Helene Knoop
Born 1979, Norway
Lives and works in Norway
Education
Odd Nerdrum; pupil/assistent
- Oslo/Rødvik Gård, Norway – 2000-2003
Reidar Finsrud; pupil/assistent
- Drøbak, Norway – 1998-2000
Vika Maleskole
- Oslo, Norway – 1999
Nesodden Videregående skole; Tegning, form og farge
- Nesodden, Norway – 1995-1998
Courses
Language school, Italian Scuola d´italiano
- Oslo, Norway – 2007-2009
Norske Grafikers Verksted, graphic techniques
- Oslo, Norway – 2008
Projects
• Tovo Faraldi, Italy, 2016
• Vienna / Wiener-Secession and copy studies at KHM 2013
Palazzo Belmonte; commission for the Prince of Belmonte, Italy – 2007-2009
Studies of Antique sculptures, Baroque churches and paintings. Rome, Italy – 2007
Terje Vigen, musical and book-project. Oslo, Norway – 2006
Artist in Residence, Gunnar Gunnarssons home. Skriduklaustur, Iceland – 2005
Landscape study-trip. Finnmark, Norway – 2003
Publications
Helene Knoop-Paintings. Oslo, Kitsch Press, 2011. Text by art historian Therese Sjøvoll.
Kitsch – mer enn Kunst, Oslo: Schibstedt, 2009 , co-author.
Figurationer. Realism och romantik i norsk samtidskonst. Stockholm: Atlantis, 2009. Presentation of Knoop’s paintings and her biography.
Store Norske Leksikon, Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget, 2009. Article/artistbiography written by art historian Arnt Fredheim.
De Ni Muser, documentary film, Parkas Produksjoner. Oslo, Norway, 2007-2009
Media
KUNST. A series of articles on masterpieces in Europe (Venice, Stockholm and Paris) in collaboration with Odd Nerdrum. Oslo, Norway, 2010.
Jenter på hjul. TV2. Guest in TV-program. Norway – 2009
Scanorama. Cover-story in the Scandinavian Airlines inflight magazine – 2005
Teaching experience
Courses in portrait painting- since 2010
Friluftsskolen i Hagan. Painting course. Eggedal, Norway – since 2010
Private pupils in studio – since 2007
Select Solo Exhibitions
Grand Hotel, Men, Oslo, Norway 2020
Festspillutstiller, Elverum, Norway 2018
Bærum Kunstforening, Undercurrent, Norway, 2016
Pop-up exhibition, Youth, Oslo, Norway – 2012
Arnulf Øverlands galleriet, Kristiansund, Norway – 2011
Gallery PAN, Oslo, Norway – 2010
Galleri Trafo, Asker, Norway – 2009
Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, USA – 2007
Åmells Gallery, London, UK – 2005
Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter, Molde, Norway – 2005
Grev Wedels Kunsthandel, Oslo, Norway – 2004
Galleri Havstad, Drøbak, Norway – 2002
Select Collective Exhibitions
Krapperups Konsthall, Women paints Men, 2020
Factory Light Festival, Norway, 2019
Portrait Now, Denmark, 2012 and 2021
Ålesund Kunstforening, Ålesund, Norway – 2010
Edsvik Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden – 2009
Galleri Futura, Stockholm, Sweden – 2009
The Kitsch Biennale, Palazzo Cino, Venice, Italy – 2008/10
Vasa Konsthall, Gøteborg, Sweden – 2009
Krapperup Konsthall, Mølle, Sweden – 2009
Anne Grimdalens Museum, Dalen, Norway – 2004
Festspillutstiller i Nesbyen, Nesbyen, Norway – 2005
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany – 2004
Solli Brug, Sarpsborg, Norway – 2003
Haugar, Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway – 2002
Telemarksgalleriet, Notodden, Norway – 2002/2009/2010
Collections
Private collections in Norway; Keiron AS, EIE, Bjørg Fjell AS, T.M. Christensen VVS Detaljer AS, Eiendomsspar, Ignitas.
Private collections in Sweden; Tetra Pak
Private collections in Italy; Palazzo Belmonte
Private collections in Nicaragua; BMW
Private collections in USA; Even and Kirsten Berntsen, Gill Holland
Awards/grants
Sparebankstiftelsen, for making the book Helene Knoop-Paintings – 2011
Norsk Kulturråd, exhibition grant – 2005
Commissions
Montessori School, Norway, 2020
Eie Eiendomsmegling, Norway, 2016
Palazzo Belmonte, Italy, 2008
Membership
NBK
BOA