Olav Christopher Jenssen
Olav Christopher Jenssen (born 2 April 1954 in Sortland Municipality, Norway) is a Norwegian artist. Jenssen is considered one of the most acclaimed contemporary Norwegian artists, with a significant international career. He has lived and worked in Berlin for years.
Olav Christopher Jenssen
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- Born
- 1954 · Sortland.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- association football player · painter · university teacher · sculptor · draftsperson · artist
- Honours
- Prince Eugen Medal · Henrik Steffens Prize · Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav
- Languages
- Norwegian
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From 1996 to 2003 he was professor of painting at the Hochschule Fine Arts in Hamburg, and since 2007, he is professor of painting at the Hochschule Fine Arts in Braunschweig. In 1992, he was selected to exhibit at the prestigious exhibition documenta in Kassel, Germany. He was festival exhibitor in Bergen in 2000, perhaps considered to be the most prestigious solo show in Norway for a Norwegian artist. In 2015, Jenssen was appointed Knight 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav "for his contribution as an artist". His series of paintings; "Lack of Memory" (1992) was named one the 12 most important Norwegian artworks, by Morgenbladet.
The recorded working language is Norwegian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Oslo and Berlin. Employment is recorded with Braunschweig University of Art. Work by Olav Christopher Jenssen is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art and National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Distinctions recorded are Prince Eugen Medal, Henrik Steffens Prize and Knight First Class of the Order of St.
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According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded places of activity of Olav Christopher Jenssen are Oslo and Braunschweig.
Olav Christopher Jenssen is recorded as having received Prince Eugen Medal, Henrik Steffens Prize and Knight First Class of the Order of St.
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Olav Christopher Jenssen appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an artist, painter and graphic artist (born 2 April 1954). Olav Christopher Jenssen was born on 2 April 1954 in Sortland.
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Olav Christopher Jenssen born at Sortland.
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Olav Christopher Jenssen received Prince Eugen Medal, Henrik Steffens Prize and Knight First Class of the Order of St.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4019952: Olav Christopher Jenssen
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Jenssen, Olav Christopher, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Liv på lerretet - Et møte med Olav Christopher Jenssen, 2012
Malerier, January 1990 = Olav Christopher Jenssen: paintings, January 1990, 1990
Time paintings: Olav Christopher Jenssen: Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2003
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