Olav Christopher JENSSEN

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Biography 

1954 born  in Sortland, Norway
lives and works in Berlin, Germany and Lya, Sweden

1976-79
Arts and Crafts School, Oslo, Noway

1980-81
Academy of Art, Oslo Norway

1996-2002
Professor of painting at Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany

1998
Prins Eugenes Medalje

2001
Willy-Brandt-Award
Henrik Steffens Award (Alfred Töpfer Foundation)

2005
Iserlohner Art Award

since 2007
Professor of painting at Academy of Fine Art, Braunschweig, Germany

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2018
Estragon, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany

2012-2013
Olav Christopher Jenssen – A private collection, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster, Germany
Enigma. Werke 1985-2012, MARTa, Herford, Germany

2012
A Selection of Late Grenadine Paintings thru March 3rd, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Living Room, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
The Protagonist, Varberg Konsthall, Sweden
Das kleine Haus, Edvard-Munch-Haus, Warnemünde, Germany
The Letharia Paintings, Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm, Sweden

2011
The Protagonist / New York edition, Tracy Williams Ltd., New York, NY

2010
The Protagonist, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Panorama, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland

2009
Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France
Panorama, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark
Sørlandets Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway

2008
Pinakothek, Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Zeitweise / at times, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany

2006
Appointment No. 1 – New paintings, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Appontment No. 2 – maleri, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Appendix: Third section of the Empty Drawing Room,Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York, NY

2005
Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany

2004
Lackmus, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Peninsula, Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao, Spain
Apriori, Galerie Bob von Orsow, Zürich, Switzerland
Translation, Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York, NY

2003
Time Paintings, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Bilder 2002-2003, Barbara Gross Galerie, München, Germany
Maleri, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

2002
Both, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
I am your best friend, A series of 50 monotypes, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie & Verlag, Berlin, Germany

2001
Wilkinson Gallery, London, England
Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark

2000
Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
The empty drawing room, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen; Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany; Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark
Palindrome, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
Andamios Interiores, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Norway

1999
From innocence, Kleinheinrich, Münster, Germany
Innocence – Peintures récentes, Galerie Laage-Salomon, Paris, France

1998
Territory – Paintings by Olav Christopher Jenssen, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg, Germany

1997
Radio. Bilder 1992 – 1997, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Estimation, Staatl. Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
Dolce, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Vongole, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Galerie Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Biographie, Astrup Fearnley Museet for moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway

1996
Once, La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
Neue Bilder, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany

1995
Love Letter Headings For Brontë Sisters, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
Von Zeit zu Zeit, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Sleeping Poets, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

1994
Drawings 1986-1993, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
Bilder 1990-1994, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany

1993
Teckningar 1986-1993, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland
Staatl. Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
Malerei, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany

1992
Bilder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
Lack of memory, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhage, Denmark; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

1990
Nye malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Dedikasjon, Galleri Eklund, Umeå, Sweden

1989
Pale afternoons, Anders Tornberg Gallery Lund, Sweden

1987
100 Tegninger, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

1985
Demoralisert Landskap, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

1981
Galleri J.M.S., Oslo, Norway

1979
Galleriet, Oslo, Norway

Group exhibitions (selection)

2010
The Moderna Exhibition 2010, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Bloody Serious, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen

2009
The Anniversary Show, Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York, NY
Nordic Painting, Rackstad Museet, Arvika

2008
Per Kirkeby et Olav Christopher Jenssen, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, Lille
40/40, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
Changing Lines, Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer

2007
Paint it blue – Werke aus der ACT Art Collection, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Bernard Frize, Olav Ch. Jenssen, Xavier Noiret-Thomé, Stephen Westfall, Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen

2006
Anstoß Berlin – Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Under the skin, Barbara Gross Galerie, München

2005
Nachsaison / Afterseason, Hachmeister Galerie, Münster
Løvbjergs Almene Fonds Samling, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens
Contemporary painting/Samtida måleri, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå

2004
Anton Henning und Olav Christopher Jenssen, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie & Verlag, Berlin
Beyound Posters, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen; DCA Gallery, New York, NY
Zeichnung entdecken, Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen
Tusenfryd – Vestfossen, Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen
About Corporeality in Editions – Artist Books, Prints, Photography, Galerie Lelong, Zürich

2003
New Abstract Painting, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
BuchKunst Kleinheinrich – Künstlerbücher und Editionen, Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn
The Idea of North, Green On Red Gallery, Dublin

2001
Maleri och Maleri, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn
Reflux: Bergens Kunstforening 1953-2001, Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen

2000
Kabinett der Zeichnung, Kunsthalle Lingen, Lingen; Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Painting Today – Overseas and Here, Renate Schröder Galerie, Mönchengladbach

1999
Visions of Norway – University Gallery and Baring Wing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne
Hovedværker fra museets samlinger, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens

1998
Aus Berlin auf Papier, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
Momentum – Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998, Moss, Norwegen

1997
Zeitgenössische norwegische Kunst, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Augenzeugen – die Sammlung Hanck, Papierarbeiten der 80er und 90er Jahre, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

1996
Nuevas abstracciones, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona

Ostsee Biennale, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
Egne Plakater og Editioner 1989-1995,Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen

1995
Das Abenteuer der Malerei, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart

1993
Den Andra Given – Works from the Frederik Roos Nordic Collection, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
Olympic Winterland – Meeting with Norwegian culture, Atlanta, USA; Tokio; Barcelona; München; Lillehammer

1992
documenta IX, Documenta, Kassel
Border crossings, Barbican Art Centre, London
Det Kulturella Landskapet, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rom

1991
Transparencia Azul, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Museo National de Artes Plasticas, Montevideo; Museo de Arto Moderno, Buenos Aires; Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota; Museo de arte contemporaneo de Caracas; Museo Nacional, Lissabon; Charlottenborg
Schwarze Bilder, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin

1988
Fem nordiska temperament, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö

1987
Borealis 3, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö

1983
Fem unge ute, Galleri Riis, Trondheim

1982
Tegning, Kunsternes Hus, Oslo

1977-1985
Statens Kunstutstilling, Oslo

Commissions (selection)

2012
Outdoor sculpture, Charlottenlund, Trondheim, Norway

2011
Outdoor sculpture, Gothenburg harbor, Sweden

2008
Permanent installation, Litteraturhuset, Oslo, Norway

2001
Wall painting, Nykredit Hovedkvarter, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000
Mural work at the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany

1999
Wall painting, Museum Der Dinge, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany

1997
Wall painting, Trøndelag Theater, Trondheim, Norway

1995
Berliner Bankverein, Berlin, Germany

1994
Mural work, University of Oslo, Rammebygget / Helga Engs Hus, Oslo, Norway