A K Dolven
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A K Dolven is a Norwegian artist. Working in several mediums she has been most noted for her painting and video art. She lives in London
and Lofoten
, Norway.
but left for France in 1972 to study art at École des Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence
, and then École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts
in Paris. She returned to Norway in 1982 to study at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo.
She lived in Berlin between 1987 and 1997 after receiving a DAAD
Scholarship. She then moved to London in 1997 and has lived and worked there since. She has also kept her home in the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway where she spends large parts of the year. Dolven's photo and video work often shows motifs from this and other places north of the Arctic Circle. She has received media attention for her public sculpture projects and was the initiator of the outdoor sculpture project Artscape Nordland
.
She has been described as one of Norway's best-known living artists, and has exhibited widely including Bergen Kunsthall, South London Gallery, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Dublin, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Kunsthalle Bern, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Moderna Museet Stockholm and Platform China. She was awarded the German Fred-Thieler Prize in 2000 and the Swedish Prince Eugen Medal
in 2005.
London
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and Lofoten
Lofoten
Lofoten is an archipelago and a traditional district in the county of Nordland, Norway. Though lying within the Arctic Circle, the archipelago experiences one of the world's largest elevated temperature anomalies relative to its high latitude.-Etymology:...
, Norway.
Life and work
Dolven was born and grew up in OsloOslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
but left for France in 1972 to study art at École des Beaux-Arts in Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence
Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
, and then École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-arts is the distinguished National School of Fine Arts in Paris, France.The École des Beaux-arts is made up of a vast complex of buildings located at 14 rue Bonaparte, between the quai Malaquais and the rue Bonaparte, in the heart of Saint-Germain-des-Près,...
in Paris. She returned to Norway in 1982 to study at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo.
She lived in Berlin between 1987 and 1997 after receiving a DAAD
DAAD
DAAD can have several meanings:* The German Academic Exchange Service * Direct Action Against Drugs, a cover name for the Provisional Irish Republican Army...
Scholarship. She then moved to London in 1997 and has lived and worked there since. She has also kept her home in the Lofoten Islands in northern Norway where she spends large parts of the year. Dolven's photo and video work often shows motifs from this and other places north of the Arctic Circle. She has received media attention for her public sculpture projects and was the initiator of the outdoor sculpture project Artscape Nordland
Artscape Nordland
Artscape Nordland is an international art project that aims to bring art to people where they live, art museums being few and far apart in the sparsely populated county of Nordland....
.
She has been described as one of Norway's best-known living artists, and has exhibited widely including Bergen Kunsthall, South London Gallery, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios Dublin, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Kunsthalle Bern, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Moderna Museet Stockholm and Platform China. She was awarded the German Fred-Thieler Prize in 2000 and the Swedish Prince Eugen Medal
Prince Eugen Medal
The Prince Eugen Medal , is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement". The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V in 1945, in connection with the eightieth birthday of his brother Prince Eugen who was a noted painter and art...
in 2005.
Collections
Her work is included in collections such as The Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Arts Council Collection UK, Hoffmann Collection, KIASMA, La Gaia Collection, Kunsthalle Bern, Fundacion Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura, The National Gallery of Norway, Tate and more.Further reading
- A K Dolven, Moving mountain, text by Andrea Schlieker, 2004. ISBN 82-303-0197-2
- Berlin North, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, 2004, ISBN 3-88609-487-1
- 20 02, Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Kornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe and Birgitta Heid, 2002, ISBN 3-86106-077-9
- headlights, A K Dolven , Selene Wendt, Ina Blom, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, 2002, ISBN 8290955502
- it could happen to you, A K Dolven, Steven Bode, film and video umbrella, 2001, ISBN 0-9538634-5-X
- "anne katrine dolven", Bernhard Fibicher, Ellen Seifermann, David Batchelor, Claire Doherty, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, 2001, ISBN 2-933096-56-1
- Four Places for Shining Stones, Zygmunt Bauman, Øyvind Berg, Henning Christiansen, Seamus Deane, Michael Glasmeier, Annette Groth, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Volker Müller and Angelika Stepken, Orchard Gallery Publications, Derry, 1999, ISBN 1-902016-08-4
- januar, Ina Blom, Michael Glasmeier, Hans Rudolf Reust, Salon Verlag, Cologne, 1997, ISBN 3-932189-05-1
- 19 91 A K Dolven, Michael Glasmeier, Nordiskt Konstsentrum, 1991, ISBN 951-8955-14-X
- Dolven Nedrum, Horsens Kunstmuseum Lunden, 1990, ISBN 8788985202
- Anne Katrine Dolven, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-923479-30-1