Anne Szefer Karlsen
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Education   Curatorial work   Exhibitions
    * indicates catalogue   * indicates work with Grand Royal Art (artist group 2000-04)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2004 - 2006       

Creative curating, part time post-MA course, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway

2000 - 2002       

MA Photography, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway

1996 -1999      

BA (hons) Photography, London College of Printing, London, England

Member of The Young Artsits Society, Norway since 2004. Represented in the artist archive of Office for Contemporary Art Norway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008

Guide to a Moment*, Kunstnarprosjekt Suldal, Suldal, Norway. A series of art works developed during residency periods in the municipality of Suldal (population 3,900). Elaine Allison and Patricia Bray (SCO), Una Line Ree Hunderi (N), Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund (DK) and Leigh Clarke (UK). Book to be published autumn 2008.

Thomas Kratz (D/UK), solo show. Time and date to be confirmed

TempoSkien*, Skien, Norway. Temporary sculpture park in Bryggeparken. A series of temporary sculptures. Bjørn Bjarre (N),  Åsil Bøthun (N), Stefan Christiansen (N), Ellen Karolina Jakobsson (S/N),  Pål Jomås (N), Morten Kildevæl Larsen (N), Kristina Müntzing (S),  Matt O'Dell (UK), Bob and Roberta Smith (UK), Kasper Sonne (DK), Sound of MU (N), Ingebjørg Torgersen (N) and Sveinung Rudjord Unneland (N).

Flaggfabrikken Presenterer: For God’s sake Kate, where is the camera, Landmark/Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway. Spring 2008. A monthly series of presentations/talks/events. Co-curated with Åse Løvgren. Raum für Projektion (D), Erstad Konsthall (S), Instant Coffee (CAN).

2007

Flaggfabrikken Presenterer: The confusion and Conquest Forum `07, Landmark/Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway. Autumn 2007. A monthly series of presentations/talks/events. Co-curated with Åse Løvgren. Marianne Hurum (N), Matt Packer (UK), Matei Bejenaru (ROM).

m2 og tid - eller når solen treffer huset samtidig som det ringer på døren *(m2 and time - or when the sun hits the house at the same time as the door-bell rings) exhibition commissioned by SKINN - Samorganisasjon for Kunstformidling i Nord-Norge, traveling show. September 2007-December 2008.  Participating artists Liv Ragnhild Kjellman (N), Michael Toke (CAN), Laurent Montaron (FR), Graw Böckler (GER) and Jacob Tækker (DK).

A reply to a work for the North Sea: et korverk for Nordsjøen, Fedje, Norway. September 2nd, 2007. Co-curated with Malin Barth and Sissel Lillebostad (curate.no). With Composer Knut Vaage (N) and chamber choir Gneis (N) conducted by Tore Kloster (N).

"Throw the stones back into the sea" by Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lund, commissioned for Flaggfabrikken presenterer:. Showed at Flaggfabrikken presenterer: at Landmark/Bergen Kunsthall May 3rd 2007 and Flaggfabrikken's stand at MC-messa May 7th 2007.

Individual Communities (vol. 2), Christiansands Kunstforening, Kristiansand, Norway. July-August 2007. Re-make/edited version of the video screening  made for Christiansand Kunstforening.

Reiseblikk*, Halden Kunstforening and  Oslo Kunstforening, Norway. Halden Kunstforening January/Februrary2007 and Oslo Kunstforening May/June 2007.  Participating artists: Olaf Knarvik(N), Anne Helen Mydland (N), Maya Økland (N), Henry Carroll (UK), Kristin Tårnesvik/Hilde Jørgensen (N), Torunn Skjelland/Vıgdıs Fjellheım (N)

Dualities  - Norwegian Contemporary Photography,  Sol Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia, USA. February 9th - March 9th 2007. Co-curated with Malin Barth and Sissel Lillebostad. Participating artists Are Hauffen (N), Kjetil Kausland (N), Liv Ragnhild Kjellman (N) and Heidi Nikolaisen (N).

Return Flight, UKS, Oslo, Norway, Januart-February / USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, Norway, March-April. Traveling exhibition.  Participating artists Lars Nilsson (S), Sixten Therkildsen (DK), Kristin Tårnesvik (N)

2006

Return Flight, Rum46, Århus, Denmark, November. Traveling exhibition.  Participating artists Lars Nilsson (S), Sixten Therkildsen (DK), Kristin Tårnesvik (N)

Individaul Communities, Monkey Town, Brooklyn, New York City / Vector Gallery, Iaşi, Romania / Museum Of Contemporary Art, Bucharest, Romania, November 2006. Participating artists: Bodil Furu (N), Mariken Kramer (N), Ane Lan (N), Peter Larsson (S), Kjersti Solberg Monsen (N), Jakob Nielsen (DK), Lars Nilsson (S), Ditte Lyngkær Pedersen (DK), Sixten Therkildsen (DK), Jakob Tækker (DK), Kristin Tårnesvik (N), Arne Vinnem (N).

Ibsen mens du venter/Ibsen while you're waiting, Public Space, Bergen, Norway. Co-curated with Malin Barth and Sissel Lillebostad. Participating artists: atrik Entian/Ellen Røed, Øyvind Pål Farstad, Are Hauffen, Silje Heggren, Ellen Jakobsson, Jannecke Knudsen Heien, Rita Marhaug, Marianne Moe, Arne Skaug Olsen, Arne Magnar Rygg, Anne Skaansar and Ole Mads Vevle.

2005

Produksjon/Production, Telenor Kokstad, bergen, Norway. Site specific exhibition in office building.  April-June. Participating artists: Jan Freuchen(N/Ger), Hanne C. Olsen(N) and Marius Mørch(N).

Fabrikken Asker Kunstfagskole's DEGREE SHOW*, Anker Hotel Best Western, Oslo, Norway. Site specific exhibition in an entire floor of hotel rooms. One weekend in May.  Participating artists: all the graduating students.

2004

Additional Information, Nøstegaten 52, Bergen, Norway. Curated on behalf of Flaggfabrikken - centre for photography and contemporary art. One weekend in December. Participating artists: Ellen Jakobsson (S/N, comissioned site specific piece), Morten Torgersrud (N), Einar Sneve Martinussen (N), Michael Smith (USA), William Wegman (USA), Skip Blumberg (USA), Brad Downey/Tim Hansberry/Quenell Jones (USA), Steen Møller Rasmussen/Lars Movin (DK), Artmark (USA), Oskar Östergren (S)

Bergart, Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway.  Exhibition and artist talk. Participating artists: Paul Shambroom (USA) and Bathsheba Ratzkoff/Sut Jhally (USA)

Trasé - art on busses in Bergen, for Hordaland Kunstsenter and Gaia Trafikk AS, Bergen, Norway. March 2004- December 2005. Participating artists: Flaggfabrikken - centre for photography and contemporary art (N)

2002

videokunst/kortfilm (video art/short film), Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway. Particpating artists: Apecosmonautene (N), Per Teljer (S), Michael Brundtup (D), Joern Utkilen (UK), Lars Marøy (N), Jannicke Låker (N), Marius Mørch (N), Siri Ekker Svendsen (N), Sean Reyard (CAN), Sølvi A Lindseth (N), Jan Freuchen (N), Sven Nydal (N), Endre Aalrust (N), Anu Lehtonen (FIN), Sixten Therkelsen (DK), Silje Heggren (N), Mattial Härenstam (S), Geir Greni (N), Sean Garrety (CAN), Ole Mads Vevle (N), Anne F. Færesrand (N), Gabriella Carlsson (S)

 

2008

Rykk tilbake til start! #5, 0047 OSLO, Oslo, Norway. Curated by Jan Christensen.

2007

Group exhibition, Førdehuset, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway.

2006

Galleri F15s Jubileumsutstilling, Momentum exhibition space, Moss, Norway.

2005

Local News, Gallery One-C, South Brent, Devon, England. Curated by Natalie Waldbaum

Stilleben, Projekt0047, Berlin, Germany. Curated by Rakett

Dette busskuret skal fjernes / This bus shed will be torn down, Slide show at Landmark, Bergen kunsthall, Bergen, Norway. September 2005. Site specific project in and around Bergen, Norway.

Likheter og forskjeller - Nytt norsk fotografi, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway*

The 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art continues to Malmö Konsthall, Sweden

2004

Heimweg, Gallery Zink & Gegner, Munich and Gallery Martin Kudlek, Cologne, Germany (catalogue). Organised by Cultural Affairs, Munich, Germany.

Mobile Gallery's Høstutstilling, Høstutstillingen (The annual autumn exhibition), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

Trasé, Hordaland Kunstsenter / Gaia Trafikk, site specific art on the outside of five busses (both as artist and curator), Bergen

"På samme tid i fjor" / "This time last year", Nordic Art Info, Oslo (solo)

"Right here, right now", Galleri by the way, Bergen*

Vestlandsutstillingen 2004 - Vestlandet i verden. Touring exhibition: Aalesunds Kunstforening, Sunnfjord Kunstlag, Haugesund Kunstforening,

Stavanger Kunstforening, Kunstalléen Vesterland, Stord Kunstlag, Bergen Kunsthall. www.vestlandsutstillingen.no (internet catalogue)

The 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art continues to Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania; Former Riga City Council, Latvia; Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia; Pori Art Museum, Finland; 

2003

"The Others", Project room, Galleri F15, Moss (solo)*

Bergen-Oslo t/r, Art at the Oslo main railway station, curated by Temp and organized by Mesen Oslo*

Attr. leilighet, Galleri Norske Grafikere, Oslo

Tampa (exhibition during the Quart music festival), Kristiansand*

The 3rd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art - What is important?, Touring exhibition Stadtgalerie Kiel, Germany; Mecklenburgisches Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Plueschow, Germany; Bergen Kunsthall, Norway  (catalogue). Curated by: Dorothee Bienert, Berlin; Lars Grambye, Copenhagen; Lolita Jablonskiene, Vilnius

"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore", Fotografi i fokus, photography biennale, Malmö, Sweden (solo)*

2002

Fantastiske fortellinger fra en norsk virkelighet, Galleri Fisk, Bergen (solo)

ArtGenda 2002- 4. Biennale für Junge Kunst im Ostseeraum, Hamburg, Germany*. Participated in these exhibitions: Hall of Fame, Ausblick Privat, ÜBERFaHHrt, Transform site and Hausbesuche

Reactions, Exit Art, New York og The Williamson Gallery, Pasadena, USA

Hovedfagsutstillingen 2002, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen (catalogue)

2001

Motlyd, Visningsrommet, USF, Bergen*

The vanishing act, Atelier 35, Bucharest, Romania

Freecsh, Strandgaten, Bergen

Love Tutorials, DFKU, Odense, Denmark/ Mellanrummet, Stockholm, Sweden/ Galleri Temp, Bergen (solo)*

2000

Point Break, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen

Recollection, Galleri 1. Etg., Bergen (KB 2000)

Døgnfluen, Galleri Døgnfluen, Bergen  (katalog)

1999

Ripe, London College of Printing, England

1998

Portraits, Back Hill Gallery, London, England