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IDA EKBLAD
born 1980 in Oslo, Norway

EDUCATION
2008 Mountain School of Art, Los Angeles
2005-07 The National Academy of Art. Oslo (MA)
2002-05 The National Academy of Art. Oslo (BA)
2000-01 Central St. Martins College of Art, dep of Fine Art. London

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
GALLERIA ALESSANDRO DE MARCH, Milan (Upcoming May) (Publication)
FEBERMALERIER, Galerie Gaudel De Stampa, PARIS (ongoingl)
Galleri ANNEN ETAGE, Oslo, (Upcoming April)
2008
SILVER RUINS, Fotogalleriet, Oslo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
ab⋅strac⋅tion⋅al, MUSEUM 52, NEW YORK
DARK FAIR presented by Milwaukee International
MOMENTUM 2009, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, FAVORED NATIONS, Curated by: Lina Džuverović and Stina Högkvist (upcoming August)
THE GENERATIONAL: Younger Than Jesus, New Museum, NY, Curated: by Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni and Laura Hoptman (upcoming April)
Prose pour des esseintes, KARMA INTERNATIONAL, Zurich
O' Radical Modern Way of Life. Inauguration Show of ANNEN ETAGE, with Eirik Sæther and Anders Nordby, Oslo
GRAVE ACCENT, Gaudel De Stampa, Paris c/o Galerie Micky Schubert, Berlin
Women Get Fucked, Alagon, Chicago
2008
Dark Contients, MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami (Publication)
Swiss Institute Benefit Auction, NY
Death By Basel, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami
Swiss Institute Benefit Auction, NY
Journey To The Center of Uranus, CANADA, New York
Art Since the Summer of 69, New York
Dark Fair, Swiss Institute, NY, curated by Scott and Tyson Reeder
^MSA, Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles
GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE BAD NEWS, Swiss Institute, NY, curated by Gianni Jetzer
Background, PREUS MUSEUM, curated by Jonas Ekeberg (Publication)
Medium Cool, Art in General, NY, curated by Hanne Mugaas
Lights On, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Art, Oslo
Nada, Miami, in the auspices of KARMA INTERNATIONAL, Zurich
2007
The Corny Show, KARMA INTERNATIONAL, Zurich
Tower, curated by Jonas Ohlsson, W 139 Amsterdam, Holland
MA degree show, The National Academy of Art, The Stenersen museum , Oslo
Robert Smithson, Fotogalleriet Oslo, curated by Lina Viste Grønli and Anders Smebye
Paris Was Yesterday, curated by Hanne Mugaas, Galerie La Vitrine, Paris
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Green Gallery, Milwaukee (w Marius Engh)
Von Zamlla mina mannar & ida, Galleri De Praktijk, Amsterdam, curated by Jonas Ohlsson
2006
The Copy and Paste Show, Rhizome, New Museum of Contemporary Art,
New York, curated by Hanne Mugaas
Giving People What They Want, Glassbox, Paris
The Art academy in Exile, Uks, Oslo
Everything I do (I do it for you) Projekt 0047, Berlin, curated by Hanne Mugaas
Fultjacks Blot, Raid Projects, Los Angeles USA, curated by Jonas Ohlsson
The Early Show, White Columns, New York, curated by Tyson Reeder, Scott Reeder og Elysia Borowy
C U (on The Other) Side, Bastard, Oslo
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Nils Bech in Concert, Willy Wonka Inc. Oslo
Dear Cockettes: An exhibition for and about the legendary acid queens, The Cockettes, UKS, Oslo (w Anders Nordby)
The Corny Show, Karma International, Zurich, (w Anders Nordby)
Jim Drain & Nils Beck Performance, Willy Wonka Inc. Oslo
Milwaukee International, Milwaukee (w Anders Nordby)
There Are Two Paths, Torpedo, Oslo, (w Hanne Mugaas)
Giving People What they Want, Glassbox, Paris (w Hanne Mugaas)
With Us Against Reality, Or Against Us! Willy Wonka Inc. Oslo (w Anders Nordby)

PUBLICATIONS
The Cockettes, Editor w / Anders Nordby, Published by Torpedo Press
Background, Preus Museum
When The Sky Fell (From the archives of The Yellow Tomb) Fanzine
With us Against Reality, Or Against Us! (w Anders Nordby)
CD with works by 17 artists for "With Us Against Reality, Or Against Us!"
“PHANTASMAGORIA” 28 pages in “Nesten”, Aschehoug -ISBN: 82032454638

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway
The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Preus Museum, Norway
Statoil Hydro Collection, Norway
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway

UPCOMING PROJECTS
What Leaf? What Mushroom? New Jerseyy, Basel (upcoming June)
Bad Moon Rising, curated by Jan Van Woensel, Galerie sans titre, Brussels (upcoming June)
since the summer of 69 Gallery, NYC (upcoming July)
Momentum 2009, 5th Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, FAVORED NATIONS, Curated by: Lina Džuverović and Stina Högkvist (upcoming August)
Europaische Amerikanische Freundschaft, curated by Gavin Brown, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, Nyc (upcoming september)
Journal Gallery, NYC (upcoming Spetember)