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GÖRAN CHRISTENSON
Born 1947 in Harplinge, Sweden
Lives and works in Malmö, Sweden
Director of Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
1969–1974 Fil.kand., Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Göran Christenson is an art historian and has been the director
of Malmö Art Museum for the last 20 years. He has specialised
in buying and exhibiting contemporary art.
During his time at the museum he has built up one of the
largest and most important collections of contemporary art by
artists from the following countries: Sweden, Denmark, Norway,
Finland and Iceland.
He has worked as a curator for both old master, modern and
contemporary exhibitions, is a member of the City of Malmö´s
committee for public decoration and has been chairman of
the IASPIS delegation (International Artists Studio Program In
Sweden).
He has also worked with the Lofoten International Art
Festival (LIAF), in Lofoten, Norway, as both co-curator and
member of the board. Göran Christenson a member of the
international jury and also of the selection committee for
DAK’Art, the Biennale of African Contemporary Art, in Senegal.
SOLVEIG ØVSTEBØ
Born 1973 in Chicago, IL, USA
Lives and works in Bergen, Norway
Director of Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
1998–2001 Cand. phil., art history, University
of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Solveig Øvstebø is an art historian and curator and has been
the director of Bergen Kunsthall since 2003, developing it into
one of the main contemporary art institutions in Norway with a
focus on production, research and discourse.
She has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions,
including Looking is Political: Nairy Baghramian, Bojan Sarcevic,
Ane Hjort Guttu (2009), Sergej Jenssen (2008), Leibhaftige
Malerei Jxxxa: Jutta Koether (2008), The Absence of Mark
Manders (2007), Center of Gravity: Runa Islam (2007), Banks
Violette (2007), Awakenings: Rodney Graham (2006), Shifting
Shifting: Aernout Mik (2006) and The Welfare Show:
Elmgreen & Dragset (2005).
Øvstebø has also tutored in theory and art history at the art
academies of Helsinki, Finland, and Bergen, Norway, and has
written and lectured extensively on contemporary art. She is a
board member of Arts Council Norway and was head organiser
of the Bergen Biennnial Conference in Bergen, Norway, in
September 2009.