Merete Joelsen Aune
(She/her)
Address: Tøyenbekken 5, 0188 Oslo
Floor: 3
Room number: 3019
The studio is open Saturday 27 April from 12-17
My work is characterized by an interest in natural sciences, and a curiosity towards consciousness and time. In recent years I have been particularly concerned with stars and stones, both as object and metaphor. I like to combine impulses from astronomy and geology with storytelling in visual or written form, to reflect on my personal notion of time and my own inner experiences; that which in itself has no form.
Drawing, watercolour, text, photography, artists' books
Island Universes (#00028)_Merete Joelsen Aune_C-print_88 x 118 cm_2023_Trafo kunsthall, Asker_Detail from the exhibition Nebulae Surveys, 2023_Photo credits: Tor S. Ulstein
Lighthouse (Illustrations of a Recurring Thought)_Merete Joelsen Aune_Coloured pencil on paper_46,6 x 34,8 cm_2022_Detail from the exhibition Nebulae Surveys, 2023, Trafo kunsthall, Asker_Photo credits: Tor S. Ulstein
Nebulae Surveys_Merete Joelsen Aune_Watercolour on paper_29,7 x 21 cm_2016-2023_Installation picture from the exhibition Nebulae Surveys, 2023, Trafo kunsthall, Asker_Photo credits: Tor S. Ulstein_The installation picture also shows the drawings Lighthouse (Illustrations of a Recurring Thought) from 2022
Nebulae Surveys_Merete Joelsen Aune_Watercolour on paper_29,7 x 21 cm_2016-2023_Detail from the exhibition Nebulae Surveys, 2023, Trafo kunsthall, Asker_Photo credits: Tor S. Ulstein
In my studio
In my studio you can see finished and unfinished drawings, watercolors and photographs, as well as excerpts from my personal collection of rocks and minerals, which forms the basis for a major ongoing art project.
CV
Merete Joelsen Aune (b. 1984, Oslo)
Education
2012 – 2014_Master of Fine Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, (NO)
2009 – 2012_Bachelor of Fine Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, (NO)
2007 – 2008_One-year programme in Art and Design, Oslo MET, (NO)
2004 – 2007_Bachelor in Art History, University of Bergen, (NO)
Solo exhibitions
2023_Nebulae Surveys, Trafo kunsthall, Asker (NO). Curated by Hedevig Anker
2022_Island Universes, Sandefjord Kunstforening (NO)
Selected group exhibitions
2023_Høstutstillingen, the 136th annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus (NO)
2021_Østlandsutstillingen, Vestfold kunstsenter (NO)
2021_Østlandsutstillingen, Trafo Kunsthall/Galleri Dikemark, Asker (NO)
2020_Novemberutstillingen, Drammen Museum (NO)
2019_Novemberutstillingen, Drammen Museum (NO)
2019_GIFC & Velvet Ropes, Galleri Golsa (NO)
2019_Østlandsutstillingen 2019, Kunstforeningen Verdens ende (NO)
2018_Novemberutstillingen, Drammen Museum (NO)
2018_The Drawing School (SHKS) 200 years anniversary, Alumni Exhibition
2018_GIFC, Galleri Golsa (NO)
2018_AVTRYKK, Hå gamle prestegard (NO)
2017_Cosmoscow International Contemporary Art Fair, Moskva (RU)
2017_Print Matters, Gallery Norske Grafikere, Oslo (NO)
2017_Mazes, Nebulae, Sedimentations, House of Foundation, Moss (NO)
2016_En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo, The Drawing Biennial, Oslo (NO)
2016_The Drawing Biennial 2016, SKISSEN, Tegnerforbundet (NO)
2016_Art in Case, Helsinki-Malmi lentoasema, Helsinki (FI)
2016_Zodiac, LYNX, Oslo (NO)
2016_Platons huskestue, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo (NO)
2014_The Intimate Sufferings of a Musician, Window Box, Pushwagner Gallery, Oslo (NO)
2014_Knock Knock, Norsk Billedhuggerforening, Oslo (NO)
2014_MA Degree Show, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, (NO)
2013_En kollektiv kraftanstrengelse for tapte saker, PODIUM, Oslo (NO)
2013_It’s a Girl, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm (NO)
2012_BA Degree Show, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (NO)
Artists’ books
2022_Sometimes I Am Light Years Away, Artists’ Book
2016_I Have Seen How the Universe Swallows, Artists’ Book
2014_Du må ikke forveksle reservehjulet med fuglen, Artists’ Book
2011_I Am a Bird Now, Artists’ Book
Memberships
NBK_The Norwegian Visual Artists Association (Norske Billedkunstnere)
TF_The Norwegian Drawing Art Association (Tegnerforbundet)
UKS_The Young Artists Society (Unge Kunstneres Samfund)
BO_The Association of Visual Artists Oslo (Billedkunstnerne i Oslo)
BONO_Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society (Billedkunst Opphavsrett i Norge)
Grants
2023_Artist grant (Diversestipend), Arts Council Norway
2021_Artist grant (Prosjektstøtte), Arts Council Norway
2019_Artist grant, Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard stiftelse
2018_Travel grant, The Norwegian Drawing Art Association
2016_Artist grant, Oslo Kommune
2012_Artist grant, Statens stipend for kunstnere