CV

Dr. SIRI HERMANSEN

Professor by competence


Born 1969 in Genève, Switzerland

Lives and works in Oslo

www.sirihermansen.com

+ 47 95270427



EDUCATION


2016

PHD - The National Artistic Research Fellowship Program, The National Academy of Arts, Oslo


1993-1997     

MFA - École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris (ENSBA)


1991-1993     

BFA - Parsons School of Design, Paris




SOLO EXHIBITIONS


2025

Gleditchkonferansen 2025, I Will, Trøndelag Teater

Arendalsuka 2025, I will flaggprosjekt for Falstadsenteret

Falstad Senteret, Kommandørboligen, Curator Ingeborg Hjorth

Terminal B Kunsthall, Pikene på broen, Curator Ingrid Valan

Vinterfestivalen, Træna


2022/23

3,14 Kunsthall, Curator Malin Barth


2021     

I will, Soft Gallery, Oslo

Library of the forgotten, Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter Curator, Madeleine Park

Islands of Memories, Bjørnson Literature Festival – Festival Artist 2021, Molde


2019

Terra Nullius, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Curator Harald Solberg


2017

Dreaming in the Stone Bed Valley, Kunsthall 3,14, Curator Malin Barth

The Space between here and there, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm Curator R. Komissar




2016

True North, Sami Center for Contemporary Art, Karasjok. Curator Jan-Erik Lundström

Dreaming in the Stone Bed Valley, Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bamberg, Curator N. Gomringer


2013     

Terra Nullius, Oslo Kunstforening, Curator: M. Hultmann


2012  

The Economy of Survival, Stenersen Art Museum, Oslo, Curator: S. Wendt     


2009

Point of View, RAM Gallery, Oslo, Curator: G. Eidsvik


2008

Bipolar Horizon, Tsedeka, Central House of Artists,Moscow                                                                                        

Borderline, Street-art Festival, Helsingør-Helsingborg                                                                                          

Sacrifice, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Roma, Curator; B. Pietromarchi


2007

Bipolar Horizon, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Stavanger                                                                        

Festival Artist - Odda Literature Festival


2006

Gravity, Kunstbanken, Hamar                                                                                                                                       

Bipolar Horizon, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Curator Selene Wendt


2005

Days of Night, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø                                                                                                          

Camp Heaven, Møre og Romsdal Kunstnersenter Curator; Jannicke Iversen


2004

Oblation, Galleri Nr: 9, Oslo


2003

Time Ecstacy, UKS, Oslo Curator; Trude Iversen

The happiest day of my life, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Curator; E. Høyersten


2002

In Absencia I, Galleri F15, Moss Curator; Siv Hoffsvang

When Summer is almost gone, Arendal Kunstforening


2001     

In Absencia II, Galleri F15, Moss


1999

MK Gallery - Rotterdam

Between her fingers The French Cultural Institute, Oslo


GROUP EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS


2025

Screening of Freedom of the Seas, Komafest - Crossing Over, Vardø

Screening of Freedom of the Seas, Pomorfestivalen, Vardø

Screening of Freedom of the Seas,



2024

Old Sunlight, Bærum Kunsthall, Curator Fredo Evers

Screening of Islands of Memories, 80th jubileum of the liberation of Finnmark, Kirkenes

Screening of Freedom of the Seas, Komafest - Crossings Filmfestival, Vardø

Soft Shields, Barents Spektakel 2024, Curator Pikene på broen, Curator Astrid Fadnes


2022

Border – Mining - Care, The National Academy of Arts in Lisboa, Curator Helena Elias                                                                                     Habitat, Gallery F15, Moss                       

ArcticSouth, The National Academy of the Arts in Oslo, Curator Merete Røstad


2021                                                                                                                                                                     

Momentum Biennale 11. House of Common - Curated by Thèo-Mario Coppolo                                                                                                                                                                     


2020                                                                                                                                                                              

Actually, the Dead Are Not Dead: Politics of Life, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Curated by I. Dressler & H. D. Christ                                                                                                                                                 

Gøteborg Kunsthall, Screening, Curated by Jan Erik Lundström                                                                             

B*stard, artbook fair 2020 – Festival Artist, curated by Vilde Andrea Brun, Oppland Kunstsenter                     Og lenge gikk vi uten lys, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Curated by Cecilie Nissen                                                             Faith, hope and love, Akershus Kunstsenter, Curated by Rikke Kommisar & Monica Holmen                    


2019                                                                                                                                                                              

Bergen Assembly, Actually the dead Are Not Dead Curated by Iris Dressler & Hans D. Christ                                 House of Norway, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt                                                                                             Hotel Europa Their Past, Your Present, Our Future. Open Space for Experimental Art. Tbilisi, Georgia, Curated by Théo-Mario Coppola                                                                                                                                            


2018                                                                                                                                                                                 

Neon Argon Krypton, Bærum Kunsthall, Curator Per Hess


2017

I Taste the Future, LIAF, Curator Heidi Ballet                                                                                                         

SPIRE, Losæter Sørenga Curator Joakim Gitlestad                                                                                                        

The 17th International Seoul New Media Festival, Curator, Seihee Shon

Galleri KIT, International Studentfestival (ISFIT) Trondheim

Beyond Horizon, University of Aberdeen, Scottland, Curated by H. Hammer Stien Beyond Horizon, Glasgow Autonomous Space, Scottland, Curated by H. Hammer Stien Beyond Horizon, Edinburgh Filmhouse, Scottland Curated by H. Hammer Stien


2016

National Museum of Contemporary art, Oslo

Poor Art–Rich Legacy. Arte Povera and Parallell Practices 1968-2015.

Bamberg International Film Festival, Dreaming in the Stonbed Valley, Opening film


2015

The 15th International Seoul New Media Festival, Curator, Seihee Shon

Second Autumn, Art Stations Foundation 5050, Poznan, Curator, Agnieszka Pindera

Poor Art – Rich Legacy. The National Contemporary Artmuseum, Oslo. Curator A. Krogsnes.

Beyond Horizons, Atelier Nord ANX Curated by H. Hammer Stien


2014  

Beyond Horizon, Tromsø International Filmfestival Curated by H. Hammer Stien

First Aid Kit Art Festival, Umeå

1814 - Revisited, the past is still present, Eidsvoll Curator; R. Kommisar

19th Bienniale of Sydney, curated by Juliana Engbert


2013

The Melancholy lover of a vanished space, Silverlens Gallery, Singapore

Re-Culture II, Patras, Curator Marianne Hultmann

Social Videoscapes from the North, Pro Artibus Foundation Curator; L. Scacco

Social Videoscapes from the North, CareOf, Milano Curator; L. Scacco

New documentary Strategies ANX, Oslo Curator; S. Østby Sæther

     

2012     

For Farm Sake - Detroit Contemporary; Curator Kt Andresky

21. DokumentART Filmfestival Neubrandenburg/ Szczecin

Take Take Take and.. Regard Benin , Curator; Stephan Köhler

New documentary Strategies, Shortfilm Festival Grimstad

Paradox; the limits of Liberty, Castrum Peregrini, Amsterdam, Curator P. Barràgan


2011

Impuls, Tromsø Museum Curator Hege Pålsgaard

Conceptual Debts, broken dreams, New Horizons Etagi, St. Petersburg, Curator K. Brandtzæg


2010

Godesses, Nasjonal Museet, Oslo Curator A. Krogsnes



2009

Russian Style in Photography, Moscow Museum of Photography, Moscow

Borderline, Central, Istanbul

Northwave Venice,

Galleri Brandström, Stockholm     

Borderline, SEAS – Intercult, Stockholm, touring exhibition Odessa, Gøteborg and Varna


2008

Guds Ansikter, Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo, Curator: Erlend Høyersten


2007

Luft, Punkt Ø, Moss, Curator S. Hoffsvang

Rock & Roll Vol I, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Curator: M. Hultmann

Rock & Roll Vol II, Norrkøping Konstmuseum, Curator: M. Hultmann

Norsk Fotografi, Nord-norsk Kunstmuseum

Textile in Contemporary Art» Tartu Artmuseum


2006

Coming Together, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo

Post Nora, Today Artmuseum, Beijing, Curator: Wang Baoju    

The Project Room 93-06, Punkt Ø, Moss

Textile in Contemporary art, Ciurlionis Museum


2005

Transposition, Bjørvika, Oslo Curator: Steinar Liverud     

                                                               

2004

Sex & Flowers, Studio Tecnica, Oslo


2003

Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg       

                                                                   

2002

Collector’s Item, Galleri F15, Moss

Norsk Nærværsformidling, Uks, Oslo


2001      

Save your Self, Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo

Poster, Hot Rod, Oslo

Østlandsutstillingen, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo

Sans Titre, Galleri Yoshii, Paris

Parsons School Gallery, Paris


1998

Castor Fiber, UKS Gallery, Oslo


1996

Chains, MK Gallery, Rotterdam                                                                                     

Baby´s got blue eyes, Royal Danish Cultural Centre, Paris




RESIDENCY


2023          Pikene på Broen, Artist in Residence, Kirkenes


2020          Møre and Romsdal Artcenter - Research residency

          Financed by Møre and Romsdal Artcenter.


2018           Art-based etnografi, Guest artist, Lesvos, Greece

          Financed by Agder University


2015-16      Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia, Bavarian State,

          Financed by the Ministry of Culture in München.


2014               Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem, Israel/Palestina

               Financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs


2013               Raw Material Company, Centre for art, Knowledge and Society DAKAR Senegal.

     Financed by Office for Contemporary Art Norway,


2011          The Yes Farm, Detroit, USA,

          Financed by The Norwegian Artistic Research Program


2007           Plattform China, Beijing    

          Financed by Office for Contemporary Art Norway,


2004          Kings Bay, Spitsbergen( Svalbard)

          Financed by BKH-Scholarship and The Norwegian Art Council.





ART PRICES


2015-16

Bavarian Ministery of Culture and Science for artistic excellency, Munchen, Germany


2006

Jacob Weidemann`s Art Prize


2003

NATT & DAG Artist of the year, Shortlisted


2001

Diesel Art Prize 2001



PUBLICATIONS


2025

Freedom of the Seas, Black Snow Press


2023

I Will See You When the Sun Rise, Black Snow Press


2019 

Bergen Assembly, Actually the dead are not Dead

Apology / Om Forlatelse, Black Snow Press

 

2017 

The Economy of Survival, Black Snow Press

The space between here and there, Akershus Kunstforening, digital katalog.

http://www.akershuskunstsenter.no/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/TSBHAT-final2.pdf

 

2014 

You Imagine What You Desire, 19th Biennale of Sydney Biennale Catalogue  

Survival Kit, Umeå

 

2013

Social Videoscopes from the North, Edited by Lorella Scacco   

 

2012

The Economy of Survival, Stenersen Art Museum 

 

2011

Nordic Art Today; Conceptual Debts, Broken Dreams, New Horizons published byTOK.spb.org

 

2009

North Wave, with DVD insert, Dr. Lorella Scacco- Published by Silvana Editoriale

Russian Style in Photography, Moscow Museum of Photography

 

2008

Sideways, Die Gestalte Verlag

 

2007

Portrett av ein forlaten utopi - Pyramiden; Siri Hermansen and Kjartan Fløgstad, Spartacus

Rock & Roll Volume I, Edited by Marianne Hultmann and Jan Wallaker                   

 

2006

Bipolar Horizon, in collaboration with the Stenersen Museum and Artistic Director Selene Wendt

Post Nora, Today Art Museum, Beijing