Are Blytt, born 1981 in Bergen, Norway
Lives and works in Oslo
Education
2006-2008 Master of Fine Art, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (prof. Anne Karin Furunes & Kristina Bræin)
2003-2006 Bachelor of Fine Art, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (prof. Jon Arne Mogstad & Thorbjørn Sørensen)
2001-2002 Bergen Art School
Solo exhibitions
2010 Telemark Kunstnersenter/Telemark Art Centre, Skien, Norway. Curated by Jan Christensen (upcoming September)
2009 “Why Count Flowers At The End Of The Day?”, The Agency Contemporary, London (text) (web)
2008 “Basilikum Blytt”, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim, Norway (web)
2006 “New paintings”, Steinkjer Kunstforening/Steinkjer Art Association, Steinkjer, Norway
2006 “Model’s Night”, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim, Norway (text) (web)
2006 “Farger, former og frukt”, Nord-Trøndelag Fylkesgalleri/Nord-Trondelag County Gallery , Namsos, Norway
2005 “New paintings”, Galleri KiT, with Henrik Skotte and the literature magazine LUJ, Trondheim, Norway
Selected group exhibitions
2011 The Agency Contemporary, London (upcoming January) (web)
2011 Galleri Entrée, Bergen (upcoming January) (web)
2010 “Salong 2010”, Private showroom , Oslo. Curated by Javier Barrios, Tara Rolfsen & Oda Broch (web)
2009 “Tempo som tanke – byrom som skisse”, Telemark Kunstnersenter/Telemark Art Centre, Skien. Curated by Jan Christensen
2009 “Oh, Don’t Get Carried Away”, KP Poetry Journal Volume 1, Kunstprojects, Berlin. Curated by Declan Rooney
2009 “HotchPotch London”, MKII, London. Curated by Magnus Vatvedt (web)
2009 “Høstutstillingen 2009”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (web)
2009 “EXILE”, Kunstcentret Silkeborg Bad, Denmark
2008 “Believing is seeing”, Project Space 21.25, Oslo. Curated by Magnus Vatvedt, December
2008 “3rd World Artist festival”, Seoul, Korea
2008 “Norsk Skulpturbiennale 2008/Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2008”, Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo. Curated by Øyvind Storm Bjerke
2008 “Take Off”, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo
2008 “How could you be angry while grooming a dog?”, Galerie Perpetuel, Frankfurt. Curated by Declan Rooney (web)
2008 “Heartbeat” (Master of Fine Art exhibition), Trondheim Art Museum and Projekt 0047 (Oslo) (text)
2008 “Rykk tilbake til start”, Projekt 0047, Oslo. Curated by Jan Christensen
2008 “Trøndelagsutstillingen/Annual Exhibition of Mid- Norway” 2008, 2007, 2006 & 2005, Trondheim, Norway
2007 “2nd World Artist Festival”, Hangram Art Museum. Seoul, Korea
2005 “Paintings”, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway
Projects & commissioned works
2007 “Maskros/Dandelion”, collaboration with Niklas Mulari and Mikael Nilsson. Sculpture to a roundabout in Trondheim, Norway (pics)
2007 “2,5kg of freedom”, temporary sculpture/installation in Central Park, New York. Also shown in Trondheim, Norway (pics)
Public collections & grants
2011 Skandinavisk Forenings Kunstnerhus i Roma/Nordic artists´ residence programme in Rome (residency) (upcomming)
2010 BKH kunstnerstipend (grant)
2010 Prosjektstøtte, Norsk Kulturråd (production support)
2009 Office for Contemporary Art Norway (international support grant)
2008 The Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation (grant)
2006 Trondheim Commune (collection)
2006 Steinkjer Commune (collection)
2006 J.Weidemanns minnestipend for yngre kunstnere (grant)
2005 Norsk Kulturråd/Arts Council Norway (collection). Assigned to Sørlandet Kunstmuseum and Nord-Trøndelag Fylkesgalleri
Curated projects
2009 “Blytt & Rooney Curate Something Nice”, group exhibition co-curated with Declan Rooney, Kunstprojects, Berlin (web) (pics)
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