Andrea Bakketun is a visual artist (born 1983, Trondheim, NO), living and working in Oslo, Norway. She obtained her BFA at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam (2008) and an MFA from the Academy of Fine Art in Oslo (2013).
Bakketun’s artistic practice involves video, installation, performance, sculpture and text. By observing and translating energies, changes and decay present in our physical environment, she examines the presence of the Laws of Nature, and how they interfere with our lives. Simultaneously her work is coming from a strong fascination for the impalpable human mind, and an interest in the tactics we employ to systematise and understand the surrounding forces, being it through science or metaphysics.
Collaborations and self-initiated exhibitions also constitute an important part of Bakketun’s artistic practice.
Bakketun has presented solo shows at Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo; Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo; Kunsthaus Essen, Essen; TSSK, Trondheim; Edvard Munch’s studio at Ekely, Oslo and Il Stile, Berlin. Her work has been shown in numerous group shows in Norway and internationally, including «Pattern Drill», Hacienda, Zürich; «Parkplatstreffen III», Kunstverein St.Pauli, Hamburg, «Dating Service», Autocenter, Berlin; «Kopie - Documented Now», De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam; «The Quick Brown Fox…», Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm; «The Autumn Exhbition», Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, «The Sculpture Triennal 2021», Oslo, «Et kollektivt kaosmos», Kunsthall Oslo and «Wildlife Sculpture Park», Akershus.
In 2012 Bakketun together with Silje L. Haaland initiated the project «Five thousand generations of birds», an exhibition in Fitjarøyene, an archipelago off the west coast of Norway, where 16 international artists where invited to work and exhibit on their own islets.
Bakketun also initiated and produced the one year long exhibition project «Grand Complications» in and around the Old Rommen School in Oslo.
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Contact:
Andrea Bakketun
Christian Kroghs gate 2
0186 Oslo
info(at)andreabakketun.net
Project website: www.grandcomplications.net
Project website: www.ftgofbirds.net
Online gallery: www.atelier.as
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CV (3 pg PDF, english)
CV (2 pg PDF, norwegian)
Andrea Bakketun CV (Short)
Education:
2010-13 - MFA, Oslo Art Academy, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2007-08 - BFA Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2005-06 - BA Material based art, textile, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Selected exhibitions and projects
Upcoming
Radical Land Preservation Pavillion, initiated by Signe Lidén/VOLT, land areas for artistic exploration over time, manifested in Østensjø Våtmark, Oslo (2022) and Flatdal, Telemark, NO (2023)
Lauch of the book Wiggle Room, Distanz Verlag, Berlin, DE (2023)
Solo exhibition, Kunstverein St.Pauli, Hamburg, DE (2023)
2021
The Sculpture Triennal 2021 - outdoor sculpture, Tøyenparken, Oslo, NO
Hvitsten Salong 2021, (exhibited in 2020, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 and 14), art festival in Hvitsten, Viken, NO
Østlandsutstillingen 2021, annual juried exhibition, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker and Vestfold Kunstforening, Tønsberg, NO
2020
Juleutstillingen 2020, group show, (exhibited in 2019, 18, 17, 16 and 15), Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
Jomfrulandstipendiatene, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, Kragerø Kunstforening, NO
Pauseromsplakater, solidarity action from artists to nurses during the Covid-19 lock down
Et kollektivt kaosmos, group show curated by Ida Følling and Markus Li Stensrud, Kunsthall Oslo, NO
Launch of the book Grand Complications, Kunsthall Oslo, NO
2019
Høvdingens kjære squaw får litt pizza i Mexico by, group show curated by M. Petrelli, Akershus Kunstsenter/Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst, NO
Hildelund Konstfestival, Art festival in Värmland, SE
Portal, pop-up exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, curated by Wenche Volle, The National Gallery, Oslo, NO
Grand Complications, exhibition and research project, Gamle Rommen Skole, Oslo, NO
2018
Høstutstillingen, annual juried exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Baklengs inn i okularet, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim
Archaeology, Anthropology, Apology, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
2017
Puck, solo exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
Sleuths of time travel poetry, Aktion #195, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, 2025, Hamburg, DE
Parkplatztreffen III, Bahnhof Altona, curated by Kunstverein St.Pauli, Hamburg, DE
Wildlife, sculpture park, curated by NIKOTIN, Nesodden, Akershus, NO
Papay Gyro Nights Art festival, (exhibited in 2016,15,14 and 13), Bergen Kjøtt, NO, Papay Westray, Orkney Islands UK and Videotage, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
2016
En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo, group exhibition, curated by Ida Følling and Ottar Karlsen, Tegnetriennalen, NO
Chanting, all clamoring, chirping…, group exhibition, curated by Christian Tony Norum, the Munch Museum, Oslo, NO
2015
Halvorsen visiting an old friend, solo exhibition, Munch’s studio at Ekely, Oslo, NO
In search of the brain of the middle finger, solo exhibition, NoPlace, Oslo, NO
Sparebankstiftelsen Art Prize 2015, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, NO
Pattern Drill, group exhibition, initiated by 1857, curated by Jenny Kinge, Hacienda, Zürich, CH
Induction, group exhibition, curated by Ivan Galuzin and Glafira Severianova, Art from Barents, Murmansk, RU
2014
Decend along my eyelashes, exhibition and performance, with Petter Ballo and Christian T. Norum, UKS, Oslo, NO
Vacilliation detector:pigeon edition, II Stile - Spittelkollonaden, kuratert av Paolo Chiasera, Berlin, DE
Dating service, curated by Andreas Schlaegel, Autocenter, Berlin, DE
Reisebrev mangesteds fra, performance with Christian T. Norum and Silje L.Haaland, curated by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, GL Strand, Copenhagen, DK
2013
Turn Turtle, group exhibition, curated by Jenny Kinge, Podium, Oslo, NO
Constant.Decay, group exhibition, collaboration with Silje L. Haaland, RAKE, Trondheim, NO
Touristification as the storm wallows around the house, group exhibition, (A)void gallery, Prague, CH
MA Degree show, curated by Andreas Schlaegel, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
Curatorial projects:
2018- 2019 - Grand Complications, exhibition and research project at Gamle Rommen Skole, Oslo, NO
2014-16 - Skogul Gondul: Video program composed with Christian T. Norum, for Papay Gyro Nights, Orkney Islands, UK and Hong Kong, HK
2009 - Inititiator and project leader for Five thousand generations of birds. Festival and artist residence, 2012. 16 international artists worked and exhibited on their own isles in Fitjar, Norway.
Selected grants and prizes:
2021 2-year work grant, Arts Council Norway
2020 Project grant, BKV
Project grant, Arts Council Norway
Project grant, Fond for lyd og bilde, Arts Council Norway (Also granted in 2019)
Kunstneriske publikasjoner, Arts Council Norway
2019, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2009 - Miscellaneous grant, Arts Council Norway
2018 - 3-year work grant, Arts Council Norway
Miscellaneous grant, Oslo Municipality
2017 - Grant for Art and Technology, Arts Council Norway
Project grant, Arts Council Norway
2017, 2015, 2014 and 2009 - Project grant, BKV
2016 and 2014 - Exhibition grant, Arts Council Norway
2016 - Work grant, BKV
2015 - Sparebankstiftelsen DNB’s art prize
2013 - International support, OCA
Selected press and critiques:
2021
Trå varsomt, critique, Skulpturtriennalen 2021, Eirik Seiner Henriksen, Kunstkritikk
Ut i det fri, critique, Skulpturtriennalen 2021, Hilde Mørch, Kunstavisen
Å vare eller ikkje vare, critique, Skulpturtriennalen, Maria Horvei, Klassekampen
2020
Finissage og boklansering på Kunsthall Oslo, interview, Hilde Mørch, Kunstavisen
En mølls dødskamp angår deg, interview, Ingrid Tellefsen Relling, Subjekt
Det kaosmotiske kollektiv, interview, Kjetil Nergard, Norwegian Art Yearbook 2020
2019
Strukturenes visuelle rikdom, critique, Høvdingens kjære... at AKS by Lars Elton, Dagsavisen
Vi må snakke sammen, critique, Høvdingens... at AKS, by Espen Hauglid, Morgenbladet
2018
Frittenkende kunstnerduo, critique, OK, by Aleksi Wildhagen, Billedkunst
Gesamtkunst under kuppelen, critique OK, by Simen Joachim Helsvig, Kunstkritikk
2017
Kunstverein St.Pauli - Parkplatztreffen III, by Anna Sabrina Schmiid (translated by Maxi Lengger), KubaParis
2015
De nye arkivarene, critique, Sparebankstiftelsen DnB Stipendutstilling, by Line Ulekleiv, Klassekampen
Pattern Drill at Hacienda, Contemporary Art Daily
2014
Fantasifulle kulisser, critique, Decend Along My Eyelashes at UKS, by Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten
2013
Til Andakt, critique, MA Avgangsutstilling at Kunstnernes Hus, by Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk
Tilbakeholden avgangsutstilling, critique, MA Degree show at Kunstnernes Hus, Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten
2012
Five thousand generations of birds, interview on Ftg of birds, by Regine Debatty, We-make-money-not-art
Vestlandets kraft, critique, Five thousand generations of birds, Nicolai Strøm Olsen, Kunstforum
Grundig utforsking av holmen som sted, critique, Ftg of birds, Sigrun Åsebø, Billedkunst
Omgivelsens Makt, critique, Ftg of birds, by Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk
Other relevant experience and board positions:
2020 - 2023 Board member, Artist union for Oslo and Akershus, (vara 2020)
2020 - 2021 Artist Council, BOA (Artist union for Oslo and Akershus)
2020 - 2021 Member of Supervisory board for Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst
2020 - 2021 Jury member for Oslo Municipality crisis stipend
2015 and 2020-21 Freelance consultant for BONO
2020 Workshop, Kragerø Kunstskole
2020 Testlab DKS, for Oslo Kunstforening and Fotogalleriet
2019 - 21 Project leader and Project coordinator, Oslo Open
2019 - Artistic development, Verdensteatret
2015 -18 Art consultant for Haakonsvern, Bergen, KORO
CV (3 pg PDF, english)
CV (2 pg PDF, norwegian)
Education:
2010-13 - MFA, Oslo Art Academy, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2007-08 - BFA Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
2005-06 - BA Material based art, textile, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Selected exhibitions and projects
Upcoming
Radical Land Preservation Pavillion, initiated by Signe Lidén/VOLT, land areas for artistic exploration over time, manifested in Østensjø Våtmark, Oslo (2022) and Flatdal, Telemark, NO (2023)
Lauch of the book Wiggle Room, Distanz Verlag, Berlin, DE (2023)
Solo exhibition, Kunstverein St.Pauli, Hamburg, DE (2023)
2021
The Sculpture Triennal 2021 - outdoor sculpture, Tøyenparken, Oslo, NO
Hvitsten Salong 2021, (exhibited in 2020, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 and 14), art festival in Hvitsten, Viken, NO
Østlandsutstillingen 2021, annual juried exhibition, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker and Vestfold Kunstforening, Tønsberg, NO
2020
Juleutstillingen 2020, group show, (exhibited in 2019, 18, 17, 16 and 15), Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
Jomfrulandstipendiatene, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, Kragerø Kunstforening, NO
Pauseromsplakater, solidarity action from artists to nurses during the Covid-19 lock down
Et kollektivt kaosmos, group show curated by Ida Følling and Markus Li Stensrud, Kunsthall Oslo, NO
Launch of the book Grand Complications, Kunsthall Oslo, NO
2019
Høvdingens kjære squaw får litt pizza i Mexico by, group show curated by M. Petrelli, Akershus Kunstsenter/Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst, NO
Hildelund Konstfestival, Art festival in Värmland, SE
Portal, pop-up exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, curated by Wenche Volle, The National Gallery, Oslo, NO
Grand Complications, exhibition and research project, Gamle Rommen Skole, Oslo, NO
2018
Høstutstillingen, annual juried exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Baklengs inn i okularet, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim
Archaeology, Anthropology, Apology, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
2017
Puck, solo exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
Sleuths of time travel poetry, Aktion #195, duo exhibition, Bakketun & Norum, 2025, Hamburg, DE
Parkplatztreffen III, Bahnhof Altona, curated by Kunstverein St.Pauli, Hamburg, DE
Wildlife, sculpture park, curated by NIKOTIN, Nesodden, Akershus, NO
Papay Gyro Nights Art festival, (exhibited in 2016,15,14 and 13), Bergen Kjøtt, NO, Papay Westray, Orkney Islands UK and Videotage, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong
2016
En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo, group exhibition, curated by Ida Følling and Ottar Karlsen, Tegnetriennalen, NO
Chanting, all clamoring, chirping…, group exhibition, curated by Christian Tony Norum, the Munch Museum, Oslo, NO
2015
Halvorsen visiting an old friend, solo exhibition, Munch’s studio at Ekely, Oslo, NO
In search of the brain of the middle finger, solo exhibition, NoPlace, Oslo, NO
Sparebankstiftelsen Art Prize 2015, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, NO
Pattern Drill, group exhibition, initiated by 1857, curated by Jenny Kinge, Hacienda, Zürich, CH
Induction, group exhibition, curated by Ivan Galuzin and Glafira Severianova, Art from Barents, Murmansk, RU
2014
Decend along my eyelashes, exhibition and performance, with Petter Ballo and Christian T. Norum, UKS, Oslo, NO
Vacilliation detector:pigeon edition, II Stile - Spittelkollonaden, kuratert av Paolo Chiasera, Berlin, DE
Dating service, curated by Andreas Schlaegel, Autocenter, Berlin, DE
Reisebrev mangesteds fra, performance with Christian T. Norum and Silje L.Haaland, curated by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, GL Strand, Copenhagen, DK
2013
Turn Turtle, group exhibition, curated by Jenny Kinge, Podium, Oslo, NO
Constant.Decay, group exhibition, collaboration with Silje L. Haaland, RAKE, Trondheim, NO
Touristification as the storm wallows around the house, group exhibition, (A)void gallery, Prague, CH
MA Degree show, curated by Andreas Schlaegel, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
Curatorial projects:
2018- 2019 - Grand Complications, exhibition and research project at Gamle Rommen Skole, Oslo, NO
2014-16 - Skogul Gondul: Video program composed with Christian T. Norum, for Papay Gyro Nights, Orkney Islands, UK and Hong Kong, HK
2009 - Inititiator and project leader for Five thousand generations of birds. Festival and artist residence, 2012. 16 international artists worked and exhibited on their own isles in Fitjar, Norway.
Selected grants and prizes:
2021 2-year work grant, Arts Council Norway
2020 Project grant, BKV
Project grant, Arts Council Norway
Project grant, Fond for lyd og bilde, Arts Council Norway (Also granted in 2019)
Kunstneriske publikasjoner, Arts Council Norway
2019, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2009 - Miscellaneous grant, Arts Council Norway
2018 - 3-year work grant, Arts Council Norway
Miscellaneous grant, Oslo Municipality
2017 - Grant for Art and Technology, Arts Council Norway
Project grant, Arts Council Norway
2017, 2015, 2014 and 2009 - Project grant, BKV
2016 and 2014 - Exhibition grant, Arts Council Norway
2016 - Work grant, BKV
2015 - Sparebankstiftelsen DNB’s art prize
2013 - International support, OCA
Selected press and critiques:
2021
Trå varsomt, critique, Skulpturtriennalen 2021, Eirik Seiner Henriksen, Kunstkritikk
Ut i det fri, critique, Skulpturtriennalen 2021, Hilde Mørch, Kunstavisen
Å vare eller ikkje vare, critique, Skulpturtriennalen, Maria Horvei, Klassekampen
2020
Finissage og boklansering på Kunsthall Oslo, interview, Hilde Mørch, Kunstavisen
En mølls dødskamp angår deg, interview, Ingrid Tellefsen Relling, Subjekt
Det kaosmotiske kollektiv, interview, Kjetil Nergard, Norwegian Art Yearbook 2020
2019
Strukturenes visuelle rikdom, critique, Høvdingens kjære... at AKS by Lars Elton, Dagsavisen
Vi må snakke sammen, critique, Høvdingens... at AKS, by Espen Hauglid, Morgenbladet
2018
Frittenkende kunstnerduo, critique, OK, by Aleksi Wildhagen, Billedkunst
Gesamtkunst under kuppelen, critique OK, by Simen Joachim Helsvig, Kunstkritikk
2017
Kunstverein St.Pauli - Parkplatztreffen III, by Anna Sabrina Schmiid (translated by Maxi Lengger), KubaParis
2015
De nye arkivarene, critique, Sparebankstiftelsen DnB Stipendutstilling, by Line Ulekleiv, Klassekampen
Pattern Drill at Hacienda, Contemporary Art Daily
2014
Fantasifulle kulisser, critique, Decend Along My Eyelashes at UKS, by Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten
2013
Til Andakt, critique, MA Avgangsutstilling at Kunstnernes Hus, by Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk
Tilbakeholden avgangsutstilling, critique, MA Degree show at Kunstnernes Hus, Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten
2012
Five thousand generations of birds, interview on Ftg of birds, by Regine Debatty, We-make-money-not-art
Vestlandets kraft, critique, Five thousand generations of birds, Nicolai Strøm Olsen, Kunstforum
Grundig utforsking av holmen som sted, critique, Ftg of birds, Sigrun Åsebø, Billedkunst
Omgivelsens Makt, critique, Ftg of birds, by Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk
Other relevant experience and board positions:
2020 - 2023 Board member, Artist union for Oslo and Akershus, (vara 2020)
2020 - 2021 Artist Council, BOA (Artist union for Oslo and Akershus)
2020 - 2021 Member of Supervisory board for Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst
2020 - 2021 Jury member for Oslo Municipality crisis stipend
2015 and 2020-21 Freelance consultant for BONO
2020 Workshop, Kragerø Kunstskole
2020 Testlab DKS, for Oslo Kunstforening and Fotogalleriet
2019 - 21 Project leader and Project coordinator, Oslo Open
2019 - Artistic development, Verdensteatret
2015 -18 Art consultant for Haakonsvern, Bergen, KORO