CURRICULUM
VITAE
EDUCATION
2010–12
MA in Fine Art, Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KMD), Norway
MA in Sound Art, The Nordic Sound Art program, Scandinavia
2007–10
BA in Fine Art, Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KMD), Norway
2009
Geneva University of Art and Design (HEAD), exchange semester, Switzerland
2006–07
KY, Hantverksakademin (craft academy apprentice school, ceramics), Stockholm, Sweden
2004–06
Dalarö Folkhögskola, (collage of continuing education, arts/craft), Stockholm, Sweden
AWARDS
2018
COAL Art and Environmental Prize (nominee 'Tides')
2017
Prix Ars Electronica, Hybrid Art (honorary mention 'Haem')
2016
Bio Art & Design Awards (BADA) (award winner 'Haem')
2014
VIDA 16.0 Fundación Telefónicas Art & Artificial Life International Awards (second prize 'The Iron Ring')
COMMISSIONS
2024–26
(ongoing) The Toxins Color System, site-specific project for Anthropogenic Soils, Norwegian Bio Art Arena (NOBA), UiO, Vitenparken Ås, Norway
2023–25
(ongoing) Drift, permanent public artwork for Sunnfjord Municipality. Site-specific larger sculpture in mirror-polished steel and custom-made concrete of local stones and sediment, for the citypark and bike bridge at Naustøya, Førde, Norway
2023–24
(ongoing) Tidas Sediment (Ballastrøysa i Sagvågen), permanent public artwork for Stord Municipality. Site-specific project in three parts, wall and window installation at Nysæter ungdomsskule, kultur og idrettspark (junior high school). Sagvåg, Stord, Norway
2022
Cause and Effect, temporary public artwork for Vestlandsutstillingen and Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum. Site-specific installation consisting of two ephemeral sculptures in soap with rutile and titanium-dioxide shown by the fjord in Byparken, Førde, Norway
2021
Two Stones a Head, permanent public artwork for Agder County Council. Site-specific project for the canteen, walking-bridge and aula consisting of UV-prints on foil and dichroic glass at Eilert Sundt VGS (high school), Farsund, Norway
2020
The Forbidden Garden, temporary artwork for Rejmyre Art LAB, behind the Rejmyre Inn and Glass factory, Rejmyre, Sweden
2019
A Reflection, in a Rock, Permanent public artwork for Hordaland County Council. Site-specific project in three parts, outdoor sculpture and two indoor wall installations at Tertnes VGS (high school), Bergen, Norway
2016
Prospecting: A Geological Survey of Greys, temporary public artwork for The Dark Ecology project. Site-specific sculpture consisting of drilling residue and erected rock-core samples (80x270cm, borehole 170m), Prestefjellet, Kirkenes, Norway (curated by Sonic Acts/Hilde Methi)
COLLECTION
2021
Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, Norway
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Contemporary Diagram – Berlin, Hvelvet, Oseana, Os, Norway
2019
Contemporary Diagram – Berlin, Telemark Kunstsenter, as part of Greenlight district, Skien, Norway
The Iron Ring, Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre (TEKS), Norway
2018
Contemporary Diagram – Berlin, Ernst Schering Foundation, Berlin, Germany (curated by Singuhr – projects)
Geological Imagination, Terminal B, Kirkenes, Norway (curated by Sonic Acts/Hilde Methi)
Prospecting: A Geological Survey of Greys II, Árdna, SALT, Oslo, Norway (curated by Sonic Acts/Hilde Methi)
Mareograph, Volt, Årstadkaien/Bergen Public Library, dep. local history, Norway (curated by Marie Nerland)
2017
Prospecting: A Geological Survey of Greys II, Visningsrummet USF, Bergen, Norway
RGG, Babel Art Space, Trondheim, Norway
2015
Paradoxes of a Diamond, Museum of Natural History, Venice, Italy
The Iron Ring, Stazione Di Topolò, Italy (catalogue)
2014
The Iron Ring, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway
Seed of Metals, CirkulationsCentralen, Malmö, Sweden
2013
Stratigrafi, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway (in collaboration with Signe Lidén)
Hypothesis of a Geo-Magnetic Pull, Tag Team Studio, Bergen, Norway
2011
Ribbon of Rust, Gallery Fisk, Bergen, Norway
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2024
(ongoing) Allmenningens Tragedie, Jugendstilsenteret og KUBE, Ålesund, Norway
Toxic Transits, The Swedish Society of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden
Art in Motion, Østfold kunstsenter, Fredrikstad, Norway
2022
Becoming Geological, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Vestlandsutstillingen 100-year, traveling exhibition, west coast, Norway
Dei Ekstraordinære – Nye verk i samlinga, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Førde, Norway
Criss–Crossing Ecologies, Kunsthalle Seinäjoki, Finland
Dearest Y, Garage, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (curated by Fadwa Naamna)
Blokk 10-year, Visningsrummet USF, Bergen, Norway
2021
Styrlause prosessar II, Art Center Kabuso, Øystese, Norway (curated by Sissel Lillebostad/Arild H. Eriksen)
Fictional Life, Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab, Taipei, Taiwan
2020
Evolutionaries, MU Hybrid Art House, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Styrlause prosessar I, Art Center Kabuso, Øystese, Norway (curated by Sissel Lillebostad/Arild H. Eriksen)
Criss–Crossing Ecologies, group exhibition at Annantalo Arts Centre, Helsinki, Finland
The Camille Diaries, Art Laboratory Berlin, Germany
2019
Immortality, 5th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Blackbox (video screening), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
2018
A New State of the Living, PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia (curated by Dmitry Bulatov)
SOIL SKY SKIN, Ferrotopia, NDSM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (curated by Angelique Spaninks)
Life at the Edges, Science Gallery Dublin, Ireland
Matter of Horror, Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow, Russia
HAEM – Unfolding paths of the placenta (video screening), Chassé Theater, Breda, The Netherlands
This Rare Earth - Stories from Below, Artefact at Stuk, Leuven, Belgium
2017
Blood: Life Uncut, Science Gallery London, Copeland Gallery, United Kingdom
CyberArts, Prix Ars Electronica Archiv, Linz, Austria
Blood: Attract & Repel, Science Gallery Melbourne, Australia
Fluid Matter, The Oude Hortus, University Museum Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ultimo Scenario, Haukeland University Hospital's closed Children Clinic, Bergen, Norway
Art in Motion, Gallery Boa, Oslo, Norway (catalogue)
2016
Fluid Matter, MU Artspace, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (curated by Angelique Spaninks/William Myers)
Nexus, Gallery Mario Mazzoli, Berlin, Germany
Regeneration Movement, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan (catalogue)
Skumringssoner, Seljord Kunstforening, Norway (catalogue)
Vestlandsutstillingen, traveling exhibition, west coast Norway
2015
Nordic Music Days, Christian IV Bryghus, Copenhagen, Denmark
Art in Motion, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway (catalogue)
Out of Place, Edifici Disseny Hub Barcelona, Spain (curated by Rosa Pera) (catalogue)
Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale, Kjerringøy, Norway
Making_Life, Lasipalatsi Näyttely, Helsinki, Finland
2014
Living in a hybrid environment, Kunsthall Grenland, Porsgrunn, Norway (curated by Erich Berger) (catalogue)
Alt_Chp 14 Assemble, Fabrikken, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cold Current, Mauriziano, Reggio Emilia, Italy
2013
V2_ Lab Show, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Augmented Spatiality, Hökarängsplan, Stockholm, Sweden (curated by Maria Andueza)
NOR 13, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm, Norway
Chroma IV, Volt, Skostredet 20, Bergen, Norway
Summer Sessions, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2012
Odds, Gamle Yrkesskolen, Odda, Norway (catalogue)
LAK - Festival for Nordic Sound Art, PB43, Copenhagen, Denmark
Knock knock, Carl Berner Metro station, Oslo, Norway
Soundings 2, MA graduation show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Denmark (catalogue)
A ride full of Traps, MA graduation show, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway (catalogue)
Between the Four, F- Block Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom
2011
Rainforest IV, NSA performance/sound installation, Singuhr Hörgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Wet sounds, SPOR festival, Århus, Denmark
17 m.o.h., Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen, Norway
2010
Freitag und Robinson in Berlin, Skulpturenpark, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
300+ X, Porzellanikon European Industrial Museum for Porcelain, Selb, Germany (catalogue)
2009
D’iles et d’identité, LIVEINYOURHEAD, Geneva, Switzerland
Naturally, Museum of Natural History, Bergen, Norway
RESIDENCIES
2024
(upcoming) Anthropogenic Soils (SOILS), Norwegian Bio Art Arena (NOBA), Vitenparken Ås, Norway (September–October)
2020
Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale (NKD), Dale, Norway (June–August)
2019
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ural Branch, Yekaterinburg, Russia (August)
Detox–Clean it up, Rejmyre Art LAB, Sweden (July)
2018
Singuhr – projects, Berlin, Germany (July–September)
2017
Lademoen Kunstner Verksteder (LKV), Trondheim, Norway (January–February)
The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Trondheim, Norway (January–February)
2015
Triangle France, Marseille, France (October–December)
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (February–April, June) (catalogue)
2013
Summer Sessions, V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (July–September)
The Iron Quadrangle, research travel, Espírito Santo/Minas Gerais, State Brazil (May)
2012
Infinite Gestures, Rejmyre Art LAB, Rejmyre, Sweden (August 18–27)
GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SUPPORT
2024
Arts Council Norway, working grant, 3-years
2021
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support
2019
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support
City of Bergen, international support
2018–22
Arts Council Norway, working grant, 5-years
2018
City of Bergen, interdisciplinary art, project support
City of Bergen, culture stipend, working grant
2017
Arts Council Norway, working grant, 1-year
City of Bergen, interdisciplinary art, AiR–Berlin grant
City of Bergen, interdisciplinary art, project support
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support
Visningsrummet USF, exhibition grant
2016
Hordaland County Council, working grant
Arts Council Norway, State exhibition grant
The Association of Norwegian Visual Artist (NBK), project support
Arts Council Norway, Fund for Sound and Image, project support
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support (2 stipends)
City of Bergen, interdisciplinary art, project support
2015
Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), international project support
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support
Norwegian Visual Artists Association (NBK), project support
City of Bergen, electronic art/interdisciplinary art, project support (2 stipends)
Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), AiR–Venice grant
2014–16
Arts Council Norway, working grant for young new established artists, 3-years
2014
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support
City of Bergen, interdisciplinary art, project support
2013
Production Network for Electronic Art (PNEK), AiR–Rotterdam grant
City of Bergen, electronic art/international, project support (2 stipends)
The Association of Norwegian Visual Artist (NBK), project support
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support (3 stipends)
The Association of Norwegian Visual Artist (BKFH), working grant, 1-year
Arts Council Norway, establishment scholarship for young new established artists
2012
Arts Council Norway, Culture Fond, project support
2009–11
Fabrikör J.L. Eklunds Hantverksstiftelse, scholarship, 1-year
2009–10
Estrid Ericsons Stiftelse, international, project support (2 stipends)
PRESENTATIONS, WORK (selected)
2018, 2020–2023
External examinator, BA in Art, University of Bergen, Faculty of Arts, Music and Design (KMD), Norway
2020
Presentation, Detox–Clean it up seminar, Rejmyre Art LAB, Sweden
Guest teacher, Scenography as Symbiosis, Norwegian Theatre Academy/NOBA, Ås, Norway
2019– Ongoing
Board member, VOLT, Bergen, Norway
2019
Presentation, FAEN - Female Artistic Experiments Norway, Atelier Nord, Oslo, Norway
Presentation, National Centre of Contemporary Art, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Presentation, Salon Digital, Bremen, Germany
Guest teacher, University of Bergen, Faculty of Arts (KMD), Norway
Presentation, Norwegian Bio Art Arena (NOBA), NMBU, Oslo, Norway
2018
Presentation, A New State of the Living, PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm, Russia
Presentation, Traces of us in the depths, Volt, Bergen Public Library, Norway
2017
Presentation, LECTURES, Overgaden Institute of Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Board member, Avgarde, Bergen, Norway
Presentation, FIBER Festival, De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Presentation, Fluid Matter Special, MU Artspace, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2016
Presentation, Monday Lecture series, Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KHiB), Norway
2015
Presentation, Out of Place Talks, FADFest, Edifici Disseny Hub Barcelona, Spain
Presentation, Stazione Di Topolò, Italy
2013
Organizer, Art in Science seminar, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway. http://www.b-open.no/?ID=181&K=28
2012
Guest teacher, Re-Design/Up-Cycling, Teacher Education Program, Bergen University College, Norway
2011–12
Assistant for Mark Dion: DEN, permanent artwork Vedahaugane, National Tourist Routes, Norway
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)
Mona Pahle Bjerke, "Fellesskapets verdier som forsvinner," Nrk Kultur, anmeldelse, July, 2024.
Becoming Geological, V2_ Publishing, 2022.
Rejmyre Art LAB, “The Forbidden Garden,” DETOX–Clean it up, 2022. 51-63.
Sarah van Binsbergen, “Blood, placenta, iron, compass: Haem by Cecilia Jonsson is not only serene, but also strange,” de Volkskrant, Artwork of the Week, March 25, 2022. 7.
Elektronisk Kunst i Norge, “Cecilia Jonsson – The Iron Ring,” TEKS Press, 2021. 124-125.
Mini Maousse 8, Et Vogue L’Architecture, “Climatiques: Tides,” 2021. 148–149.
Davia Lagos, “Creating before the risk of submission,” Marges – contemporary art, 2021.
Michael Laun, ”I Bjerknes’ ånd,” Subjekt, September 2, 2020.
Erich Berger, ”Radical Witnessing and the Scope of the Real,” Art as We Don’t Know It, Aalto ARTS Books, 2020. 74-75.
Åsa Stjerna, ”Järn – ljud – bakterier, Cecilia Jonssons transformationer” Nutida Musik, no. 276, Sweden, 2019. 6–25.
Hordaland County Council, “Kunst på Tertnes vidaregåande skule – Cecilia Jonsson”, December, 2019.
Sofia Bergmann, "Cecilia Jonsson Serenades Sewage Bacteria," Berlin Art Link, Germany, October 11, 2018.
Ana Rosa Ibáñez, "On the crossing of Art, Science and Sounds," Rotunda Magazine, Chile, November 26, 2018.
Michaela Gericke, "Cecilia Jonsson, schwedische Künstlerin," Kulturradio RBB, Germany, September 18, 2018.
Berlin Art Week, "Cecilia Jonsson/Schering Stiftung," Behind the Scenes, Germany, September 19, 2018.
Anne Waak, "Cecilia Jonsson, What are you doing in the sewer?," Berlin Art Week Magazine, Germany, September, 2018. 14-15.
Klimaaksjonen, “Mareograf av Cecilia Jonsson,” Norwegian Writer’s Climate Campaign, Norway, January 27, 2018.
Inga Walton, “A Bloody Business – Blood: Attract & Repel,” Trouble Magazine, no. 149, Australia, September 1, 2017. 36–37, 44–46.
The Imaginary Reader, Volt, Norway, 2016. 76–77.
Living Earth: Field Notes from the Dark Ecology Project 14-16, Sonic Acts Press, The Netherlands, 2016. 175–181.
Regine Debatty, ”Interview with Cecilia Jonsson, the artist who extracts iron from invasive weeds,” We Make Money Not Art, April 13, 2015.
Roberta Bosco, Stefano Caldana, ”Ecologia de la descontaminación,” The Aquae Fundación, February 25, 2015.
Max Fage-Pedersen, DR P2 radio, Denmark, September 29, 2015.
(Published writing) The Iron Ring, co-production with V2_ Publishing, 2014. ISBN: 978 82 303 2792 0.
Gunhild Horgmo, ”Bioreflektioner,” Billedkunst, no. 6, Norway, 2014. 51.
Niels van Maanen, ”New Alchemy: Nieuwe Materie – The Iron Ring project,” Metropolis M, no. 2, The Netherlands, 2014. 84–87.
Anna-Karin Andersson, ”Cecilia Jonsson ”The Seed of Metals” at CirkulationsCentralen,” May, 2014.
Associazione Culturale Flag NO Flags,”The Iron Ring,” February 15, 2014.
V2_ Institute for the Unstable Media,”Cecilia Jonsson/Summer Sessions,” September, 2013.
Bjørn Hatterud, ”Den gode gamle lyden,” KUNSTforum, Norway, July 3, 2013.
Eira Søyseth, ” Plantespesial: Drivhuseffekten, Kunst møter vitenskap når blodgress fôres med Vivaldi,” ENO, no. 2, Norway, 2013. 76–78.Synnøve Vik, ”Få trusler,” Billedkunst, no. 4, Norway, 2012. 45–46.
MEMBERSHIP
The Association of Norwegian Visual Artist (NBK)
Hordaland Association of Visual Artists (BKFH)
VOLT