Education

1996–2000 The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway

1999–2000 The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000–2001 The National Academy of Fine Arts, Master studio, Oslo, Norway

1994–1996 Strykejernet Art School, Oslo, Norway

Residencies

2006 OCA Office for Contemporary Art Norway/Platform Garanti Residency
Program Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey

Milwaukee International Residency Program, Milwaukee, WI, Usa

2005 The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway – Arcueil, Paris, France

Solo exhibitions

2009

Exhume to Consume, Supportico Lopez, Berlin

Center of the World, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway (curator: Jonas Ekeberg)

Toe Pincher, Snowball Editions, Oslo, Norway

2008 Lycanthropic Chamber, Standard (Oslo ), Oslo, Norway

2006

All Items Must Fit In Basket, Standa rd (Oslo ), Oslo, Norway

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Usa (with Ida Ekblad)

2005

No Comply, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, State University of New York,
Purchase College, New York City, NY, Usa (curator: Paul Brewer)

B-Sides, Projekt 0047, Berlin, Germany

Cum Taedio In Infinitum, Q, The Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen,
Denmark (with Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen)

2003

Free Drinks, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway

1999

Notes From The Underground, Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway (with Gardar Eide Einarsson)

Group exhibitions

2009

Six Degrees of Separation, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany

Two in One, Witte de With Center of Contemporary Art and De Appel, Christie´s,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Gjengangere, Bastard, Oslo Survival Kit, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga, Latvia (curator: Solvita Krese)

2008

Show Me, Don’t Tell Me, Brussels Biennial 1, Brussels, Belgium (curators:
Nicolaus Schafhausen and Florian Waldvogel)

Horror Vacui, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

We Have Never Met Before, But It´s WIith Great Anticipation of Your
Understanding That I´m Writing You And I Hope You Will In Good Faith Give A Deep Consideration To My Proposal Below, Standa rd (Oslo ), Oslo, Norway (curators: Mikkel E Astrup and Eivind Furnesvik)

Frieze Art Fair, Standard (Oslo ), London, UK

When You Carry A Hammer A Lot Of Things Look Like Nails, Skalitzer Strasse 64, Berlin, Germany

Figureheads, Torpedo Bokhandel/The White Tube, Oslo, Norway

Hydro Corporate Collection, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvik, Norway

Nerhagen Skogsfestival, Vang, Norway

Nationalmuseum, Nationalmuseum Berlin, Schönleinstr. 6,
Berlin, Germany (curator: Lars Monrad Vaage)

Master of Puppets, Planka, Oslo, Norway (with Sverre Gullesen)

2007 Frieze Art Fair, Standard (Oslo ), London, UK

Tempo Skien, Public Art Project, Skien, Norway

Robert Smithson, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway (curators: Lina Viste Grønli
and Anders Smebye)

Routines of Resistance, Standard (Oslo ), Oslo, Norway (curator: Eivind Furnesvik)

Unknown Unknowns, NordJyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark
(curator: Tarje Gullaksen)

Future Primitive, UKS, Oslo, Norway (curator: Helga Marie Nordby)

Skate Culture, Bildmuseet, Umeå, Sweden (curators: Jonas Ekeberg and
Gardar Eide Einarsson)

Paris Was Yesterday, La Vitrine, Paris, France (curator: Hanne Mugaas)

Dislocations (Don’t Try Popping Them Back Into Place), ARCO – Special Projects Section/Standard (Oslo ), Madrid, Spain (curator: Chus Martinez, with Gardar Eide EInarsson and Matias Faldbakken)

2006

NADA, Standa rd (Oslo ), Miami, FL, Usa

Milwaukee International, Willy Wonka Inc., Milwaukee, WI, Usa

Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), Bellwether Gallery, New York

City, NY, Usa (curator: Joao Ribas) White Stains, Standa rd (Oslo )/ Extra City, Antwerpen, Belgium

Skate Culture, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway (curators: Jonas
Ekeberg and Gardar Eide Einarsson)

Street: Behind The Cliché, Witte de With Contemporary Art Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (curators: Nicolaus Schafhausen and Renske Janssen)

Bokaktig, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway

The Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
(curator: Cecilia Widernheim)

There Are Two Paths, Torpedo Kunstbokhandel, Oslo, Norway (curators: Ida Ekblad and Hanne Mugaas)

Giving the People What They Want, Glassbox, Paris, France (curator: Hanne Mugaas)

Several Ways Out, UKS Gallery, Oslo, Norway (curator: Craig Buckley)

Skate Culture, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway (curators: Jonas Ekeberg and
Gardar Eide Einarsson)

50/50, AK 28, Stockholm, Sweden

Villa Jelmini – The Complex of Respect, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (curator: Philippe Pirotte)

2005

Blankness Is Not A Void, Standard (Oslo ), Oslo, Norway (curator: Gardar Eide Einarsson)

Gardar Eide Einarsson/Marius Engh/ Matias Faldbakken, Standard (Oslo )/Liste 05, Standard (Oslo ), Basel, Switzerland

2004 Salon 100 – Works on Paper, Heimdalsgaten 4, Oslo, Norway (temporary exhibition space)

Standard Escape Routes, ISCP, New York City, NY, Usa (curator: Eivind Furnesvik)

Pilot 1 – International Art Forum, Limehouse Town Hall, London, UK

Rank Xerox, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway (project by Gardar Eide. Einarsson and Matias Faldbakken)

10 Years After, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway,
(with Anders Smebye)

Shugacube, Vincent Lunges Institutt, No. 9 – Visningssted for Samtidskunst,
Oslo, Norway

Vækerø Sculpture Garden, Public Art Project, Oslo, Norway

Listepop, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway

Liste 04, under the auspicy of Fotogalleriet, Basel, Switzerland

2003 Institiution2, Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland (curator: Jens Hoffmann)

Rathaus, Oslo Open, Atelier C, City Hall, Oslo, Norway

Merry-Go-Round, Video program, Oslo Open, Oslo, Norway

2002 Museum of Installation, London, UK

Bjørvika 17. august, Skur 55, Bjørvika, Subcomandante, Oslo, Norway

Brøl, Zoo Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

UKS Forum 2/3/4, Architecture

2001

UKS biennalen 2001, Seilduksfabrikken, Oslo, Norway

Fane, Galleri Elbowroom, Gothenburg, Sweden

Måske, Norbergfestivalen, Norberg, Sweden

Heavy Backstage, Ballongmagasinet 2000 Postprofessionalism, VCA,
Melbourne, Australia

Presenting the piece/Her er værket!, Otto, Galleri Rhizom, Århus, Denmark

Cantine del Borgo II, Underhaugsveien, Oslo, Norway

Graduation Show, The National Academy of Fine Arts, The Stenersen
Museum, Oslo, Norway

Bergen Museum For Samtidskunst, Bergen, Norway

Forrett, Statens kunstakademi, Seilduksfabrikken, Oslo, Norway

1999 Weisse Zwerge und Grosse Riesen, Galleri Neu Deli, Bauhaus Universität,
Weimar, Germany

Cantine del Borgo, Galleri 21:25, SKA, Oslo, Norway

Vibrations, Rogaland Contemporary Art Center, Stavanger, Norway

1998 Die Faster Recordings, Quicksilver Gallery, Middelsex School of Art,
London, UK

Heavy Backstage – Live In Bergen, Bergen Museum For Samtidskunst,
Bergen, Norway

The Great Rock’n’Roll Battle (The Best Of Frode Fivel), Heavy Backstage,
Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway

Heavy Backstage, Telemark University College, Bø, Telemark, Norway

Annekset, Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway (with Daniel Jensen)

1997 Heavy Backstage, Annekset, the National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo,
Norway (with Daniel Jensen)

Punkpartyperformance, Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway

Other activities

2008 Co-curator of the exhibition When You Carry A Hammer A Lot Of Things

Look Like Nails, in Skalitzer Strasse 64, Berlin, with Marco Bruzzone

2005–2006 Co-founder and -curator of the gallery Bastard in Oslo, Norway,
with Anders Smebye

2004 Curator of the public art project Vækerø Sculpture Garden, Oslo, Norway