Born 1978 in Kristiansand, Norway
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA and Oslo, Norway

Education

2007 – 2009 MA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2004 – 2007 BA, National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
2002 – 2003 Music subsidiary subject, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
2000 – 2001 Theatre studies, York St John College, York, UK

Selected performances

2012
Art in the parkingspace, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA, USA
(Curators: Elena Bajo and Warren Neidich)

2011
Flamy Flash in collaboration with Hanne Kolstø, Merging Grounds Performance Festival, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
(Curators: Kirse Junge-Stevnsborg, Malene Natascha Ratcliffe and Marie Thams)

Vevringutstillinga, Vevring, Norway

Natural Enough?, in collaboration with Jan Erik Mikalsen, Hove Festival, Arendal, Norway

Oo, Sound and Performance Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
(Curators: Sanne Kofod Olsen and Mette Truberg Jensen with Thorbjørn Tønder Hansen, SNYK).

Human Resources at Cottage Home, Los Angeles, CA, USA
(Curators: Chiara Giovanda and Dawn Kasper)

The Fanzy Finger, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
(Curator: Davide Nemeroff)

The opposite is also true, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen Norway

2010
33303377777336444886, text by Olav Benestvedt, Teaterhuset Avant Garden, Trondheim, Norway
(Curator: Richard Borgström)

Everyone got something great, The National Theatre, Oslo, Norway
(Curators: Elisabeth Byre and Susanne Ø Sæther)

Nature Took Me for a Ride, Molde International Jazz Festival, Kunstnersenteret Møre og Romsdal, Molde, Norway
(Curator: Tone Martinsen)

No Name, performance as part of artist Børre Sæthre’s exhibition 2010 N.N., The Arts Festival of North Norway, Harstad, Norway

Loose Cannon, Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvær, Norway
(Curator: Helga Marie Nordby)

Hangman, Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvær, Norway
(Curator: Helga Marie Nordby)

Zombie Requiem, Black Vulva, Hello Glossalolia, Trama, Festival des Performatives, Porto, Portugal
(Curator: Pedro Rocha)

2009
Target, Hotch Potch, in collaboration with Christian Hennie, MK II, London, UK

BOBO, This I can´t tell you, as part of the show To be heard is to be seen, Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Bærum, Norway
(Curator: Tone Hansen)

PATTEDYRET, Survival of the fittest, MA degree show, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway

ZOMBIE ATLANTIC, (et ansikt som graves ned i ett dødt dyr), Freshness og beeing, Rekord, Oslo, Norway
(Curators: Thora Dolven Balke and Eirin Støen)

2008
Kullfløyel, Örebro konsthall, Örebro, Sweden
(Curator: Mats Nilsson)

Kullfløyel, Kunstraum Kreutzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
(Curator: Sandra Truté)

Hello Glossalolia, UTKANTEN, The Young Artists’ Society, Oslo, Norway

Perfomance-polaire, in collaboration with Vigdís, Palais de la découverte, Paris, France

Inni Pattedyret/Tvilende Rovdyr, PINEAPPLE, OR KNIFE? ICEBERG, OR VOLCANO?, as part of the exhibition Lights On, Rekord, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway

2007
Glefsende sovende utenfor tiden med en kake i munnen/Biting like a dog asleep outside of time with a piece of cake in the gap, in collaboration with Olav Benestvedt, Young Artists’ Society/Black Box Teater, Perform 07, L'harmonie Municipale St.Denis, Paris, France

Jordet Organ/Grounded Organ, The Stenersen Museum, BA degree show, Oslo, Norway
(Curator: Gavin Jantjes)

Talking/Singing, composition for solo voice by Geir Johnson, Rekord, Oslo, Norway

2006
Melofonisk Skumringssone, performance in Skippergata parking house, Kristiansand, Norway

Der Kleine Mensch, D.O.R., Verk/Work, Forsbacka, Sweden

Black Vulva, pipshow, National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway

2004
Over Kvåsen, Agder Theatre, Kristiansand, Norway

2003
Beige Fødsel, The Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway

2001 – 2004
Started and was part of the performance group Loop Loop Loop in Kristiansand, Norway, together with Morten Liene and Laura Christina Brøvig Vallenes. Loop Loop Loop made performances for museums, galleries, theatres, outdoor spaces, and abandoned buildings. Together with Laura C B Vallenes, Tove Bruun and Ebbe Munch they made an artist run space called “smiafester”/kulturlaboratoriet, where they performed their own productions monthly, and hosted open mic nights for writers, dancers, musicians etc – afterwards they discussed and danced to the lights burned out.

Selected exhibitions

2012
Colombo Art Biennale, in collaboration with artist Erik Pirolt, Colombo, Sri Lanka
(Curator: Roman Berka)

2011
RUN´n JUMP, (solo) Haninge Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
(Curator: Johanne Nordby Wernø)

Two by Two: The Church of animals, Museum of Public Fiction, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Curator: Davida Nemeroff)

2010
Decenter II, Tumult, Marienborg, Denmark

Dynamisk Paviljong, Tall Ship Races, Kristiansand, Norway

GIANT BOWL, Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway
(Curators: Anna Daniell and Sverre Strandberg)

2009
Hotch Potch, MK II, London, UK

Kunsten å falle, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
(Curator: Jonas Ekeberg)

To be heard is to be seen, Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, Norway
(Curator: Tone Hansen)

Dark Matters, Peder Balke Museum, Bøverbru, Norway

Freshness og beeing, Rekord, Oslo, Norway
(Curators: Thora Dolven Balke and Eirin Støen)

The Windmills of our Minds, Örebro Konsthall, Örebro, Sweden
(Curator: Mats Nilsson)

MA degree show, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway

2008
HELLO GLOSSALOLIA, UTKANTEN (solo), Young Artists’ Society, Oslo, Norway

Horizons and Fragments, Land-art, Stavanger 2008 European Capital of Culture, Stavanger, Norway

2007
Air is Wet With Sound, Rekord, Oslo, Norway

Take-off 07, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway

2006
The Annual National Exhibition of the Visual Art, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

Selected concerts and discography

Wrånes has worked with several different bands, like Spin it Rebello, Ernst Vettoris, Diana Lama, Tori Vulcano, RAMBI, Russerinnen og kastraten, Luli Konvoi and Rollo, and has cooperated with, among others: Jan Erik Mikalsen, Butchy Fuego, Simona Barbera, Hanne Kolstø, Olav Benestvedt, Guro Moe and Håvard Skaset

2009
ROLLO (psych-folk), concert at Høvikodden LIVE, Bærum, Norway

Storåsfestivalen, warm-up for Pete Doherty, Storås, Norway

Fabel Take Away, cassette release, 100 copies under the label te2rb, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway

2008
Lead singer for Milumbe Haimbe (Zimbabwe), literature stage, Hove Festival, Arendal, Norway

2007
Workshop with Sidsel Endresen and Meredith Monk, Institute for Living Voices, Tou Scene, Stavanger, Norway

My Only drug is Madness, CD release, vocals for G.U.T, Cornelius Jakhelln

1996 – 2007
Lead singer in the band NUD, three releases, among them stuck between rock and a hard place, 2003, released in France, Germany, Russia and Norway. Toured Belgium and France; SXSW 2007 in Texas, USA; Canadian Music Week, Toronto, ON, Canada 2006 and 2007; Quart Festival, Kristiansand, Norway 1999, 2001 and 2003, By:Larm 2000 (Bergen, Norway) and 2001 (Tromsø, Norway)

2004 – 2008
Singer and song writer in the band Who`s who (impro, jazz, pop), album release 2005, played at Nattjazz, Bergen, Norway, and DølaJazz, Lillehammer, Norway, in 2005

Films and screenings

2008
Bibliotekaren, short film, actor
(Director: Erik Pirolt)

2005
The Dog´s Gospel, concept and actor, screened at the festical Lozia po Wisle, Poland
(Animation: Monika Lyko)

2004
A song for Rebekka, musical score, in cooperation with Wojciech Peczek, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France
(Director: Norah McGeddigan; camera: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen)

2003 and 2005
Waterfight, musical score, Cannes Film Festival, Cannes, France (2003); Festival Brazileiro de Cinema Universitario, Brazil (2005) and Festival International du Cinema au Feminine, Paris, France (2005)
(Director: Norah McGeddigan; camera: Marius Matzow Gulbrandsen),

Grants and residencies

2010-2012
Norwegian Government Work Grant, 3 years

2010 – 2011
Skylar Haskard residency, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2010
Sparebanken Pluss Kunstnerpris
Vilde Von Kroghs Modighetsstipend
W17, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

2007 - 2009
Cultiva Ekspress

2009
Chr. Lorch Shive og hustrus legat, 1 year

2008
Norske Billedkunstnere, support for studying artists

2007
Kristiansand Municipality Artists Grant

2003
Kristiansand Municipality Artists Grant (with Loop Loop Loop)

2003
Lise og Arnfinn Hejes fond