Ragna Bley
Born 1986 in Uppsala, Sweden
Lives and works in Oslo
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Ragna Bley: Viridian Land, Pilar Corrias, London, UK
Stranger's Eye, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2021
Ragna Bley, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Soundings, Downs & Ross, New York, US
2020
Ragna Bley & Inger Ekdahl, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
2018
Pluto, OSL Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Zooid, Kabuso Art House, Øystese, Norway
2017
Superbody Sweet, Editorial, Vilnius, Lithuania
Lay Open, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Germany
Zooid, Kunsthall Oslo/The Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
2016
Pine Pitch, Hester Gallery, New York, US
2013
Leather Body – Feather Scope, Gallery LNM, Oslo, Norway
2011
Så nære vi var, Podium, Oslo, Norway
2010
To the Quagmires, Gallery 21:25, Oslo, Norway
2009
You Love the Way I Look at You, One Night Only Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Ideal Worlds, Fisk Gallery, Bergen, Norway
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Inner Island, Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles, France (forthcoming)
2022
The Infinite Conversation, Beijing Biennial, Beijing, China
2021
The Hour of Reckoning, Henie Onstad Art Center, Bærum, Norway
2020
There is No Place Like Home, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Ragna Bley & Inger Ekdahl, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
2019
Wiggle Wiggle, Corridor Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tempo Tempo Tempo, Kistefos-museet, Jevnaker, Norway
2018
The Moderna Exhibition 2018, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
1968|2018 LNM 50 years, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Entangled Tales, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
REPEAT.FORWARD Punkt Ø, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
2017
Liv og virke, Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
The Oslo Museum of Contemporary Art, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, Norway
2016
Nomadic Images XVI International Vilnius Painting Triennial, Museum of Applied Arts, Vilnius, Lithuania
Roaming, Young Artists Society, Oslo, Norway
Variations in Scandinavian Abstraction Brandstrup Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2015
If it bends it’s funny, If it breaks it’s not funny,Bosse & Baum Gallery, London, UK
Degree show, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Conflicting Evidence, 1857, Oslo, Norway
Young Pioneers, Kunsthall Oslo, Norway
Screen Saver, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
Menneskeberget, Edvard Munch Studio, Oslo, Norway
Kunstprisen 2015, Sandefjord Kunstforening, Sandefjord, Norway
2014
Marken vi står på, North Norwegian Artist Association, Svolvær, Norway
What Thinks Me, Taiga Art Space, St Petersburg, Russia
The Foyer Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
We met at the far end of the landscape and both acted shy, Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo, Norway
ReadYourCall, Diane Kruse Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
WIP, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Secret RCA, Dyson Gallery, London, UK
2013
Summer Doldrums, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Det enkles potensiale, Backspace, Oslo, Norway
2012
Sellout, Young Artists Society, Oslo, Norway
2011
THE STRANGE FETE (END), MFAPS, Oslo, Norway
En vinterreise, MFAPS, Oslo, Norway
Let the lovin take ahold. Stribsendberg collection of modern art… One Night Only UKS, Oslo, Norway
If inside to get out - if outside to get in, Søylegalleriet, Oslo, Norway
2010
;akademi- PO, The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
Group exhibition, Knekt Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2009
Multiples, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Pool (avec), Sjokoladefabrikken, Oslo, Norway
Initiation, Gallery 21:25, Oslo, Norway
EDUCATION
2015MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2011
BFA The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
AWARDS, GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2020
Five Year Working Grant, Norwegian Arts Council, Oslo, Norway
2018
Working Grant, Ingvild Lindbäck Langgåard Foundation, Oslo, Norway
2017
Three Year Working Grant, Norwegian Arts Council, Oslo, Norway
Residency, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania
2016
Annual Working Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Oslo, Norway
2015
Hine Painting Prize, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Travel Grant, The Young Artists’ Society, London, UK
2014
Exhibition Support, The Norwegian Arts Council, Oslo, Norway
Project Support, Billedkunstnerenes Vederlagsfond, Oslo, Norway
2013
Scholarship, Ingvild Lindbäck Langgåard Foundation, Oslo, Norway
Annual Working Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Oslo, Norway
2012
Annual Working Grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Oslo, Norway
2010
The Foundation for Art and Design students Grant, The National Academy of Arts, Oslo, Norway
SELECTED PROJECTS
2020
Public Art Project, Holbaek Art, Holbaek, Denmark
2018
Digital work with Pragheeta Sharma, Triple Canopy, New York, US
2015Curator, We met at the far end…, Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Podium, Oslo, Norway
2012
Assistant Curator, Lœre for livet, henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Bærum, Norway
2011
Curator, If inside to get out – if outside to get in, Holodeck, Oslo, Norway
TEACHING
2019
Visiting Lecturer, Rietveldt Academy, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Visiting Lecturer, Malerskolen Kunstakademien, Copenhagen, Denmark
Visiting Lecturer, Exhibition Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Finland
2016
Visiting Lecturer, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2015
Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, UK
2010
Lecturer, Oslo Academy of Fine Art, Norway
2009
Curator (with Ruben Steinum), Pool (avec), Sjokoladefabrikken