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Victor Boullet CV

Born 1969, Oslo, Norway
Lives and works in Paris, France

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2013 No Sex No Face No Nose  - Kurant, Norway
2013 Private Room - Place to be confirmed
2013 Das Poppycock Talent - Boucherie Des Archives, Michel Letourneux
2012 Adidas Monger - Artissima Italy
Yellow Pong Monger - Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris
Saturn The Flamingo - NoPlace, Oslo
Anstruther, Scotland - Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris
2011 Bonus - Shaynaynay, Paris
Steinway Only - Sommer & Kohl Gallery, Berlin
Dear Dr Jacobson - 2nd Cannons, Los Angeles, USA
Circles of Bureaucratic Repetition - Oslo Kunstakademi
2010 EctoParasite - Le Commissariat, Paris
I Pretend to Like Harold Pinter - Edinburgh Annuale
Brooding Parasite Feeding Week - The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris.
Screw the Ethics - The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris
2009 Bring into Being - The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris
The Gagged Archive - The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris
2008 Reversing the Direction of Hope - Galerie Sara Guedj. Paris
2006 Screw the Ethics ? - Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway.
2004 Social Hypocrite - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland:
2000 Lion Monkey - Hot Rod, Oslo, Norway
1997 One - Galleri Haaken, Oslo, Norway

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013 The Mediterranean Dog - Cole Gallery London, UK
2013 You Only Live Thrice - Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
2013 Shaynaynay - Galerie Kamm Berlin, Germany
2012 Cock the Hammer - Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna, Austria
Tor Hoff (1925-76) MoDERNISM MACHINE- Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
The Weighty Body - Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Netherlands
Ai Wei Wei is in China - Fichtebunker, Berlin. Curated by Cedric Aurelle / Louis Scoufaras .
The Responsive Eye - Shanaynay, Paris. Curated bt Romain Chenais / Jason Hwang
2011 100 Drawings Against the Vietnam War - Komplot, Brussels
Gagged Archive II - Søylegalleriet, Oslo Kunstakademi
100 Drawings Against the Vietnam War - Le Commissariat, Paris
2010 The Weighty Body - Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
Difference on Display - Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam. Curated by Ine Gevers
2008 Young Curators New Ideas - Bond Street Gallery, New York..
The Suspended Moment - Fundacio Foto Colectania, Barcelona
(Untitled) u = - Fette’s Gallery, Los Angeles.
2005 The Suspended Moment - Centre Rhenan D’Art Contemporain, Alsace, France
2004 The Uncertainty of the Social Misfit - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2000 Nordic Art in the 90’s - Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm - Collaboration with
Bjarne Melgaard
1998 Penthouse & Pavement - Photographer’s Gallery, Oslo - Curated by Torbjørn Rødland.

 

Curated Projects / Collaborations / Lectures etc.

2013 Salong Maleri - Workshop at Oslo Kunstakademi
2012 Baby, I Lost My Handshoes... - Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna, Austria
Views on Curating - Discussion with Damien Airault, curator at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2011 Digressions, opinions and thoughts about My Existence - Lecture, Oslo Kunstakademi
The Rise and Fall of The Institute of Social Hypocrisy - Open forum, Oslo Kunstakademi
How to Cook an Omlette - Workshop at Oslo Kunstakademi
Gagged Archive II - Søylegalleriet Oslo Kunstakademi
2009 - 2011 The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, Paris
The Obituary Phenomenon, Ernst Beyeler – Dag Erik Elgin
Social Aesthetics - Merlin Carpenter
Like stupidity - Evil is self-hypnotic - Edie McKay
On my gravestone it's gonna say: I am never coming back - Bjarne Melgaard
Artist Pension Trust - Chris Sharp, Jason Hwang & Société Réaliste
Satellite Show - Richard Parry
Brooding Parasite Feeding Week - Damian Airault
Maladresses ou La Figure de l'idiot - Fanny Gonella
Turbo Props - Oliver Laric
Archi-Troyenne - Mathilde du Sordet
État de Lieu - Theodor Barth
2007 Digressions - Lecture at Nordic Light, Norway

Publications

2014 Tor Hoff (1925 - 1976) Paris / Oslo Ed. Frenetic Happiness
2013 Mona by Victor Boullet / Stian Gabrielsen
2013 Time is the Assassin ll-lll by Victor Boullet, written by Stian Gabrielsen, Louis Scherfig
2013 Das Poppycock Talent / text by Stian Gabrielsen
2013 Philip Glass, 5th October 1995, NYC (Antenne Books)
2012 The Institute of Social Hypocrisy by Victor Boullet. Ed. Frenetic Happiness
2012 Time is the Assassin by Victor Boullet / Ghost written by Kristin Skylstad
2012 Kronos by Victor Boullet (Antenne Books)
2010 The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload
2009 Plaster Saint - The Institute of Social Hypocrisy
2006 Social Hypocrite.
2003 A Joyful Confusion. Including essay “in absurdum” by Robert Meyer.
2001 Snakes.
1997 One - Exhibition Catalogue

 

 

Grants

2012 Norsk Kulturråd
2012 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfonds toårig arbeidstipend
2011 Billedkunstneres hjelpefond ettårig arbeidstipend
2010 OCA International Support
2010 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfonds prosjektstøtte
2009 OCA International Support
2006 Billedkunstneres hjelpefond ettårig arbeidstipend.
2005 Billedkunstneres Vederlagsfondet arbeidstipend.
2000 Norsk Fotografisk Fond
1996 Norsk Kulturråd

 

Public and Private Collections.

H&F Collection. Holland.
Preus Museum. Norway.
The Robert Meyer Collection. Norway.
Nasjonalmuseet. Norway.
Represented in several private collections

 

Selected Press

Caroline Handcock. Yellow Pong Monger, Art Forum. November 2012
Ingvild Krogvig: Fragmenter av en glemt Modernist. Kunstkritikk, Octorber 2012
Laura Mclean-Ferris: The Sound of Downloading. Art Review, April 2011
Chris Sharp: Brooding Parasite Feeding Week. Art Review, Jan/Feb 2011
Karen Christine Tanberg and Elin Maria Olaussen: The Sound of Downloading. Billedkunst, Feb 2011
Catherine Wagley: : It's Easy to Find the Pockets. Daily Serving 11/2/2011
Klaske Oenema: Edie McKay, En de Koekoek. Mister Motley, No 27, March 2011
Nina Sundbeck-Arnas Kaasa: En Angrepsstategi if Victor Boullets Regi. Billedkunst Jan 2011
Valerio del Baglivo - The Institute of Social Hypocrisy. Kaleidoscope Winter 2010/2011
A Provincial Lunch. Smug Magazine, November 2010
Damian Airault: The Institute of Social Hypocrisy. Catalogue Magazine, Issue 6 Nov 2010
Spesial Nord: 02, July 2010
Jens Emil Stennewald: The Institute of Social Hypocrisy. Kunstbulletin, Sept 2009
Le Monde, France. 2008
Volume Magazine, UK. 2008
Tidens Krav, Norway, 2007
VG, Norway. 2007
Aftenposten, Norway. 2007
Head Magazine, UK, Issue 45, 2007
Ruby Magazine, Issue 15, 2006
Benedicte Sunde, Prisma Magazine, Norway Issue 1, 2006
Nina Toft. Social Hypocrite. Foto.no, Norway, 2005
Nina Toft. Joyful Confusion. Foto.no, Norway, 2005
Morgunbladid, Iceland. 2004
Who, Ireland. 2002
VG, Norway. 2002
Kreativ Forum, Norway. 2002