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Sissel Tolaas


Selected solo exhibitions
1999 Shift, Berlin
Galleri Wang, Oslo
Stavanger Culturehouse, Stavanger, Norway
1998 Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden
Kunsthalle, Lophem
1997 Shelters, Aberdeen and Edinburgh
Galleri Andrehn-Shiptjenko, Stockholm
Crossby Street Project Room, New York
1996 Konsthall, Lund
Konsthall, Simrishamn
Art Gallery, Cacak, Serbia
Malmö Museum
1995 Nordic House, Reykjavik
Gallery Solon Islandus, Reykjavik
Kunstverein, Jena
1994 Artscape Nordland, Alstahaug, Norway
Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
Kunstforening, Sandnes, Norway
1993 Gustav III Antique Museum, Stockholm
Art Museum, Visby, Sweden
Kunst-Werke, Berlin
1992 Het Appollohuis, Eindhoven
Palazzo Ruini, Reggio Emilia
1991 Gallerie Andre Joliet, Duisburg
Segeltuchfabrik, Oslo
Wanås Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden
P.S.1, New York
1990 Hennie Onstand Artcenter, Oslo
Central House of Artists, Moscow
Gallery ON, Pozna´n

Selected group exhibitions
1999 Safe, Dia Art Foundation, New York
Against Nature, Part I, Museum of Installation, London
Concentrated nothing, beach project, Shelters, Aberdeen and Edinburgh
Pardon, Merci & Bonjour, book and exhibition project
1998 Sight, at various sites in Aberdeen


Neigh-bor, Frac Languedoc-Rousillon, Montpellier, and Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
1997 Meetings, Museum Folkwang, Essen, and Kunsthalle, Rostock
1996 Sur-Faces, Bonnier Collection, Stockholm
The four corners off, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, and Kunst 96, Zurich
Two Positions, Bergen Arthall, Bergen
1995 Another possibility, Podewil, Berlin
You-West, Dubbic Garden, Cologne
Up-set, The Painting Factory, Stockholm
Under 0, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago
1994 Metonymy, Lillehammer Art Museum
Close-Up, Arthall, Bergen, and Gallery Sölveberget, Stavanger
Up-Side, Museum Arsenal, Pozna´n
1993 Private, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Close-Up, Hennie Onstad Artcenter, Oslo
Communication, Museum of Modern Art, Hong Kong and Singapore
1992 Communication, Tukashin Arthall, Amagasaki; Iwaki City Art Museum; Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art; Niigata City Museum; Tokushima Modern Art Museum; Hiroshima City Museum of Modern Art; and Kamakura Museum of Modern Art
Registratur, Rogaland Museum of Modern Art, Stavanger
America, Museum of Modern Art, Juiz de Fora, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Bella Horizonte
1991 Communication, Sezon Museum, Tokyo
1990 Inventionen 1990, DAAD Galerie, Berlin
Sculpture-Drawing, Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka and Modena
Wind Symphony, House of Revolution, Priepolje, Serbia
Wind solo - Water mono, Artists' Museum, Lodz
Memory, Konsthall, Malmö

Grants and other awards
1994-97 NBK grant
1994 Project financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs
1993 Paul Klee grant
Rolf Nesch grant
1990 Project financed by the Berlin administration, the Senat
1989 Prize from the IG Metall trade union, Berlin
1986-89 Project financed by the Norwegian government
1985 Travel grant for Norway from the Bonnier Foundation
Grant for young Scandinavian artists
Grant from the DAAD and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for study in Berlin
1981-82 Grant from the Norwegian Foreign Ministry for study abroad