Bjarne Melgaard Edition (Art Print)

BJARNE MELGAARD

Norwegian; born 1967 in Sydney, Australia; lives and works in New York

EDUCATION

Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Holland; 1993

Rijksacademie, Amsterdam, Holland; 1992

Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo; 1991

Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw; 1990

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Bjarne Melgaard: A Drawing Show, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin

2016 Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, Right Here, Right Now

2015 Faurschou Foundation, Beijing, China, Bitter Angel

Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Puppy Orgy Acid Party

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France, The cusual pleasure of disappointment

Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway, Munch and Melgaard, curated by Lars Toft-Eriksen(catalouge)

2014 Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway; Bjarne Melgaard: Selected Works From The Astrup Fearnley

Museum of Modern Art

Studio Hugo Opdal (in collaboration with Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo), Flø, Norway

2013 Astrup Fearnly Museum, Oslo

Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York;

Frieze New York (Gavin Brown’s enterprise), New York,

The Armory Show 2013 (Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo), New York; Bjarne Melgaard Sverre Bjertnes,

Fineart, Oslo; Bjarne Melgaard New Drawings and Prints

2012 Luxembourg & Dayan, New York; A New Novel by Bjarne Melgaard,

Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London; Bjarne Melgaard: A house to die in, curated by Matt Williams,

Karma, New York; Bjarne Melgaard: 
No More Chinotto Forever, Again...,

GaleriArtist, Istanbul, Bjarne Melgaard, April 12-May 2

Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway; Baton Sinister, Venezia-Installasjonen,

The Armory Show 2012 (Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin; Greene Naftali Gallery, New York; and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna), New York; Armory Focus: The Nordic Countries, curated by Jacob Fabricius,

Rod Bianco, Oslo; Laying the Ghost (Bjarne Melgaard & Sverre Bjertnæs),

Galleri K, Oslo; Climate Confusion Assistance (Bjarne Melgaard & Sverre Bjertnæs),

Karma, New York; Bjarne Melgaard, Winter 2012,

2011 The Night Within Us. Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm; Bjarne Melgaard: The Sadistic Skater

Bjarne Melgaard – The Night Within Us, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin

2010 Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad; Inside Patricia

Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp; Neon Angel

de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam; Bjarne Melgaard/ Rod Bianco “Super Normal,”

Greene Naftali, New York; The Synthetic Slut: A Novel By Bjarne Melgaard,

Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway: Bjarne Melgaard – Jealous,

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Bjarne Melgaard – Jealous (a mid-carreer retrospective exhibition), curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, Hanne Beate Ueland and Grete Årbu,

2008 Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna; Bjarne Melgaard: Chickenhawk

Guido W. Baudach, Berlin; Miss Bjarne Melgaard: A Kidwhore In Manhatten – A Novel

Art Brussels (Galerie Krinzinger and Faurschou), joint booth solo exhibition

Greene Naftali, New York; Greenland, A Novel

2007 Galeria Senda, Barcelona; Bjarne Melgaard

Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland; Mommy’s Boy and Daddy’s Girl,

Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen; The Glamour Chase,

2006 Leo Koenig, Inc., New York; A Weekend of Painting: A novel by Les Super

Haugar Museum of Art, Tønsberg, Norway; Hallo Maybe, book, in collaboration with Halvor Bodin,

Guido W. Baudach, Berlin; Les Super,

Gallery Krinzinger, Vienna; Minipigs in Space

2005
 Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp; Not a Painting Show,


 Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin; Life is a Lonely Buffalo,

Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen
; Fin de Copenhague,


 Galeria Senda, Barcelona; Bjarne Melgaard, Summer

The Horse Hospital, London; Jasmin La Nuit,

Galerie Crone, Berlin; Part 1: Chihuahua Hunger All Words Destroy,

2004 Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York; A Concept of Rape

Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm; Bjarne Melgaard,

2003 Pollack Fine Art at Sketch, London; The End of the Professional Teenager,

Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; Skam,

2002 Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne; Beginnings
, 


Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen; Nothing Special,

Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, German; Interface to God,

MARTa Herford Museum, Hannover, Germany; Black Low: The Punk Movement Was Just Hippies with Short Hair,

Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

2001 Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna

2000 Alleged Gallery, New York; The Mutilation of the Apes,

Nils Stærk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen; New Works,

Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo; The Myth of a Young Washing Machine

Galleri Riis, Oslo; The Only Weapon you have in a Society like this is a Clear Mind

1998 Kiasma Museum, Helsinki; Everything American is Evil, The Return to Constantinople
,

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; More Pricks than Kicks,

Galleri Riis, Oslo; Up Late,

1997 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Free From Content


Galleri Riis, Oslo; New Love, Old Paint

1996 Galleri c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Oslo; Confessions of a Recovering Minimalist,

Melgaard Bijl

1995 Galleri Dobloug, Oslo

SELECTED PROJECTS

La Biennale Di Venezia, 54th International Art Exhibition, Venice; Beyond Death: Viral Discontents And Contemporary Notions About Aids. Commissioned by the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo, Bjarne Melgaard will serve as Guest Professor for the Graduate Programme of Visual Arts at the Faculty of Design and Arts, Università Iuav di Venezia. Melgaard conducts a Masters program structured around a series of lectures and workshops by the artist taking place from mid-February to mid-May 2011, and concludes with a public project and a publication reflecting the materials researched during the course. Beyond Death looks at the history and present of the AIDS crisis, and its reflection within contemporary art and discourse.

Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm; Don Juan in the Village, curated by Bjarne Melgaard,

Greene Naftali Gallery, New York; Gay Zoo, video in collaboration with Halvor Bodin, 2008

Leo Koenig, Inc., New York; You Always Move In Reverse, curated by Bjarne Melgaard, 2007

Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin; My Catalan Whore: A Novel by Bjarne Melgaard, 2006; released in connection with the exhibition Les Super at Galerie Guido W. Baudach. Bound, hard cover, 180 pages. ISBN 978-3-00-019282-1. Design by Halvor Bodin.