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CV

Born 24/12 1975.

Member of Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK), Billedkunstnerne i Oslo (BO) and Norske Dansekunstnere (NODA).

In 2021 I got the Kunst rett vest prize. Click here for the jury's statement.

EDUCATION

11-16:  Flamenco song, studies in Jerez de la Frontera, 9 months.

94-03:  BA in art history and theatre science, University of Oslo.

95-96:  Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq, Paris.

94-98:  Flamenco dance, studies in Paris, Madrid, Sevilla and Oslo.

SOLO PERFORMANCES

2025:

* KONKYLIEN - Drøbak Kunstforening, at the opening of the 70 years jubilee exhibition.

* OG REGNBUEN - Søndre Borgen barnehage, Asker, at the official opening of the kindergarten and of the artwork Sju planeter i uka          by Marte Johnslien. 

* NÅR / KANSKJE - CELLARCUBE, Asker kulturfestival.

* KONKYLIEN - CELLARCUBE, Asker, at the opening of the exhibition Når havet puster deg i nakken by Pippip Ferner.

* KLAGESANG OVER HYBRIS OG TAP - Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, part of the exhibition Hybris by the artist group

  Louises gate 4C.

2024:

* NÅR JEG LEGGER MEG UNDER DET SISTE TREET - CELLARCUBE, Asker, at the jubilee CELLARCUBE 10 ÅR.

* VINDEN MÅ FÅ SUSE FRITT - performative art walk outdoors and indoors at Borgen, during Asker kulturfestival, in connection with the    opening of new artworks in public space by Camilla Løw, Apichaya Wanthiang and Peder Istad.

* NÅR DU GIR MEG DITT ANSIKT - Galleri Würth, Nittedal, at the finissage of the exhibition Female Measure by Xenia Hausner.

* 700 MIL - Kongsvinger Kunstforening, part of the exhibition Vanlige dager by the artist group Louises gate 4C.

* DET ER DA JEG SITTER HELT STILLE - CELLARCUBE, Asker, at the opening of the exhibition Sammenkoblet by Pernille Rosfjord.

2023:

* BARAYE - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, The State's Art Exhibition / Høstutstillingen // Kunstbanken senter for samtidskunst, Hamar, at the         opening of the exhibitions Det eneste sikre by Kari Steihaug & Tina Jonsbu and Spor by Tulle Ruth // Multisalen, Asker kulturhus,               Kulturfrokost.

* STRANGEST DREAM - Hangar A, Fornebu, Kunst rett vest.

* PERFORMANCE LECTURE - Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, PAS Performance Kafé.

* 700 MIL - Galleri Sagene Kunstsmie, Oslo, part of the exhibition Vanlige dager by the artist group Louises gate 4C.

2022:  

 

* ROTATION AND VOICE - Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, at the finissage of the exhibition SOHO by Susanne Kathlen Mader.

* ALT DET SOM RENNER - Fossekleiva kultursenter, Berger, Kunst rett vest.

* FREDSLABORATORIET - Laboratoriet, Kongsberg, organized by Kongsberg Kunstforening.

* HAGEKONTEMPLASJONEN - CELLARCUBE, Asker kulturfestival.

* TWIGS AND A SONG - Kongsberg Kunstforening, at the finissage of the exhibition Bristningar by Katinka Goldberg.

* SOUNDS THROUGH - Galleri 69, Oslo, part of the exhibition Undersøkelser av det felles eide by the artist group Louises gate 4C.

2021:  

 

* HVIS DETTE IKKE ER SANT - Drammens Museum, at the opening of Novemberutstillingen.

* KANSKJE STOPPER JEG OPP HER - Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg, Østlandsutstillingen.

* KANSKJE FINNER JEG EN ÅKER - Store Gilhuus Gård, Lier, Kunst rett vest.

* ART TOUR - in the streets of Oslo, PAO Festival 2021, Reflecting the past, Performance Art Oslo.

* A VIDEO of my former performance LE DÉSERTEUR was screened in the PAO Festival exhibition at Atelier Nord, Oslo.

* SOUNDS THROUGH THE WALL - Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, 

  part of the exhibition Undersøkelser av det felles eide by the artist group Louises gate 4C.

2020:

* KANSKJE LEGGER JEG MEG NED OG LYTTER - Lageret Studio, Tofte, Kunst rett vest.

2019:  

 

* LE DÉSERTEUR - ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo, PAO Festival 2019, No silence / No sound - How to hear a performance.

* PERFORMATIVE ARTIST TALK - ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo, PAO Festival 2019, Performance Art Oslo.

* CLAVELES Y VOZ - Cosmopolite, Oslo, Flamenco Festival, Peña Flamenca Noruega.

* CARNATIONS AND VOICE - outdoors on the top of the stone pyramid in the center of Asker, Asker kulturfestival.

* 772 - Akershuskaia, Oslo, PAO Monumental.

* SONGS FOR A HOUSE - Deichman Grünerløkka, Oslo, at the re-opening of the library.

2018:

* YOUR SEVEN SONGS, JOSÉ - Drammens Museum, Kunst rett vest.

* CARNATIONS AND VOICE - Drammens Museum, at the opening of Kunst rett vest.

* WIND AND VOICE - outdoors in the landscape of Finse, PAB & PAO Performance Camp Finse.

* PAPER AND VOICE - outdoors in Rosenkrantz' gate 14, Oslo,

  at the opening of Shwan Dler Qaradaki's wall piece Diaries from a Distance.

* SOUNDS THROUGH THE WALL - Det Gule Huset, Asker.

2017:

* PLEASE SIT DOWN AND I'LL SING FOR YOU - Asker Kunstforening.

* SOUNDS THROUGH THE WALL - Kunstbanken Hedmark Kunstsenter, Hamar, Performancefestivalen 2017.

* A SONG IN THIN AIR - outdoors in the center of Hamar, Performancefestivalen 2017.

* UNTITLED (ENOUGH) - Fossekleiva kultursenter, Berger, Kunst rett vest.

* SOUNDS THROUGH THE WALL - The Complex, Dublin Live Art Festival.

* A SONG IN THIN AIR - outdoors at Smithfield Square, Dublin Live Art Festival.

* ECHO VS. OIL TANK - in the open oil tank at Steilene island in the Oslo fjord,

  part of Eco Echoes: Strategier for øko-empati, organized by Performance Art Oslo.

* A SONG IN THIN AIR - Interkulturelt Museum, Oslo, This Land Symposium,

  part of No Place to Call Home, organized by Kunst Vardo.

2016:

* YOUR BLACK HAIR, REIGEL - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, The State's Art Exhibition / Høstutstillingen.

* EL DÍA QUE MUERA - Flatbread Society, Bjørvika, Oslo, at Seed Journey Send Off, organized by Futurefarmers.

* UNTIL - Fritt Ord, Oslo, at the climate talk Sulten og skjønnheten - den andre samtalen.

* SONGS VS. OIL BARRELS - CELLARCUBE, Asker kulturfestival.

2015:

* LLANTO POR LOS DESAPARECIDOS - CELLARCUBE, Asker.

* SOLEÁ - Deichman Grünerløkka, Oslo, at the festival SØRFORKOMFORT.

* PARLIAMENT - in front of Parliament in Oslo, part of Performance Art Oslo's program during Oslo kulturnatt.

* SI NO ES VERDAD - in the old district prison in Bergen, at PAB Open, organized by Performance Art Bergen.

* UNTITLED (CUT) - Galeria Raczej / Perfex, Poznan, part of the performance evening The Time it Takes.

* PLEASE SIT DOWN AND I'LL SING FOR YOU - Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Kuppelkupp.

* DEN SNAKKER SANT SOM SNAKKER SKYGGE - Cosmopolite, Oslo, Flamenco Festival, Peña Flamenca Noruega.

* BIRD LANDING, BIRD SCREAMING - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, at the opening of the collective exhibition

  The Shadow of War. Political Art in Norway 1914-2014, curated by Kari J. Brandtzæg.

2014:

* THIS IS STILL A PROTEST - Kunsthall 3,14, Bergen, in connection with the exhibition The World Must Still Be Young

  with works by Elena Kovylina, Polina Kanis and Victor Alimpiev.

* COLLAPSE - Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, at CAN's debate Ecological collapse: Art, research and activism - how to create alliances.

* PLEASE, SIT DOWN, AND I'LL SING FOR YOU - Hydrogenfabrikken kunsthall, Fredrikstad,

  part of the collective exhibition I fortrolighet, curated by Sverre Bjertnæs and Grete Årbu.

* A NEW OLD SONG - Galleri BOA, Oslo, part of the exhibition State of the State by the artist group Exiles.

* THIS IS STILL A PROTEST - Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, part of the exhibition All King, No Kingdom by the artist group Exiles.

 

2013:

 

* I'LL REPEAT THIS SONG - Galleri 69, Oslo.

* I'LL REPEAT THIS SONG UNTIL I'M KICKED OUT - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, One Night Only Gallery,

  The State's Art Exhibition / Høstutstillingen.

* I'LL REPEAT THIS SONG UNTIL DAWN - Galleri-E, Asker.

 

2012:

 

* CANTE JONDO - Atelier Nord, Oslo, at the night exhibition and happening Winter Solstice.

 

2008:

* IDC #3 (Invisible Dance Company) - Grusomhetens Teater, Oslo, Flamenco Night, Peña Flamenca Noruega.

* IDC #1 and IDC #2 (Invisible Dance Company) - Galleri 69, Oslo, at the video and performance event Blackening, curated by Locus.

* FLAMENCO REMIX: Ceci n'est pas... #2 - Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, the art center's 40 years jubilee party.

 

2007:

 

* FLAMENCO REMIX: Ceci n'est pas... #2 - Galleri Kaare Berntsen, Oslo, at the opening of their Autumn Exhibition,

  Torshovteatret, Oslo, Flamenco Night, Peña Flamenca Noruega, and La Bellevilloise, Paris, Festival Etaarsverk.

* PLAYING DEAD - Galleri Oslo, above Oslo bussterminal, part of Prosjekt Galleri Oslo.

2006:

* FLAMENCO REMIX: Ceci n'est pas... #1 - MS Innvik, Oslo, Flamenco Festival, Peña Flamenca Noruega.

* ARENA - PERFORMANCE MED LORCA - Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden.

* FLAMENCO REMIX - MS Innvik, Oslo, at the festival Mamadada and

  La Mer à Boire and La Générale, Paris, Portes Ouvertes de Belleville.

 

2005:

 

* FLAMENCO REMIX - Kulturhuset Stabekk Kino, Festival Et Årsverk and

  Gjærhuset / Schous Bryggeri, Oslo Flamenco Festival, Peña Flamenca Noruega.

 

2004:

 

* FLAMENCO REMIX - Gjærhuset / Schous Bryggeri, Oslo, Flamenco Festival, Peña Flamenca Noruega.

* BUBBLEBEAT - Nationaltheatret train station, Oslo.

* FOR NERUDA - Chateau Neuf, Oslo, part of Women sing to honor Pablo Neruda, with percussionist Luis Landa-Schreitt.

 

2001:

* BEAT - in front of Parliament, Oslo, at the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,

  with percussionist Andreas Knudsrød.

2000:

 

* VERDE - FLAMENCO MED LORCA III - Snåsa kulturhus, with guitarist Trond Folstad.

* THE IMMORTAL GAME - the basement of Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, and

  Askerhallen, at the opening of the Norwegian Chess Championship. 

* LOVE MINUS ZERO (extract) - University of Oslo, An Evening for the Freedom of Speech.

1999:

* LOVE MINUS ZERO - Torshovteatret, Oslo, Teatret Vårt, Molde, and Teaterfabrikken, Ålesund.

1998:

* DEN DJUPE SONGEN - FLAMENCO MED LORCA II - Teatret Vårt, Molde, and Kulturbakeriet, Asker, with guitarist Trond Folstad and      singer / percussionist Per-Kristian Larsen. 

1997-1998:

* ALLE KLOKKENE VISTE FEM - FLAMENCO MED LORCA - Det Norske Teatret and Centralteatret, Oslo, Teatret Vårt, Molde, and            Kulturbakeriet, Asker, with guitarist Trond Folstad.

COLLABORATIONS

Ongoing since 2014:

* CELLARCUBE - an art space in Asker, where Anne-Lise Zwaig and I organize exhibitions, performances, concerts, lectures

  and relational art projects.

Ongoing since 2019:

* CHANSONS INTERNATIONALES - Zwaig/Heyerdahl, a violin and voice concept with violinist Ragnar Heyerdahl.

  Several concerts at Røverstaden, Oslo, and in Fjærland, Hønefoss, Eidsvoll, Ski, Asker, Stockholm and Siglufjord.

  Album released in 2021. 

 

2025:

* Å ÅPNE HALSEN FOR ELVER AV KLAGE - video with Pierre Lionel Matte shown at CELLARCUBE, Asker.

* SALOON #13 - guest singer in a concert with the band Dei nye kapellanane at Herr Nilsen, Oslo.

2022:

* BARBED WIRE AND VOICE - performance with Anne-Lise Zwaig at the nightclub Elsker, Oslo,

  part of the First Supper Symposium about Ageism.

2015:

* ALBUM - concert-performance with Jan Wiese and Aronne Dell'Oro in the small hall of Oslo Concert Hall.

2013:

* PEÑA FLAMENCA NORUEGA - I was artistic leader of Oslo Flamenco Club and organized together with the board

  several peña evenings.

* AD VENT - exhibition and performance with the artist group Kunstrommet in Agro Car Park, Asker.

* OLD NEWS - exhibition and performance with the artist group Kunstrommet in their temporary gallery in Bankveien 1, Asker.

2012:

* ON THE WIRE - exhibition and performance with the artist group Kunstrommet in Asker kulturhus.

* ATELIER POPULAIRE OSLO / PALESTINERLEIR - lectures, meetings and events, developed and organized with   

  Andrea Lange (initiator), Marius von der Fehr and Palestinerleir in Kunsthall Oslo.

* NEW FRONTIERS - 9 gatherings with presentations and discussions, developed and organized with Marius von der Fehr in                      Baktruppen's former theatre in Dælenenggata, Oslo.

* THEATRE IN TIMES OF CRISIS #2 - SWEDEN AND DENMARK - a seminar by TeaterTanken, where I was the moderator and                  organized with Marius von der Fehr, Hans Henriksen and Ine Therese Berg, at Dramatikkens Hus, Oslo.

2010:

* PEÑA FLAMENCA NORUEGA - I was artistic leader of Oslo Flamenco Club and organized together with the board several 

  peña evenings and the festival Flamenco Night at Cosmopolite, Oslo.

* TO THE DOGS - performance with Marius von der Fehr at Grusomhetens Teater, Oslo.

 

2009:

* RÉVOLTE TOI COCU - performance lecture with Marius von der Fehr at Open Forum at Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

* DIN DAGLIGE DØD - performance with Marius von der Fehr at Momentum kunsthall, Moss.

2007:

* IN/OUT - performance interacting with video, with Laurent Fiévet at the Munch Museum, Oslo, and at the festival Et Årsverk at                    Kulturhuset Stabekk Kino.

* HERS - performance interacting with video, with Laurent Fiévet at Festival Etaarsverk at La Bellevilloise, Paris.

2005:

* PEÑA FLAMENCA NORUEGA - I was artistic leader of Oslo Flamenco Club and organized together with the board several

  peña evenings and Oslo Flamenco Festival at Gjærhuset / Schous Bryggeri.

ART RELATED WORK

* ASKER KUNSTFAGSKOLE - performance art teacher for the second year's students (2026).

* NITJA SENTER FOR SAMTIDSKUNST - a lecture about Fluxus (2022).

* EINAR GRANUM KUNSTFAGSKOLE - Kunstdykk på Granum, a lecture about my art and a conversation with Hilde Hernes (2020).

* BUSKERUD KUNSTSENTER - a lecture about the history of performance art (2019).

* ASTRUP FEARNLEY MUSEET - lecturer (2017-2019), guide (2013-2020) and press contact (2003-2008).

* HENIE ONSTAD KUNSTSENTER - guide (2004-2011).

* OSLO FOTOKUNSTSKOLE - art history teacher (2005-2006).

PARTICIPANT IN OTHER PEOPLE'S PROJECTS

2026:

* OPIUM - performer in a work in progress musical by Hans Petter Blad at Dramatikkens Hus, Oslo.

2005:

* CUT - dancer with my own choreography in a video by Trond Kasper Mikkelsen, shown at Galleri F15, Jeløya.

* ELLA - voice in Spanish-Norwegian flamenco production at Kulturkirken Jacob and on tour. Leader: Bettina Flater.

2000:

* HERLAUG - actress in international outdoor summer play at Holstad farm, Ås.

  Directors and choreographers: Hester Kamin and Torgunn Wold.

1999-2000:

* DEN FYRSTE SONG - actress, singer, dancer and choreographer at Teatret Vårt, Molde, and on tour in Møre og Romsdal.

  Director: Daniel Bohr.

1999:

* RICHARD III - actress, Teatret Vårt, Molde. Director: Hilda Hellwig.

* KJØPMANNEN I VENEZIA - actress, singer and dancer in theatre opera at Teatret Vårt, Molde, and Parken kulturhus, Ålesund.

  Director: Ronald Rørvik. Choreographer: Toni Herlofson.

 

1998:

 

* JULECABARET - flamenco dancer with my own choreography at Centralteatret, Oslo.

* PASIÓN Y MUERTE - flamenco dancer with my own choreography at Scenehuset, Oslo. Director: Tone Gellein.

* CABARET - dancer at Blue Box, Gamle Fredrikstad. Director: Kjetil Indregard. Choreographer: Katrine Chi.

 

1997:

 

* HISTORIA OM EIN LANDSBY - dancer at Det Norske Teatret, Oslo. Director: Janken Varden. Choreographer: Sølvi Edvardsen.

 

1996-1997:

 

* DEN PERFEKTE EKTEMANN - actress at Nationaltheatret, Oslo. Director: Kjetil Bang-Hansen.

1996:

* SKYGGESPILL - dancer with my own choreography in one of the episodes of this tv series about the Rinnan gang.

  Director: Bjørn Nilsen.

* FLAMENCO - flamenco dancer at Théâtre André Malraux, Paris. Choreographer: Patricio Martin.

© Johanna Zwaig

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