OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN - Gallery Charlotte Lund

OLAV CHRISTOPHER JENSSEN
CURRICULUM VITAE
Född 1954 i Sortland, Vestålen / Born 1954 in Sortland, Vesterålen
Bosatt och verksam i Berlin och Lya / Lives and works in Berlin and Lya
Utbildning / Education
1976 - 79 Arts and Crafts School, Oslo
1980 - 81 Art Academy, Oslo
1981 - 82 Studies in New York
1982 - 83 Studies in Berlin
1996 - 06 Professor in Painting at Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
2007 - Professor in Painting at Akademie für Bildende Kunst, Braunschweig
Separatutställningar / Solo Exhibitions
1979 Galleriet, Oslo
1980 Galleri I, Bergen
1981 Galleri J.M.S., Oslo
1983 Hammarlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo
1984 Galleri Cassandra, Drøbak
1985 Galleri F-15, Moss
“Demoralisert Landskap”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
1987 Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm
“100 Tegninger”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
Galleri Tempo, Stockholm
1988 Galerie Artek, Helsinki
Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
1989 “Pale Afternoons”, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
“Small Talk in Sweden”, Galleri Riis, Oslo; Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
1990 “Nye malerier”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
“Dedikasjon”, Galleri Eklund, Umeå
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
“Drawings for Knut Hamsun´s ʻSultʼ”, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter/Oslo
1991 “Once from the Garden”, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg

Galerie Artek, Helsinki
1992 “Neue Bilder”, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin
“Lack of Memory”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
“Tegninger og malerier”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
“Bilder”, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
“Lack of Memory”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
1993 Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
“Birds of Passage”, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
“Teckningar 1986-1993”, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/ Helsinki
“Lack of Memory”, Museet för Nutidskonst, Helsinki; Staatliche Museen Kassel-
Neue Galerie, Kassel
Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin
“Malerei”, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin
1994 “Drawings 1986-1993”, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn; Norræna húsid, Reykjavik;
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens
Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München
“Die graphischen Mappenwerke”, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
Kunstverein Elsterpark, Leipzig
“Small Manʼs impression”, Sandnes Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway;
Galleri Ismene, Trondheim
Gilbert Brownstone, Paris
“Estimation”, Gilbert Brownstone & Cie & Tracy Williams, Paris
Galerie Bismarck, Bremen
“Since We All Came from the Same Place”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen,
Copenhagen
“Bilder 1990-1994”, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover
1995 “Neue Arbeiten”, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
“Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters”, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
“Von Zeit zu Zeit”, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn; Museum van Hedendaagse
Kunst, Gent
“Repetition”, Galerie Artek, Helsinki
Galleri 29, Växjö
“Fra tid til annen, Traum einer Kindheit”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
“Sleeping Poets”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
“Love Letter Headings for Brontë Sisters”, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
1996 “Once”, La Salle Blanche, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes
“Linguaphone”, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
“Sommertid”, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo
“Neue Bilder”, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
“Andamios Interiores”, 5. Literaturbegegnung, Schwalenberg
1997 “Vongole”, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
“Dolce”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
“Estimation”, Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel

“Radio”, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
“Biographie”, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
1998 Territorium, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
1999 “Innocence”, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
“from Innocence”, Kleinheinrich, Münster
“Ten Days in May”, Elisabeth Kaufman, Basel
“Innocence”, Galerie Laage-Salomon, (Peintures récentes), Paris
“Ca. 25 tegninger”, Rælingen Kunstforening, Sandbekkstua
2000 “The Empty Drawing Room”, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen;
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg; Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder
“Palindrome”, Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen
“Biographie – 15 Watercolours”, Galleri Sølvberget, Stavanger
“Post Palindrome”, Arnstedt&Kullgren, Östra Karup
“Neue Bilder”, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
“Andamios Interiores”, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum
2001 “Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings”, Horsens Kunstmuseum
“The Empty Drawing Room”, Drawings, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
2002 “Moderation- A Section from the Empty Drawing Room”, Nordiska
Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn
Kunstmuseum Bonn
“I am your best friend”, A series of 50 monotypes, Niels Borch Jensen Verlag
und Dryck, Berlin
“Both”, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
2003 ”Some Secrets some Thinking Bells some Late Palindromes
some Time Paintings some Brown Paintings”, Galleri Riis, Oslo; Galleri
Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
”Bilder: 2002 – 2003”, Barbara Gross Galerie, München
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Østre Karup
“Time paintings”, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
2004 “Translation”, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York
“Peninsula”, Galeria Vanguaria, Bilbao
“Apriori”, Galerie Bob von Orsow
“Peninsula”, Galeria Senda, Barcelona
“Lackmus”, Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf
2006 Wilma Lock Galerie
“Appendix: Third Section of the Empty Drawing Room”, Tracy Williams, Ltd,
New York
“Appointment No. 1”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
“Appointment No. 2”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen

2007 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm
2008 “Zeitweise”, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
“Pinakothek”, Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø
2009 “Panorama”, Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
2010 “The Protagonist”, Galleri Riis, Oslo
“The Protagonist”, Västerås Konstmuseum
“Panorma”, KIASMA, Helsingfors / Helsinki
2011 Tracy Williams Ltd, New York
Grupputställningar / Group Exhibitions
1977 - 85 “Statens Kunstutstilling”, Oslo
1981 Galleri JMS, Oslo
1982 “Tegning”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
1983 “Fem unge ute”, Galleri Riis, Trondheim
1984 “Martin Luther”, Hammerlunds Kunsthandel, Oslo
“Eröffnungsausstellung”, Galerie Wissarth, Berlin
1985 “Olav Christopher Jenssen og Dagfinn Knudsen”, Galleri F-15, Moss
“Scandinavische Grafik”, Scanart, Berlin
Wang Kunsthandel, Oslo
1986 Galleri 16 (Lars Bohman), Stockholm
“Norwegian Contemporary Art”, Galleri Lång, Malmö
“N/Borealis”, DAAD-Galerie, Berlin
1987 “Borealis 3”, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
“100th Anniversary Exhibition”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
“Jubileumsutstilling”, Galleri F 15, Moss
1988 “8 fra Norge”, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/ Oslo
“Unknown North”, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
“Fem nordiska temperament”, Rooseum, Malmö
1989 “Det grønne mørke”, Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/ Helsinki;
Bildmuseet, Umeå; Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
1990 “Northlands”, The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; The Douglas Hyde Gallery,
Trinity College, Dublin
1991 “Transparencia Azul”, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museu de Arte de Sao
Paulo, Sao Paulo; Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro; Museo Nacional de
Artes Plasticas, Montevideo, Uruguay, Museo de Arto Moderno, Buenos Aires;
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota; Museo de Arte contemporaneo de Caracas,
Caracas; Museo Nacional, Lisboa; Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
“Schwarze Bilder”, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin
“Polytypi”, Galleri F 15, Moss; Nordiskt Konstcentrum, Sveaborg/ Helsinki;
Norrköpings Konstmuseum, Norrköping; Sakal Kulttuurikeskus, Tallinn; Nordic

Consul Assembly, Riksdagshuset, Helsinki; Museum of Foreign Art, Riga;
Tikanojas Konsthem, Vasa
“Nordiska Grafikktriennalen II”, Norræna Húsid, Reykjavik
“The Spirit of the Shaman”, Art against Aids, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund
1992 “Tre kunstnere fra Norge”, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
“Documenta IX”, Kassel
“Exil”, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger
“Border Crossings”, Barbican Art Centre, London
“All Words Suck”, Anders Tornberg Gallery
“Det Kulturella Landskapet”, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
“Vereinigt II”, Kunsthalle Brandts Klædesfabrik, Odense
1993 “Den Andra Given”, works from Frederik Roos collection, Rooseum, Malmö
“Privat”, Galleri F 15, Moss
“Olympic Winterland - Meeting with Norwegian Culture”, Atlanta; Tokyo;
Barcelona; Münich; Lillehammer
“Udsyn - med Moderna Museet ind i 90erne”, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
“Maleri”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
1994 “Group Show”, Gilbert Brownstone, Paris
“og vestenfor måne, 13 norske malere”, Astrup Fearnly Museet for Moderne
Kunst, Oslo
“Die Sammlung Schyl der Kunsthalle Malmö”, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
1995 “Das Abenteuer der Malerei”, Kunstverein für Rheinlande, Düsseldorf &
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
“Malerei”, Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
1996 “Egne plakater og editioner”, Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Copenhagen
“Nuevas Abstracciones”, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio
de Velázquez, Madrid; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld; Museum of Modern Art,
Barcelona
“Ostsee Biennale”, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
“Sculptures”, Daniel Fusban Kunsthandel, München
1997 “Was ist”, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Wismar & Rostock
Zeitgenössische Norwegische Kunst, Museum Folkwang, Essen & Kunsthalle
Rostock
1998 Ordet, Storkyrkan, Stockholm
1999 “Facetter av Nordeuropeisk kunst”, Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum, Tønder
2000 “ArtWORKS”, WHO European Partnership Project to Reduce Tobacco
Dependence, The Whitechapel Gallery, London
2001 “Impulser”, H.M. Dronning Sonjas Private Kunstsamling, Henie Onstad
Kunstsenter, Høvikodden/ Oslo
Arnstedt & Kullgren, Ôstra Karup, Sweden
Reflux: Bergens Kunstforening 1953-2001, Bergen Kunstforening/ Bergen
Kunsthall, Bergen

2002 “Introduction”, Der Henrik-Steffens-Preisträger der Alfred Toepfer Stiftung
F.V.S. in Hamburg 2002 Olav Christopher Jenssen mit einingen seeiner
Studenten von der Hochscule für bildende Künste Hamburg, Kulturforum
Burgkloster zu Lübeck, Lübeck
“Premio Biella per lìncisione 2002”, Museo del Territorio Biellese, Biella
2005 “Samtida Måleri”, Galleri Stefan Andersson
“Traces Everywhere”, Gallery Tracy Williams Ltd
2006 “About Painting”, Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen
2007 “Monotypier”, Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
2008 “Strek i Bevegelse”, Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer
“Call of the Wild”, Bienveniste Contemporary, Madrid
“Drawing a Tension”, Deutsche Bank/Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon
2009 “Vorspiel/Nachspiel”, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium
Uppdrag / Commissions
1993 Mural work at Wasa Insurance, Solna/ Stockholm
1994 Mural work at University of Oslo, Rammebygget/ Helga Engs Hus, Oslo
1995 Berliner Bankverein, Berlin
1996 Fountain for Nordhorn, Nordhorn
Norwegian Government, New Ministerial building, Oslo
1997 Wall painting at Trøndelag Theater, Trondheim
1999 Wall painting at Museum Der Dinge, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
2000 Mural work at the Nordic Embassies, Berlin
2001 Permanent work/ Mosaic, Telenor Hovedkvarter, Fornebu
Wall painting, Nykredit Hovedkvarter, Copenhagen
2006 Stadsbiblioteket i Halmstad
2008 Permanent installation, Litteraturhuset / House of Litterature in Oslo
Sculptural work for the city of Lund
Priser / Awards
1983 Norges Kunst- og Antikvitetshandleres Forenings Pris
1998 Prins Eugenes Medalje
2001 Willy Brandt Prisen
2001 Henrik Steffens Pris (Alfred Topfer Stiftung)
2005 Des Iserlohner Kunstpreises
Samlingar / Public Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur, design, Oslo
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Oslo

Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo
Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamlinger, Oslo
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger
Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Statens Konstråd, Stockholm
Karin & Jules Schyls Donation, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
Fredrik Roos Collection, Rooseum, Malmö
Malmö Museum, Malmö
Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg
Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Esbjerg
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens
The Henna and Pertti Niemistö Art Foundation, Ars Fennica, Tavastehus Kunstmuseum
KIASMA,The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen
Berliner Bank Gesellschaft, Berlin
Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin
Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Staatliche Museen Kassel – Neue Galerie, Kassel
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes
Fonds National d´Art Contemporain, Puteaux
Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
City Bank Art Collection, New York
British Museum, London
Centro Cultural de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Bibliothèque Nationale, Département des Estampes, Paris
Collection Centre Pompidou, Paris