Frithjof Hoel
Jarlsborgveien 18
0377 Oslo
tlf. +47 95774254
mail: frihoel@gmail.com
Education:
1989-90 The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1981-85 The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1979-81 ABFs Art School, Stockholm
Grants and Awards: (selected)
2004- The Norwegian State Guaranteed Income for Artists GI
1999-01 Three years National work Schoolarship for Visual Artists
1994-98 Vederlagsfondets Grants
1994 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD
Solo exhibitions: (selected)
2025 Let there be Light, Fredrikstad Kunstforening
2025 KAIROS – Figures and Capriccios, Sölvesborg Art Hall, Sweden
2025 Kairos, Flygeln at Fullersta Gård, Huddinge, Sweden
2023 Storm of Steel, BO-Billedkunstnerne i Oslo
2020 Arvika Art Hall, Sweden
2019 War Diary, Kunstbanken Art Hall, Hamar
2017 A Road to Perdition, Intercultural Museum IKM, Oslo
2010 Norwegian Racial Characters,The Holocaust Center, Oslo
2009 Visions of Purity, Gallery Sverdrup, University of Oslo
2004 Oslo Kunstforening
2003 Hordaland Art Center, Bergen
2002 Little Red Ridinghood, Oslo Kunstforening
2000 Aryans and Indians, Uffizi Gallery, Høvik
2000 The perfect Human Being, Agder Kunstnersenter, Kristiansand
2000 Møre og Romsdal Kunstnersenter, Molde
1999 Beneath a leaden sky, Telemark Kunstnersenter
1999 Porsgrunn Kunstforening
1998 Kunstbanken, Hamar
1998 Risør kunstforening
1997 UKS Gallery, Oslo
1997 Considerations about Eugenics, Bergen Art Hall
1995 Reflections on the dead Christ, Gallery LNM, Oslo
1994 Reflections on the Isenheimer altarpiece,The Crypt, Oslo Cathedral
1992 Oslo Kunstforening
1988 Tyholmen Gallery, Arendal
1986 UKS Gallery, Oslo
Upcoming solo exhibitions:
2026 Skotselv senter for Kunst, Skotselv
2026 Surnadal Billag, Surnadal
Upcoming group exhibition:
2027 The Resurrection, Skotselv
Group exhibitions: (selected)
2025 Since&When , Gallery Rapid, Oslo
2022 Viggo Andersen with friends II, Trondhjems Kunstforening
2021 A Glance from the side, 3 Stripes Gallery, Skotselv
2020 OG Gallery, Oslo
2019 Viggo Andersen with friends I, Kulturbadet, Sandnessjøen
2017 Staying at Ekely, The Edvard Munch studio, Oslo
2015 A Tribute to Inger Sitter, Kunstforeningen Verdens Ende,Tjøme
2015 Between Faith and Art, The Mile End Art Pavilion, London
2014 1814 REVISITED - the past is still present, Mago A, Eidsvoll Verk
2014 Al-Mahatta Gallery, Ramallah, Palestine Territory
2013 The Artists at Ekely, The Edvard Munch studio, Oslo
2013 Modern Museum of Art, Yerevan, Armenia
2013 Golden Apricot International Film Festival,Yerevan, Armenia
2012 International Streaming Festival The Hague
2012 On Trial - Christ 2012, Gallery F 15, Moss
2010 Oslo Municipal Building
2008 PAM Nordic - New Norwegian Videoart
2008 Reality bliss, Galleri Kunstverket, Oslo
2008 Zeitgenössige Kunst aus Norwegen,Kunsthalle St.Annen, Lübeck
2007 Cinemateket, Oslo
2007 Aktuelle Kunst aus Ostnorwegen,Palais am Festungsgraben, Berlin
2006 The Annual Exhibition of The Norwegian State
2006 Ekely 2006, The Edvard Munch Studio, Oslo
2001 Christ 2000, Gallery F 15, Moss
1997 Gulamålaviten, performance i Galleri GUN, Oslo
1995 Northland Festival, Skottland
1995 The Young Artists Society, Oslo
1994 Prosess Norsk Kunstbruk, Flå
1989 Juniutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
1986 Sørlandsutstillingen
1986 Østlandsutstillingen
1986 Animals and Demons, Oslo Kunstforening
1985 Project Ingierstrand, Oslo
1984 Ouroboros, Gallery Dokken, Oslo
Filmography/Video:
2023 War Diary
2014 Short stories
2012 Let there be Light
2009 Visions of Purity
2002 Little Red Ridinghood
Public collections:
The National Museum of Art, Oslo
Arvika Municipality and
Private art collections
Publications:
2023 Painting 2022-2023 – a catalogue published in connection with the installation “Storm of Steel”
2020 Drawings – a booklet published in connection with the installation at Arvika Art Hall, Sweden
2014 1814 REVISITED –The past is still present – a catalouge published in connection with the exhibition.
2012 Between Faith and Art - a catalogue published in connection with the exhibition On Trial - Christ 2012.
2010 Norwegian Racial Characters - a catalogue published in cooperation with the Holocaust Center, Oslo
2001 Text and essays about Christ from the catalogue Christ 2000
Lectures:
2016 The Propaganda Art of Harald Damsleth, The Granum School of Fine Art, Oslo
2015 Peter and the Wolf, The Oslofjord Piano Festival, Drøbak
2010 Considerations about Eugenics, The Falstad Centre
2009 About Norwegian folktypes, The Holocaust Centre, Oslo
2003 The Isenheim Alterpiece, Kyrkerud Folkhögskola, Årjäng, Sweden