Lexie Owen
(She/her)
Address: Prindsen Atelierfelleskap, Storgata 36B, 0182 Oslo
Floor: 3
The studio is open Sunday 27 April from 12-17
I am an interdisciplinary artist working with social practice, collective research, and publishing. Moving outward from my perspective as a queer femme my practice investigates power – how it is distributed, what it forms and how these structures permit certain ways of being to flourish, while neglecting others. In recent years I have focused on chosen communities, and on the act and products (both material and immaterial) of collaboration. More than just thinking through collaboration as a lens, I am interested in collaborative actions – and often find myself working in interdisciplinary research collectives and other collaborative settings.
check out some recent writing on parties, time, death and living here -- > https://www.praksisoslo.org/lexie-owen
social practice, social forms, soft architectures, relational, collective,publishing, installation, sculpture, artist books
A Year in Party City (starts with a bang!). Lexie Owen. 2024. performance work with accompanying limited edition artist multiple
A Year in Party City (starts with a bang!). Lexie Owen. 2024. performance work with accompanying limited edition artist multiple
Dissident Publics. w Dissident Publics Collective. Installation view at Rom for Kunst og Arkitektur. 2023
fluidfrictions. Lexie Owen. documentation of participatory floating research on Akerselva, part of exhibition Betraktninger at Rom for Kunst og Arkitektur. 2022
Video documentation of project Corner Store (2018), produced by the Banff Centre for the Arts. more information on project here
In my studio
riso books (mine)
riso books (other artists, I have a little artist book archive)
tests and samples for new projects
old works and images
Planned projects and exhibitions
pillowfort, Oslo – public project with funding from KORO / FLB / BKV (Vår 2025)
a public project launching this spring that anonymously shares snippets of queer lived experience, collected through community dinners in the year following the attacks at London Pub
The Necromantic Kitchen, w. Annike Flo – Tenthaus (Høst 2025)
Is a process-based, performative work in collaboration with artist Annike Flo, which will be exhibited at Tenthaus in Oslo. The work proposes grieving practices that queer the process of processing loss, connecting the metabolism of the graveyard with human processes of digestion. The project gets close to death and the dead, through the appropriation of various traditional food processes, incorporating edible plants, honey and other elements harvested from graveyards.
Ambiguous Utopias, Oslo – project in public space centring around Romsås Tbane Stasjon (2025/26)
a body of research being developed into a project that focus on Romsås T-bane stasjon, its architect Håkon Mjelva, and feminist and queer organizing in Oslo during the 1970s.
The Sapphic Seter Salon (2027 – )
a long-term collaborative research project that looks for and speculates on the place and role of queer women historically in Norway, using the site and labour of The Seter as a a jumping off point.
CV
Education
2019 / 21
Master of Fine Arts, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (Oslo National Academy of the Arts), Oslo, NO
2012 / 14
Bachelor of Fine Arts. Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver CA
2009 / 11
Diploma with Honours. Kootenay School of the Arts, Nelson CA
Solo Exhibitions + Public Projects
2024
pillowfort. Oslo NO (forthcoming)
2023
Lacunæ. E Veidenbauma Memoriālais Muzejs, Kalāči LV
Dissident Publics. ROM for Art and Architecture, Oslo NO (w/ Dissident Publics Collective)
2020 /
Bread Scores (20 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 90 | 20), Various Locations
2020 / 2022
The Mall Users Research Association, Various Locations
2018
Fair Secrets. Far Afield (Touchstones: Deep Time in the Near Future), Agassiz CA
Corner Store. Access Gallery (PLOT Space) + The McGill Grocery, Vancouver CA
The Evelyn Exhibition., Vancouver CA
Make/Work. Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff CA
2016 / 18
ODD JOBS. Burrardview Fieldhouse, Vancouver CA
2015 / 17
WNDW Gallery. Various Locations, Vancouver CA
Collaborative Embroidery Society. West End Community Centre, Vancouver CA
Group Exhibitions
2023
Luminous Bodies: Tracing Archive Through Site. E Veidenbauma Memoriālais Muzejs, Kalāči LV
støtte. Wergelandshaugen Kunstsenter, Eidsvoll NO
2022
Betrakninger. ROM for Art and Architecture, Oslo NO
2021
Risographi i Norge. Norsk Risoforening, Oslo NO
Doors. Vandrestaven Udstillingspunkt, Oslo NO
Welcome to the Jungle*. Nitja senter for samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, NO
Drifting Matter, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. Oslo NO
2020
ListenIn. Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. Oslo NO
2019
Women Deliver Cities. VPL Gallery, Vancouver CA
2018
Joint Efforts. Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON
2017
FIELD GUIDES. Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver CA
In The Hole. PAVEDarts, Saskatoon CA
2014
Fresh Paint, New Construction. Art Mûr, Montreal CA
Break The Legs Of What I Want To Happen. Access Gallery, Vancouver CA
The Show. Emily Carr University, Vancouver CA
2013
Stratified Spaces. Concourse Gallery, Vancouver CA
Art Book Fairs
2023
Kaunas Art Book Fair. Kauno fotografijos galerija, Kaunas LT
2022
CHART Art Book Fair. (w Norsk Risoforening). Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, DK
2022
B*stard Book Fair. Oppland Kunstsenter, Lillehammer NO
Miss Read. (w Norsk Risoforening). Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin DE
Bergen Art Book Fair. (w Norsk Risoforening). Kunsthall Bergen, Bergen NO
Residencies
2024
R27: Party as Form. PRAKSIS, Oslo NO
2023
Leveld Kunstnartun AiR, Leveld NO
Sansusī AiR, Kalāči LV
Wergelandshaugen AiR, Eidsvoll NO
NoGoods Studio: Dissident Publics #2. NoGoods, Bergen NO
ROM Studio: Dissident Publics. ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo NO
R21: Flesh Scribbles and Nature Reads. PRAKSIS, Oslo NO
2021
Groundwork for Embedded Practice. UNIDEE/Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biello IT
Research Residency. Lillestrøm Torv / Strømmen Storsenter, Lillestrøm / Strømmen, NO
2020
The Dinghy. Skårungen, Nordland, NO
Grizedale Arts, Coniston UK (cancelled due to COVID 19)
2019
Research Residency. Calgary Stampede, Calgary CA
2018
Research Residency. Pacific National Exhibition, Vancouver CA
Emerging Artist-in-Residence. Banff Centre, Banff CA
2015 / 18
Fieldhouse Studio Residency (Burrardview Park). City of Vancouver, Vancouver CA
2017
In The Hole. Linda Duvall + PAVEDarts, Saskatoon CA
Curatorial Projects
2018
Burrardview Art Salon, Burrardview Fieldhouse, Vancouver CA
2017
Emily Neufeld + Pegah Tabassinejad: Migrations. WNDW Gallery, Vancouver CA
Sollenius + von Hertwig: Scene From My Window. WNDW Gallery, Vancouver CA
2016
unexpected, Craft Council of CA Gallery, Vancouver CA
Helena Hsieh: Pacific Northwest, WNDW Gallery, Vancouver CA
Jasmine Baetz + Christian Vistan: Cactus Packing Project, WNDW Gallery, Vancouver CA
2015
TJ McLachlan: Easy For Me, WNDW Gallery, Vancouver CA
Artist Books + Zines
2023 Lacunæ, Sansusī (LV)
2023 Nature Scribbles and Flesh Reads, Index Contemporary (SE) + PRAKSIS (NO)
2022 new pandemic time reckoning
2021 rauchen ist tödlich
2021 The Pancake Review: Year 1
2021 Parking Structures Volume II: Situation
2021 Parking Structures Volume I: Material Studies
2020 20 | 45 | 45 |45 | 90 | 20 | Bread Scores
2019 The Pancake Review (digital format)
2018 PLOT Summary 4b/c/d, for Corner Store with Access Gallery
Artist Talks / Panel Discussions / Conference Papers + Lectures
2023 Nature Scribbles and Flesh Reads, Index, Stockholm SE
2023 Equitable Participation. Wergelandshaugen Kunstsenter, Eidsvoll NO
2023 Participatory Research in Action. Art + Pedagogy. Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo NO
2022 Small Comforts. Text Reading. B*stard Book Fair. Oppland Kunstsenter, Lillehammer NO
2021 Usership / Ownership. ROM for Art + Architecture, Oslo NO
2021 Cigarettes and Shopping Malls. IntraArts Matrix, Windsor ON
2020 Guest Lecturer. Social Practice Forum, Emily Carr University, Vancouver CA
2019 Public Exchange. Canadian Glass + Clay Gallery, Waterloo CA
2019 Communities of Practice. CA Art Therapy Association, Vancouver CA
2018 Immaterial Practice. Collaboration 2.0 Symposium, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto CA
2018 Community + Solidarity, Access Gallery, Vancouver CA
2018 Itinerant Institutions, Access Gallery, Vancouver CA
2018 Food (Commodity, Community, Collaboration), Access Gallery, Vancouver CA
2017 Guest Lecturer. Culture and Community Interdisciplinary Studio, Emily Carr University, Vancouver CA
2017 Craft in Public. Material Matters: New Craft Symposium, Emily Carr University, Vancouver CA
2017 New Genres: Craft + Public Art, Canadian Craft Biennial, Art Gallery of Burlington + OCAD University, Toronto CA
2016 Emerging in Public. Mobilizing the Arts Summit, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver CA
Public Workshops + Pedagogy
2022 Mall Users Research Association. DKS-Lab, Oslo Kunstforening + Fotogalleriet, Oslo NO
2022 BreadTime. Porous Practice @ Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo NO
2021 Small Comfort. Reading Series for Drifting Matters, Oslo NO
2019 Exchange Hour. Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo ON
2017 Professional Development: Crits, Bios, Artist Statements. VMAA, Vancouver CA
2016 Peer Funding. Mobilizing the Arts Summit, Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver CA
2016 Embroidered Mapping. Big Draw, Vancouver CA
2016 Polaroid Portraiture. WNDW Gallery, Vancouver CA
2015 Embroidered Mapping. Vancouver Draw Down, Vancouver CA
2014 Gesture Drawing. Vancouver Draw Down, Access Gallery, Vancouver CA (w/ Meaghen Buckley)
Bibliography
2022 KoozArch. “Betraktninger = Observations, Dialogues and Actions.” KoozArch.
20.02.22. https://koozarch.com/interviews/betraktninger-observations-dialogues-and-actions
2019 Gogarty, A. + Perrone, M. Four Revolutionary Moves: Dancing with Craft. Studio, v14 no1. (print)
2018 Lawrence, Grant. “Art in Aisle One.” Vancouver Courier, October 10, 2018 (newspaper)
2017 Bakke, Sarah. “Neighbourhood Magic.” SAD Mag, (24), Dec. 2017, p. 9. (magazine)
2017 Durey, Lucien. “Vancouver Report: From One Body to Another,” Canadian Art, October 25, 2017.
2015 Stewart, Carla K. “William Morris Rolling in His Grave: An Interview with Lexie Owen,” Breach
Magazine, 1(2), September 2015.
Awards + Grants
2023 Project Support, Kulturrådet – Fond for Lyd of Bilde
2022 Project Support, BKV
2022 1 År Arbeidsstipend, BKV (1 year working grant, The Visual Artists’ Renumeration Fund)
2022 Project Grant, KORO (Public Art, Norway)
2021 Diversestipend, Kulturrådet (The Cultural Council, Norway)
2021 Scholarship, UNIDEE/Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto
2019 Scholarship, CA Arts Council
2019 Project Grant, CA Arts Council
2018 Arts Across Canada Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2018 Don S Williams Grant, Fund for the Arts on the North Shore
2018 Community Arts Grant, City of Vancouver (with the Burrardview Community Association)
2018 Banff Centre for Arts + Creativity Scholarship Award
2017 Port Lands Group Community Support Contribution. The Port of Vancouver
2016 Emerging Curator’s Award, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2015 Early Career Development Grant, British Columbia Arts Council
2015 Community Arts Grant, City of Vancouver (with the Roundhouse Community Centre)
2015 Neighbourhood Grant, Vancouver Foundation