Leif Inge

Leif Inge
Artist
Idea-based artist. 9 Beet Stretch is Leif Inges monumental work in sound, and has become emblematic of his work even if his art is coming in a great variety of forms and fields and crafts. Context and idea are given equal importance in an open play which emphasize the quality of bisociation rather than linear association, a play on the context and the definitions used to define it. This way it works as cultural statements in such way that the resulting work is often hard to brand in one field rather than the other. Other known works includes The Sun (car windscreen replaced by stained glas), Durchschlager (embroidery in strainers series), Belge Blanc Maasai (Maasai cattlebranding on western cattlestock), Postleif (human cranium adapted for nesting birds) &c. Leif Inge frequently collaborate across various fields, and his work has been shown globally in venues like BizArt Art Center, Shanghai; Centro Nacional de las Artes, México; Wien Modern, Vienna and Diapason Gallery, New York. Recent work has been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Village Voice, and Wien Modern catalogue. External link 9 Beet Stretch www.læyf.com
Curriculum Vitae exhibitions 2010 23. Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart 2009 Media Playground, De Hoeksteen Live!, Salto 1 TV, Amsterdam + NIMK – Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam 2009 Jetlagno. 4, Pact Zollverein, Essen 2009 Impakt Festival 2009, Utrecht 2009 Gameplay, Itaú Cultural, São Paolo 2009 Gogbot Fesitval, Enschede 2009 Spekter, NRKTV (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) 2009 Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts 2009, Minneapolis 2008 ISIM – International Society for Improvised Music, Third Annual Conference, Denver 2008 Piksel 08, StudioUSF, Bergen 2008 HuskonsePt 08, Music Conservatory of Tromsø University College, Tromsø 2008 Netfilmmakers, alt_cph, København 2008 Crosswire, NIMK – Netherlands Media Art Institute, Amsterdam 2008 The Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach 2008 Stream On You, iMAL – interactive Media Art Lab, Bruxelles 2008 Directors Lounge Berlin, Scala, Berlin 2007 [ars]numerica 2, Numerica – European Center for Digital Arts, Montbéliard 2007 Dialoge, Mozarts Geburtshaus, Salzburg 2007 Wien Modern 07, Wien 2007 Eslöv Biennial 2007, Eslöv 2007 Art.xxxtenxion, Städtische Galerie im Leeren Beutel, Regensburg + SimpliPrivacy, Second Life 2007 10. Lange Nacht der Museen, Kulturforum am Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 2007 Fuseleeds06, Leeds 2007 John Baldessari: Music, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn 2007 Performatik 3, Kaaitheaterstudio's, Brussel 2007 Unsafe 2 Festival, Lighthouse – Poole Centre for the Arts, Poole 2007 The Independents, Issue Project Room, New York 2006 Wien Modern 06, Wien 2006 Norsk Skulpturbiennale 2006, Vigeland Museum, Oslo 2006 Bohrium – Table of the Elements Festival no. 4, Eyedrum, Atlanta 2006 Ars Electronica 2006, Linz 2006 BizArt Art Center, Shanghai 2006 Fotogalleriet, Bokaktig, Oslo 2006 Dubnium – Table of the Elements Festival no. 3, at SXSW 2006, Austin 2005 Lydgalleriet / Landmark, Bergen 2005 Rom for Kunst og Arkitektur, Oslo 2005 Contemporary Craft 2005, Röda Sten, Göteborg 2005 Borealis05 – Contemporary Music Festival, Bergen 2004 Diapason Gallery, New York 2004 Ultima – Oslo Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo 2004 964 Natoma, San Francisco 2004 Kupfer Ironworks, Madison 2003 Munch Museum, 40 år, Oslo 2003 Oslo Open – Art Projects in Public Space, Tullinløkka, Oslo 2002 Brakstad Konsept inkl. Galleri, Oslo 2002 Manifesta 4 – European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt 2000 BergArt – Bergen Art Festival, Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen 2000 Døgnfluen, Bergen 1999 CNA – Centro Nacional de las Artes, Foro Experimental, México 1997 Trondheim International Theatre Festival, Trøndelag Teater 1997 Trøndelag Kunstnersenter, 97>, Trondheim 1997 Kuvataideakatemia Galleria, Impermanent, Helsinki curators Inke Arns (Jetlagno. 4) Stoffel Debuysere (Impakt) TeZ (Crosswire) Karen Moss (Orange County Museum) N + N Corsino ([ars]numerica 2) Berno Odo Polzer (Dialoge, Performatik, Wien Modern) Pomodoro Bolzano (Art.xxXtenxion) Christina Végh (Bonner Kunstverein) Suzanne Fiol (The Indepentdents) Cecilia Widenheim (Norsk Skulpturbiennale) Jeff Hunt (Bohrium, Dubnium, Kupfer Ironworks) Davide Quadrio / Xu Zhen (BizArt) Marianne Zamecznik / Halvor Haugen (Fotogalleriet) Nicholas Møllerhaug (Borealis05) Michael J. Schumacher (Diapason) Aaron Ximm (964 Natoma) Ida Kierulf (Oslo Open) online media, in english • The New York Times (Ben Sisario) • WNYC (New York Public Radio) Radio Lab (Jad Abumrad) media på nett, på norsk • NRK Ulyd (Tilman Hartenstein) • Kunstkritikk.no (Erlend Hammer) - Click on the entries and you can read the articles or hear the broadcasts other media • Los Angeles Times (Mark Swed) • Art Review (Erlend Hammer) • Billedkunst (Tommy Olsson) • The Village Voice (Kyle Gann) • Artforum (Anthony Hubermann) education 1994-97 Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, prof. Klaus Jung and Duba Sambolec 1995 Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki University, prof. Radoslaw Gryta residency IASPIS (International Artists' Studio Program), Stockholm awards, grants, support NIFCA (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art); OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway); Royal Norwegian Embassy in Canada; Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, 2003, 2004; Art Council Norway; CONACULTA (the Mexican National Council for Culture and the Arts); Opetusministeriö (the Finish Educational Ministry) other • the DVD-release of 9 Beet Stretch is a coproduction with Table of the Elements / Jeff Hunt • working in and with the Avatar Orchestra Metaverse • part of Spire, curated by Mike Harding • Hyperkinetik Video Machine is a collaboration with Alfredo Salomón • a 24/7 webcast of 9 Beet Stretch is aired by Raudio / Park4DTV, coproduced with Harold Schellinx • the .pasajes. was created and executed together with Adolfo Flores, Rafael Rosales, and Xóchitl Gonzales • arranging Impermanent together with Thorsten Jordan, presenting 24 artists within the time-based arts, at sites in the city of Helsinki • presentations, reviews and interviews (Matthew Barney, Gazira Babeli, Johan Grimonprez, John Cage, Gordon Matta-Clark); published in Wien Modern 07 (cat.), Kunstkritikk.no, Morgenbladet, Billedkunst; lectured at Concordia University (Montréal), Free103point9 (New York) selective entries – updated january 2010

Leif Inge

Curriculum Vitae