OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN CURRICULUM VITAE Född 1954 i Sortland, Vestålen / Born 1954 in Sortland, Vesterålen Bosatt och verksam i Berlin och Lya / Lives and works in Berlin and Lya Utbildning / Education 1976-79 Arts and Crafts School, Oslo 1980-81 Art Academy, Oslo 1981-82 Studies in New York 1982-83 Studies in Berlin 1996-06 Professor in Painting at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg 2007 - Professor in Painting at Akademie für Bildende Kunst, Braunschweig Separatutställningar / Solo Exhibitions 1979 Galleriet, Oslo 1980 Galleri I, Bergen 1981 Galleri J.M.S., Oslo 1983 Hammarlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo 1984 Galleri Cassandra, Drøbak 1985 Galleri F-15, Moss Demoralisert Landskap, Galleri Riis, Oslo 1987 Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm 100 Tegninger, Galleri Riis, Oslo Galleri Tempo, Stockholm 1988 Galerie Artek, Helsinki Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg 1989 Pale Afternoons, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund Small Talk in Sweden, Galleri Riis, Oslo; Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm 1990 Nye malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo Dedikasjon, Galleri Eklund, Umeå Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm Drawings for Knut Hamsun s ʻSultʼ, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter/Oslo 1991 Once from the Garden, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
Galerie Artek, Helsinki 1992 Neue Bilder, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin Lack of Memory, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Tegninger og malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo Bilder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster Lack of Memory, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen 1993 Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg Birds of Passage, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund Teckningar 1986-1993, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/ Helsinki Lack of Memory, Museet för Nutidskonst, Helsinki; Staatliche Museen Kassel- Neue Galerie, Kassel Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin Malerei, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin 1994 Drawings 1986-1993, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn; Norræna húsid, Reykjavik; Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München Die graphischen Mappenwerke, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig Small Manʼs impression, Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway; Galleri Ismene, Trondheim Gilbert Brownstone, Paris Estimation, Gilbert Brownstone & Cie & Tracy Williams, Paris Galerie Bismarck, Bremen Since We All Came from the Same Place, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen Bilder 1990-1994, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover 1995 Neue Arbeiten, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf Von Zeit zu Zeit, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent Repetition, Galerie Artek, Helsinki Galleri 29, Växjö Fra tid til annen, Traum einer Kindheit, Galleri Riis, Oslo Sleeping Poets, Galleri Riis, Oslo Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo 1996 Once, La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes Linguaphone, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund Sommertid, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf Andamios Interiores, 5. Literaturbegegnung, Schwalenberg 1997 Vongole, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Dolce, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen Estimation, Staatliche Museen Kassel Neue Galerie, Kassel
Radio, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin Biographie, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo 1998 Territorium, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens 1999 Innocence, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg from Innocence, Kleinheinrich, Münster Ten Days in May, Elisabeth Kaufman, Basel Innocence, Galerie Laage-Salomon, (Peintures récentes), Paris Ca. 25 tegninger, Rælingen Kunstforening, Sandbekkstua 2000 The Empty Drawing Room, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen; Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg; Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder Palindrome, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen Biographie 15 Watercolours, Galleri Sølvberget, Stavanger Post Palindrome, Arnstedt&Kullgren, Östra Karup Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf Andamios Interiores, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum 2001 Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings, Horsens Kunstmuseum The Empty Drawing Room, Drawings, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London 2002 Moderation- A Section from the Empty Drawing Room, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn Kunstmuseum Bonn I am your best friend, A series of 50 monotypes, Niels Borch Jensen Verlag und Dryck, Berlin Both, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead 2003 Some Secrets some Thinking Bells some Late Palindromes some Time Paintings some Brown Paintings, Galleri Riis, Oslo; Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen Bilder: 2002 2003, Barbara Gross Galerie, München Arnstedt & Kullgren, Østre Karup Time paintings, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn 2004 Translation, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York Peninsula, Galeria Vanguaria, Bilbao Apriori, Galerie Bob von Orsow Peninsula, Galeria Senda, Barcelona Lackmus, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf 2006 Wilma Lock Galerie Appendix: Third Section of the Empty Drawing Room, Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York Appointment No. 1, Galleri Riis, Oslo Appointment No. 2, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
2007 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm 2008 Zeitweise, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin Pinakothek, Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø 2009 Panorama, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand 2010 The Protagonist, Galleri Riis, Oslo The Protagonist, Västerås Konstmuseum Panorma, KIASMA, Helsingfors / Helsinki 2011 Tracy Williams Ltd, New York Grupputställningar / Group Exhibitions 1977-85 Statens Kunstutstilling, Oslo 1981 Galleri JMS, Oslo 1982 Tegning, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 1983 Fem unge ute, Galleri Riis, Trondheim 1984 Martin Luther, Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo Eröffnungsausstellung, Galerie Wissarth, Berlin 1985 Olav Christopher Jenssen og Dagfinn Knudsen, Galleri F-15, Moss Scandinavische Grafik, Scanart, Berlin Wang Kunsthandel, Oslo 1986 Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm Norwegian Contemporary Art, Galleri Lång, Malmö N/Borealis, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin 1987 Borealis 3, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö 100th Anniversary Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Jubileumsutstilling, Galleri F 15, Moss 1988 8 fra Norge, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/ Oslo Unknown North, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg Fem nordiska temperament, Rooseum, Malmö 1989 Det grønne mørke, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/ Helsinki; Bildmuseet, Umeå; Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo 1990 Northlands, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin 1991 Transparencia Azul, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo de Arto Moderno, Buenos Aires; Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota; Museo de Arte contemporaneo de Caracas, Caracas; Museo Nacional, Lisboa; Charlottenborg, Copenhagen Schwarze Bilder, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin Polytypi, Galleri F 15, Moss; Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/ Helsinki; Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping; Sakal Kulttuurikeskus, Tallinn; Nordic
Consul Assembly, Riksdagshuset, Helsinki; Museum of Foreign Art, Riga; Tikanojas Konsthem, Vasa Nordiska Grafikktriennalen II, Norræna Húsid, Reykjavik The Spirit of the Shaman, Art against Aids, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund 1992 Tre kunstnere fra Norge, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen Documenta IX, Kassel Exil, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger Border Crossings, Barbican Art Centre, London All Words Suck, Anders Tornberg Gallery Det Kulturella Landskapet, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome Vereinigt II, Kunsthalle Brandts Klædesfabrik, Odense 1993 Den Andra Given, works from Frederik Roos collection, Rooseum, Malmö Privat, Galleri F 15, Moss Olympic Winterland - Meeting with Norwegian Culture, Atlanta; Tokyo; Barcelona; Münich; Lillehammer Udsyn - med Moderna Museet ind i 90erne, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen Maleri, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen 1994 Group Show, Gilbert Brownstone, Paris og vestenfor måne, 13 norske malere, Astrup Fearnly Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo Die Sammlung Schyl der Kunsthalle Malmö, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock 1995 Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für Rheinlande, Düsseldorf & Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart Malerei, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg 1996 Egne plakater og editioner, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen Nuevas Abstracciones, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona Ostsee Biennale, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock Sculptures, Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München 1997 Was ist, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Wismar & Rostock Zeitgenössische Norwegische Kunst, Museum Folkwang, Essen & Kunsthalle Rostock 1998 Ordet, Storkyrkan, Stockholm 1999 Facetter av Nordeuropeisk kunst, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder 2000 ArtWORKS, WHO European Partnership Project to Reduce Tobacco Dependence, The Whitechapel Gallery, London 2001 Impulser, H.M. Dronning Sonjas Private Kunstsamling, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/ Oslo Arnstedt & Kullgren, Ôstra Karup, Sweden Reflux: Bergens Kunstforening 1953-2001, Bergen Kunstforening/ Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2002 Introduction, Der Henrik-Steffens-Preisträger der Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. in Hamburg 2002 Olav Christopher Jenssen mit einingen seeiner Studenten von der Hochscule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Kulturforum Burgkloster zu Lübeck, Lübeck Premio Biella per lìncisione 2002, Museo del Territorio Biellese, Biella 2005 Samtida Måleri, Galleri Stefan Andersson Traces Everywhere, Gallery Tracy Williams Ltd 2006 About Painting, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen 2007 Monotypier, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm 2008 Strek i Bevegelse, Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer Call of the Wild, Bienveniste Contemporary, Madrid Drawing a Tension, Deutsche Bank/Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon 2009 Vorspiel/Nachspiel, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium Uppdrag / Commissions 1993 Mural work at Wasa Insurance, Solna/ Stockholm 1994 Mural work at University of Oslo, Rammebygget/ Helga Engs Hus, Oslo 1995 Berliner Bankverein, Berlin 1996 Fountain for Nordhorn, Nordhorn Norwegian Government, New Ministerial building, Oslo 1997 Wall painting at Trøndelag Theater, Trondheim 1999 Wall painting at Museum Der Dinge, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin 2000 Mural work at the Nordic Embassies, Berlin 2001 Permanent work/ Mosaic, Telenor Hovedkvarter, Fornebu Wall painting, Nykredit Hovedkvarter, Copenhagen 2006 Stadsbiblioteket i Halmstad 2008 Permanent installation, Litteraturhuset / House of Litterature in Oslo Sculptural work for the city of Lund Priser / Awards 1983 Norges Kunst- og Antikvitetshandleres Forenings Pris 1998 Prins Eugenes Medalje 2001 Willy Brandt Prisen 2001 Henrik Steffens Pris (Alfred Topfer Stiftung) 2005 Des Iserlohner Kunstpreises Samlingar / Public Collections Museum of Modern Art, New York Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur, design, Oslo Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Oslo
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger, Oslo Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø Moderna Museet, Stockholm Statens Konstråd, Stockholm Karin & Jules Schyls Donation, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Fredrik Roos Collection, Rooseum, Malmö Malmö Museum, Malmö Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens The Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Ars Fennica, Tavastehus Kunstmuseum KIASMA,The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen Berliner Bank Gesellschaft, Berlin Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn Staatliche Museen Kassel Neue Galerie, Kassel Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes Fonds National d Art Contemporain, Puteaux Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. City Bank Art Collection, New York British Museum, London Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris