BIOGRAPHY

Born, Oslo, Norway, 1976
Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION
2003
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program/ Cooper Union School of Architecture, Architecture and Urban Studies Program, New York
2002
Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, Studio Program, New York
2000
Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste - Stadelschule, Frankfurt am Main National Academy of Fine Art, Bergen

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming)
2010
Power Has A Fragrance, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
2009
FOCUS: Gardar Eide Einarsson, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas (forthcoming)
Caused Dreams Which Caused Death. This is my Crime, Cosmic Galerie, Paris, France, September 9 - November 14, 2009
Dog-Whistle Politics, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 3 - October 24, 2009
2008
No Chaos, Damn It!, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
2007
All My Friends Are Dead, Honor Fraser, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA
Judge, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt Germany (with catalogue)
Total War, Sorry We're Closed, Brussles, Belgium
2006
Population One, Standard (Oslo), Oslo, Norway
Tokyo Underworld, Nils Stærk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Leashed or Confined, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Black Iron Prison, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France
2004
Come and Take It, UKS Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Enter to Start, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
We'll Make the World You Live, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway (with catalogue)
5 (words), Schnittraum, Cologne, Germany
Your Example Will Speak Louder Than Words, Marres centrum beeldende kunst, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2003
o.u.t.l.a.w., Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
That's Not Made for That, Norsk Form/ Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
Germany, Violators Will be Fine, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2006
Gallery Sora, Tokyo (with Banks Violette)
2004
Rank Xerox, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway, (with Matias Faldbakken)
2003
Losen Sie Ihren Bonus Ein, (with Hinrich Sachs)
Am Parlamentzplatz, Revolver, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2002
American Fine Arts, New York, New York, Lars Von Trier, (with Gareth James)
White Box, New York, 6' Under, (with Carissa Rodriguez)
Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo, Norway, Mind the Space, (with Jan Christensen)
2001
Osculum Infame, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, (with Matias Faldbakken, catalogue)
1999
Notes From the Underground, Galleri 21:25, Oslo, Norway, (with Marius Engh)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Punk, Curator, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010
The Secret Knows, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division), Los Angeles, California, March 17-21
Supernature: An Exercise in Loads, AMP, Athens, Greece
Ever Prosperity, Bugada & Cargnel, Paris, France
The Beauty and the distance, 17th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
2009
New York Minute, curated by Kathy Grayson, Macro Future Museum, Rome, Italy, September 19 - November 1, 2009
The World is Yours, Louisiana Museum for Modern Kunst, Humlebaek, Denmark, September 5, 2009 - January 10, 2010
Living Together, curated by Emma Dexter and Xabier Arakistain, (also traveling to MARCO Museum, Vigo Spain), The Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Einarsson, Rhodes, Whitney, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice, curated by Bob Nickas, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
Lessons in the Art of Falling (curated by Jonas Ekeberg and Elisabeth Byre), Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
Dark Summer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Where Do We Go From Here? Selections from La Colección Jumex, Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
2008
Listen Darling…The World is Yours, curated by Lisa Phillips, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal
Norsk Hydros Kunstsamling, Heine Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
The Soft Shields of Pleasure, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hardcore, Sørlandet Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Meet Me Around the Corner: Works from the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
That was then...This is now, PS1, New York, New York
Whitney Biennial, curated by Shamim Momin and Henriette Huldisch, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
Lights On: Norsk Samtidskunst, curated by Gunnar Kvaran, Hanne Beate Ueland and Greta Arbu, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
Murder Letters (forthcoming March, curated by David Rimanelli) Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
2007
Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice, curated by Bob Nicklas, Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, TX
White Light, Sorlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
My Sweet Sixteen Party, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Group Show, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Painting, Space & Society, Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden
Sweet Bird of Youth, Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Germany (curated by Hedi Slimane)
Last Attraction Next Exit, Max Wigram, London, England (curated by Neville Wakefield)
Bastard Creature, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Mafia: Or one Unopened Packet of Cigarettes, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Eivind Furnesvik)
Conditions of Display, The Moore Space, Miami, FL (curated by Gean Moreno)
Extraordinary Rendition, Nogueras Blanchard, Barcelona Spain (curated by Max Andrews)
Kick it til it Breaks, The Kitchen, New York, NY (curated by Debra Singer)
I Love Malmo- Works from the Malmo Art Museum, Turku Art Museum, Turku, Finland
In Practice Projects, Sculpture Center, New York, NY (curated by Sarina Basta)
2006
Theater of Life - Rhetorics of Emotions, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, (curated by Nicholas Schafhausen)
Defamation of Character, P.S.1., New York, NY (curated by Neville Wakefield)
Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo, Norway
Street: behind the Cliché, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (curated by Nicholas Schafhausen)
Samle Sammen, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
War on 45/My Mirrors are Painted Black for You, Bortalami Dayan, New York, NY (curated by Banks Violette)
The Theater of Life – Rhetorics of Emotions, Stadische Galerie im Lenbachhause, Munich, Germany (curated by Nicholas Schafhausen)
Skate Culture, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway (curated by Jonas Ekeberg and Gardar Eide Einarsson, traveling)
Survivor, Bortolami Dayan, New York, NY (curated by David Rimanelli)
Mafia: An open package of cigarettes, Standard, Oslo, Norway
Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles (curated by Clarissa Dalrymple)
2005
The Complex of Respect, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland, (curated by Philipe Pirotte)
Lo Stesso, FrancoSoffiantino Artecontemporanea, Turin, Italy, L'Altro, (curated by Irene Calderoni)
In the Poem About Love You Don't Write The Word Love, CCA Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, (curated by Tanya Leighton)
To Be Continued, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul,Turkey (with catalogue, curated by Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche)
Blast, G Fine Art, Washington D.C., (curated by Paul Brewer)
Downstrokes and Feedback, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA (curated by Lisa Schiff)
Next Generation: no ordinary sanctity, Kunstraum Deutsche Bank, Salzburg, Austria, (with catalogue, curated by Shamim M. Momin)
Walls 'n' Things, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, (curated by Clarissa Dalrymple)
Opacity, UKS, Oslo, Norway, (curated by Nina Montmann and Trude Iversen)
Populism, traveling to National Museum of Art, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Vilnius, Oslo, Contemporary Art Centre, Frankfurter Kunsverein, Frankfurt (with catalogue, curated by Lars Bang Larsen, Cristina Ricupero and Nicolaus Schaffhausen)
Greater New York, P.S.1, New York
Team Gallery, New York, Damien Deroubaix, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Jakob Kolding
2004
La Piste Noir, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, France, (curated by Marc-Olivier Wahler, with catalogue)
Now And Ten Years Ago, Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany, (with catalogue, curated by Stephan Dillemuth)
The Spectacle and Pleasure Principle or the Carnivalesque, Shedhalle, Zurich, Switzerland, (with catalogue)
New Acquisitions, Malmo Art Museum, Malmo, Sweden
Magazin 4, Planet B: Das B-Movie in der zeitgenossichen Kunst, travelled to Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz (with catalogue)
Black Friday, Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany, (curated by Christoph Keller)
Art Film Basel, Art 35 Basel/ Stadtkino Basel, Switzerland
Boys Keep Swinging, Champion Fine Arts, New York, NY, (curated by Mai-thu Perret, with catalogue)
No More Reality, Apex Art, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, New York/ Museum Friedericianum, Kassel, Adaptations (with catalogue)
2003
Electric Visions, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Bilbao
10th Biennale de l'image en mouvement, Centre pour l'image Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland, (with catalogue, curated by Charles Esche)
24/7: New York-Vilnius, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania, (with catalogue)
Put Out More Flags, Sutton Lane, London, UK
Art For the People National, Touring Exhibitions, Bergen Kunsthall, Kunstnernes Hus, (with catalogue)
Definitively Provisional, Whitechapel Project Space, London,
Kunstladen, Kunstverein Munchen, Munich, (curated by Maria Lind)
Between The Lines, Apex Art, New York, (curated by Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt)
2002
CMYK/ Greyscale, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland, (with catalogue)
Esplanaden, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark, (with catalogue)
Strike, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK, (with catalogue)
Where am I Now 2, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
2001
Audit, Casino Luxembourg Forum d' Art Contemporain, Luxembourg, (with catalogue)
What's Wrong, The Trade Apartment, London, UK
Kosmos, Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo, Sweden, (curated by Charles Esche)
Schpaa, Bergen Kunstforening/ Bergen Kunsthall/ Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen/Bergen, (with catalogue)
Reol, Galleri OTTO, Copenhagen, Denmark (with catalogue)
2000
Coal by Any Other Name, American Fine Arts., New York
Propaganda Village, Galleri G.I/ Henie Onstad Artcenter, Oslo, Norway
Moss, Momentum- Nordic Festival for Contemporary Art, (with catalogue)

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009
Smith, Roberta, “Einarsson, Rhodes, Whitney,” The New York Times, February 13
Robinson, Gaile, “Insecurity, Paranoia Infuse Norwegian Artist’s Work,” Star-Telegram, December 10
Wilson, Michael, “Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice,” Time Out New York, January 29-February 4, p.49
Berghe, Jos ten, “De Schellen van de Ogen: Drugs in De Kunst,” Mister Motley, pp.96-99 (with illustration)
“Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Flash Art, January/February (with illustration)
“Gardar Eide Einarsson,” PALAIS, Fall/Autumn, p.78 (with illustration)
2008
Carlson, Ben, “Emerging Artists: Nineteen to watch in 2009,” Modern Painters,
December-January, (with illustration)
Haramis, Nick, “The New Art Star,” BlackBook, December/January, p.46 (with illustration)
Bollen, Christopher, “Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Interview, November, p.110, 112 (with illustrations)
Duncan, Thomas, “New Art City: Young Artists in New York,” Tokion, July, pp.72-75 (with illustrations)
Carlin, T.J., “This Was Then…This Is Now,” Time Out New York, September 11-17
Walleston, Aimee, “Black & White,” HE, Summer, pp.76-81 (with illustrations)
Schlaegel, Andreas, “Summer’s White Nights,” Flash Art, March/April, pp.116-118 (with illustration)
Halle, Howard, “Whitney Biennial 2008,” Time Out New York, March 13-19, p.78 (with illustration)
Forsund, Joachim, “Troll-Mannen fra ås,” ELLE Norge, February/March, pp. 102-105 (with illustrations)
Taft, Catherine, “Gardar Eide Einarsson: All My Friends Are Dead,” ArtReview, February, p.122 (with illustration)
Kielland, Ingrid Roise, “Outsider På Innsiden,” D2 Dagens Naeringsliv, February 8, pp.26-33, (with illustrations)
Sherwin, Skye, “Black on Black,” ArtReview, January, pp.64-9 (with illustrations)
“Work in Progress: Gardar Eide Einarsson,” V Magazine, p.130 (with illustration)
2007
Mendelson, Adam “Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Spike, Winter, pp. Cover, 63-9 (with illustrations)
Coulson, Amanda, “Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Modern Painters, November, p. 99 (with illustrations)
Smith, Roberta, “Gardar Eide Einarsson,” The New York Times, October 5, p.E41
Sennert, Kate, “Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Tokion, April/May, pp. 56-66 (with illustrations)
Boije af Gennas, Staffan, “Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Frieze, March, p.193 (with illustration)
Cotter, Holland, “Who Needs Objects?,” The New York Times, January 12, pE39.
Rosen, Misako, “Banks & Gardar,” Tokion, January, pp.32-7, 137 (with illustrations)
2006
Nickas, Bob, “Gardar Eide Einarsson: Remember Kids,” Purple, Fall/Winter, pp. 138-45 (with illustrations)
Nerdrum, Nora C., “Anarki,” Klassenkampen, Novermber 12, (with illustration)
Amdam, Peter, “Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Nat tog Dag, November
Ramberg, Truls, “Vanskelig Dvalitets-kunst,” Afterposten, November
Flor, Harold, “Avmakt og voldelighet: Gardar Eide Einarsson,” Dagbladet, November, (with illustration)
Schwendener, Martha, “War on 45,” Time Out New York, Aug 31- September 6 (with illustration)
Baker, R.C., “Best in Show: War on .45/My Mirrors are Painted Black (For You), Village Voice, August 2-8, p. 58
Taft, Catherine, "Group Show Organized by Clarissa Dalrymple," Artforum.com, February 9
2005
Moreno, Gean, "Gardar Eide Einarsson," ArtUS, December, p.25 (with illustration)
Jacobsen, Louis, "Blasts", Washington City Paper, October 14, p.60 (with illustration)
Wilson, Michael, "Gardar Eide Einarsson", Artforum, December, p.279 (with illustration)
Honigman, Ana Finel, "Gardar Eide Einarsson", Tema Celeste, September-October, pp.44-9 (with illustrations)
Sholis, Brian, "Critics' Picks: Walls 'n' Things," Artforum.com, July 20 (with illustration)
Cotter, Holland, "Fanciful to Figurative to Wryly Inscrutable: Walls 'n' Things," The New York Times, July 8, p.E31
Scott, Andrea K., "Local Heroes," TimeOut, March 31-April 6, p.62
Ribas, Joao, "City Limits," ArtReview, March
2004
Blom, Ina, "A Problem of Style: Art vs. Subculture. On the Work of Gardar Eide Einarsson", Kunstkritikk.no
Lind, Maria, "Soft and strict strands", 00tal #17/18, Stockholm
Heier, Marianne, "Andre Helter", Billedkunst, #1 2004
2003
Macel, Christine, "Dada et Moi", Les Cahiers du Musee national d'art moderne/Centre Pompidou #85/ Automne 2003
Koether, Jutta, "Was tun mi dem Schwung/ What to do with the Momentum", BE Magazin, #10, Autumn 2003
Pethick, Emily, "Critics Picks", Artforum.com, August
2002
Deliss, Clementine, Texte sur Kunst, December
Clark, Robert, The Guardian, October 8
Griffin, Tim, Time Out New York
2001
Nesbitt, Rebecca Gordon, "Osculum Infame, the Dark Side of the White Cube", NIFCA Info, March 01.
Tannert, Christoph, Kunstzeitung, November 01.
2000
Andreassen, Soren, Bang Larssen, Lars, NU: The Nordic Art Review, March.
McDavid, Ralph, NU: The Nordic Art Review, February.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Norwegian National Museum of Art
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
Malmo Art Museum
Malmoe Art Museum