Torbjørn Rødland

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Torbjørn Rødland (born in Norway in 1970) is a Norwegian photographer known for his seemingly banal portraits and landcapes that move from the everyday into the otherworldly.^[1] Rødland has had solo exhibitions at Nils Stærk, Copenhagen; Algus Greenspon, New York; Air de Paris, Paris; MoMA PS1, New York; and Michael Benevento in Los Angeles, among others. Rødland has also been featured in group exhibitions at Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels; Gagosian Gallery, New York; Cruise & Callas, Berlin; and Triple V, Paris.^[2]

Rødland is currently represented by Air de Paris, Paris; Michael Benevento, Los Angeles ; Algus Greenspon, New York ; Nils Stærk, Copenhagen ; STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo.

Background and Education

Rødland was born in 1970 in Stavanger, Norway. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in Bergen, Norway and the Rogakand University Centre in Stavanger, Norway. Rødland lives and works in Los Angeles.

Work

Rødland's photography moves from genre to genre; portrait, landscape, still life can all be found in his constructed imagery of the everyday, whether in his hometown or in his explorations of Americana.^[3] Originally known for his images of young beauties, rosy-cheeked and tanned, Rødland transcended this potential trope by consistently inventing new lures for viewers of his photographs.^[4] An example of these lures is the subtle co-existence of the twisted with the warm normalcy of his figures; as seen in his photograph of a woman's hand with an octopus tentacle creeping through her sleeve and wrapped around her finger. Rødland's matter of factness, even in his stylized imagery, is what allows him to straddle both the commonplace and the otherworldly.^[5]

Books

Vanilla Partner, MACK: London, October 2012. ISBN 9781907946318^[6]

Solo Exhibitions

2013 : American Photography, Nils Stærk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2012 : Before Behind Above Below, Air de Paris, Paris, France
2011 : Eighteen Analouge Double Exposures, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
2010 : A Black Ant Traveling, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, California
2010 : 132 BPM, Studio Exhibition, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
2010 : Dearest Kitty, Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark
2009 : Pyromancy, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2009 : Andy Capp Variations, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
2008 : Flegma, Sorlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway
2008 : Myke Ekko/Soft Echos, The Festival of North Norway, Harstad, Norway
2008 : Go to the VIP Room, Air de Paris, Paris, France
2007 : Heads, Hands, Liquids, Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, California
2007 : More Whenever Minutes, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
2006 : Uglesommer, Huagar Art Museum,Tonsberg, Norway
2006 : Fantasies Are Facts, Kodama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006 : The Exorcism of Mother Teresa, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, New York
2006 : 132 BPM, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
2005 : Dark Overground Light Underground, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004 : Grave with a View, Goteborg Museum of Art, Gothenburg, Sweden
2004 : Herning Kunstmuseum, Stavanger
2003 : More Songs, Buildings and Girls, Air de Paris, Paris
2003 : Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Room, Goodnight Breasts, Galleri Wang, Oslo
2003 : Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavenger, Norway
2003 : Grave with a View, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2002 : Black, Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 : Priests, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
2001 : White, Jack Hanely Gallery, San Francisco, California
2001 : Everything as Always, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 : Rocks, Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
1999 : Joy inside my Tears, Air de Paris, Paris, France
1999 : Even Now, Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway
1998 : Close Encounter, Arkipilag, The Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 : Norrtalje Konsthall, Norrtalje, Sweden
1996 : Galleri Wang, Oslo, Norway

Group Exhibitions

2013 : Adriana Lara and Torbjørn Rødland, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2012 : Lost and Found: Anonymous Photography In Reflection, Ambach & Rice, Los Angeles, California
2012 : Inside the Banana, Algus Greenspon, New York, New York
2012 : The Crystal Chain, Invisible-Exports, New York, New York
2011 : The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Humankind, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidlberg, Germany
2011 : Sam Samore, Tørbjorn Rødland, Ryan McGinley, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2011 : Our House in the Middle of the Street, Maison des Arts de Malakoff, Paris, France
2011 : Catalogue of the Exhibition, Triple V, Paris, France
2011 : Train Fantome, Cruise & Callas, Berlin, Germany
2010 : La Suite, Air de Paris, Paris, France
2010 : The Front Room, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
2009 : Summer Show, Hotel, London, England
2009 : Phot(o)bjects, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; Lawrimore Project, Seattle, Washington
2009 : Backstrom/Mannikko/Rødland, Mai 36 Galerie Showroom, Zurich, Switzerland
2009 : N’importe quoi, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
2009 : To Be Determined, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, New York
2009 : A Winters Tale, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark
2008 : The Station [inaugural exhibition], The Station, Miami, Florida
2008 : Disturbance, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2008 : Nordic Moods – The Landscape in Contemporary Nordic Photography, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
2008 : Research on Men in Art Today, The John Institute, Palace, St. Gallen, Switzerland
2007 : Destroy Athens, Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece
2007 : Mad Love, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
2007 : People Take Pictures of Each Other, Lamontagne Gallery, Boston, Massachusettes
2007 : Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery Madison Avenue, New York, New York
2007 : Hello I am Crashing, Salon 94, New York, New York
2007 : Rock n’ Roll Vol. 1, Norrkopings Konstmuseum, Norrkoping; Sorlandet Art Museum, Kristiansand, Norway
2006 : Dreamlands Burn, Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
2006 : Olaf Breuning & Torbjorn Rodland, Galeria Leyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
2006 : Fiction, La Box, Bourges, France
2006 : Cold, Cold Heart, Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, London, England
2006 : Mafia (or One Unopened Packet of Cigarettes), STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
2006 : Draft Deceit, Kunstnerses Hus, Oslo, Norway
2005 : Trials and Terrors, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
2005 : Musica-video-musica, Reina Sofia Museum Madrid, Spain
2005 : 5 X U, Team Gallery, New York, New York
2005 : Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York, New York
2005 : Similarities and Differences, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
2005 : De Natura, Abbaye Saint-Andre, Meymac, France
2004 : Nordic Art, Museum Kuppersmuhle, Duisburg, Germany
2004 : Geschiebe, Haus fur Kunst Uri, Altdorf, Germany
2004 : Anders Zorn og Nordisk Samtidskunst, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj, Denmark
2004 : Momentum – Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
2004 : 20/20 Vision, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 : Regarde, il neige (schizogeographie de la vie quotidienne), Le Centre national d’art et du paysage de Vassivee en Limousin, Vassiviee, France
2003 : The Politics of the Place, BildMuseet, Umea; Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
2003 : Beyond Paradise, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2003 : Yours Truly, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2002 : Fundamentalism of the New Order, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2002 : View Finder, Arnolfini, Bristol, England
2002 : The Golden Weekend, Kodama Gallery, Osaka; Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, Japan
2002 : Heroes and Holies, Invited ev+a, Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick, Ireland
2002 : On Top of the World, Gio Marconi Gallery, Milan, Italy
2002 : Beyond Paradise, National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand; National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2002 : The Politics of the Place, BildMuseet, Umea; Edsvik Konst och Kultur, Sollentuna, Sweden
2001 : If a double-decker bus crashes into us.., Air de Paris, Paris, France
2001 : Make me feel, Art Athina 2001, Helexpo Exhibition Centre, Athens, Greece
2001 : Interferenze, Paesi Nordici, Palazzo delle Pappesse, Siena, Italy
2001 : Angel Heart, Air de Paris, Paris, France
2001 : Spring, Galleria Laura Pecci, Milano, Italy
2001 : In vivo, Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain, Sète, France
2001 : Kjærleikens ferjereiser, Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvær, Norway
2000 : Living, part I, Chicago project room, Los Angeles, California
2000 : Utopia, Rogaland Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, Norway
2000 : Viva Scanland, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, Ireland
2000 : Elysian Fields, Purple Institute, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2000 : Park, Momentum–Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
2000 : Organising Freedom, Nordic Art of the ‘90s, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden;
2000 : Organising Freedom, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2000 : Stadt/Land/Mensch, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany
1999 : Palace, The Modern Institute, Glassbox, Paris, France
1999 : Surveying the Landscape, Lombard Freid Fine Arts, New York, New York
1999 : Can you hear me?, 2nd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art, Stadtgalerie im Kulturviertel Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany; [2000] Kunsthalle, Rostock; Kunst Haus Dresden, Germany
1999 : Composite, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
1999 : dAPERTutto, 48th International Exhibition of Contemporary Art, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
1999 : Near and Elsewhere, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, England
1999 : Signs of life, The Melbourne International Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
1999 : Wall 6>> Landscape #3, Air de Paris, Paris, France
1998 : Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York, New York
1998 : Standard Keyboard, The Pineapple, Malmö, Sweden
1998 : Slipstream, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
1998 : La Voie Lactée, as proposed by the Purple Institute, Alleged, New York, New York
1998 : Fellessentralen, Cultural Production in Norway in the Nineties, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1997 : Nor-A-Way, Stadtgalerie im Kulturviertel Sophienhof, Kiel, Germany
1997 : Alikeness, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne; Canberra Contemporary Artspace, Canberra, Australia
1996 : i am curious: These Days, Cubitt Gallery, London, England
1996 : Straight from the heart, Valokuvagalleria Hippolyte, Helsinki, Finland
1995 : Call of the Wild, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland

Press

References

↑ The Photo Department. "Our Top 10 Photo Books of 2012". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ Algus Greenspon. "Torbjørn Rødland: Bio". Algus Greenspon. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ Gavin, Francesca. "Torbjørn Rødland". Dazed Digital. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ Herbert, Martin. "Profile: Torbjørn Rødland". Contemporary Magazine. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ Nickas, Bob. "The Perverted Photography of Torbjørn Rødland". Vice. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
↑ http://www.mackbooks.co.uk/books/40-Vanilla-Partner.html

Persondata
Name	Rødland, Torbjørn
Alternative names
Short description	Norwegian photographer
Date of birth	1970
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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