BIO

Arne Borgan
Dalsbergstien 2
0170 Oslo
+4740853863
arne@arneborgan.com

education

1997-02 The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway.
1995-97 Asker kunstskole, Heggedal, Asker.

solo exhibitions

2012
- Gallery 21, 02.11 to 03.04. Malmö, Sweden.
"SCIENCE IS FRICTION". Photo, drawings, installation and video.


2009
- Sound of Mu, 06.18 to 07.06. Oslo Norway.

"OPERATION N1",
Intallation with photo and objects.

2008
- AKS, Akershus kunstnersenter,
03.29 to 04.04. Lillestrøm, Norway.
"The impossibility of getting used to constant resurrections".
Installation with video, sound, drawings and photo.


2006

- UKS, The Young Artists Society. 9 february - 12 february. Oslo, Norway.
THE COMIC BOOK BACKFIRE PROJECT. ™
Bastard Child, 2006.

"Stalagmite Tentacles In The Middle Of The Night".

Installation, live sound work and drawings.

- TORPEDO. Art bookstore. 9 january - 5 february. Oslo, Norway.
Installation and drawings.
THE COMIC BOOK BACKFIRE PROJECT. ™
Bastard Child, 2006.
"The Snakepit Greeen".
- ARM Played a consert in the shop on the january 27.

1999

- ”Drawing” and “Drawing 2”, Gallery 21:24, Oslo.

group exhibitions

2011
- "Skrik. En utstilling om frykt",
Vestfossen kunstlaboratorium, Vesfossen, Norway.
Sculpture, "Operation N1".

2009
- The Living Dead Walked again, PODIUM, Oslo
Video "Man In A Rope" and object," NORGE N1".

2008
- Nordic (PAM), Perpetual Art Machine Screening. Kristinsand, Norway.
1 Video, ”Puppet shows and shadow plays”.

2007

- Rykk tilbake til start.
0047 Project Space. Oslo, Norway. January.
5 Photographies.

2006
- Scandinavian Spastic. Oslo, Norway. 16 June - 9 july.
Installation.

THE COMIC BOOK BACKFIRE PROJECT. ™
The Monolith Monologue, 2006.
(1) This is the gate of heaven.
E nter ye all by this door.
(2) Please remove all youre
clothes when the lights go out!
(3) Run like Hell!


2004-2006

- The Norwegian Drawing Biennale 2004.
Installation and drawings..
THE COMIC BOOK BACKFIRE PROJECT. ™
Bastard Child, 2004.

Part One. "On the wall he hangs, red and shiny".
Part Two. "Frame, Green Fields and The Devil".


Drawing Biennale On tour:
18.11.04 - 23.01.05 Oslo, Stenersenmuseet
03.02.05 - 19.03.05 Trondheim, Trondhjems Kunstforening
02.04.05 - 24.04.05 Alta, Alta Kunstforening
15.05.05 - 19.06.05 Søgne, Søgne gamle prestegård
06.08.05 - 28.08.05 Sogndal, Sogndal Kunstlag
03.09.05 - 25.09.05 Gol, Gol Kunstforening
01.10.05 - 30.10.05 Stord, Stord Kunstlag
17.11.05 - 23.12.05 Arendal, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall
10.01.06 - 12.02.06 Rana Kunstforening
25.02.06 - 26.03.06 Hå, Hå gamle prestegard
06.04.06 - 04.05.06 Namsos, Nord-Trøndelag fylkesgalleri
22.09.06 - 22.10.06 Bodø, Bodø Kunstforening
17.11.06 - 31.12.06 Tromsø, Tromsø Kunstforening

2002

- Graduation Exhibition, The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, installation, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway.

2001/2002
- ”Blick: New Nordic film & video 2001”, video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sverige. Oslo Kunsthall, NIFCA, Helsinki, Finland. Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, Slovenia, Maison du danemark,Paris, Frankrike... so far shown in more than 30 places.

1999
- ”Magnetic North, artists video & film from norway and great britain”, video The National Film Theatre,South Bank Centre, London,
The Lain Gallery, New castle, UK.
Trondheim Kunstforening, Norway.
- Telenor Multimedia konferanse, video, Oslo.

1998/99
- ”VII, One Minute Video Festival”, video, Video festival, Sao Paolo, Brasil. Touring different places in South Amerika, and Europe.
- ”Den 3.vei - Oslo Kortfilmfestival”, video, Volapuk Festivalen, Oslo.

1998
- ”æøå”, video, Quicksilver Gallery,London, UK.
- Rådhusutstilling, sound pieces on MC, Oslo.

1997
- Østlandsutstillingen, sculpture, Different places in southern Norway.


Soundwork for others.

2006
- Kabul Ping Pong, The LAB, San Francisco, USA. National Psyche: Feminine vision, thought, and action during wartime.

- Kabul Ping Pong, La Rochell Filmfestival, France.

- Kabul Ping Pong, The Norwegian short film festival in Grimstad, Norway.

2005
-The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, "Kyss Frosken". Oslo Norway.

Sound for the documentary video, "Kabul Ping Pong", by Bodil Furu and Beate Pettersen.

- Kabul Ping Pong at Unizone, The National Touring Exhibitions, Norway and The National Touring Exhibitions, Sweden.


workshops


2002
- Keith Rowe (UK), improvisation, SKA, Oslo.

2001
- Toshimaru Nakamura (Japan), improvisation, SKA, Oslo.

2000
- Uchihasi Kazuhisa (Japan), improvisation, SKA, Oslo.
- Otomo Yoshihide (Japan), improvisation, SKA, Oslo.

1999
- Kaffe Matthews (UK), “Hands on Workshop LIve SAmpling”, SKA, Oslo.
- Pamela Susan Hawkins (US), “Byte and Biting Body Work”, SKA, Oslo.

1998
- Pamela Susan Hawkins (US), video, “The Experimental Television Center, Owego, New York, USA.
- Peer Bode (US), “Postmedia practice and imagination”, SKA, Oslo.


grants

2005 NBK 3 Years Working Grant.
2003
NBK Vederlagsfond, Norway.
2002 Sleipnir travel grant to Riga, Latvia. To play at Club Metro in Riga with Arm.
2002 Blix drawing grant, Denmark
2000 NBK Vederlagsfond, Norway


cd/lp releases


2004
With ARM, OPEN REMINDER, CD. MELEKTRONIKK.
With ARM, DRIVING BY ACCIDENT, LP. MELEKTRONIKK.

1999

- Compilation cd “Exquisite Corpse”, SKA, Oslo, Norway.


conserts solo and with others

2006
-ARM at Torpedo. Oslo, Norway.

2003

- With Tonny Kluften, Ivar Grydeland, Blå, Oslo, Norway.

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With Per Gisle Galåen, Brugata, Oslo, Norway.

- Solo, Andreas Meland, Norwegian Noise orchestra, Betong, Oslo, Norway.

2002
- Solo, Alexander Rishaug, Deltidseskapism/Bauri, Rooseum, Center for Contemporary Art Malmö, Sweden.

- Solo, with Andreas Meland, Blå, Oslo Jazzfestival, Norway.

- Solo, Martin Horntvedt, Kim Hjortøy, Singel Unit, others, “PIPSHOW”, Fabrikken, Oslo, Norway.

- With Andreas Meland, Fritt Fall, Blå, Oslo, Norway.

- With Andreas Meland/Kaffe Matthews, Blå, Oslo, Norway.

2001
- With Håkon Kornstad, SKA, Oslo, Norway.

- With Alexander Rishaug, Ingar Zach, Ivar Grydeland, “PIPSHOW”, SKA, Oslo, Norway.

- With Are Mokkelbost, Blå, Oslo, Norway.


2000
- With Alexander Rishaug, "PIPSHOW", SKA, Oslo Norway.


ARM

Since 1999.
Member of the tro ARM, we are playing improvised electronic music, The group started in 1995.
All members situated in Oslo, Norway.
To Check out ARM stuff go to

http://www.armactivities.com

©Arne Borgan