MAJA NILSEN
Born 1978, Klæbu, Norway
E-mail: fraunilsen@gmail.com, kapteinilsen@gmail.com
Org.nr: 921 006 861
Phone: 0047 95796628
EDUCATION
2007 Motion Picture Projectionist license
2003-2005 Master of Fine Art, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2000-2003 Bachelor of Fine Art, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2002 Master of Virtual Realities / NCAD, Dublin
1998-2000 Bergen Art School, Bergen
1997-1998 Fana Folkehøgskole, Fine Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Billedhuggerforeningen, Oslo
2016 Det Flytende Fjellet, Trondheim Kunstmuseum
2914 Close your eyes to what you can't imagine, site spesific installation for TSSK, Trondheim
2012 Grenseløs, Umåtelig, Overdreven, Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter (collaboration with Edvine Larssen)
2011 Taare af mine tørre Øine og Psalmer at min tilukte Mund, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger
2011 Agalma, Gallery Noplace, Oslo
2010 Unfluid were the Waves, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst TSSK, Trondheim
2009 Zoo, or Letter not about Love, Ossastrasse 13, Berlin
2008 Darkness Moves, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
2002 Sammentreff, Gallery Blunk, Trondheim
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Festningen, Kongsvinger Festning, curated by Helga-Marie Nordby
2018 Welträtsel (Floating Mountains, Breathing Glaciers), Scotty Enterprises, Berlin
2018 Jeg hører deg, The Art Museum in Nord-Trøndelag
2016 Dei viltlevande marine ressursane ligg til fellesskapet, groupshow, Kurant, Tromsø
2016 A Thoast for a Ghost, groupshow, Berlin and Künstlerhaus Meinersen, Niedersachsen
2014 Black Market, Lehrter Siebzehn, Berlin
2013 Skulpturbiennalen, Vigelands Museet, Oslo
2013 Constant.Decay, site spesific work, Rake Visningsrom, Trondheim
2012 La Galerie, Contemporary Art Centre in Noisy-le-Sec, Paris
2012 Bristol Biennial, England
2011 Project 0, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2011 Stillscape, festival, Oslo
2011 Neu Wegen, Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
2010 Nordnorsken, touring groupshow
2010 Høstutstillingen, Oslo
2010 Trøndelagsutstillingen, Trondheim
2010 Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin 2010
2009 Cosmic Debris, Oslos
2009 Torget, Gråmølna, Trondheim Kunstmuseum
2009 722 km, Galley Emil, Tampere, Finland
2009 POLART 09, Tromsø Kunstforening
2008 Norske Bilder, Oslo
2008 Vårutstillingen, The Drawing Council, Oslo
2008 In the Death car we are alive, Gallery Tautra, Norway
2008 Gallery Plus Minus, Trondheim
2008 The Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2008 Gallery Attic Salt, Edinburgh
2007 Norske Bilder, Oslo Townhall
2007 Seeing is Beliveing, Florø Kystmuseum
2007 Soap Gallery, Kitakyshu, Japan
2006 Blütenweiss, Raum für Kunst, Berlin
2006 Pencil us in, The Study Gallery, Poole, England
2006 Hva gjør du her?, site-spesific project in Trondheim
2006 Norske Bilder, Oslo Townhall
2006 Babel Kunstrom, Trondheim
2005 Tecknarens kontakt, Gallery Verkligheten, Umeå
2005 All you see in mine, Sculpture parkin Kramfors, Sweden
2005 Kunst ved fleire blikk, exhibition in Rosendal centrum and Gallery G Guddal
2005 TAKE OFF, Gallery Brandstrup, Oslo
2005 Vårutstillingen, The Drawing Council, Oslo
2005 The Master Exhibition, Trondheim Kunstmuseum
2005 Stockholm Art Fair, representing the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2004 Herbarium, Gallery KIT, Trondheim
2004 Rjomskip, Skaftfelt Culture Centre, Iceland
2004 Høstutstillingen, Oslo
2003 Gallery 21m2, Stavanger
2003 Union, Ba-show, Gallery KIT, Trondheim
2003 Trøndelagsutstillingen, Trondheim
2002 Galley ID:I, Stockholm
2000 Centre for Contemporary Art, Trondheim
2000 Innoveralt, Trondheim
1999 Prøverommet, Bergen
THEATRE/ PERFORMING ARTS
2025 Scenography/costumes for the play Fønix by director Lisa Lie, Den Norske Opera og Ballett, Oslo
2022 Scenography/costumes for the play Utiseta with director Lisa Lie, Det Norske Teater
2022 Scenography/costumes for Bower, concert/performance with composer Kristine Tjøgersen, choreographer Julie Desprairies and the group Ensemble soundinitiative, Borelais Festival (Bergen) and Centre des Arts d’Enghienles-Bains, Paris
2021 Scenography/costumes for Har døden tatt noe fra deg så gi det tilbake, Nationaltheatret
2020 Scenography/costumes for Melancholia II, collaboration with YMIST
2019 Objects and costumes for the concert/performance The Practice of Love by Jenny Hval
2019 Scenography/costumes for Vake director Lisa Lie, Det Nordenfjeldske Horlaug
2018 Scenography/costumes for Mare, director Lisa Lie, Det Norske Teater, Oslo
2017 Scenography/costumes for Draumkvedet, director Erlend Samnøen
2017 Scenography/costumes for Uår av Terje Vigen, Trøndelag Teater, Nordland Teater
2016 Scenography/costumes for Dracula, Brageteatret, director Erlend Samnøen
2015 Scenography/costumes for I Cloni, Lisa Lie and PONR, Black Box Teater
2014 Scenography/costumes for dance performance Red Riding Hood by choreographer Henriette Pedersen
2013 Scenography/costumes for the play Blue Motell, Trøndelag Teater og Black Box Teater
COMISSIONS / COMPETITIONS
2020 Commission at Holen School, 2 outdoor projects, Bergen
2020 Competition for a commission at Elverum Upper Secondary School
2016 Commission at Hadsel Upper Secondary School, Stokmarknes
2015 Commission at Eiganes Elementary School in Stavanger
2014 Competition for a commission at Aust-Lofoten Upper Secondary School
2013 Commission at Hokksund Upper Level of Compulsory School
2011 Commission for Charlottenlund Upper Secondary School
2011 Comission for Steinkjer Upper Secondary School
2011 Competition for a commission at Utdanningsforbundet
2011 Competition for a commission at Festningen Kindergarden
2008 Falstad Kunst, competition
2008 Commission for Rye Kindergarden
AWARDS / GRANTS
2022 Prosjektstøtte fra BKV, project grants
2022 1-year Artist Working Grant, BKV
2021 Forprosjekt Scenekunst, Kulturrådet, project grants
2020 1-year working grant from BKV
2017 3-year working grant from BKV
2016 1-year Artist Working Grant, Statens kunstnerstipend
2015 Prosjektstøtte fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, project grants
2015 Hedda Prize (a national theatre prize) for Blue Motell
2015 Statens Utstillinsstipend, exhibition grants for Trondheim Kuntmuseum
2015 1- year working grant from BKV
2014 Grants from Trondheim Kommune
2012 Statens Diversestipend, grants
2012 Mobility Support / Travel grant from OC, Bristol Biennial
2011 Prosjektstøtte fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, exhibition grants for NNKS
2011 Prosjektstøtte fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, exhibition grants for Rogaland Kunstsenter
2011 1-year working grant for BKV
2011 Statens Utstillinsstipend, exhibition grants
2011 Mobility Support / Travel grant from Kulturkontakt Nord
2011 Exhibition grant from OCA for Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2010 1-year working grant from BKV
2010 Catalogue support from Norwegian Arts Council
2009 Project grants from Vederlagsfondet
2009 1-year working grant from the Norwegian Illustration Fond
2008 2-year Artist Working Grant, Statens kunstnerstipend
2008 Statens Utstillingsstipend, exhibition grants
2008 Trondheim Kommunes Kulturstipend, Culture grant
2007 Lars Brandstrup Trust
2007 Christian Lorch Schive og hustrus legat, grants
2006 Project grant from Vederlagsfondet
2006 1-year grant from BKV
2006 Sleipnir Travel Grant
2005 Christian Lorch Schive og hustrus legat, grants
2004 Debutantstøtte from Norsk Kulturråd, exhibition support from Norwegian Arts Council
2004 Lise and Arnfinn hejes Fond, grant
2003 BKH-student stipend, student scholarship
RESIDENCIES AND VISITING PROGRAMS
2017 Røst AIR, Skomvær Lighthouse, Lofoten
2015 Røst AIR, Skomvær Lighthouse, Lofoten
2011 NKD, 2 months residency at Nordisk Kunstnarsenter Dale, Norway
2008 ARCTOS-scientific trip to the Arctic (2 weeks) and a residency in Tromsø
2007 North-Sea Grant, 2 months exchange program, Edinburgh, project by Stavanger Euro. Cap of Culture
2006 Trondheim City Councils 1 months residency in Berlin
2006 A 3 months NIFCA-residency in Vilnius/Lithuania
2004 The Dieter Roth Academy Workshop, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2018 KLP Eiendom
2016 Trondheim Kommune
2016 Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamling
2013 Nordland Fylkeskommune
2011 Koro, Kvæfjord Kommune
2010 Det Norske Oljeselskap/The Norwegian Oil company
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 Guest curator for Rake Visningsrom
2016 Manager at Røst AIR, a non profit, multidisciplinary, artist in residence and artist-run association
2011-12 Jury memberfor the yearly exhibition Trøndelagsutstillingen
200509 Organizer of many different happenings, concerts, exhibitions through Marienborg Atelierfelleskap
2008 Teacher at Barnetimen, ISAK Culture Centre
2006-09 Projectionist by Trondheim Kino
2006 Teacher at Kunstkarusellen, Trondheim Kommune
2006 Teacher at Kulturskolen, Trondheim
2005 Student representative for new admissions to Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2005-09 Board member of Marienborg studio space and project group
2003-04 Gallery manager, Gallery Blunk, Trondheim
2003 Student assistant for new admission to Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2000 Jury member for new admission to the Bergen Art School
OTHER ARTISTICWORK
2022 Book cover for Lisa Lies book MARE
2021 Album cover for Delish
2019 Book cover for Marte Hukes book "Du er et levende sted"
2017 Album cover for Makoto Sakamoto
2012 Album cover for Therese Aune, Billowing shadows, flickering lights
2010 Album cover for Phy
2007 Poster for Cinemateket, Trondheim
2003 Book cover for Lettskyet pent vær of Kristin Lian Berg
2003 Nominated for the best book cover design of the year