Bobrikova & de Carmen
(They)
Address: ORP 2, Olaf Ryes Plass 2, 0552 Oslo
Floor: 2nd
Room number: 229
The studio is open Saturday 27 April from 12-17
Martinka Bobrikova and Oscar de Carmen have been working together as an artistic duo since 2005. They develop their work focusing on the investigation of social transformation in the conjunction of the utopian and the real. Their vision in showing an analysis of the synergy between the economic system and the biological community makes their framework of operability very versatile. Their works can range from installations, sound works and site-specific works to processes of urban and social transformation, both inside and outside galleries, and beyond the framework of institutional dialogue.
As artists, they also pursue moments of critical thinking, self-curating, self-organizing, self-publishing, self-(re)presentation and selforganized imagination.
installation, sculpture, relational art, socially engaged art, community art, public space
re-(t)exHile, Bobrikova & de Carmen (in collaboration with Maria Alejandra Gatti, Anto Lloveras), variable, 2024, 4th Lagos Biennial - Refuge, photo: Martinka Bobrikova
The Migrant Assembly_ gathering at Gudkitchen, Bobrikova & de Carmen, 2021 photo: Santiago Suárez Longoni
Dysfunctional deconstructions, Bobrikova & de Carmen, site-specific installation, variable, 2020, Rogaland Kunstnersenter, photo: Erik Sæter Jørgensen
Living in the beginning of the times, Bobrikova & de Carmen, installation, variable dimension, Skien Kunstforening, photo: Martinka bobrikova
In my studio
we love to welcome our guest offering some homemade kombucha and diving into a informal conversation. our studio is as small as an office, and we dont like elevator pitch… so please take your time and engage in a conversation if you want to see our art <3
Planned projects and exhibitions
autumn 2024 re-(t)exHile, Oslo City Hall, Oslo, NO
May 2024 No Known Last Address—Artists’ Postcard Edition / edited by Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson
6 april -12may 2024 Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien, NO (solo show)
3-10 february 2024 REFUGE, 4th Lagos Biennial, Lagos, NG (group show)
CV
Martinka Bobrikova, 1981 Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia)
2010-2012 NORDIC SOUND ART, Joint Study Programme, Scandinavia, MA
2010-2012 MALMÖ ART ACADEMY, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. MFA
2005-2008 UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA, Facultad de Bellas Artes, Tenerife, Spain. BA
2001-2006 ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI, Stage design department, Rome, Italy
Oscar de Carmen, 1976 Spain
2010-2012 NORDIC SOUND ART, Joint Study Programme, Scandinavia, MA
2010-2012 MALMÖ ART ACADEMY, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. MFA
2004-2009 UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA, Faculty of Fine Art. Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Spain. BA
from 2019 founders of The Union, Oslo, NO
2019-2021 reshapers at project RESHAPE, EU (various locations)
from 2018 initiators and organisers of IECES (anti-symposium)
from 2018 members of Collection Collective
2017-2019 co-founder & co-director Future Utopia Community Key, Uddebo, SE
from 2012 co-founder & co-director Nomad A-I-R, nomad artist-in-residency program
2014-2016 co-founder & co-director Vandaler Forening, Oslo, NO
2012-2015 co-founder & board member PAO, performance art Oslo (only Bobrikova)
SOLO SHOWS/PROJECTS (selection)
2021 The Migrant Assembly, public space Oslo, NO
2020 SKAUS, ROGALAND KUNSTNERSENTER, Stavanger, NO
2018 INSUBORDINATION OF BODIES, HOTDOCK Project Space, Bratislava, SK
2018 YA-MAE, GALERIE 35M2, Prague, CZ
2018 A SKETCH OF AN OPERA, OKSASENKATU 11, HELSINKI, FI
2018 A SKETCH OF AN OPERA, BOA, Oslo, NO
2017 LIVING IN THE BEGINNING OF TIMES, 59.923885, 10.758991 / 10.17, RAM GALLERI, Oslo, NO
2017 YA-MAE, NORDIC ANTOLOGY #9, FOTOGALERIET, Oslo, NO
2017 LIVING IN THE BEGINNING OF TIMES, GREENLIGHT DISTRICT, SKIENS KUNSTFORENING, Skien, NO
2015 AFTERLIFE, Projektrom Carl Berner, Oslo, NO
2015 SUPERFLUOUS IDENTITY IV, BABEL, Trondheim, NO
2015 SUPERFLUOUS IDENTITY III, ENTRANCE GALLERY, Prague, CZ
2015 DO IT YOURSELF, TRAILER GALLERY, Umeå, SE
2014 PDP/AV1, BLUNK GALERI, Trondheim, NO
2014 PDP/AV1, ANX ATELIER NORD, Oslo, NO
2013 IN PROCESS, AREA 60, TEA- ESPACIO DE LAS ARTES, Tenerife, ES
2013 URBAN HUNTER, NITRA GALLERY, Nitra, SK
2011 YOU HAVE TO GO RIGHT NOW!, Rotor 2, Gothenburg, SE
2010 ZERO BUDGET, Space Gallery, Bratislava, SK
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 Open Video XVII med filmprogram og kunstverk på Kuntsrum Fyn, DK
2023 Urban Sound Art, Fredrikstad, NO
2023 Open Video XVI, Oslo, NO
2022 Kunsthuset Kabuso, ØYSTESE, NO
2022 First Score In The Table, TRAFO Trafostacja Sztuki SZCZECIN, PL
2021 REFUGE, 3rd Lagos Biennial, Lagos, NG
2020 GROUP THERAPY, Schaubmarov Mlyn (Slovak National Gallery), Pezinok, SK
2019 THE EARTH, Galerie Emila Filly, Usti Nad Labem, CZ
2019 Environmental Art in Slovakia, Turcianska Galeria, Martin, SK
2019 TENTHAUS_SESSION, Tenthaus, Oslo, NO
2019 ENTKUNSTUNG, Austrian Cultural Forum, Berlin, DE
2018 Corrective Connection, NOISE, Bloomington, USA
2018 ATELIER NORD ANX, Oslo, NO
2017 Arts in the Environment, Helsinki, FI
2017 TURBULENCE AREA, 5th ODESSA BIENNALE, Odessa, UA
2017 AGRIKULTURA TRIENNAL, Malmo, SE
2017 STRUCTURAL DISPARITIES, SEOUL ART SPACE GEUMCHEON, Seoul, KR
2017 MICRO-POLITICS: a strange frame of view, SPACE XX, Seoul, KR
2016 ENVISIONING THE FUTURE, SAITAMA TRIENNALE, SAITAMA, JP
2016 Østlandsutstillingen, Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, NO
2016 NEWROPE, NITRA GALLERY, Nitra, SK
2016 CROSS_CUTS, Alt_CPH, FABRIKKEN, Copenhagen, DK
2016 APORIAS, FRIDY EXIT, Wien, AT
2016 SMALL/BIG WORLD, TRANZIT, Bratislava, SK
2016 FEED, Kunst Vardo, Oslo, NO
2016 Østlandsutstillingen, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, NO
2016 TRANSCULTURAL EMANCIPATION, FLUC, Wien, AT
2015 S.O.S, 2nd TBILISI TRIENNIALE, Tbilisi, GE
2015 PRAGUE QUADRIENNAL, MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
2014 salonvideo_SUBmissions, MAGMA Contemporary Medium, Sf. Gheorghe, RO
2014 HØSTUTSTILLINGEN, KUNSTNERNES HUS, Oslo, NO
2014 DOUBLE YOU, Skånes konstförening, Malmö, SE
2014 BIOPOLITICS OF THE SOUTH SIDE, Junefirst Gallery, Berlin, DE
2014 FOOD WE HAVE PREPARED, GMB- City Gallery Bratislava, SK
2013 METTERS OF METHOD-SALON VIDEO, Tranzit, Iasi, RO
2013 CONSTANT. DECAY. RAKE, Trondheim, NO
2013 HUNKY DORY, KARLIN STUDIOS, Prague, CZ
2012 URBAN OBSERVATORY, Galeria Sztuki Wozownia, Torun, PL
2012 TELEVISION, TACTIC, Cork, IR
2012 MONOCHROMES AND OTHER CHROMES, KURANT, Tromso, NO
2012 SOUNDINGS II, Roskilde Contemporary Art Museum, Roskilde, DK
2012 WHY ART NOW, Open ShowStudio, Athens, GR
2011 RAINFOREST IV, SINGUHR SOUND GALLERY, Berlin, DE
2010 TRANSIT, Center of Contemporary Art – Tbilisi, Tbilisi, GE
2010 DATACITY. AMBER’10. Sanat Limani, Istanbul. TR
2010 AN INSTRUMENTAL, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin, IR
2010 DIS-PLAY 10, Instituto Cervantes, Berlin, DE
2010 AN INSTRUMENTAL, Space, Bratislava, SK
2010 PIKSLAVERK / RAFLOSTI, Faculty of Fine Art, Reykjavik, IS
2010 CLOWDS OF WITHNES, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, SE
2010 TRUST + MISTAKE, City Museum, Gothenburg, SE
AIR (selected)
2022 ISCP, New York, USA
2022 Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama, JP
2022 Guest Artist Studio G.A.S., Lagos, NG
2021 TRAFO Trafostacja Sztuki SZCZECIN, PL
2020 SCHAUBMAROV MLYN, SLOVAK NATIONAL GALLERY, Pezinok, SK
2020 SA SA ART PROJECT, Phnom Penh, KH
2019 GUDSKUL/ RUANGRUPA, Jakarta, ID
2019 JATIWANGI ART FACTORY, Jatiwangi, ID
2018 AIR KREMS, Krems am der Donau, AT
2018 HOME SWEET, Hablar en arte/ Curators network, Madrid, ES
2018 ARCTIC ART INSTITUTE, Arkhangelsk, RU
2017 Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Seoul, KR
2016 HomeBase Project, Saitama Triennale, Saitama, JP
2016 Råderum, Fabrikken, Copenhagen, DK
2016 KulturKontakt Austria, Wien, AT
2015 LKV- Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, NO
2015 MeetFactory, Prague, CZ
2014 LATENT SPACES, Singapore, SG
2014 TECHNO-ECOLOGY, NIDA ART COLONY, LT
2013 TAOH, Stavanger, NO
LECTURES
2022 Musashino Art University, Tokyo, JP
2022 Joshibi University of Art and Design, Tokyo, JP
2022 Parson School of Design, The New School, New York, USA
2020 Rogaland Kunstskole, Stavanger, NO
2020 GUEST ARTIST – LECTURE, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, JP
2019 Hersleb school + Elvebakken school / Tenthaus Session, Oslo, NO
2016 Intervention outside the margin/ workshop, Museum of Modern Art, Siatama, JP
2016 GUEST ARTIST – LECTURE, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Wien, AT
2016 THE WAY THAT I LISTEN / workshop, Völkermarkt secondary school, Völkermarkt, AT
2014 THE WAY THAT I LISTEN / workshop, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, SE
2014 NON-LECTURE, FAMU-CAS, PRAGUE, CZ
2013 OPEN FORUM, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO