Preben Holst
(He/him)
Address: Bjørka, Schweigaardsgate 34D, 0191 Oslo
Floor: 3
The studio is open Saturday 27 April from 12-17
Preben Holst works in photography, film and installation. The ambiguity of youth, masculinity and melancholy is a vital part of his vocabulary. Occasionally, he allows the lush green scenery often used as a backdrop for portraits, to take center stage. Holst holds an MFA from Malmö Art Academy and has exhibited in The National Museum, Oslo, and various other museums in Scandinavia. He has published two monographies; Things That Never Happened (Teknisk Industri, 2017) and The Stranger (Skira, 2023).
Photography
Felix, late summer, Preben Holst, photograph, 2021
Preben Holst, Victor, photograph, 2021
Oransje mot det grønne#35, Preben Holst, photograph, 66x66 cm, 2020
Oransje mot det grønne#59, Preben Holst, photograph, 49x66 cm, 2022
CV
PREBEN HOLST/CURRICULUM VITAE
www.prebenholst.com
Education
2007-09: MFA, Malmö Art Academy
2006-07: Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin (exchange student)
2004-07: BFA , Trondheim Art Academy
Solo exhibitions
2023: Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand (supported by Arts Council Norway)
2022: TID, Mandal (supported by KIN)
2019: Bruksrommet, Tou Scene, Stavanger
2018: Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim
2018: Trafo Kunsthall, Asker (supported by the Photographic Fund)
2017: Lista Fyr Galleri
2015: Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand
2014: The Boiler Room Gallery, Oslo
2012: Porsgrunn Art Association
2011: Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, recipient of Sparebanken Pluss Kunstnerpris 2011
2011: Fredrikstad Art Association
2010: Oslo Art association (supported by Arts Council Norway and Vederlagsfondet)
2010: St.Gertrud, Malmö
2008: KHM Gallery, Malmö
2008: Kristiansand Art Association (supported by Arts Council Norway)
2007: Trondheim Art Association
Selected group exhibitions
2023: Den gamle Veterinærhøgskolen, Oslo Negativ
2022: The National Museum, Oslo, Jeg kaller det kunst
2022: Det Gamle Biblioteket, Oslo Negativ
2021: Strandpaviljongen, Hvervenbukta, Oslo, Utflukt
2020: Vejle Art Museum, Denmark, Videovejle
2020: Akershus Art Center, Bonanza-za-za
2019: Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2019: Video “The painter”, part of Johan Furåker´s exhibition ”If only everything”, Kristiansand Kunsthall.
2019: Østlandsutstillingen, Kongsberg
2019: Spring exhibition, Fotogalleriet
2018: Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Between the trees
2018: Galleri SMB, Oslo, Sommerutstillingen
2018: Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Thumbing the library: gardening networks
2017: Ystad Art Museum, The Encounter of Bodies
2017: Vestfold Art Center, Transisions (supported by KIN)
2017: Fotogalleriet, Oslo, GR-09022017 (book launch)
2016: Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Underveis
2015: I’klektik, Off the Shelf: the Eclectic in the Artist’s Book, London, England
2015: Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Jubileumsutstilling
2015: Kunsthallen Nicolaj, FOKUS Videokunstfestival, Copenhagen
2014: Udstillingsstedet Q, Vi tager intet ansvar, Copenhagen
2014: Fotogalleriet, Nordic Dummy Award 2014, (first runner-up)
2012: Trondheim Kunstmuseum, SAMMEN
2012: Levart, Any Where out of the World, Levanger
2012: Kunsthallen Nicolaj, FOKUS Videokunstfestival, København
2011: Akershus Art Center, Fellesnevner; mannen
2011: Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2011: Høstutstillingens videoprogram, Nordnorske Kunstmuseum, Christiansand Kunstforening, Gråmølna – Trondheim, Galleri Svalbard, KINOKINO.
2011: Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Screaming from the mountain
2011: Kunsthallen Nicolaj, FOKUS Videokunstfestival, Copenhagen
2010: Commom Grounds, CFF, Stockholm
2010: Reports from an Ordinary Satellite, AE Harris, Birmingham
2010: Commom Grounds, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
2010: Well Gallery, London
2009: Fotografi i fokus, Skånes Kunstforening, Malmö
2008: This is not a film, Stockholm
2008: Ny Nordisk Fotografi, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg (Victor fellowship recipient)
2007: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen
2007: Take off, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo
2007: Kunst i byen, Oslo (First prize winner)
2007: Trøndelagsutstillingen, Trondheim (recipient of the critics award)
2006: Ung grafikk, Norske grafikere, Oslo
2006: Trøndelagsutstillingen, Trondheim
2005: Sørlandsutstillingen, Kristiansand
2005: Høstutstillingens utvalgte, Sandefjord-Grimstad
2004: Høstutstillingen, Oslo
2004: Sex in art and media, Rica Galleri, Trondheim
2002: Råsaft, Galleri 21.24-21.25, Oslo
2000: Iskunst Galleri, Oslo
Collections
2017: Region Skånes Art Collection
2016: Sørlandets Kunstmuseum
2010: Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg
2007: Trondheim Art museum
2007: Levanger Kommune
2006: Trondheim Kommune
Private collections
Scholarships
2022: Scholarship from BKV
2021: One year working grant
2020: One year working grant
2019: Scholarship from BKV
2016: Sørlandsutstillingen, Agder Art Center
2015: Two year working grant
2012: One year working grant
2011: Sparebanken Pluss Kunstnerpris
2010: One year working grant
2008: Victor fellowship recipient, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg