Johanne Hestvold (b. 1988) lives and works in Oslo. Her practice often takes existing objects, forms and systems as its starting point. Through processes of transformation, the conditions under which they operate are altered, allowing new relationships to emerge while others remain active.
2026 Group exhibition, A Point of Entry, MELK, Oslo (NO)
2027 Duo exhibition with Ann Iren Buan, K.U.K., Trondheim (NO)
2027 Solo exhibition, Sandefjord Kunstforening, Sandefjord (NO)
2028 Solo exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (NO)
2025–2027 OR_•GO, public sculpture project, Sculpture Point, Ekebergparken, Oslo (NO)
2024 Kontakt, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo (NO)
2021 Eating at Conjunction, Golsa, Oslo (NO)
2018 Funksjonærer, Bomuldsfabriken ARTendal, Arendal (NO)
2017 Disse koppene har ikke mistet sjelen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (NO)
2016 eyeye, Cinnnamon, Rotterdam (NL)
2015 UV VU OooO, Tag Team Studio, Bergen (NO)
2014 The position of things, LYNX, Oslo (NO)
2013 Kasser etter Morandi, Prosjektrommet, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker (NO)
2012 Forventningen om sølv (Turner), Galleri Fisk, Bergen (NO)
2023 Grainy showers Coarse base, collaborative installation with Alexandra Hunts, featuring Andreas Tegnander, KRAFT, Bergen (NO)
2024 I mørket beder vi solen huske oss, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde (DK)
2024 Earthworks, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (NO)
2023 Motley Artifacts, Golsa, Oslo (NO)
2023 Tankerom, public art project curated by Sandra Norrbin, Kristiansand (NO)
2022 Entangled Life, RADIUS, Delft (NL)
2022 Trivielle objekter: En samtidsarkeologi, National Museum, Oslo (NO)
2021 Skulpturtriennalen, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo (NO)
2020 Sparebanken Sørs stipendutstilling, SKMU, Kristiansand (NO)
2019 This Way, Delfi, Malmö (SE)
2019 To make the stone stony, Golsa, Oslo (NO)
2019 Sol og vår i januar, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (NO)
2019 Vi er stedene, Vestlandsutstillingen (NO)
2017 Wildlife Skulpturpark, Nesodden (NO)
2016–2017 Mitt Landskap, Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø; North Norwegian Art Centre, Svolvær (NO)
2016 Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face, Fasanenstrasse 33a, Berlin (DE)
2016 Skissen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
2016 Form matter, matter forms, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia (IT)
2016 Skumringssoner, Seljord Kunstforening, Seljord (NO)
2015–2016 NN-A NN-A NN-A, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo; Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger (NO)
2015 Norsk Skulpturbiennale 2015, Vigeland Museum, Oslo (NO)
2015 Schlüterstrasse 40, New Art Club & Tag Team Studio, Berlin (DE)
2013 Unge inviterte, LNM, Oslo (NO)
2013 Sparebankstiftelsen DNBs stipendutstilling, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo (NO)
2012 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (NO)
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand (NO)
Drammens Museum, Drammen (NO)
Kristiansand Municipality (NO)
2023 Tvedestrand Primary School, Tvedestrand Municipality (NO)
2019 Sunnmøre District Court, KORO, Ålesund (NO)
2015 Edvard Grieg offshore platform, site-specific sculptural work, North Sea (NO)
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022 Ten-year Working Grant, Arts Council Norway
2020 Sparebanken Sør Artist Award
2016 Three-year Working Grant for Emerging Artists, Arts Council Norway
2016 One-year Working Grant, Aust-Agder County Council
2015 Anders Jahre's Prize for Young Artists
2014 One-year Working Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists' Fund
2013 Establishment Grant, Norwegian Government Grants for
EDUCATION
2016–2017 MFA studies, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö (SE)
2010–2013 BFA, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen (NO)
2012 Exchange studies, Sculpture Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (FI)
2008–2010 Bergen Art School, Bergen (NO)
2019 Studio 11, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Berlin (DE)
2016 Cité internationale des arts, Paris (FR)
SELECTED TEXTS
Malin Graesse, “Grimed Boundaries: On the Pessimism Concerning a Logic of Relations”, in Eating at Conjunction, Heavy Books, 2021.
Ingrid Halland, “Beholder: or, the Unthought’s Negation. An Essay on Johanne Hestvold’s Sculptures”, in Sol og vår i januar, Astrup Fearnley Museet, 2019.
Francesca Astesani, “Parks Containing Boxes Containing Parks”, CHART, interview, 12 October 2021.
SELECTED PRESS
Ruth Aitken, “Now Sand, and Then Dust”, Kunsthåndverk, no. 3, 2023.
Andreas Breivik, “Gode forbrukere”, Kunstavisen, 11 January 2023.
Eirik Zeiner-Henriksen, “Soppsporenes hersker”, Kunstkritikk, 12 February 2021.
Line Ulekleiv, “Take-away i parken”, Klassekampen, 27 January 2021.
Nicholas Norton, “Johanne Hestvold”, Artforum, Critics’ Picks, 20 January 2021.
Stian Gabrielsen, “Hunger Games på Tjuvholmen”, Kunstkritikk, 13 February 2019.
Tommy Olsson, “Unge talenter i kreativ næring”, Klassekampen, 30 January 2019.
Øivind Storm Bjerke, “Å fortelle gjennom ting”, Klassekampen, 14 June 2017.
Eating At Conjunction - Heavy Books - publication
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2026 Group exhibition, A Point of Entry, MELK, Oslo (NO)
2027 Duo exhibition with Ann Iren Buan, K.U.K., Trondheim (NO)
2027 Solo exhibition, Sandefjord Kunstforening, Sandefjord (NO)
2028 Solo exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (NO)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
2025–2027 OR_•GO, public sculpture project, Sculpture Point, Ekebergparken, Oslo (NO)
2024 Kontakt, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo (NO)
2021 Eating at Conjunction, Golsa, Oslo (NO)
2018 Funksjonærer, Bomuldsfabriken ARTendal, Arendal (NO)
2017 Disse koppene har ikke mistet sjelen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (NO)
2016 eyeye, Cinnnamon, Rotterdam (NL)
2015 UV VU OooO, Tag Team Studio, Bergen (NO)
2014 The position of things, LYNX, Oslo (NO)
2013 Kasser etter Morandi, Prosjektrommet, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker (NO)
2012 Forventningen om sølv (Turner), Galleri Fisk, Bergen (NO)
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2023 Grainy showers Coarse base, collaborative installation with Alexandra Hunts, featuring Andreas Tegnander, KRAFT, Bergen (NO)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 I mørket beder vi solen huske oss, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde (DK)
2024 Earthworks, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (NO)
2023 Motley Artifacts, Golsa, Oslo (NO)
2023 Tankerom, public art project curated by Sandra Norrbin, Kristiansand (NO)
2022 Entangled Life, RADIUS, Delft (NL)
2022 Trivielle objekter: En samtidsarkeologi, National Museum, Oslo (NO)
2021 Skulpturtriennalen, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo (NO)
2020 Sparebanken Sørs stipendutstilling, SKMU, Kristiansand (NO)
2019 This Way, Delfi, Malmö (SE)
2019 To make the stone stony, Golsa, Oslo (NO)
2019 Sol og vår i januar, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (NO)
2019 Vi er stedene, Vestlandsutstillingen (NO)
2017 Wildlife Skulpturpark, Nesodden (NO)
2016–2017 Mitt Landskap, Bodø Kunstforening, Bodø; North Norwegian Art Centre, Svolvær (NO)
2016 Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face, Fasanenstrasse 33a, Berlin (DE)
2016 Skissen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
2016 Form matter, matter forms, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia (IT)
2016 Skumringssoner, Seljord Kunstforening, Seljord (NO)
2015–2016 NN-A NN-A NN-A, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo; Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger (NO)
2015 Norsk Skulpturbiennale 2015, Vigeland Museum, Oslo (NO)
2015 Schlüterstrasse 40, New Art Club & Tag Team Studio, Berlin (DE)
2013 Unge inviterte, LNM, Oslo (NO)
2013 Sparebankstiftelsen DNBs stipendutstilling, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo (NO)
2012 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo (NO)
Kunstsilo, Kristiansand (NO)
Drammens Museum, Drammen (NO)
Kristiansand Municipality (NO)
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2023 Tvedestrand Primary School, Tvedestrand Municipality (NO)
2019 Sunnmøre District Court, KORO, Ålesund (NO)
2015 Edvard Grieg offshore platform, site-specific sculptural work, North Sea (NO)
SELECTED AWARDS AND GRANTS
2022 Ten-year Working Grant, Arts Council Norway
2020 Sparebanken Sør Artist Award
2016 Three-year Working Grant for Emerging Artists, Arts Council Norway
2016 One-year Working Grant, Aust-Agder County Council
2015 Anders Jahre's Prize for Young Artists
2014 One-year Working Grant, Norwegian Visual Artists' Fund
2013 Establishment Grant, Norwegian Government Grants for
EDUCATION
2016–2017 MFA studies, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö (SE)
2010–2013 BFA, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen (NO)
2012 Exchange studies, Sculpture Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki (FI)
2008–2010 Bergen Art School, Bergen (NO)
RESIDENCIES
2019 Studio 11, Norwegian Sculptors Society, Berlin (DE)
2016 Cité internationale des arts, Paris (FR)
SELECTED TEXTS
Malin Graesse, “Grimed Boundaries: On the Pessimism Concerning a Logic of Relations”, in Eating at Conjunction, Heavy Books, 2021.
Ingrid Halland, “Beholder: or, the Unthought’s Negation. An Essay on Johanne Hestvold’s Sculptures”, in Sol og vår i januar, Astrup Fearnley Museet, 2019.
Francesca Astesani, “Parks Containing Boxes Containing Parks”, CHART, interview, 12 October 2021.
SELECTED PRESS
Ruth Aitken, “Now Sand, and Then Dust”, Kunsthåndverk, no. 3, 2023.
Andreas Breivik, “Gode forbrukere”, Kunstavisen, 11 January 2023.
Eirik Zeiner-Henriksen, “Soppsporenes hersker”, Kunstkritikk, 12 February 2021.
Line Ulekleiv, “Take-away i parken”, Klassekampen, 27 January 2021.
Nicholas Norton, “Johanne Hestvold”, Artforum, Critics’ Picks, 20 January 2021.
Stian Gabrielsen, “Hunger Games på Tjuvholmen”, Kunstkritikk, 13 February 2019.
Tommy Olsson, “Unge talenter i kreativ næring”, Klassekampen, 30 January 2019.
Øivind Storm Bjerke, “Å fortelle gjennom ting”, Klassekampen, 14 June 2017.
Eating At Conjunction - Heavy Books - publication