Olav Christopher Jenssen
OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN
Born 1954 in Sortland in Vesterålen, Norway
Lives and works in Berlin and Lya, Sweden
STUDIES
1976 - 79 Arts and Crafts School, Oslo, Norway
1980 - 81 Art Academy, Oslo, Norway
1981 - 82 Studies in New York
1982 - 83 Studies in Berlin
1996 Professor in Painting at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
ONE MAN SHOWS
1979 Galleriet, Oslo, Norway
1980 Galleri I, Bergen, Norway
1981 Galleri J.M.S., Oslo, Norway
1983 Hammarlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
1984 Galleri Cassandra, Drøbak, Norway
1985 Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
Demoralisert Landskap, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
1987 Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm, Sweden
100 Tegninger, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Tempo, Stockholm, Sweden
1988 Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
1989 Pale Afternoons, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Small Talk in Sweden, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway;
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
1990 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
1991 Once from the Garden, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
1992 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
1993 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.)
Malerei, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany (cat.)
1994 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.)
1995 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
1996 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
1997 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.)
1998 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
1999 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
2000 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, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Norway
2001 Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
The Empty Drawing Room, Drawings, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum,
Denmark
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
2002 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
2003 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
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Østre Karup, Sweden
Time paintings, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2004 TranslationTracy Williams Ltd, New York
I am Your best Friend Galleri Nord-Norge
North Norwegian Cultural Festival,Harstad
Apriori Galerie Bob van Orsouw,Zürich,Switzerland
Peninsula Galeria Vanguardia,Bilbao,Spain
Peninsula Galeria Senda,Barcelona,Spain
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1977 - 1985 Statens Kunstutstilling, Oslo, Norway
1981 Galleri JMS, Oslo, Norway
1982 Tegning, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1983 Fem unge ute, Galleri Riis, Trondheim, Norway
1984 Martin Luther, Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
Eröffnungsausstellung, Galerie Wissarth, Berlin, Germany
1985 Olav Christopher Jenssen og Dagfinn Knudsen, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway (cat.)
Scandinavische Grafik, Scanart, Berlin, Germany
Wang Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
1986 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.)
1987 Borealis 3, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden (cat.)
100th Anniversary Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Jubileumsutstilling, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
1988 8 fra Norge, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/Oslo, Norway
Unknown North, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Fem nordiska temperament, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden (cat.)
1989 Det grønne mørke, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland;
Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden; Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, Norway (cat.)
1990 Northlands, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England; The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (cat.)
1991 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, 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
1992 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
1993 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
1994 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
1995 Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für Rheinlande, Düsseldorf and Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (cat.)
Malerei, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
1996 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
1997 Was ist, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Wismar and Rostock, Germany
Zeitgenössische Norwegische Kunst, Museum Folkwang, Essen and Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
1998 Ordet, Storkyrkan, Stockholm
1999 Facetter av Nordeuropeisk kunst, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark
2000 ArtWORKS, WHO European Partnership Project to Reduce Tobacco Dependence, The Whitechapel Gallery, London, England; European tour
2001 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
Birnen,Bohnen und Speck.The national Museum of Shanghai
The Third China Shanghai International Arts Festival
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, Germany
Premio Biella per lìncisione 2002, Museo del Territorio Biellese, Biella, Italy
2003 New Apstract Painting/Painting Abstract Now.Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen,Germany
2004 1.Biennale der Zeichnung.Kunstverein Eislingen
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
COMMISSIONS
1993 Mural work at Wasa Insurance, Solna/Stockholm, Sweden
1994 Mural work at University of Oslo, Rammebygget/Helga Engs Hus, Oslo, Norway
1995 Berliner Bankverein, Berlin, Germany
1996 Fountain for Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
Norwegian Government, New Ministerial building, Oslo, Norway
1997 Wall painting at Trøndelag Theater, Trondheim, Norway
1999 Wall painting at Museum Der Dinge, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
2000 Mural work at the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany
2001 Permanent work/ Mosaic, Telenor Hovedkvarter, Fornebu, Norway
Wall painting, Nykredit Hovedkvarter, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 Glassinstalation New Library Halmstad Sweden
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