SVERRE BJERTNES Born in 1976. Lives and works in Oslo EDUCATION 2002 04 AKI Academyof Fine Art Enschede, Holland, under professor Emo Verkerk 1995 99 National Academyof Fine Arts, under professors Arvid Pettersen and Jan Sæther Solo Exhibitions 2014 The Stenersen Museum, Oslo; Sverre Bjertnes Cold Reading, January-April (Opening January 26) Galleri K, Oslo; Sverre Bjertnes Cold Reading, January 10-February 9 2013 James Fuentes Gallery, New York; Sverre Bjertnes Cold Reading, November 17- December 22 White Columns, New York; Sverre Bjertnes: If you really loved me you would be able to admit that you're ashamed of me, A Projective Identification by Bjarne Melgaard, March 12 April 20, 2013 The Armory Show 2013 (Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo), New York; Bjarne Melgaard Sverre Bjertnes, March 6-10 2012 Rob Bianco, Oslo; Laying the Ghost (Bjarne Melgaard & Sverre Bjertnes), February 10- March 31 Galleri K, Oslo; Climate Confusion Assistance (Sverre Bjertnes & Bjarne Melgaard), February 10-March 11 2011 Art Brussels (Galleri K), April 28-May 1 2010 Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Gråmølna, Norway; Obsolete, November 18-February 6, 2011 Galleri K, Oslo; Happiness of Henry Darger, November 12-December 17 VOLTA NY 2010 No Guts, No Glory (Galleri K), New York; March 4-7 2009 Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway; Sverre Bjertnes, June 20-September 20 Galleri K, Oslo; Sentiments, January 9-February 1 2007 Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway; Implosion, June 16-August 26 2006 Galleri K, Oslo; Implosion, September 22-October 22, 2006 Møre og Romsdal Kunstforening, Molde, Norway; Peripeteia, April 16-May 15
2005 Trondheim Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway; Peripeteia, July 28-August 20 Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo; Inkognito 2004 Trondheim Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway; Inkognito, September 26-November 7 2000 Norsk Anarkistisk Franksjon (Norwegian Anarchistic Fraction, a gallery run by the artist Bjarne Melgaard), Oslo, Sverre Koren Bjertnes, March 25-April 16 Selected Group Exhibitions 2012 Stenersenmuseet, Oslo; Fresh Paint, May 24-August 5 2011 Rod Bianco, Oslo; DRAWINGS: Sverre Malling, Bjarne Melgaard, Sverre Koren Bjertnes, Andreas Wide Røe Hagen, Thomas Falstad, December 8-January 8, 2012 Maccarone, New York; After Shelley Duvall ʼ72, September 17-October 22, 2011 2009 Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway; Nachspiel / Vorspiel, curated by Kristine Jærn Pilgaard, May 2-October 2 2008 Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway; Urban Life, curated by Arnt Fredheim, June 21-August 24 SCOPE Art Fair (Galleri K), Basel, Switzerland, June 3-8 2006 Galleri K, Oslo Artforum Berlin (Galleri K), September 30-October 4 Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway; Tradition and Renewal: Figurative Contemporary Painting, June 10-September 10 2005 Artforum Berlin (Galleri K), September 29-October 3 2004 Masterclass Exhibition, Amsterdam 2003 Nanjing Art Center, China 2002 UKS (Young Artists Society), Oslo, Norway; 2001 Galleri SE, Bergen, Norway Oslo, "Norske Bilder" Ullensaker Kunstforening, Jessheim, Norway; "Nekrologer," Nordic Art Biennale, "Ideologia" Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; Bergen Kunstforening, curated by Anders Eiebakke 2000 Drammen Kunstmuseum, Nekrologer, with Unni Askeland and Morten Viskum, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen; curated by Anders Eiebakke Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; Schpaa Festspillene i Harstad Galleri No 5, Bergen, Norway
1999 Stenersenmuseet, Oslo; Avgansutstillingen 1998 Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm (Galleri Ericson) 1997 Galleri Low, Atlanta, GA 1996 Statens Høstutstilling, Oslo 1995 Høvikodden Kunstsenter, Oslo; 2x2x2 1994 Sødertälje Kunsthall, Sødertälje, Sweden 1993 Blomqvist Kundsthandel, Oslo; I de dødes tradisjon 1992 Trondheim Kunstmusem, Trondheim, Norway; Desemberutstillingen Permanent Collections Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway The Art Museum of Northern Norway (Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum), Tromsø, Norway Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway Prizes Tildelt Anders Jahres Kulturpris, Juniorprisvinner, 2010 Books, Catalogues, Essays & Interviews Alissa Bennett Laying The Ghost, Sverre Bjarne, Climate Confusion Assistance, essay by Alissa Bennett, published Galleri K and Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo, February 2012, 368 pages Sverre Bjertnes, edited by Knut Ljøgodt and Charis Gullickson, 2009, 32 pages (Norwegian) Implosion, essays by Knut Ljøgodt and Gard Olav Frigstad, Filmography If you really loved me you would be able to admit that youʼre ashamed of me, A film by Bjarne Melgaard and Sverre Bjertnes, 2013, directed by Micah Perta and Ana Sanchez, Duration 0:07:16 Untitled (Scenes from a Marriage), A film by Sverre Bjertnes and Hanna-Maria Grønneberg, Creative Directors: Lauren Gregory and Nicholas Cueva, Running Time: 00:06:36
Selected Bibliography 2013 Adam Lindemann, Sverre Bjertnes and Bjarne Melgaard at White Columns, What Iʼm Seeing (online), March 28, 2013 Nicolas Linnert, Criticsʼ Pick: Sverre Bjertnes and Bjarne Melgaard, Artforum (online), March 28, 2013 (reproduction) Will Heinrich, ʻSverre Bjertnes: If You Really Loved Me You Would Be Able to Admit That Youʼre Ashamed of Meʼ at White Columns, The New York Observer, GalleristNY (online), March 23, 2013 The New Yorker, Goings on About Town, Art, Short List, March 18, 2013 YouTube, Vernissage TV, Sverre Bjertnes / Bjarne Melgaard at White Columns, New York, March 12, 2013 (video) Michael Slenske, Now Showing T Magazine (online), Culture, The New York Times, March 15, 2013 Alese Thomson, Artforum, Diary (online), Temporary Contemporary, March 12, 2013 Kevin McGarry, W Magazine (online), Sverre Bjertnes and Bjarne Melgaard Team Up At White Columns, March 11, 2013 (photos) Bill Cunningham, Evening Hours, The New York Times, March 10, 2013, Sunday Styles p 18 (photos) Blouin ARTINFO (online), SLIDESHOW: The Best Art of Armory Week 2013, March 8, 2013 (photos) Dion Tan, Blouin ARTINFO (online), VIDEO: 60 Works in 60 Seconds at The Armory Show, March 8, 2013 Linda Yablonsky, Artforum, Diary (online), Steppinʼ Up, March 9, 2013 (photos) Espen Arnold Hansen, Utroper Melgaard og Bjertnes til høydepunkt, VG (online), March 8, 2013 Karen Rosenberg, Homages, Giddy Humour and Less Clutter (review; The Armory Show), The New York Times, March 8, 2013, p C26 Violet Shuraka, Bjarne Melgaard at The Armory Show, Cheap & Plastique (online), March 8, 2013 David Everitt Howe and Brienne Walsh, The Armory Show, ArtReview (online), March 8, 2013 (reproduction) Deccan Chronicle (online), Centennial Armory Art Show in New York, March 7, 2013 (photo) Jason Farago, Armory Show aims to raise the bar amid threat from younger rivals, The Guardian (online), March 7, 2013 (reproduction) Dan Duray, Bjarne Melgaard and Sverre Bjertnes Offer Tribute to Mary Boone at Armory Show, GalleristNY, March 6, 2013 Julia Halperin, The Most Famous Norwegian Artist Since Munch Brings a Buddy to the Armory Show, Blouin ARTINFO (online), March 6, 2013 2012 Lars Elton, De 10 beste utstillingene i 2012 [The 10 Best Exhibitions in 2012]: #2 Sverre Bjertnes & Bjarne Melgaard, VG, Friday, December 28, 2012, pp 56-57 (reproduction) Line Ulekleiv, Formoppløsend syrebad (review), Kunstkritikk, International Editn, March 1, 2012 Mona Pahle Bjerke, Bjarne Melgaard og Sverre Bjertnes løfter hverandre gjennom sitt vellykkede samarbeid, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation NRK (online), February 13, 2012
Lotte Sandberg, Ypperlig parløp (review), Aftenposten, February 11, 2012, Kultur p 15 (reproduction) Børre Haugstad, photos by Trond Solberg, Pornstjernens tragedie (review), Verdens Gang (VG), February 10, 2012, pp 40-41 2011 Roberta Smith, Substance and Spectacle, New York Times, December 18, 2011, pp 27-28 Reasons to Love New York Right Now, 7 th Edition, #36, Because New Yorkʼs Galleries Are the Greatest Single Machine Ever Invented for Exhibiting Art (Jerry Saltz) New York, December 19, 2011, p 78 Jerry Saltz, The Year In Art Top 10, New York, December 12, 2011, pp 78-79 Adam Lindemann, A Visit to the Studio of Norwegian Phenom Bjarne Melgaard (blog), What Iʼm Seeing, www.adeamlindemann.com, December 8, 2011 Matthew Higgs, Best of 2011, Artforum, December 2011, pp 200-201 Scott Rothkopf, Best of 2011, Artforum, December 2011, pp 200-201 Andrew Russeth, After Shlley Duvall Bjarne Melgaard on Curating at Maccarone, GalleristNY, observer.com, October 21, 2011 Walter Robinson, Weekend Update, artnet.com, online, September 22, 2011 2010 Kjetil Røed, Paradoksal fornyelse (review), Aftenposten, November 22, 2010, p 12 (reproduction) Mona Gjessing, Hulebjørn og skattevokter (review), Klassekampen, November 17, 2010, pp 28-29 (reproduction) Margete Abelsen, Monumentale myter, Billedkunst, No. 7, July 2010 2009 Kjetil Røed, Maleriet som trosbekjennelse, Billedkunst, No. 1, February 10, 2009 (reproduction) Tommy Olsson, Et svart glis: Sverre Bjertnes skaper en usikkerhet man vanskelig kan verge seg mot (review), Morgenbladet, January 23, 2009 (reproduction) Solveig Lønmo, Solister i duett, adressa.no (online), January 14, 2009 Nina Marie Haugen Holmefjord, Mester i transformasjon, dagsavisen.no (online), January 12, 2009 (reproduction) Mona Larsen, Sannhet og følelser, Dagsavisen, January 10, 2009, pp 64-65 Olav Brostrup Müller, Vil åpne opp samtidskunsten, Klassekampen, January 10, 2009 Erik Bjørnskau, Oppgjør med kunstnermyten, Aftenposten, January 9, 2009 (reproduction) Elvind Kristensen, Overvant alkoholen, Tekstarkiv, dagbladet.no (online), January 5, 2009