Helene Espedal-Selvåg


“Arbeidet mitt er drevet av nysgjerrighet til mennesker og natur.”  

“My work is driven by curiosity toward people and nature.”


-> Jording

-> Hibakujumoku- messages from
the silent witnesses

-> Pellicule
-> Synlig fravær
-> Lydlandskap
-> Lytting og Sidespor. Atelierbesøk. 
-> Landskaping
-> Ut av venterommet


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Helene Espedal-Selvåg
Born 1967
 
Mor Åses vei 43 4019 Stavanger, Norway 
92443045
helene.es@lyse.net
helene.art

Education
  • 2000/2001 TV Production, University of Stavanger
  • 1991/1996 MFA, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Intermedia

Upcoming Projects
  • 2025 Jumoku, Trees in a Community, Hiroshima Botanical Garden
  • 2025 Jumoku, Trees in a Community, Oslo Botanical Garden

Selected Exhibitions and Projects
  • 2024 Jording, Solo exhibition, BKH Grant Exhibition, Rogaland Kunstsenter
  • 2024 Hibakujumoku – Messages from the Silent Witnesses, outdoor installation, Stavanger Botanical Garden
  • 2024 Ilex Rotunda and Kaki Diospyros, Woven tapestries Wonderful World Festival, Nature as a Casualty of War.
  • 2024 Rogaland Kunstsenter, group exhibition
  • 2023 Rogaland Kunstsenter, group exhibition
  • 2023 Studio 17, group exhibition
  • 2023 Pellicule, performative installation, Ølhallene, Stavanger
  • 2023 Synlig Fravær, performance, video, textile, group exhibition, Stavanger
  • 2023 Sørfinnset skole/the nord land, art and ecology in Gildeskål. Photographic documentary contribution to Sørfinnset TV
  • 2023 Lydlandskap, Video in collaboration with musician John Derek Bishop, Wonderful World Festival, Nature Loss and Biodiversity – What Can We Do?
  • 2022 Tare, Video, Salong Balkong, curated by Søssa Jørgensen and Geir Tore Holm, Kristiansand
  • 2022 Lytting og Sidespor: Atelierbesøk , solo exhibition, group exhibition, Ølhallene, Stavanger
  • 2021 Ut av venterommet, group exhibition Ølhallene, Stavanger,
  • 2021 Landskaping, duo exhibition, Galleri Sølvberget, Stavanger
  • 2021 Scener om det å være menneske, video scenography, Faroe Islands
  • 2020 Trykk i Sann-tid, graphic artist book, group project, Stavanger
  • 2019 Scener om det å være menneske, video scenography, Stavanger

Acquisitions
  • Norwegian Arts Council, 2002

Work Experience
  • 2017–present Exhibition Technician, Stavanger Art Museum
  • 2023–present Board member, Studio 17 artist-run gallery and residency
  • 2019–2021 Board Member, BKFR
  • 2017–2019 Chairperson, Tou Atelierhus, Stavanger
  • 2002–2015 Drafting, 3D Design, and Animation, Global Maritime A/S
  • 2001–2006 Founder and Co-editor, www.localmotives.com, a contemporary art magazine
  • 2002–2003 Member of the National Jury

Curatorial Projects
  • 2023–present Co-curator, Studio 17 artist-run gallery and residency
  • 2022 Curator; Beathe C. Rønning, Nye Virkeligheter at Bruksrommet, Stavanger
  • 2005 CoCurator; Localmotives art project 1:1 at Rogaland Art Center
  • 2003 CoCurator; Localmotives art project Det gode liv at Tou Scene
  • 2002 CoCurator; Localmotives art project Økonomi at Rogaland Art Museum

Publications
  • 2022 Lytting og Sidespor: Atelierbesøk – a fanzine with texts from the same exhibition
  • 2021 Landskaping, artist book
  • 2020 Trykk i Sann-tid, graphic artist book
  • 2001–2006 www.localmotives.com, online magazine
  • 1999 Artist book on A.L. Kielland

Selected Grants
  • 2023 BKH Grant

Residencies
  • 2025 Berlin, Stavanger Municipality grant and work space
  • 2023 Sørfinnset skole/the nord land, art and ecology in Gildeskål, Nordland
  • 2020 Steigen, Nordland
  • 2018 Berlin, Stavanger Municipality grant and work space
  • 2017 Svalbard
  • 2017 Utsira, Rogaland
  • 2017 Fleinvær, Nordland

Member
  • NBK, NBK-R