Olav Christopher Jenssen

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Olav Christopher Jenssen (born April 2, 1954 in Sortland in Vesterålen ) is a Norwegian visual artist and professor at the University of Fine Arts Braunschweig specializing in painting .

Life

Thinking Bell in the Halmstad Library (2008)

Among other things, Olav Christopher Jenssen attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. He is a representative of contemporary abstract painting. Jenssen and is one of the most renowned artists of Scandinavian origin. His work has been shown around the world since the 1980s. In 1992 he took part in the Kassel documenta IX . He is also a recognized draftsman.

In 2005, Olav Christopher Jenssen was awarded the Henrik Steffens Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS for his special achievements in Scandinavian art .

Jenssen lives in Berlin.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2019: Olav Christopher Jenssen - Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection , Astrup Fearnley Museet , Oslo
  • 2018: Olav Christopher Jenssen. Tarragon , Sprengel Museum , Hanover
  • Regional Association Lippe, Detmold Castle
  • 2016 "Association for Original Etching Munich", Munich
  • 2014/15 Olav Christopher Jenssen , Modern Gallery of the Saarland Museum - Saarland Cultural Heritage Foundation
  • 2012 Enigma - Werke 1985–2012 , MARTa Herford
  • 2008 Temporarily , Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
  • 2005 Moments of Diversity , Villa Wessel
  • 2003 Time Paintings , Kunstmuseum Bonn
  • 1995 Diptych I: Philippe Vandenberg (Job XIII, 12) - Olav Christopher Jenssen: From time to time. Schilderijen-Tekeningen-Dagboeknotities , Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
  • 1992 documenta IX, Kassel

Works in museums

  • New Gallery Kassel

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stories from the realm of colors. Welt am Sonntag, November 11, 2012, accessed on February 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Short vita, Saarland Cultural Heritage Foundation. Retrieved November 24, 2016
  3. ↑ http://www.kleinheinrich.de/buchkunst/buecher_autoren/jenssen.html
  4. ↑ https://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article106895552/Henrik-Steffens-Preis-fuer-Jenssen.html
  5. ↑ Steffens Prize 2002: The eternal interplay of line, color and surface ( Memento from August 9, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Jenssen, Olav Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian visual artist and art professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Sortland