CV - KATHARINA BARBOSA BLAD
Louises gate 4c, 0168 Oslo.
Tel 99 23 15 67.
kbarbosa@online.no
Born 17. 05.1962 in Bogotá, Colombia.
Medlem av NBK, BO, FFF og BONO
www.katharinabarbosablad.art
www.visuellpoesi.com
www.louisesgt4c.no





Education:


2006-2008:       Oslo Photo Art School.
1986-1989:       Escuela Goymar Design & Fashion, Madrid and Barcelona.


Separate exhibitions


2020 Sept:     
"THE GREAT ESCAPE" at Bananaz in Oslo
2019 Jan:        
“ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE” Kunstgarasjen in Bergen.
2011 Nov:        
Preview of “En El Nombre Del Amor” (video) in El Parche Residency, Bogotá, Colombia.
2011-2012:     
"Hans Petter Blad poetry collection Cappelen Damm Library 2008" Deichman Hovedbiblioteket, Kongsvinger                      library. Bjerke, Furuset, Stovner and Majorstuen Libraries in Oslo.
2008:               
"In Case Of..." (photo series) OFKS Gallery.
2007-2009:   
"With their Heart in their Hand." (Photo series), Espai Francesca Bonnemaison in Barcelona, Place Flagey in                         Brussels, Antigua Guatemala and various places in Colombia.



Group Exhibitions


2023 Feb:            
"Ordinary days" at Galleri Sagene Kunstsmie in Oslo.
2022 Sept-Oct:    
"Oslo Negativ" at the old Deichmann Library.
2022 Jan-Feb:    
"INQUIRIES OF THE SOCIAL COMMONS" at gallery 69 Oslo.
April 2021:           
"INQUIRIES OF THE SOCIAL COMMONS" at Spriten Kunsthall in Skien.
2021 April-Oct:    
"TIME, PLACE, SPACE" at Preus Museum in Horten.
2020 Oct-Nov:    
"CRISIS DRAWING" Newspaper cartoonists' house in Drøbak.
2020 Jan:            
“THE ZINES OF THE ZONE” Fotogalleriet in Oslo.
Oct 2019:            
“POINTED CONCIOUSNES” QB Galleriet in Oslo.
2019 April-Sept:
"CARNIVAL" Intercultural Museum in Oslo.
2018 Feb:            
“BETWEEN THE LINES” Oslo Academy of Arts.
2016 may:           
"SPRING EXHIBITION 2016" Fotogalleriet in Oslo.
2016 Jan:            
"RISES" Kristiansand Kunsthall.
2014 Dec:           
"THE INHABITED FEMENINE" Venezuela's Embassy.
2014 Oct:            
"BJØRKA 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION" Oslo Prosjektrom.
2014 May:           
"EXILES" The visual artists in Oslo and Akerhus.
2014 March:        
"EXILES" Spriten Kunsthall in Skien.
2013 April:           
"EXILES" Exhibition room USF in Bergen.
2013 June:          
"DISAPPEARANCES" Hippolyte Photographic Gallery in Helsinki.
2013 May:           
"DISAPPEARANCES" Kristiansand Kunsthall.
2012 Feb:            
"DISAPPEARANCES" Oslo Art Association.

Public Commission

2020:                   
"Babel Alphabet" at The New Tvedestrand High School.

Art Collections

2023:                   
"Babel Alphabet" Ferd, Johan H. Andresen.

Festivals

2020:                   
“Deconstructing Bettina Rheims Retrospective” HDvideo 6:06 In the main competition at Oberhausen Short                      Film Festival

2019:                   
“Deconstructing Reality in the Making” HDvideo 5:21 In the main competition at Oberhausen Short Film Festival

Grants

2022:                   
The Fritt Ord Foundation, project support.
2019:                   
The Artists' Remuneration Fund.
2016-2017:         
Working Grant from the Arts Council Norway
2016:                   
Bergesenstiftelsen, project support.
2016:                   
Norwegian Photographic Fund, FFF, project support.
2016:                   
Oslo Kommune Kulturetaten, project support.          
2015:                   
Miscellaneous Fund from the Norwegian Arts Council.
2014:                  
Miscellaneous Fund from the Norwegian Arts Council.
2013-2014:         
Norwegian Visual Artists Compensation Fund.
2013:                  
Norwegian Photographic Fund, FFF, project support.
2010:                  
The Fritt Ord Foundation, project support.
2010:                  
Norwegian Photographic Fund, FFF, project support.
2007:                  
Grant from the Norwegian Stage Designers.
2000:                  
Grant from the Norwegian Stage Designers.
1999:                  
Grant from the Norwegian Stage Designers.


Miscellaneous

2017-2023:           Member of Norwegian Visual Artists Association
2017-2023:          Member of the Board in Support Group for Peace in Colombia
2014-2023:          Member of the Free Association of Norwegian Photographers
2012-2014:           Member of the Board in Bjørka Foundation for camera-based art. 
2008-2023:          Member, Bjørka Foundation for camera-based art.
1996-2010:           Responsible for the Latin American program in the Festival Films from the South in Oslo.
2005-2023:           Member of the Board in Magdalena Norway, an international network for women in contemporary theatre.
1993-2006:           Active as costume designer and scenography for theater, dance, opera, film, and publicity.





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