Ragna Bley

MA work

Not yet titled, Ragna Bley 2015
Acrylic on canvas
250x160 (2) cm and 250x180 cm
Installation view "Kunstprisen 2015" Sandefjord Kunstforening, Ragna Bley 2015
A Long Way, Baubo, Ragna Bley 2014
Acrylic and paper on canvas
155x125 cm
Leave Stay Leav Sta Lea St Le St Lea Sta Leav Stay Leave , Ragna Bley 2015
Acrylic on canvas
150x140 cm
From Mouth to Mouth , Ragna Bley 2014
Limestone (Portland), egg yolks.
13x39x65 cm
Feet on the Ground (Granite, Mines and Iron Ore) , Ragna Bley 2014
Acrylic on paper and canvas
155x125 cm
I Remember You (Installation view Grünerløkka Kunsthall with Barbara Wesolowska and Sam Tierney), Ragna Bley 2014
Steel, fake eyelashes
150x1,6 cm
Cactuses in Antarctica, Ragna Bley 2015
Acrylic on canvas
160x145 cm
Empire Prefers Quiet Methods , Ragna Bley 2013
Plastic foam, acrylic paint, aluminium, glass, vaselin, plastic, nails.
Approximately 400x300x60 cm.
Installation view "Marken vi står på", NNKS Svolvær (With AnnIren Buan), Ragna Bley 2014
Photographer: Kjell Ove Storvik
With Bird on Huahine, Ragna Bley 2014
Acrylic on canvas
150x140 cm
Leather Trove I , Ragna Bley 2013
Clay, ceramics, Mdf-board, cork, stone, feathers, oil paint, tiles, pigment.
Approximately 250x400x30 cm.

Degrees
BFA in Fine Art, The National Academy of Art, Oslo (NO), 2011; Foundation, Pernbys Painting School, Stockholm, 2008; Design and craft course, Nyckelviksskolan, Lidingö, 2006

Experience
Assisting curator for the exhibition project, Learning for Life, Henie Onstad Art Center, Bærum, 2012; Docent, The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, 2012–14; Curator for the exhibition If inside to get out - if outside to get in, Holodeck, Oslo, 2011; Student representative, Board of the National Academy of Arts, Oslo, 2010–11; Running the lecture series Open Forum at the Art Academy in, Oslo, 2010 ; Assistent for artist Tori Wrånes, 2010 ; Curator for the exhibition Pool (avec), Sjokoladefabrikken, Oslo (with Ruben Steinum), 2009 ; Wallpainting-commission for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, 2009

Exhibitions
Young Pioneers, Kunsthall Oslo, 2015; Menneskeberget, Edvard Munch's studio Ekely, Oslo, 2015; Screen Saver, Dyson Gallery, London, 2015; Kunstprisen, Sandefjord Art Center, Sandefjord, 2015 ; Marken vi står på, North Norwegian Artist Association, Svolvær, 2014; What Thinks Me, Taiga Art Space, St Petersburg, 2014 ; Foajeutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, 2014 ; We met at the far end..., Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Podium, Oslo (NO), 2014 ; ReadYourCall, Diane Kruse Gallery, Hamburg (DE), 2014 ; Work In Progress, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London (GB), 2014; Secret RCA, Dyson Gallery, London (GB), 2014; Summer Doldrums, Kunsthall Oslo. Residency and exhibition, 2013 ; Det enkles potensiale, Backspace, Oslo, 2013 ; Leather Body – Feather Scope, Gallery LNM, Oslo, 2013 ; Marble Moon - Darling River, Seilduksgata Project Space, Oslo, 2012 ; Sellout, UKS Oslo, 2012 ; Så nære vi var, Podium, Oslo (with Inga Sund Hofset), 2011 ; THE STRANGE FETE (END), MFAPS, Oslo, 2011 ; If inside to get out - if outside to get in, Søylegalleriet, Oslo (NO), 2011 ; Retrorespection, Semikolon Gallery, Oslo, 2011 ; To the Quagmires, Galleri 21:25, Oslo, 2010; Pool (avec), Sjokoladefabrikken, Oslo, 2009 ; You Love the Way I Look at You, One Night Only Gallery, Oslo, 2009 ; Multiples, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, 2009

Awards
Travelling grant to Kenya, Young Artists Society, Norway, 2015 ; Shortlisted for Sandefjord’s Art Association art prize for young artists, 2014 ; Exhibition support, The Norwegian Arts Council, 2014 ; Project support, Norwegian Artist Association, 2014; Scholarship from Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard’s foundation, Norway, 2013 ; One-year working grant, Norwegian Artist Association, Norway, 2013 ; One-year working grant, Norwegian Artist Association, Norway, 2012