Tiril Hasselknippe
Tiril Hasselknippe is a sculptor working with steel, concrete, fiberglass, and resin who proposes object-based solutions to evade humanity’s downfall and whose sculptures command authority of physical presence through their sheer volume, scale, and weight. Her sculpture is rooted in material and textual world that balances deeply personal exploration with socio-political underpinnings—at times seeming to participate in parts of a post-apocalyptic storyline. Hasselknippe creates a kind of science fiction of formalism in which the double bonds between the sacred and the primitive, the natural and artificial, and the life-giving and the downfall are all present.
Hasselknippe received her BFA and MFA from Malmö Art Academy in 2011 and 2013 respectively. She also participated in a foreign exchange program at The Cooper Union in New York in 2010. Hasselknippe’s recent solo exhibitions have been held at institutions including Magenta Plains, New York, NY; Kuntshall Stavanger, NO; NITJA Senter for Samtidskunst, Lillestrøm, NO; Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO; Kunstverein Braunschweig, DE; Bianca D’Alessandro, Copenhagen, DK; and DREI, Cologne, DE. Her work has recently been included in group exhibitions at the New Museum, New York, NY; Magenta Plains; Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, AT; A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, ITL; Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO; and the Vestfossen Kunstlabratorium, Vestfossen, NO. Hasselknippe lives and works in Stavanger, NO.
Born 1984, Arendal, NO
Lives and works in Stavanger, NO
Education
2013
MFA, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö Konsthögskola, SE
2011
BFA, Malmö Art Academy, Malmö Konsthögskola, SE
2010
Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Hyperstate, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
2023
Play, Kunsthall Stavanger, NO
2022
Play, NITJA, Lillestrøm, NO
2021
The Future Never Sat Still, DREI, Cologne, DE
2020
Braut, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Echo echo echo, Norwegian Sculptor Society/Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo, NO
2019
Forest of my Eye, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
Norwegian Association of Art Societies/Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, NO
2018
FOCUS: Frieze New York, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
FRAME: Frieze New York, DREI, New York, NY
2017
Queens of the Tear Duct, DREI, Köln / Cologne, DE
2016
Station, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, DE
Fin, Tranen, Hellerup, DK
2015
Sermon, with Marie Kølbæk Iversen, Projektrum D7, Copenhagen, DK
Tub, Bianca d’Alessandro, Kopenhagen / Copenhagen, DK
Bivouacked (with Bjarne Bare), OSL Contemporary, Oslo, NO
Phones, DREI, Köln / Cologne, DE
2014
Sophanes, Evelyn Yard, London, UK
The Shapers, Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo, NO
Turf, Hove Kunst, Arendal, NO
Waterworld, Östra Karup, Båstad, SE
Young Ocean, Vestfossen Kunstlabratorium, Vestfossen, NO
Resort City, Studio Visits, New York , NY
2013
Swim Good, Landings, Vestfossen, NO
Freeway, Inter Arts Center, Malmö, SE
Canyon Cruise, Peinture et Sculpture, Kopenhagen/Copenhagen, DK
YEAR OF CAR, Club Midnight, Berlin, DE
Places of Bourn, Toves Galleri, Kopenhagen/Copenhagen, DK
2012
Hanging at Times, Times, Berlin, DE
2011
Playtime, CA projects, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Altered States of Consciousness pt. 2 One Night Only Gallery, Oslo, NO
Altered States of Consciousness pt.1 Pictura, Lund, SE
Group Exhibitions
2024
Phantom Space, with Sigurrós G. Björnsdóttir and Stefan Vogel, LORE DEUTZ, Cologne, DE
2023
Viewing Room 1, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
2022
For Whom The Bell Tolls, with Kah Bee Chow and Emelie Sandström, Salgshallen, Oslo, NO
2021
Friends & Family, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
(in)visible, Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, SE
2019
Parisian Laundry, with Melike Kara, Violet Dennison and Maia Ruth Lee, Montreal, CA
KNOWING ME KNOWING YOU, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz, AT
2018
Songs for Sabotage: The New Museum Triennial, New Museum, New York, NY
2017
Skip Zone, with Sandra Mujinga and Kah Bee Chow, Magenta Plains, New York, NY
Inland, CCC OD, Tours, FR
If You Don’t Like Art… ,Vestfossen Kunstlabratorium, Vestfossen, NO
Jarhresgabe, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, DE
2016
It’s all natural, Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, DE
Miejsce A Place, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, PL
Surfacing Earth, Röda Sten Konsthall, Gothenburg, SE
Corridor Plateau VI, DREI, Cologne, DE
Form Matters, Matter Forms, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, IT
Gimle Park og Skulptur, Agder Natural History Museum, Kristiansand, NO
NN-A NN-A NN-A – New Norwegian Abstraction, Kunstmuseum, Stavanger, NO
Roadside Picnic, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund, DE
2015
A Form Is Social Gatherer, Plymouth Rock, Zurich, CH
NN-A NN-A NN-A, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo, NO
2014
One Step Ahead Moving Backwards, KM Temporaer, Berlin, DE
Bond Street Bar, curated by Darren Flook & Oliver Robb, Bond Street, London, UK
Still Waters Run Deep, Sculpture Triennial 14, Odense, DK
Skulpturpark, Marsvinsholms Sculpture Program, Ystad, SE
June Snow, Evelyn Yard, London, UK
Back to Basic, Vestfossen Kunstlabratorium, Vestfossen, NO
Border Food, Loyal Gallery, Malmö, SE
2013
Shapes in the Making, Lund Konsthall, Lund, SE
Edstrandska Stipendatutstilling, KHM, Malmö, SE
24 spaces, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, SE
Species of Space, Skissernas Museum, Lund, SE
2012
This is Not the Title Because it Doesn't Make Sense Anymore, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo, NO
Power of Consumption, Club Midnight, Berlin, DE
Dear Gertrud, Pleasant, Kopenhagen / Copenhagen, DK
Entourage VIP Backstage Part. 1, Schlieren, CH
b-c-c, Stadium, New York, NY
View, Screenings UK, London, UK
2011
Give Me Your Eyes, Kunstverein Köln Mülheim, Köln / Cologne, DE
Waves, KIM Berlin, Berlin, DE
2010
Visits & Exchanges, 41 Cooper Square, New York, NY
Arcadian Night, Berkshires, US
Public commission
2020
Permanent sculpture installation, The Faculty of Law, Oslo University, Oslo, NO
2017
Permanent sculpture installation, Klostergårdens Idrottsplats, Lund Konsthall and Lund Municipality, Lund, SE
2016
Permanent sculpture installation, Institute of Water Science, Lund University and Statens Konstråd, Lund, SE
Grants
2018
1-year working grant, Statens Kunstnerstipend for younger artists, NO
2016
2-year working grant, Statens Kunstnerstipend for younger artists, NO
2015
Malmö Stads Stipendiet, SE
2014
Edstrandska Stiftelsen, SE
Awards
Winner of Sculpture Point: Ekebergparken 2023
Public Collections
Kistefos Museum, Jevnaker, NO
Institute of Water Science, Lund University, Malmö, SE
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, NO
