• Janne Kruse
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                                    Born in Aarhus, Denmark 1979
                                    Works in Strömstad, Sweden and Oslo, Norway
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    SOLO AND DUO EXHIBITIONS
    
                                    2026          Gyldenpris Kunsthall, Bergen NO
    
                                    2025          Digitalis Purpurea with Icaro Zorbar, Seeing Sound, Oslo NO
    
                                    2024          I én hånd, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker NO
    
                                    2023          A quarter to midnight will be alright, 1:1 at Gyldenpris Kunsthall, Bergen NO
                                    
                                    2021          A Blue Interpretation, Aiyo Space, Beijing CN
    
                                    2020          Dedal Fingerbøl – Chapter 1 with Icaro Zorbar, Galerie 21, Hamburg DE
                                    
                                    2019          Copia, Bruksrommet, Stavanger NO
                                                      It’s so real, Noplace, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2018          Déjà Vu, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo NO
                                                      The Silent Character, Volt, Bergen NO
                                    
                                    2017          Roxy Firefly with Andreas Siqueland, Gallery F15, Moss NO
                                    
                                    2016          Epoch, Trykkeriet – Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Bergen NO
                                    
                                    2015          Bound Together for a Destination co-curated by Ane Mette Hol, Rake Visningsrom, Trondheim NO
                                    
                                    2014          Bodies with Corners, Aiyo Space, Beijing CN
                                    
                                    2013          Behind Silence, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2012          Borrowed Times, One Night Only Gallery at UKS, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2011          The Act of Making as an Act of Making with Ann Iren Buan, RAM Gallery, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2009          Point of no Return with Signe Solberg, Nb8, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2008          Anterior Aspect / Posterior Aspect, Nb8, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    
                                    GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES
                                    
                                    2026          Flat Sun with Verdensteatret, Atalante, Gothenburg SE
    
                                    2025          Open Video XVII, Spitsbergen Kunstnersenter, Longyearbyen NO
                                                      Flat Sun with Verdensteatret, Rewire, Den Haag NL
                                                      Flat Sun with Verdensteatret, Teatergarajen, Bergen NO
    
                                    2024          Flat Sun with Verdensteatret, Black Box teater at Gamle Munch, Oslo NO
                                                      Flat Sun with Verdensteatret, Teater Alfred, Praha CZ
                                                      Enter ghost, exit ghost, re-enter ghost with Verdensteatret, Meta.Morf Biennale, Trondheim/Steinkjer NO  
                                                      Flat Sun with Verdensteatret, Rosendal Teater, Trondheim NO  
                                                      Hakker og spader, Saksumdal Tempel, Lillehammer NO
    
                                    2023          Open Video XVII, Kunstrum Fyn, Frørup DK
                                                      Trust me tomorrow with Verdensteatret, Black Box Teater, Oslo NO
                                                      α ζ with Verdensteatret, Kunstnernes Hus Kino, Oslo NO
                                                      Vårutstillingen, Fotogalleriet, Oslo NO
                                                      Trust me tomorrow with Verdensteatret, Teatros del Canal, Madrid ES
                                                      Silent Movie Concert with Verdensteatret and Emsemble Liminar, Casa del Lago, Mexico City MX
    
                                    2022          Winter Solstice, Oslo NO
                                                      Trust me tomorrow with Verdensteatret, Atalante, Gothenburg SE
                                                      Open Video XIII, Store Gilhuus Gård, Lier NO
                                                      Enter ghost, exit ghost, re-enter ghost with Verdensteatret, Lydgalleriet, Bergen NO
                                                      Open Video XII, Norwegian Sculptor Association, Oslo NO
                                                      OS!O Believe It, curated by Mathilde Carbel, Trondheimsveien 15B, Oslo NO
                                                      Enter ghost, exit ghost, re-enter ghost with Verdensteatret, Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst, Lillestrøm NO
    
                                    2021          Ad_vent, Villa Stenersen, Oslo NO
                                                      Trust me tomorrow with Verdensteatret, Festival Musica, Strasbourg FR
                                                      Trust me tomorrow with Verdensteatret, Rosendal Teater, Trondheim NO    
    
                                    2020          Trust me tomorrow with Verdensteatret, RIMI/IMIR, Stavanger NO
                                                      Trust me tomorrow with Verdensteatret, Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival at Black Box Teater, Oslo NO
                                                      100 ways to live a minute with Verdensteatret, Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow RU
                                                      Zines of the Zone - Le Book Club, Fotogalleriet, Oslo NO 
                                    
                                    2019          Drømmen om Fellesskapet / A Dream of Community, KODE, Bergen NO               
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Le Nouveau Theatre de Montreuil, Paris FR             
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Sonica Festival, Glasgow UK
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Festival Musica, Strasbourg FR
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Homo Novus Festival, Riga LV
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, RIMI/IMIR, Stavanger NO
                                                      Open Video X, Tenthaus, Oslo NO
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Fusebox Festival, Austin, Texas US
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio US
                                                      HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Sonic Acts at Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam NL
                                    
                                    2018          Open Video IX, Gallery Dikemark, Asker NO     
                                                      Avskygninger, curated by Cecilie Nissen and others, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand NO
                                                      The 131th. Annual Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo NO
                                                      Turn and Face the Strange – 50 års levende kunst with Verdensteatret, Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo NO
                                                      The Arrival of a Train with Verdensteatret, The Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Moscow RU
                                                      Open Video VIII, curated by Janne Talstad, Atelier Nord Anx, Oslo NO
                                                      eõ, Noplace, Oslo NO
    
                                    2017          HANNAH with Verdensteatret, Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival at Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo NO 
                                                      Høstutstillingen i Inkognitogaten, Inkognitogaten 4, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2016          Bridge over Mud with Verdensteatret, On the Boards, Seattle US
                                                      Bridge over Mud with Verdensteatret, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York US
                                                      SPRING – Søren Krag / Karen Gamborg Knudsen / Janne Kruse, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus DK
                                    
                                    2015          The Norwegian Sculpture Biennale, curated by Anne Szefer Karlsen, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo NO
                                                      Through Walls and Rocks, curated by Dimitri Lurie, Gallery Luda, St. Petersburg RU
                                                      Vår Salong!, curated by Jana Fröberg and Lina-Maria Larsson, Nackunga Prästgård, Hölö, SE
                                                      Spring Depot, curated by Rachel Dagnall, Tenthaus, Oslo NO
                                                      KP15, Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus DK
                                                      Lys i gamle hus, NKD Art Residency, Dale NO
                                    
                                    2014          Bridge over Mud with Verdensteatret, Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival at Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo NO
                                                      The Spring Exhibition, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen DK
                                    
                                    2013          A Cool Wind Blows: Sculpture from Norway, curated by Gisle Harr, NOosphere Gallery, New York US
                                                      The 126th. Annual Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo NO
                                                      Merry Melancholy, The 2nd Nordic Triennale curated by Lars-Erik Wahlberg, Eskilstuna Art Museum, Eskilstuna SE
                                                      What Comes Around, Haugesund Kunstforening, Haugesund NO
                                                      Different Landscape, curated by Huang Daoming, Yunfu History Museum, Yunfu CN
                                                      Narrative Sentence, curated by Fan Lin, Fei Gallery, Guangzhou CN
                                    
                                    2012          Ruins Museum: An Outdoor Art Project in Beigao, curated by Li Wenfeng, Beijing CN
                                                      Narrative Sentence, curated by Fan Lin, DDCK Gallery, Dongguan CN
                                                      Moving Scenery, Various places, Beijing CN
                                    
                                    2011          The Poetry of Continuity, curated by Fan Lin, Orange Gallery, Guangzhou CN
                                                      Røtter, curated by Morten Haugmo, Våler Municipal House, Våler NO
                                                      Knock Knock, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo NO
                                                      MA Graduation Show, Gallery Seilduken, Oslo NO
                                                      Stunt, Søylegalleriet, Oslo NO
                                                      Experimental Art Exhibition, CAFA, Beijing CN
                                    
                                    2010          And All the Questionmarks Started to Sing with Verdensteatret, Black Box Teater, Oslo NO
                                                      Telling Orchestras and Funeral Machines with Verdensteatret, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou CN
                                    
                                    2009          Saloon Exhibition, Gallery Nb8, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2008          Sculptural Project in Public Space - Triennale 08, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim NO
    
    
                                    RESIDENCIES
                                    
                                    2024          Trafo Kunsthall, Asker NO
                                    
                                    2016          Trykkeriet – Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Bergen NO
                                                
                                    2015          Nordic Artists Centre Dale, Dalsåsen NO
                        
                                    2013          Circolo Scandinavo, Rome IT
                                    
                                    
                                    PUBLICATIONS AND CATALOUGES
                                    
                                    2023          Vårutstillingen, Oslo NO
    
                                    2019          Drømmen om Fellesskapet / The Collection of Trykkeriet and KODE Bergen, NO
    
                                    2018          Norsk Kunstårbok / Norwegian Art Yearbook, Pax Forlag
                                                      The 131th. Annual Exhibition Norway, NBK
                                    
                                    2017          Også store rum har hjørner / Also Big Spaces Have Corners, House of Foundation NO
                                    
                                    2016          SPRING, Aarhus DK
                                    
                                    2015          Mellom oss (self-published booklet with Ane Mette Hol)
                                                      The Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2015 NO
                                                      KP15, Kunsthal Aarhus DK
                                    
                                    2014          The Spring Exhibition 2014, Charlottenborg Fonden DK
                                    
                                    2013          The 126th. Annual Exhibition, NBK NO
                                                      Nordic Art Station – Merry Melancholy, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum SE
                                                      Behind Silence (self-published booklet)
                                                      Different Landscape – Yunfu Contemporary Art Exhibition CN
                                    
                                    2012          Narrative Sentence, DDCK Gallery CN
                                    
                                    2011          Mopp Fanzine 4 NO
                                                      Master Kunstfag 2011, KHiO NO
                                    
                                    2001          Hvedekorn 1/2001, DK
                                    
                                    
                                    CURATORIAL PROJECTS
                                    
                                    2017          Også store rum har hjørner / Also Big Spaces Have Corners, House of Foundation NO
                                                      - A compendium with contributions by Espen Sommer Eide, Mette Karlsvik, Kaja Leijon, Janne Kruse,
                                                      Inger Wold Lund / Anne Boyer, Ane Mette Hol, Mathilde Carbel, Håvard Arnhoff, Beatrijs Dikker,
                                                      Eirik Arthur Blekesaune, Nina Wöhlk and Icaro Zorbar
                                    
                                    
                                    COLLECTIONS
                                    
                                    Farvatn as
                                    The Bank of Norway
                                    
                                    
                                    MEMBERSHIPS
                                    
                                    Norwegian Visual Artists
                                    Norwegian Sculptors Society
                                    Norwegian Printmakers
                                    Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society
                                    Norwegian Performing Rights Organisation
                                    
                                    
                                    SUPPORTED BY
                                    
                                    Arts Council Norway
                                    The Norwegian Artist Association / Vederlagsfondet
                                    Office for Contemporary Art Norway
                                    BKH Norway
                                    Ragnvald & Ida Blix Foundation Denmark
                                    The Norwegian Arts and Craft Foundation
                                    The Municipality of Aarhus Denmark
                                    Nordic Artists Centre Dale
                                    Grosserer L. F. Foghts Fond Denmark
                                    Trykkeriet – Center for Contemporary Printmaking
                                    Norwegian Printmakers Foundation
                                    
                                    
                                    TEACHING AND LECTURES
                                    
                                    2024          Lecture, Asker Kunstskole / Trafo Kunsthall, NO
                                    
                                    2023          MA censor, Arts and Crafts – Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO
    
                                    2020          Strategies, Action, Survival – seminar, NK Oslo NO
    
                                    2019          Lecture, Oslo Fotokunstskole NO
                                                      Lecture and tutorials, Oslo National Academy of the Arts NO
    
                                    2017          BA censor, Arts and Crafts – Oslo National Academy of the Arts NO
                                    
                                    2016          Lecture and tutorials, Oslo National Academy of the Arts NO
                                    
                                    2013          Artisttalk, Oslo National Academy of the Arts NO
                                    
                                    
                                    OTHER
                                    
                                    2019-         Member of the artistic board and board member in Verdensteatret, Oslo NO
    
                                    2009-         Part of the artist collective Verdensteatret, Oslo NO
    
                                    2021          Member of the jury for The First Norwegian Sculpture Triennale, Norwegian Sculptors Society
    
                                    2021-24     The nomination board, Norwegian Sculptors Society
    
                                    2019-23     Advisory board member (Rådet) – Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo NO
    
                                    2015-21     Board member – Norwegian Sculptors Society
                                    
                                    2017-21     Alternative of the nomination board – Norwegian Visual Artists
                                    
                                    2017-18     Member of the gallery board – Norwegian Sculptors Society
                                    
                                    2016          Member of the jury for The Norwegian Sculpture Biennial 2017, Norwegian Sculptors Society
                                    
                                    2013-15     Alternative of the board – Norwegian Sculptors Society
                                    
                                    2009          BA committee – student representative / KHiO, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2008-10     The Teaching Environment – Leader 2009, deputy 2010 / KHiO, Oslo NO
    
                                    
                                    EDUCATION
                                    
                                    2009-11     MA Visual Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2010           Central Academy of Fine Art, Dep. of Experimental Art, Beijing CN
                                    
                                    2006-09     BA Visual Art, Dep. of Metal, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo NO
                                    
                                    2006           Aarhus Art Academy, DK
                                    
                                    2002-05     BA Norwegian Folk Art and Culture, HiT, NO
                                    
                                    2000-02     Nordic Language and Literature, Aarhus University, DK