Mai Hofstad Gunnes
Born 1977 in Lørenskog, Norway
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Education
2003-2004 Research Program, CCA (Center for Contemporary Art), Kitakyushu, Japan
1999-2004 MFA, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norway
2000-2001 Universität der Künste, Prof. Katharina Sieverding, Berlin, Germany
1997-1999 Einar Granum Kunstskole, Oslo, Norway
Residencies
2015 HIGH-NORTH, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, CCA Glasgow, GSS, BALTIC Centre for
Contemporary Art, NABROAD
2012/2013 W17, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2011 OCA Office for Contemporary Art Norway / WIELS Contemporary Art Centre,
Brussels, Belgium
2010 La Cite International, Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Stiftelse, Paris
2004 IASPIS, International Artist Studio Program in Sweden, Stockholm
Solo Exhibitions (selection)
2019 Films by Mai Hofstad Gunnes, Entrée, Bergen
2019 Whim of Selflessness, Grand Piano, Oslo
2018 Wave. Whip. Fan, She Will, Ski
2016 B. The Second Letter, Baltic 39, Gateshead/Newcastle, United Kingdom
2015 Proverbs for Ouroboros, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim
2012 Baby Snakes Hatching. Ruins. Ruins, UKS, Young Artists Associations, Oslo
2012 Bike and Bolex, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels, Belgium
2012 Bike and Bolex, Souterrain, Berlin
2009 A shape of love you can never imagine, Oslo Fine Art Society, Oslo
2006 Stolen Recorder, (with Lieko Shiga), Areal 28, Berlin
2005 When Pigs Fly, (with Christine Rebet), Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2004 What do you Mean? XpoSeptember, Stockholm, Photo Festival,Fylkingen, Stockholm
Group Exhibitions (selection)
2020
Signalfeil på Olaf Ryes plass, Atelier Nord, Oslo
2019
Ecologies Lost Found and Continued, Screen City Biennial, Stavanger
2018
Celluloid Brushes, Establissement d´en face, Brussels
Artroskopi, Ringnes Kunsthall, Skotbu, Norway
2017
Hamskifte, Dokumentasjonsprosjektet E6, Oppland Kunstsenter, Lillehammer, Norway
When We Dead Awaken, Munchmuseet on the Move, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo
2015
Facts, Stories and Anecdotes, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger
Imagining Commons, Galleri Volt, Bergen
Words aren´t the thing, CAC, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Walk Like a Giant, QBG, Oslo
2014
Museum of Contemporary Art, Banja Luka, Bosnia
2013
Momentum 7, Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art, Moss
PARADOKS, Posisjoner innen norsk videokunst 1980 - 2010, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
In Case We Don´t Die, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles
In the House of Mr & Mrs X, Temporary Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Black & Vases, Komplot, Brussel
Passage pas sage, Passage des Gravilliers, Paris
Open studio, W17, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2012
If you want it you can get it for the rest of your life, ISCP, New York
All in all, Ruth Phaneuf Fine Arts, New York
Celluloid Brushes, Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin
Fragile, Hôtel de Gallifet, Aix-en-Provence, France
MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
Lo Spacio, Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
2011
Oh how time flies, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Neuwegen, Galerie am Koernerpark, Berlin
A Sounder Of (Wild) Boas, Sils Project Space, Rotterdam
Le choix du titre est un faux problème, Cneai de Paris, Paris
Metrospective 1.0, Program, Berlin
2010
Goddesses, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Cities re-imagined, Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia
Pyrrhic Fortune, Sils, Rotterdam
What will the future bring, Grimm Museum, Berlin
Filmform presents, 56th International Short Film festival Oberhausen 2010, Oberhausen, Germany
2009
20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Lettre International, Berlin (magazine)
Exotica, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin
Bunnies, It Must Be Bunnies, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo
Take me out to the wonder forest, Mercian Karuizawa Art Museum, Karuizawa, Japan
Gerichtstrasse 52a, Berlin, Germany
Sparebankstiftelsen DnB Nor Stipendutstilling, Oslo Fine Art Society, Oslo
2008
Ghost in the Machine, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
The intimate and extraordinary life of rocks, Program, Berlin
Magical Systems, Tromsø Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tromsø, Norway
Holiday in Arcadia, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway
2007
I have a suitcase in Berlin, The National Library, Oslo, Norway
Inter-Faces, SOROS Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
AniMotion, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway
Summer Sushi, Gallery Yujiro, London, Great Britain
2006
Rio, Artnews projectspace, Berlin, Germany
A to Z, (curated by Yoshitomo Nara), Hirosaki, Japan
Domestic Affairs, Momentum, Moss, NorwayTemporary Art Museum Soi Sabai, Bangkok, Thailand
2005
On time, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
Talking Music, Flicker!, Projekt 0047, Berlin, Germany
Stilleben, Projekt0047, Berlin, Germany
Past/Present/Forever, Buia Gallery, New York City
2004
All Moveable Wonders, IASPIS Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Open Studio, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden
VideoZone2, International Video Art Bienniale, Tel Aviv, Israel
Pictures came and broke my heart, Uppsala Int.Short Film Festival, Sweden
Scandinavian Sparks, 798 Space, Beijing, China
Blick 04, New Nordic Film & Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2003
Good Foot, Trondheim Kunstmuseum and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Dissonanze, Festival di Musica Elettronica e Arte Digitale, Rome, Italy
2002
Cmyk/Greyscale, Tramway, Glasgow, Great Britain
Falling on You, 38 Langham Street, London, Great Britain
Videoworks, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Memory Project, Rantakasarmi, NIFCA, Helsinki, Finland
Film Fylkingen, Fylkingen, Stockholm
2001
Blick, New Nordic Film & Video, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Represented in Collections (selection)
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
DnB Sparebank Foundation, Oslo, Norway
Statens Vegvesen, Lillehammer, Norway
Hordaland Fylkeskommune, Norway
Arts Council Norway
Trondheim Municipality, Norway