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Codex Polaris CV

CODEX POLARIS PROJECTS


2023
EXHIBITON
​Nordiske Kunstnerbøker (working title) - Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway - curated by Codex Polaris
2021-2022
SYMPOSIUM
Scandinavian Artists Book Partnership Project - with Centre of Fine Print Research, UWE
2021
EXHIBITION
BOOKED –  MUU Helsinki, Finland
2021
​BOOK FAIR
CHART Art Fair Book Fair – Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
2020-2022
PROJECT/ EXHIBITION ​
Sigla - Binda - a ten artist exchange between Iceland and Norway,. Resulting in an exhibition touring both countries, launching at Galleri Entrée, Bergen, Nov 2021 and in Iceland at Galleri Grafika June - July 2022. ​
2020-2022
PROJECT
Scandinavian Artists’ Books Partnership Project - in collaboration with Sarah Bodman and Angie Butler,  UWE, Bristol.
​2021 ​​
EXHIBITION
Bibliotek Nordica - National and University Library, Iceland, Installed by Arkir
2021 
​Nov
BOOK FAIR 
Booked MUU, Helsinki, Finland
2021
​Jan - Mar
EXHIBITION
Rom for bøker, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway – with individual exhibitions by Kurt Johannessen, Rita Marhaug, Imi Maufe, Randi Annie Strand and Bibliotek Nordica.
2020
​Nov   
​
BOOK FAIR
Arctic Art book Fair - Tromsø, Norway showing KARBONAVTRYKK in collaboration with KK-trykk ​
2021
EXHIBITION
Impact Print Festival 11 - Hong Kong, launching Posted/Unposted•British Isles as a digital work. ​
2020 ​
BOOK FAIR
Trondheim Art Book Fair (TABF)
2020
PROJECT
Posted/Unposted (British Isles) - in collaboration with Angie Butler Second edition of Posted/Unposted, involving 28 artists, writers, and printmakers from the British Isles
19/18/16/15 ​
BOOK FAIR
Norske bøker at Bergen Art Book Fair
2019 May ​​
BOOK FAIR
Norske bøker - Barstad Art Book Fair, Lillehammar, Norway
2019 Feb-Apr
EXHIBITION
Posted/Unposted ++ - San Francisco Center of the Book, USA.
​Curated exhibition with additional works from the Nordic Letterpress Collaboration group and artists talk Lina Nordenström and Imi Maufe.
2017-2019
PROJECT/
​BOOK FAIR ​
CODEX NORDICA - CODEX Book Fair and Symposium in California, USA.
​Codex Polaris  curated the international Nordic Focus at CODEX 2019 (Feb 4.-8) working with invited partners from each of the Nordic Countries. Twenty artists travelled to CODEX book fair, to present work by fifty artists on five stands, launch Bibliotek Nordica, give talks at the symposium and a presentation at the Book Club of California, San Francisco.
2018-2019 ​​
PROJECT
Bibliotek Nordica - in collaboration with Megan Adie (Aviary Press) and Bent Kvisgaard (Vingaards Officin). An invitation to 82 Nordic artists working with books, resulted in a portable resource of Nordica book works. Produced in an edition of ten and launched at CODEX 2019.
​Exhibitions:
CHART Art Fair, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, August 2021
​Iceland National Library, Reykjavik, 2021
​My Library was Dukedom Large Enough' - GIBCA extended at Konstepidemien, Göteborg, Sweden, 2.- 24. Nov. 2019. Curated by Carine Fihn.
​Frankfurt Book Fair - City of Bergen Stand, 17. – 20. Oct. 2019.
​Malmö Kunsthall Book Shop, Sweden, May 2019; KKV, Malmö, May 2019.
​Bristol Artist Book Event - Arnolfini, Bristol, UK - 30.–31. Mars 2019.
​Codex Book Fair, USA - 3. -6th Feb 2019
2019 Jun
EXHIBITION
Norske Bøker - Fruit Exhibition - Bologna, Italy. Eleven Norwegian artists represented to an invited exhibition at the 7th Fruit Exhibition. ​
2019  ​
TEXTS
Codex Polaris Texts commissioned in collaboration with Bibliotek Nordica. Ongoing project.
2018 Nov ​​
EXHIBITION
China Meets Norway in a Bookshelf No.2 - in collaboration with Northing.
​An exhibition representing eleven Norwegian artists as one of three key exhibitors at abC Book Fair, Museum of Modern  Art, Shanghai. This exhibition toured to Bentu One Gallery, Beijing and Paper Live, Hangzhou, China. ​
2018 Nov   ​
RESIDENCY
Paper Live, Hangzhou, China - in collaboration with Northing.no. Two artists representing Codex Polaris undertook a pilot project to establish a residency in a paper and print factory. ​
2017
PROJECT
Nordic Letterpress Collaboration - Posted/Unposted
in collaboration with Lina Nordenström Twenty five Nordic artists, printmakers and writers contributed to this Letterpress project.
​Exhibited: ​
​Gallery Astley in Uttersberg, Sweden, 5. Oct – 10. Nov. 2019; 
​Galleri i Väst, Gotenberg, Sweden Jan 2019,
​Malmö Artists book Biennale May 2018,
 Bergen Art Book Fair Nov 2017;
Bristol Artist Book Event, UK - April 2017;
​​Viborg Library, Denmark 2017;
​Galleri Pi, Copenhagen 2017
2015-2017  ​​
PROJECT / EXHIBITION ​
Smak av Bok (Taste of Books) 
Ten Norwegian artists created large scale books works especially for this project. Workshop at Trykkeriet, Bergen  followed by a touring exhibition to Visningsrom USF, Bergen; Stormen, Bodø and SFKM, Førde, Norway.
2016
TEXTS
Three texts commission in collaboration with Smak av Bok.
2014 ​
EXHIBITION
Norske bøker (Norwegian Books) 
A collection of 45 books by 25 Norwegian based artists travelled to BABE, Arnolfini, Bristol; Library Gallery, UWE, Bristol: 3 Nordic Exhibitions, Doverodde Book Art Centre, Denmark and BABF, Bergen Kjøtt, Norway.
​
2013 -14  ​​
​TEXTS
B-Open Lesesirkel 
A reading group set up as an initiative by B-Open, Bergen to establish groups for different professional arts sectors. Codex Polaris is the only group from this project still going strong.

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS


Posted/Unposted Nordica - University of Miami, USA and private collections. ​

FUNDING AND IN KIND SUPPORT


2021
OCA and Bilende Kunstneres Hjelpefond - Project support for CHART Book Art Fair, Copenhagen.
2020
​Nordic Culture Point - Project support - Scandinavian Artists' Books Partnershop Project ​
2020
Norsk Kulturråd - project support - Codex Polaris
2020
Norsk-Islandsk collaboration support from Norsk Kulturråd - project support - Sigla - Binda ​
2019
Norsk Kulturråd - project support - Codex Polaris
2019
Norwegian Embassy in Italy - travel support - Fruit Exhibition
2018
Nordisk kulturfond, OCA, Bergen kommune, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond, Norwegian Embassy in Washington - project and travel support for Codex NOrdica. Plus support from the Nordic countries own funding bodies.
2018
Billedkunstners Vederlagsfond,Viborg Kommune, Denmark and in kind support from Vingaards Officin and its members, Denmark-project and travel support - BIbliotek Nordica
2015
Nordisk Kulturfond, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Grafikverkstan Godsmagasinet (SE) - project and travel support - Nordic Letterpress Collaboration
2015
Norwegian Embassy in London, OCA, Bergen Kommune - travel support for Norske bøker to Bergen  Artist Book Event.
2016
Norsk Kulturråd, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, Statens utstillingsstipend - project and exhibition support - SMAK AV BOK
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