My work drifts between painting and site. It is shaped by an interest in how the artistic practice and the work of art relate to their spatial conditions, more now than before, through painting.
Recent solo exhibitions include Verdurous Drift, Ciaccia Levi, Paris (2024); Svalroser, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (2024); Basement Paintings, Ciaccia Levi, Milan (2022).
I`m represented by Ciaccia Levi (Paris/Milan) and Galleri Opdahl (Stavanger).
You can write me here.
OLVE SANDE
Born 1984 in Bergen. Lives and works in Oslo.
EDUCATION
2017–2021
Diploma: Between Painting and Site, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO), MA
2008–2011
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Academy of Fine Art, BA
2007–2008
Strykejernet Art School, Oslo
2007
Comparative literature, University of Oslo
2004–2007
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
2003–2004
Asker College of Art & Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Verdurous Drift, Ciaccia Levi, Paris, FR
2024
Svalroser, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, NO
2022
Basement Paintings, Ciaccia Levi, Milano, IT
2017
Gusts, Galeria Wschod, Warszawa, PL
2016
Gusts, Draughts, Galerie Antoine Levi, FR
2016
Vinduskutt, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, NO
2014
Correspondance, Bikini, Lyon, FR
2014
Suites, Galerie Antoine Levi, Paris, FR
2013
Snow Part, ONO, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2013
Dolores, Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam, NL
2013
Laminate Works, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, CH
2013
Outs, Galerie Antoine Levi, Paris, FR
2012
Flats, Akershus Art Centre, Lillestrøm, NO
2010
Conditional Matter, Naked State Gallery, Brussels, BE
2010
Characteristics Not Just of Melancholy, But Also of Modernism, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, NO
2009
Voyage Around My Room, Galleri 21:24, Oslo, NO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)
2024
Poetics of Property, Munch Haus, Warnemünde, DE
2023
Blunk, Stavanger Art Museum, NO
2023
Looks Like Painting, Mott Projects, New York, US
2022
Science Fiction, Curiox, Ugine, FR
2022
Für Dich, Altan, Südtirol, CH
2022
Spor, Sunnfjord Kunstlag, Førde, NO
2020
Bonanzaza, Akershus Art Centre, Lillestrøm, NO
2020
Herfra, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, NO
2017
Thinking Songs of Things, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, AT
2017
Notes for a Shell, Marseille, FR
2017
More Than Just Words [On the Poetic], Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AT
2017
Zodiaco, Galerie Samy Abraham, Paris, FR
2017
Baltika, Antoine Levi, Paris, FR
2016
Tegnebiennalen 2016, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2016
Hello!, Berthold Pott, Cologne, DE
2016
Zodiaco, Marselleria, Milan, IT
2016
A Stitch In Time Saves Nine, Galeria Wschod, Warsaw, PL
2016
CODE Art Fair, Copenhagen, DK
2016
Zodiaco, Galerie Klemms, Berlin, DE
2016
NN-A NN-A NN-A, Stavanger Art Museum, NO
2016
Zodiaco, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, BE
2015
Artissima, Turin, IT
2015
Sparebankstiftelsen DnB stipendutstilling, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, NO
2015
Aaaahhh!!!, Paris Internationale, Paris, FR
2015
Art-O-Rama, Marseille, FR
2015
NN-A NN-A NN-A, Ny Norsk Abstraksjon, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, NO
2015
Vestlandsutstillingen 2015, Førde, NO
2014
Group exhibition, TBD, New York, US
2014
De Generation of Painting, Fondazione 107, Turin, IT
2014
Ce que raconte la solitude, La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, FR
2014
Le geste des matériaux, Centre d’Art Bastille, Grenoble, FR
2014
Zodiaco, CAR drde, Bologna, IT
2014
Roving Room, Habersham Mills, Georgia, US
2013
Artissima, Turin, IT
2013
Disclaimer, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, NO
2012
NY Showroom Autumn Reception, Carmichael Gallery, New York, US
2012
A Photograph, 401 Contemporary, Berlin, DE
2012
What is this for? It’s blue light. What does it do? It turns blue., Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zurich, CH
2012
Irmavepclub: Livret IV, Musée départemental d’art contemporain, Rochechouart, FR
2012
A Material World, PSM Gallery, Berlin, DE
2011
Precarious Interchange, Waxy Pith, Brussels, BE
2011
Irmavepclub: Livret 1, Galerie Schleicher + Lange, Paris, FR
2010
Otherwise, Naked State Gallery, Brussels, BE
2010
Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
OTHER
2023
Book cover: Syke Søster, Forlaget Oktober
2022
External examiner, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Academy of Fine Art (KHiO)
2021
Diploma project at The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO): Between Painting and Site
2021
Course responsible (with Dirkjan van der Linde), Between Work and Site, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Academy of Fine Art (KHiO)
2020
External examiner, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Academy of Fine Art (KHiO)
2020
Lecture on artistic practice, Open Forum, Oslo
2020
Co-curator, Herfra, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger
2019
External examiner, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Academy of Fine Art (KHiO)
2019
Text in Thoughts on Architecture, AU Workshop, Budapest, HU
2019
Interview in Billedkunst no. 3, 2019
2017
External examiner, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Academy of Fine Art (KHiO)
2016
Work acquired by Institut d’art contemporain (IAC), Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, FR
2016
Workshop for master students, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
2016
Text in the poetry anthology Den Engelske Kanal, Kolon Forlag
2016
Artist talk, Stavanger Art Museum
2015
Nominated for Sparebankstiftelsen DnB art grant
2015
Talk with Jørn H. Sværen and Kjersti A. Skomsvold, Literature Week in Vestfold, Larvik, NO
2015
Artistic consultant, The Poetry Park (Poesiparken), Larvik, NO
2015
Conversation with Kjersti A. Skomsvold in Om litteraturens betydning i Geir Berdahls (og i alles) liv, Forlaget Oktober
2015
Lecture on artistic practice, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo
2015
Two-week working stay in Venice
2015
Work acquired by Astrup Fearnley Museum
2014
Work acquired by Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
2014
Six-month residency, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
GRANTS
2023
Norwegian Government Grant for Artists (Statens arbeidsstipend), 5 years
2022
Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation
2022
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists (Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond), one-year working grant
2020
Arts Council Norway (Norsk Kulturråd), project support
2017
Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation
2016
Arts Council Norway, two-year working grant for young artists
2016
Arts Council Norway, project support for Vinduskutt
2016
Arts Council Norway, project support for Tegnebiennalen 2016
2015
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, one-year working grant
2015
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant
2014
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant
2014
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, project support
2014
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, one-year working grant
2014
Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, six-month residency at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2013
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant
2013
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, project support
2013
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, one-year working grant
2012
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, one-year working grant
2012
The Relief Fund for Visual Artists, project support
2012
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant
2012
City of Oslo, establishment support
2011
Norwegian Government Grants for Artists (Statens Kunstnerstipend), miscellaneous grant
2011
Sparebanken Sogn og Fjordane, Furore grant
2011
Norwegian Government Grants for Artists (Statens Kunstnerstipend), establishment grant
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, NO
Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, IT
Institut d’art contemporain (IAC), Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, FR
Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger, NO