EDUCATION 2010Masters of Fine Arts.Kunsthøgskolen i Bergen, Bergen, Norway (Lewis & Taggart) 2006Bachelor of Fine Arts.The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada (Lewis) 2005Bachelor of Fine Arts.Concordia University, Montreal, Canada (Taggart)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011Opening Sculpture.Tag Team Studio, Bergen, Norway Chasing a rainbow with the ghost of Pablo Picasso.The Factory for Art and Design, Copenhagen, DK Deathcloud for Dennis and Louise.Rogaland Contemporary Art Centre, Stavanger, Norway 2010The Museum of Bow.Truck Contemporary Art: CAMPER, Calgary, Canada 2009Guitar Hero.Galleri Fisk, Bergen, Norway An Elaborated System of Human Longing.Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen, Norway
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012Flagg.Entrée Gallery, Bergen, Norway 2011To have/ to own.The Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland The Creation of Evolution.The ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada Vestlandsutstillingen 2011: Rom for stein og hjort. Touring exhibition curated by Karolin Tempere and Johanne Nordby Wernø, Western Norway Room tone:Collaborative audio/sculpture project by Brandon Labelle, presented at General Public, Berlin, Germany and STUK, Leuven, Belgium Gruppearbeid:Collaborative project by Institutt for Farge (Institute for Colour), presented at Galleri Volt, Bergen, Norway 2010Knock Knock. Skulpturarena, Oslo, Norway The Mosquito and the Ruler. Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway 2009An Educated Guess. USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway 2008X International. Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain 2007 Fickle Hearts Grow Greener. LES Gallery,Vancouver, Canada
MUSEUM OPERATION 2010 - 2012The Museum of Longing and Failure.www.molaf.org
WORKS IN PUBLIC SPACE 2011Museum of the Golden Nail. Suldal, Norway, curated by Gunhild Moe 2010Ribbon Cutting Sculpture. Commissioned for Vitamin Sandnes, Sandnes, Norway, curated by Kjetil Berge and Bernhard Østebø Garden for O.H. Hauge. Commissioned by the city of Bergen, Norway for Blomsterfestival
PUBLICATIONS 2011Opening Sculpture.16-page artist book. Published in conjuntion with the exhibition at Tag Team Studio, Bergen, Norway 2010Night View from the Soap Factory and other works for Vaasa. 48-page artist book. Published by Platform, Finland The Museum of Bow.24-page exhibition catalogue. Published by TRUCK Contemporary Art,Calgary, Canada 2006 - 2010Regular contributors toFront Magazine: Journal of Contemporary Art & Ideas. Published by The Western Front, Vancouver, Canada
ARTIST RESIDENCIES AND WORKSHOPS 2011 - 2012Bergen-Brooklyn. Artist Residency at Point B Worklodge, Brooklyn, NY, USA 2011The Factory of Art and Design.FAIR Artist Residency, Copenhagen, Denmark Klungtveit Residency Program.Artist Residency, Suldal, Norway SÍM.Nordic and Baltic Residency Program, Reykjavík, Iceland 2010Platform.Artist Residency, Vaasa, Finland Truck Contemporary Art. CAMPER Artist Residency, Calgary, Canada The Colours of the Fjords. Workshop in Ulvik and Stalheim, Norway
TEACHING & PRESENTATIONS 2009 - 2011Guest Teachers. The Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway 2011Artist talk. Factory for Art and Design, Copenhagen, Denmark Artist talk. University of Copenhagen: Dept. of Arts and Cultural Studies, Denmark 2010Artist talk. The Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, Vaasa, Finland Artist talk. NOVIA Institution for Fine Arts, Media and Design, Nykarleby, Finland
GRANTS & AWARDS 2011Travel Grants. Canada Council for the Arts Assistance to Visual Artists: Project Grant.Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant.Bergen Kommune, Norway Establishing Stipend.Bergen Kommune, Norway Diverse Stipends. State Artist Grants, Norway Atelier for new graduates. CS55 artist workshops, Bergen, Norway Operating Grant.Bergen Kommune, Norway 2010State Exhibition Grant. Norwegian Arts Council Exhibition Support for Artists in Establishing Phase. Norwegian Arts Council Operating Grant. Bergen Kommune, Norway Project Support. NBK Vederlagsfondet (The Norwegian Visual Artists Association) 2009Senior Scholarship. The British Colombia Arts Council, Canada 2008Senior Scholarship. The British Colombia Arts Council, Canada
BIBLIOGRAPHY 2011Catalogue text: “Lewis & Taggart: The Museum of Bow” Linda J. Hawke, Celebration of the Bow River, published by the city of Calgary (view pdf) Exhibition text: “The Creation of Evolution" Lance Blomgren, The ODD Gallery, Dawson City, Canada (view pdf) Interview: “Exhibit into the Void (The Museum of Longing and Failure)” Julie Lillelien Porter for Ytter, Bergen (read interview) Monograph text: “Deathcoud for the 20th Century”
Amy Fung, for the exhibition Deathcloud for Dennis and Louise (read text) 2010
Feature article: “The Intimacy of Being Liminal” Amy Fung for Culturehall. NYC: Feature Issue 59 (read article) Exhibition review: “Bow exploration yields lovely, ridiculous museum”
Nancy Tousley, The Calgary Herald, June 24 (view pdf) Exhibition review: “A Moveable Feast” Calgary’s City Centre. July 22 (read review) Interview: “Lewis & Taggart: The Museum of Bow” Amy Fung, Prairie Artsters, July 26(listen to interview) Review of group exhibition The Mosquito and the Ruler: "Er der liv på Mars?" Susanne Christensen, Kunstkritikk(read review) Interview: “Guitar Hero" Reanna Adler, Front Contemporary Art and Ideas, Volume XX No. 5 (view pdf) 2009 Exhibition text: "An Elaborated System of Human Longing"
Anne Szefer Karlsen, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway (read text)