OLLIE HERMANSSON
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Ollie Hermansson (b. 1991, DK) is an artist based between Vienna and Oslo. They hold an MFA from Oslo National Academy of the Arts and have studied Performative Art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Through performance Hermansson strives to create space for vulnerability and curiosity. By working with their own biography as a material, they share and investigate stories about queer identities, communities and futures. Hermansson addresses the audience in a personal, intimate tone, aspiring to create a moment in which the audience is genuinely involved with the piece.

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Education
  • 2023 MFA+BFA, Academy of Fine Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO 2018-2023
  • 2023 Erasmus program, Performative Art, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT 2022-2023
  • 2018 Kunsthøjskolen på Ærø, Søby, Ærø, DK 2017-2018
  • 2017 Aarhus Kunstskole, Aarhus, DK 2016-2017
  • 2015 BA, Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, DK 2014-2015


Solo shows
  • 2023 How to be a straight line (Transition Edition), Formsalen, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO
  • 2020 the way to my heart goes through my pocket, uncannyvalley.dk, DK (ONLINE)
  • 2017 EN SLAGS STANGTENNIS, Aarhus Artspace, Gallery Grundstof, Aarhus, DK (duo)


Group shows / performance events
  • 2024 Goodbye Party: A Final Evening of Lecture Performances, CAC Reading Room, Vilnius, LT
  • 2024 PAB Open 2024, Hotel Villa Terminus, Bergen, NO
  • 2024 WHO CARES, Sommer Skulptur Søby, sculpture biennial, Søby, Ærø, DK
  • 2024 Performances at Sagene, Sagene Kunstsmie, Oslo, NO
  • 2023 Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Den Frie Centre of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, DK
  • 2023 Free Education for All, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
  • 2022 Ein ungeschliffener Tanz und Performance Abend, Raw Matters, Brunnenpassage, Vienna, AT
  • 2022 Haii – Summer Showing, Sculpture Garden, Belvedere 21, Vienna, AT
  • 2021 True Love is Searching Too, exhibition space OTTE, Valby, DK
  • 2021 I AM UNDONE vol. 1, SALT art and music, Oslo, NO
  • 2021 Til Salgs, BFA degree show, St. Olavs Gate 32, Oslo, NO
  • 2021 OH HELL YEA, HUMANITY #2, Studio 294, Frankfurt, DE
  • 2020 OH HELL YEA, HUMANITY #1, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
  • 2020 Vol. 1 ?Box, Breadbox Contemporary, Oslo, NO (ONLINE)


Collaborative performances
  • 2023 Butch the Builder - Sign-Up, Butch the Builder, Paradiesl Festival, Kollektiv Kaorle, Vienna, AT
  • 2019 Grini and the Futures of Norway, Rose Hammer, osloBIENNALEN, Oslo, NO


    Residencies
    • 2024 The Festivity, residency, SODAS 2123, Vilnius, LT
    • 2024 Skagen AiR, Art Museums of Skagen, Skagen, DK
    • 2023 R24: Held ~ Experiments in Touch, PRAKSIS, Oslo, NO
    • 2023 DKS-Lab Oslo, Fotogalleriet, Oslo Kunstforening, DKS-Oslo, NO


    Grants
    • 2024-2025 Arts and Culture Norway, work grant for younger and newly established artists, NO
    • 2024 Danish Arts Foundation, production grant + international residency grant, DK
    • 2023 Arts and Culture Norway, miscellaneous grant for recently graduated artists, NO
    • 2023 Relief Fund for Visual artists (BKH), art student grant, NO
    • 2023+2021 Fund for Art and Design students (FKDS), artistic development grant, NO


    Publications
    • 2024 NOTEBOOK 3, de Berna press, Oslo, NO
    • 2024 How to be a straight line (Transition Edition) (Publication Edition), pillowfort press, Oslo, NO
    • 2022 Survival Guide to Quarantine – Coloring Book, self-published, print-it-yourself, ONLINE


    Presentations / workshops
    • 2024 Radio show about residency at SODAS 2123, Radio Vilnius, LT
    • 2024 Name Party, workshop, Belly-up Dream (Dog or Fish?), Kaunas Artist House, LT
    • 2024 Workshop with pupils, Skagen AiR, Skagen Skole, DK
    • 2024 Artist talk, Skagen AiR, Art Museums of Skagen, DK
    • 2023 R24 – Held: Meet the residents, artist presentations, PRAKSIS, Oslo, NO
    • 2023 Stick workshop, Karlshøyfestivalen, Karlsøy, NO
    • 2023 How to be a straight line (Transition Edition, vol. 2), workshop with youth, PLOT/Oslo, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
    • 2023 Workshop with pupils, DKS-Lab Oslo, Seterbråten Skole, Oslo, NO (w. Sara Guldmyr)


      Curatorial projects / professional networks
      • 2023 Performance Art Norway (PAN), co-founder of organisation, Oslo, NO
      • 2021 True Love is Searching Too, co-curator of group show, exhibition space OTTE, Valby, DK


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      Last update: 15 Dec 2024