PARANOIA
June 20th - July 25th
CACAOFABRIEK, Helmond , The Netherlands
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David E. Allen (GB)
Tjorg Douglas Beer (DE)
Ben Cottrell (GB)
Matthias Dornfeld (DE)
Fabian Fobbe (DE)
Andrew Gilbert SCT)
John Hodany (USA)
Daniel Jensen (SE)
Natasja Kensmil (NL)
Michael Kirkham (GB)
Donya Saed (NL)
Raaf van der Sman (NL)
Lars Monrad Vaage (NO)
Klaus Winichner (DE)
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Selfmade in Basel
June 13th - June 20th
Galleri Riis, Boot H15
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Age and body temperature
April 2010 - July 3rd 2011
Norway, Moldovia & France
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I was born 3.7.-73.
This year the 3.7., I will be 37 years old.
The temperature of my body is 37 degrees Celsius.
To celebrate this, and exploit all possibilities of magic,
I will travel and make my most ambitious work so far,
for more than a year starting in April
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MOTHERS MILK IN GALLERI RIIS
March 11th 19-21hrs, through April 18th 2010
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During Eline Mugaas show at Riis, Mothers Milk will be at show in the office of the gallery
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AGOG, ALOOF+AJITTER
George Barber at Nationalmuseum
Saturday 20th of March 2010, 14-22 hrs
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This spring I am director of the Nationalmuseum, and George Barber will show new paintings.
Also open Sunday 21st 14-16 hrs.
Dieffenbachstrasse 37, Berlin
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TETE-A-CLACK
Part I Sat. 6th of March 20-24hrs / Part II Wed. 17th of March 20-24hrs
Forgotten Bar, Boppstrasse 5, Berlin
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Joshua Abelow (US), George Barber (UK), Tjorg Douglas Beer (GER), Fabian Fobbe (GER), Frankie Martin (US), Kalle Runeson (SE), Lars Monrad Vaage (NO), Molly Zuckerman-Hartung (US)
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Tete-a-clack means something like head-you-would-love-to-smack in French, referring to somebody annoying
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MOTHERS MILK
Cussler, Tuesday February 2nd 2010
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I am showing my new painting of a mother dinosaur breastfeeding her children at Cussler, Ralf Dereich and Dominik Steiners place. It is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 21-02 hrs, Kottbusserdamm nr 9, in between the two western entrances to U8 Schönleinstrasse.
The painting is 204x237cm, oil on canvas
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WHALE-CARPACCIO
Forgotten Bar, Wednesday 16th of December 2009
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I was guest-teacher at Nordland Art and Film Collage in October. The school is located in Kabelvåg, the first known viking-town in North Norway (at the 67th and 68th parallels north of the Arctic Circle)
The students came to Berlin before Christmas, and showed their work at The Forgotten Bar. Head of Departement Geir Yttervik brought whale-meat, and we served it as carpaccio to the guests
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MARIANNE
Billedkunst, 27th of October 2009
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Artist and curator Marianne Hurum wrote a good text about my work And as the years passed by, he grew angrier and angrier, thinking only of escape, dreaming about freedom in Billedkunst, the magazine promoting the union of Norwegian artists. It is written in Norwegian, and is to be found here
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LATTE IN WATTE
Galleri Riis, October 29 – November 22 2009
They told the future backwards is in a group show featuring artists of the gallery, Jan Groth, Andreas Eriksson, Sverre Wyller, Håvard Homstvedt, Bård Breivik, Eline Mugaas, Kristjan Gudmundsson, Per Kirkeby, Sverre Wyller, Per Inge Bjørlo, Troels Wörsel, Georg Herold, Kristjan Gudmundsson, Signe Marie Andersen, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Marijke van Warmerdam, Dan Wolgers
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NEW AGE
Galleri Lautom, September 10th - October 11th 2009
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My drawing "Jonas", of the Norwegian foreign minister, is in a groupshow with Kjetil Kausland, Victoria Pihl Lind, Elise Storsveen, Ole John Aandal and Øystein Aasan at Galleri Lautom in Oslo.
The drawing was also shown in another show with Ane Graff and Sverre Malling at Borgarsyssel Museum, Sarpsborg in 2008. 24x32cm, oil-pastel on paper, 2008
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VESTFOSSEN KUNSTLABORATORIUM
Mai 2nd - October 10th 2009
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I showed 2 cool 4 school III and two large suites of drawings in a group show at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium outside Oslo.
The other artists in the show were Inghild Karlsen, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Per Barclay, Bjørn-Sigurd Tufta, Bjarne Melgaard, A K Dolven, Elmgreen & Dragset, Ole Jørgen Ness, Børre Sæthre og Book & Hedén, Martin Skauen, Josefine Lyche, Mari Slaattelid, Sverre Bjertnes, Kjersti G. Andvig, Ane Mette Hol, Marit Følstad, Bård Ask and Helene Sommer
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FRUIT & FUTURISM
Galleri Riis, April 16th-May 16th 2009
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My second solo show at Galleri Riis.
Heavy, awkward works with no charm or humour,
my best show so far
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Bunnies, It Must Be Bunnies
Galleri Lautom, April 2nd - May 3rd 2009
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Curated by Erlend Hammer featuring Heman Chong (SG), Jan Christensen (NO), Ane Graff (NO), Allen Grubesic (SE), Mai Hofstad Gunnes (NO), Børre Sæthre (NO), Eve K. Tremblay (CA) and me. I like Erlend and made a cute ceramic rabbit called D'où venons -nous? Que sommes-nous? Où allons-nous?
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The tall man show
Nationalmuseum, December 12th 2008
I curated a show where all the artists had to be at least 190 cm.
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Lutz Braun, Jens Nordmann, Kalle Runeson, Joachim Cossais, Uros Djurovic, George Barber, Fabian Fobbe, Philip Topolovac, Heike Kelter, Mark Neufeld, Alexander Esters, Leigh Bridges, Sten Are Sandbeck and Gregor Hildebrandt
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PRECURSE
Nationalmuseum, November 14th 2008, curated by John Hodany
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George Barber, Brian Belott, Jeff Caramagna, Brendan Cass, Leo Kogan, Christopher Schade, Mani Hammer, John Hodany, Sophie Hofmann, Jeroen Jacobs, Michael Kirkham, Julia Munstermann, Issa Sant, Zoe Pettijohn, Raaf van der Sman, Dominik Steiner, Bernd Trasberger, Lars Monrad Vaage
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Nationalmuseum
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Some friends and I curate and arrange exibitions now and then in various places in Berlin under the name Nationalmuseum
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40/40
Stenersen Museum, October 18 2008 - January 4 2009
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Due to the 40th anniversary of Union of Norwegian Painters (LNM) in 2008, The Stenersen Museum presented 40 Norwegian painters from the last four decades. I showed my painting of a crowbar, and three other small paintings
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