Ida Ekblad 

Born 1980 in Oslo, Norway.  Lives and works in Oslo, Norway.

Education

2008 Mountain School of Arts,Los Angeles, CA, USA

2005–2007 Master of Fine Arts, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway

2002–2005 Bachelor of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway

2000–2001 Central St. Martins College of Art, Department of Fine Art, London, UK

Solo exhibitions

2009

Frieze Art Fair, Frame, London, UK (under the auspices of Gaudel De Stampa, Paris, France)

Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland (with Tobias Madison)

Salty Sap Green Black, The Journal Gallery, NY USA

Galerie since the summer of 69, New York City, NY, USA

What leaf? What mushroom?, New Jerseyy and Basel, Switzerland

Febermalerier, Galerie Gaudel De Stampa, Paris, France

A woman under the influence, Galleri Annen Etage, Oslo, Norway

In exile from the mineral kingdom, Galleria Alessandro de March,
Milan, Italy

2008

Silver ruins, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway

Group exhibitions

2009

Ida Ekblad, David Hominal, Alistair Frost, Gavin Brown’s enterprise,
New York City, NY, USA

Favored Nations, Momentum, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway (curators: Lina Džuverović and Stina Högkvist)

Bad Moon Rising, Galerie sans titre, Brussels, Belgium (curator: Jan Van Woensel)

Problem Solving: Express Yourself, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, New York City, NY, USA (curators:
Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni and Laura Hoptman)

Prose pour des Esseintes, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland

Grave Accent, Gaudel De Stampa, Paris c/o Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin, Germany

Dark Fair, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany (presented by
Milwaukee International) ab·strac·tion·al, Museum 52, New York City, NY, USA

2008

Benefit Auction, Swiss Institute, New York City, NY, USA

Dark Continents, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, USA
(Publication), Canada, New York City, NY, USA

Art Since the Summer of 69, New York City, NY, USA

Dark Fair, Swiss Institute, New York City, NY, USA (curators: Scott and
Tyson Reeder)

MSA, Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Good News For People Who Love Bad News, Swiss Institute, New York City,
NY, USA (curator: Gianni Jetzer)

Background, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway (curator: Jonas Ekeberg)
(Publication)

Medium Cool, Art in General, New York City, NY, USA (curator: Hanne Mugaas)

Lights On, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway

NADA, Miami, FL, USA (under the auspices of Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland)

2007

The Corny Show, Karma International, Zurich, Switzerland

Tower, W 139 Amsterdam, the Netherlands (curator: Jonas Ohlsson)

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

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

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

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, USA (with Marius Engh)

Von Zamlla mina mannar & ida, Galleri De Praktijk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(curator: Jonas Ohlsson)

2006

The Copy and Paste Show, Rhizome, New Museum of Contemporary Art,
New York City, NY, USA (curator: Hanne Mugaas)

Giving People What They Want, Glassbox, Paris, France The Art Academy in Exile, UKS, Oslo, Norway

Everything I do (I do it for you), Projekt 0047, Berlin, Germany (curator: Hanne Mugaas)

Fultjacks Blot, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA (curator: Jonas Ohlsson)

The Early Show, White Columns, New York City, NY, USA (curators: Tyson
Reeder, Scott Reeder and Elysia Borowy)

C U (on The Other) Side, Bastard, Oslo, Norway

Ida Ekblad, artist
Photo: Tove Sivertsen
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