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Fredrik Værslev (f. 1979)
Oppnådde tidlig et gjennombrudd på den internasjonale kunstscenen og har en rekke internasjonale utstillinger bak seg. Gjennom måten han utforsker og flytter grensene for hvordan maleri kan oppfattes har arbeidene hans blitt ansett for å være sterke bidrag til den internasjonale diskusjonen om moderne maleri.
Arbeiderne hans beveger seg mellom ulike maleritradisjoner, og er kjennetegnet av et insisterende fokus på selve maleprosessen. Verkene tar gjerne utgangpunkt i møtet mellom arkitektur og maleri og tar form som maleriske gjengivelser av motiver fra kunstnerens hverdag. Maleriene beveger seg ofte mellom abstraksjon og representasjon, slik som gjennombruddserien med Terrazzo-maleriene som imiterer visualiteten i italienske steingulv og samtidig påkaller ekspressiviteten og spontaniteten i den abstrakte ekspresjonismen. Canopy-serien minner om modernismen og dens stripemalerier, men tar utgangspunkt i markisene fra kunstnerens barndomshjem. Værslev tematiserer og utfordrer stadig selve maleprosessen f.eks. ved å la maleriene preges av utendørs værforhold eller ved å ta i bruk utradisjonelle maleredskap, som defekte spraykanner eller oppmalingsverktøy for veier og idrettsbaner.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2022 Fonds regional d’art contemporain Bretagne, Rennes, France (upcoming)
- 2020 World Paintings, Gió Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy
- 2019 Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
- 2018 Giuliani Foundation, Rome, Italy Fredrik Værslev, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Fredrik Værslev, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
- 2017 Fredrik Værslev, Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Switzerland Merman, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
- 2016 Fredrik Værslev, Gio’ Marconi, Milan, Italy Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark Le Consortium, Dijon, France Le Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
- 2015 STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway Museo Marino Marini, Firenze, Italy CAC - Passerelle, Brest, France La Constance du jardinier, CNEAI, Chatou, France
- 2014 A Shore Thing, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY It Girl, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden East Bound and Down, The Power Station, Dallas, TX Luminar Cité, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2013 Groundhog Day, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY Choppy Times, Gió Marconi, Milano, Italy The World Is Your Oyster, Circus, Berlin, Germany Drøbak, Drøbak Kunstforening, Drøbak, Norway
- 2012 Lanterne rouge, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway Sunny side up!, Indipendenza Studio, Rome, Italy That came out a little country, Front Desk Apparatus, New York, NY Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
- 2011 TORO, Tomorrow Gallery, Toronto, Canada LISTE 16, Johan Berggren Gallery, Basel, Switzerland The Secrets of Aging Well, CIRCUS Gallery, Berlin, Germany I’m gonna keep a happy thought and assume this is just a negotiation tactic, curated by Eivind Furnesvik, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
- 2010 Panels and Patios, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden Swap Paintings # 3 vs. Anne Britt Værslev (6 ROOFTOPS 4 FRANKFURT), ECONOMY, Frankfurt, Germany MFA Exhibition, KHM, Malmö, Sweden Ideal Setting for Per-Oskar Leu’s If You Can Remember It, You Weren’t Really There (2006), Galleri Ping Pong, Malmö
- 2009 Swap Paintings # 4 vs. Anne Britt Værslev (Venice Match), Studio, Venice, Italy Shelf Paintings (Pottery in October) (decorations by Dan Rees), STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway (Her bor Ann-Kristin og Andreas), door I-3, Frankfurt, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2017 How It’s Made, Carl Kostyál Gallery, London, UK Working/Not Working, CANADA 331, New York, NY National Art School Gallery, Sydney, Australia Ramiken Crucible, New York The Promise, Index– The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden How It’s Made, curated by Matt Williams, Carl Kostyal, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2016 He is left handed and walks with a cane, Galleri Riis, Stockholm, Sweden CHER(E)S AMI(E)S (DEAR FRIENDS), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- 2015 NN-A NN-A NN-A, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway Fredrik Værslev & Veit Laurent Kurz, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
- 2014 Seven Reeds, Overduin & Co., Los Angeles Lé Almanach -14, Lé Consortium, Dijon, France Second View, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden Tegnebiennalen, Oslo, curated by Oslo Kunsthall Galerie Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
- 2013 Backa in i framtiden, Lunds Konsthall, Lund Sea Salt and Cross Passes, curated by Eivind Furnesvik, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, United Kingdom Nicolas Ceccaldi & Fredrik Værslev, Billedrommet, Tønsberg (two-person with Nicolas Ceccaldi) Flex-Sil Reloaded, Kunsthalle St.Gallen Awaiting Immanence, curated by Peter J. Amdam, Isbrytaren, Stockholm, Sweden Lies About Painting, Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden
- 2012 Rubbish, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö (two-person with Ståle Vold) Oscar knows Gardar. Gardar knows Matias. Matias knows Fredrik. Fredrik sort of knows Gardar. Gardar knows Marius And that Gardar knows Matias we already know. But Matias also knows Anders, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, Drøbak Kunstforening, Drøbak, Norway Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, curated by Friederike Nymphius Collaborations & Interventions, curated by Friederike Nymphius, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain I think and that is all I am, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2011 Priority Moments, curated by Nicky Verber, Herald St, London, United Kingdom The Confidence-man, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany Le Printemps de Septembre, curated by Anne Pontégnie, Toulouse, France Patterns of Intention, curated by Silvie Jo Buschmann, CIRCUS Gallery, Berlin, Germany PANG AEA. SUPERKONTINENT, curated by Tiril Hasselknippe, Inter Arts Centre (IAC), Malmö Art Los Angeles Contemporary, STANDARD (OSLO), Los Angeles, CA
- 2010 SPÅR - Konstmuseets nyförvärv, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden When do you see yourself in ten years?, curated by Eivind Furnesvik, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
- 2000 LIillestrøm, curated by Geir Haraldseth, Akerhus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway LISTE 15 (with Johan Berggren Gallery), Basel, Switzerland Inter Arts Centre (IAC), curated by Gertrud Sandqvist, Malmö, Sweden Zak Kitnick / Fredrik Værslev, curated by Geir Haraldseth, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden Ideal Setting for Per-Oskar Leu’s “If you can remember it you weren’t really there”, 2006, Galleri Ping Pong, Malmö, Sweden
- 2009 Heinzberger, Leu, Munro and Værslon Guyton, Parisa Kind Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany Local - Meat is my veg, The Caribic Residency, Hamburg, Germany First View, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden FIRST VIEW - in 2 parts, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden What is not but could be if (Part 2), Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt Malmö, Sweden Fredrik, Charlotte & Leif for Johan Berggren, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden RUNDGANG, Staedelschule, Frankfurt, Germany a.M, Germany Snowball Editions, Calendar 2009, Oslo, Norway On MODERN LIVING, Yearly Exhibition, Malmö Art Academy,
- 2008 Sink the Boat Before it Sails, BASIS, Frankfurt, Germany At, By, For, Around the House, Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark At, By, For, Around the House, curated by Ivo André Bras & Israel Guarda, Hospital Julio de Matos, Lisbon, Portugal Botnik Space-Off, Botnik Studios, Gerleborg, Sweden PhiIosopher in I AM A MAN, Parade with Arto Lindsay, Portikus, MMK and the Staedelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2007 Crosskick / Platform #4 (curated by Dr.Martin Engler & Stefan Berg), Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover, GermanyA Day in the Sun, Botnik Studios, Gerleborg, Sweden Oslo – Malmö, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist & Per Maning, Galleri 21:24 & 21:25, Oslo, Norway
- 2006 Malmö – Oslo, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist & Per Maning, Galleri PEEP, Malmö, Sweden Skandinavian Spastic, Sjokoladefabrikken, Oslo, Norway
PUBLICATIONS
- 2020 Fredrik Værslev: World Paintings, Mousse Publishing (upcoming) Fredrik Værslev: Open Window, Mousse Publishing
- 2018 Fredrik Værslev, Astrup Fearnley Museet
- 2017 Fredrik Værslev: The Dining Room, Teknisk Industri
- 2016 The Constant Gardener, Hatje Cantz, Germany
- East Bound and Down, The Power Station
- All Around Amateur, Volume 1, Sternberg Press
- All Around Amateur, Volume 2, Sternberg Press
- 2015 Reality Bites, Mousse Publishing
- 2014 It Girl. Null & Void Publishers, Sweden
- 2013 Fredrik Værslev, Mousse Publishing
- 2012 Fredrik Værslev: The rich man’s breakfast, the shopkeeper’s lunch, the poor man’s supper, STANDARD OSLO
- 2009 Younger Than Jesus - Artist Directory, PHAIDON
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- Astrup Fearnley, Oslo, Norway
- Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL, USA Le Consortium, Dijon, France
- Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway
- RISD museum, Providence, RI, USA