LAURA BARTLETT GALLERY
10 Northington Street
London   WC1N 2JG
United Kingdom

Telephone +44 (0)20 7404 9251
Facsimile +44 (0)20 7430 1731
Email mail@laurabartlettgallery.com

1975 Born, Fredrickstad, Norway

Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

1998-2002
MFA Fine Art, National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1996-1998
BA Fine Art, Mølla Artschool, Moss, Norway
2007-2008
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Residency, Berlin


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

Øks (Østfold Kunstnersenter), Fredrikstad, Norway

Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

Sevents Swept The Sand Smooth, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles


2008

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

There's Plenty of Gold, I've Been Told,Galleri MGM, Oslo


2005

Dirty Work(s), Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden


2004

American Elk, Nordic Art Info, Oslo, Norway


2001

Blue Room, Subcomandante, Oslo, Norway



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2009

Against Exclusion, 3rd Moscow Biennale, Curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, Moscow, Russia

New Works, Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway

Internasjonalen 2nd Floor, Times (Fictional Covers) Soloshow, Oslo, Norway

Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Nachspiel/Vorspiel, Vestfossen, Norway

Pamphile-Show, Jet, Berlin

The Punishment of Luxury & Lust, Group show including Adrian Ghenie, Cyprien Gaillard, Ciprian Murusan and Martin Skauen, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, L.A., California

Resisting Times, Vice, Berlin Germany

Dark Matters, Peder Balke Senteret, Toten, Norway


2008

Galleri Gann, Sandnes, Norway

Norske Bilder 2008, Oslo Rådhus (Town Hall), Norway

Larm Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hardcore, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway

Tomorrow Always Belongs To Us, Goteborgs Kunsthall, Goteborg, Sweden

Lights on Contemporary Norwegian Art, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway

Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China, curated by Carol LU

Tegnebiennalen (The Drawing Biennial), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

Tegneknlubben, Tegneforbundet, Oslo, Norway

Holiday in Arcadia, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway


2007

Destroy Athens, Athens Biennial, Greece

Animotion, Galleri-F15, Moss, Norway, curated by Elisabeth Byrne

Living with Contemporary Art, Galleri-F15, Moss, Norway, curated by Ole Slyngstadli

The Drawing Club, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden

Future Primitive, UKS, Oslo, Norway

Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Germany


2006

Death of a Toastmaster, Carte Blance Gallery, Vestfossen, Norway

Imagine The Universe Bursts Into Song, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

Momentum Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway

Aneversity, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway

Norwegian Video, Museum for Modern Art, Gdansk, Poland

Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Polen


2005

Torpedo, Oslo, Norway

Diesel New Art, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo

The Observatory Vol I, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

Høstutstillingen, The Fall Exhibition, Artist House, Oslo

Suicide Sue, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway

Astra Castra, Cathleen Cullen Fine Arts, N.Y., USA

Tegneklubben, The Drawing Club, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway

It All Fuckin Fits, Vincent-lunge.com, Webgallery

The Body's Surface, Artek Contemporaries, New York, USA


2004

Studio 100, Oslo, Norway

Vekerø Sculpturegarden, Oslo, Norway

Rathhaus, Town Hall, Oslo, Norway


2003

Waterrats, Collaboration, Diip-project, Venice, Italy

Waterrats, Collaboration, Gallery F-15, Moss, Norway


2002

Entrance, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway


2001

The Bootstrappers, Artist House, Oslo, Norway

Summary, Rolf Hoff's collection, Kreditkassens main office, Oslo, Norway


2000

Norwegian Walking, Ocular Lab, Melbourne, Australia

Postprofessionalism, VCA, Melbourne, Australia

No Excuse, Gallery 21:26, Oslo, Norway


1999

Raw Force, Gallery 21:25, Oslo, Norway



SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS


2009

Myers Holly, Review, LA Times, April 3

COOMER Martin, "Martin Skauen", Time Out London, 12- 18 February


2008

D’AURIZIO Michele- Mousse Magazine, Issue 13, March

OLSSON Tommy, Golden Years- BilledKunst, March

KVARAN Gunnar B., Lights On, Norsk Samtidskunst

2007

Muehleisen, Wenche. and Sverre, Christel. The Meaning of Sex: A Selection of Artistic, Popular and Scholarly Explorations, Published by Pax Forlag, Norway

Destroy Athens, Catalogue for Athens Biennial

Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time: Strategies for a Discontinuous Future, Catalogue Frankfurt Kunstverein, Germany

Unravelling Demons, Catalogue

Sex(y) Kunstboka


2006

Drawings, Utflukt (www.utflukt.com)

Jules, Jason. "Universal Talent - Nordic Art," in Dazed and Confused magazine

Hubert, Martin. "Imagine The Universe Bursts into Song," in Time Out, 24 May

Lack, Jessica. "Imagine The Universe Bursts Into Song," in The Guide, 20 May


2005

Contribution to Truce Magazine, (www.truce.ch)

Contribution to Odd Magazine (www.oddmagazine.com)



PRIZES AND GRANTS


2005 - 2008

Two-Year Government Working Grant

First Prize, Diesel New Art Award, Category: Action/Draw


2004 - 2005

OCA Grant

Ingrid Langaards Fund