Bjarne Melgaard first developed his neo-expressionistic, gestural style of painting in the mid-1990s, often addressing marginal and subcultural phenomena to raise provocative and critical questions about society. He explores the darker side of humanity, such as self-destructive tendencies, deviant sexuality or fringe religious beliefs, pushing the boundaries of acceptability in order to probe social, political and ideological issues. His distinct iconography is influenced by Norse mythology, but also draws from popular culture, with references as diverse as the The Pink Panther, Planet of the Apes, Symbolist painter Edvard Munch and author Elizabeth Wurtzel. His work across disciplines and media encompasses painting, sculpture, installation, fashion, literature, architecture, curation and video, as well as augmented and virtual reality.
Melgaard's expressive, vividly coloured canvases are populated by hybrid human and animal characters, executed in thickly encrusted oil paint against a bright, often monochromatic ground. Many of these works also incorporate Norwegian or English phrases as a counterpoint to the imagery. The result is an intimately introspective body of work, filled with 'personal archetypes' that reveal the artist's sustained investigation into and ultimate 'embrace of male sexuality' as a riotous celebration tinged with angst. Although he does not consider himself an explicitly political artist, his work is rooted in an early identification with queer politics and identity from the 1970s and 1980s. He also engages with Munch's legacy in Norway, addressing similarly profound themes including sexuality, desire, alienation and death, although transformed into Melgaard's own idiosyncratic idiom.
Born in Sydney to Norwegian parents, Melgaard was raised in Oslo and studied there at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts, moving to the Netherlands in 1991 to complete his studies at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, and the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. The artist lived and worked in New York for a decade, before returning to Oslo in 2017. He represented Norway at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011) and has also participated in the Lyon Biennale (2000 and 2013) and the Whitney Biennial (2014). His work was the subject of a mid-career retrospective at the Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (2010), followed by Melgaard + Munch – The End Of It All Has Already Happened at the Munch Museum, Oslo (2015), which placed his work in direct dialogue with that of Edvard Munch. The following year, Rizzoli published the first comprehensive monograph of his career. Melgaard's book, A New Novel (2012), was the first English-language novel to be published by Aschehoug, followed by his most recent book De Etterlatte (2021). In 2019, he created his first virtual reality work, My Trip, with Acute Art, which was shown at the Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin. Together with Steiff, he created a toy collection that was showcased at Kunsthall Stavanger in 2022, in collaboration with the musician and artist Chris Korda. A major retrospective at the Munch Museum, Oslo in 2023 was the first comprehensive survey of Melgaard's career at a public institution in his homeland. His works are held in the collections of Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others, and in 2024, a sculpture joined the collection of Centre Pompidou, Paris. In 2025, his works were part of the group exhibition Nordic noir. Works on paper from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson at the British Museum, London.
2025
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
2024
Barney Does It All, Faurschou, New York, USA
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
2023
Bjarne Melgaard | Antispective, cur. Lars Toft-Eriksen, Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
2022
Collaboration with Chris Korda and Steiff, Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia
2021
HOMO ALONE 2, Museum of Modern Art Tbilisi, Georgia
Scat Nite In Athens and Open Studio, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
2020
Elisabeth and Me, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais, France
Bummed Out, Fineart and debut of Arts Restaurant, Oslo, Norway
Donald Baechler and Bjarne Melgaard, Bohman-Knäpper, Stockholm, Sweden
Kunst i Bergstaden 2020, Bergstadens Hotel, Røros, Norway
My Trip, virtual reality experiential artwork, produced with Acute Art, Sundance Film Festival 2020, Park City, UT, USA
2019
My Trip, virtual reality experiential artwork, produced by Acute Art, Julia Stoschek Foundation, Berlin, Germany
No Fisting Tonight, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Bjarne Melgaard: En ost på en sydhavsøy og Chill Out med Kristina Lugn, BGE Contemperary Art Projects, Stavanger, Norway
Bjarne Melgaard: Let Your Mind Be Your Bed (screening), Kunsthall 3.14, Bergen, Norway
2018
Bjarne Melgaard: Regionalt Norsk Maleri, Nanna og Frigg Microdoserer og En Ny Roman, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
Bjarne Melgaard: Let Your Mind Be Your Bed (screening), Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
Bodyparty (Substance Paintings) and Life Killed My Chihuahua, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
Pop-Up Exhibition: A House To Die In, a collaboration between Selvaag, Snøhetta and Bjarne Melgaard, Selvaag Art Collection, Oslo, Norway
Bjarne Melgaard / Sverre Bjertnæs: Noe må gå i stykker, Rod Bianco with Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
2017
The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment, Red Bull Arts New York, NY, USA
The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment (Bjarne + Bjørg Jewelry Collaboration New York Launch), Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY, USA
2016
Bjarne Melgaard: New Work, Fineart, Oslo, Norway
Blood, Stones and Certain Beasts / Bjarne Melgaard and Bob Recine, Uncontaminated Art and Fashion Festival at Skur 13, Tjuvholmen, Oslo, Norway
2015
The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Melgaard + Munch – The end of it All has Already Happened, Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
Bjarne Melgaard: Daddies Like You Don't Grow On Palm Trees, Sammlung Friedrichshof, Zurndorf/Vienna, Austria
Skulptur, Formuesforvaltning AS, Oslo, Norway
This is what I do to make money, Galleri Fineart, Oslo, Norway
Puppy Orgy Acid Party, Galerie Forsblom, Oslo, Norway
Bitter Angel, Faurschou Foundation, Beijing, China
2014
Bjarne Melgaard: Selected Works From The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Bjarne Melgaard, Studio Hugo Opdal (in collaboration with Rod Bianco Gallery, Oslo), Flø, Norway
2013
Bjarne Melgaard in the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, Norway
Bjarne Melgaard: Ignorant Transparencies, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY, USA
Bjarne Melgaard New Drawings and Prints, Fineart, Oslo, Norway
2012
Bjarne Melgaard: A house to die in, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
Baton Sinister, Venezia-Installasjonen, Hauger Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsburg, Norway
2011
A House to Die In (ongoing), Villa Kikkut, Oslo, Norway
The Night Within Us, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
Baton Sinister, 54th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Contarini Corfu, Venice, Italy
Bjarne Melgaard, Studio Hugo Opdal, Flø, Norway
2010
Bjarne Melgaard/Rod Bianco 'Super Normal', de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bjarne Melgaard – Jealous, Astrup Fernley Museum, Oslo; Bergen Kunstmuseum, Norway
2007
Bjarne Melgaard, Galerie Senda, Barcelona, Spain
Mommy's Boy and Daddy's Girl, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
The Glamour Chase, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bjarne Melgaard, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
A Weekend of Painting: A Novel by Les Super, Leo Koenig, Inc., New York, NY, USA
Les Super, Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
Minipigs in Space, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
2005
Not a Painting Show, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Life is a Lonely Buffalo, Niels Borch Jensen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Hello, Maybe (Book, Stage Set and Flags in collaboration with Halvor Bodin), Haugar Museum of Art, Tønsburg, Norway
Fin de Copenhague, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Bjarne Melgaard, Galleria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
Jasmin La Nuit, The Horse Hospital, London, UK
Part 1: Chihuahua Hunger All Words Destroy, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
2004
A Concept of Rape, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
Bjarne Melgaard, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
The End of the Professional Teenager, Pollack Fine Art at Sketch, London, UK
Skam, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2002
Beginnings, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Nothing Special, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Interface to God, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Black Low: The Punk Movement Was Just Hippies with Short Hair, MARTa Herford Museum, Hannover, Germany
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
2001
Kill Me Before I do it Myself, Galleria Laura Pecci, Milan, Italy
Bjarne Melgaard, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
2000
The Mutilation of the Apes, Alleged Gallery, New York, NY, USA
New Works, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Sweden
The Myth Of A Young Washingmachine, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
The Only Weapon You Have In A Society Like This Is A Clear Mind..., Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Victor Boullet featuring Bjarne Melgaard, Hot Rod Tea Room, Oslo, Norway
1999
The Conquest of Islam, Art Basel/Statements (Galleri Riis, Oslo), Basel, Switerland
1998
Bjarne Melgaard: Everything American Is Evil, the Return To Constantiople, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Bjarne Melgaard’s More Pricks than Kicks, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Up Late, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1997
Bjarne Melgaard: Free From Content, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
New Love, Old Paint (Dedicated to Margaux Hemingway), Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
1996
Confessions of a Recovering Minimalist, Bjarne Melgaard – Guillaume Bijl, Galleri c/o Alte Gerhardsen, Oslo, Norway
2025
Nordic noir. Works on paper from Edvard Munch to Mamma Andersson, The British Museum, London, UK
2023
Drawn into the Present: Portraits on Paper, Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
2022
Kaleidoscope Eyes, Leeum Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2020
Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Community Guidelines, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
The Sewers of Mars, Reena Spaulings, New York, NY, USA
Messe in St. Agnes, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Felix at the Hollywood Roosevelt, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Works on Paper, Bohman-Knäpper, Stockholm, Sweden
2019
looking forward, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Installations from 25 Years of the Falckenberg Collection, Deichtorhallen Hamburg – Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Naturally Naked, Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Inc.,Moscow, Russia
A seed's a star, organised by Constance Tenvik, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Opening x 2 | Summer Show (Erland Cullberg, Bjarne Melgaard and Jarl Ingvarsson), Bohman-Knäpper, Stockholm, Sweden
The Collection (I) Highlights for a Future, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Spring Show 2019, Bohman-Knäpper, Stockholm, Sweden
Objects and Sculptures by Lena Cronqvist, Marie-Louise Ekman, Peter Frie, Bjarne Melgaard, Dan Wolgers, Bohman-Knäpper, Stockholm, Sweden
CoBrA and some Consequences, COLLABORATIONS by Tania and Thomas Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2018
Impulse Control, Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paris, France
Den borgerlige byrde, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway
Selv om du står stille har du lov, Galleri Fineart, Oslo
Belgrade Biennial – Marvellous Cacophony, 57th October Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
Mature Themes, Foxy Production, New York, NY, USA
2017
Divided States of America, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, New York, NY, USA
Selected Works / Bjarne Melgaard, Donald Baechler, Peter Frie, Lars Lerin, Maria Miesenberger, Patrik Andiné, Bohman-Knäpper, Stockholm, Sweden
2016
Painters' Painters, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Expanding Frontiers: La Fondation Hippocrène Invite La Kaviar Factory, La Fondation Hippocrène, Paris, France
Baby I'm a Star, Romeo, New York, NY, USA
Golden Eggs, Team Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Present in Drag, Ninth Berlin Biennale, Berlin
2015
Some Gallerist's, M/L Artspace at the Duck, Berlin
The Avant-Garde Won't Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA
He Put a Hot Fish in Her Navel, EMBAJADA, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Summer Exhibition, Skarstedt, London, UK
A Walk, Tripoli Gallery, East Hampton, New York, NY, USA
Intimate Paintings, Half Gallery, New York, NY, USA
What's Wrong with We, Martos Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Alex Da Corte:Die Hexe, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY, USA
Call and Response, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY, USA
2014
Early Man, The Hole, New York, NY, USA
Amerika, David Castillo Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, USA
Speak Through Art, Kaviar Factory, Henninsvaer, Lofoten, Norway
In The Bedroom, M/L Artpace, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA
9 Artists, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambrige, MA, USA
Depression, François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2014 Whitney Biennale, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
DISown – Not For Everyone, Red Bull Studios, New York, NY, USA
The Drawing Room, Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2013
Empire State – Art from New York, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin/Paris, France
JULEUTSTILLINGEN, Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
9 Artists, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
12th Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
PANORAMA, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Momentum, The 7th Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
Munch by Others, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
DSM-V at the Future Moynihan Station, New York, NY, USA
Empire State – Art from New York, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
Norsk 90 Tall, Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, Norway
Chicken or Beef?, The Hole, New York, NY, USA
Looking Back: The White Columns Annual, White Columns, New York, NY, USA
New Arrivals, Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, Norway
2012
Bulletin Boards, Venus Over Manhattan and White Columns, New York, USA
Context Message, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Undetectable, Visual AIDS at La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY, USA
Drawings, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Face/OFF, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin, Germany
2011
DRAWINGS, Rod Bianco, Oslo, Norway
Moment: Ynglingagatan 1, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
JUEUTSTILLINGEN, Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
Grisaille, Luxembourg & Dayan, New York, NY, USA
The Social Failure, Maccarone, New York, NY, USA
After Shelley Duvall ’72, Maccarone, New York, NY, USA
Scandinavian Rhapsody/Scandinavian Artists, Galerie Proarta, Zürich, Switzerland
Absolute Installation, Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway
2010
Group Show, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Sweat, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Forced Exposure, Team Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Norse Soul: the legacy of Edvard Munch, social demorcracy, old myths, anarchy and death longings, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington DC, WA D.C., USA
2009
DAMASCUS, Rod Bianco, Oslo, Norway
Latte in Watte, Gallery Riis, Oslo, Norway
Sketches in Heaven and Hell, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway
Two Shows: Peeps/Pisoletto, The Amie & Tony James Gallery, The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
REALISME/REALISMER, Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
Nachspiel/Vorspiel, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
2008
Edvard Munch: Tribute And Inspiration, Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Works on Paper by Gallery Artists and Ricci Albenda, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Works on Paper, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland
Jekyll Island, Honour Fraser, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Accrochage, Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
That’s the Way It Is, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2007
Euro-Centric, Part 1: New European Art from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, USA
Off The Wall, Patricia Low Contemporary at RENTAL, New York, NY, USA
Fall Exhibition, Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, Norway
25 Jahre Galerie Crone – Jubiläumsausstellung, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
Destroy Athens: 1st Athens Biennale 2007, Athens, Greece
Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Socerer’s Apprentice: Late Picasso & Contemporary Painters, Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hardcore. Drawing, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
ROCK ‚N‘ ROLL Volume I, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Daydreams and Nightmares, Works from the Collection of Tor Juul, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Aggression of Beauty II, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
Spring Exhibition, Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, Norway
7011 Vestfossen, ARENA Vestfossen, Vestfossen, Norway
Gallery Swap (Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin and Hotel, London), Hotel, London, UK
2006
Bjarne Melgaard, Sven’t Jolle, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Erik Van Lieshout, Angel Vergara, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Marie-Louise Ekman/Bjarne Melgaard, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Helter/Helter, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France
Reflections, Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
After Munch: Norweigian Contemporary Art, Pollock Fine Art, London, UK
2005
Papier, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
ROM for ROM – International Art, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Goetz meets Falckenberg, Sammlung Falckenberg/Phoneix Kulturstiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Superstars: The Celebrity Factor. From Warhol to Madonna, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
With Us against reality, or against us, Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
The Horse Hospital, London, UK
30 Years – 30 Artists, Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
2004
Bjarne Melgaard, Galeria SENDA, Barcelona, Spain
Central Station, The Harald Falckenberg Collection, la maison rouge, Paris, France
Diaries and Dreams, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim, Germany
Fall Show, Galleri Tonne, Oslo, Norway
Norwegian and International Art, Galleri Tonne, Oslon, Norway
The Black Album, Rock e dintorni, Antonio Colombo Arte Contempranea, Milan, Italy
BODY from Munch to Melgaard, Kisefos-Museet, Jevnaker, Norway
The Netherlands: Secrets from the 90’s, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, Netherlands
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Scream: 10 artists x 10 writers x 10 scary movies, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
In a Norwegian Wood. Norwegian Art of the Last Decade, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
2003
Expressive Nordic Painting, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
TABOO! The Art of Exotica Entertainment, Galerie Roger Pailhas, Marseille, France
Tirol Transfer, Austrian Cultural Forum, Warsaw, Poland
Twilight, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
De bortbjudna – Malmö Art Museum, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden
Summer Exhibition, Galleri Tonne West, Oslo, Norway
Summer Exhibition, Galleri Tonne, Oslo, Norway
Models & Mavericks: Exceptional positions in the collection contemporary art, Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands
The Painting never dries... Reflections over paintings in the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Phantom of Desire, Visions of Masochism in Art, Neue Falerie Graz, Graz, Austria
Bjarne Melgaard, Sven’t Jolle, Joëlle Tuerlinckx, Erik Van Lieshout, Stella Lohaus Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Accrocharge, Galleri Faurschou, Copenhagen, Denmark
Moderna Museet c/o BAC, Baltic Art Center, Visby, Sweden
M_ARS: ART AND WAR, Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
Tra Est e Ovest, Gas Art Gallery, Turin, Italy
2002
Black Low // The Punk Movement Was Just Hippies With Short Hair, MARTa Herford Museum, Herford, Germany
Hommage an Rudolf Schwarzkogler, an exhibtion to mark the 30th anniversairy of Galerie Krinzinger, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
Extension: Works from the Collection, Magasin 3 Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
2001
Det Lille Galleri, Nasjonalmuseet – Nettverk Galleri, Oslo, Norway
New Heimat, Frankfurter Kunsterein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2000
Sharing Exoticisms, 5th Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
PHONEIX ART 2001: Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Gunlach, Lafrenz und Falckenberg, Sammlung Falckenberg/Phoneix Kulturstiftung, Hamburg, Germany
Civil Disobedience, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hannover, Germany
Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Organizing Freedom: Nordic Art in the 1990’s, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Organizing Freedom: Nordic Art in the 1990’s, Modern Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
The myth of a young washing machine, Oslo Museum of Contempoary Art Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
Momentum: Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
1999
Zeitwenden: Rückblick und Ausblick, Kunstmseum, Bonn, Germany
Cowboys Who Are Poets Know It (guest starring Raoul Bernard St Summierre and Rod Bo bel / An Exhibition of Drawings, Galerie Annette De Deyser, Antwerp, Belgium
Moon over Islam, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K), Gent, Belgium
Umfeld, Umwelt, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1998
Mainfesta II, European Biennale of Contemporary Art, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Reinterpretation of Crystal Meth II, XXIV Biennale de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil
White Nights, CODE, Bergen, Norway
Softcore (Arkipelag Festival), National Historial Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
1997
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1996
De Rode Poort (The Red Gate), S.M.A.K (Museum of Contemporary Art), Gent, Belgium
1995
JULEUTSTILLINGEN, Galleri Dobloug, Oslo, Norway
Dixi: a presentation of 34 emerging Norwegian artists, Oslo, Norway
Belgium
S.M.A.K, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
Finland
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
France
Musée national d'Art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Musées de Strasbourg, Strasbourg
Germany
MARTa Herford Museum, Herford
Netherlands
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Norway
Arts Council Norway, Oslo
Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg
Malmö Konstmuseum, Bergen
Museet for samtidskunst – Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
Munch Museum, Oslo
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, Oslo
Sweden
Magasin III – Museum for Contemporary Art, Stockholm
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
UK
Acute Art, London
Saatchi Gallery, London
USA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Rubell Museum, Miami, FL
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI, USA