ARE BLYTT
Exhibition view, mixed media installation (oil painting, acrylic painting, medium-format photography), Galleri K, Oslo, 2022
Installation view, oil paintings for Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2021
Installation view, oil and acrylic paintings for Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Exhibition view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020
Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2020
UPCOMING PROJECTS
2023 – 24 Retrospective monography published by Salon Verlag, Cologne, Germany. Supported by Norsk Kulturråd and Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, with essays by Tommy Olsson, Ravi Ghosh and Chloe Stead
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2022 SOFT RETROSPECTIVE – solo exhibition, Galleri K, solo exhibition, Oslo, Norway
2019 #2009 – duo exhibition with Yiy Zhang, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany
2019 Duo exhibition with Dirk Stewen, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2019 OLJE OG BEGJÆR, ET UTVALG NORSKE MALERE UNDER 50 – Blomqvist Auction House, group exhibition, Oslo, Norway
TEXTS AND SELECTED PRESS
TENK ANNERLEDES. TENK ANNERLEDES ENN DET DU NETTOPP TENKTE ANNERLEDES – exhibition essay by Tommy Olsson, 2022, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway Norsk
SOFT RETROSPECTIVE – Daily Lazy, 2022, Athens, Greece
CLOSER – exhibition essay by Gérard A. Goodrow, Galerie Alber, 2021, Cologne, Germany English / German
CLOSER – KubaParis, 2021, Berlin, Germany
CLOSER – TZVETNIK, 2021, Russia
CLOSER – Daily Lazy, 2021, Athens, Greece
THE BENEFITS OF BANKRUPTCY – interview by Tom Lingnau, Weinspach Publishing, 2020, Cologne, Germany English
SVART KATT PÅ LERRET – exhibition essay by Arve Rød, Galleri K, 2020, Oslo, Norway Norsk
THE SEEABLE AND THE SAYABLE – exhibition essay by Lina Viste Grønli, Galleri K, 2020, Oslo, Norway English
BEING – exhibition review by Espen Hauglid, Morgenbladet, 2020, Oslo, Norway Norsk
BEING – book review by Øivind Storm Bjerke, Klassekampen, 2020, Oslo, Norway, Norsk
BEING – exhibition review by Kjetil Røed, Vårt Land, 2020, Oslo, Norway Norsk
BEAUTIFUL WRECK – exhibition review by Sofie Crabbé, HART Magazine, 2019, Brussels, Belgium Flemish
NÅR HIMMELEN KLARNER – Art Viewer, 2018, Antwerp, Belgium
ON BLYTT´S PAINTINGS – exhibition essay by Erlend Hammer, Galleri K, 2017, Oslo, Norway English / Norsk
EIGHT PAINTINGS – interview by Charlotte Jansen, Elephant Magazine, 2017, London, UK English
OTHER PROJECTS
2023 Artist-in-residence at Circolo Scandinavo, Rome, Italy
2021 A VIEW FACING LIFE – essay to a new publication dedicated to the Norwegian artist Elisabeth Haarr. Published by Sternberg Press and Bergen Kunsthall
2021 CONTRIBUTION #2 – editon for LRRH Editions, Cologne, Germany
2021 YOUTH RIOT – visual contribution for Salon No. 16, Salon Verlag, Cologne, Germany
2012 Artist-in-residence at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway. Supported by Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond
Blytt x Avenue – collaboration with Avenue, runway show at Villa Stenersen, 2019, Oslo, Norway
CONTACT
For further information or studio related inquiries: ablytt (at) gmail.com
PUBLICATIONS
AVAILABLE AT:
CURA MAGAZINE BOOKSTORE, ROME, ITALY
BERGEN KUNSTHALL BOOKSTORE, BERGEN, NORWAY
WIELS ART CENTRE BOOKSTORE, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
GALLERI K, OSLO, NORWAY
GALERIE ALBER, COLOGNE, GERMANY
SELECTED WORKS
Boy, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 149 x 106 cm / 58.6 x 41.7 inches
Subversive, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 41 x 31 cm / 16.1 x 12.2 inches
Beautiful Wreck, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 30 x 40 cm / 11.8 x 15.7 inches
Focused and Miserable, 2021, oil on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 30 x 40 cm / 11.8 x 15.7 inches
Hand #1 , 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 94 cm / 52.3 x 37 inches
Double Kierkegaard, 2020, oil and pigment print on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 140 x 100 cm / 55.1 x 39.3 inches
Beginning of the End, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 129 × 93 cm / 50.7 x 36.6 inches
Closer, 2020, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 126.5 × 94 cm / 49.8 x 37 inches
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
For the First Time, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 94 cm / 52.3 x 37 inches
Mothers, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 136 x 96 cm / 53.5 x 37.7 inches
Sensitive, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 133 x 93.5 cm / 52.3 x 36.8 inches
Exhibition view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Exhibition view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2020
A Carafe Without Water, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
Interrogatory Gaze, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
The Perfect Drug, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
Sober Experience, 2019, acrylic on linen canvas, nails, 155 x 110 cm / 61 x 43.3 inches
Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2019
Exhibition view, Galerie Alber, Cologne, Germany, 2019
No title I, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches
No title III, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches
No title VIII, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches
No title IV, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches
No title VI, 2019, pigment print on baryta paper, image 20 x 30 cm / 7.8 x 11.8 inches, frame 55 x 65 cm / 21.6 x 25.5 inches
Exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Are Blytt (right) and Dirk Stewen (left), exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Are Blytt (right) and Dirk Stewen (left), exhibition view, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Brussels, Belgium, 2019
Obnoxiously, 2019, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, aluminium stretcher, 136 x 96 cm / 53.5 x 37.7 inches
Untitled (Hands), 2018, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, archival-print, aluminum stretcher, 200 x 100 cm / 78.7 x 39.3 inches
Untitled (Hands), detail, 2018
Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Untitled (Figure), 2018, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, archival-print, aluminum stretcher, 100 x 200 cm / 39.3 x 78.7 inches
Untitled (Figure), detail, 2018
Untitled (Nelson), detail, 2018
Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Installation view, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, artist-in-residence, Brussels, Belgium, 2018
Either / Or, 2018, acrylic on linen canvas, 210 x 240 cm / 82.6 x 94.4 inches
Close to the River & The Benefits of Bankruptcy, 2018, acrylic on linen canvas, 220 x 214 cm each / 86.6 x 84.2 inches each
Kierkegaard, 2017, oil and acrylic on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 200 x 130 cm / 78.7 x 51.1 inches
Houellebecq, 2017, oil and acrylic on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 200 x 130 cm / 78.7 x 51.1 inches
Skram, 2017, oil and acrylic on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 200 x 270 cm / 78.7 x 106.2 inches
Installation view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2017
Installation view, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway, 2017
Untitled (Merkel), 2017, acrylic paint on linen canvas, archival-print, 200 x 213 cm / 78.7 x 83.8 inches
Untitled (Merkel), detail, 2017
Youth Riot, 2017, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 140 x 100 cm / 55.1 x 39.3 inches
Bread and Roses, 2017, oil and acrylic on linen canvas, wooden stretcher, 140 x 100 cm / 55.1 x 39.3 inches
Poem, 2013, oil on cotton canvas, wooden stretcher, 240 x 335 cm / 94.4 x 131.8 inches