Milan Benza
(He/him)
Address: OD30 Atelierfellesskap, Ole deviks vei 30, 0666 Oslo
Floor: 2
Room number: Dør nr 5 venstre fløy
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Milan Benza (b. 1988) primarily works with painting, drawing, performance, and sculpture.
In his paintings, myths, art history, and other stories are intertwined in a personal universe where the images communicate with each other. In recent years, Milan has worked in the space between figuration and abstraction.
Milan was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. There, he worked mainly with drawing and comics. He then followed a master’s program in speculative narration at Erg in Brussels, developed in line with philosophers Isabel Stengers and Donna Haraway’s Ideas.
He has exhibited at, among others, the Autumn Exhibition (2018) and the National Museum (2022), and has participated in several exhibitions both domestically and internationally.
Milan is also a member of the performance group Aapent Saar.
Painting, performance, sculpture
Fossefall I, Milan Benza, Oil on canvas, 150 x 120, 2024, installation shot
Duck with ball I & II, Milan Benza, oil on canvas, 2023,
Pforzheim Kunstverein, installation shot,
foto: Janusz Czech
Déjeuner I, II & II, Milan Benza, Oil on canvas, 2023, Cité Internationale des Arts Paris, Installation photo
Still life with pigeons, Milan Benza & Astrid Hjortdal, mixed techniques, 2024, Oslo open 24 (satellitprogram), Photo: Astrid Hjortdal
In my studio
Possibility to meet the artist, grab a coffee and get an exclusive peek at the latest works
CV
Education
2016 Master in Visual Arts, École de recherche graphique, Brussels (BE)
2014 Bachelor in Visual Arts, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Brussels (BE)
2011 Film and TV Production, University of Bergen
(NO)
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Turistmagnet (w/ Astrid Hjortdal), Vadsø (NO)
2024 Still life with pigeons, with Astrid Hjortdal, Oslo Open Satellite Program (NO)
2023 Tänk på Döden, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (FR)
2022 Shhhhhh, Smallville Space, Neuchâtel ( CH)
2020 Sønner av Råtten Sol, Van Etten Gallery, Oslo (NO)
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Siste Reis, Halden Art Association (NO)
2024 Terapirommet , Crisis Team for Eco-Sorrow, Oslofjord Triennale (NO)
2023 Souvenirs de Paris, Pforzheim Kunstverein, Pforzheim (DE)
2023 Blaa bobler, Sarpsborg Art Association (NO)
2022 Van Etten at Large, Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin (DE)
2022 I Call It Art, National Museum, Oslo (NO)
2021 N.F.T., The Drawing Association, Oslo (NO)
2021 Eastern Exhibition, Trafo Kunsthall/Vestfold Art Center (NO)
2021 Guilty Pleasures #3, Atelier Oblivion, Oslo (NO)
2020 Eastern Exhibition, Østfold Art Center, Fredrikstad (NO)
2020 Guilty Pleasures #2, Atelier Oblivion, Oslo (NO)
2018 The National Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo (NO)
2018 Aapent Saar, Hildelund Art Festival, Sweden (SE)
Publications
2021-23 Grosse Victime Magazine #4, #11, Fabula éditions, Paris (FR)
2021 N.F.T., Oslo Comix Expo, Oslo (NO)
2016 Forresten #30, Jippi Publishing, Oslo (NO)
2016 Alternative Libretto for Mitridate, Opera de la Monnaie/De Munt, Brussels (BE)
Stipends / grants / résidences
2025 Artist Residency, Vadsø Guest Studio, Finnmark County
2023 Work Grant, Billedkunstneres vederlagsfond (BKV)
2023 Residency – Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, Ingrid L. Langaard’s Foundation
2021 Diversestipend, Norwegian Arts Council
2016 Establishment Grant for New Graduates, Norwegian Arts Council