About

About

Personal Details

Born      : 15th April 1976, Chililabombwe, Zambia

Address: Framnesveien 6A, 0270, Oslo, Norway

Phone   : 0047 47147964

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Group Exhibitions

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Collections

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Solo Exhibitions

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Fellowships/Awards/Grants

Education.

2017 Smithsonian Artist research fellow. Washington DC.

2005-2007

MA Fine Art, National Arts Academy, Oslo Norway

2001-2005

BA Fine Art, National Arts Academy, Oslo, Norway

1998-2000

Diploma in art teaching – Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce, Lusaka, Zambia.

Work positions

The Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre Founder

2022-2023.  Assistant Curator and technical consultant for the Inaugural exhibition of The Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre.

2020-2022: Expert. Grants program for the Nordic Culture Point. 

2002-2022: Private and Production Assistant to Jan Groth.

2007 –      : Art Studio Practice at Victor Mutelekesha Studio.

Fellowships / Awards / Grants

2018: Norwegian Arts council Artist Stipend for 10 Years

2017: Smithsonian Fellowship award

2016: Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond

2015: BKH ettårig kunstnerstipend

2013: BKH ettårig kunstnerstipend

2012: Platform China residency. OCA

2011: OCA: Project ”thin line between art and activism”

2011: Vederlangsfond 2011

2010: Norsk kulturråd, (Arts Council, Norway) 

2009: 10th Havana Biennale, Norsk kulturråd, (Arts Council, Norway) 

2009: 02–funding from OCA. Supplementary Funding for Residency in Venice.

2009: 03–funding from OCA. Funding to participate in the 10th Havana Biennial.

2008: 03–funding from OCA. Funding for Solo Show ‘Dagali Meltdown’  National Art Council, Henry Tayali Art Gallery, Lusaka, Zambia

2007: Staten’s Kunstnerstipend, stipend for graduating art students, Oslo, Norway.

2005: Staten’s Kunstnerstipend, stipend for graduating art students, Oslo, Norway.

2004: Ford Fellow Award, (Ford foundation)

Artist Residencies & Other Projects

2017: Smithsonian Institute. Centre for Folklife and Cultural Heritage 

2016: Kamina Artist in Residency. Togo

2015: Kunstkvarteret Lofoten

2013: Insaka Artists workshop, Livingstone Zambia

2012: A-I-R program. Platform China. Sponsored by OCA

2012: A-I-R program Nordic Artists’ centre Dalsåsen. Norway.

2011: Short residency at Kuona trust. Nairobi Kenya

2009: Art Enclosure, sponsored by Fondazione di Venezia and hosted by Fondazione Bevilacqua la masa and gallery Tito, Venice, Italy.

2004: Vermont Studio Centre, sponsored by the Ford foundation the USA.

Commissioned work

Work

2019-2021: Dream Mapping Project. Portland Oregon. USA

2014-15: OTHERS. Public Sculpture, Oslo

2013: Global Lingua topography. The University of Oslo. Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies.  

2009: Nutrition from the written word, Sculpture. St. Edmund Church, Oslo, Norway.

2006: Ubuntu. Sculpture installation. Oslo University College (commissioned by Professor Robert Smith)

Collections

  1. 2021: Lifebuoy (second cast). National Museum. Oslo
  2. 2021: Phantom of Self. Stavanger Museum Collection 
  3. 2021: Awaiting (2nd print): The Jan Groth collection for Stavanger Museum
  4. 2019: Lifebuoy (first cast). The Jan Groth collection for Stavanger Museum.  
  5. 2014:  The people of Al Quoz. Jan Groth collection for Stavanger Museum. Stavanger
  6. 2012: Mindscape1, Jan Groth collection for Stavanger Museum. Stavanger, Norway .
  7. 2011: Gone with the wind, The Andrew Leo Lane Collection, Oslo, Norway
  8. 2010: Oh! how nice! Jan Groth collection for Stavanger Museum. Stavanger, Norway.
  9. 2009: Rise to the ashes, Fondazione de Venezia. Venice, Italy
  10. 2008: Professor Iver Langmoen private collection. Stabakk, Oslo Norway
  11. 2006: Jan Groth collection, Stavanger Museum., Norway 
  12. 2006: Professor Iver langmoen private collection. Stabakk, Oslo Norway
  13. 2004: Displaced energy. www.gailswithenbank.com Gail Swithenbank architecture collection New York