Artists

Bio

Sofie Berntsen (born 1968 in Oslo, Norway) is educated in Paris at the Ecole Superieure D’Arts Graphique (1988-1989) and Parsons School of Design, BFA, Paris (1989-1993), and the School of Visual Arts (1994-1995) in New York. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions both at home and abroad, and has had solo shows at, among others, Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, Gallery F15, Akershus Art Centre and the Munch Museum, as well as at the National Museum in Oslo in 2014 and in 2019 at Kristiansand Kunsthall. Her work is represented in key private and public collections. Sofie Berntsen lives and works in Oslo.

Sofie Berntsen

Selected Works

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Lives and works in Oslo

Education

1988-89

Ecole Superieure D'Arts Graphique, Paris

1989-93

Parsons School of Design, BFA, Paris

1994-95

School of Visual Arts, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2024

OSL Series: Landskap fra Hadeland, OSL Contemporary, Oslo

2015

OSL Contemporary, Oslo

2014

Rameaus nevøer, Museet for samtidskunst - Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo

2012

Pasteller, OSL Contemporary, Oslo

2009

Skogen og fjellet, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo

2008

Geometriske variasjoner, et portrett og et tre, Galleri MGM, Oslo

2007

Environment for expanded awareness, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

2006

Galleri MGM, Oslo
Galleri F15, Moss

2004

Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm

2003

The Waterline, Munchmuseet, Oslo

2000

Samtidskunstforum, Oslo

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2013

Motlys, OSL Contemporary, Oslo

2009

Rock Paper Scissors, Galerie Susan Nielsen, Paris

2008

Hardcore, Sørlandets kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
Beijing biennial
Rykk tilbake til start, Galleri 0047, Oslo

2007

Clusters, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvik
Oh my God, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen

2006

Samle sammen, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo
Imagine the Universe Burst into Song, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Saker man ser, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum
Imagine the Universe Burst into Song, Momentum, Moss

2005

Far East, Christiansands Kunstforening, Kristiansand
Tegnebiennalen, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo

2003

I live by the ocean, West coast festival of nuart, Stavanger

2002

Lange dager og lysende netter, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
Norsk slackertegning, Drammens Museum, Drammen

2001

Jours longs et nuits lumineuses, Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo
Et annet sted, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen

Collections

Norsk kulturråd
Nordea
Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum
Telenor
Norsk Hydro
Sparebankstiftelsen
Storebrand

Bibliography

Øystein Ustvedt, Ny norsk kunst, Fagbokforlaget, 2011
Fukt Magazine, presentasjon av tegninger/presentation of drawings, 2010
Sune Nordgren, katalogtekst/catalogue text Skogen og fjellet, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 2009
Utvalg fra en samling, Hydro 2008
Clusters. Contemporary art from Nordea, Labyrinth press, 2007
Åsmund Thorkildsen, katalogtekst/catalogue text Andreas Heuch og Sofie Berntsen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 2007
Lotte Sandberg, "Bølgende drømmer", Aftenposten, 3 nov. 2006
Line Ulekleiv, katalogtekst/catalogue text Imagine the Universe Burst into Song, Momentum 4th Nordic festival of contemporary art, Moss, 2006
Åsmund Thorkildsen, katalogtekst/catalogue text Norsk slackertegning, Drammens Museum, Drammen, 2002
Utflukt, presentasjon av tegninger/ presentation of drawings, 2004
Anna B. Jenssen, Lars Laumann & Lena Ulven (red./eds), Nesten, Aschehoug, 2004
Tiril Schrøder, Andreas Heuch & Sofie Berntsen (red./eds.), Jours longs et nuits lumineuses, Dinoboy publications, 2001

Public Art

2009

Øraker Skole

2008

Akershus Sykehus
Aker Kverner

2007

Litteraturhuset