Bilde av Alvær, Jesper
Bilde av Alvær, Jesper
Academy of Arts jesper.j.alvar@uit.no

Jesper Alvær



  • Jesper Alvær :
    Immune Nations
    Immune Nations 2017 SAMMENDRAG / OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær, Mike Sperlinger, Angela Melitopoulos :
    Work, Work: Staging dislocation in artistic and non artistic labour
    2017 FULLTEKST
  • Jesper Alvær :
    Making Use. Life in Postartistic Times
    Making Use. Life in Postartistic Times [gruppeutstilling] 2016 SAMMENDRAG
  • Jesper Alvær, Liv Bugge :
    Extended Stipendiatforum
    2016 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    Art Production in Restriction. Possibilities of Transformative Art Production and Coalition-Building
    2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    [presentasjon av forskningsarbeid]
    2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær, Isabela Grosseová :
    Jesper Alvaer and Isabela Grosseová — Competence
    Jesper Alvaer and Isabela Grosseová — Competence 2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    VÝBĚR ZE SBÍRKY
    VÝBĚR ZE SBÍRKY [gruppeutstilling] 2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    [uten tittel]
    2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    Der da her nå
    2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    BMC#5
    2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    [uten tittel] [research presentation]
    2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    An interim note on unfinished work [research presentation]
    2015 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær, Liv Bugge, Sille Storihle :
    FRANK Conversation. Conversation with Jesper Alvær
  • Jesper Alvær :
    COMET exhibition
    COMET exhibition 2014
  • Jesper Alvær :
    Mor, kjære mor
    Mor, kjære mor 2014 OMTALE
  • Jesper Alvær :
    Staging dislocation: Notes on finished and unfinished work
    Vector - critical research in context 2014 FULLTEKST / OMTALE / ARKIV

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    CV

    Curriculum Vitae Jesper James Alvær

    1973 (N)


    Selected education:

    2021-Current: Truth and Reconciliation in the Aftermath of the Norwegianization Policy

    Faculty of Theology, Diaconia and Leadership Studies (VID Tromsø)

    2018- Current: Academy of Fine Arts AVU, Prague (PhD candidate)

    2017-2017: UTS / Columbia University, New York (Non-degree)

    2012-2014: European Graduate School EGS, Saas-Fee (CAGS)

    2008-2009: University of Oslo, UiO Development Studies (Foundation)

    1997-2004: Academy of Fine Arts AVU, Prague (MFA)

    2002-2003: Center for Contemporary Art, CCA Kitakyushu (Research fellow)

    2000-2001: Cooper Union School of Art, New York (BFA Exchange)

    1995-1996: Ecole Brousse, Montpellier (CPGE)

    1991-1993: University of Oslo, UiO, History of ideas (Foundation)


    Selected employment:

    2013-2016: Research fellow, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO, Fine Art)

    2010-2012: Head MFA Program, Oslo National Academy of the Arts ((KHiO, Fine Art)

    2009-2010: Professor, Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Fine Art (FaVU)

    2004-2006: Research assistant, ITAM/ARCCHIP, Prague, EU 6th. Framework: PICTURE

    2000-2001: Personal assistant for artist Joshua Neustein, New York

    2000-2001: Personal assistant for artist Jeff Koons, New York

    2001-2001: Gallery assistant, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

    1994-1995: Member Théâtre Beliâshe, Giou-de-Mamou


    Selected separate exhibitions:

    2021: Galerie Display, Exhibition As Alibi (With Isabela Grosseova). Curator: Z. Jakalová, Z. Baladran,  

    2020: Matter of Art, Audience Without Artwork (With Isabela Grosseova). Curator: V. Havranek, T. Stejskalova

    2019: ná-, ná-, ná-, ná-, ná-hled, Galerii sam 83, Česká Bříza. (With Isabela Grosseova)

    2017: Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO, Fine Art), Staging Dislocation

    2016: Havelka Gallery, Prague. Curator V. Kokolia

    2015: Fotograf Gallery, Prague. Curator: J. Ptacek

    2014: Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Curator: M. Stjernstedt

    2011: 0047, Oslo. Space Station/Residence. Curator: S. Martens

    2009: Galerie Jeleni, Prague. Curator: D. Lang

    2007: Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow. Curator: M. Ujma A. Smolak

    2006: Atrium, MG, Brno. Curator: P. Ingerle

    2006: Gallery Jiri Svestka, Prague. With P. Feriancova

    2005: House of Art, České Budějovice. With B. Klimova. Curator: J. Ptacek

    2005: Sparwasser HQ, Berlin. With M. Heier. Curator: I. Kierulf, H.M. Nordby

    2004: ETAGE, Erste Bank Group HQ, Vienna. Conception: B. Ondreička

    2003: K & S Gallery, Berlin. Curator: K. Cisar

    2002: Gallery Display, Prague. Curator: D. Kulhanek

    2002: Center for Contemporary Art, Bratislava. With J. Mančuška, B. Ondreička

    2002: Mala Spalovka Gallery, Prague


    Selected group exhibitions:

    2021: Immune Nations. Curator: N. Loveless, McMaster University, Ontario

    2018: Divak Ma Cenu, Galerie TIC, Brno. Curator: Tereza Jindrová a Veronika Čechová

    2018: Legend GR2, Galerie Novoměstské radnice, Praha. Curator: V.Kokolia, E. Červená, R. Wohlmuth

    2018: Designing Connection in Friction, Harcourt House, Edmonton, Alberta. Curator: V. Kwon

    2017: DiStO 02, PAF, Olomouc, Theatre of Static Objects Curator: M. Smetana

    2017: UNAIDS, Geneva, Immune Nations. Curator: N. Loveless

    2016: Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw. Curator: K. Szreder, S. Cichocki hesp

    2015: Scandinavian Spheres / SGC International 2015 – Knoxville, Tennessee

    2015: Galerie TIC, Brno. Curator: K. Hládeková, M. Kupková

    2013: Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo. Curator: M. Høgsberg

    2013: Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo. Curator: M. Heier

    2013: Devi Art Foundation, Gurgaon, New Dehli. Curator: Raqs Media Collective

    2012: Organhouse, Chongqing, PRC. Curator: Hotel Asia Project

    2012: National Gallery, Prague. Curator: J. Sevcik, E. Jeřábková

    2012: tranzitdisplay, Prague. Ateliér Бања Лука (Banja Luka)

    2011: Galerie Poggi & Bertoux, Paris

    2011: Galerie Jocelyn Wolff Hommage à Ján Mančuška, Paris.

    2011: Futura CCA, Prague. Curator: M. Ivaniškinová, M. Serranová

    2010: Manifesta 8 - Eventos Paralelos, Murcia

    2010: Bonn Kunstverein. Curator: V. Havranek, S. Strsembski

    2010: MUSA - Museum auf Abruf, Vienna. Curator: T. Pospiszyl

    2009: Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo. Curator: C. Ugelstad

    2009: House of Artists, Brno. Curator: T. Pospiszyl

    2008: Design District’s Collins Building, Miami. Curator: D. Newman

    2008: Centre of Contemporary Art, CoCA - Torun. Curator: J. Zielinska

    2008: ITCA, National Gallery, Prague. Curator: M. Knížák, T. Vlček

    2008: ZVON, City Gallery Prague. Curator: K. Císař

    2008: Open Space – Zentrum für Kunstprojekte, Vienna. Curator: A. Nikolić

    2008: Viennafair. With B. Klimova, A. Ter-Oganian, V. Ambroz

    2008: Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo. Curator: G. Kvaran, H.B. Ueland, G. Årbu.

    2007: Artspace Sydney, Woolloomooloo. Curator: S. Rees

    2007: Brukenthal Museum, Sibiu. Curator: A.M. Chisa

    2007: Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Curator: S. Thorud

    2007: Prague biennale 3. Curator: V. Artamanov, J. David

    2007: City Gallery Prague. Curator: K. Kintera

    2007: Futura CCA, Prague. Curator: V. Magid

    2006: Kunsthalle Wien. Curator: A. Nikolic

    2006: Galerija Nova/Galerija M. Kraljevic, Zagreb. Curator: D. Kulhanek, O. Chrobak

    2006: tranzit workshops, Bratislava. Curator: D. Kulhanek

    2006: Alliance Francaise, Nairobi. Coordinator: A. Nicolic

    2006: Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography. With K. Miyagawa

    2006: Czech Center, New York. Curator J. Mančuška

    2006: De Veemvloer/Artwalks, Amsterdam. Curator: R. Waanja

    2005: Gallery plan b, Cluj. Curator: D. Kulhanek, O. Chrobak

    2005: Prodajna galerija Belgrade. Curator: M. Stamenkovic

    2005: Prague biennale 2. Curator: K.Cisar, V. Havranek, J. Mančuška

    2005: BWA, Sztuki Wspocesnej, Wroclaw. Curator: W. Pranckiewicz

    2005: ZVON, City Gallery Prague Prague. Curator: K. Cisar

    2005: BABA, Kanazawa. Curator: Second Planet, K. Miyagawa

    2005: Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich. Curator: H.U. Obrist

    2005: Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo. Curator: Curator: H.U. Obrist

    2005: Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), NY. Curator: R. Rugoff

    2005: Miami Art Central (MAC). Curator: R. Rugoff

    2005: Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco. Curator: R. Rugoff

    2004: Kunstraum Kreuzberg-Bethanien. Curator: Z.Stefkova, Z. Lednarova

    2004: Galerirx, Paris. Curator: L. Nuridsany

    2004: Synagogue Space for Contemporary Art, Trnava. Curator: J. Cerny

    2004: Motorenhalle, Dresden: Neutral Curator: D. Kulhanek

    2004: SKC, Belgrade. Curator: M. Tomic

    2004: UKS-biennale IIII, UKS, Oslo. Curator: H.M. Nordby, I. Kierulf

    2004: Musee d’Art Moderne, Saint Etienne Metropole: Curator: L. Hegyi, J. Sevcik

    2004: Maison d’Art, Osaka. Curator: T. Inagaki

    2004: Berliner Kunstprojekte. Curator: O. Brody, K. Peautau

    2004: Kino Kunstmuseum, Bern. Coordinator: B. Klimova

    2004: Rockwell, London. Curator: A. Hunt

    2004: Gallery Display, Prague. With R. Kusmirowski, B. Ondreicka, Little Warsaw

    2004: The Kitchen, New York. Curator: H. Walker

    2004: Museum of Art, North Dakota. Curator: H. Walker

    2004: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Curator: H. Walker

    2004: Tate, London. Curator: H. Walker

    2004: The Contemporary Art Museum, St.Louis. Curator: H. Walker

    2004: The Renaissance Society, Chicago. Curator: H. Walker

    2003: Goethe-Institute, Prague: Meta Project, Her Project With Gallery Display

    2003: K & S Gallery, Berlin. Curator: K. Cisar

    2003: Art in General, New York. With pas, Prague

    2003: Motorenhalle, Dresden. With pas, Prague

    2003: Platform Garanti CCA, Istanbul. With pas, Prague

    2003: Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. With pas, Prague

    2003: Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. With pas, Prague

    2003: Norwich Gallery, GB. With pas, Prague

    2003: Sparwasser HQ, Berlin. With pas, Prague

    2003: Oslo Open. With Guest star: Oslo Byaksjon Curator: M. Heier, I. Kierulf

    2003: Gallery Trafo, Budapest, With Umelec Magazine, Prague

    2003: Alsova Jihoceska Gallery, Budweiser. With M. Knížák/AVU

    2003: Balkan Konsulat, Graz. With Gallery Display, Prague

    2003: Red Gate Art Academy, Beijing. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Moving Image Center, New Zealand. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Art in general, New York. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Center for Contemporary Arts, Kitakyushu. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Gallery Soap, Kokura. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Videotage, Hong Kong. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: ROOTX festival, Hull. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Dundee Contemporary Arts, Hull time based arts. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Minicine, Los Angeles. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: 911 Media Center, Seattle. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland. Curator: C. Mcintee

    2003: Fukuoka & Kitakyushu MoMA. With K. Miyagawa. Curator: Y. Yamaguchi, S. Hanada

    2002: d.u.m.b.o. Arts Center gallery (dac), New York. Curator: F+T. Gilman-Sevcik

    2002: Royal College of Art, London. With pas, Prague. Curator: A.Hunt

    2002: Museo del Agua, Lisbon. Curator: J/J. Sevcik

    2002: Biennial for young artists, City Gallery Prague. With Gallery Display

    2002: Le Jardin de Kaboul - AVU/ SAIC, Prague

    2002: BWA, Sztuki Wspocesnej,Wroclaw. Curator: M. Otwinowski

    2001: b/2, Leipzig. With I. Vosecky

    2000: Manes, Prague. Curator: M. Slavicka

    1999: National Gallery, Prague. Curator: J/J.Sevcik, V. Beskid

    1999: Manes, Prague. Curator: V. Havranek


    Art in residence:

    2011: W17, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (BKH)

    2010: Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard (NBK)

    2009: Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul (OCA)

    2008: Galerija – Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb

    2008: Egon Shiele Centrum, Český Krumlov

    2007: 18th Street Art Center, Los Angeles (TMU)

    2005: SÍM, Reykjavik


    Presentation, panels, seminars, workshops:

    2022: Beyond the Gaming Principle 2022 - User at Work

    2021:Transfer Collective ~ Translucent body education. With M. Grimmich

    2018: Student workshop Studio of Documentary Photography, FAMU, Prague

    2018: Presentation ATTR, Interdisciplinary Research School, Trondheim

    2018: Speaker Series Department of Art & Design, Visual arts & design forum, University of Alberta, Ca.

    2017: Work group, Uniting Evidence, Art, and Advocacy at NTNU, Trondheim

    2016: Work group, Uniting Evidence, Art, and Advocacy at UNAIDS, Geneva

    2015: Work group, Uniting Evidence, Art, and Advocacy at University of Ottawa

    2015: Research presentation, 10 working days/Divisions at NTNU, Trondheim

    2015: FRANK conversations, BMC#5, Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo

    2015: Research presentation, Bildende Kunstneres Forening Hordaland, BKFH

    2015: Work group, Art Production in Restriction. Possibilities of Transformative Art Production and Coalition-

    Building, Trondheim, Levart.no

    2014: Moderator, Critical Writing Salon, BOA - Billedkunstnerne i Oslo og Akershus

    2014: Screening, Border Musical, Oslo Softcity, (Kunsthall Oslo) Cinemateket, Oslo.

    2014: Research presentation, EGS, Saas-Fee, Switzerland

    2014: Conference, Mo i Rana A gathering of the ar(c)t(ic) tribes II

    2014: Work group, Paris, Blank Mountain College, BMC#3, BMC#4, PAF

    2014: Research Presentation, Levels of Precarity Deep Sites, Trondheim, Levart.no

    2014: Summer Academy Artistic Research, SAAR, Helsinki

    2013: Instigator, Chto Delat; Border Songspiel. co-producer with KORO/Pikene på Broen, Installation Bergen

    Assembly

    2013: Performance, Virtual Economic Zone, Instytut Sztuki Wyspa, Gdansk: Liquid Leveling. With Isabela

    Grosseova. Curator: K. Szreder

    2012: Performance, 4+4 Days in Motion, Prague, He who laughs; Art About the Artworld

    2012: Panelist, How to work (more for) less: The Precarity of intellectual and creative work, National Museum of

    Contemporary Art, Oslo

    2011: Prague Quadrennial, With Joanna Rajkowska, Paweł Sztarbowski

    2011: Ateliér Banja Luka, Arcueil, Paris.

    2010: Ateliér Ateliér Banja Luka, With J. Ptacek, AVI, FaVU-Brno

    2008: Performance, In Situ, Warsaw, Passengers 2; About walls, fences and other more or less visible barriers.

    Curator: K. Szreder

    2007: Screening, In Situ,Warsaw, Passengers; Localisation of Public art, Opening of Spaces

    2004: Co-produced exhibitions, Preproduction Space, Berlin. With O. Brody

    2004: Performance, Prague Chinatown part 2: Collective Non-hereditary Memory / Chinese Whisper. With Tranzit

    2003: Performance, Prague Chinatown part 1: In Situ/Access. I samarbeid med Gallery Display, Gallery

    Jeleni,With Tranzit

    2003: Performance, Kunstlerhaus Passage Gallery Vienna. With Tranzit

    2003: Performance, Mobile Seminar, Prague. With Tranzit

    2002: Performance, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. With Umelec magazine (Um)


    Curatorial work:

    2006: Nasrin Tabatabai and Babak Afrassiabi (Pages Magazine) Sunset Cinema edition 2, Filmprogram, Kino

    Svetozor, Prague, Kino Soria Moria, Oslo and Torpedo Bookstore, Oslo

    2005: Flyingcity (Seoul) exhibition

    2005: Milano Flash Art Show, group show

    2004: Arbetsgruppen (Stockholm), Prague, Bratislava, Budapest

    2003: Jesper N. Joergensen (Copenhagen) lecture performance

    2003: Ole Jørgen Ness (Oslo) exhibition

    Public commissions, competitions:

    2013: KORO/BUP, Jessheim, Akershus (realized)

    2011: National Tourist Routes, Gryllefjord, Troms (not realized)

    2010: National Tourist Routes, Atlantic Ocean Road, Møre and Romsdal (not realized)

    2008: KORO/NORAD, Vestbanen, Oslo (not realized)


    Published work, articles:

    2015: University of Lisbon, Academy of Art publication on Irony and artistic research, You said ‘irony’

    2014: Vector - art and culture in context, University of Iași, Notes on Finished and Unfinished Work

    2013: Billedkunst No. 2, 2013, TEMA: Men hva er OCA? Et forsøk på en tolkning

    2013: Kunstkritikk.no, On négritudes, agitation, and why we’ve never heard of Abdel Khaliq Mahgoub

    2005: Umelec Magazine, No.1, 2005, Report: Artists at Work


    Filmography:

    2011: Mandag-Tirsdag-Onsdag-Torsdag-Fredag W17 (NRK/Nasjonalgalleriet)

    Link NRK: 28.11 2011 (Nasjonalgalleriet)

    https://tv.nrk.no/serie/nasjonalgalleriet/2011/MKTF03002511/avspiller

    (Klikk 10: Jesper Alvær kjøper arbeidskraft på Dagsen)

    2007: RCCL Art Grant: Jesper Alvaer (Applaus.no)

    2004: In/Out Video-festival (Divus.cz)


    Grants, awards:

    2021: Norwegian state support work grant

    2021: OCA, Norway (International Support)

    2020: OCA, Norway (International Support)

    2019: Norwegian state support work grant

    2018: OCA, Norway

    2018: Norwegian state support work grant

    2017: UniFor, University of Oslo

    2017: BKH, Norway

    2016: OCA, Norway

    2013: OCA, Norway

    2012: OCA, Norway

    2012: BKH, Norway

    2011: OCA, Norway

    2011: BKH, Norway

    2010: BKH, Norway

    2009: OCA, Norway

    2007: RCCL arts grant

    2007: Trust for Mutual Understanding

    2007: Norwegian State Support for Young Artists

    2006: Lise og Arnfinn Hejes Fond

    2006: Norwegian State Support for Young Artists

    2005: Norwegian State Support for Young Artists

    2006: FCCA, Prague

    2005: FCCA, Prague

    2005: NIFCA

    2004: Ego Art Prize. With Preproduction Space, O. Brody, Berlin

    2003: tranzit Artist Prize

    2002: AVU Studio Prize

    2002: OCA, Norway

    1997: AVU Studio Prizes


    Online project/web archives:

    http://stagingdislocation.net

    http://www.reprezentacenaroda.cz/en/

    http://isbn80-7027-148-5.cz/en

    http://www.figureandground.eu

    http://igja.net