Halvor Rønning
(He/him)
Address: Brynseng kunstnerforbund, Østensjøveien 12, 0661 Oslo
Floor: 4
Room number: 3
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Halvor Rønning’s artistic production centers on painting and appropriation art, merging abstract visual elements with cutouts sourced from lifestyle and interior magazines, as well the yellow press. He investigates the interplay between painterly subjectivity and evocative media images within semi-abstract compositions.
Painting, drawing, appropriation, public art, artist's books
Halvor Rønning
"Eyes Walled Up", 2024
Acrylic, soft pastels and UV print on canvas
170x120 cm
From the exhibition "Arbeidstittel: Produksjon", Gøteborggata 38, Oslo
September 26-29, 2024
Installation view from the solo show "Avgang" at Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, 2021
Works from left to right:
"Untitled", 2021
Acrylic and soft pastels on canvas
160x 120 cm
"Death of Closeness", 2021
246 pages, 12.6x19.0 cm
Exhibition copy, edition of 50
"Idol Gossip", 2021
Acrylic on magazine cutout, plastic folder
4 parts, each 30 × 23 cm
Overall dimensions ca 30 x 110cm
Baug, 2023
UV print and acrylic on canvas
84x119 cm
From the solo show "TV, baug, gullalder" at LNM, Oslo, 2023
"Death of Closeness", 2021
246 pages, 12.6x19.0cm
Thread bound, softcover
Exhibition copy for "Avgang", Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, 2021
Edition of 50 + 120
Text contributions by Attilia Fattori Franchini, Sabrina Tarasoff and Philipp Kleinmichel
Co-published by Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen and saxpublishers, Vienna
Concept and design by Fondazione Europa, Alexander Nussbaumer
"The artists’s book Death of Closeness contains a compilation of texts especially written for this exhibition. They accompany a series of new, overpainted magazine cutouts combined with examples of Rønning’s works from the past 7 years. Each text sets apart Avgang in the subjects of tragedy, painting, death and comics. Attilia Fattori Franchini brings us into the inner workings of the tragic genre, and suggests a link to Halvor Rønning’s practice through a dialectic exchange between oppositional forces – inner and outer. Sabrina Tarasoff dives into what she calls the near emptiness of Halvor Rønning’s partially concealed images. She taps into a progressive malady, a slow degradation of perception and how pictures exhaust and are exhausted. Taking into consideration the social, political, and technological forces at work around painting, Philipp Kleinmichel’s text explores the cultural value of the medium after its declared death and apparent devaluation."
Excerpt from exhibition text, "Avgang", Hordaland Kunstsenter 2021
Planned projects and exhibitions
2025 Turing Pages. Artists’ Books of the Present, Museum für Angewandte Künst (MAK), Wien
2026 Solo exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, overlyssalen, Oslo
CV
Halvor Rønning
Born 1984 in Bergen, Norway.
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Education:
2012-2014 Mag.art. Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, Textuelle Bildhauerei, Prof. Heimo Zobernig
2008-2011 Bachelor in Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, KHIO
2003-2005 Preparatory course, Kunstskolen i Bergen, KIB,
Residency programs:
2018 CCA Andratx, Mallorca
2014 Moly-Sabata / Fondation Albert Gleizes, Sablons/ Lyon
2012 W17/ Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, with Feil Forlag
Upcoming projects and exhibitions:
2025 Turing Pages. Artists’ Books of the Present, Museum für Angewandte Künst (MAK), Wien
2026 Solo exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, overlyssalen, Oslo
Solo exhibitions:
2023 TV, baug, Gullalder, Galleri LNM, The Norwegian Association of Painters, Oslo
2022 Spark Art Fair, Vienna, Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna
2021 Avgang/ Departure, HKS Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
2020 Knep og kunstgrep, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf
2019 Hell, Recline, Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna
2017 Das Slog, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf
2016 Stopwatch, Mayonnaise, Bible, Tag Team Studio, Bergen
2014 Made Today as if It Was Made Yesterday, diploma exhibition Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien
2011 New Realness, Blue Banana/ Benu, Vienna
Duo exhibitions
2023 Contaminators, Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna, with Nikhil Vettukattil
2019 miart Milano, with gallery Felix Gaudlitz, Vienna, with Knut Ivar Aaser
2014 Les Nouvelles Nouvelles Libertés (…), La Salle des bains, Lyon, with Martyn Reynolds
2013 Pinot Noir is Better Than Merlot, Hallway Gallery, Vienna, with Joakim Martinussen
2012 Gentleman’s Round for Scandinavia, Gloria Knight, Auckland, with Joakim Martinussen
2012 Pieces of Intensity, Thing a Thing a Thing, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, with Joakim Martinussen
2011 PROPERTY PORN, Holodeck, Oslo, with Martyn Reynolds
2011 ACICS pure affect, MFAPS, Oslo, with Martyn Reynolds
2010 Das Kind, der Gangsta und die neuen Freiheiten, Former Bell Street, Vienna, with Martyn Reynolds
2010 SWITCHSWAP, One Night Only Gallery, Oslo, with Asgeir Skotnes
Selected group exhibitions
2024 Arbeidstittel: Produksjon, Gøteborggata 38, Oslo
2024 Afterimage, Felix Gaudlitz (Vienna), miart Milano
2021 Aiai, Saksumdal Tempel, Saksumdal Magacin/ KC Grad, Belgrade
2021 Paper Planes, Standard (Oslo), Oslo
2019 Hvitsten Salong, Hvitsten
2019 Is there Something I Should Know, Vinifero, Vienna
2018 Vitamin D is for Don’t Give Up, Destiny’s Atelier, Oslo
2018 Hydra Sparkling, Aggis, Vienna
2018 Human Interest, Jochen Hempel, Berlin
2018 Altan by the Pool, Altan, Andratx, Mallorca
2018 Art Düsseldorf, gallery Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf
2018 Art Cologne, Cologne, gallery Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf
2017 Segunda Vez, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, with Per-Oskar Leu
2017 Hvitsten Salong, Hvitsten
2017 Unity at the Core, НИИ x Alpbau, Moscow
2016 Jenny Say Qua, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger
2016 Maleriets Letthet, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2015 Playtime, 9800 South Sepulveda Blvd. L.A.X, Los Angeles
2015 Ratatouille, Shanaynay, Paris
2015 Ratatouille (Teaser), Rue Chaptal, Paris
2015 New Needs, Haus Wittmann, Etsdorf/ Kemp
2015 Menneskeberget, Edward Munchs studio at Ekely, Oslo
2014 Europe, Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
2014 Notes from Underground, Baba Vasa’s Cellar, Shabla
2014 I don’t Know Dem, Spreez, Munich, with Joakim Martinussen
2013 AFA, Museum für Angewandte Künste MAK, Vienna
2013 Städtebauliche Prosa II, Kerstin Engholm Gallery, Vienna
2013 Rundgang, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien
2012 Shell-Reflexive, Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami
2012 SWING, W:END:Y, Vienna
2012 Various Artists Getting Laid, HDDM, Vienna
2011 NO MORE NO LESS (THREE)… WIZARD, Oslo
2011 Eyes On Your Instruments, One Night Only Gallery, Oslo
2011 THE STRANGE FÊTE (END), BFA degree show, MFAPS/ KHIO, Oslo
2011 A Call from Barken, Konsthall Smadjebacken
2011 Glemmeboka, Galleri Semikolon, Oslo
2010 Real Presence, MKM
2010 Presences, Cervantes Institute, Belgrade
2010 Precious Periphery, The Linneanum and the Botanical Gardens, Uppsala
Public collections
2023 KORO kunst i offentlige rom
2022 KODE Kunstmuseer og komponisthjem, Bergen
2022 mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
2018 Samlung Philara, Dusseldorf
Offentlige prosjekter og kunstoppdrag
2023 Røykeskur, Public comission for KORO, detoxification unit in Bjørgvin , Bergen
Curated projects:
2021-Aiai, Saksumdal Tempel, Saksumdal, with Linda Lerseth
2021 Avgang/ Departure, video program, HKS Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen
Publications:
2021 Death of Closeness, artist’s book, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, and saxpublishers, Vienna
2018 I Would Button up My T-shirt if I Could, artist’s book, Teknisk Industri, Oslo
2017 Segunda Vez, contribution to monography by Dora Garcia , KHIO, Oslo, with Per-Oskar Leu
2017 Stopwatch, Mayonnaise, Bible, Fanzine/ exhibition catalogue, Tag Team Texts, Bergen
2014 Halvor Rønning Starschnitt, artist’s book, Saxpublishers, Vienna
2011 ARMANI/ Dada, artist’s book, Feil Forlag, Oslo, with Martyn Reynolds
Book launches:
2021 Death of Closeness, HKS Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen
2018 I Would Button up my T-shirt if I Could, Schloss, Oslo
2012 ARMANI/ Dada, W17 Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, with Martyn Reynolds
2012 ARMANI/ Dada, Ve.sch, Vienna, with Martyn Reynolds
Grants and project support:
2024 Working grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2023 Working grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2023 Working grant, Ingrid Lindbäck Landgaards Stiftelse
2023 Project support, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2023 Project support, Arts and Culture Norway
2022 Working grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2021 1 year Working grant, Government Grants for Artists
2021 Kunsfaglige publikasjoner og manusutvikling, Arts and Culture Norway
2020 Working grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2020 Grant COVID-19, Arts and Culture Norway
2020 Project support, Regionale Prosjektmidler
2020 Project support, Arts and Culture Norway
2020 Project support, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2019 Working grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2018 Project support, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2017 2 year working grant for yonger/ newly established artists, Government Grants for Artists
2017 Kunsfaglige publikasjoner og manusutvikling, Arts and Culture Norway
2016 1 year working grant for yonger/ newly established artists, Government Grants for Artists
2016 Project support, Arts and Culture Norway
2015 Grant, Arts and Culture Norway
2015 Project support, Arts and Culture Norway
2014 Project support, Arts and Culture Norway
2014 Project support, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2012 Working grant, Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
2012 Working grant, Ingrid Lindbäck Landgaards Stiftelse
Selected bibliography:
2023
Tilbake til Start, exhibition review by Nicholas Norton, Kunstkritikk.no, August 23, 2023
2022
Kunstneren som ikke ville bli kunstner, interview by Marie Mundal, BA, Bergensavisen.no, January 9, 2022
2021
Engstelege Maleri, exhibition review by Maria Horvei, Klassekampen, Desember 8, 2021
Langs Saksumdalsvegen, exhibition review by Ane Hjort Guttu, Billedkunst #3, 2021
2020
Der Künstler Halvor Rønning lässt sich von Luxusprodukten und Klatschzeitschriften beeinflussen, interview by Moritz Gaudlitz, Vogue.de, April 21, 2020
2018
Kunstkritikks julekalender, Simen Joachim Helsvig sums up the year in the art field, kunstkritikk.no, 2018
Hallway Gallery, retrospective exhibition catalogue for Hallway Gallery, Vienna
2016
De tar pulsen på maleriet, exhibition review by Øyvind Storm Bjerke, Klassekampen, June 15, 2016
Jenny Say Qua, exhibition catalogue, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger
2015
Mastering the Art. The Long Road through Art Education, interview by Simen Joachim Helsvig, Norwegian Year Book, 2015
Conversation Between Felix Gaudlitz, Joakim Martinussen and Halvor Rønning, interview, ON FLÈÉK issue 1, March, 2015
2014
Kamerater i Kunsten, interview by Joachim Borda Podreira, Kunstforum, November 2014
Europe, Europe, exhibition review by Line Ulekleiv, Billedkunst, October 2014
Europeisk Kakafoni, exhibition review by Kåre Bulie, Dagens Næringsliv, November 20, 2014
Streiftog i Europa, exhibition review by Oda Bahr, Morgenbladet, October 10, 2014
Eh…uropa, exhibition review by Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk.no, September 26, 2014
2012
Pieces of Intensity, Thing a Thing (…), interview by Janus Høm, kopenhagen.dk , May 15, 2012
The Property Porn interview, conversation with Martyn Reynolds, Hue & Cry Journal #6, May, 2012
2011
Das Kind, der Gangsta und die neuen Freiheiten, retrospective exhibition catalogue, Former Bell Street, Vienna
THE STRANGE FÊTE (END), exhibition catalogue, Le Grand Meulnes, MFAPS, KHIO, Oslo
Ve.schheft, retrospective exhibition catalogue, Ve.sch, Wien
Victory by mediocrity / The Academy as firetrap, exhibition catalogue, Galleri Semikolon, Oslo
2010
Precious Periphery, exhibition catalogue
Published texts:
2024
Shape of a Pillow, Exhibition text in conjunction with Andrea Romano’s solo exhibition at Centralbanken, Oslo, June 2024
2020
You’ve been served, Exhibition text in conjunction with Linda Lerseth’s solo exhibition at Podium, Oslo, July 2020
2012
New Realness, The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Victor Boullet, Frenetic Happiness, Paris 2012
Union membership:
UKS Unge Kunstneres Samfund
NBK Norske Billedkunstnere