OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN Born 1954 in Sortland in Vesterålen, Norway Lives and works in Berlin and Lya, Sweden Studies 1976 - 79 1980 - 81 1981 - 82 1982 - 83 1996

Arts and Crafts School, Oslo, Norway Art Academy, Oslo, Norway Studies in New York Studies in Berlin Professor in Painting at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg

Solo exhibitions 1979 1980 1981 1983 1984 1985 1987 1988 1989 1990

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Galleriet, Oslo, Norway Galleri I, Bergen, Norway Galleri J.M.S., Oslo, Norway Hammarlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway Galleri Cassandra, Drøbak, Norway Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway Demoralisert Landskap, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (cat.) Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm, Sweden 100 Tegninger, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway Galleri Tempo, Stockholm, Sweden Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany Pale Afternoons, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden Small Talk in Sweden, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway; Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden Nye malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (cat.) Dedikasjon, Galleri Eklund, Umeå, Sweden (cat.) Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden Drawings for Knut Hamsun´s ”Sult”, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter/Oslo, Norway Once from the Garden, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland Neue Bilder, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany Lack of Memory, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (cat.) Tegninger og malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway Bilder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany Lack of Memory, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany Birds of Passage, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden Teckningar 1986-1993, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland (cat.) Lack of Memory, Museet för Nutidskonst, Helsinki, Finland; Staatliche Museen Kassel-Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany (cat.) Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany (cat.)

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Malerei, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany (cat.) Drawings 1986-1993, Tallinn Art Hall,Tallinn, Estonia; Norræna húsid, Reykjavik, Iceland; Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München, Germany Die graphischen Mappenwerke, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig, Germany Small mans impression, Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway; Galleri Ismene, Trondheim, Norway Gilbert Brownstone, Paris, France Estimation, Gilbert Brownstone & Cie & Tracy Williams, Paris, France Galerie Bismarck, Bremen, Germany Since We All Came from the Same Place, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark Bilder 1990-1994, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (cat.) Neue Arbeiten, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany Von Zeit zu Zeit, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany (cat.); Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium Repetition, Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden Fra tid til annen, Traum einer Kindheit, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway Sleeping Poets, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway Once, La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France( cat.) Linguaphone, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden Sommertid, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany Andamios Interiores, 5. Literaturbegegnung, Schwalenberg, Germany Vongole, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (cat.) Dolce, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark Estimation, Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany (cat.) Radio, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany (cat.) Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany Biographie, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway (cat.) Territorium, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (cat.); Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athen, Greece Innocence, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany from Innocence, Kleinheinrich, Münster, Germany (cat.) Ten Days in May, Elisabeth Kaufman, Basel, Switzerland Innocence, Galerie Laage-Salomon, (Peintures récentes), Paris, France Ca. 25 tegninger, Rælingen Kunstforening, Sandbekkstua, Norway The Empty Drawing Room, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany; Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany; Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark (cat.) Palindrome, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway (cat.) Biographie – 15 Watercolours, Galleri Sølvberget, Stavanger, Norway Post Palindrome, Arnstedt&Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany Andamios Interiores, J.K.Fekene Collection Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg,Norway

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Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark The Empty Drawing Room, Drawings, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, England Moderation- A Section from the Empty Drawing Room, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany I am your best Friend, A series of 50 monotypes, Niels Borch Jensen Verlag und Dryck, Berlin, Germany Both, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England Some Secrets some Thinking Bells some Late Palindromes some Time Paintings some Brown Paintings, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway Some Secrets some Thinking Bells some Late Palindromes some Time Paintings some Brown Paintings, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark Bilder: 2002 – 2003, Barbara Gross Galerie, München, Germany La VidaArnstedt & Kullgren, Østre Karup, Sweden Time paintings, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany TranslationTracy Williams Ltd, New York I am your best Friend North Norwegian Cultural Festival Harstad Galerie Bob van Orsouw. Zurich Appendix – The third Section of the Empty Drawing Room, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York

Selected group exhibitions 1977 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

- 1985 Statens Kunstutstilling, Oslo, Norway Galleri JMS, Oslo, Norway Tegning, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway Fem unge ute, Galleri Riis, Trondheim, Norway Martin Luther, Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway Eröffnungsausstellung, Galerie Wissarth, Berlin, Germany Olav Christopher Jenssen og Dagfinn Knudsen, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway (cat.) Scandinavische Grafik, Scanart, Berlin, Germany Wang Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, with Galleri Riis Norwegian Contemporary Art, Galleri Lång, Malmö, Sweden N/Borealis, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany (cat.) Borealis 3, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (cat.) 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway Jubileumsutstilling, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway 8 fra Norge, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/Oslo, Norway Unknown North, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany Fem nordiska temperament, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden (cat.) Det grønne mørke, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland; Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden; Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway (cat.) Northlands, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England; The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (cat.) Transparencia Azul, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden;

(1991-92) Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo de Arto Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota,

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Colombia; Museo de Arte contemporaneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela; Museo Nacional, Lisboa, Portugal; Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.) Schwarze Bilder, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany (cat.) Polytypi, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway; (1991-92) Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland; Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden; Sakal Kulttuurikeskus, Tallinn, Estonia; Nordic Consul Assembly, Riksdagshuset, Helsinki, Finland; Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Estland; Tikanojas Konsthem, Vasa, Sweden (cat.) Nordiska Grafikktriennalen II, Norræna Húsid, Reykjavik, Island (cat.) The Spirit of the Shaman, Art against Aids, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden Tre kunstnere fra Norge, Kunstforeningen,Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.) Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany (cat.) Exil, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway (cat.) Border Crossings, Barbican Art Centre, London, England (cat.) All Words Suck, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden Det Kulturella Landskapet, Palazzo delle Esposizioni,Rome, Italy (cat.) Vereinigt II, Kunsthalle Brandts Klædesfabrik, Odense, Denmark Den Andra Given, Works from Frederik Roos collection, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden (cat.) Privat, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway (cat.) Olympic Winterland - Meeting with Norwegian Culture, Atlanta, USA; Tokyo, Japan; Barcelona, Spain; Munchen, Germany; Lillehammer, Norway (cat.) Udsyn - med Moderna Museet ind i 90erne, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.) Maleri, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark Group Show, Gilbert Brownstone, Paris, France og vestenfor måne, 13 norske malere, Astrup Fearnly Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway (cat.) Die Sammlung Schyl der Kunsthalle Malmö, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für Rheinlande, Düsseldorf and Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (cat.) Malerei, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany Egne plakater og editioner, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark Nuevas Abstracciones, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain (cat.) Ostsee Biennale, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany (cat.) Sculptures, Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München, Germany Was ist, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Wismar and Rostock, Germany Zeitgenössische Norwegische Kunst, Museum Folkwang, Essen and Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany Ordet, Storkyrkan, Stockholm Facetter av Nordeuropeisk kunst, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark ArtWORKS, WHO European Partnership Project to Reduce Tobacco Dependence, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, England; European tour Impulser, H.M. Dronning Sonjas Private Kunstsamling, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/Oslo, Norway (cat.) Arnstedt & Kullgren, Ôstra Karup, Sweden Reflux: Bergens Kunstforening 1953-2001, Bergen Kunstforening/Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway Introduction, Der Henrik-Steffens-Preisträger der Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. in Hamburg 2002 Olav Christopher Jenssen mit einingen seeiner Studenten von der

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Hochscule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Kulturforum Burgkloster zu Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany Premio Biella per lìncisione 2002, Museo del Territorio Biellese, Biella, Italy Le Syndrome de Babylone, Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Villa du Parc, Auvergne

Public Collections Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo, Norway Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger, Oslo, Norway Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden Statens Konstråd, Stockholm, Sweden Karin & Jules Schyls Donation, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden Fredrik Roos Collection, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, Denmark Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark The Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Ars Fennica, Tavastehus Kunstmuseum, Finland KIASMA,The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany Berliner Bank Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France Fonds National d´Art Contemporain, Puteaux, France Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA City Bank Art Collection, New York, USA British Museum, London, England Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris, France Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France Commissions 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001

Mural work at Wasa Insurance, Solna/Stockholm, Sweden Mural work at University of Oslo, Rammebygget/Helga Engs Hus, Oslo, Norway Berliner Bankverein, Berlin, Germany Norwegian Government, New Ministerial building, Oslo, Norway Wall painting at Trøndelag Theater, Trondheim, Norway Wall painting at Museum Der Dinge, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany Mural work at the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany Permanent work/ Mosaic, Telenor Hovedkvarter, Fornebu, Norway

Wall painting, Nykredit Hovedkvarter, Copenhagen, Denmark