Are You OK? - Berivan Erdogan (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition Part II)

Berivan Erdogan (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition Part II)

12/18/20 • 35 min

Berivan's work for Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020 can be viewed online here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/berivan-erdogan.

Berivan Erdogan (b. 1989, Molde) is based in Oslo and Gothenburg. Her work examines gender and power-relations within a multicultural society, with a specific focus on topics of masculinity and violence. Erdogan has a background in Gender Studies and has undergraduate degrees from both the Art Academy in Oslo, and from Akademin Valand, Gothenburg from where she also received an MA in Fine Arts Film.

Her film ‘Ang. Berivans Film’ premiered at Gothenburg Film Festival (2019) and was screened at Faroe Islands, Pride (2019) and Umeå European Film Festival (2019). She recently exhibited at Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus (2020). Her most recent solo exhibitions and screenings were at SAQMI, Gothenburg (2019); Bio Rio, Stockholm (2019); and Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, Oslo (2019).

Berivan's work for Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020 can be viewed online here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/berivan-erdogan.

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Kjetil Skøien (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition Part I)

Kjetil Skøien (b. 1952, Oslo) is a former biodynamic farmer, dancer and theatre director who has directed more than 30 experimental theatre works in Norway and abroad. He has also directed Japanese Noh theatre and Butoh dance theatre and studied under Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno. In 1994 Skøien collaborated with Black Box Theatre to produce ‘Dance of Life’, a Butoh performance by Min Tanaka for the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics.

Skøien was educated at the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts. He was one of the earliest Norwegian artists to work with video. Skøien also works with performance, photography, painting, collage, text, theatre direction, and choreography.

He has exhibited and directed performances in Kunstbanken, Hamar (2019), The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo + Ultimafestivalen (2019), Kunsthall Trondheim + PAO performance festival, Oslo (2018), Minimalen Kortfilmfestival, Trondheim (2017). Skøien has had solo exhibitions at Kunstnernes Hus, Stenersenmuseet. He exhibited at Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen; ICA, London; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; Contemporary Art Museum, Oslo; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter; Norsk Skulpturbiennale; Høstutstilling; Preus Foto Museum; Malmö konsthall; and Living Art Museum, Reykjavik. Skøien has work in the collections of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway, Cultural Council Norway, and Statens Konstråd, Sweden.

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Hanni Kamaly (Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition Part III)

Hanni Kamaly's contribution to Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020, 'ULRIKAB' can be seen here: https://www.oslokunstforening.no/hanni-kamaly

Hanni Kamaly (b. 1988, Hamar) is based in Stockholm and has studied at Malmö Art Academy. Kamaly has held solo-exhibitions at: Ginerva Gambino, Cologne; Tegel, Stockholm; Skånes konstförening, Malmö; Almanac, London and Tag-Team Studio, Bergen and perfomances at Moderna Museet, Malmö; Rupert, Vilnius; Inter Arts Center, Malmö and Göteborg konsthall. Most recent group-exhibitions include Intercultural Museum, Oslo; Lunds konsthall; Moderna museet, Stockholm; Luleå Biennial; Malmö Art Museum; Neues Kunsthaus, Ahrenshoop and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Hanni Kamaly will have a solo exhibition at Index, Stockholm 2021 and is participating in next year’s São Paulo biennial.