Born 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Lives and works in Bergen, Norway.
Director of Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway.

1998–2001 Cand. phil., art history, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

Solveig Øvstebø is an art historian and curator and has been
the director of Bergen Kunsthall since 2003, developing it into
one of the main contemporary art institutions in Norway with a
focus on production, research and discourse.

She has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions,
including Looking is Political: Nairy Baghramian, Bojan Sarcevic,
Ane Hjort Guttu (2009), Sergej Jenssen (2008), Leibhaftige
Malerei Jxxxa: Jutta Koether (2008), The Absence of Mark
Manders (2007), Center of Gravity: Runa Islam (2007), Banks
Violette (2007), Awakenings: Rodney Graham (2006), Shifting
Shifting: Aernout Mik (2006) and The Welfare Show:
Elmgreen & Dragset (2005).

Øvstebø has also tutored in art theory and art history at the art
academies of Helsinki, Finland, and Bergen, Norway, and has
written and lectured extensively on contemporary art. She is a
board member of Arts Council Norway and was head organiser
of the Bergen Biennnial Conference in Bergen, Norway, in
September 2009.