Dear Jury,
Thank you for reviewing my application for ______________. I’m grateful that you’re able to meet with me today to consider my work. This portfolio website presents ever-evolving snapshots of my activity across different art contexts. To some people, I’m an artist; to others, a curator or exhibition-maker; or to others a writer, educator or a conceptual workshop leader, the embodiment of Detroit Kunsthalle, skateboard-art-team-professional-cruiser, unconventional storyteller, or the former executive of a fictitious bureau for contemporary art.
Regardless of categories, I assume we’re all here today for one reason or another. I’m here to make a case for the value of my contemporary post-studio practice, interest in self-initiated venues, performative strategies, site (and situation) specific projects, pseudonyms, monochromes and polar bears. And also a belief that critique and creation work hand in hand, and that public art and democracy somewhat are the same, since the one thing cannot function without the other.
Thanks again for your time and attention, I look forward to hearing your decision, and welcome any questions, constructive critique, or feedback on what you have seen today.
KÓSY KINO AiR at Kino úsmev (2023)
AiR in Košice, Slovakia (with the key themes; inclusion, multiculturalism and urban development)
Project developed together with the legendary UMČO-Crew; Dominika Nazarejová, Vladis Vladrak Molcanyi and Pavol Melkor Červeniak
'MølleØy - The School of Athens' (2022)
(The School of Athens, image-concept and art direction by Sayed Sattar Hasan, photograph by Marie Sieberová)
From the Detroit Kunsthalle ‘MølleØy - the workshop’; Kjetil D. Kristensen, Araiz Mesanza, Alessandro Marchi, David Böhm, Jiří Franta, Ondřej Buddeus, Ian Mikyska, Tomáš Moravec, Kristina Fingerland, Kateřina Jirsová, Sayed Sattar Hasan, Marie Sieberová, Nikola Březinová and Šárka Zahálková
Detroit Kunsthalle feat. Centre for Open Culture, Rogaland
CCC 10th Anniversary Sale @ Atelie.art
“The Norwegian Minister of Transport Jon-Ivar Nygård totally approves: Get your screen printed merch today!”
CCC – Contemporary Cruise Crew ©℗®™ founded by Erling Knudsen & Kjetil Detroit Kristensen, 2012
'The Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances' (2021-2022)
curated by Maija Rudovska, for the World Wide Web
'FLOM' (2021)
vinyl record compilation: Kjetil D. Kristensen, Matterlurgy, Damián Vega, Elena Redaelli, launched at Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger
20/20 VISION (2020)
Duckert Detroit at 'Østlandsutstillingen 2021' at Trafo Kunsthall, Asker and Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg
Excerpts from a Future Retrospective (2020)
Duckert Detroit at the exhibition 'From the Balcony', Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger
'Eternally Lost, Forever Gained' (2020)
GAMPA, Pardubice
Malleable Memory (conversation)
Jitky Kostelníkové with Šárka Zahálková, Matouš Lipus and Kjetil D.Kristensen
Český Rozhlas, Prague, 2020
'Mlýnský Ostrov' (2023)
Centre for Open Culture feat. Detroit Kunsthalle
Initiated in collaboration with Šárka Zahálková
Artists: David Böhm & Jiří Franta, Ondřej Buddeus (together with colleagues Tereza Bínová, Milan Děžinský and Alžběta Stančáková), Kateřina Jirsová, Kristina Fingerlandová, Artur Magrot, Ian Mikyska and Tomáš Moravec
'If You Do Not Love Me I Shall Not Be Loved' (2022)
Kjetil Detroit Kristensen in conversation with Maija Rudovska discussing 'A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances'
Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg
'MølleØy - the presentation' (2022)
presentation with performative monument by MølleØy-crew; Kjetil Detroit Kristensen, Ian Mikyska and Tomáš Moravec together with art students from KiS - Kunstskolen i Stavanger, Stavanger
'Risografi i Norge' (2021)
Grafill, Oslo
Seminar: Survival Strategies and International Collaboration (2021)
Duckert Detroit at Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg
'The Richter Olsen Art Foundation' (2021)
Online art collection created together with emerging artists from Prosjektskolen, Oslo
Tvárnost paměti / Umění pro veřejný prostor Pardubic
Contains texts by art theorists Filip Jakš and Václav Šafka, historian Čeňek Pýcha and curator Šárka Zahálková. Published by GAMPA / Galerie města Pardubice, 2021
WDLND - ten years
Edited by Ruben Aas Arvesen and Lars Kjemphol, published by Norsk Antikunstforlag, 2020
'Woodland' (2019)
exhibition initiated by Lars Kjemphol for 'Statens 132. kunstutstilling' at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
'Blue Chip Baby' (2020)
Duckert Detroit Ft. Brage Sunde and Dev Dhunsi at Babel, Trondheim
(PDF) Emergency Aesthetics (presentation)
PDF (PRAKSIS Development Forum)
PRAKSIS - Anatomigården, Oslo, 2019
'Art School Dropouts' (2019)
Action & exhibition created together with emerging artists from Prosjektskolen, Oslo
'Moinumental Street Party' (2019)
Created together with residents from the local asylum reception centre for 'Moinument' (2019) Dalane Festival of Culture, Moi
photography: Anette Larsen
'Kunstner for en dag: Neste generasjon i norsk samtidskunst' (2019)
'Curatorial' created together with kids from Lund municipality's elementary schools for 'Moinument' (2019) at Dalane Festival of Culture, Moi
Lunkenkaffi s12e06
Art-podcast by Espen Birkedal on "AiR West Coast 2018", the residency within a residency, at Frida Hanses Hus, Stavanger
The Beginning of Forms
Design by Scott Joseph. Contributors: Philipp Kleinmichel, Sander Lilleeidet Haga, Laure Vigna, Radna Rumping, Erik Freer, Scott Joseph, Kjetil D. Kristensen, Alessandro Marchi, Marthe Ramm Fortun, Prem Krishnamurthy, Elias Daniel Pittenger, Kristina Ketola Bore, Geir Haraldseth, published by Rogaland Kunstsenter, 2018
Traust
Design by Ariane Spanier, published by Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2018
Kolonihager (Colony Gardens)
Result from a workshop led by Marthe Ramm Fortun as a part of the Independent Study Program, design by Erik Freer, published by Rogaland Kunstsenter, 2017
'HELP, IT'S A LAIV' (2016)
Susie Wang at Nationaltheatret, Oslo
'detroit kunsthalle ist eine konvention' (2018)
AiR Sandnes, Sandnes
'Detroit Kunsthalle Under New Management' (2018)
Studio17, Stavanger
Critical Spatial Polka, created for 'Monumental — Temporal' (2018)
Hosted by Gereon Krebber and PRAKSIS, at Fellesverkstedet, Oslo
'A Retrospective Refuge of the
Practice-Based Research Process' (2018)
Lokomotivverkstedet - Middelalderparken, Oslo
'Sensing Time: On Temporalities, Rhythms and Memories' (2018)
performance, together with Niels Munk Plum, Evelin Sillén and Kim Svensson, Akademirommet - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
'Contemporary Composers Vol. 2' (2017)
AntiPlay Boy the Label at Akademirommet - Kunstnernes Hus
Oslo
10 Investigations: Plural Freedom
Design João Doria, published by TrAP, 2017
'Kristensen Contemporary' (Est. 2011)
Image from the Kristensen Contemporary AiR Plastique together with September Split & Contemporary Cruise Crew in Long Branch, New Jersey
'Stealing Munch (Encounter in Space) - CCC Pirate Workshop' (2016)
Contemporary Cruise Crew feat. Strykejernet kunstskole - Can Serrat
'CCC Kunsthalle' (2015)
Contemporary Cruise Crew Curatorial for the Norwegian Championship in Skateboarding, NORB, Fredrikstad
Artists:
Helga Bu, Marc McKee, Araiz Mesanza, Sigrid Bendz, Gustav Samrelius, Geir Backe Altern, Kaja CXZY Andersen, Woodland Woodshop, Vebjørn Guttormsgaard Mølleberg, Marie Askeland Gundersen, Snakepunch and Irene P. Tello
'SO BASIC' (2015)
September Split for 1280x650
'Number 1 (Pollocking My Pants)' (2015)
September Split at SØ
Copenhagen
'Figure for Sublime Oblivion' (2015)
Occupy Landscape, Stavanger
Texted – Issue # 21 (2015)
September Split for Texted
Interview by Marte Danielsen Jølbo
for Contemporary Art Stavanger, 2015
'Post Office - It began as a mistake' (2014)
Nebbelux, Fredrikstad
'Members Only' (2015)
September Split at Studio17
Stavanger
Edible Ephemera (Year of the Horse Snack) (2014)
September Split Edition for Kuk & Parfyme, NY Art Book Fair 2014, New York
'Business Class' (2013)
September Split at Trinosophes, Detroit
'Curatorial ONE – Inspired By:' (2013)
September Split Curatorial,
Oslo
Artists:
Ebba Moi, Geir Tore Holm, Helga Marie Nordby, Kate Pendry, Lise Autogena, Monica Winther, Nicolas Siepen, Nicolas Woche, Per Platou, RRR, Sverre Strandberg, Thomas Bo Østergård, Tone Olaf Nielsen, Trine Falch, Vilde Von Krogh, Åsa Sonjasdotter
'Mirando la Finca Madre' (2012)
September Split at Vallvidrera, Barcelona
Rhapsody in Black (2011)
Installation, part of 'No Problem' (2011), Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø
'Take A Chance On Me' (2010)
Festspillene i Nord-Norge, Harstad
Geopolitical Whiteout BИMA (2010)
Action, Kirkenes
Depart
excerpt from bachelor catalogue No Problem, design by NODE, published by Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, 2011
Perhaps the children can tell us so much about the world that it can become a model for us (2008)
Action, Tromsø
Untitled (Translucent Insomnia) (2008)
From 'OFKS Student Exhibition' at MOCA - Museum of Contemporary Art Haikou, Haikou
STATEMENT
I create installations, film, and performance that deal with the position of the artist and art production, in an attempt at exploring and erasing the transition between art and life. I use auto-fictional approaches that provide for immediacy and realism. Furthermore, I'm interested in the tension between activism and the art institution, and how to create spaces which facilitate self- and social-critique. My practice embraces the temporary, the performative, the interdisciplinary collaboration, and the energy that arises, just as much as the object itself.
My artistic practice is about the role of the artist, its vulnerability and paradoxes. The inherent fragility in such a position, as well as the systems and the outside world the artist relies on. My work departs from auto-fictive stories about art-making and the contemporary life of the artist. My practice unfolds through various media and focuses on questions and problems rather than technique and craft. It uses me, my weaknesses and my own fears, as form, format, source and material. Fear of democratic fatigue, society's collapse, polarisation, and injustice. Outside the cube I work with different forms of resistance and democracy based on a thought critique and creation work hand in hand, and that art in the public space and democracy are somewhat the same, I believe the one cannot exist without the other.
I point out the potential of less attractive places and facilitate the viewer to discover new opportunities in the existing. I create experiences for the public, in places and through situations where unconventional presentation of contemporary art can occur, such as inside a sports arena, construction site or in an empty apartment. I create works that, with simple means, are direct encounters with and illuminate the complexity of the surroundings. I use activist aesthetics, bring in colleagues in my own productions, shift concepts and formats, and I try to obscure transitions between performance and actions.
– Kjetil D. Kristensen
Photo: John Trygve Tollefsen ©
ABOUT
Kjetil D. Kristensen is known for unconventional storytelling through contemporary art. In his work, the object instantiates a microspace of freedom for the viewer: multiple and multivalent narratives invite the viewer to read, reconsider, and redefine the work for their own purposes. The narrative, the visual, and the concrete are in constant conversation; the viewer moves around and between instantiations of the work and creates a unique subjective experience of the piece. Kristensen works with a variety of media and conceptual strategies led by a focus on questions and problems rather than technique and craft; his work often displays a special emphasis on performative strategies that exploit site- and project-specific constraints and affordances. His works have dealt with the position of the artist; power, institutions, and geopolitics; and the artmaking process. He approaches these questions with an aesthetic of corrupted triviality, vulnerable humour, and poetic darkness. His work engages equally with the white cube and the public sphere, building bridges and exposing junctures between the two spaces. As a teenager Kristensen first exhibited on the Norwegian west coast in 1998, and today he shows and produces work in independent and institutional contexts in Norway and abroad as an artist, occasional curator/exhibition-maker, conceptual residency facilitator, and producer of projects.
In his curatorial practice, Kristensen focuses on finding new alternatives to the gallery space and developing diverse strategies for the valuation of contemporary art. He’s founder of Kristensen Contemporary and co-founder of September Split. He co-founded the collaborative curatorial platform and professional skateboard-art-team Contemporary Cruise Crew, as well as the artist-run studio space VORTA at Lokomotivverkstedet in Middelalderparken, Oslo. Kristensen is currently working on the development of Detroit Kunsthalle - a laboratory for research within the field of art & public space.
Kristensen holds a two-year diploma in fine art photography from the Oslo Photo Art School (2006). A BA in Contemporary Art from the Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art with an emphasis on naturecultures, situatedness, and identity politics in relation to art (2011). He participated in the inaugural edition of the Independent Study Program (ISP) at Rogaland Kunstsenter (2017). He holds an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in the MFA program on Art & Public Space (MAPS), a two-year artistic research programme with an emphasis on contemporary art as a critical spatial practice, providing a platform for new social and political encounters (2018). Kristensen is a registered art consultant for KORO (Public Art Norway) and is currently undergoing a one-year-programme on Commissioning and Curating Contemporary Public Art at the Valand Academy at the University of Gothenburg (candidate – 2019). Kristensen is working from the idea that the curator's role should be, and is posed as conceit or statement or question alongside that of the artist, and that this process should not be stopped through excess projection around the historical construction of the idea of what an artist may or may not represent.
Written by Kitty Kristensen
2019
INTERVIEWS & PODCASTS
➛ Lunkument: Detroit Kunsthalle, Art-Podcast by Espen Birkedal (Norwegian)
➛ Tvárnost paměti at ArtCafè - by Jitka Kostelníková for Český Rozhlas (Czech)
➛ Duckert Detroit – by Agnieszka Foltyn for BABEL (English)
➛ Lunkument: Detroit i Moi, Art-Podcast by Espen Birkedal (Norwegian)
➛ September Split v/ Kristensen – by Marte Danielsen Jølbo for CAS (Norwegian)
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SOLO // COLLAB
2022 ‘If You Do Not Love Me I Shall Not Be Loved’ hosted by Blind Carbon Copy, Riga – LV
for the online program 'The Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances' (2021-2022) Curated by Maija Rudovska in partnership with Amy Mackie and Tina Rigby Hanssen for Blind Carbon Copy (LV)
Parse Nola (US), Kongsberg Kunstforening and Vestfold Kunstsenter (NO)
2020 'Blue Chip Baby', Babel Visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim – NO
'Duckert Detroit' (Kjetil Detroit Kristensen & Helene Duckert) featuring Brage Sunde and Dev Dhunsi
2019 'Moinument', temporary and participatory monument, initiated by Rogaland Kunstsenter, Dalane Festival of Culture, Moi – NO
2018 'detroit kunsthalle ist eine konvention', AiR Sandnes, Sandnes – NO
2018 'A Retrospective Refuge of the Practice-Based Research Process', Lokomotivhallen - Middelalderparken, Oslo – NO
2015 'Member's Only', Studio17, Stavanger – NO
'September Split': Kjetil Detroit Kristensen, Geir Backe Altern, Sigrid Bendz, Ingrid Forland, Gustav Samrelius and Anna Åstrand
2015 'SO BASIC', three spaces simultaneously: the online magazine Texted, the web gallery 1280×650 as well as at gallery SØ, Copenhagen – DK
'September Split': Kjetil Detroit Kristensen, Geir Backe Altern, Sigrid Bendz, Ingrid Forland, Gustav Samrelius and Anna Åstrand
2015 'Figure for Sublime Oblivion', curated by Siri Borge, Occupy Landscape, Stavanger – NO
2014 'Post Office - It began as a mistake', curated by Sigrid Bendz and Henrik Langgård, Nebbelux, Fredrikstad – NO
2013 'Business Class', Trinosophes, Detroit – US
'September Split': Kjetil Detroit Kristensen, Geir Backe Altern, Sigrid Bendz and Ingrid Forland
2012 'Mirando la Finca Madre', Vallvidrera, Barcelona – ES
'September Split': Kjetil Detroit Kristensen, Geir Backe Altern & Sigrid Bendz, hosted by Araiz Mesanza and Erling Knudsen
2011 'SPLIT', initiated by Ronny Faber Dahl, Space 4235, Genova – IT
'September Split': Kjetil Detroit Kristensen and Geir Backe Altern
2010 '|wēk|', one-night-only, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø – NO
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CURATORIAL
2023 'Mlýnský Ostrov', Centre for Open Culture feat. Detroit Kunsthalle, GAMPA, Pardubice – CZ
Mill Island #2 — Initiated in collaboration with Šárka Zahálková
Artists: David Böhm & Jiří Franta, Ondřej Buddeus (together with colleagues Tereza Bínová, Milan Děžinský and Alžběta Stančáková), Kateřina Jirsová, Kristina Fingerlandová, Artur Magrot, Ian Mikyska and Tomáš Moravec
2022 'MølleØy - the workshop', Detroit Kunsthalle feat. Centre for Open Culture, Nord-Jæren – NO
Mill Island #1 — Initiated in collaboration with Šárka Zahálková (co-hosted by Studio17)
Artists: Araiz Mesanza, Alessandro Marchi, David Böhm & Jiří Franta, Ondřej Buddeus, Ian Mikyska, Tomáš Moravec, Kristina Fingerlandová, Kateřina Jirsová, Sayed Sattar Hasan, Marie Sieberová and Nikola Březinová
2019 'Art School Drop Outs', Prosjektskolen, Oslo – NO
Initiated in collaboration with Sayed Sattar Hasan and students from Prosjektskolen
Artists: Adrian Indreiten, Dev Dhunsi, Anja Heltberg, Anne Katrine Lehne, August Sundgaard, Awat Serdashti, Bendik Syversætre, Benjamin Torvik, Brage Sunde, Camilla Ramsvik, Camilla Stensby, Dominika Miklar, Eilert Døhl, Evind Røtnes, Goran Saribast Arif, Håvard Roald, Isak Bernstein Leikanger, Jonas Svenning, Juan Sebastian Skjerdal, Kevin Cord-Cruz, Lasse Bjerke Myrvold, Marena Carsten Syrstad, Margrete Sofie Netland, Marie Helene Vorren, Marita Lorena B. Gonzalez, Martin Erlandsen Visnes, Mathilde Sæthre, Mia Maria Robsahm, Noah Holt-Seeland, Pål Anders Vold, Peder Bye, Rohban Malik, Snorre Nordgulen, Sofie Reinsfelt, Solveig Aamodt, Stian Jakobsen, Taran Andrea Sørvoll, Trym Syverud, Victoria Alstrup and Vilde Jønland
2018 'Detroit Kunsthalle Under New Management', Detroit Kunsthalle, Nord-Jæren & Studio17, Stavanger – NO
Initiated in collaboration with Studio17, Stavanger. Part of the 'AiR Westcoast #3: A Residency Within A Residency´ at Frida Hansens Hus
Artists: Sayed Sattar Hasan, Nicholas John Jones and Mathew Lacosse
2017 'Sunday Backyard Barbeque with Contemporary Cruise Crew', Follobaneprosjektet // Middelalderparken, Oslo – NO
Micro 'bbq-construction-site festival', initiated by Contemporary Cruise Crew in collaboration with the EUFORISK Label (Henrik Langgård and Sigurd Gurvin) for Oslo Open Art Festival
2015 'CCC Kunsthalle', NORB NM, Fredrikstad – NO
Initiated in collaboration with Erling Knudsen on behalf of Contemporary Cruise Crew
Artists: Geir Backe Altern, Kaja CXZY Andersen, Sigrid Bendz, Helga Bu, Contemporary Cruise Crew, Marie Askeland Gundersen, Marc McKee, Araiz Mesanza, Vebjørn Guttormsgaard Mølleberg, Gustav Samrelius, Snakepunch, Irene P. Tello and Woodland Woodshop
2013 'Curatorial ONE – Inspired By:', SS-HQ Gamle Ringen Kino, Oslo – NO
Initiated in collaboration with Geir Backe Altern on behalf of September Split
Artists: Lise Autogena, Trine Falch, Geir Tore Holm, Vilde Von Krogh, Ebba Moi, Tone Olaf Nielsen, Helga Marie Nordby, Kate Pendry, Per Platou, Nicolas Siepen, Åsa Sonjasdotter, Sverre Strandberg, RRR (Espen Sommer Eide, Hilde Methi, Morten Torgersrud and Kristin Tårnesvik), Monica Winther, Nicolas Woche and Thomas Bo Østergård
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NOTABLE
2023 'Rose Hammer: Snake Oil', agit-soap camp initiated by Rose Hammer, Guttormsgaards arkiv, Blaker – NO
2023 'Ny høst, nye muligheter', the SeSeSa collection, Sentrum senter for samtiden, Oslo – NO
2022 'Norway’s Riso-Community', curated by Pamflett for Tokyo Art Book Fair, part of 'Risopioneers' initiated by Hand Saw Press, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo – JP
2022 'Nybakte T-trykk', initiated by NKL (Landsforeningen for Naive Kunstnere; Lars Kjemphol and Ole Fredrik Hvidsten), Atelie - Vikaterassen, Oslo – NO
2021 'Risografi i Norge', initiated by Norwegian Risograph Association, Grafill, Oslo – NO
2021 'Østlandsutstillingen 2021', ('Duckert Detroit'), Trafo Kunsthall, Asker and Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg – NO
2020 'From the Balcony', ('Duckert Detroit'), curated by Hanne Beate Ueland, Vibece Salthe, Helga Nyman and Jane Sverdrupsen, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger – NO
2020 'Tvárnost Paměti (Malleable Memory)', curated by Šárka Zahálková, GAMPA, Pardubice – CZ
2019 'Woodland', initiated by Lars Kjemphol for ‘Statens 132. kunstutstilling' – Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo – NO
2018 'Maksimalistisk mangfold', initiated by Helga Bu & Araiz Mesanza, Atelier Agnor, Nesodden – NO
2018 'Monumental — Temporal', initiated by PRAKSIS & Gereon Krebber, Fellesverkstedet, Oslo – NO
2018 'Sensing Time; On Temporalities, Rhythms and Memories', initiated by Rike Frank & Saskia Holmkvist, Akademirommet - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo – NO
2018 'Traust', curated by Stefan Schröder, work created in collab with Tone Bjerkaas, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo – NO
2017 'Season Finale', Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger – NO
2017 'HM Queen Sonja’s Jubilee Collection', The Queen Sonja Art Stable – The Royal Palace, Oslo – NO
2017 'Contemporary Composers Vol. 2', curated by Therese Frisk & AntiPlay Boy the Label, Akademirommet – Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo – NO
2017 'It Feels Like Being in the Real World', screening in Gamle Stavanger, hosted by Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger - NO
2016 'HELP – IT'S A LAIV!', actor, by Susie Wang (Trine Falch, Mona Solhaug, Bo Krister Wallström, Martin Langlie), Hovedscenen, Nationaltheatret, Oslo – NO
2016 'All Friends Are Invited', screening, Galleri Bokboden, Bergen – NO
2016 'Kunst utenfor kunsten', initiated by Mette-Line Pedersen & Elisabeth Romberg, Agder Gamle Teater - Verkstedhallen, Kristiansand – NO
2015 'The Worst Artshow Ever', initiated by Lars Kjemphol, Øvre Fossum Gård, Oslo – NO
2014 'Anarkistisk Juleutstilling', Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm – NO
2014 'Oktoberutstillingen', initiated by Lars Kjemphol, Øvre Fossum Gård, Oslo – NO
2014 'Edition-14', September Split symposium, Warzaw – PL
2011 '++ (PlussPluss)', one-night-only, Black Box Teater, Oslo – NO
2011 'Naustet Residence RIP', initiated by Geir Backe Altern, Naustet Residence, Tromsø – NO
2011 'No Problem', curated by Åsa Sonjasdotter, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø – NO
2011 'ICEPLOITATION', curated by Madeleine Bernhoff, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø – NO
2011 'Geopolitical Whiteout BИMA', action in public space, Kirkenes – NO
2011 'Kristensen Contemporary', bureau for contemporary art, World Wide Web
2010 'Take A Chance On Me', Ungkunst, Festspillene i Nord-Norge, Harstad – NO
2009 'Set The Alarm Clock Baby, Don’t Miss The Sun', Kurant, Tromsø – NO
2009 'Reduction – Tromsø Art Academy in an envelope', Galleri 60, Umeå – SE
2009 'Great Things From Tromsø', initiated by Espen Justdal, HOT DOG-kulturkiosk, Tromsø – NO
2009 'Moving Image', screening, Kurant in collaboration with The North Pole Art Company, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Perspektivet Museum, Galleri Karl Johan and Krane Kunstgalleri, Tromsø – NO
2008 'Reduction – Tromsø Art Academy in an envelope', Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø – NO
2008 'Borderline Picturesque', curated by Edward Clydestale Thomson, Kysten - Troms Fylkeskultursenter, Tromsø – NO
2008 'Perhaps the children can tell us so much about the world that it can become a model for us', action in public space, Tromsø – NO
2008 'Einar', action in public space, Tromsø – NO
2008 'Avgangsutstilling Oslo Fotokunstskole', Det Norske Teatret, Oslo – NO
2008 'Oslo Photo Art School – Selected Student Works Exhibition', Museum of Contemporary Art, Haikou – CN
2007 'Amerika Amerika', initiated by Tammo Rist, Søndregate 12A, Oslo – NO
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PRINTED MATTER & SOUND // KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION // PUBLIC
2023 'One Mill Island With Extra Cheese Please', 'Mlýnský Ostrov - pizzabox-catalogue' — GAMPA, Pardubice – CZ
2023 'Not a presentation about Duckert Detroit', conversation on the notion of 'expanded practice' — Faculty of Arts of the Technical University of Košice, Košice – SK
2023 'Why Use Gold When Other Things Glitter', guest lecture — Prosjektskolen, Oslo – NO
2022 'Maija Rudovska and Detroit Kristensen', conversation for 'The Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances' — Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg – NO
2022 'Detroit Kunsthalle; from critique to proposal', presentation — Kunstskolen i Stavanger, Stavanger – NO
2021 'FLOM', vinyl record compilation (Matterlurgy, Damián Vega, Elena Redaelli, Kjetil D. Kristensen), track by TRG (Tusj / Hekt / Killah K), launched at Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger – NO
2021 'Tvárnost paměti / Umění pro veřejný prostor Pardubic', printed matter edited by Šárka Zahálková, published by GAMPA, Pardubice – CZ
2021 'The Richter Olsen Art Foundation', three-week course / pseudonym-workshop — Prosjektskolen, Oslo – NO
2021 'Who is Hasansen', exhibition critique and charpai-chat-apperance in film by Sayed Sattar Hasan – World Wide Web
2021 'Survival strategies and international collaboration', seminar initiated by 'Østlandsutstillingen' (2021), moderated by Maija Rudovska — Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg – NO
2021 'Episode 48: PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 22', Radio Tenthaus livestream: conversation, with Helene Duckert and Sayed Sattar Hasan — Tenthaus, Oslo – NO
2020 'Malleable Memory', conversation with Šárka Zahálková and Matouš Lipus for ArtCafé — Český rozhlas, Prague – CZ
2020 'Woodland - ten years', printed matter edited by Ruben Aas Arvesen and Lars Kjemphol for WDLND, initiated by Norsk Antikunstforlag, published by Kontur Forlag, Oslo – NO
2020 'Duckert Detroit', presentation for Trondheim Academy of Fine Art; Art In Common Space — Babel Visningsrom for Kunst, Trondheim – NO
2019 'MAPS by detroit', presentation — Nordland kunst- og filmfagskole, Svolvær – NO
2019 'Detroit Kunsthalle', presentation — for ‘Fagdag for Kunstsentrene', Trondheim Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim – NO
2019 'PRAKSIS Development Forum (PDF) Session 2', presentation/conversation — PRAKSIS, Anatomigården, Oslo – NO
2019 'No Need For White Cubes /out of the cube - into the wild', three-week course / action in public space exhibition-workshop — Prosjektskolen, Oslo – NO
2019 'Kunstner for en dag: neste generasjon i norsk samtidskunst', kids-exhibition-workshop — Lund folkebibliotek, Moi – NO
2018 Art & Public Space Workshop, guest lecture — Prosjektskolen, Oslo – NO
2018 'The Beginning of Forms', printed matter initiated by Geir Haraldseth, design by Scott Joseph, ISP - published by Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger – NO
2018 'Studio17 fem år', printed matter edited by Mari Kolbeinson and Espen Birkedal, design by Benjamin Hickethier, published by and launched at Studio17, Stavanger – NO
2018 'Detroit Kunsthalle — Detroit Kristensen', presentation — Kunstskolen i Rogaland, Stavanger – NO
2018 'DKH presents MAPS', presentation — Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, Tromsø – NO (2018, 2019)
2018 'DKH presents MAPS', presentation — Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Trondheim – NO
2018 'Open lecture: MAPS presented by Detroit Kristensen', presentation — Bergen Architecture School, Bergen – NO
2018 'Monumental Temporal // Discussing The Work', conversation — Fellesverkstedet, Oslo – NO
2018 'Meet the Residents // Monumental — Temporal', presentation — PRAKSIS, Anatomigården, Oslo – NO
2018 'Bo Krister Wallström and Detroit Kristensen', conversation — Lokomotivhallen - Middelalderparken, Oslo – NO
2018 'Traust, printed matter by Ariane Spanier, design by Romain Fontaine, published by KHiO, launched at Lokomotivhallen - Middelalderparken, Oslo – NO
2017 'Contemporary Composers vol. 2', cassette compilation, AntiPlay Boy the Label, launched at Akademirommet - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo – NO
2017 'Kolonihager', printed matter initiated by Marthe Ramm Fortun, design by Erik Freer, launched at 'Season Finale', Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger – NO
2017 'Listen In', presentation — Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo – NO
2017 'INNGANG 17', presentation — Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger – NO
2017 '10 Investigations: Plural Freedom', newspaper edited by Hilde Maisey & Hatem Ben Mansour, design by João Doria, published by Transcultural Arts Production (TrAP), launched at Melahuset, Oslo – NO
2017 'Agenda: Fiksjon og offentlighet', seminar, created together with MAPS — Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo – NO
2016 'Stealing Munch (Pirate-workshop)', one-week course / Stealing Munch woodcut-workshop — Strykejernet Art School, Can Serrat, El Bruc – ES
2016 'Kunst utenfor kunsten', publication for the University of Agder; Wenneslands collection, launched at Agder Gamle Teater - Verkstedhallen, Kristiansand – NO
2016 'Lunken Kaffi', art-podcast by Espen Birkedal – World Wide Web (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023)
2015 Art In Public Space-workshop, presentation — Strykejernet Art School, Oslo – NO
2015 'SO BASIC', September Split publication created for the online magazine Texted, Texted – World Wide Web
2015 'A Pretty Pretty Issue', a … issue, printed matter launched at Apartment Project Istanbul, Istanbul – TR
2015 Oslo Open Art Festival, open studio — Lokomotivhallen — Middelalderparken, Oslo – NO (2015, 2016, 2017)
2014 'Edible Ephemera (Year of the Horse Snack)', September Split publication/sculpture, curated by Kuk & Parfyme, launched at The NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York – US
2011 'No Problem', printed matter published by Kunstakademiet i Tromsø, launched at Sør-Varanger Bibliotek - Kirkenes, Torpedo Bookshop - Oslo, Scarcity, Venezia – IT
2011 Fanzine 'Frozen Heart/Freeze in Hell- The Seminar', printed matter initiated by Tor Erik Bøe, launched at Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø – NO
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EDUCATION
second cycle:
2014 Art in Context: Aesthetics and Research Theory — Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
2018 Master of Fine Art in Art and Public Space — Oslo National Academy of the Arts
(Prof.: Apolonija Šušteršič & Olga Schmedling)
2019 Commissioning and Curating Contemporary Public Art — Valand Academy, University of Gothenburg
(faculty: Andrea Phillips, Dave Beech, Jason Bowman, Kerstin Bergendal, Kjell Caminha, Maddie Leach, Mick Wilson)
first cycle:
2009 Music Artist Development — UiT the Arctic University of Norway
2010 Sami Art — UiT the Arctic University of Norway
2011 Bachelor in Contemporary Art — Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, UiT the Arctic University of Norway
(Prof.: Åsa Sonjasdotter, Tone Olaf Nielsen & Nicolas Siepen)
short cycle (foundation + knowledge based residencies):
2008 Fine Art Photography (TWO-YEAR FINE ART DIPLOMA) — OFKS - Oslo Photo Art School
(faculty: Marco Bruzzone, Erling Bugge, Line Halvorsen, Sverre Strandberg, Jenny Rydhagen and Tammo Rist)
2017 Independent Study Program (RESIDENCE) — Rogaland Kunstsenter
(faculty: Phillipp Kleinmichel, Kristina Ketola Bore, Joao Doria, Marthe Ramm Fortun and Geir Haraldseth)
2018 Monumental — Temporal (RESIDENCE) — PRAKSIS Norway
(faculty: Gereon Krebber)
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SUPPORT // RESIDENCIES
2023 KÓSY KINO (Tou and Kino Úsmev) — Artist-in-Residence, Košice
2022 EEA and Norway Grants — project support: 'MLÝNSKÝ OSTROV' (2022, 2023, 2024)
2021 Atelier Nord ANX — project support: Project-Room, Oslo
2020 City of Bergen & Stiftelsen Kulturhuset USF — Artist-in-Residence: AiR Bergen
2020 OFFCITY — Artist-in-Residence, Pardubice
2020 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder — Artist-in-Residence, Trondheim
2019 Rogaland County Council — project support: 'Detroit Kunsthalle' (2019, 2022)
2019 Rogaland Kunstsenter and Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond — project support: Vinyl: 'Flood_2019'
2019 KORO (Public Art Norway) — project support: 'Detroit Kunsthalle'
2019 Lund Municipality & Rogaland County Council — Artist-in-Residence: 'Flood_2019', Dalane
2018 City of Sandnes & Rogaland County Council — Artist-in-Residence: AiR Sandnes
2018 Arts Council Norway — Grant: Diversestipend for Nyutdannede Kunstnere
2018 Arts Council Norway, City of Stavanger & Rogaland Kunstsenter — Artist-in-Residence: Studio17, Stavanger
2017 City of Stavanger & Rogaland Kunstsenter — Artist-in-Residence: Independent Study Program
2016 Utsira Municipality & Rogaland County Council — Artist-in-Residence: Utsira Lighthouse (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022)
2016 Kulturetaten, The City of Oslo — subsidized studio space (2016, 2017, 2018)
2015 City of Fredrikstad — project support: 'CCC (Contemporary Cruise Crew)'
2015 Østfold County Council — project support: 'CCC (Contemporary Cruise Crew)'
2014 WDLND — project support: 'CCC (Contemporary Cruise Crew)'
2013 AS Unica — project support: 'September Split - Business Class'
2010 Festspillene i Nord-Norge — Young Artists Scholarship: 'Take A Chance On Me'
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MEMBERSHIPS
current:
Norwegian Visual Artist Copyright Society (BONO)
CCC (Contemporary Cruise Crew)
The Norwegian Association of Researchers (Forskerforbundet)
former:
Young Artists’ Society (UKS) (2014-2018)
The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) (2016-2017)
September Split (2011-2015)
The Norwegian Association for Fine Art Photographers (FFF) (2011-2015)
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KRISTENSEN CONTEMPORARY AiR
2020 'AiR Westcoast #5', Kristensen Contemporary AiR with Detroit Kunsthalle Film Crew, Stavanger kommune kunstnerleilighet - Øvre Strandgate, Stavanger – NO
2020 'AiR Westcoast #4', Kristensen Contemporary AiR with architect Alena Vosse and artist Matthew Lacosse, Utsira Lighthouse, Utsira – NO
2020 'Trondheim Temporary 2020', Kristensen Contemporary AiR with artist Geir Backe Altern, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim – NO
2018 'AiR Westcoast #3', Kristensen Contemporary AiR with artists Sayed Sattar Hassan, Nicholas John Jones and Mathew Lacosse, Frida Hansens Hus, Stavanger – NO
2018 'AiR Westcoast #2', Kristensen Contemporary AiR with designer Tone Bjerkaas, Utsira Lighthouse, Utsira – NO
2016 'AiR Westcoast #1', Kristensen Contemporary AiR with artist-run-studio-space-VORTA-musicians Henrik Langgård and Geir Skatdalen, Utsira Lighthouse, Utsira – NO
2013 'AiR Plastique', Kristensen Contemporary AiR with art-collectives Contemporary Cruise Crew & September Split, Long Branch, New Jersey – US
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