CV

Address Bølerlia 105
N-0689 Oslo
Norway
Mobile +47 91741468
Email irene@irenenordli.no

Education
1991-1996 National College of Art and Design, Bergen, Norway
1993 Exchange student, Ohio State University, USA
1990-1991 Høgskolen i Akershus, avdeling for formgiving og produktdesign
1989-1990 The Aegean Center for the Arts, Paros, Greece

Exhibitions
2024 Arkanum, Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrunn
2023 Into the Woods, Tjørnedala Konsthall, Österlän, Sverige
2022 The Pillars, Format, Oslo
2019 Keramiske Oppløsninger, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2018/19 Vaser og Akvareller, RAM Galleri, Oslo
2018 Behold the Sea, Stormen, Bodø
2017 The Porcelain Room, NNKS, Svolvær
2016 The Porcelain Room, Galleri Format, Oslo
2012 I find it harder and harder to live up to my Blue China, Galleri Format, Oslo
2011 Perspective China – Clay (e)scapes, Porsgrunn kunstforening, Porsgrunn
2011 Beijing Art Fair, Beijing, China
2011 Bergen Timeline, Galleri Format, Bergen
2009/10 Ting forteller, Lillehammer Art Museum
2007-10 You Can’t Hold Back Spring, national touring exhibition arranged by the National Museum
2008/2009 Porselensfeber, Eskilstuna Konstmuseum, Sweden
2008 Porselensfeber, Sandnes kunstforening
2007 Retrospektiv, Porsgrunn Kunstforening
2007 You Can’t Hold Back Spring, Porsgrunn Kunstforening
2005 Hjemme alene – figur i interør – an exhibition together with John Roger Holte, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm
2005 Ikke gråt om det er vinter og det snør, Kunstnersenteret Møre og Romsdal, Molde
2002 Deerman og SuperVenus, Kunstnersenteret i Oppland, Lillehammer
2002 Kenguland, Hå gamle prestegård, Hå
2002 Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad
2002 Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen
2001 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2001 Galleri UKS, Oslo
1999 Fylkesgalleriet in Sogn og Fjordane, Førde

Group exhibitions (selection)
2023 1400°C, Bernardeaud Foundation, Limoges, France
2022 Why do Europeans put plates on their wall?, Irene Nordli and Mingshu Li, Format, Oslo
2022 AfterGlow, Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrunn – Clay Museum, Danmark – Gustavsbergs Porslinsmuseum, Sweden
2021 Vestlandsutstillingen, Ålesund, Øystese, Bergen, Stavanger
2021 Made in Ringebu, Trevet – Ringebu prestegård, Ringebu
2021 Mindre enn, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Nærbø
2020/22 Nomad Artfair, Galleri Format, St. Moritz, Switzerland
2019 Nomad Artfair, Galleri Format, Venice, Italy
2019 CHART Artfair, Köppe Contemporary Objects, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019 Figurer och Figuriner, Rian Designmuseum/Falkenberg hembygdsmuseum, Falkenberg, Sweden
2018 The Only Way is Up, Varberg Konsthall, Varberg, Sweden
2018 Hjemmets skatter, Blaafarveværket, Modum
2017 Rotfylling, Annual exhibition of Norwegian craft 2017, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim
2017 PRESENT, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal
2015 Den eneste veien er frem, Stavanger Kunsthall, Stavanger
2015 SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago, USA
2015 Re- reanimate, repair, meld & mend, Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool, England
2015 Årsutstillingen, Oslo
2015 ZWINGER UND ICH, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal
2015 Beyond G(l)aze, KODE, Bergen
2014/2015 Transformator, Galleri Bomuldsfabriken – Hydrogenfabrikken – Galleri Format
2014 Beyond G(l)aze, Suzhou Jinji Lake Art Museum, China
2014 Tendendser 2014, Galleri F-15, Norway
2013 3rd European Triennale for Ceramics and Glass, Mons, Belgium
2013 Revelations – Revealing Thoughts, Grand Palais, Paris
2012 Superwhite, Galerie Collection, Paris
2011 Ting Tang Trash, The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, Bergen, Norway
2011 Bergen Timeline 2011, Galleri Format, Bergen
2011 Graft, Galleri Format, Oslo
2011 Fortællespor/NEW Nordic Narratives, Danmarks Keramikmuseum – Grimmerhus, Denmark
2011 Paradigm, Touring exhibition curated by Lars Sture
2011/12 Collect 2011, Saatchi Gallery, London, England
2011 Porecelain Fever, Beijing Art Fair, Beijing, China
2010 Kvitt Vilt, Rauland Kunstforering
2010 Le Cru et le Cuit – Det rå og det kokte, Galerie Favardin & de Verneuil, Paris, France
2009 Good Night, Surrealism in Norwegian Art, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo
2008 Figurasjoner, Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo
2008 Skulpturbiennalen, Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo
2007 Illuminations, Gustavsberg Konsthall, Gustavsberg, Sweden
2007 Present, Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal
2005 Contemporary Craft – Biennale, Röda Sten, Gothenburg, Sweden
2005 Kyss Frosken, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
2004/05 Norske bilder, Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo
2004-2009 Trolls – figures in Norwegian Contemporary Ceramics, Polen, China, South Korea, Ireland, USA, Singapore, Germany
2003 Draumkvede, Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2003 Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht, Netherlands
2003 Collectors item/privat eie, Galleri F15, Jeløya
2002 White Light District, Finsk-Norsk Kulturinstistutt, Oslo
2002 Stille før stormen – guest artist for Bjørn Hegardt and Theo Ågren, Jeløya
2002 The Sixth Element, Latvian Center for Contemporart Art, Riga, Latvia
2002 Flair, Kristiansand Kunstforening, Kristiansand
2002 Keramik aus Norwegen, Galerie Handwerk, München, Germany
2002 Galleri Nørby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2001 DesignMENSCH, Museum für Kunst und Gerwebe, Hamburg, Germany
2000 Tendenser, Galleri F-15, Jeløya
2000 Flyvende tallerkener og andre fat, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal
2000 Only Human, Crafts Council, London, England
1999 Ceramic Millennium Symposium, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999 Farbrikkmiks, Telemark Kunstnersenter, Porsgrunn
1999 Kulturrådets innkjøp 1997-99, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
1999 Ornament is a crime, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm
1999 Present, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal
1999 The Misfits, Trønderlag Kunstnersenter, Trondheim
1998 Great things from Somewhere, Galleri Ram, Oslo
1998 Mitt er ditt, Rogaland Kunstnersenter, Stavanger.
1997 Kulturrådets innkjøp 1995-96, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo
1997 Tallin Applied Art Triennial 1997, Tallin, Estonia
1997 Galleri Hvita Havet, Stockholm, Sweden
1997 Statens 109. Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
1997 Proselen på nye eventyr, Hordaland Kunstnersentrum, Bergen
1996 Great things from Somewhere, Galleri Lista Fyr, Lista
1996 Great things from Somewhere, Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal
1996 Exit, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Bergen

Comissioned work
2021 Birisvanen, Biri Omsorgsenter, Gjøvik
2021 Når verden er ny, Rolvsøy barnehage, Fredrikstad
2020 Vårda – glacing a stone and building a beacon, Tvedestrand videregående skole, Norway
2018 Transform, Harstad Nye Skole, Harstad, Norway
2017 Hellemyrsdyret, Hellemyr flerbrukshall, Kristiansand, Norway
2015 That Was the River. This Is The Sea., Bodø VGS, Norway
2014 Eggevokteren, Mesterfjellet skole, Norway
2014 Jorid, Haukerød skole, Norway
2014 Søgne rådhus, Norway
2011 39 Nye Liv, Follo folkehøgskole, Norway
2010 Månelyst, Trondheim, Norway
2010 Månelyst #2, Halden Prison, Norway
2010 Reasons To Hang Around, Lillestrøm, Norway
2010 Kengukamp, Telemark district hospital, Norway
2009 Bjørnstjerne, Korsgård public school, Askim, Norway
2006 Englevakt, Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Kongsvinger, Norway
2006 Don’t Be a Stranger, Asker kulturhus, Norway
2005 Figurines, Arendal kultur og rådhus, Arendal, Norway
2004 Boxing Kangaroos, Gasco, Kopervik, Norway
2003 The Misfits, Runni Ungdomsskole, Norway
2003 Play With My Heart, Mariner of the Seas, Royal Caribbean

Scholarships and awards
2017 Kunsthåndverkprisen 2017 by The Relief Fund for Visual Artists (BKH)
2013 Prize of the Federation Wallonia Brussels at the European Triennial of Ceramics and Glass 2013
2010- Statens garantiinntekt (GI)
2005-09 Scholarship (5 years), Norsk Kulturråd
2002 NIFCA, travelling grant, Sleipnir
2001 Scholarship (1 year), Kunstnernes hjelpefond
2000 Scholarship (1 year), Norges Kunstnerråd
2000 Oslo City Cultural Scholarship
1997/98 Norwegian Council of Culture, exhibition scholarships
1997/98 The National Scholarship for Young Artists
1997 Scholarship – Vederlagsfondet
1997 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Travel and Study scholarship

Updated: January 2024