Olav Christopher Jenssen

OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN
Born in Sortland in Vesterålen, Norway, 1954
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Lya, Sweden
EDUCATION
1976 - 1979
Arts and Crafts School, Oslo, Norway
1980 - 1981
Art Academy, Oslo, Norway
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Panorama, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
2008
Zeitweise, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
2004
Translation, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York
2003
Time Paintings, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2002
Moderation - A Section from the Empty Drawing Room, Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn, Sweden
2000
The Empty Drawing Room, Kunstverein Göttingen, Germany
2000
Palindrome, Bergens Kunstforening, Norway
1997
Vongole, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
1997
Radio, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
1997
Biographie, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
1996
Once, La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
1994
Drawings 1986-1993, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia
1994
Since We All Came from the Same Place, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1994
Bilder 1990-1994, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
1992
Neue Bilder, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1992
Lack of Memory, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1992
Bilder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
1992
Lack of Memory, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
1990
Nye malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1989
Pale Afternoons, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
1985
Demoralisert Landskap, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1979
Galleriet, Oslo, Norway
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Drawing a Tension, Deutsche Bank/Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
2001
Impulser, H.M. Dronning Sonjas Private Kunstsamling, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
1996
Nuevas Abstracciones, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Velázquez, Madrid, Spain
1995
Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für Rheinlande, Düsseldorf and Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1992
Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany
1991
Transparencia Azul, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Modern Art, New York
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Oslo, Norway
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
The Art Museum of Northern Norway
Karin & Jules Schyls Donation, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Malmö Museum, Sweden
Göteborg Kunstmuseum, Sweden
Esbjerg Museum of Art, Denmark
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
The Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Ars Fennica, Tavastehus Kunstmuseum, Finland
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Berliner Bank Gesellschaft, Berlin, Germany
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany
Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Germany
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
Fonds National d´Art Contemporain, Puteaux, France
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 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
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

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