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Kjell Bjørgeengen

*1951

Kjell Bjørgeengen's art practice is an investigation of reality. Recently Kjell has put an emphasis on working live with a wide range of musicians. The live works feature the production of flicker videos, which have also been presented in various exhibitions since 2002.

The flicker is sound given video sync, thus becoming video and revealing the self-identity of the two. The flicker image is perhaps the most simple and fundamental image we can think of, the oscillation between shades of light and darkness, given from the outside as a simple binary pairing of the visual experience. The flicker videos came about as a counteraction to an easy intellectual approach to art viewing.

The flicker works can be harsh to watch, as they are perceived on a physical level. The black and white works are often perceived in colours. There is a threshold that needs to be overcome. A still image from the video reads like a minimal work; set in motion the work turns into its opposite. The art work, having all the traditional marks of the art-making process, turns into a phenomenon and touches the demarcation line between art and non-art.

Education

Sociology, psychology & philosophy, University of Oslo 1974 — 1977

Professor in electronic media at the Art Academy of Fine Arts Oslo 1996 — 2002

Live Video & Music Performances

  • Duo with Toshimaru Nakamura, Forestlimit, Hatagaya, Tokyo 2023
  • Duo withToshimaru Nakamura, Botany Sour/Bonus Track, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo 2023
  • Duo with Toshimaru Nakamura, Ftarri, Suidobashi, Tokyo 2023
  • Fear of the object, with Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Iván Naranjo, Vernacular Insitute, Mexico City 2022
  • Fear of the object, Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Iván Naranjo in Diego River's studio,
  • Anahucalli Museum, Mexico City 2022
  • Fear of the object, with Jim Denley, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Iván Naranjo in Mauricio Rocha' new wing at Anahucalli Musuem Mexico City 2022
  • Fear of the object, with Jim Denley Juan Garcia, 316 Centro Mexico City 2022
  • Fear of the object, with Jim Denley, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Iván Naranjo in Mauricio Rocha' new wing at Anahucalli Musuem Mexico City 2022
  • Fear of the object, with Jim Denley Juan Garcia, 316 Centro Mexico City 2022
  • Trio with Espen Reinertsen, Inga Margrete Aas, Dans for voksne, Kafe Hærverk Oslo 2022
  • Trio with Espen Reinertsen, Inga Margrete Aas, Møllebyen litteraturfestival,
  • House of Foundation Moss, Moss 2022
  • Inga Margrete Aas & Kjell Bjørgeengen, House of Foundation Moss 2021
  • OptoSonic [UnLock] (BYOTea), NowNet Arts and Parrish Art Museum NYC 2020
  • Inga Margrete Aas, Martin Taxt, Kjell Bjørgeengen NMH 2019
  • «Failure for the left hand», Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Non Figurativ Musikk,
  • Galleri Galleberg 2019
  • Fear of the object, Judith Hamann, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen, Diego Rivera
  • Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City 2019
  • Fear of the object, Judith Hamann, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen
  • h)3ar Sessions, Taller 30, San Miguel de Allende 2019
  • Fear of the object, Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, The Mustard Zone, Denton 2019
  • Fear of the object, Judith Hamann, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen
  • at MentalRRancho+Resonance Full City Rooster, Dallas 2019
  • Fear of the object, Judith Hamann, Martin Taxt. Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen
  • Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery, Austin 2019
  • «Worstward Ho» av Samuel Beckett med John Tilbury, Kings College, Cambridge 2019
  • Fear of the object, Ingar Zach, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen
  • Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum, Mexico City 2018
  • Fear of the object, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen
  • Museo de la Ciudad, Cinematek, Querétaro 2018
  • Fear of the object, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen h)3ar Sessions,
  • Taller 30, San Miguel de Allende 2018
  • Fear of the object, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen 316Centro, Mexico City 2018
  • Streifenjunko & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 2018
  • Fear of the object, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn, Kjell Bjørgeengen
  • The Dream That Kicks, Cinemateket Oslo 2018
  • Kim Myhr & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Motvind, Blå Oslo 2018
  • John Tilbury, Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Cafe Oto, London 2018
  • Kim Myhr & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Blå, Oslo 2018
  • Fear of the object, Juan Garcia, Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen,
  • Festival Aural/El Nicho, Mexico City 2017
  • Fear of the object, Kjell Bjørgeengen, Chris Cogburn, Ingar Zach, Festival Sonorités Toulouse 2017
  • Fear of the object, Kjell Bjørgeengen, Chris Cogburn, Ingar Zach ABM, Madrid 2017
  • Kim Myhr & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Blow Out, Oslo 2017
  • Rick Reed & Kjell Bjørgeengen, "Global Groove 2", CultureHub, NYC 2017
  • Rick Reed & Kjell Bjørgeengen, MOHA, Austin 2017
  • Rick Reed & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Civic TV, Houston 2017
  • Rick Reed & Kjell Bjørgeengen, The Texas Theater, Dallas 2017
  • Rick Reed & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Ventura Satx, San Antonio 2017
  • Fear of the object, Aimée Theriot, Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen,
  • Proyecto Showroom, San Miguel de Allende 2017
  • Fear of the object, Aimée Theriot, Chris Cogburn, Juan Sebastian Lach & Kjell Bjørgeengen,
  • Comité de Asuntos Intangibles, Morelia 2017
  • Fear of the object, Aimée Theriot, Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen,
  • Museo Taller Nishizawa, Toluca 2017
  • Fear of the object, Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Liceo Mutante, Pontevedra 2017
  • Fear of the object, Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Sonoscopia, Porto 2017
  • Fear of the object, Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Mágia Roja, Barcelona 2017
  • Fear of the object, Chris Cogburn, Ingar Zach & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Club Le Larraskito, Bilbao 2017
  • Fear of the object, Chris Cogburn, Ingar Zach & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Cruze Gallery, Madrid 2017
  • Fear of the object, Chris Cogburn, Ingar Zach & Kjell Bjørgeengen,
  • Dans for Voksne, Deichmanske Oslo 2017
  • Thomas Lehn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Velakgala#93 Liquidloft, Wien 2017
  • Jim Denley & Kjell Bjørgeengen. Tempe Jets, Sydney 2017
  • Jim Denley & Kjell Bjørgeengen., SNO Contemporary Arts Projects, Sydney 2017
  • Vespers by Alvin Lucier with Le Quan Nin, Ramón de Buey, Andrea Ancira, Fernando Vigueras & Kjell Bjørgeengen, echolocation operators, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin 2017
  • Rick Reed, Nayantara Bhattacharya & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Blanton Muesum of Art, Austin 2017
  • Rick Reed & Kjell Bjørgeengen, No Idea festival, Austin 2017
  • Chris Cogburn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, No Idea festival, Austin 2017
  • Keith Rowe, John Tilbury & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Moving Sound, Stavanger 2017
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, On The edge, Oslo 2016
  • Centro Centro, MURAL, Madrid, 2016
  • CRUCE, arte contemporanco, MURAL, Madrid 2016
  • Sentralen, MURAL, Oslo 2016
  • Centro Cultural de España en México, Mexico City 2016
  • Faro Aragón, MURAL, Mexico City 2016
  • Queiros Galería with Ricardo Serrano (MX) og Kim Myhr, Guanajuato 2016
  • Queiros Galería with Ingar Zack og Chris Cogburn (MX/US), Guanajuato 2016
  • Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Primer Depósito, MURAL, Guanajuato 2016
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen Stavanger Kunstmuseum, 2015
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Ny Musikk, Bergen 2015
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Ny Musikk, Trondheim 2015
  • Keith Rowe, John Tilbury & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Cafe Oto, London 2015
  • Thomas Lehn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Neue Musik in St. Ruprecht, Wien 2015
  • Keith Rowe, John Tilbury & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Ultima 2015
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Ultima, Oslo 2015
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, GalleryHOMELAND, Houston 2015
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Museum of Human Achievment, Austin 2015
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Festival El Nicho, Mexico City 2015
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Kristiansand Kunsthall, 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Théâtre Universitaire de Nancy, Metz 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen, "Two Hundred and Fourty", Cave 12, Geneve 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Crak Festival, L'église Saint-Merry, Paris 2014
  • "Worstward Ho" by Samuel Beckett performed by John Tilbury, Keith Rowe and Kjell Bjørgeengen,
  • PUNKT, Kristiansand 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen, "Two Hundred and Fourty", PUNKT, Kristiansand 2014
  • Kari Rønnekleiv, Ole-Henrik Moe, Keith Rowe, Kjell Bjørgeengen, Kunstneres Hus, Oslo 2014
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Kunstnernes Hus Oslo 2014
  • John Tilbury & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Samuel Beckett, Bolivar Hall, London 2014
  • Thomas Lehn & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Ny Musikk, Oslo 2014
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Mind The Gap, Worm, Rotterdam Film Festival 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen NOWnow festival Sydney, Australia 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen MONA FOMA, Hobart, Australia 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen IWAKI AUDITORIUM (ABC) Melbourne, Australia 2014
  • MURAL & Kjell Bjørgeengen AVANTWHATEVER, Melbourne, Australia 2014
  • Lasse Marhaug & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Festival Music Unlimited, Wels 2013
  • Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad (poetry), Kjell Bjørgeengen, Punkt festival, Kristiansand 2013
  • John Tilbury, Keith Rowe, Kjell Bjørgeengen, Kongsberg Jazz Festival 2013
  • John Tilbury, Keith Rowe, Kjell Bjørgeengen, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo 2013
  • Kim Myhr, Tor Haugerud, Kjell Bjørgengen, Metamorf Trondheim, 2012
  • Kim Myhr, Tor Haugerud, Kjell Bjørgengen, Bidrobon, Drivhuset, Oslo 2012
  • Okkyung Lee, Kari Rønnekleiv, Ole Henrik Moe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, 300 Acting Spaces, Oslo 2012
  • Lasse Marhaug & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Plassen, Kunstnersenteret Møre og Romsdal, Molde 2012
  • Thomas Lehn & Kjell Bjørgenegen, Plassen, Kunstnersenteret Møre og Romsdal, Molde 2012
  • John Tilbury, Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Molde Jazzfestival, 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjorgeengen, Plassen, Kunstnersenteret Møre og Romsdal, Molde 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjorgeengen, Interstice 07, Caen 2012
  • Keith Rowe, Toshimaru Nakamura & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Gift Lab, Tokyo 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Super Deluxe, Tokyo 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Nuooh, Osaka 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Guggenheim House, Kobe 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Art Hall, Oita, 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Art Space Tetra, Hakata 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Gallery Soap, Kokura 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, All Ears, Høvikodden Art Center 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Landmark, Bergen Arthall Landmarkt 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Bomuldsfabrikken Kunsthall, Arendal 2012
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen, Ny Musikk, Trondheim, 2012
  • Feed Noise I, Solo Video performance at 0047, Oslo. 2011
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjørgeengen. Harder Hall Alfred University, Alfred NY 2011
  • Keith Rowe & Kjell Bjorgeengen, Namesless Sound, Houston, TX, 2011
  • Galleri Lüttgenmeijer, Berlin 2011, with Keith Rowe
  • New Music. "Not a concert", workshop result with Taku Unami and Jarrod Fowler", Oslo 2011
  • Instants Chavires, with Keith Rowe, Paris 2010
  • Experimental Intermedia Foundation, with Keith Rowe, New York 2010
  • Cut & Splice, BBC, "Four Systems" by Earle Brown. London 2010
  • FRISCHZELLE - Festival für Intermedial Improvisation und Komposition, with Keith Rowe Cologne2010
  • With Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic EnsembleGulbenkian Foundation Lisbon 2010
  • Göteborg Art Sounds GAS Festival, with Keith Rowe and Streifenjunko, Gøteborg 2010
  • Sonic Acts XIII, The Poetics of Space, with Keith Rowe and Streifenjunko, Amsterdam 2010
  • Festival Cable# Keith Rowe / Kjell Bjørgeengen/Streifenjunko,
  • Musee Des Beaux Arts, Nantes 2010
  • CAN, with Keith Rowe, Neuchatel 2010
  • SIC, with Keith Rowe and Espen Reinertsen, Oslo 2009
  • Fri Resonans, with Keith Rowe, Trondheim 2009
  • Roulette, with Okkyung Lee, New York City, 2009
  • Kontraste, with Keith Rowe and Okkyung Lee, Krems 2009
  • Ny Musikk, with Streifenjunko and Keith Rowe, Soria Moria, Oslo 2009
  • Sound Cafe Dzumi, with Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input Mixing board),
  • and Hideaki Shimada (violin) Kichijoji, Tokyo. 2009
  • Solo performance, Loop-Line, Tokyo 2009
  • The Fuzz Factor, duo with Keith Rowe, Netwerk, Aalst 2009
  • Video performance with Streifenjunko, NMH, Oslo 2009
  • Kill Your Timid Notion Tour, with Keith Rowe and Philipp Wachsmann, London ICA, Bristol Spike Island, Glasgow CCA, 2008
  • MULTIMAL, with Espen Rud, Morten Qvenild and Jon Eberson, Høvikodden Artcenter 2008
  • Kill Your Timid Notion, Dundee Contemprary Arts, with Keith Rowe and Philipp Wachsmann, 2008
  • Høvikodden Live 2008, performance with Keith Rowe and Philipp Wachsmann, Høvikodden Artcenter
  • Duo with Okkyng Lee, Optosonic Tea, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York, 2008
  • Duo with Marc Ribot, Issue Project Room, New York 2007
  • Duo with Okkyng Lee, The Stone, New York 2007
  • Duo with Keith Rowe, Mercado Negro, Aveiro 2007
  • Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto 2007
  • Zoom Auditório Municipal, Barcelos 2007
  • With Evan Parkers Electro Acoustic Ensemble, Queen Elisabeth Hall, London 2006
  • Novas Músicas, Casa da Música with Keith Rowe, Günter Müller and Tomas Korber, Porto 2006
  • Duo with Keith Rowe, CCNOA Brussels 2006
  • EyeFuel, Paradiso, The Holland Festival, with MIMEO 2006
  • Argos festival. Bruxelles 2005 with MIMEO
  • Ultima Oslo 2005, with Keith Rowe
  • Freedom Of the City, Duo with Philipp Wachsmann, London 2005
  • Duo with Philipp Wachsmann, CCA Glasgow
  • MEMORY VISION with Evan Parker Electro Acoustic Ensemble, Ultima 2002
  • Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Huddersfield 2002
  • Transart, Rovereto 2003, Barcelona 2004, Cross Talk, Porto 2004, ICC Glasgow 2004,
  • London Queen Elisabeth Hall 2006
  • Synaesthesia Live, Kjell Bjørgeengen/Asgeir Bjørlykke with Otomo Yoshihide,
  • Kongsberg Jazz festival, 2001
  • Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Evan Parker, 2001
  • RELATIVE TO ZERO live, with Evan Parker, Kevala Jazz Festival. Finland 2000
  • J.Flicker, with Joëlle Léandre, Rockefeller Music Hall Oslo 1996
  • SPIN, with Jon Balke/ The Magnetic North Orchestra & Isnel da Silveira, National Theatre, Oslo 1994
  • NOHKA with Joëlle Léandre Ultima, Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden,1991
  • NOHKA, with Joëlle Léandre, Music Factory, Bergen, 1991
  • "Open Patch", with Jon Balke trio, World Music Days 1990, Oslo
  • MULTIMAL, with Svein Finnerud Trio and Trond Botnen, 1971

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2023
    • Pop-up exhibition, prints & video. Pianola Records, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
  • 2021
    • House of Foundation, with Unn Fahlstrøm, Moss
  • 2020
    • «stille etter stille før», video installasjon, Galleri K, Oslo
  • 2014
    • Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand
  • 2013
    • Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
    • Punkt festival "Night Gets five exits", with Nils Chr. Moe-Repstad, Punkt Festival, Kristiansand
  • 2012
    • Plassen, Kunstnersenteret Møre og Romsdal, Molde
  • 2008
    • Kill Your Timid Notion, "Figment Light", Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
  • 2007
    • Bergen Art Museum, with Aernoudt Jacobs, Bergen
    • SNO 33 with Salvatore Panatteri, Sydney
    • Galleri K, Oslo
  • 2006
    • Burnside Flicker, H29 Brussels
  • 2005
    • Taku-de-Art, Ichikawa Tokyo, Japan
  • 2004
    • Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
    • CCNOA. Brussels
  • 2002
    • FLICKER, Galleri K, Oslo
  • 2001
    • TIME FRAMED, Kongsberg Prison, Kongsberg
  • 1999
    • FLICKERSCAPE YazzydAutoSpaceArtClub, Oslo
  • 1998
    • TRUE BLANKING Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
  • 1997
    • TRUE BLANKING Artists House, Oslo
    • SHIFT Experimental Intermedia Huis, Gent
  • 1996
    • SHIFT, Eisfabrik, Hannover
  • 1995
    • SHIFT, Gallery K, Oslo
    • SHIFT, State Library, Mariehamn
  • 1994
    • ROM, Trondheim Art Association, Trondheim
  • 1991
    • "RIFT", Gallery K, Oslo
    • "RAND", Rogaland Art Center, Stavanger
  • 1990
    • "VIDEO ROAD" Pori Art Museum, Pori
    • "VIDEO ROAD" Randers Art Museum
  • 1987
    • Mala Galeria, Warszawa
  • 1986
    • Photo gallery, Oslo
  • 1982
    • Art Aid Gallery, Oslo
  • 1972
    • Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden
  • 1971
    • Kongsberg Jazzfestival, with Svein Finnerud

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2022
    • House of Foundation Moss, with Unn Fahlstrøm, Stein Rønning and Salvatore Panatteri
  • 2020
    • Manifesta 13, Infinite Village paralleles du sud, Marseilles-Nice
  • 2018
    • Fleeting Form - Poster Art, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden
  • 2017
    • SNO130 Contemporary Art Projects, SCANDI ART NOW, Sydney
    • To Do Or Not To Be, Norwegian video Art, KURANT at Tromsø International Film Festival
  • 2015
    • The Experimental Television Center: A History, Etc. Hunter College Art Galleries (HCAG), New York City
    • Jazz, National library, Oslo
  • 2014
    • IMAGELIGHTSOUNDSPACE/PROJECT
    • MMIII Kunstverein Mönchengladbach, with Greet Billett and Tilman
    • Painting with time, Atopia, Oslo
  • 2013
    • COLUMNA 02 MakeSHIFT(S), Temple of Augustus and Livia, Vienne
    • Paradox. Positions in Norwegian video art 1980-2010,
    • Nationalmuseum, Museum of contemporary art, Oslo
  • 2012
    • I Want The Beatles to Play at My Art Center, Henie-Onstad Artcenter, Høvikodden
    • Tou Camp, Ølhallene, Stavanger
  • 2011
    • "Blodig Alvor", Trondhein Kunstmuseum
    • Parallels, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø
    • Retrospective, Film-and videoart in Norway, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo
  • 2010
    • Grid Gallery, Sydney, with Salvatore Panatteri (Australia)
    • "Blodig Alvor", Bergen Kunstmuseum, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Haugar Kunstmuseum
    • With your Eyes Only, YUM, Brussels
    • Composite Visions, CAN, Neuchatel
  • 2009
    • With Your Eyes Only, Kunstverien Medienturm, Graz
    • Fuzzy Electronics, Netwerk, Aals
  • 2008
    • Standard Sizes, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
    • "My Eyes Keep me in Trouble"
    • Sydney College of the Arts Gallery, Sydney
    • The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
    • "La vie en rond", H29 Brussels
  • 2007
    • Art 4, The National Museum, Oslo
    • Pixels - Gallery W52 - New York
    • "My eyes keep me in trouble", Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem
  • 2006
    • Double Exposure, CCNOA, Brussels
    • Art Forum, Berlin
    • AUFLOESUNG Grenzen der Wahrnehmung, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
    • 2STEP Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, UH Galleries, Hatfield
  • 2005
    • The Robert Meyer Collection, The National Museum, Oslo
    • Art Forum Berlin
  • 2004
    • Jan Groth?s Collection, Rogaland Museum of Fine Art
  • 2003
    • The Golden Age of Norwegian Photography, Preus photomuseum
    • Beyond Paradise, Shanghai
    • Democracy Destruct, with David henderson (poem), ISCP, NYC
  • 2002
    • ARTCHITECTURE, Kenny Schachter conTEMPorary, New York
    • 2 STEP, CCNOA, Bruxelles
    • Slow Motion, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
    • Beyond Paradise, TIME FRAMED, The Art Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok,
    • Beyond Paradise, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur
    • Mala Galeria ZPAF-CSW, Warszawa
    • "Displaced Replaced" with Natasha Barrett ICMC 2002 Gothenburg Art Museum
  • 2001
    • OSCILLATIONS Rogaland Art Museum,
    • Kjell Bjørgeengen, Jan Groth, Stein Rønning, Heidi Skjerve, Rogaland Art Museum
    • TRUE BLANKING Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
  • 2000
    • SYNAESTHESIA
    • Kjell Bjørgeengen, with Jan Groth, Stein Rønning, Heidi Skjerve, Kristiansand Art Museum
  • 1998
    • SHIFT 80/90 Speglar Samtimans, Listasafni Iceland
  • 1997
    • RELATIVE TO ZERO "Extended Points" Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
    • SHIFT Lab.6. Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski castle, Warszawa
  • 1996
    • SHIFT, 9.VideoFest, Podewill, Berlin
    • SHIFT, Haags Gemeentemuseum, World Wide Video Festival
    • SHIFT, Electronic Undercurrents, State Museum of Art, Copenhagen
  • 1995
    • Arkipel. Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
    • THE BRIDGE, Silver & High Tech, Kongsberg
  • 1994
    • Nohka installation version, Center of contemporary Art, Warszawa
    • THE BRIDGE "Winterland," Lillehammer Art Museum
  • 1993
    • THE BRIDGE "Winterland", Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta,
    • National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo,
    • Salo del Tinell, Barcelona,
    • Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munchen
  • 1992
    • VIDEO PASSAGE, Ostsee-Biennale 1992, Das steinerne Licht, Rostock
    • VIDEO ROAD", Norwegian Road Museum, Fåberg
  • 1991
    • ASCENDENT "The Synthetic Image", " Artists House, Oslo
    • VIDEO PLACE, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm
  • 1990
    • VIDEO ROAD, "Ten from the North", Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
    • Nordic Video Art, Nordic Art Center, Sveaborg
  • 1989
    • "Photographic sculpture", Brands Klædefabrik, Museum of Photographic Art,
    • with Bjørn Ross, and Erik Gram-Hansen, Odense
    • "Photography from the collection", Henie-Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden
  • 1988
    • "Video Art", Gallery F-15, Jeløya
  • 1987
    • "Simulo", Contemporary Photography, Oslo
    • "10 Lat istenienia Malej Gallerii", Mala Galeria, Warszawa
  • 1984
    • "Norway - USA - Norway", with Jan Groth, Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden,
    • "New York Graffiti", Louisiana, Humlebæk
    • "Exposed", UKS, Oslo
    • Videowork, Northsound Festival, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden
  • 1983
    • "Young Norwegians", Trondheim Art Association, Trondheim
  • 1982
    • "Photography in Norway", Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden
  • 1970
    • "Pollution" Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden

ONLINE RELEASES

  • Loop Line, solo performance Tokyo 2022
  • Horizontal for Dave Jones, 2021
  • Double Click for Keith Rowe, 2021
  • Inga Margrete Aas Flicker 2021
  • Inga Margrete Aas & Kjell Bjørgeengen live at House of Foundation, Moss 2021
  • Worstward Ho, by Samuel Beckett with John Tilbury voice and piano, 2019
  • Ultra HF 44, with Audun Strype 2018

SCREENINGS

  • 2021
    • Double Infinity: A celebration of Phill Noblock's 88th Birthday in 88 Quarter-hours, with Lasse Marhaug
    • Experimental Intermedia Foundation. NYC
    • Solo retrospective screening, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, NYC
  • 2017
    • Seoul International New Media Festival NeMaf 2017, The Highlights of Retrospective: Film and Video Art, Norway, 1960-90.
    • FRANK presenterer: Videokunstarkivet med Per Platou, Kunstnernes Hus
  • 2014
    • "Video Distinctions" Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
  • 2011
    • 25th Leeds International Film Festival. Leeds
  • 2008
    • Screen Compositions, Visual Sounds, Cologne
    • Screen Compositions, Experimental Intermedia Foundation, New York
  • 2007
    • Post Painterly Attraction, Netwerk / Center for
    • Contemporary art, Aalst
    • RAW, Monkeytown, New York
  • 2004
    • Grasp IV, CCA Glasgow
    • R.L. Burnside, Muddy Waters, Oslo
  • 1993
    • Fylkingen, Stockholm
    • 1968-1993, 25 years of video, Video Workshop, Haslev
    • Norwegian Video Art, Høvikodden Art center, Høvikodden
  • 1992
    • VIDEOFEST'92, Internationale Filmfestspiele, Berlin
    • VIDEONALE 5, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
    • European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck
    • MEDIAWAVE'92, Visual Art Foundation, Gyor
    • SCREENTEST, Babylon, Berlin
    • Project / Cent Lieux, Haslev 1992
  • 1991
    • INFERMENTAL Edition 1990/91, Oberhausen
    • Centrum Sztuki Wspoleczesnej, Warszawa
  • 1990
    • VIDEOFEST'90, Internationale Filmfestspiele, Berlin
    • Nordic Video Art, Nordic Art cnter, Sveaborg
    • VIDEONALE 4, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
    • WRO 90, Sound Basis Visual Art Festival, Wroclaw
    • Festival Video Liege 90 International, Liege
    • Vipfilm 8, Berlin
    • Pollcino 1. Festival Internationale di cinema e video sperimentale, Librino (Catania)
    • "Rencontre International", Videotheque de Paris, Paris
    • European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck
    • Kuopio Video Festival, Kuopio
    • Art Show, Symposium on Electronic Art, Groenigen
    • International Audio-Visual Experimental Festival, Arnheim
    • No budget, Hamburger Kurzfilmfestival
    • Electric Cinema, Berlin
    • International Festival of Patras, GR Kunsthaus Wiesbaden
  • 1989
    • VIDEOFEST '89, Internationale Filmfestspiele, Berlin
    • Louisiana, Louisiana, Humlebæk
    • Festival International du Film d'Art Video, Palais de l'Unesco, Paris
    • Alternativ Film/Video, Dom kulture, Novi Klub, Nusiceva
    • Interfilm 7, Berlin
    • No budget, Hamburger Kurzfilmfestival, Hamburg
    • Kuopio Videofestival, Kuopio
    • Locarno Video Art Festival, Locarno
    • European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck
  • 1988
    • Tokyo Video Art Festival, Tokyo
    • Locarno Video Art Festival, Locarno
    • Art Rock 88, St.Brieux
    • Art Show, First Symposium on Electronic Art, Utrecht
    • International Audio Visual Experimental Festival, Arnheim
    • Video Monitor, Frølunda, Gothenburg
    • European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck
  • 1987
    • Video Monitor, Frølunda, Gothenburg
    • "Nordic Video", Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden
    • "CD'87", 3rd. International Biennal, Lubljana
    • Locarno Video Art Festival, Locarno
    • Tokyo Video Festival, Tokyo
  • 1986
    • N/Borealis, Berlin
    • Tokyo Video Festival, Tokyo
    • "Video Marathon" The House, Copenhagen, Brands Klædefabruk, Odense
    • "Video Art", The Icelandic House, Copenhagen
    • Video Monitor, Frølunda Gothenburg
  • 1985
    • Stockholm International Video Art Festival, Culture House, Stockholm
    • Tokyo Video Festival, Tokyo
    • Locarno Video Art Festival, Locarno
    • Video 85 Festival, The House, Copenhagen
  • 1984
    • Tokyo Video Art Festival
    • "Goodbye Mr. Orwell", Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden
    • Locarno Video Art Festival, Locarno
  • 1982
    • "Alternativ Video", Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden

COLLECTIONS

  • The National Museum, Oslo 2019, Fade in 1981, New York 10010 1984
  • The National Museum, Oslo 2008
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, FLICKER Oslo 2002
  • Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, TRUE BLANKING special edition Aachen 2001
  • Museum of contemporary art, TRUE BLANKING Oslo 1998
  • National Gallery of Canada, GRAB 1996
  • Museum of contemporary art, SHIFT Oslo 1995
  • Museum of contemporary art, RIFT Oslo 1992
  • ZKM, center for art and media culture, Karlsruhe 1990
  • Museum of Photo Art, Brands Klædefabrik, Odense 1989
  • Louisiana, Humlebæk New York 10010, Humlebæk 1984
  • Henie-Onstad Art center, Høvikodden 1972
  • Robert Meyer's collection/ Nasjonalmuseet
  • Jan Groth Collection/Stavanger Kunstmuseum

PERMANENT INSTALLATIONS

  • Off_Set, Sandsli, Norsk Hydro Bergen, 2004
  • "Her I" and "Her II", KUBEN, Risløkka, Oslo, 2013

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

  • The Experimental Television Center, Owego, New York, 1982-1995, 2000, 2003-2005, 2007-2011
  • International Studio and Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City, 2003
  • Centre International d'accuils et d'echanges des récollets, Paris 2012
  • Signal Culture, Owego, New York 2014, 2018

CURATOR

  • «Once this also was a mutation», Aernoudt Jacobs Kristiansand Kunsthall 2015
  • Tilman «Look Awry», Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo 2006

CD and DVD

  • Fear og the object, 4 CD box edition with z-fold print, 2023
  • texts by Kjell Bjørgeengen and Chris Cogburn, Sofa 2022
  • "Sissel" John Tilbury, Keith Rowe, Kjell Bjørgeengen, CD/Vinyl Sofa 2018
  • "Enough still not to know", Keith Rowe John Tilbury, Producer, 4 Cds, Sofa 2015
  • ETC: Experimental Televsion Center, 1969-2009, 5-DVD set, Newark Valley
  • "Tellus Video Arts Music", audio cassette, New York 1987

GRANTS

  • Rune Brynestads minnestipend 2023
  • Statens arbeidsstipend 2019, 2022
  • Garantert minsteinntekt 2003-2018
  • Statens reise- eller studiestipend (1982,1986,1992)
  • Statens vikarstipend (1983)
  • Oslo bys kulturstipend (1983)
  • Vederlagsfondets stipend (1993,1994,1987,1989)
  • Rolf Neschs stipend (1991)
  • Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards fond (1991, 1997, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2021)
  • Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefonds arbeidsstipend (1995)
  • Statens vikarstipend (2000)

Texts

  • Kjell Bjørgeengen, "The Determination of Concrete and Abstract Labour" translated by Filip Niklas 1977/2022
  • Chris Cogburn and Kjell Bjørgenegen, Fear of the object, CD box set release 2022
  • Kjetil Røed, Skjermenes stillhet minner om både skjønnhet og død, Vårt Land 2020
  • Jørgen Sandemose, Kunstsyntesen er renere enn sågar tallsyntese, Upublisert 2019
  • Per Kvist, Maleri med Tid, 2014
  • Marit Paasche, Lives and Videotapes: The Inconsistent History of Norwegian Video Art, Interview 2014
  • Stian Grøgaard, Double Subjectification, Bergen Art Museum, Catalogue 2008
  • Jørgen Sandemose, Galileo's messenger Art, Science and commodity production, exhibition catalogue 2004
  • Eivind Buene, Virkeligheten i videomediet, Kunstkritikk 2004
  • Gavin Jantjes, Visual ruins in the archaeology of feeling, exhibition catalogue 2004
  • John Cratchley, On Location, Evan Parker and the Electro Acoustic Ensemble, The Wire January 2003
  • Beyond Paradise, exhibition catalogue, 2002
  • Jan Kokkin, Flicker, Morgenbladet 2002
  • Trond Borgen, Stavanger Aftenblad 2001
  • Øystein Hauge, Kristiansand Art Museum 2000
  • Annette Lagler/Peer Bode, No Man?s Land, Behind the Image, Hinter den Bildern/True Blanking, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst Aachen 1998
  • Masami Tsubouchi Interview Kjell Bjorgeengen Hara Museum Review #.41, Tokyo 1998
  • Jørgen Lund, Representation Set Free, The video art of Kjell Bjørgeengen, Extended Points, Hara Museum, Tokyo 1997
  • Åsmund Thorkildsen, True Blanking, Kunstnernes Hus Oslo 1997
  • Jonas Ekeberg Hyperfoto # .3-4 1996, interview Stein Rønning, Galleri K, Oslo 1995
  • Jonas Ekeberg, Hyperfoto # 2, 1994
  • Jon-Ove Steihaug,"Winterland", Exhibition catalogue, 1993
  • Peer Bode, Video Passage, Ostsee-Biennale "Das steinerne Licht", Rostock 1992
  • Arnfinn Bø-Rygg, "Rift the locus of meaning", Gallery K, Oslo 1991
  • Espen Søbye, "Unmovable Mover, Nordic Video Art 1990
  • Leena-Maija Rossi, "Past and Present ", Terskel 2, Museum of Contemporary Art 1990
  • Peer Bode, "Video Road", Pori Art Museum 1990
  • Kjell Bjørgeengen, "Video Art and Technological Development" Samtiden 6, 1988
  • Helge Krarup, Information, Copenhagen 1987
  • Robert Meyer, Extraordinary Photograms, Mala Galeria, Warszawa, 1987

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