Jorunn Hancke Øgstad

B. 1979, Bærum, Norway
Lives and works in Oslo

Norwegian painter Jorunn Hancke Øgstad (b. 1979, Bærum, Norway) is an artist exploring gender through the language of abstraction.

Using fabric dye, resin and plastics on unprimed canvas, the artist mimics watercolor, spray paint and print processes, often within the same work, co-opting techniques most commonly found in expressionist, street and pop art practices.

Øgstad’s works traverse historical periods in art and design and feature bleaching and blocking processes. The artist finds inspiration everywhere from 19th century spiritual abstraction to the work of female contemporaries.

Recent works feature plastic overlays and what appear to be scrawls in marker over painted swaths, a mix of authentic gestures and mimicked reproductions which conceal origins and complicates the notion of authentic mark-making.

Øgstad lives and works in Oslo. Recent solo exhibitions include Crocodile Tears at the Kunsthall Oslo, part of “Munch on the Move,” a series of exhibitions initiated by Norway’s Munch Museum. Group exhibitions include …And Justice for All at VI, VII, Oslo, and Acid Jazz, QB gallery, Oslo. In 2019 her work was exhibited at several international art fairs including Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC) and Frieze London.

The artist’s works are in numerous private collections in Europe and America, as well as the collection of Nasjonalmuseet, Norway’s National Museum.

B. 1979, Bærum, Norway
Lives and works in Oslo

Selected Exhibitions

2021	Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2020	Et Kollektivt Kaosmos, Kunsthall, Oslo
2019	Hjelp det er Julemarked!, Kunsthall, Oslo Art Los Angeles Contemporary (ALAC)
2018	And Justice for All… VI,VII, Oslo Filling Station, She Will Artspace, Ski, Norway Slow/Fast Cycle, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway
2017	GIFC Ballers Edition, Rod Bianco, Oslo Gjennvinningen og Hverdagen, Kristiansand Kunsthall, curated by Ann Kathrin Høibo and Linn Pedersen, Norway
2016	The metro is a stranger, Island Productions, Oslo Memory Theater, Upfor Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
2015	Silicon, U-1, Oslo Wavvywavvy, curated by Charlie Roberts and Victoria Duffee, Los Angeles
2014	The Beautiful Changes, RH Contemporary, New York Common Trade, Sequel Tiempo co/Ulving Kunsthandel, curated by Kristine Øksendal, Tønsberg, Norway Unge Kunstneres Sommer, utstilling på trykk, curated by Johanne Nordby Wernø, Morgenbladet, Norway
2013	Paraphernalia, Telemark Kunstsenter, Skien, curated by Anders Holen, W-17, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2012	Matters, Galleri Christian Torp, Oslo
2011	Sparebankstiftelsen DnB Nord Stipendutstilling, Oslo Kunstforening Lobster, Warschau, Berlin Free Poems, Podium, Oslo Das Komabrutale Duell, Tidens Krav, Oslo / The Forgotten Bar, Berlin
2010	The Giant Bowl Oslo, Bislet Stadion, curated by Anna Daniell and Sverre Strandberg Salong, Oslo Rod Bianco, Oslo
2009	Kunstbanken, Hedmark Kunstsenter, Hamar. Invited by AiPotu (Anders Kjellesvik and Andreas Siqueland), Norway Gallery, Dammit Earth in my Gallery, curated by Anna Daniell, Oslo Opphengt, Galleri LNM Dark Matters, Peder Balke Senteret One Hundred Years, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo Stenersenmuseet, MA-utstilling Planka nr.5, Galleri Planka, Oslo
2008	Opening Night, Nationalmuseum Lavafeld, Berlin When You Carry A Hammer A Lot Of Things Look like Nails, In honor of Alfred Jarry, curated by Marius Engh Seeing is believing, Galleri 21:24 & 21:25, Oslo Tegneklubben Featuring Guests, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo Flüsse-Karre, curated by Munan Øverlid and Randi Nygård, Berlin
2007	Obergeschoss, Dritter Finger Rechts, curated by Günter Reski, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin
2006	Stenersenmuseet, BA exhibition Drugstore, Members Club, Bergen Relax, it’s Holiday Inn, Galutzin Gallery and Teaterpassasjen, Oslo Skopje International Art Biennal, SIAB, Makedonia Galleri Wurth, Oslo

Jorunn Hancke Øgstad

Works