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Ananda Serné (NL/NO) is a visual artist and writer who grew up on a riverboat on the waterways of Europe. She holds an MA in Fine Arts from the Iceland University of the Arts.
Through moving image, language, textiles, performance and installation, her practice explores questions that touch upon translation and (mis)communication. She is interested in the challenges that media like language, sound and video pose when trying to capture certain natural phenomena. How much information exists for example outside of the realm of human perception? How much information is lost? Her works are attentive to the sensory conditions of sound, and are often informed by conversations and collaborations with others, for instance with singers, biologists, or translators.
Ananda is currently working on her novel Nachtbloeiers that will be published by Cossee Publishers in the Netherlands in September 2022.
Upcoming exhibitions and projects will take place at Plaatsmaken in Arnhem (NL), Rogaland Kunstsenter in Stavanger (NO), the Norwegian Sculptors Society in Oslo (NO) and at Ny-Ålesund Centre for Arctic Scientific Research on Svalbard.
Education
2014/16 MA in Fine Arts, Iceland University of the Arts, Reykjavík, IS
2011/14 BA in Fine Arts, St. Lucas School of Arts, Antwerpen, BE
2008/09 Theatre Studies, University of Amsterdam, NL
2007/08 Linguistics and Literature, University of Antwerpen, BESolo Exhibitions & Projects
2022 (upcoming) Norwegian Sculptors Society, Oslo, NO
2022 Insect sing-along, puntWG, Amsterdam, NL
2021 slow-wave, Bryne Kunstforening, NO
2020 Duet/Songs (performance), Titanik Gallery, Turku, FI
2020 A caterpillar is curled in a green ring, Studio K Project Room, Kvernaland, NO
2020 Duet/Songs (performance), Studio17, Stavanger, NO
2019 A caterpillar is curled in a green ring, Galleri 54, Göteborg, SE
2017 I smell flowers all around us, I smell only soil, Studio17, Stavanger, NO
2016 Echoists of the Takase River, Asahi AiR, Nagano, JP
2015 The Inhabitants, Iceland Academy of the Arts Gallery, Reykjavík, ISSelected Group Exhibitions & Screenings
2022 (upcoming) Altered Breath, Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, NL
2021 Memoirs of Time and Presence, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Makati, PH
2021 Theatre Gallery, Rogaland Theatre, Stavanger, NO
2021 Video Art and Experimental Film, SEA Foundation, Tilburg, NL
2021 Ut av venterommet, Tou Scene, Stavanger, NO
2021 Book of Sand / Singular Hands II, Studio17, Stavanger, NO
2021 Book of Sand / Singular Hands I, Velferden Centre for Contemporary Art, Sokndal, NO
2021 Vårutstillingen, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, NO
2021 Parabol, Lydgalleriet with Kunsthall 3.14, Bergen, NO
2021 Kortfilmsdagen, Galleri CC, Malmö, SE
2020 From the Balcony, Stavanger Art Museum, NO
2020 Vestlandsutstillingen, Kunstmuseet KUBE, Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum, Kunsthall Stavanger, NO
2019 Open Studios, Bamboo Curtain Studio, Taipei, TW
2019 CC01, Tique Art Space, Antwerpen, BE
2019 Framferd, Velferden Centre for Contemporary Art, Sokndal, NO
2019 Alternating Narratives, St. Lucas School of Arts Gallery, Antwerpen, BE
2019 Prospects & Concepts, Art Rotterdam, NL
2018 Mesh, Galleri CC, Malmö, SE
2018 State of the Art Network, The Independent AiR, Silkeborg, DK
2017 Tenderflix Film and Video Prize, Tenderpixel, London, UK
2017 Performance Art Oslo, ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo, NO
2017 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO
2017 Bangkok Underground Film Festival, Bangkok, TH
2017 Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart, DE
2017 Minimalen Kortfilmfestival, Trondheim, NO
2016 Antimatter Media Art, Victoria, BC, CA
2016 Communication with the Non-Human, Kunsthuis SYB and EYE Film Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2016 MA Graduation show, Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum, IS
2015 Platform Nord, Festival for ung nordisk samtidskunst, Kristiansand, NOResidencies
2022 (upcoming) Ny-Ålesund Centre for Arctic Scientific Research, Svalbard, NO
2022 puntWG / airWG, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Velferden Centre for Contemporary Art, Sokndal, NO
2020 Titanik Gallery, Turku, FI
2020 Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, Dale i Sunnfjord, NO
2019 Hordaland Kunstsenter’s Summer Academy, Bergen, NO
2019 Bamboo Curtain Studio / Mondriaan Fonds, Taipei, TW
2018 Skaftfell Centre for Visual Art, Seyðisfjörður, IS
2017 Artistes en résidence, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
2016 Asahi AiR, Nagano, JPOther Relevant Experience
2020/22 Board member, BKFR, Visual Artists Union in Rogaland, NO
2018/21 Board member, exhibition space Studio17, Stavanger, NO
2017 Participant in art writing program, Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, NL
2016/17 Traineeship and library employee, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, NO
2016/.. Short stories in several literary magazines (De Internet Gids, De Fusie, etc.), NLPublic Collections
City of Göteborg, SE
Bibliothèque Kandinsky - Centre Pompidou, FRSupported by (past and present)
Arts Council Norway, NO
The Norwegian Artists Association / Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NO
Stavanger City Council, NO
Fond for Lyd og Bilde, NO
Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale, NO
Stichting Niemeijer Fonds, NL
Amarte Fonds, NL
Mondriaan Fonds, NL