Ida Ekblad
Born in 1980, lives and works in Oslo, Norway
- EDUCATION
2008 MSA, Los Angeles
2005-2007 MA- The National Academy of Art, Oslo
2002-2005 BA- The National Academy of Art, Oslo
2000-2001 Central St. Martins College of Art, department of Fine Art, London
- SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
- Greene Naftali, New York
- West London Projects, curated by Christiane Schneider, London
2010
- West London Projects,curated by Christiane Schneider, London
- Poem Percussion, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
- Digging. Treasure., Bonniers Kunsthall, Stockholm
- A clothespin left behind on a line, Herald Street, London
- Entschlafen zum Hafen Gld Leid Vergangenheit, Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
2009
- Project Room, Wiel, Brussels
- A Woman Under The Influence, Frieze Art Fair, Frame, London, Gaudel de Stampa
- That Leaf / That Mushroom / That Palm Tree, Karma International, Zurich (with Tobias Madison)
- Salty Sap Green Black, The Journal Gallery, New York
- Galerie since the summer of 69, New York
- What leaf? What mushroom?, New Jerseyy, Basel
- Woman under the influence, Galleri Annen Etage, Oslo
- In exile from the mineral kingdom, Galleria Alessandro de March, Milano
- Febermalerier, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris
2008
- Silver ruins, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
- GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
- ILLUMInazioni, 54th Venice Biennale, curated by Bice Curiger
- Manufacture, curated by Zoë Gray & Sandra Patron, Parc Saint-Léger – Centre d’art contemporain, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
- Host City, Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
- 5th Prague Biennale, curated by Nicola Trezzi
- The Garden of Forking Paths – An Outdoor Sculpture Project on the Blum Family Estate in Samstagern, curated by Heike Munder, Migros Museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich
- Hysteria, Laughter, and a Sense of Seriousness, curated by Mareike Dittmer and Raphael Gygax, Karma International, Zurich
- You don’t love me anymore, curated by Katja Schroeder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
2010
- At Home, Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin
- “Pastiche… When a tree falls in the forest’, Sølyst Artist Residence Center: Jyderup, Dänemark
- Les sculptures meurent aussi, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, La Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France
- Fade Into You, Herald Street, London
- Berlin Box, curated by Friederike Nymphius, CCA Andratx, Spain
- Fortescue Avenue, London
- Ekblad, Karstiess, Nymphius Projekte, curated by Friederieke Nymphius, Berlin
2009
- The Gold Bug Drift, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (selected for Statoil Art Award 2009)
- Europäisch-Amerikanische Freundschaft , Ida Ekblad, David Hominal, Alistair Frost, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
- Momentum, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, FAVORED NATIONS,curated by Lina Džuverović and Stina Högkvist
- Bad Moon Rising, curated by Jan Van Woensel, Galerie sans titre, Brussels
- Problem Solving: Express Yourself, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne
- Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, New York, curated by Lauren Cornell,
- Massimiliano Gioni and Laura Hoptman
- Prose pour des Esseintes, Karma International, Zurich
- GRAVE ACCENT, Gaudel De Stampa, Paris c/o Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin
- Dark Fair, Kölnischer Kunstverein, presented by Milwaukee International
- Ab-strac-tion-al, MUSEUM 52, NEW YORK
2008
- Benefit Auction, Swiss Institute, NY
- Dark Continents, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (Publication)
- CANADA, New York
- Art Since the Summer of 69, New York
- Dark Fair, Swiss Institute, NY, curated by Scott and Tyson Reeder
- MSA, Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles
- GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE BAD NEWS, Swiss Institute, New York, curated by Gianni Jetzer
- Background, PREUS MUSEUM, urated by Jonas Ekeberg (Publication)
- Medium Cool, Art in General, New York, curated by Hanne Mugaas
- Lights On, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Art, Oslo
- NADA, Miami, in the auspices of Karma International, Zurich
2007
- The Corny Show, Karma International, Zurich
- Tower, curated by Jonas Ohlsson, W 139 Amsterdam, Holland
- MA degree show, The National Academy of Art, The Stenersen museum, Oslo
- Robert Smithson, Fotogalleriet Oslo, curated by Lina Viste Grønli and Anders Smebye
- Paris Was Yesterday, curated by Hanne Mugaas, Galerie La Vitrine, Paris
- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee (w Marius Engh)
- Von Zamlla mina mannar & ida, Galleri De Praktijk, Amsterdam, curated by Jonas Ohlsson
2006
- The Copy and Paste Show, Rhizome, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, curated by Hanne Mugaas
- Giving People What They Want, Glassbox, Paris
- The Art academy in Exile, Uks, Oslo
- Everything I do (I do it for you) Projekt 0047, Berlin, curated by Hanne Mugaas
- Fultjacks Blot, Raid Projects, Los Angeles USA, curated by Jonas Ohlsson
- The Early Show, White Columns, New York, curated by Tyson Reeder, Scott Reeder , Elysia Borowy
- C U (on The Other) Side, Bastard, Oslo
- CURATORIAL PROJECTS
- Dear Cockettes: An exhibition for and about the legendary acid queens, The Cockettes, UKS, Oslo (with Anders Nordby)
- The Corny Show, Karma International, Zurich, (w Anders Nordby)
- Milwaukee International, Milwaukee (w Anders Nordby)
- There Are Two Paths, Torpedo, Oslo, (w Hanne Mugaas)
- Giving People What they Want, Glassbox, Paris (w Hanne Mugaas)
- With Us Against Reality, Or Against Us! Willy Wonka Inc. Oslo (w Anders Nordby)
- PUBLICATIONS
- The Cockettes, Editor w / Anders Nordby, Published by Torpedo Press (upcoming)
- Dark Continents, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, edited by Ruba Katrib
- Evergreen, edited by James Deutsher, (Melbourne)
- Background, Preus Museum, edited by Susanne Sæther and Jonas Ekeberg
- When The Sky Fell (From the archives of The Yellow Tomb) Exhibition Fanzine
- Corny Show, Exhibition Fanzine, (Zurich)
- Norsk Kunstårbok, 2007 and Norsk Kunstårbok, 2008
- With us Against Reality, Or Against Us! (w Anders Nordby) Exhibition Catalogue
- CD with musical compositions by 17 artists for « With Us Against Reality, Or Against Us! »
- PHANTASMAGORIA, Nesten, Aschehoug -ISBN: 82032454638
- PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Norway
- The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art Collection, Norway
- Preus Museum, Norway
- Statoil Hydro Collection, Norway
- Nordea Collection, Norway
- Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway
- GRANTS
2008
- 3 Year Norwegian State working grant
- Art Council Norway, Production Support
- Forbundet Frie Fotografer, Production Support
2007
- Art Council Norway, Production Support
- Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
- BKH Graduation Prize