CHRISTER KARLSTAD

Autoportrait, 36 x 58 cm, oil on plate

Christer Karlstad
Born in Rælingen, Norway in 1974. Contemporary figurative painter. Lives and works in Drammen, Norway.

Contact
Christer Karlstad, Styrmoes vei 50, 3043 Drammen, Norway
Phone: (+47) 984 90 197
E-mail: christerkarlstad@gmail.com

Education
Master Student, Statens Kunstakademi (Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts), Oslo, 2002-2003
Statens Kunstakademi (Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts), Oslo, 1996-2000
Glasgow School of Art, 1999
Kunstskolen i Rogaland, Stavanger, 1993-1995

Separate exhibitions
Good Night To All, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 2010
Return to Slumberland, Galleri LNM, Oslo, 2007
I Prophesy Disaster, Overlyssalen, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, 2005
Rådhuset, Rælingen, 2004

Group exhibitions
Kistefos-Museet, Jevnaker, 2010
Obskur og levende – ny symbolisme, Prosjekt Alvøen, Bergen, 2010
Figurationer, Stockholm, 2009
Galleri 7011, Trondheim, 2007 – with Daniel Østvold
Ålesund Kunstforening, 2005 – with Nicolai Aamodt, Christopher Rådlund and Benjamin Bergman
Save Yourself, OSL Kunsthall, 2001
Galleri Brandstrup, Moss, 2001 – with Per Christian Brown and Mona Eckhoff

Collective exhibitions
Sort Romantikk, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, 2009
Kærlighed, Vestlandsutstillingen, 2009
Real, Haugar/Vestfold Kunstmuseum, 2008
Statens Høstutstilling, Oslo, 2008
Vestfossen, Van Bau Galleriet. Directed by 7011, 2007
Pluss Minus Tredve, Unge Norske Kunstnere, Gulden Kunstverk, 2007
Ny Figurasjon, Oslo Kunstforening, 2007
Salong Galleri 0047, Berlin, 2006 – curated by Alice Goudsmith
Salong Berlin, Transit Art Space, Stavanger, 2006 – curated by Alice Goudsmith
Vestfossen, Van Bau Galleriet, 2006 – directed by Blomqvist Kunsthandel
Norske Bilder, Oslo Rådhus, 2004
Statens Høstutstilling, Oslo, 2004
Molitrix, Stavanger, 2003
Norske Bilder, Oslo Rådhus, 2001
Molitrix, Stavanger, 2001
Avgangsutstilling, Stenersenmuseet, 2000

Collections
Kistefos-Museet, Jevnaker, 2009
Norges Bank, Oslo, 2007
Statoil, 2004
Norsk Kulturråd, Oslo, 2001

All actors in the play Taremareby, 105 x 75 cm, oil on canvas. Commissioned by Tøyen Skole in 2007.

Commissions
Tøyen skole, Oslo, 2007
Refsnes Gods, Moss, 2001

Record sleeves
Ping – Discotheque Of Darkness (QDK-Media/Normal Records), 2009
Ping – The Castle Massacre (Luftwaffel Records), 2006
Segrov – Segrov (Rec90), 2006

Grants
Ingrid Lindbäck Landgaard Stiftelse, 2010
Statens utstillingsstipend, 2009
Arbeidsstipend for yngre kunstnere, 2009
Arbeidsstipend for yngre kunstnere, 2008
Statens utstillingsstipend, 2007
Vederlagsfondets 1-årige stipend, 2004
Etableringsstipend, 2003
Materialstipend, 2002
Ødegaards Legat for Malere, 2000
Ødegaards Legat for Malere, 1998

Professional affiliations
Landsforeningen Norske Malere (LNM) – The Association of Norwegian Painters
Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK) – Norwegian Visual Artists Association
Unge Kunstneres Samfund (UKS) – The Young Artists Society

Catalogues
Good Night To All / Christer Karlstad. – Oslo : Kunstnerforbundet, 2010
Sort romantikk : gotisk skrekk og dekadense / Knut Ljøgodt & Charis Gullickson. – Tromsø : Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, 2009. – ISBN 9788291834412