olav christopher jenssen

OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN
Born 1954 in Sortland in Vesterålen, Norway
Lives and works in Berlin and Lya, Sweden
Studies
1976 - 79
1980 - 81
1981 - 82
1982 - 83
1996
Arts and Crafts School, Oslo, Norway
Art Academy, Oslo, Norway
Studies in New York
Studies in Berlin
Professor in Painting at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
Solo exhibitions
1979
1980
1981
1983
1984
1985
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Galleriet, Oslo, Norway
Galleri I, Bergen, Norway
Galleri J.M.S., Oslo, Norway
Hammarlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Cassandra, Drøbak, Norway
Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
Demoralisert Landskap, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm, Sweden
100 Tegninger, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Tempo, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Pale Afternoons, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Small Talk in Sweden, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway;
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Nye malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
Dedikasjon, Galleri Eklund, Umeå, Sweden (cat.)
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Drawings for Knut Hamsun´s ”Sult”, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter/Oslo, Norway
Once from the Garden, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Neue Bilder, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Lack of Memory, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
Tegninger og malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Bilder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
Lack of Memory, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Birds of Passage, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Teckningar 1986-1993, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland (cat.)
Lack of Memory, Museet för Nutidskonst, Helsinki, Finland;
Staatliche Museen Kassel-Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany (cat.)
Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Malerei, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
Drawings 1986-1993, Tallinn Art Hall,Tallinn, Estonia;
Norræna húsid, Reykjavik, Iceland;
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München, Germany
Die graphischen Mappenwerke, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig, Germany
Small mans impression, Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway;
Galleri Ismene, Trondheim, Norway
Gilbert Brownstone, Paris, France
Estimation, Gilbert Brownstone & Cie & Tracy Williams, Paris, France
Galerie Bismarck, Bremen, Germany
Since We All Came from the Same Place, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen,
Denmark
Bilder 1990-1994, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (cat.)
Neue Arbeiten, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Von Zeit zu Zeit, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany (cat.);
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Repetition, Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden
Fra tid til annen, Traum einer Kindheit, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Sleeping Poets, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
Once, La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France( cat.)
Linguaphone, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Sommertid, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Andamios Interiores, 5. Literaturbegegnung, Schwalenberg, Germany
Vongole, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (cat.)
Dolce, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Estimation, Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany (cat.)
Radio, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany (cat.)
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Biographie, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
Territorium, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (cat.);
Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athen, Greece
Innocence, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
from Innocence, Kleinheinrich, Münster, Germany (cat.)
Ten Days in May, Elisabeth Kaufman, Basel, Switzerland
Innocence, Galerie Laage-Salomon, (Peintures récentes), Paris, France
Ca. 25 tegninger, Rælingen Kunstforening, Sandbekkstua, Norway
The Empty Drawing Room, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany;
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany; Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum,
Tønder, Denmark (cat.)
Palindrome, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway (cat.)
Biographie – 15 Watercolours, Galleri Sølvberget, Stavanger, Norway
Post Palindrome, Arnstedt&Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Andamios Interiores,
J.K.Fekene Collection
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg,Norway
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
The Empty Drawing Room, Drawings, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum,
Denmark
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
Moderation- A Section from the Empty Drawing Room, Nordiska
Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
I am your best Friend, A series of 50 monotypes, Niels Borch Jensen Verlag und
Dryck, Berlin, Germany
Both, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
Some Secrets some Thinking Bells some Late Palindromes
some Time Paintings some Brown Paintings, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Some Secrets some Thinking Bells some Late Palindromes some Time Paintings
some Brown Paintings, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bilder: 2002 – 2003, Barbara Gross Galerie, München, Germany
La VidaArnstedt & Kullgren, Østre Karup, Sweden
Time paintings, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
TranslationTracy Williams Ltd, New York
I am your best Friend
North Norwegian Cultural Festival
Harstad
Galerie Bob van Orsouw. Zurich
Appendix – The third Section of the Empty Drawing Room, Tracy Williams Ltd, New
York
Selected group exhibitions
1977
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
- 1985 Statens Kunstutstilling, Oslo, Norway
Galleri JMS, Oslo, Norway
Tegning, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Fem unge ute, Galleri Riis, Trondheim, Norway
Martin Luther, Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
Eröffnungsausstellung, Galerie Wissarth, Berlin, Germany
Olav Christopher Jenssen og Dagfinn Knudsen, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway (cat.)
Scandinavische Grafik, Scanart, Berlin, Germany
Wang Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm Art Fair, Stockholm, with Galleri Riis
Norwegian Contemporary Art, Galleri Lång, Malmö, Sweden
N/Borealis, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
Borealis 3, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (cat.)
100th Anniversary Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Jubileumsutstilling, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
8 fra Norge, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/Oslo, Norway
Unknown North, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Fem nordiska temperament, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden (cat.)
Det grønne mørke, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland;
Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden; Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
Northlands, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England; The Douglas Hyde Gallery,
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (cat.)
Transparencia Azul, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden;
(1991-92) Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Museu de Arte Moderna,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Museo Nacional de Artes Plasticas, Montevideo, Uruguay,
Museo de Arto Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota,
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Colombia; Museo de Arte contemporaneo de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela; Museo
Nacional, Lisboa, Portugal; Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
Schwarze Bilder, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
Polytypi, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway; (1991-92) Nordiskt Konstcentrum,
Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland; Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping, Sweden; Sakal
Kulttuurikeskus, Tallinn, Estonia; Nordic Consul Assembly, Riksdagshuset, Helsinki,
Finland; Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Estland;
Tikanojas Konsthem, Vasa, Sweden (cat.)
Nordiska Grafikktriennalen II, Norræna Húsid, Reykjavik, Island (cat.)
The Spirit of the Shaman, Art against Aids, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Tre kunstnere fra Norge, Kunstforeningen,Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany (cat.)
Exil, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway (cat.)
Border Crossings, Barbican Art Centre, London, England (cat.)
All Words Suck, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Det Kulturella Landskapet, Palazzo delle Esposizioni,Rome, Italy (cat.)
Vereinigt II, Kunsthalle Brandts Klædesfabrik, Odense, Denmark
Den Andra Given, Works from Frederik Roos collection, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
(cat.)
Privat, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway (cat.)
Olympic Winterland - Meeting with Norwegian Culture, Atlanta, USA; Tokyo, Japan;
Barcelona, Spain; Munchen, Germany; Lillehammer, Norway (cat.)
Udsyn - med Moderna Museet ind i 90erne, Kunstforeningen,
Copenhagen, Denmark (cat.)
Maleri, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Group Show, Gilbert Brownstone, Paris, France
og vestenfor måne, 13 norske malere, Astrup Fearnly Museet for
Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
Die Sammlung Schyl der Kunsthalle Malmö, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für Rheinlande, Düsseldorf and
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (cat.)
Malerei, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Egne plakater og editioner, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nuevas Abstracciones, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de
Velázquez, Madrid, Spain; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany; Museum of
Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain (cat.)
Ostsee Biennale, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany (cat.)
Sculptures, Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München, Germany
Was ist, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Wismar and Rostock, Germany
Zeitgenössische Norwegische Kunst, Museum Folkwang, Essen and Kunsthalle
Rostock, Germany
Ordet, Storkyrkan, Stockholm
Facetter av Nordeuropeisk kunst, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark
ArtWORKS, WHO European Partnership Project to Reduce Tobacco
Dependence, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, England; European tour
Impulser, H.M. Dronning Sonjas Private Kunstsamling, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter,
Høvikodden/Oslo, Norway (cat.)
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Ôstra Karup, Sweden
Reflux: Bergens Kunstforening 1953-2001, Bergen Kunstforening/Bergen Kunsthall,
Bergen, Norway
Introduction, Der Henrik-Steffens-Preisträger der Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. in
Hamburg 2002 Olav Christopher Jenssen mit einingen seeiner Studenten von der
2004
Hochscule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Kulturforum Burgkloster zu Lübeck, Lübeck,
Germany
Premio Biella per lìncisione 2002, Museo del Territorio Biellese, Biella, Italy
Le Syndrome de Babylone, Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Villa du Parc, Auvergne
Public Collections
Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway
Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo, Norway
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger, Oslo, Norway
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Statens Konstråd, Stockholm, Sweden
Karin & Jules Schyls Donation, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Fredrik Roos Collection, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
Malmö Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden
Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg, Denmark
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
The Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Ars Fennica, Tavastehus
Kunstmuseum, Finland
KIASMA,The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany
Berliner Bank Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin,
Germany
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
Fonds National d´Art Contemporain, Puteaux, France
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USA
City Bank Art Collection, New York, USA
British Museum, London, England
Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris, France
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Commissions
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1999
2000
2001
Mural work at Wasa Insurance, Solna/Stockholm, Sweden
Mural work at University of Oslo, Rammebygget/Helga Engs Hus, Oslo, Norway
Berliner Bankverein, Berlin, Germany
Norwegian Government, New Ministerial building, Oslo, Norway
Wall painting at Trøndelag Theater, Trondheim, Norway
Wall painting at Museum Der Dinge, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Mural work at the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany
Permanent work/ Mosaic, Telenor Hovedkvarter, Fornebu, Norway
Wall painting, Nykredit Hovedkvarter, Copenhagen, Denmark