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Pearla Pigao (b. 1984 Lillesand, Norway).
Lives and works in Oslo Norway.
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EDUCATION
2015 - 2017 MFA Medium and material based Art, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO
2012 -- 2015 BFA Medium and material based Art , Specialization in textile art , Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO
2010 – 2012 Einar Granum School of Arts, Specialization in three-dimensional techniques, NO
2003 – 2004 Buskerud High School, specialization in Music, sound and composition, NO
2001 – 2003 Møglestu high school, specialization Drawing, form and color, NO
SOLOSHOWS
2024 Kunstnerneshus, Oslo, NO
2024 TEKS, Trondheim electronic art center, NO
2023 Glasslåven Art senter
2021 Texas A&M University for visual and performing arts
2020 SOFT galleri, NO
2019 Atelier Nord, NO
2018 Arteriet, Kristiansand, NO
2018 CHART Art Fair, CHART SOCIAL, Design museum Denmark, DK
2017 Galleri FORMAT Oslo, NO
GROUPSHOWS
2023 Grønningen, Den Frie, København, DK
2023 Til den skjønneste, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal, NO
2023 The shared space, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki FI
2023 Tendenser, Galleri F15, NO
2022 Kraft, Bergen, NO
2022 Kunsthall Trondheim (Hannah Ryggen triennials)
2022 The Norwegian Nasjonalmuseum, Sen fredag, Performance: Different kinds of water, NO
2022 The Norwegian Nasjonalmuseum, Jeg kaller det kunst, Oslo, NO
2021 Kunstnerforbundet Oslo, Juni utstillingen NO
2020 Kunstnerforbundets Christmas exhibition
2020 Sparebanken sør Art prize exhibition 2020, Sørlandets artmuseum (SKMU), NO
2020 Agder Art Center, Smak Plantene, Kristiansand, NO
2019 Kunstnerforbundets Christmas exhibition
2019 Future delay, Helsinki Contemporary curated by Amanda Schmitt, FI
2018 Christmas exhibition at Kunstnerforbundet
2018 Sørlandsutstillingen, Ibsenhouse Skien, NO
2018 CHART Art Fair, Kunsthal Charlottenborg with Gallery Golsa, Copenhagen
2018 Norwegian Presence, Milano
2017 Scholarship Exhibition 2017, Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand
2017 Autumn exhibition in Lillesand kunstforening, Lillesand
2017 Got it for cheap, Rod Bianco, Oslo
2017 HATCH 10th anniversary exhibition, Agder Kunstsenter and Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Kristiansand
2017 NEU NOW 2017 online festival
2017 Agreement between seasons, MFA graduationshow, KhiO, Oslo
2016 Hangzhou Triennial of fiber arts, weaving & we, project with World Wide Weaving, China
2016 Medium Rare MA1 show, KhiO Oslo
2015 Neu Now 2015, Europe`s emerging artist, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
2015 BFA graduation exhibition, Gallery Seilduken, KhiO, Oslo
CONCERT/PERFORMANCE
2023 – Different kinds of water, Abundance, Galleri F15, Moss, NO
2022 – Different kinds of water, III – III, Sen fredag, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, NO
2022- Wave Shaper, Kunsthall Trondheim, Hannah ryggen Triennalen, Trondheim, NO
2022- Composition for skin, Kraft, Bergen, NO
2021- Composition for skin, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
2020 – Different kinds of water, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, NO
2020- Wave Shaper, Galleri Soft, Oslo, NO
COMMISSION WORK
2021 Outdoor sound project in collaboration with the cultural agency Mesèn
2019 - 2021 New high school for music and technology in Vuosaari, Helsinki, Finland
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2023 Project support from Art Counsil Norway
2021 10 year working grant from Art Counsil Norway
2020 Winner of Sparebanken sør audience award, presented at Sørlandetskunstmuseum
2019 International support grant, Office of contemporary art Norway, OCA
2019 Project support for newly graduated artists, the Arts Council
2019 Grants for art and cultural initiatives, the City of Oslo
2018 Ministry of Foreign Affairs Freight and Travel Support (STIKK)
2018 Nks travel aid
2018 3-year working grant from the Arts Crafts Foundation
2017 Scholarship Exhibition in Agder from Bildende kunstneres hjelpefond – BKH
2017 The Foundation for Art and Design Students Award
2017 The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts student Award
2017 Diversistipend for newly educated artists, Arts Council Norway
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PURCHASED BY
The Norwegian Nasjonal museum Collection (2022)
Sørlandets Art Museum Collection (2022)
Helsinki Art Museum (HAM) Collection (2021)
KORO (Art in public space) collection, (2021)
Sogn and Fjordane art museum, Norway (2021)
Vest Lofoten High School, Lofoten, Norway (2020)
Nordenfjeldske Designmuseum (2020)
KIASMA Finnish national gallery/museum for contemporary art (2019)
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD) to the Consulate General in New York (Fixed installation) (2019)
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NOMINATIONS
2022 Coast contemporary prize 2022
2020 Sparebanken sør Art prize 2020
2018 Sandefjord Kunstforening Art Prize 2019ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2018 - 2020 2 år studio recidency hos Atelier Kunstnerforbundet
COMMITTEE WORK
2023 – Editor for the 6 edition of The Vessel – Modulating craft- Oktober 2023- https://vessel-magazine.no/issues/6/modulating-craft
2022 - dd. Board member in Kunstnerforbundet Oslo
2022 Sensor for MA avgangsstudenter tekstil, Medium og materialbasert kunst KHIO
2021 Jurymedlem for tildeling av Kunsthåndverksprisen i NK`s Årsutstilling 2021
2021- Board member (Vara) in Atelier Nord
2021- 2022 Board member (Vara) in the Oslo Open
2021 Mentor of the month at Trafo.no
2019 Judge for the award of the Arts and Crafts Prize from the Foundation for Art and Design Students to the BFA student, KhiO 2019
2018 Judge for the award of the Arts and Crafts Prize from the Fund for Art and Design Students to MFA Student, KhiO 2018
2018 Judge for the award of the Arts and Crafts Prize from the Foundation for Art and Design Students to the BFA student, KhiO 2018PUBLICATIONS
2022 The many forms of contemporary art, The Kiasma collection Book, utgiver Kiasma Finnish National Gallery.
2022 Hannah Ryggen Triennalen 2022, Antimonument, tekst by Stefanie Hessler
2021 Elektronisk kunst i Norge – Bind I: Kunstnere og verk fra 1960 til 2020, utgiver Teks. Press.
2021 Pearla Pigao - Wave Shaper, LP release with sound and music from the installation Wave shaper
2019 Om tilblivelse – produced by LIK forlag for Arteriet 2019. Pearla Pigao page 95 -105
2019 AN FILES – Pearla Pigao, Modes to Moods with essay by Line Ulekleiv, produced by Atelier Nord and Atelier Kunstnerforbundet
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SELECTED PRESS
2023 interview in Current obsession: https://www.current-obsession.com/in-the-loop/
2020 NRK radio P2 - 3/11-2020 - Kulturstripa P2 30 min. Intervju with Hans Olav Brenner https://radio.nrk.no/serie/kulturstripa/MKRS06022020
2020 Review in Fædrelandsvennen, By Frida Forsgren, Exhibition «Smak Plantene» https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/oAREJa/smakfull-utstilling-paa-aks
2020 07.02 Intervju in Subjekt.no, by Ingrid Tellefsen Relling and Håkon Borg https://subjekt.no/2020/02/07/sa-opp-tre-jobber-for-a-satse-pa-kunsten-en-enorm-frihetsfolelse/
2019 Tom Jeffreys, FRIEZE MAGAZINE https://frieze.com/article/are-we-choreographing-machines-or-are-they-choreographing-us
2019 Helen Korpak, Hufvudstadsbladet Finland, https://www.hbl.fi/artikel/avskalat-men-minnesvart-om-teknologi/
2019 Sini Mononen,HELSINGIN SANOMAT, https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000006140176.html
2019 Jonas Ekeberg, Kunstkritikk, https://kunstkritikk.no/varsonaten-norge-2/
2019 Kunsthåndverk magazine, Year 39, no.151, edition1 2019, Pearla Pigao, Waves and scales, text by Line Ulekleiv, S. 36-41
2019 Nrk P2 – Spillerom søndag by Kristin Kverndokk, 30 min. reportage - https://radio.nrk.no/serie/spillerom-soendag
2018 Wallpaper*, Chart Design 2018: the finest collectable design from the Nordic region and beyond av Rosa Bertoli, https://www.wallpaper.com/design/chart-design-2018-highlights
2018 SURFACE magazine, https://www.surfacemag.com/events/chart-art-fair-2018/
2018 Tlmagazine, Charting Art, Design and Architecture: CHART Art Fair 2018 av Lara Chapman, https://tlmagazine.com/chart-art-fair-2018/
2018 AFAR,Why Art-Lovers Should Plan a Trip to Copenhagen Right Now av Sarah Buder, https://www.afar.com/magazine/why-art-lovers-should-plan-a-trip-to-copenhagen-right-now
2018 Alice Anderson and Pearla Pigao’s Performances at CHART Social By Talia Elbaz, 5 september 2018, https://www.whitewall.art/art/alice-anderson-pearla-pigaos-performances-chart-social
2018 Galerie, 7 fresh talents to discover at Chart`s art fair, August 28 2018, http://www.galeriemagazine.com/7-talents-copenhagen-chart-art-design-fair/
2018 Politiken, Ibyens guide til kunstfestivalen: Chart Art Fair byder på Instagramvenlig åbningsfest, svenske pupper og børnefødselsdag, Rasmus Helmann, 29 Aug. 2018, https://politiken.dk/ibyen/art6671121/Chart-Art-Fair-byder-p%C3%A5-Instagramvenlig-%C3%A5bningsfest-svenske-pupper-og-b%C3%B8rnef%C3%B8dselsdag
2018 COVER magazine, Hotlist av Lucy Upward, s.40 – 41, Issue 51 summer 2018
2018 Kunst Pluss, Kunshåndverk og teknologi, av Lars Sture s. 54 – 57, nr.2 2018
2018 COVER magazine, 25 best designs from Milan design week 2018, http://cover-magazine.com/news/25-best-designs-from-milan-design-week-2018/, 2 may 2018
2018 D2, Felles Front, tekst av Line Blikstad s.42-46, 13 April 2018
2018 Agderposten, Dette blir vist frem for designfrelste i Milano, 17 april 2018
2018 Lillesand posten, Design debut i Milano, av Heidi Løland-Andersen, 13 april 2018
2018 Artikkel: Pearla Pigao Playing Patterns, Text Tora Endestad Bjørkheim , Johnny Herbert Published 11 Apr 2018, http://www.norwegiancrafts.no/articles/pearla-pigao-playing-patterns
2018 Bo bedre, s.46-50, Norsk Design tar Milano, 4 april 2018
2018 Salone del Mobile 2018 preview, https://www.wallpaper.com/salone-del-mobile/2018/preview Wallpaper.com.
2018 Alice Morby,Norwegian Presence exhibition will explore "the making of modern Norway" at Milan design week, Dezeen.com, 19.03.2018
2018 Norwegian presence: the making of modern Norway, Doga.no, 05.03.2018
2018 Fra idè til produksjon: Gjør Milano i samlet tropp, Doga.no, 02.03 2018
2018 Norwegian crafts, Contemporary crafts and design, Zona Tortona, Milan 17-22 April 2018, norwegiancrafts.no, 01.03.2018
2018 Victoria Rice, Norwegian presence 2018, world craft council Europe, 19.01.2018
2017 Agnes Repstad, Årets stipendmottakere, agderkunst.no, 06.11 2017
2017 Marie N. Kalvehagen, De kalles for Sørlandsmafiaen, fordi alle gjør det så bra, Fædrelandsvennen, 20.10 2017