Born in Poznan, Poland. Lives in Los Angeles, California.
INQUIRIES:
Studio: hello@bjarnebare.com
Represented by: OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
EDUCATION:
2015/2017 - MFA UCLA Los Angeles
Professor Catherine Opie
2010/2013 - BFA Academy of Fine Art Oslo
Professor Dag Erik Elgin
SOLO SHOWS:
2023:
Moral Hazard, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Risør, Kunstparken, Risør, Norway
Jewel and a Shell, Michael Felix, Los Angeles, California
2021:
Anamnesis. Salonul de proiecte, Bucharest, Romania
The Itch. No Moon LA, Los Angeles, California
2020:
Breathing, Together. OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
2017:
If, Then, Because, Since and So. OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
2015:
Bivouacked. OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway - with Tiril Hasselknippe
The Pineappleweed. Kunstparken, Risør, Norway
2014:
Outboard Swaddle. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, Venice, Italy
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS:
2021:
Rites of Passage, Kunstnernes Hus and Norway's National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway
Exposed, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
As far as my Eye can Sea, Bomuldsfabrikken Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway
2020:
Let's Talk About Images 2.1.0, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
2019:
Pointed Consciousness, QB Gallery, Oslo - curated by Behzad Farazollahi
2018:
If, Then, Because, Since and So, Sparebanken Sør Art Award, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
ANNEX, Del Vaz Projects, Los Angeles
2016:
Roaming, Louise Dany / UKS, Oslo, Norway
Sakte bilder, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway
2015:
Distant shadow, Jimei X Arles, Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China - curated by Thora Dolven Balke
2012:
MoDERNISM MACHINE, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
Voies-Off. Arles, France. La Photographie du Nord en 3 actes. Hosted by the Finnish Museum of Photography
The Hollow Man
artist book
Hassla Books 2023
ISBN 978-1-940881-56-0
Exposed, 170 years of photography, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Forlaget Press 2021
ISBN 978-82-328-0391-0 (nor) 978-82-328-0441-2 (eng)
Conversations on Photography, Fotogalleriet Oslo
Kehrer Verlag 2021
ISBN 978-3-96900-008-3
Why Photography? (editor)
Skira editore 2020
ISBN 978-88-572-4266-8
Insights 2: Wienerberger Contemporary Photography Collection
Kehrer Verlag 2019
ISBN 978-3- 86828-937-4
If, Then, Because, Since and So
artist book
Hassla Books 2017
ISBN 978-1-940881-19-5
Un'apparizione di superfici
Apm Edizioni 2017 - edited by Luca Panaro
ISBN 978-88-891099-6-0
GR-09022017
SKREID Publishing 2017
ISBN 978-82-690710-0-9
Sakte Bilder: Samtidsfotografi
Lillehammer Kunstmuseum 2016
ISBN 978-82-935020-1-2
MAR
artist book
Cornerkiosk press 2016
ISBN 978-82-998640-9-1
New Scandinavian Photography (editor)
Black Dog Publishing 2015
ISBN 978-1-910433-09-6
Cropping the Ocean
artist book
Cornerkiosk press 2014
ISBN 978-82-998640-5-3
Grapnel Grapple
artist book
Cornerkiosk press 2014
ISBN 978-82-998640-3-9
Entering a Site of Production - MoDERNISM MACHINE
Henie Onstad Kunstsenter 2012
ISBN 978-82-8294-008-5
Hose Variations, Studies from Los Angeles and elsewhere
artist book
Cornerkiosk press 2011
ISBN 978-82-998640-0-8
Shaping Time
The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School Press 2011
ISBN 978-83-878704-0-9
The National Museum of Norway
The City of Oslo Art Collection
Kistefos Museum
Preus Museum
The Ekard Collection
The Møller Collection
REV Ocean
Wienerberger Contemporary Photography Collection
OTHER:
Co-founder of MELK, since 2009
Lecturer at University of La Verne, 2022, Chaffey College, 2022 and LA Valley College, 2023
Artist-in-Residence at Fondacione Bevliacqua la Masa, 2014
Board member FKD - Fund for Art and Design Students, Oslo 2012 - 2015
Nominator for Plat(t)form 2013, 15, 16 Fotomuseum Winterthur
Nominator for Foam Paul Huf Award 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 Foam Museum
Editorial advisor at Objektiv 2010 - 2015
Jury member - Østlandsutstillingen 2013
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