Kurt Johannessen, To Assist a Dead Fly, Artic Challenge, Andørja 8 July 2011. Photo: Pavana Reid
Kurt Johannessen (b.1960
in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) is a graduate of
Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK, the Iceland Academy of the
Arts, Reykjavik, Iceland, and the National Academy of the Arts,
Bergen, Norway. He works mainly with performance and installation
art, and is known for producing minimalist and poetic works with a
touch of humor. Johannessen have performed at festivals and venues
in Finland, Iceland, Belarus, Poland, Ireland, Germany, France,
USA, Mexico, Indonesia, China and Japan, among others. He has also
produced more than sixty books, many of them translated into
English. The books vary from just one sentence to short stories or
just pictures.