Ida Ekblad MarIus Engh anawana haloba lars lauMann - Statoil

The Statoil art award is intended to encourage and recognise
young and emerging artists and to give them opportunities to
continue their work. Eligible for the award are artists working
in Norway (regardless of nationality) and Norwegian citizens
working abroad.
A jury comprising five experts on contemporary art convene
every other year to identify the next talented person who
deserves to win the Statoil art award.
They consider a number of young and talented visual artists
and draw up a list of 25 candidates. A short list of four nominees
is then selected and invited to show their work in the Statoil art
award nomination exhibition.
The winner is announced during the exhibition. Worth NoK
500.000 (about USD 80.000/EUr 60.000) the prize ranks as
the biggest of its kind in Norway and is awarded in recognition
of a special talent.
2009
tHE FoUr NomINEES
Ida Ekblad, Marius Engh, Anawana Haloba, Lars Laumann
tHE jUrY
Olav Christopher Jenssen
Artist and professor, Berlin, Germany (chair of the jury)
Solveig Øvstebø
Director of Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Caroline M Ugelstad
Chief curator at the Henie Onstad Art Center, Bærum, Norway
Göran Christenson
Director of Malmö Art Museum, Malmö, Sweden
Øystein Ustvedt
Curator at the National Museum of
Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
StAtoIL Art AWArD tEAm
Bjarne Våga, project leader and secretary to the jury
Oddvar Høie, marketing manager, corporate communication
Jens R Jenssen, senior vice president human resources
tHE PrIZE
NoK 500.000
tHE SHoW
The Statoil art award 2009 nomination exhibition
Kunstnerforbundet Gallery for Contemporary Art
Kjeld Stubs gate 3, Oslo, Norway
27 November 2009–23 December 2009
(curator: Olav Christopher Jenssen, chair of the jury)
Rogaland Art Museum
Henrik Ibsens gate 55, Stavanger, Norway
February–April 2010
2007
tHE WINNEr
Camilla Løw
tHE jUrY’S StAtEmENt
The jury has been inspired by the way she uses the contradictory
forms of a room, and how she unites form and room with rhythm
and harmony. Her use of the simple materials is technically
advanced, but with clear references to the craft.
Camilla Løw comments on a branch of the radical modernism
in an honest and respectful manner, but still produces personal
and playful results. She approaches a heavy tradition with great
ease and creates her own platform, from where she can start
again and find new approaches to a well-known art form.
tHE FoUr NomINEES
Bård Ask, Astrid J Johannessen, Camilla Løw, Jone Kvie
tHE jUrY
Sune Nordgren
Director of Kivik Art Centre, Kivik, Sweden (chair of the jury)
Sigrid Lien
Professor of art history, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Einar Børresen
Art historian, Stavanger, Norway
Wenche Volle
Art historian, Oslo, Norway
Steinar Elstrøm
Artist, Oslo, Norway
StAtoIL Art AWArD tEAm
Wenche Falkenhaug, project leader
Oddvar Høie, marketing manager, corporate communication
Jens R Jenssen, senior vice president human resources
Bjarne Våga, secretary to the jury
tHE PrIZE
NoK 400.000 cash and acquisition of works by the artist
equivalent of NoK 100.000
tHE SHoW
The StatoilHydro art award 2007 nomination show
Kunstnerforbundet Gallery for Contemporary Art
Kjeld Stubs gate 3, Oslo, Norway
1 December 2007–23 December 2007
(curator: Sune Nordgren, chair of the jury)
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