Helene Espedal-Selvåg
Stavanger, helene.es@lyse.net

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

Upcoming Projects
  • 2027 Solo exhibition Studio 17, Stavanger

    Selected Exhibitions and Projects
    • 2026 Solo exhibition Veksle Visningsrom, Haugesund
    • 2026 Solo exhibition Hå Gamle Prestegård, Jæren
    • 2025 Hibakujumoku- Homecomming, Hiroshima Botanical Garden
    • 2025 Hibakujumoku–Trærne blant oss, Oslo Botanical Garden.
    • 2025 More-than-human-worlds in artistic resarch, Symposium, Greenhouse,University of Stavanger
    • 2024 Solo exhibition, Jording, BKH Grant Exhibition, Rogaland Kunstsenter
    • 2024 Hibakujumoku–Messages from the Silent Witnesses, 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
    • Haugesund Municipality 2026
    • Stavanger Municipal art collection, 2025
    • Norwegian Arts Council, 2002

    Work Experience
    • 2025-present  Jury Rogaland Art Center
    • 2017–present Exhibition technician, Stavanger Art Museum
    • 2023–present Board member and co curator at 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
    • 2026 Stavanger Municipality Grant
    • 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
    ©Helene Espedal-Selvåg