Bjørn Mortensen

Position

Assistant Professor

Affiliation

Research

Bjørn Mortensen is an artist that lives and works in Bergen. He is educated at Central Saint Martins in London and the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. Recent exhibitions are Feeding Fetish, Volt Projects, Skulpturpark Bergenhus fortress, Hordaland kunstsenter, Trompe l'oeil Gyldenpris Kunsthall and the group exhibition Seid at Knipsu in Bergen. He has exhibited at, among others, Kunsthall Oslo, Standard (Oslo), Kunstnerforbundet, KODE, Oslo Kunstforening, Akershus Arts Center, Entree, Hordaland kunstsenter, and Norwegian Sculpture Biennal, Vigeland Museum. For 2017, Mortensen was nominated for Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's artist grant. His works are included in the collections of, among others, the National Museum in Oslo and KODE Bergen. Mortensen runs the publishing house Apis Press together with the artist Mathijs van Geest.

Teaching

Pro203 Malleable Mass