Knut Åsdam (b.1968 in Trondheim, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) studied at Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK; the Jan van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht, the Netherlands and in the Independent Study Program, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY, USA. He has exhibited at Tate Britain, London, UK; in Manifesta 7, Trentin, Italy; the 2003 International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey; the 1999 and 2003 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; P.S.1, New York, NY, USA and Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France. Åsdam has had solo exhibitions in several venues including Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo and Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland. His films have been presented at film festivals including the Locarno International Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland; International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany and International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.