Biography

Gardar Eide Einarsson was born on 12 January 1976 in Oslo, Norway.
He lives and works in New York and Tokyo.


Education:

2002- 2003  
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program/ Cooper
Union School of Architecture, Architecture and Urban Studies Program, New York, US

2001- 2002 
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, Studio
Program, New York, US

1999- 2000 
Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule, Frankfurt am
Main, DE

1996- 2000 
National Academy of Fine Art, Bergen, NO

1994-1996 
Einar Granum School of Fine Art, Oslo, NO

Solo exhibitions (selected):


2010

Gardar Eide Einarsson - Power Has a Fragrance, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO
(The exhibition will travel to Reykjavik Art Museum, IS; Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, SE; Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, DE, katalog)

Gardar Eide Einarsson, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, NO
http://www.standardoslo.no/v1/#

Another Modern Moment Completed, Team Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.teamgal.com/exhibitions/172


2009

Focus: Gardar Eide Einarsson, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX, US
http://www.themodern.org/press_release/einarsson_press2009.html

I Caused Dreams Which Caused Death. This is my Crime, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, FR
http://www.bugadacargnel.com/en/pages/expositions.php?name=37

DOG-WHISTLE POLITICS, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, DK
http://www.nilsstaerk.dk/index.php?c=Exhibitions&a_id=258&exhibition=GARDAR%20EIDE%20EINARSSON


2008

NO CHAOS, DAMN IT!, STANDARD (OSLO), NO
http://www.standardoslo.no/v1/sql/ex.archive.php?shownews=38

South of Heaven, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, CH
http://www.centre.ch/expos/gadar_eide_einarson/index.html
http://www.centre.ch/

I Am The Master of My Fate, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Contemporary Art
Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, US
http://www.contemporarystl.org/einarsson.php


2007

The Geometry of Menace, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA, US
http://www.beneventolosangeles.com/

All My Friends Are Dead, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA, US
http://www.honorfraser.com/?s=past&eid=3 

Judge, Team Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.teamgal.com/artists/gardar_eide_einarsson/exhibitions/6/judge

South of Heaven, Frankfurter Kunstverein, DE (catalogue)
http://frankfurterkunstverein.com/frontend_en/archiv_ausstellungen_detail.php?id=152

Total War!, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, BE
http://www.sorrywereclosed.com/eide_einarsson_gardar_home.php


2006 

Population One, STANDARD (OSLO), NO
http://www.standardoslo.no/v1/sql/ex.archive.php?shownews=14

Tokyo Underworld, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, DK
http://www.nilsstaerk.dk/index.php?c=Exhibitions&a_id=132&exhibition=Gardar Eide Einarsson

Present Future, Artissima 13, Nils Stærk, Turin, IT

Statements, Art37Basel, Team Gallery, CH
http://www.teamgal.com/artists/gardar_eide_einarsson/art_fairs/18/art__37__basel__statements


2005 

Ship of Fools, Swiss Institute, New York, NY, US

leashed or confined, Team Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.teamgal.com/artists/gardar_eide_einarsson/exhibitions/26/leashed_or_confined

Black Iron Prison, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, FR


2004  

Come and Take It, UKS, Oslo, NO

Start to Enter, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, DK
http://www.nilsstaerk.dk/index.php?c=Exhibitions&a_id=108&exhibition=Gardar Eide Einarsson

We’ll Make the World You Live, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, NO (catalogue)

5 (words), Schnittraum, Cologne, DE
http://www.schnittraum.de/pages/ausstellungen/60_gardar.htm 

Your Example Will Speak Louder Than Words, Marres Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Maastricht, NL
http://www.marres.org/nl


2003 

South of Heaven, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, DE
http://www.gerhardsengerner.com/Artists/gee_past03_2.htm

o.u.t.l.a.w., c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, DE

That’s Not Made for That, Norsk Form/Fotogalleriet, Oslo, NO

Violators Will be Fine, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
http://www.bethanien.de/kb/index/trans/de/page/exnews/id/130


Two-Person Exhibitions:


2006

Banks Violette / Gardar Eide Einarsson, gallery.sora, Tokyo, JP (with Banks Violette)
http://www.takaishiigallery.com/gallerysora/en/exhibitions/2006_october_november/


2004  

Rank Xerox, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, NO (with Matias Faldbakken)
http://www.kunsthall.no/default.asp?AID=33&ID=26&K=1&a1=KUNSTHALLEN&a2=Arkiv&a3=Rank Xerox&act=ark&aar=2004


2003  

Lösen Sie Ihren Bonus Ein, Am Parlamentzplatz, Revolver, Frankfurt/Main, DE,
(with Hinrich Sachs)


2002  

Lars Von Trier, American Fine Arts, New York, NY, US (with Gareth James)
http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/451

Six Feet Under, White Box, New York, NY, US (with Carissa Rodriguez)
http://www.whiteboxny.org/prog_list/prog_list25.html

Mind the Space, Oslo Kunsthall, NO (with Jan Christensen)


2001
  

Osculum Infame, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FI, with
Matias Faldbakken (catalogue)
http://www.nifca.org/2006/projects/2001/osc_infame.html


1999  

Notes From the Underground, Galleri 21:25, Oslo, NO (with Marius Engh)

Selected Group Exhibitions (2005-2010):

2010  

Investigations of a Dog. Works from the FACE Collections, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, PT, La maison rouge – Fondation Antoine de Galbert, Paris, FR, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, SE, DESTE Foundation, Athens, GR
http://www.art-face.eu/exhibition.html

The Beauty and the Distance, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, AU
http://www.bos17.com/

It is it, Espacio 1414, Santurce, Puerto Rico
http://www.espacio1414.org/exhibitions/current/it_is_it/en_index.htm


2009  

Chasing Napoleon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/fo3/low/programme/index.php?page=nav.inc.php&id_eve=2722&prog=41 

Beg, Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL, US
http://www.rfc.museum/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=306

That’s All Folks, Stadshallen, Bruges, BE
http://www.undo.net/cgi-bin/undo/pressrelease/pressrelease.pl?id=1260529704

The World is Yours, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, DK
http://www.louisiana.dk/uk/Menu/Exhibitions/The+World+is+Yours/The+World+is+Yours?ObjectVersion=1&Timestamp=11-01-2010%2023:19:48 

NewYork Minute: 60 Artisti della scena newyorchese, MACRO Future, Roma, IT
http://en.macro.roma.museum/mostre_ed_eventi/mostre/new_york_minute_60_artisti_della_scena_newyorchese

Living Together, El Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Victoria-Gasteiz, ES, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, ES
http://www.marcovigo.com/en/content/living-together-strategies-co-habitation-0

Lessons in the art of falling, Preus Museum, NO

Einarsson, Rhodes, Whitney Team Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.teamgal.com/artists/gardar_eide_einarsson/exhibitions/145/einarsson_rhodes_whitney

Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.paulacoopergallery.com/exhibitions/38


2008  

Listen Darling…The World is Yours, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, PT
http://www.ellipsefoundation.com/site/en/index.html
 
Norsk Hydros Kunstsamling, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, NO

The Soft Shields of Pleasure, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, DK
http://denfrie.dk/index.php/da/udstilling/tidligere-udstillinger/52-udstillingskalender-2008/61-the-soft-shields-of-pleasure-2008.html 

Hardcore, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO
http://www.skmu.no/

Meet Me Around the Corner: Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO
http://afmuseet.no/?exhibition_id=115

That was then…This is now, PS1, New York, NY, US
http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/191

2008 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US
http://www.whitney.org/www/2008biennial/www/?section=artists&page=artist_einarsson

Murder Letters, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, PT
http://www.gfilomenasoares.com//pt/expo/murder-letters/photos

Lights On: norsk samtidskunst, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, NO
http://afmuseet.no/?exhibition_id=111 

Carnegie Art Award 2008, Kiasma, Helsinki, FI, (travelling to Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, NO, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, DK, The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm, SE, Royal College of Art, London, UK, Gothenburg Museum of Art, SE


2007  

Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX, US
http://www.ballroommarfa.org/

White Light, Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, NO
http://www.skmu.no/

My Sweet Sixteen Party, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, BE
http://www.galerierodolphejanssen.com/NEW2008/exhibitions_photos?date=070914

No Context,  Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, JP
http://www.takaishiigallery.com/en/exhibitions/2007/no_context/

Painting, Space, and Society, Göteborgs Konsthall,, SE
http://www.konsthallen.goteborg.se/prod/kultur/konsthallen/dalis2.nsf/535e371e7fd657aec1256a5c0045675f/aeacf9a02d1a6591c125732f0030aa64!OpenDocument

Sweet Bird of Youth, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, DE

Last Attraction Next Exit, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
http://www.maxwigram.com/exhibitions/76/

Bastard Creature, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
http://www.palaisdetokyo.com/fo3/low/programme/index.php?page=nav.inc.php&id_eve=1755

Mafia: Or One Unopened Packet of Cigarettes, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/madison-avenue-2007-04-beneath-the-underdog/

Conditions of Display, The Moore Space, Miami, FL, US
http://www.themoorespace.org/
download press release here

Extraordinary Rendition, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona, ES
http://www.noguerasblanchard.com/exhibitions/view-exhibition/30/

Kick it till it breaks, The Kitchen, New York, NY, US
http://www.thekitchen.org/page/39/

I Love Malmo- Works from the Malmö Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, Turku, FI, Kumu Art Museum, Tallin, EST
http://www.turuntaidemuseo.fi/00/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=75&Itemid=181

In Practice Winter ’07, SculptureCenter, New York, NY, US
http://www.sculpture-center.org/exhibitionsExhibition.htm?id=10097


2006  

In The Poem About Love... Artists Space, New York, NY, US

And Yet It Moves! MOT, London, UK
http://www.motinternational.org/and-yet-it-moves.html

Bring the War Home, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.elizabethdeegallery.com/exhibitions/view/bring-the-war-home

Collection 2005/06, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, BE
http://www.galerierodolphejanssen.com/NEW2008/exhibitions_photos?date=060421

Survivor, Bortolami, New York, NY, US
http://www.bortolamigallery.com/past/2006/2006_8_survivor/press-release.php

Déjà 5 ans seulement!, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, FR

I Love My Scene 2, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, US
http://www.maryboonegallery.com/timeline_exhibs/2005-2006/scene2/index.html

Opacity, Wiener Secession, Vienna, AT

Defamation of Character, P.S.1., New York, NY, US
 http://ps1.org/exhibitions/view/121

Norwegian Sculpture Biennal, Vigeland-museet, Oslo, NO
http://www.vigeland.museum.no/en/exhibitions/previous/51-past-exhibitions/299-nowegiansculpturebiennal2006

Street; Behind the Cliche, Witte De With, Rotterdam, NL
http://www.wdw.nl/project.php?id=140

Coming Together, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, NO
http://www.nationalmuseum.no/index.php/content/view/full/2773

War On 45, Bortolami, New York, NY, US
http://www.bortolamigallery.com/past/2006/2006_5_war45/

Skate Culture, Preus Museum, Horten, NO

Mafia (Or One Unopened Packet of Cigarettes), STANDARD (OSLO), NO
http://www.standardoslo.no/v1/sql/ex.archive.php?shownews=9

Theater of Life - Rhetorics of Emotions, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, DE
Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, US
http://www.lenbachhaus.de/cms/index.php?id=63&L=1&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=55&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=29&tx_ttnews[pS]=1273581650&tx_ttnews[backPid]=119&cHash=2759453108

Down By Law, Wrong Gallery for the 2006 Whitney Biennial, Whitney
Museum of American Art, New York, NY, US

Villa Jelmini - the complex of respect, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
http://www.kunsthalle-bern.ch/en/agenda/exhibition.php?exhibition=5


2005  

L’Altro, Lo Stesso, Franco Soffiantino Arte Contemporanea, Turin, IT

To be continued..., Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, DK

Master of My Fate, Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA, US

In The Poem About Love You Don’t Write The Word Love, Centre for
Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, GB

The 9th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, TR (katalog)

Blasts, G Fine Art, Washington D.C., US

Downstrokes and Feedback, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA, US

Next Generation: no ordinary sanctity, Kunstraum der Deutschen Bank, Salzburg, AT

Walls ’N Things, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY, US

Populisme, Nasjonalmuseet for kunst, arkitektur og design, Oslo, NO; (travelling to Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, LT; Frankfurter Kunstverein, DE; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL (catalogue)

Opacity: Current Considerations on Art Institutions and the Economy of Desire,
UKS, Oslo, NO

Greater New York, P.S.1., New York, NY, US

Damien Deroubaix / Gardar Eide Einarsson / Jakob Kolding, Team Gallery,
New York, NY, US


 


 

 

 

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