Halvor Rønning
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Halvor Rønning, Arbeidstittel: Produksjon, 2024, Installation view, Oslo, NO
Photo: Lars Gartå
Halvor Rønning
Eyes Walled Up, 2024
Acrylic, soft pastels and UV print on canvas
170 × 120 cm (66 7/8 × 47 1/4 in)

Halvor Rønning, Arbeidstittel: Produksjon, 2024, Installation view, Oslo, NO
Photo: Lars Gartå
Halvor Rønning
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic and soft pastels on canvas
160 × 120 cm (63 × 47 1/4 in)

Halvor Rønning, Arbeidstittel: Produksjon, 2024, Installation view, Oslo, NO
Photo: Lars Gartå
Halvor Rønning
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic and soft pastels on canvas
180 × 130 cm (70 7/8 × 51 1/8 in)

miart 2024, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Tony Cokes, Hervé Guibert, Vera Lutz, Halvor Rønning, Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, and Valentina Triet, Installation view

Halvor Rønning, Source and Content, 2024, Acrylic and UV print on canvas, 170 × 120 cm (66 7/8 × 47 1/4 in)

Halvor Rønning, TV, baug, Gullalder, 2023, Installation view, Galleri LNM

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 180 × 130 cm (70.866 × 51.181 in)

Halvor Rønning, TV, baug, Gullalder, 2023, Installation view, Galleri LNM

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 160 × 120 cm (62.992 × 47.244 in)

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on magazine, frame, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, Mama's Boy?, 2023, Watercolor and acrylic on magazine, frame, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, TV, baug, Gullalder, 2023, Installation view, Galleri LNM

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, UV-print, acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)

Halvor Rønning, Gullalder, 2023, UV-print and acrylic on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)

Halvor Rønning & Nikhil Vettukattil, Contaminators, 2023, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning & Nikhil Vettukattil, Contaminators, 2023, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning & Nikhil Vettukattil, Contaminators, 2023, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, Acrylic and soft pastels on canvas, 180 × 130 cm (70.866 × 51.181 in)

Halvor Rønning & Nikhil Vettukattil, Contaminators, 2023, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, UV print and acrylic on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, Acrylic and soft pastels on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)

Halvor Rønning & Nikhil Vettukattil, Contaminators, 2023, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning & Nikhil Vettukattil, Contaminators, 2023, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning & Nikhil Vettukattil, Contaminators, 2023, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2023, UV print and acrylic on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)

Halvor Rønning, Philosophy, July 1990, 2023, UV print and acrylic on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)

Halvor Rønning, Discovery, 2023, UV print on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)

SPARK Art Fair 2022, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Halvor Rønning, Installation view

SPARK Art Fair 2022, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Halvor Rønning, Installation view

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2022, Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 160 × 120 cm (62.992 × 47.244 in)

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2022, Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 160 × 120 cm (62.992 × 47.244 in)

Halvor Rønning, Orphanage of things, 2022, Acrylic, ink and colored pencil on magazine cutout on paper, 102 × 72 cm (40.157 × 28.346 in)

SPARK Art Fair 2022, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Halvor Rønning, Installation view

Halvor Rønning, Object Lesson, 2022, Acrylic on magazine cutout, plastic folder, 4 parts, Overall dimensions: ca. 30 × 110 cm, each 30 × 23 cm

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Idol Gossip, 2021, Acrylic on magazine cutout, plastic folder, 4 parts, Overall dimensions: ca. 30 × 110 cm, each 30 × 23 cm

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2021, Acrylic, soft pastel and ink on canvas, 160 × 120 cm (62.992 × 47.244 in)

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Poltrona, 2020, Acrylic, graphite and oil on canvas, 180 × 130 cm (70.866 × 51.181 in)

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2021, Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 180 × 130 cm (70.866 × 51.181 in)

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2021, Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 180 × 130 cm (70.866 × 51.181 in)

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2021, Acrylic and soft pastel on canvas, 160 × 120 cm (62.992 × 47.244 in)

Halvor Rønning, Avgang, 2021, Installation view, Hordaland Kunstsenter

Halvor Rønning, Old and Idle Gossip, 2021, Acrylic on magazine cutout, mounted on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, Hell, Recline, 2019, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning, Hell, Recline, 2019, Installation view

Halvor Rønning, Ground Hole, 2019, Watercolor on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, von Natur aus Charakter, 2019, Mixed Media, ca. 22,5 × 24,5 × 20,5 cm (8.858 × 9.646 × 8.071 in)

Halvor Rønning, von Natur aus Charakter, 2019 (Detail), Mixed Media, ca. 22,5 × 24,5 × 20,5 cm (8.858 × 9.646 × 8.071 in)

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic, ink and gouache on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2019, Ink, magazine cut out and glue on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, Hell, Recline, 2019, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2019, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 190 × 148 cm (74.803 × 58.268 in)

Halvor Rønning, Relax in Famiglia, 2019, Acrylic, ink and oil on canvas, 190 × 148 cm (74.803 × 58.268 in)

Halvor Rønning, Hell, Recline, 2019, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

Halvor Rønning, Poltrona, 2019, Ink and watercolor on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, Poltrona, 2019, Ink on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, An Answer to all Tastes, 2020, Watercolor, ink and acrylic on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)
Installation view, Halvor Rønning, Knep og kunstgrep, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf, 2021

Halvor Rønning, An Answer to all Tastes, 2020, Watercolor, ink and acrylic on paper, 65 × 50 cm (25.591 × 19.685 in)

Halvor Rønning, Knep og kunstgrep, 2021, Installation view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf

Halvor Rønning, Untitled, 2020, Acrylic and ink on canvas, 180 × 130 cm (70.866 × 51.181 in)

Halvor Rønning, Knep og kunstgrep, 2021, Installation view, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf

Halvor Rønning, I Would Button up My T-shirt if I Could, 2018, Artist’s book published by Teknisk Industri, Oslo, 204 pages, 320 × 236 × 22 mm (12.598 × 9.291 × 0.866 in)
With essays by Hanna Magauer and Steinar Sekkingstad 4 color offset print, 750 ex, Installation view, Schloss, Oslo

Halvor Rønning, Cherries, Chapter 7, 2019, Ink and acrylic on canvas, 202 × 180 cm

miart 2019, emergent section curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Knut Ivar Aaser and Halvor Rønning, Installation view

miart 2019, emergent section curated by Attilia Fattori Franchini, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Knut Ivar Aaser and Halvor Rønning, Installation view

Halvor Rønning, Best Buns, 2023, UV print, acrylic and soft pastels on canvas, 119 × 84 cm (46.850 × 33.071 in)
CV
Education
2012-14
Mag.art, Magister der Künste, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Textuelle Bildhauerei (textual sculpture), Prof. Heimo Zobernig
2008-11
BFA, Oslo Academy of the Arts, KHIO
2003-05
Kunstskolen i Bergen (KIB)
Solo exhibitions
2023
TV, baug, gullalder, Galleri LNM, Oslo, NO
Contaminators, w. Nikhil Vettukattil, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT
2022
SPARK Art Fair Vienna w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT
2021
Avgang, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, NO
2020
Knep og kunstgrep, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf, DE
2019
Hell, Recline, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT
miart 2019, w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Milan, IT
2017
Das Slog, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, DE
2016
Stopwatch, Mayonnaise, Bible, Tag Team Studio, Bergen, NO
2014
Les Nouvelles Nouvelles Libertés, Accesorios Especiales, w. Martyn Reynolds, La Salle des bains, Lyon, FR
Made Today as if they Were Made Yesterday, Diploma show, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Wien, Vienna, AT
2013
Pinot Noir is Better Than Merlot, w. Joakim Martinussen, Hallway, Vienna, AT
2012
Gentleman’s Round for Scandinavia, w. Joakim Martinussen, Gloria Knight, Auckland, NZ
Pieces of Intensity, Thing a Thing a Thing, , w. Joakim Martinussen, Gallery Q, Copenhagen, DK
ARMANI/ Dada, w. Martyn Reynolds, Ve.sch, Vienna, AT
ARMANI/ Dada, w. Martyn Reynolds, W17 Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2011
SWITCHSWAP, w. Asgeir Skotnes, One Night Only Gallery, Oslo, NO
Group exhibitions
2024
Arbeidstittel: Produksjon, Gøteborggt. 38, Oslo, NO
miart 2024, w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Milan, IT
2021
Paper Planes, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, NO
Saksumdal Tempel, Saksumdal, NO
2018
Altan by the Pool, Altan, Andratx, Mallorca, ES
Når himmelen klarner, CCA Andratx, Mallorca, ES
Hydra Sparkling, Aggis, Vienna, AT
Human Interest, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Berlin, DE
2017
Hvitsten Salong, Hvitsten, NO
Unity at the Core, НИИ x Alpbau, Moscow, RU
2016
Jenny Say Qua, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, NO
Maleriets Letthet, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
2015
Playtime, 9800 South Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, US
Ratatouille, Shanaynay, Paris, FR
Ratatouille (Teaser), Rue Chaptal, Paris, FR
New Needs, Haus Wittmann, Etsdorf/ Kemp, AT
Menneskeberget, Edward Munch’s Studio Ekely, Oslo, NO
2014
Europe, Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, NO
Notes from Underground, Baba Vasa’s Cellar, Shabla. BU
I don’t Know Dem, Spreez, Munich, DE
2013
AFA, Museum für Angewandte Künste MAK, Vienna, AT
Städtebauliche Prosa II, Kerstin Engholm Gallery, Vienna, AT
2012
Shell-Reflexive, Bas Fisher Invitational, Miami, US
Swing, W:END:Y, Vienna, AT
Various Artists Getting Laid, HDDM, Vienna, AT
2011
NO MORE NO LESS (THREE)…, WIZARD, Oslo, NO
Eyes On Your Instruments, One Night Only Gallery, Oslo, NO
THE STRANGE FÊTE (END), MFAPS, Oslo, NO – Bachelor KHIO avgangsutstilling
A Call from Barken, Konsthall Smadjebacken, SE
Glemmeboka, Galleri Semikolon, Oslo, NO
2010
The Cluster Show, Semikolon Gallery, Oslo, NO
Real Presence, MKM- Magacin/ KC Grad, Belgrade, RS
Presences, Cervantes Institute, Belgrade, RS
Sell Out, UKS, Oslo, NO
Precious Periphery, Linneanum, Uppsala, SE
Performance/ Lecture/ Presentation / Screenings / Workshops
2022
Avskjæring, Workshop, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, NO
2018
I Would Button up my T-shirt if I Could, Book launch, Schloss, Oslo, NO
Vitamin D is for Don‘t Give Up, Destiny’s Atelier, Oslo, NO
2017
Segunda Vez, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, NO
2012
UKS#1, UKS, Oslo, NO
Public Collections
mumok – Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, AT
KODE Art Museum, Bergen, NO
Bibliography
2021
Death of Closeness, published by saxpublishers, Vienna, AT
2020
Mehr davon, Halvor Rønning in conversation, Vogue Germany, DE
2018
I Would Button up my T-shirt if I Could, Artist’s book, Teknisk Industri AS, Oslo, NO
Dora Garcia, Segunda Vez, Artist insert, Oslo National Academy of the Arts/ Torpedo Press, Oslo, NO
2017
Stopwatch, Mayonnaise, Bible, Fanzine, Tag Team Texts, Bergen, NO
Low Tides Vol. 1, Glasgow, UK
2016
Jenny Say Qua, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, NO
De tar pulsen på maleriet, Øyvind Storm Bjerke, Klassekampen, Wednesday June 15, 2016
2015
Mastering the Art. The Long Road through Art Education, Simen Joachim Helsvig, Norwegian Art Yearbook 2015
Conversation Between Felix Gaudlitz, Joakim Martinussen and Halvor Rønning, ON FLÈÉK issue 1, March 2015
Bjarne Bare anbefaler sine favoritter, Oslo Open 2015 Catalogue, April 2015
2014
Halvor Rønning Starschnitt, Artist book, saxpublishers, Vienna
Kamerater i Kunsten, Joachim Borda Podreira, Kunstforum, November 2014
Line Ulekleiv, Billedkunst, October 2014
Europeisk Kakafoni, Kåre Bulie, Dagens Næringsliv, 20th of September 2014
Streiftog i Europa, Oda Bahr, Morgenbladet, 10th of October 2014
Eh...uropa, Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk.no, 26th of September, 2014
2013
Magazine, 13th Festival for fashion & photography Vienna
2012
Das Kind, der Gangsta und die neuen Freiheiten, Former Bell Street, exhibition cataloge Vienna
THE STRANGE FÊTE (END) Le Grand Meulnes, exhibition catalogue KHIO, Oslo
New Realness, The Institute of Social Hypocrisy by Victor Boullet, published by Frenetic Happiness 2012
Victory by mediocrity / The Academy as firetrap, TVDC™ for Semikolon Gallery, The Book, 2012
Franz the lonely Austrionaut #6, June 2012
Pieces of Intensity, Thing a Thing a Thing, Interview by Janus Høm, kopenhagen.dk , May 15th
2012
The Property Porn interview, Hue & Cry Journal #6, May 2012
2011
ARMANI/ Dada, w. Martyn Reynolds, Artist book, Feil Forlag, Oslo
Conversation with Martyn Reynolds and Janus Høm, Modeling Agency exhibition catalogue p. 18-20
Interview: Janus Høm & Martyn Reynolds, kopenhagen.dk, October 4th, 2011
The New Realness Interview, MÅG magazine issue four April 2011 p. 136-143
2010
Precious Periphery, exhibition catalogue, Uppsala
New Generation, Real Presence 10, Belgrade
Värdefulle Gränsområden, Biz&Art no. 11 June 2010
På tvärsan mot det gängse, Uppsala Nye Tidning, June 11th, 2010
Hungrigt samtal utmanar akademin, Uppsala Nye Tidning, July 2nd, 2010
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1. 10. 2025 – 22. 3. 2026
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27. 11. 2021 – 9. 1. 2022
18. 6. – 10. 7. 2021
12. 12. 2020 – 26. 3. 2021
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Publications
Death of Closeness, Published by saxpublishers, Vienna, AT, 2021
I Would Button up my T-shirt if I Could, Artist’s book, Teknisk Industri AS, Oslo, NO, 2018
Stopwatch, Mayonnaise, Bible, Fanzine, Tag Team Texts, Bergen, NO, 2017
Halvor Rønning Starschnitt, Artist book, saxpublishers, Vienna, 2014
ARMANI/ Dada, w. Martyn Reynolds, Artist book, Feil Forlag, Oslo, 2011
Press
- Attilia Fattori Franchini, "Sharp Whispers", 2021 Print, PDF (135 KB)
- Sabrina Tarasoff, “A Character-Shaped Hole: Halvor Rønning“ for Death of Closeness, 2021 Print, PDF (2 MB)
- Hanna Magauer, "A Matter of Taste", 2018 Print, PDF (293 KB)
- Philipp Kleinmichel, "Contemporary Art and Second-Order Advertisement", 2016 Print, PDF (9 MB)
- Steinar Sekkingstad, "Why Settle for Champagne?", 2018 Print, PDF (186 KB)