Contributors

Unni Gjertsen

Artist

Born: 1966, Sjøvegan, NorwayBased: Oslo, Norway

Unni Gjertsen (b.1966) is a visual artist based in Oslo working with subjects relating to history and memory. She studied at Trondheim Academy of Fine Arts and University of Oslo. In Gjertsen's silk-screen series Creative History (2003-04) tabloid statements were presented in a seductive form, telling a story of success for ten women intellectuals and artists. She mixed facts, lies and possible truths addressing a relationship between truth and wanting to believe. She employed a similar strategy in The Mai Zetterling-Project (2005), which focused on the historiography on the Swedish filmmaker. Unni Gjertsen's most recent solo exhibitions are Baltic Sea Cultural Centre, Gdansk (2007) and Konsthall C Stockholm (2005). Group shows include Kasteel van Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek/Belgium, Henie-Onstad Art Centre Norway and Rauma Biennale Finland in 2008, MuHKA Antwerp and IASPIS Stockholm in 2007, and Göteborgs Konsthall (2006).

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