Past Residents
Past Resident2013: The Ernst & Olga Gubler-Hablützel Foundation, City of Bern
Quynh Dong
Quynh Dong often performs as herself in her work. She uses elements from her singing and acting experience gained while working at the Zürich Opera House and The Schauspielhaus Zürich to touch on topics such as arrival, longing, paradise, memory, and identity.
Quynh Dong (born 1982, Hai Phong, Vietnam) holds a degree in graphic design from the Design School in Biel/Bienne, a BFA from Bern University of Arts and an MFA from Zurich University of the Arts. In August 2010, Dong won a workshop grant from the BINZ39 Foundation in Zurich where she worked until July 2012. In 2011, she was the recipient of a fellowship at Sommerakademie, Bern. During 2012, Dong’s work was shown at New Jerseyy, Basel; Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne; BINZ39, Zürich; Galerie Bernhard Bischoff & Partner, Bern; LISTE17 – The young art fair in Basel; Kunstraum Baden, and Sinopale, Sinop.
Quynh Dong, My Paradise, 2012, Video installation, 15 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Quynh Dong, Drunger and Drueber, 2012, Performance, 15 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Quynh Dong, My Everything, 2012, Performance, 15:30 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Quynh Dong, Let Me Hear Your Voice, 2012, Video, 15 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Quynh Dong, Let Me Hear Your Voice, 2012, Performance, 90 min. Courtesy of the artist.
Past Resident2012: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Erlend Hammer
Erlend Hammer is interested in working with a small group of artists on a number of exhibitions. In working frequently with a small number of artists, strong relationships develop over time. A project begins with the discovery of a catchy title. For Bunnies, it must be bunnies, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, 2009, he invited artists to make works about rabbits. For Oh how time flies, Bergen Kunsthall, 2011, the show came about because an artist had a work rejected for another exhibition; this work then became the namesake for Hammer’s project.
Erlend Hammer trained as an art historian at the University of Bergen, Norway and holds a degree in creative curating from the Art Academy, Bergen. From 2005-2008, he was a freelance art critic, and in 2008 his book Collected Art Criticism 2005-2008 was published by CTRL-Z Publishing. In 2011, Hammer began writing regular commentary for the daily newspaper Dagbladet. In 2011-2012 he was Assistant Editor and then Acting Editor ofKunstkritikk, a Nordic web journal for art criticism. He is currently co-curator of the 7thMomentum Biennial to open in Moss, Norway in June 2013.
Erlend Hammer, Oh How Time Flies, 2011. Courtesy of the artist and Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen.
Erlend Hammer, Oh How Time Flies, 2011. Courtesy of the curator and Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen.
Erlend Hammer, Bunnies, It Must be Bunnies, 2009. Courtesy of the curator and Lautom Contemporary, Oslo.
Erlend Hammer, 2009. Courtesy of the curator and Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen.
Erlend Hammer, Baby Snakes Hatching. Ruins. Ruins., 2012. Courtesy of the curator and Mai Hofstad Gunnes UKS, Oslo .
Past Resident2013: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Ann Cathrin November Høibo
Ann Cathrin November Høibo studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and Städelschule, Frankfurt, where she graduated in 2011. Høibo’s first solo exhibition opened in January 2012 at STANDARD (OSLO) followed by a solo exhibition at the Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, which was accompanied by a publication. Recent exhibitions include A Disagreeable Object, ScupltureCenter, New York; Five Generations of Birds, Fitjar; Everyday Abstract – Abstract Everyday, James Cohan Gallery, New York, and The Human Pattern, Kunsthall Oslo. Her upcoming solo exhibition at the Oslo Fine Art Society opens in October 2012.
Ann Cathrin November Høibo, Preparation for a Masterpiece, 2010. Courtesy of the artist and STANDARD (OSLO). Photo courtesy of Vegard Kleven.
Ann Cathrin November Høibo, Alpelue, 2012. Courtesy of the artist and STANDARD (OSLO). Photo courtesy of Vegard Kleven.
Ann Cathrin November Høibo, Untitled (ABMB Navy), 2011, Leatherette on wooden stretcher and wooden frame, 435/16 × 707/8 × 213/16 in. (109.98 × 180.09 × 7.11 cm). Courtesy of the artist and STANDARD (OSLO). Photo courtesy of Vegard Kleven.
Ann Cathrin November Høibo, Untitled (Documentation is Everything #07), 2011, Mirror, rubber sandals, and leather shoes. Courtesy of the artist and STANDARD (OSLO). Photo courtesy of Vegard Kleven.
Ann Cathrin November Høibo, "I Don't Need You Qnymore, I'm into Carl Andre Now", 2011. Courtesy of the artist and STANDARD (OSLO). Photo courtesy of Vegard Kleven.