True Solvang Vevatne
(She/her)
Address: Oslo Hot Megazone, Økernveien 145, 0580 Oslo
Floor: U
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Everyday experiences and my own memory archive are often the starting point for my projects, combined with an interest in archives, history and stories .
My works originate from a sculptural practice, but I use a wide variety of expressions, where technique and materials are chosen specifically for each individual project based on its possibilities and limitations.
Through my practise I try to understand the society and its structures. The projects are social investigations where I examine how society functions in a given situation, and how things are connected. An investigation without the expectation of finding a solution.
Sculpture / installation/ textile
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Education:
2004 – 2007: National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway.
2003 – 2004: Rogaland School of Art, Stavanger, Norway.
2002 – 2003: Bergen School of Art, Bergen, Norway.
Solo exhibitions:
2021: Dårenes slott. Halden Eksperimentelle KunstSenter (H.E.K.S), Halden, Norway
2020: Å finne ord. Bærum kunsthall. Bærum, Norway
2019: Mac’n’cheese – Fornuft og Følelser. Duo with Matilda Höög. Galleri 69, Oslo, Norway
2016: Vevatne / Strømsted & Hurst. Tenthaus Oslo, Norway
2016: Battle 21 (duo with Rita Marstein) Pink Cube, Oslo, Norway
2014: Twist and twirl. One Night Only Gallery, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, Norway
2012: Under Construction. Gallery BOA. Oslo, Norway
2012: Camouflage. Salten Museum – Beiarn, Norway
2009: Slitarkjerring og bondegull. Målselv, Norway.
2006: A wrestler is a man who wrestles. Gallery 21:25. Oslo, Norway
2006: spending time with the little fellow in diapers. Gallery 21:24. Oslo, Norway
Group exhibitions:
2024: Jubileumsexhibition No. 2, Gallery 69. Oslo, Norway
2023: Parallel Alphabets 42. Museum Der Unerhörten Dinge. Berlin, Germany
Guest artist at an exhibition of S. K. Christensen/W. Linster
2023: Off the wall. Bærum kunsthall, Norway
2022: Dyrk Bryn. Curated by Christian Tony Norum. Bryn, Oslo.
2022: Norske hus og hager. Curated by Neseblod/Haagensen, Nesoddtangen
2022: Rokering. Curated by Hanna Høiness, Oslo, Norway
2022: Nybakt T – trykk. Naive Kunstneres Landsforening. Oslo, Norway
2022: Povera Vagina Dentata. Oslogate 2b, Oslo
2022: Os!o – You won’t belive it. Curated by Mathilde Carbel, Trondheimsveien 15b, Oslo
2021: Salangen biennale. Salangen, Troms, Norway
2021: Brus på dagtid. Pop-up exhibition curated by Lars Kjemphol. Norske Grafikere. Oslo, Norway
2020: Covid 19 diaries. Lovaas, München, Germany
2020: Villa Bazar, The Association of Norwegian Sculptors. Oslo, Norway
2020: 2084. The Cable Factory Helsinki, Finland.
2019: Høstutstillingen. Contribution to Woodland by Lars Kjempol. Oslo, Norway
2018: Between the lines. Kvinnemuseet. Kongsvinger, Norway
2018: Spring depot II, Tenthaus Oslo. Oslo, Norway
2018: Between the lines #metoo. KHIO. Oslo, Norway
2016: Group exhibition, Lager 008, Waldemar Thranes gate, Oslo, Norway
2016: Orp 2: Exhibition 2. Olaf Ryes plass 2, Oslo, Norway
2015: From one place to another. Long weekend. Messier 42. Krakow, Poland.
2015: Sommarøya electronica festival, Art program. Oslo. Norway
2015: Dok : 4 Studio Carl Berner, Skulpturarena øst. Carl Berner Tbanestasjon, Oslo
2014: Purgatorio. The Association of Norwegian Sculptors . Oslo, Norway (curator/organisator)
2014: Disambiguation, Antikunst Senter. Oslo Øvre Fossum gård. Oslo
2014: WHUN EECH Ran-duh m. Noplace, Oslo, Norway
2014: Øvre Fossum gård utstilling. Oslo, Norway
2014: On the house. Skulpturarena Øst, Oslo, Norway
2014: Old and new talents. Sara Cristensens collection. Studio 17 , Stavanger, Norway.
2014: Contribution to Jeg bestemmer av Eggesbøe/Jonassen. Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
2013: It’s a girl. Akershus Kunstsenter. Lillestrøm, Norway.
2013: Doc 1. Skulpturarena øst. Carl Berner subway station, Oslo, Norway.
2013: No Christ-Mess but a Wild Fest, The Association of Norwegian Sculptors. Oslo.
2013: Norwegian Sculpture Biennale. Vigelandsmuseet. Oslo, Norway. (c. w. Sara Christensen)
2013: Off the Wall. NBF Christmas show Gallery Heer, Oslo, Norway.
2012: Visit. Project space Normanns. Stavanger.
2012: Aye Dunkelblau. Parrotta Contemporary. Stuttgart. Germany (c. with Sara Christensen)
2012: Less is a bore. NBF Christmas show, Sound of MU, Oslo Norway.
2011: What if? Haa old vicarage, Rogaland, Norway
2011: iWalk the Line. Ultima festival. The Norwegian opera and ballet. Oslo, Norway (c. with Sara Christensen)
2011: Wuthering Heights. Ola Narr. Oslo, Norway
2011: Aguired! The story so far… Sara Christensen’s collection, Gallery Trafo, Oslo, Norway
2011: Flirtman. Telemuseumet. Oslo, Norway.*
2010: A sense of the Edge, Gallery 54, Gothenburg, Sweden (curator/organisator)
2010: Soaré i Leopoldusgården, Oslo, Norway.
2010: Contribution to Woodland Workshop by Lars Kjemphol. Gallery Maria Veie, Oslo, Norway.
2010: Strange Age, Art festival, Podium. Oslo, Norway
2010: Please touch, CoExist Galleries, Essex, UK *
2010: Transgression. Videotage. Hong Kong *
2009: Soaré i Leopoldusgården, Exhibition in studio community. Oslo, Norway.
2009: Abandon normal devices festival. Interface Amnesty. Static. Liverpool. UK. *
2009: Here we are and there we go! Netherland Media Art Institute. Amsterdam, Holland. *
2008: Cowboys don’t cry. Land art show. Suldal, Norway.
2008: Homo Ludens Ludens. Laboral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial. Gijon. Spain. *
2007: Final year show. (BA) National Academy of Fine Art, Stenersen Museum. Oslo, Norway
2007: Sell Out. UKS, Oslo, Norway
2006: Summer Destruction Show. Seilduken. Oslo, Norway.
2006: Survival. Gallery Seilduken. Oslo, Norway.
2006: Superfosfat. Tou Scene. Stavanger, Norway.
2006: Vestlandsutstillingen. (West coast show) Norway
2006: Sell out, UKS. Oslo, Norway.
2005: Gallery Rastløs. Catacombs. Oslo, Norway.
2005: Statens Høstutstilling. (Annual autumn show) Kunstnernes Hus. Oslo, Norway
2005: Shock. Gallery 21:24, 21:25. Oslo, Norway.
2004: 19. Final Year show, Rogaland School of Art. Kulturtorget. Stavanger, Norway
2003: Water for the poorest. Atlantic Hall. Stavanger, Norway
- Silver & True. Collaboration with Petr Svarovsky.
Commissions:
2021: Kleplandstunet omsorgssenter. Kristiansand Kommune, Norway
2008: Skien Fritidspark, Norway.
Grants/ support:
2024: Vederlagsfondet, NBK – 1 year grant
2023: Exhibition grant, Bergesenstiftelsen
2018: Diversestipend, Norwegian Art Counsil
2016: Vederlagsfondet, NBK – 1 year grant
2015: Vederlagsfondet, NBK – 1 year grant
2014: Vederlagsfondet, NBK – 1 year grant
2014: Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards stiftelse
2013: Vedelagsfondet, NBK – 1 year grant
2012:Norwegian Art Council – Art and New technology – project grant
2012: NBK – Project grant x2
2012: NNKS project grant
2011: Beiarnstipendet.
2009: NNKS Project grant.