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Toril Johannessen

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Born 1978, from Harstad, Norway
Lives and works in Bergen, Norway

www.toriljohannessen.no

Education:

2011 Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, California
2006-2008 MA in Fine Art, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2002-2005 BA in Fine Art, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Dept of Photography, Norway

2007 Spring The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, KUNO guest, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005/2006 University of Bergen, Dept of information and media science, Norway
2004 FallKunsthochschule Weiensee, Berlin, ERASMUS guest, Germany

Solo shows:

2011 Nonlocality, Volker Bradtke, Düsseldorf, Germany
2011 Nonlocality, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
2010 Transcendental Physics, Bergen Kunsthall No.5, Bergen, Norway
2009 The Generic Stone, w/Sidsel Meineche, Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen,Norway
2009 Variable Stars & In Search of Iceland Spar, Oslo Fine Art Society, Oslo, Norway


Group exhibitions:

2012 On Knowledge, Forum Stadtpark, Graz

2011 Run, Comrade, The Old World is Behind You, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2011 Handlingsregler, Maihaugen, Lillehammer, Norway
2011 The End of Money, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011 Space. About a dream, KUNSTHALLE Wien, Vienna, Austria
2011 Toril Johannessen, Kjetil Kausland, Sveinung Rudjord Unneland, Lautom, Oslo
2011 The Museum of Longing and Failure (MOLAF), Bergen, Norway

2010  Smooth Structures, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2010  Sils, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2010  BGO, Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway
2010  Chris Cornish, Kristin Nordhøy and Toril Johannessen, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
2010  The Line, CSA Space, Vancouver, Canada
2010  PolArt2010, Tromsø Fine Art Society, Tromsø, Norway

2009  World Wide Wonders, Galerie Kunst-Zicht, Ghent, Belgia
2009  Susan Collis, Ane Mette Hol og Toril Johannessen, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo
2009  Session 6 - Lecture, AmNudenDa, London, England
2009  Langt inni skauen erre bare mer skau, Viul, Hønefoss, Norge
2009  Norwegian Summer Show, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009  From Now On – New Nordic Photography, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
2009  Side Show, Galleri Gathe, Bergen, Norge

2008  Rhetorica Norvegica, Stichting M4 Gastatelier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
2008  Magiske Systemer, Tromsø Fine Art Society, Tromsø, Norway
2008  A Landing in a Flight of Stairs, Podium, Oslo, Norway
2008  Sparebankstiftelsen DnB Nor Stipendieutstilling. Oslo Art Society, Oslo, Norway
2008  Tomorrow’s Parties, MA degree show, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2008  Nordnorsken, Bodø Kunstforening m.fl. tourin Northern Norway

2007  The Social Democratic Canteen, w/Y. Brackman and M. Baers, Copenhagen
2007  It’s like opening a door, Visningsrommet USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway
2007  Basic Speculations, Galleri By The Way, Bergen, Norway

2006  The Ending, Galleri Lista Fyr, Lista, Norway
2006  Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2006  INDEX, XX Galerija, Lithuanian Artists’ Association, Panevzys, Lithuania

2005  Spesialisert Kunst, Galleri 3,14, Bergen, Norway
2005  Bachelor degree show 2005, Bergen National University of the Arts, Norway

2004  Desembersalon, Projekt 0047, Berlin, Germany
2004  It Must Have Been Love, Isotop, Bergen, Norway
2004  Nordnorsken, Bodø Kunstforening m.fl., touring Northern Norway
2004  Vestlandsutstillingen, Bergen Kunsthall m.fl, touring Western Norway
2004  Prøverommet, BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway


Bibliography, Catalogues, Reviews (selection):

2011  New Norwegian Art since 1990, by Øystein Ustvedt, Fagbokforlaget, Oslo, Norway
2011  Handlingsregler, exhibition catalogue, Lillehammer, Norway
2011  The End of Money, exhibition catalogue, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2011  Metropolis M, magazine spread, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2011  Måg #5 (interview), online journal
2011  space. About a dream. Exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2011  Logics of Scientific Discovery (intervju), C Magazine, Toronto, Canada
2011  Fotografi og stjernestøv (interview), Kunstforum #5, Oslo, Norway
2010  Cosmology of Genetology, by Maarten Vanden Eynde, Brussels
2010  SMART Papers, catalogue, SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, Nederland
2010  Norwegian Art Yearbook 2010, Pax Forlag, Oslo
2010  Front Magazine #2/2010, journal of contemporary art and ideas, Vancouver
2010  Elegant om vitenskap og kunst (review), Billedkunst 2-2101
2010  Variable Stars (artist presentation) in Kunstforum #2, Norwegian art magazine
2010  Kunst for de små grå (review), Bergens Tidende, 21.01.2010
2010  The Generic Stone (lecture) in Retrospective Catalogue2009, Hordaland Art Centre
2010  The Generic Stone (review) in Retrospective Catalogue2009, Hordaland Art Centre
2010  Kriser og mirakler i kunst og vitenskap, (editorial) Dagens Næringsliv/D2, 15.01.2010
2009  Avantgardens håndverk, (review) khVERK 04/09, Oslo, Norge
2009  Vestlandet i ord, lyd og bilde, (artist presentation),  catalogue, Sparebanken Vest
2009  Verden er magisk, (article, editorial contribution), Kunstjournalen B-post 04/09, art mag.
2009  From Now On, exhibition catalogue, Hasselblad Center
2008  www.ytter.no in print, (editorial contribution), March 2009
2008  Book  of Abstracts, catalogue for Scientific Instruments Commission, 2008
2008  Tomorrow’s Parties, (review),Kunsthandverk 2/2008
2008  Fest med alvorlige undertoner, Bergens Tidende, 11.04.2008
2008  Tomorrow’s Parties, exhibition catalogue, 2008


Miscellaneous

2011  Organising the seminar Visions: Upheavals and unpractical ideas, for B-open
2010  Organising the seminar To produce an art scene, for B-open, Bergen
2010  Artist in Residence, Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
2010  AIR Bergen-Berlin, artist residency in Berlin
2010  Transcendental Physics (lecture) at Radio Danièle
2010  Artist-in-Residence, The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
2009  Participating at Arctic Tipping Points, scientific cruise in the Arctic/Barents Sea
2008  Organising the seminar “The artist as Producer” w/Åse Løvgren,  Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen, Norway
2008  Project presentation at SIC2008, XXVII Symposium of the Scientific Instrument Commision, Lisboa, Portugal