MAJA NILSEN
Born 20.01.1978 in Klæbu
Dronningensgate 68
7012 TRONDHEIM
NORWAY
Tlf: (+47) 95796628
Email: majanilsen(at)hotmail.com

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Art / Trondheim Academy of Fine Art 2003-2005
Master of Virtual Realities / NCAD, Dublin 2002
Bachelor of Fine Art / Trondheim Academy of Fine Art 2000-2003
Bergen Art School 1998-2000
Fana Folkehøgskole, Fine Art, Bergen 1997-1998

EXHIBITIONS
Tromsø Kunstforening 2009
Norske Bilder, Oslo 2008
Vårutstillingen, The Drawing Council, Oslo 2008
The Drawing Council, Oslo 2008
The Virginum Speculum, Galleri Tautra, Norway 2008
Anonymous Drawings/Selection, Otterndorf, Germany 2008
Gallery +Minus, Trondheim 2008
The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh/Scotland 2008
Gallery AtticSalt, Edinburgh/Scotland 2008
Norske Bilder, Oslo 2007
Florø Kystmuseum 2007
Soap Gallery, Kitakyshu, Japan 2007
Supermarket, Stockholm 2007
Blütenweiss - Raum für Kunst, Berlin 2006
Pencil us in, The Study Gallery, Poole, England 2006
Hva gjør du her?, site-specific project in Trondheim 2006
Norske Bilder 2006, Oslo 2006
Babel kunstrom, Trondheim 2006
Tecknarens kontakt, Gallery Verkligheten / Sweden 2005
All you see is mine, sculpture park in Kramfors / Sweden 2005
Exhibition in Rosendal/Norway, outdoor project 2005
Vårutstillingen, The Drawing Council, Oslo 2005
TAKE OFF 2005, Gallery Brandstrup, Oslo 2005
The Master Exhibition, Trondheim Kunstmuseum 2005
Stockholm Art Fair, representing the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art 2005
Herbarium, Gallery KIT / Trondheim 2004
Rjomskip, Skaftfelt Culture Centre / Iceland 2004
Høstutstillingen , Oslo 2004
Gallery 21m2, Stavanger 2003
Bølgen & Moi, restaurant in Trondheim 2003
Union, BA-show, Gallery KIT 2003
Et sted, et ikke-sted, Café Filter, Trondheim 2003
Trønderlagsutstillingen, Trondheim 2003
Sammentreff, Gallery Blunk, Trondheim 2002
Gallery ID:I, Stockholm 2002
The Student Society, Trondheim 2000
Innoveralt-project, Trondheim 2000
Prøverommet, Bergen 1999

AWARDS
Trondheim City Council’s Culture-grant 2008
ARCTOS-Grants, trip to Jan Mayen and Greenland and residency in Tromsø 2008-2009
2 Year Artist Working Grant, Statens Arbeidsstipend for yngre kunstnere 2008
Statens Utstillingsstipend, exhibition grant 2008
Lars Brandstrup minnestipend, grant, 2007
North Sea Residency, Edinburgh/Scotland 2007
Christian Lorch Schive og hustrus legat, grant 2007
Project-grant from Vederlagsfondet 2006
BKV 1-year Grant 2006
Sleipnir Travel grant 2006
Trondheim City Council’s residency in Berlin 2006
A NIFCA residency in Vilnius / Lithuania 2006
Christian Lorch Schive og hustrus legat, grant 2005
Debutantstøtte fra Norsk Kulturråd, 2004
(Exhibition support from the Norwegian Arts Council)
Lise og Arnfinn Hejes Fond, grant 2004
BKH- studentstipend, studentscolarship 2003

OTHERS
Teacher at Kunstkarusellen, Trondheim Kommune 2006-2007
Member of Marienborg studio space and project-group 2005
Member of NBK and TBK
Student representative for new admissions to the Art Academy 2005
Gallery manager, Blunk, Trondheim 2003-2004
Student assistant for new admissions to the Art Academy 2003
Nominated for the years best book cover design, Lettskyet pent vær, 2003
Jury member for new admissions to the Bergen Art School 2000