︎︎︎ STUDIES



   
    Oslo National Academy of Art, Textile Oslo, NO
    Master’s in arts and Craft
    2021 – 2023

   
   Contemporary Textiles Center Montreal, CA
   Bachelor in Textile Construction
   2017 – 2021


   


︎︎︎ PRIZES



    Norwegian Association of Art Societies Debutant Prize – Oslo, NO
    2023


    Visual Artists Aid Fund (BKH) – Oslo, NO 
    2023





︎︎︎ RESIDENCIES


   
    Villa Ruffieux – VAL, SWZ
    Artists whose work relates to textile media
    2023, September - November


    Air Green, Søndre Green farm – NSD, NO
    Artists whose work relates to textile media
    2022, June - August


    Institut Francais of Saint-Louis – SL, SEN
    Research on family and textiles archive
    2022, June - July

   
    Open Forum – Berlin, GER
    Research on protection of relics
    2021


    Place of the Arts – Québec, CA
    Community Attachments: Create in The Absence of The Other for Black History Month
    2021




















































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︎︎︎ EXHIBITIONS




    Solo Exhibition
   
Open Forum – Berlin, DE
    2024 


    Solo Exhibition

    Kunstnerforbundet – Oslo, NO
    2024   


    Sparebankstiftelsen DNBs stipendutstilling 2023
    Solo exhibition
    Oslo Kunstforening – Oslo, NO
    2024


    I et rom, i en gåte!
    Collective exhibition
    Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst – Lillestrøm, NO
    2023


    Statens 136. kunstutstilling
    Collective exhibition
    Høstutstillingen – Oslo, NO
    2023


    Homorientalism
    Collective exhibition
    Smack Mellon – New York, USA
    2023


    The excess is ritual

    Collective exhibition
    Dunlop Gallery – Saskatchewan, CA
    2023


    The Queer Gaze II

    Collective exhibition
    Kode – Bergen, NO
    2022


    The Wall of Hands

    Small solo show
    Kunstnernes Hus – Oslo, NO
    2022


    Révélations International
    Collective show for the Biennial of Crafts and Creation
    Grand Palais Ephemere – Paris, FR
    2022


    Ode à Ndate
    Collective exhibition for the Off Program of Dakar Biennale
    Studio Quatorzerohuit – Dakar, SEN
    2022


     Interweaving
    Collective exhibition for the Off Program of Dakar Biennale
    Atiss Galery – Dakar, SEN
    2022


    Claiming Space
    Collective exhibition by SKEIV VERDEN
    Fotogalleriet – Oslo, NO
    2022


    Maison Molle
    Collective exhibition
    Le Livart Galerie – Québec, CA
    2021


    The River in Sharing
    Collective exhibition
    The Portneuf International Flax Biennial – Québec, CA
    2021


    WATBD x WNW
    Virtual Collective exhibition
    2021


    Community Attachments: Creating in The Absence of the Other for Black History Month
    Place des Arts – Québec, CA
    2021


    Long live the wind that disturbs
    An exhibition of works of art (student)
    The Portneuf International Flax Biennial – Québec, CA
    2019





© Damien Ajavon

2023