MARIUS ENGH

*1974, Oslo
Lives and works in Berlin

EDUCATION

1996-2000
The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo
1999-2000
The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen
2000-2001
The National Academy of Fine Arts, Master studio, Oslo
1994-1996
Strykejernet Art School, Oslo

RESIDENCIES

2010
Sammlung Lenikus, Wien
2006
OCA Office for Contemporary Art Norway / Platform Garanti Residency Program Istanbul, Istanbul
Milwaukee International Residency Program, Milwaukee
2005
The National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo - Arcueil, Paris

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013
Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (A)
Dienstag Abend, Curated by Ludwig Kittinger
«Ruin landscape«, Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen and Marius Engh, Harpefoss Hotell, Harpefoss, Norway

2012
Supportico Lopez, Berlin (D)
STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (AUG)

2011
The Living are Governed by the Dead, permanent exhibition, University of Bergen, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Bergen (N)
Desperate Cases and Lost Causes, Ve.Sch - Raum und Form für bildende Kunst, Vienna (A)

2010
My Target Is Your Eyes, Galleria Gentili, Prato (I)
Dead Ahead, Landings Art Space, Vestfossen (N)
An Aggregation of Adversary, Layr Wustenhagen Contemporary, Vienna (A)
Time Has Turned Into Space And There Will Be No More Time, Till I Get Out Of Here, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)

2009
Exhume to Consume, Supportico Lopez, Berlin (D)
Center of the World, Curator: Jonas Ekeberg, Preus Museum, Horten (N)
Toe Pincher, Snowball Editions, Oslo (N)

2008
Lycanthropic Chamber, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)

2006
All Items Must Fit In Basket, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (with Ida Ekblad), Green Gallery, Milwaukee (USA)

2005
No Comply, curator: Paul Brewer, Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, State University of New York, Purchase College, New York (USA)
B-Sides, Projekt 0047, Berlin (D)
Cum Taedio In Infinitum (with Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen), Q, The Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen (DK)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Post-Dimension, curator: Giacomo Zaza, Torrione Passari Center, Molfetta-Bari (SEPT)
Calumet, Galeria Gentilli, Curated Section: Solo Object - ARCO, Madrid (ES)
Als Morandi mit der Kinematographie liebäugelte, Supportico Lopez, Berlin (D)

2011
Lia Rumma, Naples (I) (DEC)
Post-Dimension, curator: Giacomo Zaza, Torrione Passari Center, Molfetta-Bari (I) (DEC)
Run, Comerade, the Old World is Behind You, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo (N)
Tillman Kaiser / Marius Engh, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna (A)
Dienstag Abend, Vesch - Raum und Form für bildende Kunst, Vienna (A)
Galerie Im Körnerpark, Berlin (D)
Studio 9, curated by Eva Maria Stadler, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna (A)
You Don*t Love Me Anymore, curated by Katja Schroeder, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster (D)
Wallpaperism, curated by Nick Oberthaler, Motel Campo, Geneva (CH)

2010
When do you see yourself in ten years?, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)
Stadt Einrichten - Stadt Berichten - Stadt Ausrichten, (Rearranging the City - Reporting the City, Reorienting the City), Weltecho Galerie, Chemnitz (D)
Like Tears in Rain, cur. by Ana Luiza Teixeira de Freitas, The Palácio das Artes / Fábrica de Talentos, Porto (P)
“Mike, Alec or Rufus?“ (“Tom, Dick or Harry“), Layr Wuestenhagen, Vienna (A)
I Really Like The Works, But My Wife Is Still Concern. Please Keep Me Inform About New Works, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)
Statoil Art Award, Rogaland Museum of Fine Art, Stavanger (N)
Golden Parachutes, cur. by David Horvitz, Berlin (D)

2009
Statoil Art Award, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (N)
Six Degrees of Separation, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin (D)
Two in One, Witte de With Center of Contemporary Art and De Appel, Christie´s, Amsterdam (NL)
Gjengangere, Bastard, Oslo (N)
Survival Kit, Curator: Solvita Krese,, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga (LV)

2008
Show Me, Don't Tell Me, Witte de With Contemporary Art Center, curators: Nicolaus Schafhausen and Florian Waldvogel, Brussels Biennial 1, Brussels (B)
Horror Vacui, Layr Wuestenhagen Contemporary, Vienna (A)
We Have Never Met Before, But It´s WIith Great Anticipation of Your Understanding That I´m Writing You And I Hope You Will In Good Faith Give A Deep Consideration To My Proposal Below. curators: Mikkel E. Astrup and Eivind Furnesvik, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)
Frieze Art Fair, STANDARD (OSLO), London (UK)
When You Carry A Hammer A Lot Of Things Look Like Naiils, Skalitzer Strasse 64, Berlin (D)
Figureheads, Torpedo Bokhandel / The White Tube, Oslo (N)
Hydro Corporate Collection, Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvik (N)
Nerhagen Skogsfestival, Vang (N)
Nationalmuseum, curator: Lars Monrad Vaage, Nationalmuseum Berlin, Schönleinstr. 6, Berlin (D)
Master of Puppets (with Sverre Gullesen), Planka, Oslo (N)

2007
Frieze Art Fair, STANDARD (OSLO), London (UK)
Tempo Skien 2007, Public Art Project, Skien (N)
Robert Smithson, curators: Lina Viste Grønli and Anders Smebye, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (N)
Routines of Resistance, curated by Eivind Furnesvik, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)
Unknown Unknowns, curator: Tarje Gullaksen, Nord-Jyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg (DK)
Future Primitive, curator: Helga Marie Nordby, UKS - Young Artists Society, Oslo (N)        
Skate Culture, curator: Jonas Ekeberg / Gardar Eide Einarsson, Bildmuseet, Umeå (S)
Paris Was Yesterday, curator: Hanne Mugaas, La Vitrine, Paris (F)
Dislocations (Don't Try Popping Them Back Into Place), curated by: Chus Martinez, with
Gardar Eide Einarsson and Matias Faldbakken, ARCO - Special Projects Section
STANDARD (OSLO), Madrid (E)

2006
NADA, STANDARD (OSLO), Miami (USA)
Milwaukee International, Willy Wonka Inc., Milwaukee (USA)
Dice Thrown (Will Never Annul Chance), curator: Joao Ribas, Bellwether Gallery, New York (USA)
White Stains, STANDARD (OSLO) / Extra City, Antwerpen (B)
Skate Culture, curator: Jonas Ekeberg / Gardar Eide Einarsson, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (N)
Cross My Heart And Hope To Die, curators: Gudrun Benonysdottir, Hildigunnur Birgisdottir, Gunnar Tor Vilhjalmsson and Sigrun Edvardsdottir, Torpedo Bokhandel, Oslo (N)
Street: Behind The Cliché, curator: Nicolaus Schaffhausen and Renske Janssen, Witte de With  Contemporary Art Center, Rotterdam (NL)
Bokaktig, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (N)
The Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, curator: Cecilia Widernheim, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo (N)
There Are Two Paths, curator: Ida Ekblad and Hanne Mugaas Torpedo Kunstbokhandel, Oslo (N)
Giving the People What They Want, curator: Hanne Mugaas Glassbox, Paris (F)
Several Ways Out, curator: Craig Buckley, UKS Gallery, Oslo (N)
Skate Culture, curated by Jonas Ekeberg / Gardar Eide Einarsson, Preus Museum, Horten (N)
50 / 50“, AK 28, Stockholm (S)
Villa Jelmini - The Complex of Respect, curator: Philippe Pirotte,Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (CH)

2005
Blankness Is Not A Void, curator: Gardar Eide Einarsson, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)
Gardar Eide Einarsson / Marius Engh / Matias Faldbakken, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo (N)
LISTE 05, STANDARD (OSLO), Basel (CH)

2004
Salon 100 - Works on Paper, Heimdalsgaten 4, (temporary exhibition space), Oslo (N)
Standard Escape Routes, curator: Eivind Furnesvik, ISCP, New York (USA)
Pilot 1 - International Art Forum, Limehouse Town Hall, London (UK)
Rank Xerox, curator / exhibition: Gardar E. Einarsson and Matias Faldbakken, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (N)
10 Years After (with Anders Smebye), Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal (N)
Shugacube, Vincent Lunges Institutt, No. 9 - Visningssted for Samtidskunst, Oslo (N)
Vækerø Sculpture Garden, Public Art Project, Oslo (N)
Listepop, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (N)
LISTE 04, under the auspicy of Fotogalleriet, Basel (CH)

2003
Institiution 2, curator: Jens Hoffmann, Oslo Kunsthall, Kiasma, Helsinki (FIN)
Rathaus, Oslo Open, Atelier C, Rådhuset, Oslo (N)
Merry-Go-Round, Video program, Oslo Open, Oslo (N)

2002
Museum of Installation, London (UK)
Bjørvika 17. august, Skur 55, Bjørvika, Subcomandante, Oslo (N)
Brøl, Zoo Copenhagen, Frederiksberg (DK)
I Deal Art For The Market, Curatorial Market, curated by Tone Hansen, Cuchifritos, New York (USA)

2001
UKS biennalen 2001, Seilduksfabrikken, Oslo (N)
Fane, Galleri Elbowroom, Gothenburg (S)
Måske, (with Tarje Eikanger Gullaksen) Norbergfestivalen, Norberg (N)
Heavy Backstage, Ballongmagasinet

2000
Postprofessionalism, VCA, Melbourne (AUS)
Presenting the piece / Her er værket!, OTTO, Galleri Rhizom, Århus (DK)
Cantine del Borgo II, Underhaugsveien, Oslo (N)
Graduation Show, The National Academy of Fine Arts, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo (N)
Bergen Museum For Samtidskunst, Plakat, Bergen (N)
Forrett, Statens kunstakademi, Seilduksfabrikken, Oslo (N)

1999
Weisse Zwerge und Grosse Riesen, Galleri Neu Deli, Bauhaus Universität, Weimar (D)
Cantine del Borgo, Galleri 21:25, SKA, Oslo (N)
Vibrations, Rogaland Kunstnersenter, Stavanger (N)