Biography

1980 Born, Kongsberg Norway

2007 Edinburgh College of Art

2011 Chelsea College of Art

Currently lives and works in Hertfordshire

Member of UKS, NBK and TF in Norway

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Limbus, Gulden Kunstverk, Steinberg, Norway

Primal Relations, Ramfjord Gallery, Oslo, Norway

2009

Middelalderuka, Oddmundhuset Gallery, Nore, Norway

Faber-Castell and the Years of Distraction, The Drawing Centre of Norway, Oslo, Norway

2008

Kristian Evju, Kongsberg Art Society, Kongsberg, Norway

Upcoming Exhibitions

2011

Metamorphosis, Islington Arts Factory, London

Juvenarte, Ramfjord Gallery, Oslo, Norway

Artissima18, Turin Contemporary Art Fair, Turin, Italy

Group Exhibitions

2011

Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London

Untitled, Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta, Italy

Brenda Landon Pye Portrait Prize, Triangle Space, London

Summer Salon 2011, Islington Arts Factory, London

Østlandsutstillingen 2011, Larvik Art Society, Larvik, Norway

Østlandsutstillingen 2011, Oslo Art Society, Oslo, Norway

2010

Østlandsutstillingen 2009, Palais am Festungsgraben, Berlin, Germany

2009

Østlandsutstillingen 2009, Studio STAG, Vestfossen, Norway

Østlandsutstillingen 2009, Skårer Gallery, Oslo, Norway

Aspect Prize 2009, Paisley Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Spring Open 2009, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2008

The Scottish Show, Thompson’s Marylebone Gallery, London

Joint Exhibition of Drawings, The Prince’s Drawing School and ECA, London and Edinburgh

New Faces 2008, The Leith Gallery, Edinburgh

2007

Fresh 2007, The White Gallery, Dundee

Høstutstillingen (The Autumn Exhibition) 2007, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway          

Høstutstillingen (The Autumn Exhibition) 2007, Trondheim Museum of Modern Art, Norway

Juvenarte 2007, DogA, Oslo, Norway

The Next Step, Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow

NorskArt 2007, La Viande, London

Bibliography

Bridge, Mark, ‘Looking for Affordable Art?’ The Times Newspaper, June 2011

NTB, ‘Evju Utstilling i Galleri Ramfjord,’ Sandefjord Blad, February 2010

Jensen, Terje, ‘Alle Gode Ting er Tre,’ Laagendalsposten, May 2009

Jensen, Terje, ‘Evju Viser Gateblogg,’ Laagendalsposten, April 2009

Skjervold, Tone, ‘På Kanten-Bilder,’ Dagens Næringsliv, November 2008

Jensen, Terje, ‘Evju i Fullt Format,’ Laagendalsposten, April 2008

Jensen, Terje, ‘Evju på Hjemmebane,’ Laagendalsposten, April 2008

Kristiansen, Cornelia, ‘Hjemvendt og Tilvendt,’ Aftenposten, September 2007

Devine, Rachel, ‘Pick of the Week,’ The Times Newspaper, August 2007

Hadett, Shaun, ‘Intelligent Art,’ Culturewars, June 2007

Macmillan, Duncan, ‘At Last an Independent Republic of Ideas,’ The Scotsman, June 2007

Lovaasdal, Froy, ‘Up and Coming Norwegian Artist’ Norway.org.uk, May 2007

Awards

Brenda Landon Pye Prize (nominated), Chelsea College of Art and Design, 2011

Flesberg Municipality Award, Flesberg, 2007

Winner of Juvenarte 2007, DogA, Oslo, 2007

KEM’s Debutante Award, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 2007

Andrew Grant Bequest 2007, Edinburgh College of Art, 2007

Winner of NorskArt 2007, La Viande, London, 2007

RMJM Award for Art and Architecture (short-listed), Edinburgh, 2005

Collections

ICArt, Oslo, 2009

Department of Culture, Buskerud County, 2008

Flesberg Municipality, 2008

Edinburgh College of Art, 2007

The Central Bank of Norway, 2007

ANSA, 2007