal Norwegian Embassy, Seoul
Yeeonheedong 195 Recidency Project, The Art Council of Korea, Seoul
Yeeonheedong 195 Recidency Project, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture,
Seoul
BKH 1-årig kunstnerstipend/1-Year Artist Grant, Bildende Kunstneres
Hjelpefond, Oslo
International Support Grant: Group Exhibition, Zürich. OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Oslo
2006
Grant, The Legacy of Forsberg and Aulie/Forsbergs og Aulies Legat, Oslo
Studio Residency, Skien Kommunes Kunstnerstipend, Skien (Norway)
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
2005
International Support Grant: Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel/Muttenz. OCA (Office
for Contemporary Art
Norway), Oslo
Studio Residency, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou/Nantes (France)
2-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere
– 2 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
International Support Grant: Residency, Dublin. OCA (Office for Contemporary
Art Norway), Oslo
International Support Grant: Prague Biennial 2. OCA (Office for Contemporary
Art Norway), Oslo
Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Inc., New York
Studio Residency, The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
International Support Grant: Group show, New York. OCA (Office for Contemporary
Art Norway), Oslo
2004
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfonds Prosjektstøtte, NBK, Oslo
International Support Grant: Residency, Seoul. OCA (Office for Contemporary
Art Norway), Oslo
Studio Residency, The International Studio Program of Changdong, The National
Art Studio, Seoul
Grant, The Legacy of Christian Lorck Schive and his Wife, Oslo
ASEF Cultural Grant, The Asia-Europe Foundation, Singapore
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
Studio Residency, Villa Arson, Nice
2003
Studio Residency, IASPIS, Stockholm
BKH's Art Prize/Høstutstillingsprisen (with Øystein Aasan),
Høstutstillingen, Oslo
The Norwegian Shipping Foundation's Art Prize (with Øystein Aasan),
Høstustillingen, Oslo
Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki
1-Year Working Grant/Statens arbeidsstipend for yngre/nyetablerte kunstnere
– 1 år, Statens Kunstnerstipend, Oslo
Studio Residency, Nordic Air: IASPIS, Stockholm. NIFCA, Helsinki
Grant, The Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Oslo
2002
Exhibition Grant/Debutantstøtte, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd,
Oslo
2001
Grant/Utstyrstøtte, The Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd,
Oslo
Sleipnir (travel grant), NIFCA, Helsinki
Collections and Public Installations
2011
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
2010
Private collection, Berlin
Eiendomsspar, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Østlandsterminalen, Posten Norge, Lørenskog
KLP, Oslo
2009
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
2008 Halden Kulturhus, Halden
Stridsklev Badehall, Porsgrunn
Advokatkontoret Selmer, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Seoul
NHO, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
Quality Hotel 33, Oslo
Sentralsykehuset i Akershus, Nye A-Hus, Lillestrøm
2007
Aker Kværner, Fornebu
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
Private collection, Berlin
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
2006
Private collection, New York
Blind Walls, Public installation, Ghent
Private collection, New York
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Berlin
Sixty Hotel, Riccione
Private collection, San Diego
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Miami
Exit Basel, public installation. Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel
2005
Quality Hotel 11, Gothenburg
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Bogstad skole, Oslo
Private collection, Berlin
2004
Private collection, New York
Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Oslo
Private collection, Lofoten/London
2003
Site-specific installation. Private collection, Berlin
Montblanc, Hamburg
2002
Site-specific installation. Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger; Oslo Kemnerkontor,
Oslo
2001
Arts Council Norway/Norsk Kulturråd; Møre og Romsdal Fylkesgalleri,
Molde