Biography

Born 1967 in Oslo
Lives and works in Oslo


Education and residencies

1999/2000 Delfina Studio Trust, London
1998/1999 International Studio Program, ISP, New York
1997/1998 Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
1995/1997 Department of Film and Photography, MFA, Film och Fotohögskolan i Göteborg
1991/1994 Department of Photography, Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, BFA, Bergen


Solo exhibitions

2012
Mumbles, Klosterfelde, Berlin

2011
Klosterfelde, Berlin

2010
A Real Feeling, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto
Winehouse Variations, Galleri MGM, Oslo

2009
Vibeke Tandberg, Norrköping Art Museum, Norrköping
The hamburger turns in my stomach and I throw up on you. Liquid hamburger. Then I hit you. After that we are both out of words, Gio Marconi, Milan

2008
A Piece of Me, Klosterfelde, Berlin
A Piece of Me , c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Tear Rear Fear, Galleri MGM, Oslo

2007
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg
Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer (cat.)
The Waste Land, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2006
Monday, January 2, 2006, Galleri MGM, Oslo
Art Unlimited, Klosterfelde Berlin and c/o Gerhardsen Berlin, Basel

2005
La Nuova Pesa Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Rome (cat.)
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover
Sammlung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Hannover
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Reading the Newspaper Without Hands, Klosterfelde, Berlin

2004
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Yvon Lambert, Paris
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo (cat.)
Gio Marconi Galleri, Milano
FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen

2002
Gagosian Gallery, London
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Klosterfelde, Berlin
Yvon Lambert, Paris

2000
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun (cat.)
Yvon Lambert, Paris
Gio Marconi, Milan

1999
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Martin Klosterfelde, Berlin
Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

1998
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Yvon Lambert, Paris
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Martin Klosterfelde, Berlin
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo

1997
Fotogalleriet, Oslo
Gallery F-15, project room, Moss

1996
Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger (cat.)


Selected group exhibitions

2011
L’art est un sport de combat, Musée des Beaux –Arts de Calais, Calais
Another Story: Possessed by the Camera, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Of peoples and places, Hilton, Athens

2010
Group show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Demain vous n'y penserez plus, Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes
Don´t call me pretty: Women in art, PanAmerican Art Projects, Miami
Neugierig?, Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn
Stir heart: Women Who Move Art I, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo

2009
The four photographer collection, Tomio Koyama Editions, Kyoto
hotchpotch@MKII, Hotch Potch, London
Group show, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin
Pas nécessaire et pourtant indispensable. 1979-2009 : 30 ans d’art contemporain à Meymac, Abbaye St. André - Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac
A K Dolven, Dag Erik Elgin, Kristian Skylstad, Vibeke Tandberg, Martin Skauen - New works, Galleri MGM, Oslo
Narratives, PanAmerican Art Projects, curated by Gerardo Mosquera, Miami
Pulsioni Performative , curated by Giacomo Zaza, Corrado Giaquinto/Pinacoteca Provinciale, Bari
Der Schmerz sitzt tief, curated by Beate Kemfert, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
28th Biennale de Sao Paulo Selection Exhibition, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago

2008
In living contact, 28th Biennale de São Paulo, São Paulo
“Ich kann mir nicht jeden Tag ein Ohr abschneiden”, Dekonstruktionen des Künstlermythos, curated by Dr. Gabriele Knapstein, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
10 to the 81st power, Galleri MGM, Oslo
Modern Love: Gifts to the Collection from Heather and Tony Podesta, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington
Home is the Place you Left, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim
Norsk Hydro´s Collection, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
Videothèque, Art Basel, Basel
Revolutions – Forms That Turn, The Biennial of Sydney, Sydney
Rykk tilbake til start! #6, 0047 OSLO, Oslo
Nord Nord West – Vibeke Tandberg, Annika Ström, Vanessa Baird, Amy Adler, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Reality Check. Contemporary Art from the mid-90s to the present, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

2007
Modern Norwegian Art Photography, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
Mask, James Cohan Gallery, New York
La parola nell´arte / The word in art, Mart – Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto
Fit to print, Gargosian Gallery, New York
I is he, I are they? The reflexive approach as a construction of otherness, The Center of Contemporary Art of Meymac, Meymac
Øyenvitne, Preus Fotomuseum, Horten
Border Jam, Blanes Museum, curated by Gerardo Mosquera, Montevideo
Timer. Intimacy, curated by Gianni Mercurio and Demetrio Paparoni, Triennale di Milano, Milan
Oh my God!, Vestfossen kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen
IMAGES OF MAN today, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen
La Cuadratura del Cono, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo
Private. Living with Contemporary Art, Galleri F15, Moss

2006
Eye Witness, Moderne Museet c/o Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg (cat.)
Sight/Insight: Contemporary photography from the Heather and Tony Podesta collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
5 Tage bis zum Ende der Kunst – Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
Figures of the Player. The Paradox of the Actor, Collection Lambert, Avignon
Dreamlands Burn, Kunsthalle Budapest, curated by Lívia Páldi, Budapest (cat.)
Art, Life and Confusion, 47. October Salon Belgrade, curated by René Block and Barbara Heinrich, Belgrade (cat.)
Anniversary Show, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Concrete language, Contemporary Art Gallery, curated by Jenifer Papararo, Vancouver
Figures de l’ acteur, Collection Lambert, Musée d’art contemporain, Avignon
Prosjektrommet 93-06, Moss Bryggeri Utstillingshall, Moss
Déjà vu, Elverket, Ekenäs (cat.)
Message personnel, Yvon Lambert, Paris
Anagramme, MAC's Grand Hornu – Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu
Fictions Abound, curated by Andrea Lange, Fotogallery, Cardiff
Astrup Fearnley Collection: Photo and Video, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo

2005
Modern Times, curated by Maria Rosa Sossai, Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro, Italy (cat.)
Das Heldenbild in der zeitgenössischen Kunst / La figure du héros dans l’art contemporain, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Switzerland
Morir de amor, (curated by Pamela Echeverría), Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte (Muca Campus), Mexico City
Nytt Norsk Fotografi, (curated by Jonas Ekeberg), Norsk Museum for Fotografi, Preus Fotomuseum, Horten
Per Barclay, A K Dolven, Vibeke Tandberg, Galleri MGM AS, Oslo
Teamed up, curated by Dorothée Brill, ICA, London
La collection d’Enea Richi, Collection Lambert, Musée d’art contemporain, Avignon
Alias & Alibi, Fries Musem, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
The Gesture. A Visual Library in Progress, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece

2004
Really True! Photography and the Promise of Reality, (curated by Sigrid Schneider/Stefanie Grebe), Ruhrlandmuseum Essen
io mi ricordo, Galleria s.a.l.e.s., Roma
Le Proche et le Lointain, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan
Repulsion, (curated by Heidi Schlatter), University Galleries, Illinois State University, Illinois
Dimension folly, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
Artprojx Cinema Series Two, London
In a Norwegian Wood – Norwegian Art of the Last Decade, Zacheta Galerie, Warsaw
Everything is Connected, he, he, he, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Arkens Samling / Arkens Collection, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen

2003
Beyond Paradise, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai
Loop, Reg Vardy Gallery, Sunderland
Yours Truly, Nils Staerk Gallery, Copenhagen
See you: See Me, Galleri Voss, Voss
De padres a hijos. Obras de la Colección Lambert, Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Madrid
Photographier – To Photograph, Collection Lambert. Musée d’art contemporain, Avignon

2002
Le Studio/Special Video Projects, Yvon Lambert/Trans>Area, New York
Superstudio, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Todos Somos Pecadores, Museo Rufino Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
The Other Face – Metamorphoses of the Photographic Portrait, Deutsches Museum, Munich
Portrait as Performance, Hand Workshop Art Center, Richmond; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach
Monitor. Volume 2, Gagosian Gallery, London/New York
On the Top of the World, Gio Marconi, Milan
The World May be Fantastic, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
Beyond Paradise, National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand / National Art Gallery Kuala
Lumpur (cat.)
The Eye of the Beholder, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee

2001
Rendez-Vous N° 3, Collection Lambert, Avignon
A Work in Progress, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Museum2, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Footloose, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Interference, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena (cat.)
Sport in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Arles Photography festival, Arles
Ambivalente fortellinger, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer
Endtroducing, Villa Arson, Nice
Videonale 9, Bonn (cat.)
Azerty, Un abécédaire autour des collections du FRAC Limousin, Centre Pompidou, Paris
The Beauty of Intimicy – Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck
Can You Hear Me? 2nd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Bergen Kunsthall; Galleria OTSO, Espoo (cat.)

2000
The Beauty of Intimicy – Lens and Paper, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Rendez Vous #2, Lambert Collection, Avignon
Mechanismus und Ausdruck, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Automobility. Women, Vehicles and social Transgression, Shedhalle, Zürich
Museum, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (cat.)
Pave The Earth, Samtidskunstforum, Oslo
Ich ist etwas Anderes. Kunst am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunstsamlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (cat.)
Organising Freedom. Nordic art of the 90’s., Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen (cat.)
Cross Roads, Comunidad de Madrid, Sala de Espana Hall, Madrid
Kunst På Arbeidsplassen 50 år, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo (cat.)
Can You Hear Me? 2nd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Kunsthalle Rostock; Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius; Kunst Haus Dresden (cat.)

1999
See You : See Me, National Touring Exhibitions, Norway (cat.)
Another Girl, Another Planet, Rubin/Greenberg Fine Art, New York (cat.)
Social Engagement, Politics and the Everyday in Art, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
Groupshow, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
Digital Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Tendance, Abbaye St. André – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Meymac
Welcome to the Art World, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (cat.)
Can You Hear Me? 2nd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel (cat.)
Groupshow, Eleni Korona Gallery, Athens
Efny 1999, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Nordic Light, Montevideo, Amsterdam
Körperinszenierungen, Oper Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Events, Yvon Lambert, Paris
Groupshow, Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

1998
Remix, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes (cat.)
Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale, Berlin (cat.)
Summer show, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Avatar, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
Not Strictly Private, Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld
Contemporary Self Portraits, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Pakkhus, Momentum I, Moss (cat.)

1997
c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
Tête-à-tête, Bildmuseet, Umeå
Magiske Bilder, Stavanger Art Association, Stavanger
Des Histoires en Formes, Magasin, Grenoble (cat.)
Invasion, Saaremaa Biennial, Saaremaa (cat.)
M.A.P., Vantaa Museum of Visual Arts, Vantaa (cat.)
Nor-a-way, Stadtgalerie, Kiel (cat.)

1996
Short Stories, Altes Rathaus, Göttingen (cat.)
Electra, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (cat.)
UKS Biennial, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (cat.)
Exiles, Overgaden, Copenhagen (cat.)
PB1, Gallery 54, Göteborg

1995
Obsessions, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede (cat.)
Fabrication of History, Saaremaa Biennal, Saaremaa (cat.)
Vårutstillingen, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
To Mary, Bohuslans museum (cat.)
Dixi. Young Artists Exhibition, Oslo (cat.)

1994
Octett, Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen
4 Posisjoner, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
NU, Gallery Index, Stockholm


Public Collections

National Museum of Art, Oslo
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen
Collection Lambert, Avignon
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Fonds regional d’art contemporain du Limousin, Limoges
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj
Tony Podesta Collection, Falls Church
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
Guggenheim Collection, New York
Museum of Contempory Art San Diego, San Diego
Telenor, Norway
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger, Oslo


Bibliography: Monographs / Catalogues on Solo Exhibitions / Artist Books

Cristophe Boutin/Melanie Scarciglia/Vibeke Tandberg; A.W. Abstractions, Onestar press, Paris (2010)
Janeke Meyer Utne; Vibeke Tandberg, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer; Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg (2007)
Giacomo Zaza; Vibeke Tandberg, La Nuova Pesa, Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea (2005)
Hanne Beate Ueland; Vibeke Tandberg, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo (2004)
Lars Bang Larsen/Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt; Vibeke Tandberg, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin (2003)
Madeleine Schuppli; Vibeke Tandberg, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun (2000)
Einar J. Børresen; Vibeke Tandberg. Living Together, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger (1997)


Bibliography: Catalogues on Group Exhibitions / Books

2008
Ich kann mir nicht jeden Tag ein Ohr abschneiden. Dekonstruktionen des Künstlermythos, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Home is the Place you Left, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim
In living contact, 28th Biennale de São Paulo, São Paulo
Reality Check. Contemporary Art from the mid-90s to the present, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
The Newspaper, No. II, published by Eleanor Brown, London

2007
Norske kunstfotografier, edited by Cecilie Malm Brundtland, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Oslo
Norsk fotohistorie. Frå daguerreotypi til digitalisering, edited by Peter Larsen and Sigrid Lien, Det norske samlaget, Oslo

2006
Dreamlands Burn, Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest
Eye Witness, Moderne Museet c/o Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg
Art, Life and Confusion, 47. October Salon Belgrade, edited by René Block, Belgrade
Kunsttherapie & Lebenskunst, by Bettina Meffert, Fachhochschule für Kunsttherapie Nürtingen, Nürtingen
FACES. The New Photographic Portrait, Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne, Thames & Hudson, London (upcoming)
Modern Times, Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Nuoro (upcoming)
Dejà vu, Galleri Elverket, Ekenäs

2005
La Nuova Pesa, Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Rome
Selviakttakelse – en tendense i kunst og litteratur, Eivind Røssaak, Norsk Kulturråd
Art Works: Perform, by Jens Hoffman and Joan Jonas, New York
La Beauté du geste, by Jean-Marc Huitorel, Editions du Regard, Paris

2004
The Photograph as Contemporary Art, by Charlotte Cotton, Thames & Hudson
Wirklich wahr! Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien, Sigrid Schneider, Stefanie Grebe, Ruhrlandmusem Essen

2003
Todos Somos Pecadores, Museo Rufino Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Recherches dans l’œuvre de Vibeke Tandberg: Hybridation et identifé, by Marina Varouta, Maîtrise de l’Art, Professor: Claude Frontisi, Université de Paris X-Nanterre
Fotografi som digital bild. Narration och navigation I fyra nordiska konstverk, by Karin Wagner, Tryck Intellecta DocuSys AB, Göteborg, 2003, pp. 41–77
Vibeke Tandberg, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen/Berlin, Yvon Lambert/Paris, The Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs

2002
On the Top of the World, Gio Marconi, Milan (CD)
The World May be Fantastic, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
Das zweite Gesicht. Metamorphosen des fotografischen Porträts / The Other Face. Metamorphoses of the Photographic Portrait, Deutsches Museum, Munich
Art Now, edited by Uta Grosenick & B. Riemschneider, Taschen Verlag, pp. 496–499
Beyond Paradise: Nordic artists travel east, edited by Moderna Museet Stockholm, Stockholm

2001
Interferenze Nordic Countries, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena
Sport in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg
Gunnar Danbolt: Norsk kunsthistorie, Oslo
Action, on tourne / Action, we’re filming, Villa Arson, Nice
Syv ambivalente fortellinger om Kjønn og Identitet, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Trondheim Kunstmuseum
Videonale 9, concept: Søren Grammel, Bonn
The Beauty of Intimicy – Lens and Paper, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; Kunstraum Innsbruck

2000
Ich ist etwas Anderes. Kunst am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Kunst på arbeidsplassen 50 år, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
Organising Freedom, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Masker, redited J. E. Rekdal and A. Sveen, Oslo
Mechanismus und Ausdruck. Die Sammlung Ann und Jürgen Wilde, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover

1999
See You: See Me, National Touring Exhibitions
Another Girl, Another Planet, Rubin / Greenberg Fine Art, New York
Welcome to the Art World, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Can You Hear Me?, 2. Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, edited by Kathrin Becker, Köln
Like Virginity, Once Lost. Five Views on Nordic Art, edited by Daniel Birnbaum & John Peter Nilsson, Malmö

1998
Remix – Images Photographiques, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes
Pakkhus. Momentum Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, pp. 88–89
Contemporary.self.portraits, Sean Kelly Gallery / Very, New York
Berlin / Berlin, Berlin Biennale, Berlin

1997
M.A.P, Vantaa Museum of Visual Arts, Vantaa
Nor-A-Way. Young Art from Norway, Stadtgalerie im Kulturviertel/Sophienhof, Kiel

1996
UKS-biennalen, Unge kunstnernes samfund, Oslo
Foto-Szenen / Short Stories, edited by Stadt Göttingen and Ursula Schönewald, Göttingen
Vibeke Tandberg – Living Together, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger
Larsson, Lindgren, Lundin, Tandberg, Ekeberg, Hyperfoto catalogue #2, Oslo

1995
Fabrique d’Histoire, Saaremaa Biennaal’95 / Center for Contemporary Photography, Tallinn, pp. 58–6
Dixi – A Presentation of 34 Emerging Norwegian Artists, edited by K. Hansen, A.L. Stenseth and A.G. Thoresen, Oslo, pp. 40–41