MARTE JOHNSLIEN
Born 1977 in Lillehammer, Norway

EDUCATION

2002-2005 National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo.
2000-2001 Robert Meyer Kunsthøgskole, Oslo.
1997-2000 Bath Spa University College, UK.
1996-1997 Einar Granum Kunstfagskole, Oslo.

RESIDENCY

2006 Oslo Lusaka Fine Art Fellowship, Zambia.
A one year exchange of professional, female artists between The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo and The Zambia National Visual Arts Council.

GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Upcoming
Projekt 0047. Solo show

2008
Lights On, Bastards presents: Monumento Mori. Curated by Anders Smebye
Rykk tilbake til start. Projekt 0047, Oslo. Curated by Jan Christensen and Marianne Zamecznik.
Let there be light. Christiansands Kunstforening, Kristiansand. Curated by Åse Løvgren.

2007
Oslo Lusaka Artist’s Books. Exhibition and launch of Volume 1 by Marte Johnslien and Volume 2 by Milumbe Haimbe at Sound of Mu, Oslo.
Tempo Skien. Organized by Telemark Kunstnersenter. Outdoor sculpture project.
Synthetic Nature. Kunstraum D21, Leipzig, Germany. Curated by Leif Magne Tangen.
Oslo Open. Studio show.

2006
’Conversions’. Untitled (Excerpts #1) Library. Curated by Heman Chong and Leif Magne Tangen. Projects Art Centre, Dublin, Irland.
AKA Lusaka. The Visual Arts Council, Lusaka, Zambia.
Fundamental Expressions. Alliance Française, Lusaka, Zambia.

2005
Daisy 05. Kunstnersenteret i Oppland. Lilletorget, Lillehammer.
Take Off 2005. Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo.
Avgangsutstillingen 2005/Graduation show. Stenersenmuseet, Oslo.
No 9 Visningsrom for kunst, with Lutz Rainer Müller, Oslo.

2004
Salong 100. Oslo.
Gallery 21:25. Solo show, Oslo.
Rakett presents: Darling, don’t leave me all by myself. Gallery EKA Tallinn, Estonia.

2003
Silence and Traumas. Den lille Østlandsutstillingen. Touring exhibition.
Rakett presents: Marianne Hurum og Marte Johnslien. Kunstrom, Bergen.
Gallery 21:24. Solo show, Oslo.

2002
Galleri Badet. Oslo.

2001
Vårutstillingen Fotogalleriet. The spring exhibition, Photographers Gallery, Oslo.

CATALOGUES

Let there be light. Fanzine/poster published by CTRL+Z Publishing.
Synthetic Nature. Upcoming 2007. Kunstraum D21, Leipzig, Germany.
Tempo Skien. Upcoming 2007. Published by Telemark Kunstnersenter.
Daisy ’05. Published by Kunstnersenteret i Oppland.
Avgangsutstillingen 2005. Published by Statens Kunstakademi.
Darling, don’t leave me all by myself. Published by Rakett.
Silence and Traumas. Published by Østlandsutstillingen.

CURATED PROJECTS

2008
One for the Books. A temporary bookshop, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo. Presenting printed matters by Norwegian artists and publishers.

2007
Whose stories are being told? An internal seminar for the National Museum and the National Art College, Norway. Presenting Dag Herbjørnsrud (editor of Ny Tid) and Matti Braun (German artist represented by the Esther Schipper Gallery, Berlin).

2004
Pip Show. With Lars Kjemphol. Live art and video. Presenting among many others Johanna Billing and Harald Frøland.

GRANTS AND STIPENDS

2008
Grant. Kulturelle endringsprosesser og samtidskunsten. Kulturrådet.

2007
Grant. Maleren Ambrosius Egedius og Hustrus Legat. UKS
Travel Grant. The National Fund for Artists/Statens Kunstnerstipend

2006
Grant. The Legacy of Christian Lorch Schive and Wife.
2006 Production support. The Office for Contemporary Art Norway.