Born in 1976 in Stavanger, Norway
Living and working in Berlin, Oslo and Stavanger

Education

National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway (incl. one year at the College of Arts and Crafts in Bergen, Photography Section), 1995–2000       
Rogaland School of Art, Stavanger, Norway, 1993–95        

Group Exhibitions

Kurz, Galerie am Weinberg, Berlin, Germany, 2023
Nature Morte, Rowe Galleries to host MOCA London show, Charlotte, USA, 2022
Open Video XII, Art at Store Gilhus Gård, Lier, Norway, 2022
Unguarded Moments, Hofgrün, Berlin, 2022
Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamling, Deichman Bjørvika, Oslo 2022
Sva Marga, Hos Arne, Oslo, 2022
To build a Collection, New Acquisitions, Stavanger Art Museum, Norway, 2021
And the fjord below continues its course … Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese, Norway, 2021
Wiedererwachen, Open Air Fair Show, Berlin, 2020
Den Siste Festen, QB Gallery, Oslo, 2020
Fra Balkongen, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Norway 2020
Chimera, Projektraum Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin , 2019
Festningen, Kongsvinger, Norway 2019
Freigänger/åpen soning, collaboration with Jens Jürgen, Ehemaliges Frauengefängnis, Berlin, 2019
Yellow, QB Gallery, Oslo, 2019
Vestlandsutstillingen, Norway, 2019
Passengers of a Kaleidoscopic Journey, Ehemalige Tabakfabrik, Berlin, 2018
Open Video IX, Gallery Dikemark, Norway, 2018
Cosmoscow Art Fair, Moscow, Russia, with Prosjektrom Normanns, 2017
Nature Morte, Guildhall Art Gallery, London, UK, 2017
I Went into the Woods, Kikutstua, Nordmarka, Norway, 2017
Lucia, Blomqvist, Oslo, Norway, 2017
Nature Morte, The National Museum of Wroclaw, Poland, 2017 Vestlandsutstillingen, 2019
Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway, 2016
When all. is Said and Done, Sim gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2016
Whistle in the Shadow, Prosjekt Normanns, Stavanger, Norway, 2016
Transcendental Tactility, Open Source Gallery, New York, US, 2016
Nature Morte Contemporary Artist reinvigorate the Still Life tradition, Hå gamle prestegård, Nærbø, Norway, 2015
Through Nature, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway, 2014
Still Life in Motion, Northern Norway Art Museum, Tromsø, Norway, 2014
Momentum 7, Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway, 2013
Open Door, Rogaland Art Centre, Stavanger, Norway, 2013
Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway, 2012
Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, Tidens Krav, Oslo, Norway, 2012
The Running Room, Space for Art and Industry, New York, US, 2012
10th International Biennal of Miniature Art, Gornji Milanovac, Serbia, 2010
Annual Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway, 2008
Annual Spring Exhibition, Photographers gallery, Oslo, Norway, 2008
Golden Rain, project for Eigerøya light house in connection with Stavanger as
European Capital of Culture 2008, 2008
Who´s on First, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK, 2007
Synthetischer Natur, Galerie D21, Leipzig, Germany, 2007
Nature in Art, Telemarksgalleriet, Notodden, Norway, 2007
Vis à Vis, touring exhibition of the National Museum, Oslo, 2003
Gallery SE, Bergen, Norway, 2001
The City, Gallery Wang, Oslo, Norway, 2001
Gallery Brandstrup, Moss, Norway, 2001
Gallery Molitrix, Stavanger, Norway, 2001
Graduation Exhibition, Stenersenmuseum, Oslo, Norway, 2000
Annual Spring Exhibition, Photographers gallery, Oslo, Norway, 2000
Exhibition by the 25th anniversary of The Society of Fine Art Photographers, Oslo, Norway, 1999
Diagnose, Stavanger Art Society, Stavanger, Norway, 1999
Images of Matter, Oslo´s former police station, Norway, 1995

Solo Exhibitions

We are such stuff as dreams are made on - and our little life is rounded with a sleep. Sølvberget Gallery, Stavanger, Norway, 2024
The House and The Root - Memories and Metamorphosis, Kinokino kunstsal, Sandnes, Norway, 2021
Lumen Naturae (Through the Looking Glass, Shop-Window-Exhibition), Luisa Catucci Gallery, Berlin, 2021
Wonders of the Volcano, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway, 2018
Wonders of the Volcano, Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway, 2017
Earth and Reveries of Repose- Reveries of Material Interiority, Ram Gallery, Oslo, 2015
Historistic Interventions in Villa Breidablikk, Museum Stavanger, Norway, 2014
Anemophily- The Ejaculation of Spring, Lynx, Oslo, Norway, 2014
Everlasting Material Pain, Prinz Georg//Raum für Kunst, Berlin, Germany, 2013
Everlasting Material Pain, Hå Old Vicarage, Norway, 2013
Widerstehe doch der Sünde, Gallery F15, Moss, Norway, 2010
Military Manoeuvres, Transit Art Space, Stavanger, Norway, 2008
In der Nacht verweilen, Galerie im Königlichen Kurhaus, Bad Elster, Germany, 2007
Living Amongst Phantoms, Gallery 7011 Trondheim, Norway, 2007
Die Zeit entführt die Schönheit, Blomqvist, Oslo, Norway, 2006
Nocturnal Visions, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway, 2006
Nocturnal Visions, Hå Old Vicarage, Norway, 2005
The Darkness Inside, Gallery van Bau, Vestfossen, Norway, 2005
Reveries of Endlessness, Projekt0047, Berlin, Germany, 2005
Condensed Dramas and Predictable Endings, Gallery Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway, 2003
At the End of the World, Gallery MGM, Oslo, Norway, 2001
Lost at a Dead End, Gallery Molitrix, Stavanger, 2001

Representation in public/national collections

Stavanger Art Museum, 2021
Municipality of Oslo Art Collection, 2017
Northern Norway Art Museum, 2014
Municipality of Stavanger, Norway, 2013
Rogaland Art Museum, Norway, 2008
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway, 2005
Gassco Art Collection, Norway, 2003
Riksutstillingene, The National Museum of Art, Norway, 2003
Statoil Art Collection, Norway, 2003
Arts Council Norway, 2000
Rogaland Art Museum, Norway, 2000

Public commissions and projects

The University of Northern Norway, Bodø Campus, 2017
Ullersmo Prison, Eidsvoll, Norway, 2016
Rena Military Camp, Rena (Østerdalen), Norway, 2004–2006    
Refsnes Gods, Jeløya, Norway, 2002
Photographic project for Samtiden magazine, Norway, 2002

Grants

Project grant from the Norwegian Photographic Fund, 2020
Project grant from the Audio and Visual Fund, Norway, 2020
Exhibition grant from the Contemporary Art Centres in Norway, 2020
Project grant from Norwegian Visual Artists, 2020
Project grant from the Fritt Ort Foundation, 2020
Project grant from Norwegian Visual Artists, 2019
Project grant from the Audio and Visual Fund, Norway, 2020
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant, 2017
Project grant from the Norwegian Photographic Fund, 2016
Project grant from, I. S. E. Fegersten Foundation, 2016
Project grant from Arts Council Norway, 2016
Project grant from the Audio and Visual Fund, Norway, 2016
The Norwegian Government´s ten-year working grant, 2015
Project grant from the Norwegian Photographic Fund, 2014
The Norwegian Government´s exhibition grant, 2013  
Project grant from Norwegian Visual Artists, 2013    
The Norwegian Government´s three-year working grant, 2012
Project grant from the Audio and Visual Fund, Norway, 2012
Project grant from I. L. Langaards forundation, Norway, 2012
Project grant from I. L. Langaards forundation, Norway, 2011
The Norwegian Government´s two-year working grant, 2010
Norwegian Visual Artists' Support Fund, one-year working grant, 2009
Norwegian Visual Artists' Support Fund, project grant, 2009
Sparebanken Vest, artist grant, Norway, 2008
Norwegian Visual Artists' Support Fund, project grant, 2008
Municipality of Stavanger, artist grant, Norway, 2008
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant, 2007
Norwegian Visual Artists' Support Fund, two-year working grant, 2007
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant, 2006
The Norwegian Government´s one-year working grant, 2006
Ramsland's trust, artist grant, Norway, 2005
The Norwegian Government´s travel grant, 2005
I. L.Langaards foundation, residency at Cité des Arts, Paris, 2003
Nifca residency in Inari, Lappland, Finland, 2003
Arts Council Norway, exhibition grant, 2003
The Norwegian Government´s two-year working grant, 2002
The Norwegian Government´s travel grant, 2001  

Bibliography

“Kunstmuseets skattkiste”, review by Trond Borgen of the exhibition “To build a Collection” in Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger Aftenblad, 13.09.2021.
Review of the exhibition “And the fjord below continues its course …” by Brynhild G. Winther, Billedkunst, 2021
Der Park: das Zuhause, der Boden, das Bett, article about the project meinheim.org by Björn Trautwein, BZ, 30.01.2021
Lokal kunst viser muskler i pandemiens tid, review of the exhibition “From The Balcony” by Trond Borgen, Stavanger Aftenblad, 09.11.2020
Et godt utvalg fra regionen, review of the exhibition “From The Balcony” by Maiken Winum, CAS, Stavanger, 20.11.2020
100 Norwegian Photographers, edited by Ina Otzko, published by Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2019
Typecasts by Ruby Paloma and Nicolas Siepen, Mondo Books, 2019
Stavangerkunstner i fengslende utstilling i Berlin, Stavanger Aftenblad, 30.06.2019
Die Einsamkeit einer Gefängniszelle, Tagesspiegel, 28.06.2019
Queer!? Beeldende kunst in Europa 1969-2019, published by Uitgeverij Waanders & de Kunst, 2019
Per Christian Brown, interview on the Curator Site by Semra Sevin, 2019
Norsk kunstårbok (Yearbook of Norwegian Art), 2018
Oslo kjøper heil utstilling fra Stavanger, article by Jan Zahl, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2017
Sanselighetens natur, review of exhibition by Trond Borgen, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2017
Collective Good / Collaborative Effort, publication by Geir Haraldseth, Rogaland Kunstsenter, 2017
Norge i Russland, article by Tine Semb, Billedkunst No5, Oct 2017
Революция внутри нас / The Revolution Inside Us, review Expert.ru, Sep 10., 2017
5 причин отправиться на московскую арт-ярмарку Cosmoscow /
Five Reasons to go to the Moscow art fair Cosmoscow, Laform.ru, Sep 8., 2017
Moscow Museum of Modern Art Magazine, by Marina Bobyleva, No4, 2017
High Five at Cosmoscow, Robb Report Magazine, Russia, Sept edition 2017
Vitalt samtidsfotografi, review by Øyvind Storm Bjerke, Klassekampen, 2017
Med halvt lukkede øyne, Interview by Mona Gjessing, 2017
Forfengeligheten og forgjengeligheten, article by Rasmus Hungnes, Kunstforum, 2016
Banalitetens karneval, review of the Annual Autumn Exhibition, by Kristian Skylstad, Billedkunst nr. 6, 2016
Verden på molekylnivå, review by Mona Gjessing, Billedkunst no. 7, 2015
Pollen, review by Tommy Olsson, Klassekampen, 2014
Naturguide på sparebluss, review by Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten, 2014
NRK Kveldsnytt, 06.03.2014
Historien er en mangfoldig strøm av hendelser, review by Sigrun Hodne, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2014
En perfeksjonistisk provokatør, article by Erle Marie Sørheim, magasinet Kunst no. 3, 2014
Trær som eksistens og projeksjon i fin utstilling, review by Trond Borgen, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2013
Nature Mort - Contemporary Artist Reinvigorates the Still Life tradition, Michael Petry - Thames & Hudson press, 2013
Kunsthistorisk aktualitet ?, review by Hanne Hammer Stien, Billedkunst 2, 2013
Langt mellom høydepunktene, review by Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten, 2013
Homoerotisk på Hå, article by Erik Sæter Jørgensen, Natt og Dag Stavanger, 2013
Pieces of Energy – The Statoil Art Collection, 2012
Norsk kunstårbok (Yearbook of Norwegian Art), 2011
Rena Military Camp, published by Art in Public Space, KORO, Norway
Hva kan det stygge og rare i kunsten gi oss?, essay by Line Halvorsen, 2010
Ubegrunnet frykt, review by Arnt Fredheim, Moss avis, 2010
FRP-politiker vil stenge sexutstilling, article, aftenposten.no, 2010
Vil ikke ha nazi og homokunst, NRK Østfold.no, 2010
Historisk gufs i lokal idyll, review by Ida Julsen, kunstkritikk.no, 2010
Liv og død, synd og brutalitet på Galleri f15, article by Eva Fretheim, Moss Avis, 2010
Rena leir likte ikke putekrig, article by Jo E Brenden, Østlendingen, 2010
Underlagt militærets sensur, kronikk i Aftenposten, 2010
Vandalisert utsmykking i militærleir, article by Gry Hartvigsen, Billedkunst, 2010
Identity in Artistic Practise, Royal Academy of Arts, exhibition publication, 2009
Hidden Histories, 20th Century male same sex lovers in Visual Arts by Michael Petry,  Artmedia Press, 2008
Soldatlek og dødsceller, article by Helene Pahr-Iversen, bilag Stavanger Aftenblad, 2008
Til utlandet for å bli god, article by Elisabeth Krey Jenssen, Rogalands Avis, 2008
Krig og lek, slik kunsten kan,  review by Sigrun Hodne, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2008
Å være menneske er helt vanlig, review by Kristian Skylstad, kunstkritikk.no, 2008
Das Verweilen in der Welt der Träume,  review by Eckhard Sommer, Freiepresse, Bad Elster, 2007
Shadow Lessons,  Per Christian Brown, selected works 2000-2007, 2007
Kunst og virkelighet, Safari NRK, 16. mai 2006
Tvetydig kunstuttrykk, Anna Krakstad, Agderposten, 2006
Dramatisk kunst, article by Rita Bartolomei, Arendals Tidende, 2006
Svulmende svaner i Arendal, article by Svein Harald Moe, Fedrelandsvennen, 2006
Det som blir igjen er referansen, review by Johan Otto Weisser, Fedrelandsvennen, 2006
Svaner i Camp, review by Trond Borgen, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2005
En invitasjon til drømmeland, article by Eli Næsheim, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2005
Norsk Kunstårbok (Yearbook of Norwegian Art), 2004
På safari i samtidskulturen, Safari, NRK, 7. september, 2004
All kunst er forfalskning, bilag til Dagens Næringsliv, 2003
Fotoboksbilder i storformat,  article by Mona Larsen, Dagsavisen, 2003
Fotografisk prosjekt for magasinet Samtiden, 2002
Natur på nytt, article by Siss Vik, Morgenbladet, 2001
Spøkelset i speilet, review by Øystein Hauge, Bergens Tidende, 2001
Mørkets gjerninger, universets fylde, review by Trond Borgen, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2001
Browns intense taushet, article by Ole Johan Askeland, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2001
Tomheten etterpå,  review by Trond Borgen, Stavanger Aftenblad, 2000