If, Then, Because, Since and So
Hassla Books 2017, ISBN 978-1-940881-19-5
Born 1985 in Poznan, Poland
Lives in Los Angeles, with one foot in Oslo
e-mail: hello@barebjarne.no
Represented by OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Education:
2015/2017 - MFA UCLA Los Angeles
2010/2013 - BFA Academy of Fine Art Oslo
Solo and duo exhibitions:
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 exhibitions:
2018:
If, Then, Because, Since and So (excerpt), Sparebanken Sør Art Award. Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
ANNEX, at M+B gallery, Los Angeles - curated by Jay Ezra
Belt Friction. Kopeikin Gallery, Los angeles - with Bridget Mullen, Ellen Schafer, Jordie Oetken and Malcolm Oliver Perkins. Curated by Arden Surdam
2017:
The Young Lions. Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
MFA thesis exhibition. UCLA Broad Art Center, Los Angeles - with Jackie Rines, Kate Spencer Stewart and Veronica Gelbaum
2016:
Syzygy / Roaming. Louise Dany / UKS, Oslo, Norway
Sakte bilder. Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway
Gallery artists, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
2015:
Distant shadow, Jimei X Arles. Three Shadows Xiamen Photography Art Centre, Xiamen, China - curated by Thora Dolven Balke
Hatch. Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway
2014:
Publish / Curate. TJ Boulting, London, UK
2014Frames: Projecting International Photography. CCA, Glasgow, UK
2013:
13/18 - Oslo Academy of Fine Art - BFA degree show. Oslo, Norway
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
2011:
Nofound to New Documents. Viktor Wynd Fine Art, London, UK
2009:
Fotografia Nouvelle, Palito, Bombon, Helado. miaumiau, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008:
Høstutstillingen. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2007:
Art4Aid, Gallery Zuiderkerk. Amsterdam, Netherlands
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
Aint-Bad magazine, 2018
Norges mest lovende kunstalenter, article by Kari Nesteaas, Kapital Magasin, 2018
Belt Friction, review by Anna Garner, Artillery Magazine, 2018
If, Then, Because, Since and So, review by Loring Knoblauch, Collector Daily, 2017
Skygger av skygger, review by Tommy Olsson, Klassekampen, 2017
Fotobøker er det Nye Visningsrom, article by Nina Strand, Dagbladet 2017
Solens Slitasje, review by Ellen Lande Gossner, Morgenbladet, 2017
Interviewed by Joanna Cresswell, Unseen Magazine, 2016
Interviewed by Tine Semb, Billedkunst Art Journal, 2016
Conversation with Charlotte Cotton for Objektiv #10, 2015
Fotografiske Punktnedslag, review by Kjetil Røed in Billedkunst, 2015
Skandinavisk Billedkultur etter Postmodernismen, review by André Gali in Kunstforum, 2015
On My Mind, Foam, 2015
OCA News, Bjarne Bare Solo Exhibition at Palazzetto Tito in Venice, 2014
Interviewed by Joanna Cresswell, The Plantation Journal #1, 2014
Interviewed by Source Photo, Copeland Book Market, 2013
Interview with Ed Ruscha in Objektiv #6, 2012
Kunstmaskineriet, review by Mona Pahle Bjerke, NRK, 2012
Spøkelset i maskinen, review by Tommy Olsson, Morgenbladet, 2012
Fotografisk Fostring, review by Gustav Borgersen, ArtsceneTrondheim, 2011
Curatorial work:
2009:
Co- founder and director of MELK and curator of near 40 solo and group exhibitions featuring new Scandinavian photography across Europe.
2014:
green apples / blue sky - Morten Andenæs. Paris November 2014 in collaboration between MELK, Fotogalleriet and Objektiv.
2011:
Scandinavian Forest aka. MILKSHAKE #2. Groupshow with 11 emerging Scandinavian photographers at Akerhus Kunstsenter.
2010:
DARK CURRENTS aka. MILKSHAKE #1. At Fotogalleriet, Oslo.
2009:
EAST WEST FUSION 'Norske Blikk på Japan' Utvalgte fotografier. Hole Artcenter, Oslo
Other:
Co-founder and director of MELK since 2009
Founder of Cornerkiosk press since 2011
Teaching assistant at UCLA Art Department for Catherine Opie, Chelsea Mosher and James Welling 2015 - 2017
Member of Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS)
Editorial advisor at Objektiv 2010 - 2015
Board member FKD - Fund for Art and Design Students in Oslo 2012 - 2015
Nominator for Plat(t)form 2013,15, Fotomuseum Winterthur
Nominator for Foam Paul Huf Award 2015 - 2018 Foam Museum
Jury member - Østlandsutstillingen 2013
