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CV KJERSTI VETTERSTAD
Born in Drammen 07.03.1977
Lives and works in Drammen, Norway

EDUCATION:
2007-2010: MA, Art in the Public Realm, Konstfack, Stockholm (Se)
2009: Exchange, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, (No)
2006-2007: Exchange, Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam (Nl)
2004-2007: Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Fine Art Department (No)
2003: Art History, University of Oslo (No)
2001: Ex. Fac. University of Oslo (No)
1999-2001: Strykejernet Art School, Oslo (No)
1997: Ex. Phil. University of Oslo (No)

UPCOMING:
2020: Film screening in collaboration with Entrée, Bergen (No).
2019: Solo show at Knipsu, Bergen (No)
2019: Middagen/ Arne Næss – Oppstandelsen, performance, Blackbox Teater i Oslo (No)
2019: Open Video, Tenthaus, curated by Janne Talstad, Oslo (No)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018: Solo show in collaboration with Georgiana Dobre at Bruksrommet, Stavanger (No)
2014: Quest in Paradise, UKS, Oslo (No)
2013: Fine Day (Altered State), in collaboration with Peter Mitterer/ Sex Tags, SALT, Oslo (No)
2012: One 4, in collaboration with Peter Mitterer/ Sex Tags, Trykkeriet Senter For Samtidsgrafikk, Bergen (No)
2012: Overdose With Style, in collaboration with Monica Winther, Tidens Krav, Oslo (No)
2011: No Maps For These Territories, Podium, Oslo (No)
2011: Mom & Jerry’s Mega Rave, in collaboration with Monica Winther, initiated by Cameron MacLeod and Roger van Reybekiel, Platform Stockholm (Se)
2011: Lethargia, Entrée, Bergen (No)
2011: The Greatest Hunt of All (or the methaphysical impossibility of reality in the mind of someone living), Space 4235, Tromsø (No)
2010: The Plague, Dortmund Bodega, Oslo, (No)
2010: Where the Streets Have No Shame, Dortmund Bodega, in collaboration with Monica Winther and Morten Magnus, Oslo (No)
2009: Trosløfteofferet, in collaboration with Monica Winther, Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, (No)
2009: Moti Ragnarokum, in collaboration with Monica Winther, curated by Karolin Tampere and Karin Laansoo, Atrium Gallery, Norwegian Weeks, Tallinn, (Ee)
2006: The Tale of The Psychedelic Warriors, in collaboration with Monica Winther at TOU Kunsthall, Stavanger (No)
2006: Ultimate Reality, in collaboration with Monica Winther at Kunstrom 1, Bergen (No)
2005: The Battlefield, in collaboration with Monica Winther at Kunstrom 2, Bergen (No)

GROUP SHOWS AND PROJECTS
2018: Video Open,  Atelier Nord ANX, curated by Janne Talstad, Oslo (No) 2017: The party of the first part, brought together by Morten Magnus, Galleri 69, Oslo (No)
2017: The Syndicate/ Home Fest, Bucharest (Ro)
2017: Momentum 9: Alienation/ Momentum Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss (No)
2017: Arne Næss – Oppstandelsen, Fjaler Theatre Festival, Dale (No)
2017: Open Video VI, Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival 2017, Hong Kong (Cn)
2017: Open Video V, Atelier Nord ANX, Oslo (No)
2017: Video Open II, på Papay Gyro Nights Art Festival 2017, Bergen (No)
2016: When Species Meet, curated by Karolin Tampere, TKS, Skien (No)2016: Chanting all clamoring, chirping, blaring elevator stops, brought together by Christian Tony Norum, Munch Museum, Oslo (No)
2016: Tegnebiennalen 2016, Tegneforbundet, Oslo (No)
2016: Papay Gyro Nights, VIDEOTAGE, Hong Kong, (Cn)
2016: Video Open, Atelier Nord ANX, curated by Janne Talstad, Oslo (No)
2016: Wild living marine resources belong to society as a whole, curated by Randi Nygård and Karolin Tampere, Kurant, Tromsø (No)
2015: Hear Me in Silence, Carol 53, Bucuresti (Ro)
2015: Open Video II, kurater av Janne Talstad, Space 4235, Genova (It)
2015: Menneskeberget, brought together by Christian Tony Norum, Munchs Atelier, Ekely, Oslo (No)
2015: Open Video, curated by Janne Talstad, Atelier Nord ANX, Oslo (No)
2015: UKS at Studio 17, Stavanger (No)
2014: Frå djevelsens hage og hit, brought together by Sigrid Voll Bøyum, Møllergata 37, Oslo (No)
2014: Exo Squelette Total Dispersion, COUAC, Lyon (Fr)
2014: Blind Choices – Sour Grapes, curated by Henrik Ekesiöö and John Huntington,
Platform Stockholm (Se)
2014: The Institute of Art and Crime, curated by Sebastian M. Kjølås, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (No)
2012: GOLD, W139, curated by Make Gouvenberg and Tim Voss, Amsterdam (Nl)
2012: Dortmund Bodega/ Armory Show, New York (Us)
2011: The Goodbye Gallery, support exhibition for Chris Bould, Fritzøe Verk, Larvik (No)
2011: Please Mind the Gap, Podium, Oslo (No)
2011: Sharks/ 22.07.2011 uka at Squid: the Parallel Action Summer School, Kunsthall Oslo (No)
2011: Run, Comrade, The World Is Behind You, Kunsthall Oslo (No)
2011: [Klamrar], Platform Stockholm, Stockholm (Se)
2011: WunderbaumWanderlustWunderkammer, curated by Eivind Slettemeås and Anna Gudmundsdottir, Harpefoss Hotel, Harpefoss (No)
2011: Om Ljuset Tar Oss, curated by Carl Bergström, Joakim Forsgren and Maya-Lena Johansson, Gävle Konstcentrum, Gävle (Se)
2011: Prettyfresh/ Bcc, curated by Marco Bruzzone, PMGalerie, Berlin (Ge)
2010: Strange Age, curated by art constallation Neu/ Podium, at Podium, Oslo (No)
2010: The Great Escape, initiated by Paralellaksjonen, Stange (No)
2010: 1 timers and 2 liners, curated by Siri Hjorth and Sebastian M. Kjølaas, x-Trabant, Oslo, (No)
2010: GAGO på Hove, initiated by Galleri Godteri, Hovefestivalen, Hove (No)
2010: Spring Exhibition 2010, Konstfack, Stockholm, (Se)
2009: Darkness Descends: Norwegian Art Now, curated by MASH: Christina Vassallo and Michael Selleger, Chashama, New York, (Us)
2008: Savory Sessions/ Open Studios, curated by Rakett, ISCP, New York, (Us)
2008: The Talitha Peace Spiritual Love Tour, curated by Vemund Thoe, Stamsund (No)
2008: Let There Be Light, curated by Åse Løvgren, Cultural Center, Magaza, (Mk)
2008: Pinapple or Knife?, Iceberg or Volcano?, at Lights On – Norwegian Contemporary Art , curated by Rekord; Thora Dolven Balke, Eirin Støen og Ingvild Langgård, 
Astrup Fearnley Museum for Contemporary Art, Oslo (No)
2008: Let There Be Light, curated by Åse Løvgren, Christianssands Kunsforening, Kristiansand, (No)
2008: The Last Battle: Replace solution with mystery, brought together by Ivan Galuzin, F15, Moss (No)
2007: Who Makes And Owns Your Work, brought together by Iaspis; Maria Lind, Robert Stasinski, Marysia Lewandowska, Goldin+Senneby, Årsta Folkets Hus, Stockholm (Se)
2007: Killingvildevonkrogh, curated by Vilde von Krogh, 33 Basement, Oslo (No)
2007: Old Bold Neuropa II, brought together by Ivan Galuzin, Area 53, Vienna, (At)
2007: Bachelors of the Universee, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Bergen (No)
2007: Please Look Like a Tourist, M.ORD, Rotterdam (Nl)
2006: Parasite Rotterdam, Blaak 10, Rotterdam (Nl)
2006: Every Story Tells a Picture, curated by Rakett/ Michael Baers at Sparwasser HQ, Berlin (De)
2006: The Summer Deconstruction Show, Seilduken, Oslo (No)
2006: Stuck on a Melting Rock n’ Rolling, curated by Rakett at Liquidation Total, Madrid (Es)
2005: SKA-TV/ Detox, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (No)
2004: Suite Nothing, Verftet, Bergen (No)

PERFORMANCE:
2018: Performance in collaboration with Georgian Dobre at Romania 100, Norwegian Film Institute, Oslo (No)
2017: The syndicate for lifting up the civil rights fighting spirit in every citizen: i samarbeid med Iulia Sima og Georgiana Dobre, Home Fest, Bucuresti (Ro)
2017: Valhalls Døtre, Kunst på Øya/ Øyafestivalen 2017, Oslo
2013: Mom & Jerry at 100 år! Forråd, curated by Knipsu, Bergen (No)
2013: Mom & Jerry at 12th Days of Performance, curated by Branko Francheschi Varazdin (Hr)
2012: Power Distortion 2: See You On The Next Level, initiated by Åsa Elieson, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm, curated by Mom & Jerry (Se)
2012: Power Distortions: Mom & Jerry meets Stig Larsson, Biljardpalatset, Stockholm (Se)
2011: WunderbaumWanderlustWunderkammer , curated by Eivind Slettemeås and Anna Gudmundsdottir, Harpefoss Hotel, Harpefoss (No)
2011: Kulla-Gulla, Fassbinder och Jag, in collaboration with Outi Condit, Lina Benneth, Katja Seitajoki, Kajsa Wahdia and Maria Stiernborg, initiated by Arena Baubo, at Inkonst, Malmö, MDT, Stockholm and Uppsala Stadsteater (Se)
2011: Mom & Jerry Radio “Show, initiated by Neu, Radio Nova, Oslo (No)
2011: Mom & Jerry’s Mega Rave, initiated by Cameron MacLeod and Roger van Reybekiel, Platform Stockholm (Se)
2011: Mom & Jerry: Berlin by n”ight, in collaboration with Monica Winther, Berlinale club evening, Schwuz, Berlin (De)
2010: Mom & Jerry at Øya, in collaboration with Torgny Amdam and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, and Monica Winther, Øyafestivalen, Oslo (No)
2010: Mom & Jerry: Contemporary Art on Sale, Strange Days, in collaboration with Monica Winther curated by art constallation Neu/ Podium, at Podium, Oslo (No)
2010: Mom & Jerry: Contemporary Art on Sale, in collaboration with Monica Winther, initiated by Galleri Godteri, Hovefestivalen, Hove (No)
2010: Mom & Jerry at When the Streets Have No Shame, Dortmund Bodega, in collaboration with Monica Winther, Oslo (No)
2009: Mor & Jerry Show: Be Free Fuck it All, in collaboration with Monica Winther, curated by ILYW/ Karolin Tampere, Landmark, Bergen (No)
2009: Daughters of Valhalla: Real Norwegian Art, in collaboration with Monica Winther, Darkness Descends: Norwegian Art Now, curated by MASH, Chashama, NYC, (Us)
2008: Mom & Jerry: Be Free Fuck it All, in collaboration with Monica Winther, Pineapple or Knife? curated by Rekord, Lights On – Norwegian Contemporary Art, Astrup Fearnley Museum for Samtidskunst, Oslo (No)
2007: Mom & Jerry: Contemporary Art on Sale in collaboration with Monica Winther , Killingvildevonkrogh, curated by Vilde von Krogh, 33 Basement, Oslo (No)
2006: Mom & Jerry: Contemporary Art on Sale, in collaboration with Monica Winther, Byrom i et Portrom, curated by Christin Holte, Oslo (No)
2005: Survival of the Fittest, Official Opening, Prosjektskolen, Oslo (No)
2005: Survival of the Fittest, Members Club at Prøverommet, Teatergarasjen, Bergen (No)

VIDEO AND FILM SCREENINGS
2018: Screening the video work  No Maps for These Territories at the Cultural Council’s annual conference in Bergen (No)
2017:Screening the video work  No Maps for These Territories, at Tror vi på fremtiden? / What about the future? – side program to LIAF, Henningsvær (No)
2017: Screening of The Agronaut at Mellomstasjonen/ Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo (No)
2016: Screening of the documentary film The Agronaut, Verdensteateret, Tromsø (No)
2015: Screening of documentary filmThe Agronaut, City Hall, El Bruc (Se)
2015: Screening of documentary filmThe Agronaut, Carol 53, Bucuresti (Ro)
2014: Screening of documentary filmThe Agronaut at BrucStock: Can Serrat Art and Music Festival, El Bruc (Es)
2014: Screening of videoNo Maps for These Territories at Oslo Open, Cinemateket/ Filmens Hus, Oslo (No)
2012: Screening of video at BrucStock: Can Serrat Art and Music Festival, El Bruc (Es)
2011: Oulala j’ai peur (We Are All Going To Hell), La Semencerie, Strasbourg (Fr)
2010: Lørda’s Video’ne, initiated by Sex Tags, Landmark – Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (No)
2010: Fête Triste, initiated by Otto Dix Club, RTT, Brussels, (Be)
2010: Det Främmande Fäderneslandet curated by Joakim Forsgren & Konstfrämjandet Dalarna, Dalarna (Se)
2009: Videonatt, curated by Åsa Elieson, Konstnershuset, Stockholm (Se)
2008: Art Club, curated by Morten Kvamme, Landmark, Bergen (No)
2005: Prøverommet, Teatergarasjen, Bergen (No)
2005: Norwydeo, curated by Bull.Miletic at ATA, San Francisco (USA)
2004: Oslo Art Festival II, curated by Josefine Lyche and Karolin Tampere, Oslo (No)

CO-CURATED PROJECTS:
2012: See You On The Next Level/ Power Distortion 2:8, curated by Mor & Jerry, collaboration with Åsa Elieson, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm (Se)
2007: Members Club Art Fair, curated by Members Club, Teatergarasjen, Bergen (No)
2006: Everything Unneeded, curated by Members Club at Oslo Art Festival 3 (No)
2006: The Great Fall, curated by Members Club at NOD Gallery, Prague (Cz)
2006: MC Festivalen (Members Club Art Festival), curated by Members Club, Bergen (No)
2005: Members Club at Prøverommet, Teatergarasjen, Bergen (No)
2005: 1st Act, curated by Members Club at Skostredet 3, Bergen (No)

COMMISSIONED WORK:
2010: Do you want to know the dark side of the moon?, Marienlyst Ungdomskole, Drammen (No)
2005: Wallpainting, Police Headquarters, Bergen (No)

WORK IN PUBLICATIONS:

2018: The Two Princesses and the Apple Tree, texts work written in collaboration with Georgiana Dobre for the first edition of the Romanian  pop-feminist magazine Cutra (Ro)

2018: The Fjord and the Mountain – Through the lens of deep ecology, written in collaboration with Kristin Astrup Aas for the art magazine Revista ARTA (Ro).

2018: Interview in Billedkunst (No)

2017: Contribution to the publication Wild living marine recourses belong to the common (No)

2012: Interview with Randi Gro, publication, Entrée, No)

2010: Text, Kunstårboka 2010 (No)

ATTENDED WORKSHOPS:
2016: Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land, initiated by Geir Tore Holm og Søssa Jørgensen, Sørfinnset (No)
2015: Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land, initiated by Geir Tore Holm og Søssa Jørgensen, Sørfinnset (No)
2014: Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land, initiated by Geir Tore Holm og Søssa Jørgensen, Sørfinnset (No)
2013: Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land, initiated by Geir Tore Holm og Søssa Jørgensen, Sørfinnset (No)
2012: Sørfinnset skole/ the nord land, initiated by Geir Tore Holm og Søssa Jørgensen, Sørfinnset (No)

RELATED WORK:
2019: Presentation of my art practice in relation to the course Solastalgia at KHiB, Bergen (No)
2019: Body art and Feminism, 3 week course in collaboration with Vilde von Krogh at the Project School in Oslo (No)
2018: Jury work at FFF for the Spring Exhibition at Fotogalleriet, Oslo (No)
2011 – 2017: Part time position as teacher at the Project School in Oslo (No)

GRANTS
2018:NOK 37.000: Project support, RegionalFunds.
2018:NOK 30.000: Project support, Norwegian Cultural Council.
2018:NOK 120.000: Project support, Vederlagsfondet
2018:NOK 60.000: Project support, Norwegian Cultural Council.
2017:NOK 150.000: work grant, Vederlagsfondet
2017: NOK 492.000: 2 years work grant, Arts Council Norway
2016: NOK 20.500: Project support Arts Council Norway
2016: NOK 20.500: Project support Vederlagsfondet
2016: NOK 100.000: Project support, the Audio and Visual Fund
2016: NOK 60.000: Project support, Arts Council Norway
2015: NOK 100.000: Project support, Arts Council Norway
2015: NOK 40.000: Project support, Vederlagsfondet
2015: NOK 40.000: Project support, Vederlagsfondet (in collaboration with Monica Winther)
2015: NOK 150.000: Artist grant, Vederlagsfondet
2014: NOK 150.000: Artist grant, Vederlagsfondet
2013: NOK 20.000: Exhibition support, Arts Council Norway (in collaboration with Monica Winther)
2013: NOK 50.000: Project support, The Audio and Visual Fund
2013: NOK 30.000: Project support, Arts Council Norway
2012: NOK 200.000: 2 year work grant for artists, Arts Council Norway.
2011: NOK 30.000: Arts Council Norway, (in collaboration with Monica Winther)
2011: NOK 20.000: The Audio and Visual Fund, (in collaboration with Monica Winther).
2010: SEK 6.000: Konstfack student grant
2010: NOK 40.000: Div grant, Arts Council Norway
2006: NOK 15.000: Travel grant, Municipality of Bergen, (in collaboration with Members Club)