Amalie Vestergaard Olsen
(She/her)
Address: Kabelgata 1, Kabelgata 1, 0581 Oslo
Floor: 2
Room number: 2.02
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
I work with installation, sculpture, drawing, text, and performance. I explore the significance of work, both historically and as a criterion for social recognition. I am particularly interested in women’s working lives and it´s connection to the healthcare sector. Therefore, my works often refer to a magical way of viewing the world that preceded the witch hunts of the late Middle Ages. At the same time, I explore whether past worldviews and knowledge can be repurposed to create reconnections between humans, bodies and the environment. I draw inspiration freely from archival material, folk traditions and stories from my own family. In recent years I have focused on creating site-specific and cross-disciplinary projects that move both in and outside traditional gallery spaces. Here, I translate my investigations of working life, social communities, and the significance of places into tangible experiences, often in collaboration with dancers, musicians, and performance artists.
Installation, sculpture, drawing, text, performance
Title: Gul horisont (mens jeg drømte, voksede græsset mellem mine tæer og sandet løb ud af mine hænder), 2024. Artist: Amalie Vestergaard Olsen. Detail from soloshow at Heerz Tooya, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria.
Material: Wood, steel, tin, metal, corn, apples, walnut, sunflower and found objects (150 x 100 cm, 200 x 100 cm).
Photo: Alina Vergnano
Title: Water Bodies & Landforms, 2024.
Artist: Amalie Vestergaard Olsen
Material: Steel, textile, shells, sand, hair, seaweed, stone, found objects and performance (150x100cm, 100 x 75 cm / various sizes).
Site-specific exhibition at beach Trekanten, Hundested, Denmark.
Curated by Along Projects. Performance w. Theresa Carlsen, Frederikke Hooge and swimingclub Badeklubben Trekanten from Hundested.
Link to video of performance: https://vimeo.com/1019454309
Photo: Natashca Petersen
Titel: Shelter, 2023. Artist: Amalie Vestergaard Olsen. Installation: steel, mdf, soil, turmeric, epoxy, ceramic, moss, fern, artist book (135 x 121 x 58 cm). Exhibited in the group shown Viriditas, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo. Performance with Fie Dam Mygind. Link to extract from performance: https://vimeo.com/849442031 Photo: Annelen Røe
Title: Vågn op, 2024. Artist: Amalie Vestergaard Olsen.
Detail from installation at groupshow "Materialbaserade processer", KKV-Bohuslän, Sweden.
Material: Steel, ceramic, salt, water and grass (100 x 46 cm).
Planned projects and exhibitions
2025: Solo show, Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo, Norway
2025: Group show, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark
CV
Amalie Vestergaard Olsen (b.1990, Denmark)
Based in Oslo, Norway
amalievestergaardolsen@gmail.com
www.amalievestergaardolsen.com
Member: NBK, UKS
Education:
2018-2020: MFA, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, UiB, Bergen, (NO)
2015-2018: BFA, Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design, UiB, Bergen, (NO)
2015: VERA – school of art and design, Copenhagen, (DK)
Solo exhibitions:
2024: Gul horisont (mens jeg drømte, voksede græsset mellem mine tæer og sandet løb ud af mine hænder), soloudstilling, Gallery Heerz Tooya, Veliko Turnovo, Bulgarien
2024: Water Bodies & Landforms, site-specific exhibition at the beach Trekanten, hosted by Along Projects, Hundested, Denmark
2024: Places we meet, site-specific exhibition in collaboration w. Mohamed Mohamed and Angelle Khachik, Pigalle/Olympen, Oslo, Norway
2024: Revesøvn, Kolbotn Garasje Galleri (KGG), Kolbotn, Norway
2022: At Night We Summon, Springbrættet 6A, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022: Song for the sleepless and other tired souls, Maridalen, Norway
2021: To The National Musuem, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim, Norway
2021: Similar to the energy of the sun, MLAG, Bergen, Norway
2020: Endless Miseducation II, Bananaz, Oslo, Norway
2018: No news is good news, Galleri Toll, Stockholm, Sweden
2018: Security blanket, Galleri Flaggstang, Bergen, Norway
2017: A bitch called Harold, duo show with Kaare Ruud, Galleri Bokboden, Bergen
2017: An Artist’s Guide, duo show with Sigrid Lerche, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, Norway
Selected group shows:
2024: Naturen kalder – sansemøder på Vibevadgaard, Roskilde, Denmark
2024: Østlandsutstillingen, Kunstbanken and Vestfold Kunstsenter, Norway
2024: Materialebaserede processer, Galleri KKV, Bohuslän, Sweden
2024: Forårsudstillingen, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark
2023: Kunst på Ruinen, Søborg Slotsruin, Søborg, Denmark
2023: Viriditas, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2022: Statens Høstutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2021: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
2021: Afterschool Special, Landmark, Bergen, Norway
2021: 24,50, Sydhavn Station, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020: GK — 1:1 Pt 2*, Gyldenpris Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2020: MA2020, graduation show, KODE, Bergen, Norway
2020: Window Exhibition, Bergen, Norway
2020: Hjorten Sculpture park, Stockholm, Sweden
2019: GIFC, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, Norway
2019: Hjorten Sculpture park, Konsthall 323, Stockholm, Sweden
2019: MAKE ME – DESTROY ME, USF Verftet, Bergen, Norway
2018: Group Hug No.1, Low Standards Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2018: Nowhere Now Here, graduation show, Bergen, Norway
2018: Between the Lines – #metoo, KHiO, Oslo, Norway
2017: Unfolding words, Bergen Library, Bergen, Norway
2017: Statens Høstutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2017: ON THE ROAD, Gallery CLB, Berlin, Germany
2016: Prøverommet, Østre, Bergen, Norway
Curatorial project:
2022: Læner mig ømt mod natten, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Public commision:
2022: Dagens Lys, public art project Åfjord Healthcare center, Åfjord, Norway
Residencies:
2024: ARV.International residency, Vishovgrad, Bulgaria
2024: KKV-B, Konstnärernas Kollektivverkstad Bohuslän, Sweden
2021: Residency, Bydgda 2.0, Stokkøya, Norway
2021: Residency, Nordisk Kunstsenter Dale, Dale, Norway
Grants:
2024: Project funding for newly established artists, Arts Council Norway
2024: Diversestipend, Kulturetaten, Oslo municipality, Norway
2023: Two-year working grant for newly established artists, Art Council Norway
2022: One-year working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV)
2021: Project funding for newly established artists, Arts Council Norway
2021: One year working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV)
2020: Stipend, BOA, Oslo municipality, Norway
2020: Stipend for newly graduated artists, Arts Council Norway