 Artist's arttributes:
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Painting, Photography, Sculpture |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| Germany | 39 |
| Norway | 19 |
| Denmark | 19 |
| Sweden | 17 |
| USA | 8 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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Galleri Susanne Ottesen, Denmark |
11 |
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Galleri Riis, Norway |
7 |
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Galerie Conrads, Germany |
6 |
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Tracy Williams, Ltd, USA |
5 |
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Horsens Kunstmuseum, Denmark |
4 |
Biography: 
1954 Born in Sortland in Vesterålen (NO)
1976 - 1979 Arts and Crafts School, Oslo, Norway
1980 - 1981 Art Academy, Oslo, Norway
1981 - 1982 Studies in New York
1982 - 1983 Studies in Berlin
Lives and works in Berlin (DE) and Lya (SE)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 122
Solo shows 49
2013
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Panorama Second Generation / The Letharia Paintings - Galleri Riis, Oslo |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Works On Paper - Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden |
2012
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - A Private Collection - Hachmeister Galerie, Münster |
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| Letharia - Holger Priess * Galerie, Hamburg |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| The Letharia Paintings - Galleri Charlotte Lund, Stockholm |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Panorama / Second Generation - Galleri Riis - Stockholm, Stockholm |
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| The Living Room - Galleri Riis, Oslo |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - A Selection of the Latest Grenadine Paintings - Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf |
2011
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| The Protagonist / New York Edition - Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York City, NY |
2010
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| The Protagonist - Galleri Riis, Oslo |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
2009
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris |
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| Panorama - Sørlandets Art Museum, Kristiansand |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense |
2008
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø |
2006
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - New paintings - Galleri Riis, Oslo |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York City, NY |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Galeria Xavier Fiol Arte Contemporáneo, Palma de Mallorca |
2005
2004
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| raum 1 + 2: Olav Christopher Jenssen - Lackmus - Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Apriori - galerie bob van orsouw, Zurich |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York City, NY |
2003
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Time Paintings - Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Galleri Riis, Oslo |
2002
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| Olaf Christopher Jenssen - BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (England) |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Moderation - section from The Empty Drawing Room - Nordiska Akvarellmuseet - The Nordic Watercolour Museum, Skarhamn |
2001
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Wilkinson Gallery, London (England) |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Late Palindromes and some Brown Paintings - Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens |
2000
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Palindrome - Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf |
1999
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| Olav-Christopher Jenssen - Peintures récentes - Gabrielle Salomon – Art Conseil, Paris |
1998
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| Territory - Paintings by Olav Christopher Jenssen - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI |
1997
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen : Radio ; Bilder 1992 - 1997 - Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Malmö Konsthall, Malmö |
1996
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Biographie - Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf |
1995
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Love Letter Headings For Bronte Sisters - Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen: Von Zeit zu Zeit - Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn |
1994
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen - Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens |
1992
Group shows 73
2013
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| Channelled - Lunds konsthall, Lund |
2012
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| Längtans Blomma Är Störst På Håll - Galleri Riis, Oslo |
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| Prism: Drawing from 1990 to 2012 - The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo |
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| Broken/Window/Plane - Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York City, NY |
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| Bilder - Holger Priess * Galerie, Hamburg |
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| Anschlüssel: London / Berlin - C4RD - Centre for Recent Drawing, London (England) |
2011
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| Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art 2011 - Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, Gothenburg |
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| LONDON / BERLIN - Anschlüssel - fruehsorge contemporary drawings, Berlin |
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| The Erling Neby Collection - Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden |
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| First Drop - Galleri Riis - Stockholm, Stockholm |
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| Absolute Installation - The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo |
2010
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| Nature - Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin |
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| The Moderna Exhibition 2010 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Thrice upon a time - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm |
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| BABEL - FRAC - Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand |
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| Group Show - Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich |
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| 20 Ans Après - Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris |
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| Bloody Serious - Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen |
2009
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| Latte in Watte - Galleri Riis, Oslo |
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| Deformities of Speed - Sophienholm, Kgs. Lyngby |
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| The Anniversary Show - Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York City, NY |
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| Nordic Painting - Rackstad Museet, Arvika |
2008
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| Per Kirkeby et Olav Christopher Jenssen - Palais des Beaux-Arts Lille, Lille |
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| 40/40 - Stenersenmuseet, Oslo |
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| Changing Lines - Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer |
2007
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| PAINT IT BLUE - Werke aus der ACT Art Collection / Siegfried Loch - Weserburg | Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen |
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| Bernard Frize, Olav Ch. Jenssen, Xavier Noiret-Thomé, Stephen Westfall - Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen |
2006
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| SILENT INSIDE - Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen |
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| Under the Skin - Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich |
2005
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| Nachsaison / Afterseason - Hachmeister Galerie, Münster |
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| Løvbjergs Almene Fonds Samling - Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens |
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| Hunch & Flail - Artists Space, New York City, NY |
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| Contemporary painting/Samtida måleri - Galleri Andersson Sandström - Umea, Umeå |
2004
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| Carnegie Art Award 2004 - Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen |
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| Zeichnung entdecken - Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen |
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| Tusenfryd - Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen |
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| Beyond Posters: a visual history of Galleri Susanne - - DCA Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2005) |
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| taller Niels Borch Jensen - Museo Nacional de la Estampa - MUNAE, Mexico City |
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| About Corporeality in Editions - Artist Books, Prints, Photography - Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich |
2003
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| New Abstract Painting - Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
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| The Idea of North - Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
2002
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| Hommage a Ola Billgren - Galerie Leger, Malmö |
2001
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| Maleri och Maleri - Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn |
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| Olav Christopher Jenssen, Sarah Morris + Carroll Dunham - Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin |
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| HUSRUM - Masnedøfortet, Vordingborg |
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| Kabinett der Zeichnung - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
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| Museum 2 - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection - Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo |
2000
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| Kabinett der Zeichnung - Kunsthalle Lingen, Lingen |
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| Painting Today - Overseas and Here - - Renate Schröder Galerie, Mönchengladbach (closed) |
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| Kabinett der Zeichnung - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf |
1999
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| Visions of Norway - University Gallery and Baring Wing - Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne |
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| Hovedværker fra museets samlinger - Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens |
1998
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| Aus Berlin auf Papier - Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock |
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| MOMENTUM – Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art 1998 - Momentum Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art , Moss |
1997
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| Norske profiler - Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock |
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| Fries - Olav Christopher Jenssen - Perry Roberts - Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf |
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| AUGENZEUGEN. DIE SAMMLUNG HANCK, Papierarbeiten der 80er und 90er Jahre - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf |
1996
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| Nuevas abstracciones - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| Four Elements — Works from the Fredrik Roos Nordic Collection - - Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (closed, 2006) |
1995
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| Pittura Immedia - Malerei in den 90er Jahren - Neue Galerie Graz - Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
1994
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| Det nordiska önskemuseet - Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg |
1993
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| The Second Deal. Works from the Fredrik Roos Nordic Collection - - Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (closed, 2006) |
1992
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| documenta 9 - Documenta, Kassel |
1988
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| 5 Nordiska Temperament / Five Nordic Temperaments - - Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (closed, 2006) |
| Dealer Directory 9 |
Denmark
Germany
| | Galerie Conrads, Dusseldorf
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| | Holger Priess * Galerie, Hamburg
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| | Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich
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Norway
Spain
| | Galeria Xavier Fiol Arte Contemporáneo, Palma de Mallorca
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Sweden
| | Galleri Riis - Stockholm, Stockholm
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Switzerland
| | Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen
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USA
| | Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York City, NY
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Collections 9
Denmark
| | Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens
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Finland
| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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France
| | FRAC - Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand
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Germany
| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Norway
| | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
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| | The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo
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Sweden
USA
| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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