Christian Tony Norum

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CHRISTIAN TONY NORUM

Born 1980 in Oslo.
EDUCATION
2010-12 MA Billedkunst, Statens kunstakademi, The Royal academy Oslo
2007-2010 Billedkunst, Statens kunstakademi, The Royal academy Oslo

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2024 Galleri K Oslo NO
2023 Kongsvinger Kunstforening
2022 Galleri K, So here we go again in the labyrinth of poetics and planetary soul, Oslo, NO
2021 Nesodden kunsthall, Kjartan Slettemark and Christian Tony Norum, NO.
Edvard Munch s Ekely, 10 years jubilee, solo exhibition, curating a show with Theodor Kittelsen, Kjell Aukrust, Grete Neseblod, Matias Faldbakken and other contemporaries. Skøyen NO.
Kunsthall Oslo, NO
2020 Kunstverien ST. Pauli Hamburg, DE
2019 Gallery K, Fields of linen, hips of mountain chains in the wind, Oslo, NO. Duo show with Andrea Bakketun, Portal, National gallery, Oslo, NO
2018 Triumph Gallery, Contemporary Art Museum in Moscow, RU
Nasjonalgalleriets stemme videreføring og sjel, The National Gallery, Oslo, NO
Oslo Kunstforening, Duo med Andrea Bakketun, winner of Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, price exhibition, NO
Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, NO
Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, NO
2017 Galleri K, The Oceans Blue Dots in the Black Backdrop, Oslo, NO
Edvard Munchs House in Warnemunde, DE
QB Gallery, Blomqvist Oslo, NO
2016 Solo exhibition at The Munch Museum in Oslo , in correlation with Asger Jorn and Edvard Munch, Oslo NO
Chanting Chirping (Chiroptera) All Clamouring Elevator Dings, The Munch Museum, Oslo, NO.
Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich for 1857 Gallery, Manifesta 11, Biennale for Contemporary Art, CH
Edvard Munchś Ekely, Black holes in state of minds,Oslo, NO
2015 Edvard Munch ś studio at Ekely, I ḿ living in history, Alle tiders Kunst, Skøyen NO
Performance at 1857 Gallery, Driving a Bus to Theodor Kittelsens house in Hvitsten, NO. Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, NO
Bærum Kulturhus, Akershus, NO
2014 Edvard Munchś Ekely, Oslo, NO
The forest is the most holy place. You can hear the pope from Rome, Røgden bruk, Finnskogen, NO
2013 The dog with the dirty hands. Landings project space, curated by Fredrik Værslev. Arena Vestfossen, Buskerud, NO. I can see for miles and miles, Noplace, curated by Kristian Skylstad Oslo, NO.
Vamos ala playa, with Yngve Benum Podium Oslo, NO
2012
Salta Bambolina, Dogs from Caracas, curated by 1857 Gallery, with Petter Ballo and Henrik Lie, Kaleidioscope Magazine. Artfair, Roma Contemporary Arena, Macro Testaccio, Macro Museum, Rome, IT

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2022 Munch Museum at Tøyen, NO. Satellite, underground street in Kassel ( Dokumenta 15). 
2021 Frise Kunstlerhause Hamburg, DE
, Kunsthall Oslo, Collective Chaosmos, NO
2019 The Munchmuseum in Oslo Exit, NO, Havana Biennale Cuba, collateral secret spot. Kunsthall Oslo, How the universe works NO.
Rogaland Kunstnersenter, duo utstilling with Herman Ernest Mbamba.
2018 Statens Høst utstilling Kunstnerne Hus. NO 
Kunsthall Oslo, NO. Labor Gallery, Cologne, DE 
Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo NO
2017 Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO. Sleuths of time travel poetry, 2025 Gallery, Hamburg, DE
Wildlife sculpture park, NO
2016 Stein nedleggelses seremoni, performance with Marianne Heier, Morten Krohg and Marthe Ramm Fortun, The Munch Museum, Oslo, NO
Hvitsten Art walk, Hvitsten salong, NO
New talents biennale Cologne, iD new talents, Cologne, DE
2015 Oslo kunstforening, Sparebankstiftelsen DNB art price (winner), NO
Open video, Space 4235, Genova, IT
Grafikk department with Asger Jorn and other younger artist, Kunstnerforbundet, NO.
Teletext on TV in DE, CH and AUS, the International Teletext Art Festival ITAF. Ars Electronica Center, Linz, AUS
Ulving kunsthandel, Åsgårdstrand, NO
Pink Cube, Oslo, NO
Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, NO
The Prague Quadrennial of Performance, Design and Space, Prague, CZ
Galleri LNM, Oslo, NO. Oslo Rådhus, Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo, NO
Papay Gyro Nights International Art Festival, Hong Kong and Orkney Islands, UK. Performance with Frog King, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Art Basel, Hong Kong
Tilfældet Oslo, Ringsted Galleri, DK
2014 Vector Oslo, Essay collection, Release at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo and MoMA PS1, New York Art Book Fair, NY
Descend along my eyelashes, UKS, Oslo, NO
Fluxus Autonomus, Theodor Kittelsens house, Hvitsten, NO. Tunnelsyn, Trafo kunsthall, Asker, NO
Reisebrev mangesteds fra, performance with A. Bakketun & S.L. Haaland, Tidene rundt Kristianiabohemen, C.Krohg. Gl. Strand, Kunsthall Copenhagen, DK
Billedhuggerforeningen, Oslo, NO
2013 Malmö Nordic, Malmö konsthall, SE
Touristification, when the storm wallows around the house, (A) Void Gallery, Prague, CZ. Unge inviterte, Galleri LNM, Oslo, NO
De ureelle enemerker, Røgden bruk, Finnskogen, NO
The Bathers atEdvard Munchś house,Ramme Gaard, Hvitsten, NO
Colomborama, W17, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, NO
Papay Gyro Nights, International Contemporary Art Festival, Orkney Islands, UK
2012 Salta Bambolina, Dogs from Caracas, curated by 1857 Gallery, with Petter Ballo and Henrik Lie, Kaleidoscope Artfair, Roma Contemporary Arena, Macro Testaccio, Macro Museum, Rome, IT. Milli Vanilli, Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo, NO
Circus Caracas Cerberus, Høstutstillingen på Oslo S, Kunsthall Oslo, NO. Gavu Cheb Museum, Prague, CZ
BOA Open, Galleri BOA, Oslo, NO
Stranda Kunstforening, NO. MA Degree show, Statens kunstakademi, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, NO. 7. Berlin biennale, Berlin, DE .Calma Maria Magdalena,18 st. Art center, Los Angeles, USA
Galleri Premiss, Bergen, NO. Watercolours injection flout of the soul, The Royal Academy, Copenhagen, DK Com-andante brutale, Tidens krav, Oslo, NO
Word perfect, Noplace, Oslo, NO
2011 Hope u guess my name uhm uhm, Mejan, The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SE.
Parallel aksjonen, Kunsthall Oslo, NO
Slum dogs not millionaires, Noplace, Oslo, NO
The instinct of collaboration, One star press, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, NO.
Stribsenberg collection of modern art, curated by Christian T. Norum. UKS, Oslo, NO. Ghost Finger, Tidens Krav, Oslo, NO
The institute of social hypocrisy, Oslo, NO . Vamos ala playa, Podium, NO
More Pricks than Kicks, Galleri Mymälä, Helsinki, FI
2010 Prosjektrommet P0, Curated by Dag Erik Elgin and Trude Iversen, Oslo, NO
Skulptur biennalen, Det geografiske oppmåling, Oslo, NO
Salong 2010, Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo, NO
Mums and Dads, Curated by Annika Strøm, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, NO!
BA Degree show, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Tullinløkka Kunsthall, Oslo! Spring 2010 Oil on wood, Dortmund Bodega, Oslo, NO!
Nasjonalgalleriet i solnedgang, Tullinløkka, In relation to Untuned Bell by AK. Dolven, Oslo, NO! Degenerert kunst! High and luv, Sungam Noty Gallery Tjuvholmen, Oslo, NO
2009 One starpress, Release of artist book: Hunting Cabochon, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO Multiple stress press, Museum of Contemporary art, Oslo, NO
Hotch Potch, MKII in Hackney, London, UK
Are Blytt and Declan Rooney curate something nice, Kunst projects, Berlin, DE
You know these days painted by umbrellas, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, NO 
Hotch potch, Bjarne Melgaards studio, Oslo, NO
Floating island excerpts, Curated by Christian Tony Norum, (Venice Biennale) Venice, IT
The ongoing show, Curated by Christian Tony Norum, Paris, FR 
Cryptocrystalline, Die Fabriek, Eindhoven, NL

SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2021 Edvard Munch Ekely Skøyen, Dance with the dead, Theodor Kittelsen, Kjell Aukrust, Edvard Munch and Ernst Ludvig Kirshner amongst others. NO
2020 The National Theatre pavilion.
2019 The stairs at The National gallery of Oslo. NO
2016 The Munch Museum, Chanting Etc, Oslo, NO
2015 EdvardMunchś Ekely, Menneskeberget, Oslo,NO
2014 Skogul Gondul, videoprogram composed in collaboration with Andrea Bakketun, for Papay Gyro Nights, Orkney Islands and Hong Kong
2013 Initiator of Hvitsten Salong with Jon Lundell at Theodor Kittelsen House in Hvitsten. 2013-2022. Hvitsten NO
2011 Stribsenberg collection of modern art, UKS NO
2010 Henrik Plenge Jackobsen ś collection, Curated by Christian Tony Norum, with Matias Faldbakken, Stephan Dillemuth, Henrik Plenge Jackobsen and Karl Holmquist amongst others, Oslo, NO
RESIDENCIES
NBF Hermann Noack Bildgießerei. Charlottenburg, Berlin DE
Edvard Munchs house in Warnemunde, DE
Edvard Munchs Ekely, Skøyen, Oslo, 2015-2022 NO
Moly Sabata Foundation Albert Gleizes. Sablons, FR Villa Moderne, Paris, FR. Papay Gyro! Nights Orkney Islands, UK
PRESS
2020 Tv channel in Hamburg, newspaper, kunstverein ST. Pauli. Aino.Hamburg
2019 Artforum International
2018 Artforum fullpage. Norwegian broadcast on national tv. Munch museum with Marianne Heier, Morten Krohg, Marthe Ramm Fortun.
Grand complications, Andrea Bakketun. Distanz Verlag Berlin
Gesamt kunstverk under kuppelen Kunstkritikk, 
2017 Et Rockeliv, critique by Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk
Open letter to Oslo Kommune, Morgenbladet
2016 Det umulige blir mulighet, critique Kunstnerforbundet, by Tommy Ohlsson, Klassekampen
Bartenders behind the painting, Munch Museum report, Mariann Enge, Kunstkritikk. Kommende: Tingenes kretsløp, by Tine Semb, Billedkunst
2015 Med inspirasjon fra Munch, article, Heidi Borud, Aftenposten
Artist Portrait, Magasinet KUNST
Teletext on TV in DE, CH and AUS, the International Teletext Art Festival ITAF has been enjoyed by over two million people in Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria and Finland. The festival can be experienced in millions of private homes which makes it one of the biggest media art events in the world. Ars Electronica Center, Linz, AUS

Tar opp arven fra Munch’s grafikktradsjon, Heidi Borud, Aftenposten De nye arkivarene, Line Ulekleiv, Klassekampen
Kunstner portrett og intervju av Are Blytt, Kunstforum artmagazine.
Christian Tony Norum Sæther at Edvard Munch Museum, Kunstkritikk
2014 Fantasifulle kulisser, critique. Descend along my eyelashes, by Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten
2013 Tilfældet Oslo, represented in article by Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Kunstkritikk.no
Artist portrait, Amica magazine, Milano
2012 20 Ma exhibitions, critique by Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk. Art Spaces, represented in the article Slumdogs not millionaires, New Museum, New york 24 Spaces, A Cascophy at Malmø Konsthall, Contemporary Art Daily
COMMISSIONED WORK
Queen Sonja Art award, MS Hurtigruta Roald Amunsen, The first Hybrid crus ship.
Løten Commune House, wall painting 12×25meters.
COLLECTIONS
The National Museum, Oslo, NO. The National gallery, Oslo, NO. Storebrand Art Collection, NO. Private collections, NO
The Norwegian Bank, NO. Kistefoss Museet, NO amongst others.
GRANTS AND PRICES.
2022 Arts Council Norway, 10 year work grant. (Kulturådet)
2021 Arts Council Norway, 1 year work grant. NBK, BKH Work grant. Ingrid Lindback Landgaards stipend
2018 Arts Council Norway, 3 year work grant 
2016 Ingrid Lindbäck Landgaards stipend
Arts Council Norway, 2 year work grant for young artists Arts Council Norway, Project grant. Arts Council Norway, Exhibition grant
2015 Sparebankstiftelsen (DNB) Art price, Oslo Kunstforening. NBK, BKV, Work grant. The Norwegian embassy in Beijing, Travel grant
2014 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard stipend. Kulturrådet prosjektstøtte
NBK, BKV, Work grant
2013 International support, OCA
2012 BKH grant
2010 and 2012 Grant on completion of art studies, Norwegian Arts Council