FREDRIK VÆRSLEV

BIOGRAPHY - SELECTED WORKS - BIBLIOGRAPHY - EXHIBITIONS

FREDRIK VÆRSLEV
Born: 1979, Moss, Norway
Lives and works in Drøbak, Norway

EDUCATION
2005–2010 Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
2008–2009 Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
2003–2004 NISS, Fine Art Department, Oslo, Norway
2001–2003 Einar Granum School of Art, Oslo, Norway

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012 Indipendenza Studio, Rome, Italy (upcoming)
2012 Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden (upcoming)
2011 Tomorrow / Yesterday, Toronto, Canada
2011 LISTE 16 (with Johan Berggren Gallery), Basel, Switzerland
2011 CIRCUS, Berlin, Germany
2011 I'm Gonna Keep a Happy Thought and Assume This is Just a Negotiation Tactic,
STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
2010 Panels and Patios, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2010 Swap Paintings # 3 vs. Anne Britt Værslev (6 ROOFTOPS 4 FRANKFURT), ECONOMY, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 MFA Exhibition, KHM, Malmö, Sweden
2009 Swap Paintings # 4 vs. Anne Britt Værslev (Venice Match), Studio, Venice, Italy
2009 Shelf Paintings (Pottery in October) (decorations by Dan Rees), STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
2009 (Her bor Ann-Kristin og Andreas), door I-3, Frankfurt, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Priority Moments, Herald St, London, UK
2011 Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France (curated by Anne Pontégnie)
2011 Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany
2011 Patterns of Intention, CIRCUS, Berlin, Germany
2010 When do you see yourself in ten years?, curated by Eivind Furnesvik, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
2010 2000 Lillestrøm, curated by Geir Haraldseth, Akerhus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway
2010 LISTE 15 (with Johan Berggren Gallery), Basel, Switzerland
2010 Inter Arts Centre (IAC), curated by Gertrud Sandqvist, Malmö, Sweden
2010 Zak Kitnick / Fredrik Værslev, curated by Geir Haraldseth, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2010 Ideal Setting for Per-Oskar Leus "If you can remember it you weren't really there" (2006), Galleri Ping Pong, Malmö, Sweden
2010 ...on Guyton, Parisa Kind Gallery, Frankfurt, Germany
2009 Meat is my veg, The Caribic Residency, Hamburg, Germany
2009 First View, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2009 Snowball Editions, Calendar 2009, Oslo, Norway
2009 What is not but could be if (Part 2), Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt, Germany
2009 On MODERN LIVING, Yearly Exhibition, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö, Sweden
2009 Fredrik, Charlotte & Leif for Johan Berggren, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden
2009 RUNDGANG, Staedelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 Sink the Boat Before it Sails, BASIS, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 At, By, For, Around the House, Koh-I-Noor, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 At, By, For, Around the House, curated by Ivo André Bras & Israel Guarda, Hospital Julio de Matos, Lisbon, Portugal
2008 Botnik Space-Off, Botnik Studios, Gerleborg, Sweden
2008 PhiIosopher in I AM A MAN, Parade with Arto Lindsay, Portikus, MMK and the Staedelschule, Frankfurt, Germany
2007 Crosskick / Platform #4, curated by Dr. Martin Engler & Stefan Berg, Hannover Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
2007 A Day in the Sun, Botnik Studios, Gerleborg, Sweden
2007 Oslo - Malmö, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist & Per Maning, Galleri 21:24 & 21:25, Oslo, Norway
2006 Malmö - Oslo, curated by Gertrud Sandqvist & Per Maning, Galleri PEEP, Malmö, Sweden
2006 Skandinavian Spastic, Sjokoladefabrikken, Oslo, Norway

CURATED PROJECTS
2011 Something Old Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, curated by Fredrik Værslev for Landings, Kornhaüschen, Aschaffenburg e.V., Germany
2010 Small size, medium, big, Landings / 3, curated by Fredrik Værslev and Per Christian Brath, Vestfossen, Norway
2010 Something Old Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, curated by Fredrik Værslev for Landings, ECONOMY, London, UK
2009 Ceccaldi / Holen / Leu, curated by Fredrik Værslev, Landings / 1, / 2 & / 3, Vestfossen, Norway
2008 Ståle Vold, 20 years in conversation with Duchamp, Johns, Ryman and more, curated by Fredrik Værslev, Landings / 1, Vestfossen, Norway

OTHER
Director and founder of Landings Project Space, Vestfossen, Norway, Landings Journal and Landings Editions