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Olav Christopher Jenssen Biography
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1954 |
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Born in Sortland in Vesterålen, Norway
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1976 - 1979 |
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Arts and Crafts School, Oslo, Norway
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1980 - 1981 |
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Art Academy, Oslo, Norway
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1981 - 1982 |
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Studies in New York
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1982 - 1983 |
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Studies in Berlin
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1996 |
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Professor in Painting at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
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Lives and works in Berlin and Lya, Sweden
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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At times, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
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2006
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“Olav Christopher Jenssen”, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway/ Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)
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2006
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“Appendix: Third Section of The Empty Drawing Room,” Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York (solo)
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2006
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“About Painting”, Kunstenaarsinitiatief Paraplufabriek, Netherlands
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2006
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“Silent Inside: Mark Francis, Bernard Frize, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Imi Knoebel,” Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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2005
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Traces Everywhere, Tracy Williams, Ltd., New York
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2005
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Hunch and Flail, Artists Space, New York
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2004
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Translation, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York
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2003
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Some Secrets some Thinking Bells some Late Palindromes some Time Paintings some Brown Paintings, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2003
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Time paintings, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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2002
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Moderation- A Section from the Empty Drawing Room, Nordiska
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2002
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I am your best Friend, A series of 50 monotypes, Niels Borch Jensen Verlag und Dryck, Berlin, Germany
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2001
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Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings, Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark
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2001
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The Empty Drawing Room, Drawings, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark
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2000
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The Empty Drawing Room, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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2000
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Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany; Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder, Denmark
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2000
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Palindrome, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway
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2000
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Post Palindrome, Arnstedt&Kullgren, Östra Karup, Sweden
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2000
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Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg,Norway
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1999
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Ten Days in May, Elisabeth Kaufman, Basel, Switzerland
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1999
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Innocence, Galerie Laage-Salomon, (Peintures récentes), Paris, France
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1999
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Ca. 25 tegninger, Rælingen Kunstforening, Sandbekkstua, Norway
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1998
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Territorium, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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1998
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Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athen, Greece
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1997
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Vongole, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
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1997
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Estimation, Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
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1997
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Radio, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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1997
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Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
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1996
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Once, La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, France
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1996
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Linguaphone, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
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1996
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Andamios Interiores, 5. Literaturbegegnung, Schwalenberg, Germany
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1995
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Neue Arbeiten, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
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1995
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Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1995
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Von Zeit zu Zeit, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn, Germany
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1995
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Repetition, Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
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1995
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Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden
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1995
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Fra tid til annen, Traum einer Kindheit, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
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1995
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Sleeping Poets, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
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1995
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Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
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1994
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Drawings 1986-1993, Tallinn Art Hall,Tallinn, Estonia
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1994
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Norræna húsid, Reykjavik, Iceland
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1994
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Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
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1994
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Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München, Germany
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1994
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Die graphischen Mappenwerke, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
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1994
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Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig, Germany
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1994
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Small mans impression, Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway
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1994
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Gilbert Brownstone, Paris, France
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1994
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Estimation, Gilbert Brownstone & Cie & Tracy Williams, Paris, France
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1994
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Since We All Came from the Same Place, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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1993
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Birds of Passage, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
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1993
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Teckningar 1986-1993, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/Helsinki, Finland
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1993
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Staatliche Museen Kassel-Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany
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1993
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Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
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1993
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Malerei, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany
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1992
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Neue Bilder, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
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1992
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Lack of Memory, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
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1992
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Tegninger og malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
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1992
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Lack of Memory, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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1991
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Once from the Garden, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
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1991
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Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
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1990
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Nye malerier, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
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1990
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Dedikasjon, Galleri Eklund, Umeå, Sweden
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1990
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Drawings for Knut Hamsun´s ”Sult”, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter/Oslo, Norway
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1989
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Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
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1989
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Pale Afternoons, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
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1989
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Small Talk in Sweden, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
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1988
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Galerie Artek, Helsinki, Finland
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1988
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Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg, Germany
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1987
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1987 Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm, Sweden
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1987
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100 Tegninger, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
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1987
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Galleri Tempo, Stockholm, Sweden
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1985
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Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
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1985
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Demoralisert Landskap, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
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1984
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Galleri Cassandra, Drøbak, Norway
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1983
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Hammarlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway
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1981
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Galleri J.M.S., Oslo, Norway
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1980
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Galleri I, Bergen, Norway
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1979
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Galleriet, Oslo, Norway
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