RACHEL DAGNALL Born 1972, UK. Lives and Works in Oslo / Nesodden. Member of NBK, UKS, NBF. Education 2008-09 Diploma Multimedia Design, Noroff Institutt Oslo, N. 2003-05 MA Fine Art, Visual Art Dept, KHIO, N. 1993-97 BA hons. Fine Art, Environmental Art Dept, Glasgow School of Art, UK. 1992-93 Diploma, Art Foundation, Liverpool City College, UK. 1991-92 BA Philosophy, UCL, University of London, UK. Selected Solo Exhibitions 2015 Archive Development, Kurt Kurt, Berlin, D. 2012 LABOUR, Exhibition and Publication Launch, Kunsthall Oslo, N. 2009 Pumphouse Anthology, The Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK. 2008 The Street, A Public / Gallery Commission, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK. 2008 Fra Øst til Vest Overlevelsesstrategene, IKM / Oslo Museum, Oslo N. Supported by The Norwegian Arts Council. (Norsk Kulturråd) 2007 The Returning Officer, Spike Island, Bristol UK.. 2006 Henry VIII s Wives, Rathus Litchenburg, Berlin D Henry VIII s Wives, Aktualisierungsraum, Hamburg D. 2005 This is a beautiful land, We live in a beautiful land, Galleri IrisKadel, Karlsruhe,D. 2003 Do You remember this House at all? Galleri Iris Kadel, Karlsruhe, D. 2002 Light Without Shadow, Tramway, Glasgow. Scotland. 2001 The Fear of Death, The Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2000 The Desert Beautiful, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, SV. 1999 Green Stick Fracture, CCA. Glasgow, Scotland.
Selected Solo Exhibitions cont. 1998 9 Reasons to be an Optimist, UKS, Oslo, N. Supported by The Scottish Arts Council and Norsk Kulturråd. 1997 Henry VIII s Wives, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland. Selected Group Exhibitions 2014..,- Live Sculpture Performance, Hospitalfield Arts, Arbroath, Scotland and The Henry Moore Foundation. 2014 Studio Jamming The Generation Exhibition, Cooper Gallery Dundee UK., The Scottish Arts Council and The Henry Moore Foundation. 2014 Concept after Concept, Curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, DK. and The Danish Arts Council. 2012 The Social Forum, Folkets Hus, Oslo, N. 2011 Rewriting Worlds, 4 th Moscow Biennial, Tretyakov Museum / ARTPLAY, Moscow, RUS.. 2011 12 Hour Exhibition, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm, N. 2011 Summer Show-off : Mr.Mucho, Jonas Eggen and Rachel Dagnall, Fullblå, Veierland, Vestfold, N 2011 A Future Pumphouse, The Pumphouse Gallery, London, UK. 2010 Rude Britannia - British Comic Art, TATE Britain, London UK. 2010 Hausmania 10Års Jubileum, Podium, Oslo N. 2010 Reality Check, Trønderlag Senter for Samtidskunst, N. 2010 ½ Kubikk kunst, Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo, N. 2009 Vi er Alle Mangfoldet, Internasjonal Kultur Museum, Oslo N. Supported by Oslo City Council (Oslo Kommune) 2010 Brød for Kunsten, Galleri BOA, Oslo, N. Supported by Vederlagsfondet NBK og Frifondet. 2010 The Lowest Note, Vertrauensgüter, Statsbibliothek Berlin, D. 2008 Believing is Seeing, Galleri 21/24 Oslo, N. 2008 This is how history is written, La Casa Encendida Madrid, ESP. 2008 Et Dukkehus (with Anita Hillestad), Arendal Kunstforening, N. 2008 No More Reality, De Appel, NL. 2007 Galleri Lyskassa - Overlevelsesstrategene, Østlands Utstilling, N. 2007 Nada Art Fair, Miami Beach, USA. Selected Group Exhibitions cont.
2007 Syntropia, NGBK and Art Forum Berlin, D. 2007 Beauty is in the Streets, Mason Gross School of the Arts Gallery, NJ and Touring USA. 2007 Breaking Step- Compassion and Humor in Contemporary British Art, The National Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, SERB. Supported by The British Council and OCA. 2005-07 Hardcore Soft, Riksutstillinger,, The National Museum for Art and Architecture, Oslo, N 2006 Fantastic Politics- Overlevelsestrategene, The National Museum for Art and Architecture, Oslo, N. 2006 Architecture of C20, The New National Museum, Tokyo, JAP 2006 Wherever I Lay My Hat, IKM, Oslo, N. 2006 5 Days to the End of Art, Dokumenta Museum Friedericianum, Kassel, D 2006 Fantom, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK.. 2006 VILLA JELEMINI, Kunsthalle Bern, CH.. 2005 Frieze Art Fair, London, UK. 2005 Populism, Frankfurter Kunstverien, Frankfurt am Main, D, 2005 Populism, Stadjelik Museum, Amsterdam, NL. 2005 Populism, Centre for Contemporary Art (CAC), Vilnius, LT 2005 Populism, The National Museum for Art and Architecture, Oslo, N. 2005 Colour Coaster, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo,N.. 2004 Romantic Detachment, PS1. MOMA, New York, USA. and The Scottish Arts Council. 2003 New Commission, Liste, Art Fair Basel, CH.. 2003 The Roadshow Flat pack 2001, Grizedale Arts / Chapter Arts, Cardiff, UK. Supported by The Scottish Arts Council and The Arts Council of England. 2002 The Survival Strategists, Galleri GUN, Oslo, N.. 2000 Evolution isn t Over Yet, Fabrico del Polvera, Lisbon, Portugal. 1999 Evolution isn t Over Yet, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh UK. 1998 Host, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland. Film Screenings
2010 The Returning Officer Artist s Film and Video, BBC Scotland, UK. 2007 Mr. Hysteria, screened at Interval (2) - Video Seminar, The Slade School of Art, London, UK. 1999 Newtons Cradle, screened on The Divine David Show, Channel 4, UK. Private / Public Collections 2010 The White Rabbit (with A Hillestad), Public Sculpture, BYBANEN, Bergen, N. Supported by KORO 2009 Batik Sofa, Sculpture purchased by The Permanent Social Sculpture Collection for The Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK. 2009 Red Colour News Soldier, Billboard, Private Collection, N. 2007 Commissioned Permanent Sculpture Tatlin s Tower and the World- Belgrade Purchased by The City of Belgrade for the National Museums Collection. SERBIA. Supported by the British Council. 2005 Iconic Moments of The Twentieth Century, Photographic Edition 5 editions purchased by Private Collections in USA / D / UK. Awards and Commissions 2015 Vederlagsfondet 3 Year working grant, NBK, N 2015 (Forthcoming) Rødovre Gymnasium, Copenhagen DK A New Site Commission (Sculpture / Installation with film) http://www.rg.dk/ 2014 Pre-qualification - Public Sculpture Commission, Trondheim, N. Supported by KORO and Trondheim City Council. 2013 Vederlagsfondet 1 Year working grant, NBK, N. 2012 Inflexible Cities, CRAASH, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. A discussion together with Anish Kapoor and The Courtauld Institute London, on the iconic relevance of the tower in the context of the 2012 Olympic games. http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/ 2010 ThisIsCentralStation, Glasgow UK. A digital gallery commissioned profile and collection, focusing on a project around artistic motivation, the political and the polemic This is Central Station, Glasgow, Scotland. http://thisiscentralstation.com/collections/ 2009 The White Rabbit (with A Hillestad) A sculpture commission / Multi-Media Workshops for Oslo Open, in collaboration with Riverside Youth Centre and JAM! (Adbusters Norway), Grønland Underground Station, Oslo, N. Supported by KORO, Oslo Open, Norsk Kulturråd and Oslo Kommune 2007 Rom For Alle, The Green Corner Oslo N / The Simon Community Glasgow UK
Art exchange, Commissioned by Kirkens Bymisjon, Oslo, N 2006 Chr. Lorch Legat, NBK, N. 2005 Vederlagsfond Stipend, NBK, N. 2005 Unite and Construct in Bits!, T-shirt Commission for Middlesborough Museum of Modern Art, UK 2005-06 Tatlinstowerandtheworld, Platform For Art, UK. 2000 Posters (3 designs) on the unsold advertising spaces of the London Underground. 1997 Jock McFie Prize for Fine Art, Glasgow, Scotland UK. Performances 2008 Mamadada- Fra Øst Til Vest, Overlevelsesstrategene, Oslo Museum / Gallery BOA, N., Frittord and Oslo Kommune, 2006 MACHBARKEIT, A panel discussion where speakers are invited to talk on the theme of Tatlin stower as a negative space, Kunsthalle Bern, 2006 Mamadada - The Love Boat, Multi Media Festival (with Overelevelsestrategene), Innvik, Oslo. N Supported by Frifondet, 2003 Mamadada Multi Media Festival (with Overelevelsestrategene), Hausmania Kulturhus, Oslo N. Supported by Frifondet 2002 Mamadada, Multi Media Mini Festival, (with Overelevelsestrategene), Café Mono, Oslo N. Selected Bibliography 2015 (Forthcoming) Concept after Concept, Lars Bang Larsen, Museum for Samtidskunst, DK. 2012 Contemprianeity, Negotiating the Art of Collectivism in a New Europe by Brianne Cohen. USA. http://contemporaneity.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/contemporaneity/article/view/47 2011 Being Serious, LABOUR Magazine, New York, USA / UK. Transcription of an interview and artist talk given at Location 1, New York in 2009 by Jovana Stokic. 2010 Comic Art in Britain, Catalogue TATE Publishing, UK. 2010 Review of The White Rabbit / By-banen by Tommy Olsson, Morgenbladet, N. 2010 The Reader, Reality Check- Art and Activism, Trønderlag Senter for Samtidskunst, N. 2010 Reality Check, Billedkunst, N. 2010 The White Rabbit, Dagsavisen, N. 2009 Tatlins Tower and the World, The Street Architects Journal, (January) UK. 2009 The Street, Catalogue Ed. Lars Bang Larsen, Claire Cumberledge, The Whitechapel Gallery Press, UK. 2008 Hva Slags By Ønsker Vi Oss? Kontur #14, Ed., Overlevelsesstrategene + Atelier Aksjon, Oslo, N Publication Supported by Frifondet 2008 Byvisjoner, Klassekampen, N. 2008 Elleville Reise, Fra Øst til Vest Aftenposten, N. Selected Bibliography cont.
2008 This is how history is written, Exhibition Catalogue, La Casa De Encendida, ESP. 2007 Iconic Moments Of C20, La Republica ITA. 2007 Breaking Step, Displacement, Compassion and Humour in Recent British Art, Jelena Vesic,Catalogue- UK/SERB. Supported by The British Council 2007 British Art and the Building of Tatlin s Tower, Politika, SERB 2007 Galleri Lyskassa, BilledKunst. N 2007 Fantastic Politics, (Program / Overlevelsesstrategene). Aftenposten, N 2006 High Hopes by Marina Kamenev The Moscow Times, Arts and Ideas,. RUSSIA. 2006 Art Forum (November). A review of the exhibition Fantom, by Lars Bang Larsen. UK 2006 Villa Jelemini, Exhibition Catalogue Ed. Phillipe Pirrotte, Kunsthalle Bern, CH 2005 The Catalogue, Populism, NIFCA, Finland/Paris.FIN 2005 The Populist Reader, Lukas and Sternberg, New York City, USA. 2005 Populism, Art Forum magazine, UK. 2004 Social Sculpture, Sarah Lowndes, Published by Stop Stop Press, UK 2004 The Road Show, Exhibition Catalogue, Grizedale Arts, UK. 2004 Romantic Detachment, The Village Voice, NYC, USA. 2002 Antics of H8W, The Guardian UK 2002 Dig up the past, The Herald, UK 2002 We March Under The Banner Of Visual Art, Henry VIII s Wives, Tramway UK. Publication Supported by The Scottish Arts Council 2002 Skara Brae, Lars Bang Larsen, Art Forum Magazine, UK. 2002 Skara Brae, Sarah Lowndes, Frieze Magazine, UK. 2001 If You Go First, John Calcutt, The Scotsman, UK. 2000 Henry s Frua, Göterborgs Posten, S 1999 Henry VIII s Wives, Everything Magazine, USA. 1998 Numpties and Rotten Molars, John Beagles in The List Magazine UK Relevant Professional Experience 2015 Curator and Producer for LOCA, Livingstone, Zambia. 2015 Curator for Spring Depot, Tenthaus, Oslo, N. 2014 Producer for Soft City, Performance Festival, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, N. 2014 Curator at Oslo Art Academy, Oslo, N. 2014 Curator for Oslo Open, Oslo, N 2012 13 Curator at Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo N. 2012 13 Curator for the Rom for Kunst, Program at Oslo S, Oslo, N. 2011 - Present Board Member, The Norwegian National Sculpture Society NBF, N. 2011 - Present Consultant, Public Art Norway / KORO. N. 2010-12 Media Technician/ Web consultant at Atelier Nord Oslo N. 2009 Guest Teacher Oslo Academy of Fine Art, Oslo N. 2008 Guest Teacher Stadelschule, Frankfurt, D. 2006-07 Production Coordinator, Momentum Nordic Biennial, Moss, N 2005-06 Gallery Assistant, Standard Oslo, Oslo, N 1998-05 Technician, National Museum of Art and Architecture, Oslo, N.
Rachel E. Dagnall Stipendkomiteen, begrunnelse Jeg vil i stipendkomiteen representere NBF, en organisasjon hvor medlemmene jobber med 3 dimensjonale og ofte store verk, som tar tid å produsere, ofte blir kostbart og krever mye plass. Disse hensynene gjør at skulptører ofte har et lavere produksjons nivå enn kunstnere som arbeider innenfor andre medier. Lang produksjonstid, høye produksjons- og transport kostnader kan føre til mindre eksponering og færre utstillingsmuligheter. Disse faktorer gjør at skulptører ofte blir mindre "synlige" i kunstfeltet. Jeg ønsker å oppmuntre komiteen til å se på kvaliteten på produksjonene ut i fra dette perspektivet, med ambisjonen om å kunne støtte et rettferdig system for tildeling av støtte som er ikke bare er basert på synlighet og konsensus men som forsøker å gi et helhetlig bilde av søkerens kunstneriske praksis, økonomiske begrensninger og potensiale for utvikling uansett hvilket medium de arbeider i. Jeg arbeider selv med installasjon, film, performance og tegning og har tidligere arbeidet som kurator, kunstkonsulent og museums tekniker siden 1997. And in english. I am keen to participate in the grant committee s important work even though I know that they are hated by everyone who doesn t get a grant, from easter at least until 15.oktober I will be representing NBF, an organization whose members work with 3 dimensional often large scale works which take time to produce as well as being costly and which demand space to work with. These considerations mean that sculptors often have a lower level of production than artists working within other medias. The long production time and inhibitive transportation costs also mean that they receive less exposure and exhibiting opportunities. These two factors mean that sculptors are often less visible as well as having higher production costs. I would like to encourage the committee to look at the quality of the productions, from this perspective, which aims to support a fair system of funding allocation in terms of individual productions, not just based on visibility and consensus - to get a more comprehensive picture of the applicant s artistic practice, economic constraints and potential for development whichever medium they work in.