Hedda Grevle Ottesen
Education
2017 - 2019: KhiO - Oslo national academy of fine arts MAF
2013 - 2016: KMD - Bergen academy of fine arts BAF
2015 - 2015: Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, Malerei
2012 - 2013: Prosjektskolen Preschool in fine arts
2011 - 2013: UIO University of Oslo BA in art history and media science 2011 - 2011: Universidad de León/Høgskolen in Vestfold, Leon, Nicaragua Latin American history
2008 - 2010: Strykejernet Preschool in fine arts
Residencies:
2026: Hybrida Platform AIR, Sweden
2025: Grac, Kristiansand
2024: Can Serrat Residency, Catalonia
2023 Cite de International arts, Paris
2022 Arv.International, Bulgaria
Collections:
Den Norske Bank
Christen Sveaas Kunststiftelse
Caviar Factory
Selected solo shows:
Upcoming:
2027: Salgshallen, Oslo
2026: Ådden, Nesodden
Past:
2024: Un Animal de compagnie, Cité des Arts, Paris
2024 Parabol Studio, (exhibition and a catalog), Oslo
2023 Sweet Sweet Relief, Bunny's garage, Oslo
2023 ARR, Centralbanken, Oslo
2021 Clerval, Heerz Tooya, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria
2021 Speedy in between, MLag – Michael Laundry art garden, Bergen August
2019: ArenaII, K4 gallery, Oslo
2019: How we like to sing along thought the words are wrong, KhiO, Oslo
2018: Til Maleriet Mitt, Skylight, Oslo
2017: Ingen tittel, Folque, Skien
2015: En åpning ut mot det lukkede, Bokboden, Bergen
2015: Project Space, VI, VII, Oslo
2014: Under Vann, LAB, Oslo
Selected group shows:
Upcoming:
2026: FERIA Material, Art Fair, Mexico City
2026: Galleri Lott, Duo-utstilling med Stian Eide Kluge, Sandefjord
Past:
2025: Galleri Gayah, Avmønstring, Oslo
2025: Grac, Siren Station, Kristiansand
2025: Galleri Lott, Mølje, Sandefjord
2024: Can Serrat, Catalan Heather, Barcelona
2022: Memphis, Suggestions on Magic, Oslo
2021: BOA- Billedkunstnere i Oslo og Akershus. «Witchmag». Curated by Astrid Lillo, Oslo
2020: Kösk Thirdspace 2020, with Petrine Vinje and Sofie Kjørum Austlid, curated by Jo Morten Weider, Oslo
2020: Vermillion Sands, with Melodie Mousset, Francis Patrick Brady, Gunnhild Torgersen, Copenhagen
2019: Club Tropicana, Dada Post, Berlin
2019: Plural Plur avgangsutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2019: Østlandsutstillingen, House of Foundation, Moss
2018: Vårutstillingen, Edvard Munchs atelier Ekely, Oslo
2018: Dancing around the so-so Akademirommet, Oslo
2018 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2018: After School Special, Landmark - Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2018: Screening of the film «Portico» at Kunstnernes Hus kino, Oslo 2017: Public space, Private, CLB Berlin, Berlin
2016: Above the ArtIc circle, The Caviar Factory, Henningsvåg
2016: Teftriss (In a god place), KVIT, København
2015: Just around the next corner, Blomqvist, Oslo
2015: Just around the next corner, Kistefoss museum, Kistefoss
2105: We are where the haptic matters, Errant Bodies, Berlin
2015: Nein, FELT, Bergen
2015: Cut a rug, Move a wave, Galleri Blunk, with Melanie Kitti and Ida Ribu, Trondheim
2015: A little bit down and to the right, GOMA Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 2015: A little bit down and to the right, McCallan, Glasgow
2015: Når sitter livet, Galleri Snerk, with Melanie Kitti and Ida Ribu, Tromsø
2015: Prorpio, Das Wunder in der Spiegelfliese, Don Camillo e Pappone, Berlin
2014: The Tenant, VI, VII, Oslo.
Selected curatorial shows:
K4:
2026: Pernille Mercury Lindstad - Solangrep i skyggeland
2025: Sofie Amalie Andersen - After Man
2025: Magne Lyngvær - Heimweih
2025: Ellinor Aurora Aasgaard and Zayne Armstrong - Dirty Fucking Rat
2025: Ane Hjort Guttu - På Bakken
2025: Malthe Møhr - Sja Mægre
2025: Marvin Sereba - Show Room
2025: Thyra Dragseth - oh mother a face in the floor, oh mother oh
2024: Doris Guo - The Jar
2024: Abirami Logendran - transposition poetics
2024: Ferdinand Waas - Show Match
2024: Patricia Carolina Rodriguez - Beneath the eyelids, a river
2024: Charlotte Thiis Evensen - Movements
2024: Anafi Film Festival, Anafi Greece.
2024: Jasper Sivers- True Economy
2024: Adin Musac - Muscle Memories
2023: Leander Djønne, Botnteikn
2023: Jessica MacMillan, The world before eyes
2023: Beth Von Undall - Angel Matrices
2023: Coline Cherry, Mechanisms
2022: Simona Barbera and Ronny Faber Dahl, This cold heat folding in on myself.
2022: Pernille Lindstad Mercury, Inn i Noe
2022: Mira Amoudier, Dreams of a wandering Octopus
2022: Madelen Isa, Eg døyper deg på Ei von
2022: Hamid Waheed, We have waited long enough
2022: Ilavenil Vasuky Jayapalan & Reinert Berg Sortland, Kjuke
2021: Catalina Aguilera, Tørkestress
2021: Eli Mai Huang-Nesse, Tusen Takk
2021: Katarina Sylvan Henriksson, Ripper and Stamper
2020: Eugene Sundelius Von Rosen, Mikalidagen
Selected Podium:
2026: Anders Holen
2026: Manos Saklas
2026: Vilde von Krogh
2026: Kjersti Vetterstad
2025: Henrik Olai Kaarstein - In Insincerity
2025: Nicholas Grafia with Mind Eater Festival
2025: Ina Hagen, Marte Æknes, Marius Presterud, Patricia Carolina, “Outphasing” A collaboration with Extinction Rebellion
2025: Lene Berg - The Mystery of Mary B
2025: Romane Claus, Eugene Sundelius von Rosen, Alice Slyngstad, Theo Ghiglia and Max Ockborn - Trait d’union-Hyphen
2025: Kier Cooke Sandvik - Get out of my house
2023: Izzy McEvoy, Hippocrene
Other:
2026: Material.Art Fair with Eli Mai Huang Nesse, Ilavenil Vasuky Yayapalan and Jo Mikkel Huse, Mexico City, Mexico
2025: Swab art fair with Dev Dunshi, Thyra Dragseth and Louise Herreira , Barcelona, Spain
2025: And All the lights that grind-cores, Grac Residency Kristiansand with Agatha Wara, Mikael Marman, Tim Høibjerg Adin Musac, Ida Rasmussen, Thyra Dragseth, Madelen Isa Lindgren, Ellinor Aurora and Zayne Armstrong, Marvin Sereba, Elise MacMillan, Kaja Krakowian and Alina Vergano, Grac, Kristiansand
2025: Supermarket, Stockholm Independent art fair. With Kier Cooke Sandvik, Tim Høibjerg and Natalie Price Hafslund, Stockholm
2024: FUTURE art fair with Simon Daniel Tegnander Wensel, New York
2022: Dev Dunshi and Kier Cooke Sandvik for Oslo Negativ, Podium
2021. Gatitas, Pop up show with: Melanie Kitti, Nikhil Vettukattil, Jacky Jaan Yuan,, Agatha Wara, Lesia Vasylchenko, Vilde Tuv, Ida Ribu, Natalie Price Hafslund and Ray Hagelbach and Eli Mai Huang Nesse, Oslo
2019: After School Special, As Long as it takes with: Carte Blanche, Norwegian national company for Contemporary dance.
Selected Oslo City (curated, not produced):
2024: Podium/Oslo City Summer Residency - exhibition at BO with: Kim Jakobsen Tô, Louise Evensen Herreira, Samuel Feste, Stella Vallik, Stan D’Haene and Nelly Kolding.
2023: Billedkunstnere i Oslo with: Ilavenil Jayapalan, Leon Lindgren, Lova Hiselius, Laura Polanska, Julian Espelis Orpe og Mikkel Vestad, Oslo
2023: UKS with: Torje Hanssen, Ravn Norment Aasdam, Elisabeth Thorsen og Jørn Bjerke
2022: Aljosa Erakovic, Ilija Wyller, Kier Cooke Sandvik, Ilaviniyl Jayapalan, Lotte Lovise Brøndbo, Siri Hjorth og Sebastian Makonnen Oslo City og Amir Asgharnejad, nr 7, Billedkunstnere i Oslo.
2020: 11-14 of September at B-O-A under the name Oslo City. With: Natalie Price Hafslund, Jan Eric Wold Skevik, Kim Laybourn, Damla Kilickiran, Agatha Wara, Melanie Kitti, Ella Novotny Hafslund, Eirik Abri and Jomikkel Huse.
2020: 21-25 November Curated with Gateavisa. With Bjarne Melgaard, Fredrik Veiga and Per Guttormsgaard, B-O-A, Oslo
Selected experience:
2025 Performer at Øyteateret Performative reading group with Vilde Tuv and Ellen Jerstad.
2023 - Teacher in various conceptual and performative courses, Prosjektskolen, Oslo
2022 - Curator and daily manager of Podium artist run space in Oslo.
2021 - Curator at K4 Gallery artist run space, Oslo
2016-2019 Curator and initiator for Oslo City , Bergen Kunsthall - Landmark, Bergen
2018 - Freelance Art Critic for Billedkunst, Kunstkritikk, Subjekt, Kunsthåndverk.
2020-2022 Exhibition producer at BO-Billedkunstnere i Oslo
2018 - 2021 Gallery assistant, Kunstnerforbundet
2019- 2020 Assistant for Jorunn Hancke Øgstad with Arts council Norway aspirantordning.
2016 - 2019: Curator for After School Special at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall
2016 - 2017: Residency coordinator, Flaggfabrikken residency for contemporary art.
2012-2016: Gallery Coordinator, VI, VII, Oslo
Boards:
2025 - Steering group, Oslo Art Weekend.
2023 - Boardmember Prosjektskolen, Oslo
2025 - Boardmember Hausmania, Oslo
2021-2024 - Boardmember, BO-Billedkunstnere i Oslo
Grants:
2026: Support from the Norwegian embassy in Mexico City.
2025: Travel Support - The Norwegian Embassy in Madrid.
2025: 1. year BKV grant.
2024: Travel support - The Greek consulate in Athens.
2024: OCA - Office for contemporary art - international traveling support
2024: 1. year BKV grant.
2022: Arts council Norway Project support for newly established artists.
2019-2022, 2024: 1. year BKV grant.
2021: OCA - Office for contemporary art - international traveling support
2020: Fritt Ord project support for Oslo City.
2020: Arts council Norway, project support
2020-21: Oslo Municipality project support
2019: Oslo Municipality grant for newly established artists.
2019: BKH grant for newly established artists.
2019: Arts council Norway, grant for newly established artists.
2016-2019: Arts council Norway project support
2016- 2019: Bergen Municipality and Hordaland fylkeskommune, support
Hedda Grevle Ottesen