Ann Iren Buan (b. 1984, Stjørdal, Norway) lives and works in Oslo, Norway. She holds an MFA in Visual Art from The Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo (2011). In her practice, Buan explores the notion of decay and destruction through drawing and sculpture. Monumental, delicate, sensuous and haptic, her work investigates the materiality of drawing in a three-dimensional sculptural expression. Her sculptures are in a continuous process of ruination, a process further reinforced by her choice of materials. Edging towards a point of collapse, the works insist on a continued existence, and are often used as elements in new artworks in a cycle of decay and renewal.

Hudsult, 07.06-17.08.24

Pusten risper i stillheten, 01.10–06.11.21

Along the Folds, 13.04-19.05.18

Born in Stjørdal, Norway 1984.
Lives and works in Oslo.

Education

2009-2011

MFA Visual Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway

2009

BFA Exchange China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

2008

BFA Exchange The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden

2006/2009

BFA Visual Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway

Residencies

2022

Cité internationale des arts, Paris, France

2015-2017

Oslo City Hall Residency for emerging artists

2012-2013

Circolo Scandinavo, Rome

Solo Exhibitions

2024

OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway

2021

Entrée Bergen, Norway OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norwayay
Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand, Norway
OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2019

A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy

2018

OSL contemporary, Oslo Norway
The Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway

2017

Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway
Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway

2016

Tether, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway

2015

A Pull of the Sun and Moon, Noplace, Oslo, Norway
The Wait, Punkt Ø, Gallery F15, Moss
Keepers, Nord Trøndelag Art Museum, Namsos, Norway
Echoes, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway

2014

Deep Sky Crashing Waves, Trøndelag Center of Contemporary Art, Trondheim, Norway

2013

Five Monologues From the Past. Walk Around Here, Look Through There, Listen Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway

2012

SETTLE SOFTLY, collaboration Tone B. Størseth, One Night Only, Oslo, Norway

2011

Ann Iren Buan - Bunker 51, The Hove festival, Arendal, Norway
Follow. Through with Tone B. Størseth HOLODECK, Oslo, Norway

2010

A Release of Energy in 15 Colors, collaboration Tone B. Størseth, Galleri Storck, Oslo, Norway
Cold, but wrapped in plastic, The Drawing Association, Oslo, Norway

2008

para_site, Borderline Centre for Foreign Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden
res•o•nance, collaboration Sonny Sanjay Vadgama, Fredsgatan KKH Stockholm, Sweden

Group Exhibitions

2019

Human Touch, Drawing Triennale 2019, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

CHART, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

mind moves with matter, body blends into space, Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway

2018

Telemarksgalleriet

2017

Cowmoscow, with Prosjektrom Normanns, Moscow, Russia
Så i Asken, Slik at Ingenting går Tapt, curated by Eivind Hofstad Evjemo, Oslo - Harpefoss - Levanger
Untitled Art Fair - Monuments, with Prosjektrom Normanns, San Francisco, USA
Untitled Art Fair, with Prosjektrom Normanns, San Francisco, USA

2016

Artissima Torino, with Apalazzo Gallery, Torino, Italy
Form Matter, Matters Forms, Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
MIART, with Apalazzo Gallery, Milano, Italy
NN-A NN-A NN-A New Norwegian Abstraction, Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway

2015

Artissima Torino, with Apalazzo Gallery, Torino, Italy
NN-A NN-A NN-A New Norwegian Abstraction, The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

2014

MARKEN VI STÅR PÅ, The North Norwegian Art Center, Svolvær, Norway

2013

BUAN, YSTAD, YSTAD AND LØNSETH, Nils Aas Kunstnerverksted, Inderøya, Norway En Kollektiv Kraftanstrengelse For Tapte Saker, Podium, Oslo

2012

Introduction Barflyfriends, Barflyfriends Berlin, Germany
Drawing Biennale 2012, Oslo, Norway
The Cold of Winter, Galleri Format Oslo, Norway
Spring Exhibition 2012, Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark

2011

Le Printemps de Septembre—à Toulouse, Festival of contemporary arts, Toulouse, France
(E) = Motion Galleri Van Bau, Vestfossen, Norway The Act of Making as an Act of Making, Ann Iren Buan og Janne Kruse, RAM Galleri, Oslo, Norway
The MA graduate show 2011, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway
The annual Østland exhibition, Akershus Kunstsenter / Kunstbanken Hamar, Norway Stunt, Søylegalleriet, Oslo, Norway

2010

Captain, oh captain, O.N.N.Y.A, Oslo, Norway The annual Trøndelag exhibition, various cities, Norway

2009

Love, Drunk, Decay, the Hove festival, Arendal, Norway
Salongutstilling, Galleri Nb8, Oslo, Norway
THE SKIN OF A BOYBAND IMMORTAL, China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

2008

ANONYME ZEICHNERE #9, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
1+1=2, Galleri Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
The only hard thing is to begin: A grass blade’s no easier to make than an oak, Galleri Nb8, Oslo
IN FRAGMENTS, Ada Street Gallery, London, UK
Sylt imorgon sylt i dag, Vårutstellningen, KKH Stockholm, Sweden
res•o•nance, KIT tv, Vienna, Austria
res•o•nance, Loop video-art festival, Barcelona, Spain

Public Commissions

2017

Sunnaas Hospital

Membership

NBKThe national organisation for Visual Artists in Norway
UKSThe Young Artists Society
BONONorwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society

OSL series: In conversation
In conversation: Ann Iren Buan & Thomas Phongsathorn Read the conversation here
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