A K Dolven (b. 1953, Oslo) lives and works in Oslo and Lofoten, Norway. Dolven’s practice involves a variety of media; painting, photography, performance, installation, film and sound. Recurring themes in her extensive production are the representation of natural forces and their deep resonance with human sensibilities. Her work alternates between the monumental and the minimal, the universal and the intimate, resonating with concepts and structures beyond the confines of any particular piece. Interpersonal relations and interactions are central to her practice, and many of her performance-based works involve collaborations with other artists.

Solo Exhibitions

Still Life, 19.01 - 25.02.23
seng og sekund, 01.03 - 06.04.2019
A Other Teenager, 04.03 - 09.04.2016
Change my way of seeing, 20.01 – 26.06.2011
A K Dolven, 24.08 - 24.11.2006
The girl's room, 02.09 - 03.10.2004

Group Exhibitions

Using a hammer and sea-staring is OK - abstraction and performance, 22.11 - 21.12.2013 Anna-Eva Bergmann, Anna Barriball, Angela de la Cruz, A K Dolven, Sam Moyer, John Henderson, Gelawesh Waledkhani. Curated by AK Dolven.

A Matter of Words, 26.04 – 09.06.2012 A K Dolven, Albrecht Dürer, Dag Erik Elgin, Ed Ruscha, Felix Gonzalez-Torres & Christopher Wool, Kristian Skylstad, On Kawara, Rémy Zaugg and Vibeke Tandberg.

New Works, 10.09 – 10.10.2009 A K Dolven, Dag Erik Elgin, Kristian Skylstad, Vibeke Tandberg, Martin Skauen.

Group Exhibition, 19.05 - 30.06.2005 A K Dolven, Per Barclay, Vibeke Tandberg.

Four women and one pregnant man, 07.09 – 6.10.2002 A K Dolven, Angela de la Cruz, Anish Kapoor, Ceal Floyer, Jane Simpson. Curated by AK Dolven.

Born in Oslo, 1953
Lives and works in Lofoten and Oslo, Norway

Education

1972–1973

École des Beaux-Arts Aix-en-Provence

1978–1979

École National Supérieur des Beaux-Arts, Paris

1982–1986

Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo

1987–1988

Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs grant, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025

The New National Museum, Oslo, Norway (upcoming)

2023

Still Life, OSL contemporary, Oslo

2019

Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway

seng og sekund, OSL contemporary

2018

to you 1994-2018 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland

2017

what do i do with the world, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark Tours Voices - permanent installation, CCC Tours, France

2016

Ahead, Svalbard Kunsthalle, Spitsbergen, Norway
A Other Teenager, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2015

please return, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK

2014

Teenagers Lifiting the Sky, Wilkinson Gallery, London
John Giorno and A K Dolven – Vinyl launch and Talk, Curator Gaby Hartel, Palais de Tokyo, Paris Artprojx and Nabroad
JA as long as I can – performance, Rio Cinema, Dalston, London
I found I found - permanent commission, Stormen Litterature and Concert Hall, Bodø, Norway

2013

JA as long as I can, CCC, Tours, France
when I discovered the end I wanted to live really long, Kunsthal 44 Møen, Møen, Denmark

2011

change my way of seeing, Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
The Finnish Untuned Bell (permanent sculpture), Ekenäs, Finland Shining Light, Galleri Elverket, Ekenäs, Finland
vertical on my own, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

2010

the day the sky became my ground, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
Untuned Bell, Tullinløkka, Oslo, Norway
looking for balance, Platform China, Beijing, China
the day the sky became my ground, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway

2009

ahead, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway
A K Dolven - Værker, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

2007

bring me back, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
what can I do for you, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen

2006

amazon, Wilkinson Gallery, London
madonna and amazon, carlier, gebauer, Berlin MGM Gallery, Oslo
Festival Artist, Molde, Norway
Bouhlou Gallery, Bergen

2005

Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Canada

2004

DA2 Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain
moving mountain, CAC Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, AroS, Århus Kunstmuseum, Denmark and Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
from last winter, Munch Museum, Oslo
The Girls Room, Gallery MGM, Oslo
2:57, Galerie Anhava, c/o Korjaamo, Helsinki

2003

The Clock, Niels Borch Jensen Print Gallery, Berlin
The Meal, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London

2002

between the morning and the handbag, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
between the morning and the handbag, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery at The Galleries Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2:57, carlier|gebauer, Berlin
headlights, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
Imagespassages, le Musee d'Annecy, France
stairs, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Germany
where do I meet reality, Bo Bjerggaard Gallery, Copenhagen

2001

South London Gallery, London
Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, German
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen, Norway
it could happen to you, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
Videos and Films from 1995-2001, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Visual Arts at Sadlers Wells, Sadlers Wells, London
Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK

2000

Fred-Thieler Prize, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
puberty, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin
13 Quai Voltaire, Caisse des Depots, Paris, France
Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
Galleri i8, Reykjavik, Iceland

1999

Video Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

1998

Special Someone, video project in Galerie Gebauer, Berlin
januar, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Artist of the Year, Norwegian International Filmfestival, Haugesund, Norway
Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen, Norway

1997

The Power of The Flower, Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden

1996

short happiness last long, Galerie Gebauer u Thumm, Berlin
teenagers and balconies, Galleri STRUTS, Oslo

1995

Galleri Bouhlou, Bergen, Norway
til deg, Bodø Kunstforening, Norway

1994

drop me drop you, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway
starting over, Galerie Gebauer u Günther, Berlin
to you - permanent outdoor sculpture, Hå, Norway and Munich, Germany

1993

engel - permanent outdoor sculpture, Oslo, Lodz, Berlin, Derry (until 1997)

1992

linkshändig engel rechtshändig engel, Galerie Gebauer u Günther, Berlin
Gallery Adelgatan 5, Malmö, Sweden
Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo

1991

1991, Nordic Art Center, Helsinki and Bergen Kunstforening, Norway

1990

Thorden Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
Galleri 29, Växjö, Sweden

1988

Wang Galleri, Oslo
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Artist of the Year, Nord Norske Festspill, Harstad, Norway

1986

how to survive on a volcano island, Drammen Kunstforening, Norway

1985

Shadows are not made by Light but by Human Beings, Frognergalleriet, Oslo

1983

Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway

Group exhibitions (selected)

2020

Brainwashed, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2019

Willumsen og den Kvindelige Model – fra Klassisk til Queer, J.F. Willumsens Museum, Frederikssund, Denmark.

The Quebec City Biennial: Small Between the Stars, Large Against the Sky, Québec, Canada

2018

The Thailand Biennale: Edge of the Wonderland, Krabi, Thailand

Norway Contemporary! Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkesum, Germany

Frail Mighty, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway

2017

A LANDSCAPE, Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK

Owners’ Choice, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark

The Order of Things, The Wilson: Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum, Cheltenham, UK

To Do or Not to Be – An Exhibition of Norwegian Video, Kurant Visningsrom, Tromsø, Norway

Dreamers Awake, Bermondsey, White Cube, London, UK

2016

S.O.S Save Our Souls: Art For a Time of Urgencies, Ewha Women's University Campus, Seoul, South Korea
Höhenrausch (Thrill of Heights) – Different Angels, OÖ Kulturquartier, OK Platz 1, Linz, Austria
The Shadow Never Lies, 21st Century, Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai
Fire under snow, Louisiana Museum, Denmark
Hverdagsbilleder, Randers Kunstmuseum, Denmark
natureculture, OSL contemporary, Norway

2015

Poor Art- Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and Parallel Practices 1968- 2015, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Self: Image and Identity, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK
Remember Lidice – Rene Block event
PROPHETIA, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
LOVE & LOSS, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Austria
Voyage to the Virtual, Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center, New York

2014

Shades of Black on White, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Presenting DIAS, DIAS, Vallensbæk, Denmark
Remix, Bury Sculpture Centre, Manchester, UK

2013

Sous l'Amazone coule un fleuve, FRAC, Auvergne, France
PARADOKS. Posisjoner innen norsk videokunst 1980–2010, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Nordic Cool 2013: New Nordic Architecture and Identity, The Kennedy Center, Washington, USA
Desire Lines, ACCA The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia
Two men with glasses and a woman in an igloo, A K Dolven, Daniel Richter, Per Bak Jensen, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Munch by others, Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
Måneskinnstien – Munch 150, Vestfold Kunstnersenter, Åsgårdstrand, Norway
Schwanengesang - Performance programme, Hebbel am Ufer (HAU1), Berlin
LIFE IS THE ONLY WAY, Bergen Kjøtt & Stiftelsen 3,14, Bergen, Norway
AMNESIA, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway

2012

Guangzhou Triennial 2012, Guangzhou, China - due to political reasons and Norwegian citizenship A K Dolven's work was removed by Chinese authorities
New Nordic – Arkitektur & Identitet, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark Poster Show,
Carlier|Gebauer, Berlin, A matter of words, OSL contemporary, Oslo Norwegian Season, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK Sammen, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway

2011

Seeing is remembering, Stedefreund, Berlin
Carnegie Art Award, Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Absolutt Installasjon, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
When a Painting Moves... Something Must be Rotten, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway
Folkestone Triennale, Folkestone, UK
Screaming From The Mountain, Landscapes and Viewpoints, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Norway Now in NYC, .NO, New York
KIND OF NICE, The 20th Anniversary of Galerie Anhava, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland
'Vidéo & Après', Centre Pompidou, Paris
NORSK, une scène artistique norvégienne contemporaine, Galerie Poggi & Bertoux associés, Paris

2010

For Alltid, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway
Carnegie Art Award, Listasafn Islands, Reykjavik, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Sea Fever, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
MIXED EMOTIONS / gemischte Gefühle, Kunsthalle Brennabor / Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg, Germany*
Farbe in der Zeitgenossischen Kunst, Neuen Kunstvereins Giessen, Germany

2009

There is no Road, LABoral Centro de Arte, Gijón, Spain
One Hundred Years, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
GSK Contemporary at the Royal Academy, London
Nachspiel Vorschpiel, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfosssen, Norway
Statens Kunstakademi 100 år, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
Mit Dem Fahrrrad zur Milchstrasse, Zeitgenossische Kunst aus der Sammlung Hoffman, Berlin, Germany
HoviArt 2009, Anttolanhovi, Finland
Maritime Chronicles # 2, Center da Cultura NAIRS|Kulturzentrum NAIRS, Scuol, Switzerland
The Eye in the Door, Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagen, Denmark
AntArctic, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
Carnegie Art Award, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark*
Mejan Labs Art Service, Mejan Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
just another shadow, the 7.9 cubic meters' programme, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston, UK
HotchPotch – London, MKII, London
Zeigen. An audio tour through Berling by Karin Sander, Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin, Germany

2008

Hommage à Iver Jåks, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway*
H2O, Peter and Paul Fortress, St Petersburg, Russia*
Point of no Return, Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland (Carl Andre, Stéphane Calais, Thomas Joshua Cooper, A K Dolven, Thomas Nozkowski, Robert Orchardson, Rafaël Rosendaal)
Frauen Porträts, Overbeck Gesellschaft, Kunstverein Lübeck, Germany
Puberty Haugar Art Museum, Tønsberg, Norway
Film programme of Thomas Scheibitz, Camden Arts Centre, London

2007

3x2, Etalä-Karjalan Museo, Lappeenranta, Finland*
Collection '07: A K Dolven, Eva Koch, Su-Mei Tse, Louise Fuhr, Yoko Ono, Museum for Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
Pain / Schmerz, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin*
The last show, Wilkinson Gallery, London
Critical Mass, Kunsthalle Bern
KIASMA, Helsinki
Moving Portraits, Salla Tykkä, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, A K Dolven, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Finland
Annu Vertanen, Tarja Heilimo, Reetta Ahonen, Marja Ruta, Jytte Hoy, A K Dolven, South Karelia Art Museum, Lappeenranta, Finland

2006

Freedom, Schloss Gross Leuthen, Germany (Mona Hatoum, Vasco Araujo, Melanie Manchot, Sylvie Barre, The Blue Noses, Monica Bonvicini, A K Dolven, Langlands & Bell, Costa Vece)
Melancholy - Genius and Madness in Art Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
LIAF Lofoten International Art Festrival (Simryn Gill, Jespers Just, Amar Kanwar, Dias & Riedweg, Eija Liisa Atthila)
Content, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Borås Kunstmuseum, Sundsvall Museum

2005

Willing suspension of disbelief, Jimmy DeSan, A K Dolven, Joan Jonas, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Greg Lucas, Rosemarie Trockel, Wilkinson Gallery, London Bathers, Gay Coyle, A K Dolven, Justine Pearsall, Michael John Whelan, Temple Bar and Gallery, Dublin
Telltale Ewha University, Korea
London (Kjetil Berge, A K Dolven, Kjell Torriset) Kristiansand Kunstforening, Norway
Images Festival, Toronto, Drake art hotel Toronto, Canada
Munch, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
Munch revisited, Museum am Ostwall, Kunsthalle Dortmund, Germany* and Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
Situated Self: Confused, Compassionate and Conflictual, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade and Tennis Palace Art Museum, Helsinki*

2004

Story of the Eye, MEAD Gallery, UK, [Dan Graham, Knut Åsdam, A K Dolven]
Berlin/North, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin*
Syns Punkt, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
Carnegie Art Award, Stockholm, Oslo, Reykjavik, Helsinki, Copenhagen, London*
Copy-artnet, ICA, London

2003

Sight Mapping, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain and GOMA, Glasgow*
Independence, South London Gallery, London
Sensounico, Venice [John Bock, Stuart Croft, A K Dolven, Angus Fairhurst, Marine Hugonnier, Pipilotti Rist, Patrick Sorrin, Catherine Sullivan, Tabaimo, Uri Tzaig, Fischli & Weiss, T J Wilcox]*
Periferic 6 Prophetic Corners, Biennial Lasi, Romania*
46664 -1 Minute of Art to Aids, Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa
Women 2003, Billboard project in Copenhagen*

2002

'Four Women and One Pregnant Man', Gallery MGM, Oslo [Ceal Floyer, Anish Kapoor, Angela de la Cruz, Jane Simpson, A K Dolven]
'Sight Mapping', Bohuslans Museum, Udevalla, Sweden
'Slow Motion', Ludwig Forum for International Art Aachen, Germany [Kjell Bjørgengen, A K Dolven, Gunilla Klingberg, Maria Marshall, Tony Oursler, Bettina Pousttchi, Anri Sala, Grazia Toderi, Minette Var]
'White', De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-on-Sea (Lolly Batty, Colin Booth, Simon Callery, Ceal Floyer, Naum Gabo, Callum Innes, Anish Kapoor, Joan Key, Langlands & Bell, Jason Martin, Ben Nicholson, Alan Reynolds]
'Moving Portraits', Wood Street Galleries, Pittsburgh [Luc Courchesne, Bill Viola, Bea de Visser, Bruce Cannon, Gregory Barman, Gillian Wearing]*
'Painting Without Painting', Museum der Bildenden Kunste Leipzig, Germany [John M Armleder, Marijke van Warmerdam, Jeff Wall, Peter Friedl, Dominique Gonzales-Foerster, Bill Viola, Bas Jan Ader, Guillaume Bijl, David Claerbout, Tom Hunter, Joyce Wieland, Heimo Zoberning]*
'Hollywood Revisited', Aarhus Kunstmueum, Denmark [Cindy Sherman, Miriam Bäckström, A K Dolven, Stan Douglas, Tanja Duszynski, Manuel Terra Eitner, Kathrin Gunter, Douglas Gordon, Robert Heck, Annika Von Hausswolff, Isabell Heimerdinger, Tracy Muffatt, Barbara Probst, Anne Schneider, Jeff Wall]*

2001

'Interferenze', Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy*
'Impulser', HM The Queens Collection at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Norway*
'Mouvement Immobiles', Museum of Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires [Vanessa Beecroft, Dino Bruzzone, Jordi Colomer, Tacita Dean, A K Dolven, Philippe Durand, Claudia Fontes, Marine Hugonnier, Pierre Joseph, Jorge Macchi, Philippe Parreno, Ugo Rondinone, Franck Scurti, Alessandra Tesi, Gabriel Valansi]*
'Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear', Team Gallery, New York [A K Dolven Janet Biggs, Rebecca Bournigault, Slater Bradley, Olaf Breuning, Brice Dellsperger, Maria Friberg, Risk Hazekamp, Maria Marshall]
'My Friends', Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway [Kjetil Berge, Tacita Dean, A K Dolven, Matthew Hale]*
'On the Way to the Screen', Video of the 90s, Central House of Artists, Moscow [Eija-Liisa Ahtila, A K Dolven, Graham Gussin, Soo Ja Kim, Shirin Neshat, Pierrick Sorin, Jaan Toomik]
'Humid', Spike Island, Bristol and Melbourne Festival [Christine Borland, Kate Daw, Tacita Dean, AK Dolven, Mariele Neudecker, Pipilotti Rist, Nina Saunders]*
'Lens and Paper/The Beauty of Intimacy', Kunsthalle Baden Baden and Haus am Waldsee Berlin*
'Moving Pictures', Villa Merkel, 5th International Foto-Triennale Esslingen, Germany

2000

'Paintings', Bomuldsfabriken Arendal, Norway
'Century of Innocence - The History of the White Monochrome', Rooseum, Sweden*
'Norden', Kunsthalle Vienna*
'Nordic Postmodernism', KIASMA, Helsinki
'The Other side of Zero', Tate Gallery Liverpool [A K Dolven, Dryden Goodwin, Monica Oechsler]*
'CRUCE DE CAMINAS artists from Berlin', Sala Plaza de Espana de la Comunidad, Madrid*
Ausser/Out of House, Trondheim Kunstforening, Norway*
'Sensitive', Le printemps de Cahors, France*
Carnegie Art Award Nordic Painting, Barbican, London*

1999

The 6th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey*
'Intercourse', Toronto, Canada [John Nixon, Ann Schneider, A K Dolven]
'nineninenineninetynine', Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
La Belle jardiniére - Schloß Wiepersdorf, Germany
'BLICK', film and video, Moderna Museet Stockholm
'The Waters', Orchard Gallery, Derry, NIreland [Marie Jo Lafontaine, Nigel Rolfe, Dorothy Cross, A K Dolven, Tacita Dean]
'Neste STOPP', Kunst Festival in Lofoten, Våganhallen, Svolvær Norway [Johnny Björnebakk, A K Dolven, Geir Tore Holm, Esko Männikö, Mikkel McAlinden, N55, Ole Jörgen Ness, Spencer Tunick, Magnus Wallin, Gillian Wearing]*
Carnegie Art Award, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo*

1998

'Fellessentralen' Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo*
'MOMENTUM', Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art , Moss, Norway*
'Pictures for the Blue Room', A contemporary Art Exhibition in the Vigeland Museum, Oslo*

1997

'Summer of Love', Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York
'Norske profiler', Museum Folkwang, Essen and Rostock Kunsthalle, Germany*
'SCREENS', International Video Trondheim Kunstforening, Norway*
'Virtual Gallery', project with Oil of Ulay, ITV and ICA, London [Tracy Emin, A K Dolven, Leila Galloway, Nina Saunders, Pat Whiteread]

1996

'Strangers in the Arctic', Rundetårn, Copenhagen, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki and AGO, Ontario, [A K Dolven, Ilya Kabakov & Pavel Pepperstein, Per Kirkeby, Jussi Kivi, Ian McKeever, Esko Männikö & Pekka Turunen, Richard Prince, Ulf Rollof, Maura Sheehan, Georg Steinamnn]*
'Heimat', Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany*
'Eine Vitrine' Helsinki Art Hall [Christian Boltanski A K Dolven, Marcel Broodthaers, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Paul-Arman Gette, Inge Mahn, Annette Messanger, Ann Noel/Emmet Williams, Herman Pitz]*

1995

'Bild und Malerie', Galerie Wohnmaschine, Berlin*
'Port of Art', Kotka, Finland*
Allegorie de la Richesse', Baroque et art Contemporain, Chapelle StLouis de la Sâlpetrière, Paris [Elisabeth Ballet, Daniel Buren, A K Dolven, Roland Eckelt, Svetlana Kopystiansky, Johan Lorbeer, Inge Mahn, Eliseo Mattiacci, Marcel Odenbach, Gundula Schulze, Jacques Vielle]

1994

Europa 94, Munich, Germany*
'erzählen', Akademie der Künste, Berlin and Malmö Museum, Sweden, (Ayse Erkmen, A K Dolven, Margareta Dreher, Ulrike Grossarth, Christina Kubisch, Inge Mahn, Simone Mangos, Katharina Meldner, Helga Paris, Eva-Marie Schön, Gundula Schultze El Dowy)*

1993

'5 BILDER', Galerie Gebauer u Günther, Berlin [A K Dolven, Ian Davenport, Helmut Federle, Imi Knoebel, Jussi Niva] 'interVIEW', Artist Museum, Lodz, Poland*
'Winterland', Olympic exhibition, Atlanta, Tokyo, Munich, Barcelona, Lillehammer City Museum*

1991

'Face to Face', Ars Baltica, Kiel Kunsthalle, Germany, Riga Art Hall, Latvia*

1990

'JETZ Berlin', Malmö Art Hall, Sweden [AKDolven, Thomas Florschutz, Else Gabriel, Bente Geving, Hans Hemmert, Axel Lieber, Sissel Tolaas, Achim Zeman, Simone Mangos, Georg Zey]*

1989

'Sangen om Norge', Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo*

1988

'Det grönne mörke', arr Nordic Art Center, Helsinki [A K Dolven, Erik Annar Evensen, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Bjørn Sigurd Tufta, Jon Arne Mogstad]*

1986

'Borealis', DAAD Galerie, Berlin [A K Dolven, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Bjørn Sigurd Tufta, Yngve Zakkarias]*

1985

BLIKK, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway [Kristin Aarnes, Børre Larsen, Torgny Braathen, A K Dolven]*

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Arts Council Collection, UK
Berlinische Galerie, Museum for Modern Art and Photography, Berlin, Germany
Contemporary Art Society, UK
Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
Espoo City Museum Collection, Finland
Ernst & Young, London, UK
Fundacion Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura, Spain
Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
Government Art Collection, UK
Hoffmann Collection, Berlin, Germany
Horsens Museum, Denmark
HM The Queen's Collection, Norway
KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
Küpferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany
La Gaia Collection, Italy
Leipzig Collection of Contemporary Galleries, Germany
Malmö Museum, Sweden
Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark
Nordland County Art Collection, Norway
Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Sweden
Nord Norsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, Norway
Oslo Kommune Art Collection, Norway
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
Riksgalleriet, Norway
SOK, Finland
Statens Konstråd, Sweden
Stadtliche Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
Staatliche Museum Schwerin, Germany
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Tate, Archive Collection, UK
The National Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Awards
Prins Eugen - medal from Sweden 2005
Fred-Thieler Prize, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin 2000

Reviews & Newspaper Articles & Publications (selection)

2013

'Trenger Stein på 20 tonn', by Hans Trygve Holm, Avisa Nordland, 25 January

2012

'Felles ja på Knutepunktet' by Terje Jensen, Laagendalsposten, 11 June
'Interaktiv gråstein' by Jan Storfossen, Laagendalsposten, 11 June
'Seks Kunstkanditater', by Jørgen Mathisen, Avisa Nordland, 16 June, pp. 6 - 7
'En skulptur tar form' by Terje Jensen, Laagendalsposten, 24 April
'Bells ring out to herald Olympics' by Nick Ames, Kent News, 26 July

2011

'Storslagen Kunst', Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten 17 January
'Danket ut alle', Børre Haugstad, VG, 21 January
'Lykkes med å gjenvinne distanse', Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten, 25 January
'Ikke se, men høre', Mona Gjessing, Klassekampen, 26 January
'Dolven i alle kanaler', Nina Strand, Dagbladet, 23 March
'When a Painting Moves… Something Must be Rotten!', Selene Wendt and Paco Barragan ed., Text by F. Javier Panera Cuevas and Fabian Marcaccio, Stenersen Museum and Charta, Norway
'El cuerpo comma object, The body as an object', Text by Rosa Olivares and Jamie-Conde Salazar, EXIT, Madrid, Spain
'Det finnes et själens rum at dväljas i', Camilla Lindberg, Västra Nyland, 17 May
'A K Dolven - shining light', Sabina Westerholm, ed., Text by Pontus Kyander, Galleri Elverket, Finland
'Dolven ser Rakt inn i ljuset', Camilla Granbacka, Huvfudstadsbladet, 21 May
'Folkestone Triennial', Rachel Cooke, The Observer, 26 June
'Folksetone Triennial', Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 26 June
'Varlden i vitogat', Camilla Granbacka, Huvfudstadsbladet, 24 August
'Der Klang der Glocke', Gaby Hartel, DieTageszeitung, 31 August

2010

'Ustemt klokke spiller opp', Mona Larsen, Dagsavisen, 28 January
'Klokkeren', Erik Bjørnskau, Aftenposten, 31 January
'Artist of the week 74: AK Dolven', Skye Sherwin, Guardian.co.uk, 10 February
'Krigeren', Simen Tveitereid, Dagens Næringsliv, 13 February
'New artwork by A K Dolven, Oslo', Ellie Stathaki, Wallpaper.com, 23 February
'A.K. Dolven' Johanne Nordby Wernø, ArtForum.com, 29 April 2010
'A K Dolven', Text by David Thorp, Beijing, 2010
'Maler med lys', Tone Sandberg, Fædrelandsvennen, 18 June
'Rundt og rundt og rundt og rundt', Lars Elton, VG, 25 June
'Utfordrene innkjøp', Johan Otto Weisser, Fædrelandsvennen, 25 June
'Ny kyrkklang välkommar Schjerfbeck-klockan', Camilla Lindberg, Västra Nyland, 25 August

2009

'Dolvens fornemmelse for snø', Hege I. Hansen, Nordlys, 10 January
'Fjellveggen tolket av Dolven' Karin Petterson, Lofotposten, 15 April
'Magisk natur og moderne visjoner' Truls Ramberg, Aftenposten, 11 January
'A K Dolven I transitt', Anne Schäffer, Dagsavisen, 24 January
'Dolven film har premiere', Hugo Johansen, Lofotposten, 5 January
'Monumental Videokunst', Thor Harald Henriksen, VG, 10 January
'A K Dolven, amazon', Lisa Dorin, Museum Studies, Vol 35 number 1, The Art Institue of Chicago, June 2009
'Dolven i Alpene' VG, 18 August

2008

'Interviews 2', Kunsthalle Wien, Gerald Matt, ed. Text by Gerald Matt and Gaby Hartel

2006

'Dyrker karrièrekvinnen', Truls Ramberg , Aftenposten, 25 August
'Dolvens moderne madonna', Børre Haugstad, VG, 18 August
'Med buen spent', Line Ulekleiv, morgenbladet, 7 September
'A K Dolven', Maria Walsh, Art Monthly, May
'Wir sind so frei', Christina Tilmann, Der Tagespiegel, 8 July
'Aufe der Such nach Freiheit', Gabriela Walde, Morgenpost, 8 July
'Dolvens Madonnaer', Mona Pahle Bjerke, Billedkunst, May
'Golgotha im Business District', Nikola Kuhn, Der Tagespiegel, 28 January

2005

'Telltale' Young-Ki Kim, Ewha Women's University, Korea
'Situated Self: Confused, Compassionate and Conflictual', Mika Hannula and Branislav Dimitrijevic, Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade
'Munch revisited', Rosemarie E Pahlke, Museum am Ostwall, Kunsthalle Dortmund and Kerber Verlag, Germany

2004

'moving mountain', Andrea Schlieker and A K Dolven, Bergen Kunsthall, Aros Kunstmuseum, CAC Contemporary Art Centre Vilnius
'Berlin North', Nationalgalerie Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Periferic 6 'Prophetic Corners', Matei Bejenaru and Anders Kreuger, Musatinii, Romania
'Return to the Source', Helen Kirwan-Taylor, Art Review, April
'Story of the Eye', Sally O'Reilly, Art Monthly, March (and cover)

2003

'A K Dolven, The Meal', Sally O'Reilly, Modern Painters, Autumn
'Independence', Sarah Kent, Time Out, London, July
'Independence', Elisabeth Mahoney, The Guardian, 3 June
Preview, Martin Herbet, pluk, May-June (and cover)
'Still Life', Torild Gjesvik, 'The Stairs (Espirit d'Escalier), Ina Blom, Interview by Anne Schäffer, KUNST, January

2002

'A K Dolven', Birgitta Heid, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Germany
'Hollywood Revisited', Anna Krogh and Gitte Ørskou, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
'Interferenze', Nordic Countries', Palazzo Delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea
'Malerei ohne Malerei', text by Ulrike Kremeier, Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
'Sight Mapping', Mark Gisbourne, Sherman Sam, Andrew Bick, Konsthallen - Bohuslans Museum, Uddevalla, Sweden
'Pendler Kabelvag - London', 'Klassekampen, Marit Strømmen, December
'Tomhet son fylls', Nina Björkman, Hufvudstadsbladet, 12 October
'Naughty, naughty, capitalists', Andrew Wilson, Independent on Sunday, 15 September
'Mighty White', Sarah Wise, The Guardian, 11 June
'Dolvens dialog med Munch', Jonas Ekeberg, Dagens Næringsliv, 23/24 March

2001

'anne katrine dolven', texts by David Batchelor, Claire Doherty, Bernhard Fibicher and Ellen Seifermann, Kunsthalle Bern
'it could happen to you, A K Dolven', Michael Glasmeier and Steven Bode, Interview by Ele Carpenter, Film and Video Umbrella, London
'AK Dolven', Robert Clark, The Guardian, December
'Anne Katrine Dolven', Sarah Kent, Time Out, London, October-November
'Bilder fra bortebane', Harald Flor, Dagbladet, 12 September
'AK Dolven, Sadlers Wells', Catherine Wood, Art Monthly, May
'London pats itself on the back', Mark Harris, NY Arts, April
'Anne Katrine Dolven at the South London Gallery', Catherine Elwes, Film Waves, March
'Slow motion in real time', Rachel Withers, The Nordic Art Review, Vol III no1/01

2000

'Century of Innocence - The History of the White Monochrome', Bo Nilsson, Rooseum-Centre for Contemporary Art, Liljevalchs Konsthall
'Crossroads, Artists in Berlin', Sala de Exposiciones de Plaza de España
'I Hold your Head in my Hands', Timo Valjakka, Gallery i8, Reykjavik
'Laudatio', Ulrike Kremeier, Fred Thieler Prize, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
'Sensitive', Pascal Beausse, Printemps de Cahors
'The Other Side of Zero, Video Positive 2000', Lars Bang Larsen, FACT, Liverpool, UK
'Waterfront', Pontus Kyander, Kultuhuset Toldkammeret, Helsingør and Helsingborgs Museum, Norway
'A K Dolven', Roy Exley, Untitled, Autumn / Winter
'A K Dolven', Edgar Schmitz, Contemporary Visual Arts, November
'A K Dolven', Sarah Kent, Time Out, London, September
'A K Dolven', Azar Kazimar, The Gallery Channel, September
'A K Dolven', Jennifer Allen, Artforum, May
'The biennial of the moving image', Duncan McLaren, The Independent, 19 March
'Malerin vom Polarkreis', Roland Berg, Zitty Berlin, March
'Shooting stars', Chris Arnot, The Guardian, 23 March
'An der Kante zum Nichts', Sandra Frimmel, die Tageszeitung, 22 March
'Hinsehen und Erkennen', Michael Hungesser, Der Tagesspiegel, 5 February
'Die Farbe der endlosen Stille', Christina Wendenburg, Berliner Morgenpost, 18 March

1999

'6th international Istanbul Biennial', Andrew Wilson
'Four Places for Shining Stones', Michael Glasmeier, Seamus Deane, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Annette Groth, Zygmunt Bauman, Henning Christiansen, Øyvind Berg, Volker Müller, Orchard Gallery Publications, Derry, Northern Ireland
'Two Muslim Women looking at a Sunset', Mika Hannula, Neste stopp, Kunstfestivalen i Lofoten

1998

'Fellessentralen', Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
'Januar', A K Dolven', Ina Blom, Michael Glasmeier, Hans Rudolf Reust, Salon Verlag, Cologne, Germany
'Like Virginity Once Lost', Daniel Birnbaum Five Views on Nordic Art
'On pure feeling', Timo Valjakka, The Nordic Art Review SIKSI, March
'Pictures for the Blue Room', Vigelandsmuseet Oslo, NIFCA publication no 2

1997

'Norske Profiler', Hans Rudolf Reust, Museum Volkwang Essen, Germany
'Render me in oil', Adrian Searle, The Guardian, 22 October
'Anne Katrine Dolven', Flash Art, February

1994

'ERZÄHLEN', Michael Glasmeier, Cantz Verlag, Germany
'Port of Art', Kotkan Kaupungin Kulttuuritoimistio, Finland
'Angel in Lodz', Angelika Stepken, SIKSI Nordic Art Review, February

1993

'interVIEW', Angelika Stepken, Berlin/Lodz, Lodz, Poland
'A K Dolven-Malerei', Angelika Stepken , Kunstforum International, Bd 120

1992

'linkshändig engel rechtshändig engel', Timo Valjakka, Galerie Gebauer u Günther, Berlin, Henie Onstad Museum, Oslo

1991

'A K Dolven', Michael Glasmeier, Nordic Arts Centre, Helsinki
'face to face', Interview with Michael Glasmeier, Ars Baltica, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
'Why do A K Dolven's paintings interest me?', Halldór Björn Runólfsson, SIKSI Nordic Art Review, February

1990

'Dolven & Nerdrum', Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Horsens Kunstmuseum Lunden, Denmark
'Jetzt Berlin!', Sune Nordgren, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden

1988

'Anne Katrine Dolven', Maaretta Jaukkuri, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
'det grønne mørke', Nordic Art Centre Helsinki, Finland