Ollie Hermansson
(de/dem, they/them)
Address: Romsås senter 1, Romsås senter 1, 0970 Oslo
Floor: 6
Room number: 601
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
I am a performance and visual artist, and graduated with an MFA from Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2023. In my practice I am striving to create space for vulnerability and curiosity. By working with my own biography as a material, I share and investigate stories about queer identities, communities and futures. When performing, I address the audience in a personal, intimate tone, aspiring to create a moment in which the audience is genuinely involved with the piece, either through concrete actions or presence.
performance, publication, workshop
How to be a straight line (Transition Edition), Ollie Hermansson, performance, 25 min, 2023, Formsalen, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, photographer: Isan Maher
Name Party, Ollie Hermansson, workshop, 3 hours, 2024, Kaunas Artist House in collaboration with SODAS 2123 cultural centre, photographer: Vytis Mantrimavičius
How to be a straight line (Transition Edition) (Publication Edition), publication, 10 loose pages + cover, 2024, pillowfortpress, launch at Rosa Bøker, Oslo
How to be a straight line (Transition Edition, vol. 2), Ollie Hermansson, workshop, 1.5 h, 2023, Kunstnernes Hus / Slottsparken, photographer: Josh Lake
In my studio
In my studio you can find remnants and traces from various performances and works. Sticks, publications, sketches, photos, name tags. I am happy to talk about past and future projects.
CV
Education
2023 MFA+BFA, Academy of Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO 2018-2023
2023 Erasmus program, Performative Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT 2022-2023
Solo shows
2023 How to be a straight line (Transition Edition), Formsalen, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO
2020 the way to my heart goes through my pocket, uncannyvalley.dk (ONLINE)
Group shows / performance events
2024 Goodbye Party: A Final Evening of Lecture Performances, CAC Reading Room, Vilnius, LT
2024 PAB Open 2024, Hotel Villa Terminus, Bergen, NO
2024 WHO CARES, Sommer Skulptur Søby, Søby, Ærø, DK
2024 Performances at Sagene, Sagene Kunstsmie, Oslo, NO
2023 Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
2023 Free Education for All, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2022 Ein ungeschliffener Tanz und Performance Abend, Raw Matters, Brunnenpassage, Vienna, AT
2021 True Love is Searching Too, exhibition space OTTE, Valby, DK
2021 I AM UNDONE vol. 1, SALT art and music, Oslo, NO
2021 Til Salgs, BFA degree show, St. Olavs Gate 32, Oslo, NO
2021 OH HELL YEA, HUMANITY #2, Studio 294, Frankfurt, DE
2020 OH HELL YEA, HUMANITY #1, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2020 Vol. 1 ?Box, Breadbox Contemporary, Oslo, NO (ONLINE)
Collaborative performances
2023 Butch the Builder, Paradiesl Festival, Kollektiv Kaorle, Vienna, AT
2019 Grini and the Futures of Norway, Rose Hammer, osloBIENNALEN, Oslo, NO
Residencies
2024 The Festivity, SODAS 2123 cultural centre, Vilnius, LT
2024 Skagen AiR, Art Museums of Skagen, Skagen, DK
2023 R24: Held ~ Experiments in Touch, PRAKSIS, Oslo, NO
2023 DKS-Lab Oslo, Fotogalleriet, Oslo Kunstforening, DKS-Oslo, NO
Grants
2024-2025 Arts and Culture Norway, work grant for younger and newly established artists, NO
2024 Danish Arts Foundation, production grant + international residency grant, DK
2023 Arts and Culture Norway, miscellaneous grant for recently graduated artists, NO
2023 Relief Fund for Visual artists (BKH), art student grant, NO
2023+2021 Fund for Art and Design students (FKDS), artistic development grant, NO
Publications
2024 NOTEBOOK 3, de Berna press, Oslo, NO
2024 How to be a straight line (Transition Edition) (Publication Edition), pillowfort press, Oslo, NO
Curatorial projects / professional networks
2024 Performance Art Norway (PAN), co-founder of organisation, Oslo, NO
2021 True Love is Searching Too, exhibition space OTTE, co-curator of group show, Valby, DK