ASLE NILSEN
MARSELISGT. 27
0551 OSLO Mobil: 90 41 36 55
E-mail: nilsen.asle@gmail.com
Web: http://www.aslenilsen.no/
Born: 04 03 58 48776 Heggedal, Asker.
Visual artist. Live and work in Oslo
Works within several medias:
Painting, live-art/performance, installation, sculptur, sound-art, video, etc.
Artistic leader of the art group "Verdensteatret", Oslo.
EDUCATION:
1980 - 84 Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
ARTISTIC WORKS:
2008
"FORTELLERORKESTERET" /"The Telling Orchestra". (Electro-mechanical installation)
Exhibited at "SYNTHETIC TIMES – NEW MEDIA ART CHINA 2008".
Presented by the National Art Museum of China, (NAMOC) Beijing June/july -08.
Presented at DORA, Trondheim.
"LOUDER" (Performance/concert/installation)
Presentations in 2008:
Bergen Festspillene.
DORA,Trondheim
USA:
Philadelphia Arts Festival,
PS 122 New York City,
EMPAC (Experimental Media & Performing Arts Center, NY.)
2007
National 2-years working grant. NBK. (visual art)
National 1-year working grant. (scenography)
"LOUDER" (Performance/concert/installation)
First presenation 05 October -07
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
"FORTELLERORKESTERET" ("The Telling Orchestra")
+ "LOUDER ROOM"
Exhibition of installation works at "KUNSTNERNES HUS", Oslo, Norway. Oct-Dec.-07
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2006
"CONCERT FOR GREENLAND" (performance/concert/installation)
"steirischer herbst festival ", Graz, Austria.
De Singel, Antwerpen, Belgium.
TRAFO House of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary.
"FORTELLERORKESTERET" ("The Telling Orchestra")
Exhibited at Kunsthaus Graz, Austria.
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2005
"FORTELLERORKESTERET" ("The Telling Orchestra")
Exhibited: "THOU", Stavanger, Norway
"CONCERT FOR GREENLAND" (performance/concert/installation)
"Ultima International Festival of Contemporary Music", Black Box, Oslo, Norway.
"DETOX" BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway.
AvantGarden, Trondheim, Norway.
Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden.
The Norwegian Opera (Performing at seminar on Space-related art) Oslo, Norway.
Stamsund International Theatre festival, Lofoten.
"International Theatre festival Divadelna" Nitra. Slovakia.
USA:
PS 122, New York City, USA
Awarded the Bessie Award 2006 in the category: New Media/installation
2004
Exhibition of paintings. Black Box, Oslo
National 3-years working grant. (visual art)
Grant from Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond. (visual art)
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2003
"MANDALA" (performance/installation)
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
2001-2003
"TSALAL" (performance/concert/installation)
Shown: The Annual Exhibition for Visual Art, Oslo, Norway
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
AvantGarden, Trondheim, Norway
European Digital Stage Art Festival, Århus, Denmark
"ULTIMA" Festival for Contemporary Music, Oslo, Norway
Haugesund Theatre, Haugesund, Norway
"MAGMA" Festival for New Nordic Music, Berlin, Germany
"Autunnale New Music Festval" , BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
"Center for Cultural Decontamination", Beograd, Serbia
Museum of Contemporary Art, Reykjavik, Island
2003 Awarded "The Telenor Cultural Prize 2003" for use of new technology in art)
2002 Exhibition Sandefjord Kunstforening (Paintings)
2002 Grant from NBK (paintings)
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2001 Exhibition Galleri KunKunst, Oslo (Paintings)
2001 Exhibition, The National Annual Exhibition, Oslo. (Paintings)
2001 Exhibition Galleri Heer, Oslo (paintings)
2000
Exhibition, Norwegian Pictures. Galleri Brandstrup (Paintings)
"RÉGLA" (Performance, installation)
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
Museum for Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
AvantGarden, Trondheim, Norway
Savoy Theatre Helsinki, Finland
Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden
"The RÉGLA-room" (installation)
Interactive installation at "Oslo Open" Oslo, Norway
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1999
Awarded "The Stage Art Prize -99" From The Norwegian Theatre Association.
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1998
Grant from Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond. (Painting)
Exhibition, The National Annual Exhibition, Oslo. (Paintings)
"Faust / Massnahme" (Performance)
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
AvantGarden, Trondheim, Norway
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1997
"PHILOKTETES" (Performance)
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
"The Theatre Festival in Kongsvinger", Kongsvinger, Norway
Pusterviksteatern, Göteborg, Sweden
"How to reach Marselisgate without crying" (Performance)
"ONE NIGHT STAND" Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
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1996
Grant from Reidar Aulies Legat (Painting)
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1995
The National Annual Exhibition, Oslo. (Paintings)
Exhibition Kongsvinger Kunstforening (Paintings)
"ORFEO / 7 AGAINST THEBE" (Performance)
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
"Nordic Theatre Festival" ,Svalgangen Theatre, Århus, Danmark
"Contact Theatrefestival",Torun, Polen
"MOT – International Theatre Festival" Theatre of Nationalities, Skopje, Makedonia
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1994
Exhibition Ålesund Kunstforening (Paintings)
"7 AGAINST Thebe" (Performance)
"Aksjon Sarajevo" at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo, Norway
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
Artist Palace, Vilnius, Lithuania
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1993
"FRIDAY 15 OCTOBER". (Performance)
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
Lillehammer, Norway
Theatre Podewil, Berlin, Germany
"Theatre en Mai", Dijon, France
(1991-93)
"THURSDAY 14 OCTOBER" (Performance)
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
Theatre Podewil, Berlin, Germany
Found. Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal
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1992
Grant from BKS Vederlagsfornd (painting)
The National Annual Exhibition, Oslo. (Paintings)
Østlandsutstillingen (Paintings)
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1990
"WEDNESDAY 13 OCTOBER" (Performance)
Black Box Theatre, Oslo, Norway
Nationale Scene /BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen, Norway
Banken, Lillehamer, Norway
Folken, Stavanger, Norway
Sykkelfabrikken, Sandnes, Norway
"Moving in November" Vanha, Helsinki, Finland
"Theatre en Mai", Dijon, France
"Festival Internacional de Teatro" Theatro Municipal Miguel de Cervantes, Malaga, Spain
"IX Festival International de Teatro", Granada, Spain
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1989
"THE BATH HOUSE" (Performance)
Site-specific outdoor performance Oslo, Norway
The book "Badehuset" (Text by Cecilie Løveid. published by Gyldendal Forlag, spring 1990)