About
Venø is an artist who currently works with photography video and performance. He tries very hard to be a licensed fool and has a burning desire to explore beyond our paradigm. Biography 2010-2012 MA in Photgoraphy, Royal College of Art 2003-2006 BA in Photography, University College for the Creative Arts 2001-2002 University of Oslo, Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, Examen Facultatum and Ecamen Philosphicum. 1998-1999 Danvik Folke høgskole, Film and media
2007- Present, Technical Tutor at University College for the Creative Arts, Rochester 1999-2001, Private in Norwegian Compulsory Military service, worked for the Navel academy's Internal Television
Awards 2012 Bursary from the ‘Leverhulme Trust’, England 2010 Bursary from ‘Eckbos Legater’, Norway 2010 Bursary from ‘Lise og Arnfinn Hejes fond’, Norway 2010 Bursary from ‘Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards stiftelse’, Norway 2009 International Photography Awards, Awarded 2 place for the photo series "Behold" in the category: People in non-professional, sub category: Self Portraits 2009 Xto Nude Image Awards. Awarded 2nd Category Winner in 'Body in Nature' for 3 pictures from "Sirkel" 2006 London Photographic Awards. Awarded Gold for my body of work 'Sirkel' in the category: Documentary: My Back Yard. 2006 International Photography Awards, Awarded 1st place for the photo series "Sirkel" in the category: People in non-professional, sub category: Self Portraits 2005 International Photography Awards, Awarded 2nd place for the photo series "Where are we?" in the category: People in non-professional, sub category: Other 2005 London Photographic Awards. Awarded 2nd place for the picture "Sparkle" in the category: Landscape - Landscape with Figures.
Publications 2012 Featured in Seeing For Others 2012 Fool and the Hero, self published 2012 Holy Artist, self published 2012 FAR, self published 2012 MANN, self published 2011 Article in Sleek Magazine (issue #31 Autumn 2011) 2011: Featured in High Altitude: Photography in the Mountains by Nathalie Herschdorfer 2010: Featured in the TV programe NASJONALGALLERIET on NRK2. If you live in Norway you can watch the programe here (I'm 00:21:10 in to the video) 2010: Featured as one of the best new artists in Britain by The Observer: The New Review (page 16). Read the online article here 2010 Beautiful Decay Book 3: “The Underdogs”, a book featuring up and coming artists. 2010 Online slide show of work shown on Serge.se 2009 Exposure in The British Journal of Photography (Issue04/02/09) 2008 Interviewed by beautifuldecay.com 2007 Made in Medway, a book featuring artists from Medway,UK. 2006 Featured in Hasselblad News (Issue No. 48, Sep 2006) 2006 Featured in The British Journal of Photography (Issue08/11/06) 2006 Featured in 2005 Annual IPA book
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News Showing work at: Show RCA 2012 Open to the public: 20 June – 1 July (closed 29 June) Royal College of Art, Howie Street, London SW11 4AY
Exhibitions 2012 Show at Craig Turner Gallery "The Holy Artist", March. See video here 2011 Royal College of Art in HIGH ALTITUDE photography festival Switzerland. July 17 – September 19, 2011. Buy Catalogue here, see pictures here 2011 Royal College of Art group show in Folkstone 25 June to 31 July 2011. Curated by Nadia Thondrayen and Ulrika Flink. See pictures here 2011: Royal College of Art interim show. 13-19 January. See pictures here 2010: Group exhibition at The Nottingham Workshop "The Public are Not Invited" 26 November - 4 December 2010 Showed the video “400 Year Legacy” the first instalment of the new body of work “Chapter IV” in the group show THE COLLECTIVE at Nettie Horn Gallery. 2 JULY - 8 AUGUST 2009 Exhibition in Sweden at fotogalleriet [format] 29 August - 27 September 2009. Showing Behold, Paradigm and Sirkel. See pictures here 2009 Group exhibition in New York. Xto Image Awards. July 9-18, 2009 at Farmani Gallery 2009 Group exhibition at the Joiners Shop. 21 May - 20 June 2009. 2009 Solo Exhibition at Nettie Horn 13 FEBRUARY – 15 MARCH 2009. See pictures here 2008 I was invited by JJ Charlesworht to show some new and old work at the Three By Three (3) group exhibition.16th December to 18th January 2009. followed by karaoke and Xmas party. See video her and pictures here 2008 Solo exhibition in Oslo Norway at Fotografiens Hus August. See pictures here 2007 Aqua Art Miami Art Fair. Represented by Nettie Horn, December. see video here 2007 Group exhibition. Photomeat presents ''Meat' at Laviande 30th November - 4th December. See pictures here 2007 YEAR 07 Art Fair at County Hall, Westminster Bridge Road, London. Represented by Nettie Horn, October 2007 Group exhibition 'Beauhemia' at 'Nettie Horn Gallery' 6 July - 12 August. See pictures here 2007 Group exhibition 'Romantic Ant-Humanism' Featuring Lisa Castagner, Theo Cowley, Jayne Parker, Bjørn Venø. Curated by Francis Summers. At Five Years. 23 June - 01 July. see picture here 2007 Group exhibition 'ECCE HOMO' at 'The Brick Lane Gallery'. 15 March - 15 April. See pictures here 2006 London Photographic Awards, Documentary: My Back Yard exhibition at Calumet Photographic 93-103 Drummond Street, London. 10 October - 10 November 2006 AOPOPEN exhibition at AOP Gallery, 81 leonard Street, London. 24.08.06 - 29.09.06. 2006 Group exhibition 'Art in Mind' at 'The Brick Lane Gallery'. 28-30 July. See pictures here 2006 Graduation show at Univeritey for the Creative Arts, Rochester, Kent, UK. 22-28 of June. See picture here 2006 "2005 Pilsner Urquell IPA Best of Show" Curated by renowned Photography Consultant, Debra Weiss, the exhibition will travel around the world to photography festivals in Los Angeles and New York, Toronto, Canada, Rome, Italy Perpignan, France, Lodz, Poland and Prague, Czech-Republic 2005 London Photographic Awards Ad agency exhibition at Saatchi & Saatchi, London 2005 "Paper cut cult presents Subverting Genesis at the Ship In" a group exhibition by Anton, Louise, Laura, Bianca, Kerry and Bjørn. See pictures here
Performances 2012 Performed 'A workshop in how to be a fool' at Tropical Heat organized by Mette kjaergaard Praest and Egle Kulbokaite at RCA, May 2012 Performed 'The Father and his three sons' at OPEN BOOK: RCA Performance and Live Art work at Testbed 1, May 2012 Performed 'Tusse Kallet' at The Association of the London Colleges of the Arts at the Old Vic Tunnels, May 2012 Performed 'The Holy Artist' at Craig Turner Gallery, April 2011 Performed 'Audie Murphy, Texas' at RCA Battersea, December |
Books
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