Cecilia Jiménez Ojeda
(She/her)
Address: Vestre gravlund, Sørkedalsveien 64, 0369 Oslo
Floor: 1
Room number: Andre dør på venstre side når du kommer inn hovedinngangen
The studio is open Sunday 27 April from 12-17
I create detailed pencil drawings based on photographs, often focusing on obscure fragments of the world. My drawings are frequently exhibited alongside sculptural objects that function as scenographies or environments, deepening their connection to the social spheres from which my motifs are drawn.
My motifs are often based on people, experiences, and environments from my own biography. My parents came from Chile to Sweden as political refugees in the 1970s, and my upbringing was shaped by the social and economic challenges that followed. I am deeply engaged with the ethical dimensions of using my own life in art. This intersects with narratives beyond my own, often evoking an underprivileged environment. It is also crucial for me to prevent my biography from becoming a spectacle that overshadows the art itself. My biography is not just a resource—it also risks overwhelming the work with sentimental appeal, something I actively seek to counterbalance.
Frieze, review by Nicholas Norton (https://www.frieze.com/article/cecilia-jimenez-ojeda-review-2024)
“…Jiménez Ojeda’s decision to base her intricate drawings on source images that require minimal skill or labour to produce can be seen as a statement on the inherent value of draughtsmanship itself. Perhaps creating drawings of everyday motifs with extreme levels of detail is one way of subverting capitalism’s demands for efficient production, its hierarchies of taste and its preference for the quick and effortless communication symbolized by phone images…”
Drawing, installasjon
From my solo exhibition Interiørdetaljer, shown at Standard (Oslo), 2024.
No title (comb)
Graphite on paper
23.9 x 17.1 cm
Cecilia Jiménez Ojeda
From my solo exhibition Interiørdetaljer, shown at Standard (Oslo), 2024
No title (Blinds) 2024
Graphite on paper
17.9 x 28.8 cm
Cecilia Jiménez Ojeda
Overview image from the exhibition Ordbok I at BO, 2024.
Drawing, sculpture, installation.
Cecilia Jimenez Ojeda
Photo: Vegard Kleven
From my solo exhibition Interiørdetaljer, shown at Standard (Oslo), 2024.
No title (dust)
Graphite on paper
25.4 x 16.9 cm
Cecilia Jiménez Ojeda
In my studio
I am showing ongoing projects and works in various stages, providing an insight into my artistic process. There will be Coffee, tea, and biscuits!
CV
Cecilia Jiménez Ojeda
Born: 24.05.1982
Lives and works in Oslo
+47 41017607
ceciliajimenezojeda@gmail.com
Education:
2009-2011 MA in Fine Arts – Oslo Academy of Art
2006-2009 BA in Fine Arts – Oslo Academy of Art
Solo Exhibitions (selected):
2024 Standard (Oslo), Interior Details
2024 BO, Dictionary I, Oslo
2023 Kunstnerforbundet, Marta’s Drawings, Oslo
2022 Kunstnernes Hus, foajen, satellittutstilling til Skrubbsår. En oppvekstfortelling, Oslo
2021 Destiny’s, Skrubbsår. En oppvekstfortelling, Oslo
2015 Noplace, Leaning Into The Mark, Oslo
Group Exhibitions (selected):
2025 Gamle Munch, A Collection on the Move, Oslo
2023 Standard (Oslo), The Myth of the Cherry Tree
2022 QB, Tales We Tell, Oslo
2019 Kunstnernes Hus, Drawing Triennial, Human Touch, Oslo
2019 Kongsberg Art Association, November Exhibition
2018 Kunstnerforbundet, June Exhibition, Oslo
2016 Drawing Biennale, A Collective Psychogeographic Guide to Oslo
2016 Akershus Art Center, Eastern Norway Exhibition, Lillestrøm
2015 Edvard Munch’s Large Studio at Ekely, The Mountain of Man, Oslo
2013 Podium, A Collective Effort for Lost Causes, Oslo
2012 Armory Show, Noplace, New York
Acquisitions:
2024 National Museum
2023 Storebrand
2022 Oslo Municipality Art Collection
2021 KORO
Public Art Commissions:
2022 Koro, Kongsberg Youth Home (BUF)
2021 KORO, Larvik Youth Home (BUF)
2010 Åna Prison, Stavanger (with Stian Gabrielsen)
Grants and Fellowships:
2025 Norwegian State 5-Year Work Grant
2024 Project Funding, Arts Council Norway
2024 Project Funding, BKV
2024 Project Funding, Arts Council Norway
2024 Ingrid Langaard Work Grant
2023 Norwegian State 2-Year Work Grant
2022 Norwegian State 1-Year Work Grant
2021 Regional Project Funding, KIN
2021 Oslo Municipality Diversity Grant
2021 Oslo Municipality Crisis Grant
2021 Project Funding, Arts Council Norway
2020 Visual Artists’ Remuneration Fund, 2-Year Work Grant
2020 Project Funding, Arts Council Norway
2019 Visual Artists’ Remuneration Fund, 1-Year Work Grant
2018 Norwegian Arts Council Project Funding
2018 Regional Project Funding, KIN
2018 Visual Artists’ Remuneration Fund
2018 Norwegian Arts Council Project Funding
2016 Norwegian State Work Grant for Emerging Artists
2016 Oslo Municipality Grant for Artists in the Establishment Phase
2015 Norwegian Arts Council Project Funding
Reviews and Press Mentions:
2024 Frieze, Nicholas Nortonhttps: //www.frieze.com/article/cecilia-jimenez-ojeda-review-2024
2024 Kunstavisen, Siemen K. Nielsen: https://kunstavisen.no/tag/cecilia-jimenez-ojeda
2023 Kunstavisen, Kjetil Røed: //kunstavisen.no/artikkel/2023/rom-tolkning
2019 Art Agenda/e-flux, Nora Young: https://www.e-flux.com/criticism/309173/the-drawing-triennial-2019-human-touch