TOBIAS ARNELL

Born in Lund, Sweden, 1978.
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
Artistic expression: Sculpture and photography

Upcoming exhibitions

2011 Group exhibition, Museum of Longing and Failure, Bergen (//)
2011 Solo exhibition, Gallery USF, Bergen (//)
2011 Solo exhibition, Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo (//)

Education

2001-2005 Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo
1999-2001 Ålsta Folkhögskola, Ålsta

Solo exhibitions

2010 Transmission, Galerie Susan Nielsen, Paris, France (//)
2010 LELLO//ARNELL, Aalesund kunstforening, Ålesund (//)
2010 The New Ritual, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm (//)
2010 Undiscovering, Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad (//)
2009 The Great Migration, Christianssands Kunstforening, Kristiansand (//)
2009 Reproduction, Vestfold Kunstnersenter, Tønsberg (//)
2009 Revision, Galleri 21, Malmö, Sweden (//)
2008 Rediscovery, Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo (//)
2007 Galleri Pictura, Lund, Sweden (//)
2007 Fiction & Forgery, Heimdal Kunstforening, Trondheim (//)
2005 Team Mirage, Galleri 21:24, Oslo (//)
2004 The Cargo Cult of Tobias Arnell & Jørgen Craig Lello, Galleri 21:26, Oslo (//)
2004 Trebuchet, Skulptursalen SKA, Oslo (//)
2003 Reenactment of the Battle of Dunkirk, Open Academy, Oslo (//)
2003 Blastout: The Atomic Journey, Galleri 21:24, Oslo (collaboration with Piotr Pajchel)
2003 A Happy Relationship Between Kain and Abel, Galleri 21:24, Oslo
2002 Tzadank//Hail to the New Flesh, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim (collaboration with Mikael Näsström)
2002 Tzadank, Galleri 21:26, Oslo

Group exhibitions

2010 Kunstbasseng, Galleri Tipi, Oslo (//)
2009 28. Biennial of Graphic Art, MGLC, Ljubljana, Slovenia (catalog) (//)
2009 Kalender2009, Snowball Editions (//)
2009 #1, Oslo Open, Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo (//)
2009 New Works, Galleri Erik Steen, Oslo (//)
2009 Dark Matters, Peder Balke Center, Toten (//)
2009 Rock-Paper-Scissors, Galerie Susan Nielsen, Paris, France (//)
2009 Guttestrekar?, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Hå (catalog) (//)
2009 Kalender2008, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo (//)
2008 Mutual: On Collaboration, Samson Projects, Boston MA, USA (//)
2008 Planka #4, Galleri Planka, Oslo (//)
2008 X International Call, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain (//)
2008 Kalender 2008, Snowball Editions / Torpedo, Oslo (//)
2008 Lights On - norsk samtidskunst, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo (//)
2008 Rykk Tilbake til Start, 0047 OSLO, Oslo (//)
2007 Organ 3, Oslo (//)
2007 Oslo Open, Oslo (//)
2006 Stipendutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (//)
2006 Norwegian Sculpture Biennial 2006, Vigeland Museum, Oslo (//)
2006 Sell out, UKS, Oslo (//)
2006 10X, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo (//)
2005 Stipendutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (//)
2005 Avgangsutstillingen, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
2004 Galleri Texas, Ås
2003 Galleri Thomassen, Göteborg
2003 Raw Space, Oslo Open, Oslo
2001 Sundsvalls Museum, Sundsvall

Bibliography

2009 "Once Upon a Chair", Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin, Germany (//)
2009 "Øvelser i nyromantikk" ("Exercises in new romanticism"), Billedkunst (//)
2009 "Svartvit vila för ögonen" ("Black and white rest for the eyes"), Sydsvenskan (//)
2009 "Unge kunstnergamliser" ("Young artist old-boys"), D2 Magazine / Dagens Næringsliv (//)
2009 "50 ting vi tror på i 2009" ("50 things we believe in for 2009"), Dagbladet (//)
2008 "Ung, norsk og internasjonal" ("Young, Norwegian and International"), Dagsavisen (//)
2007 "Konst som inte kan kollas" ("Art which can't be checked"), Sydsvenskan (//)
2006 Yearbook 05 | Academy in Exile (//)

Grants

2010 Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, 1-year working grant
2009 Arts Council Norway, Project support
2009 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Project support
2009 Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, 1-year working grant
2009 Arts Council Norway, Project support
2009 Arts Council Norway, Exhibition support for establishing artists
2009 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard's Foundation
2008 Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond
2008 Statens Utstillingsstipend
2007 Statens Kunstnerstipend, 2-year working grant
2007 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards stiftelse
2006 Statens Kunstnerstipend, establishing grant

Collections

Sørlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand
International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana, Slovenia
Astrup Fearnley Collection, Oslo, Norway
Collection Region Skåne, Skåne, Sweden
Private collections

Public Commissions

2010 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Lillestrøm (//)

Memberships

Norwegian Visual Artists Association (NBK)
Young Artists' Society (UKS)

Miscellaneous

2003 Organizer, Peep Show #5

(//) indicates collaboration with Jørgen Craig Lello