"Frail Mighty" at Kunsthall Stavanger, opening Nov 1., 2018

In the autumn of 2018, Kunsthall Stavanger will launch a new series of exhibitions in which artist-run spaces are invited to present a project. Prosjektrom Normanns, which I am co-director of together with Elin Melberg, is curating the inaugural exhibition of the series. The title is “Frail Mighty” and will include works by AK Dolven (NO), Vibeke Tandberg (NO), Mattias Härenstam (NO), Ane Graff (NO), Nathlie Provosty (USA).

In addition, Prosjektrom Normanns is invited to a separate exhibition - as an artists-behind-the artist-run-concept.

https://kunsthallstavanger.no/en/exhibitions/frail-mighty
http://www.prosjektromnormanns.com

Mattias Härenstam, Portrait of a smiling man (video still), 2010. Image courtesy of the artist.

Velvet Rope at Galleri Golsa / OSLO EDITION Aug. 17 & 18. 2018

I will participate with six works (acrylic on paper) in the group exhibition Velvet Rope at Galleri Golsa. This is s an international traveling series of group shows with international artists. All works shown are original works on paper in the format of A3 and sold for the low price of $100 USD, or the local equivalent (In Norway: NOK 1000). Golsa also hosts Got It For Cheap (GIFC) simultaneously with works in A4 for $30 or the local equivalent. The goal of GIFC/Velvet Rope is to make buying original art accessible to all people. 

Thank you Rogaland County Council for the Grant for Visual Artists 2019!

Today I was awarded the Culture Grant for Visual Artists from Rogaland County Council in Norway. It is an annual grant to support and secure the artist to focus on the artistic practice, and is of immense value. Thank you, Rogaland fylkeskommune! 

Vestlandsutstillingen 2019 in Norway, curated by Marte Danielsen Jølbo (NO)

February through November 2019 I will be participating at the juried exhibition Vestlandsutstilligen, which is presenting artists related to the West side of Norway. Curator is Marte Danielsen Jølbo. 

I am looking forward to show together with so many great artists at the following museums, galleries and institutions along the West Coast of Norway: Jugendstilsenteret & Kube, Ålesund; Haugesund Billedgalleri, Haugesund; Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese; Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger; Sunnfjord Kunstlag, Førde; Kunstgarasjen, Bergen.

I am proud to receive City of Stavanger´s stipend for Visual Art, June 4. 2018

City of Stavanger awards visual artists a stipend each year, and I received the one for 2018 - handed by Trine Skei Grande, Minister of Culture i Norway, and Stavanger´s Mayor Christine Sagen Helgø. Thank you, Stavanger kommune! 

Interview in Contemporary Art Stavanger (CAS) by Heather Jones, published Feb 12., 2018

Margrethe Aanestad is a Stavanger-based artist and co-director of the artist-run project space Prosjektrom Normanns. Below, Aanestad answers our questions about balancing artistic production with managing a gallery, her relationship with abstraction and art history, and the underlying themes behind her artwork and creative process.
Please click here to read the interview

Photo: Jan Inge Haga

Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at UNTITLED Art Fair in San Francisco, CA, Jan. 12./13./14., 2018 at Palace of Fine Arts, Booth C05

Represented artists: Anders Sletvold Moe (NO) / Siv Bugge Vatne (NO) / Jan Christensen (NO) / Ingeborg Kvame (NO) / Ingrid Toogood (NO) / Ole Martin Lund Bø (NO) / Margrethe Aanestad (NO) / Elin Melberg (NO).
Curated by Margrethe Aanestad & Elin Melberg / Prosjektrom Normanns.
Untitled Art Fair San Francisco

GIFC (Got It For Cheap), Rod Bianco, Oslo, Oct 27./28./29., 2017

Rod Bianco / GIFC

Flowing Keeping / Find Your Eyes vol. 2. at Kulturøya Sølyst, Stavanger, Norway / A land art project curated by Monika Wuhrer (USA) / Opening Sept. 15., 2017

Photo: Jan Inge Haga

FOR FULL DOCUMENTATION OF THE PROJECT CLICK HERE

Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at COSMOSCOW Art Fair in Moscow, Russia, Sep. 8./9./10., 2017 at Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Booth A04

Represented artists:  Ann Iren Buan  (NO) / Per Christian Brown  (NO) / Marit Roland  (NO)
Curated by Margrethe Aanestad & Elin Melberg / Prosjektrom Normanns.
Cosmoscow Art Fair

Kunstsnakk #8 at Mellomstasjonen, The National Museum in Oslo, April 18., 2017 / Elin Melberg & Margrethe Aanestad

Kunstsnakk #8 will be at Mellomstasjonen, as is a conversation with Sabrina van der Ley, director of dep. of contemporary art, where we will talk about the various aspects of Prosjektrom Normanns as an artist run space, and also our individual practices as artists. For more information click here (in Norwegian).
 

Å treffe små og store på én gang / Review in Periskop, by Kristina Ketola Bore

Read the review of the installation piece Du og jeg og de andre in Periskop. The installation is a collaboration between Elin Melberg and myself. Commissioned by Stavanger Municipality for Gosen kindergarten. Consultant: Daniela Arriado. 

Photo: Tommy Ellingsen

Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at UNTITLED Art Fair in San Francisco, CA, Jan. 13./14./15., 2017 in Dogpatch District, Booth B8

Represented artists: Jan Christensen (NO) / Ann Iren Buan (NO) / Margrethe Aanestad (NO) / Elin Melberg (NO).
Curated by Margrethe Aanestad & Elin Melberg / Prosjektrom Normanns.
Untitled Art Fair San Francisco

The Rest is History / Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, preview Dec. 1., 2016

Margrethe Aanestad / Leyla Cárdenas / Juan Pablo Garza / Jain Giordano / Sabrina Gschwandtner / Ariel Orozco / Aurora Passero / Kerry Phillips / Leyden Rodríguez-Casanova / Jamilah Sabur / Robert Thiele / Frances Trombly / Cullen Washington Jr.
The Rest is History / Dimensions Variable

EKPGO (En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo) / Part of Tegnebiennalen 2016: Skissen, Opening Nov. 18., 2016

En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo er en gruppeutstilling der over 200 kunstnere har bidratt med en tegning hver. Prosjektet er initiert og organisert av kunstnerne Ottar Karlsen, Eirik Senje og Ida Madsen, og er en uavhengig kuratert del av Tegnebiennalen 2016: Skissen.

Whistle In The Shadow / Summer Exhibition 2016 / Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway / Opening June 25., 2016

Jan Christensen, Marit Roland, Lars Morell, Elin Melberg, Ole Martin Lund Bø, Per Christian Brown, Margrethe Aanestad. Curated by Elin Melberg & Margrethe Aanestad / Prosjektrom Normanns.
Whistle in The Shadow / Prosjektrom Normanns

Photo: Tommy Ellingsen (Works by Per Christian Brown and Margrethe Aanestad)

Trancendental Tactility / Open Source Gallery, New York / Opening Feb. 13., 2016

Per Christian Brown, Benedicte Clementsen, Margrethe Aanestad, Elin Melberg, Kristin velle-George. Curated by Prosjektrom Normanns.
Trancendental Tactility / Open Source Gallery

Photo: Tommy Ellingsen (Works by Margrethe Aanestad and Elin Melberg)

Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at UNTITLED Art Fair in Miami, FL, Dec. 2./3./4./5./6., 2015 at Miami Beach, Booth C15

Represented artists: Ane Graff (NO) / Lars Morell (NO) / Margrethe Aanestad (NO) / Elin Melberg (NO) / Kristin Velle-George (NO). Special project by invited artist Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova (US). Curated by Prosjektrom Normanns.
Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach

Locus Mien, solo show at Torrance Shipman Gallery, New York, curated by Meaghan Kent (USA), Opening Aug. 27., 2015

Torrance Shipman Gallery

Hither/Thereat, solo show at Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL / Opening Jan. 30., 2015

Hither/Thereat / Dimensions Variable.