Kristin Bergaust

Mossesvei 29

1450 Nesoddtangen

mobil +4799693513

e-mail: kristin@anart.no

http://www.kristinbergaust.no

http://www.productframes.org

EDUCATION:

Statens Kunstakademi , Oslo	1985-91
Cand Mag. University of Oslo	1983

ARTISTIC SOLO PRESENTATIONS
Empire and Recruits	Galleri 69, Oslo 2011
Three versions and a reparation	Refugiet Bornholm Danmark 2009
Coded Campaigns	Galleri 69, Oslo 2008
Bar Candela y Los Dos Lados	Article Biennial, Sting Stavanger 2006
Bar Candela y su Rumba Colora	Sound of Mu, Oslo 2006
Trøndelag senter for samtidskunst	Trondheim 2005
Galeria Galliano	Havana, Cuba 2004
Kunstverket	Oslo 2002
Sandnes Kunstforening	Sandnes 2000
RAM galleri	Oslo 1999
Unge Kunstneres Samfund	Oslo 1996
Hedmark Kunstnersenter	Hamar 1995
Wasserwerk Goethe Institut	Oslo 1991
Wasserwerk Galerie A&O	Berlin 1990
GROUP SHOWS
Retrospektiv. Film film- og videokunst i Norge, 1960-90	Stenersenmuseet Oslo 2011
Pixelcamp	Pixelache Festival Helsinki 2010
Ojos y Paciencia	Centro Cultural Hispano Americas, Havana Cuba 2009
Equatorial Rythms	Stenersenmuseet, Oslo 2007
Evolucion Estipulada	Havana, Cuba 2006
Director’s Lounge	Berlin, Germany 2006
Navigating Globalization	Trondheim, Norway ,2005
Director’s Lounge	Berlin, Germany 2005
Fire	Trondheim, Norway ,2003
Livingroom	Trondheim, Norway ,2003
ACCESSible team, Nordic Liveart	Göteborg, Sweden 2003
“The Gun Ladies”	ROOM, Rotterdam 2002
“The Sixth Element” Latvian Center for Contemporary Art	Riga, Latvia 2002
“Lek, lär köp” Gyllene Tider Enkehuset, SOC og Galleri ID	Stockholm 2002
NIC 2001	Copenhagen,Denmark 2001
"Electrohype 2000"	Malmö, Sweden 2000
“Standart”	Göteborg, Sweden 2000
“SHOOT”	Malmö Konsthall, Sweden 2000
“DETOX” Riksutstillinger	Oslo, Stavanger, Bergen a.o. 1999-2000
“Gardin”	Ram galleri, Oslo 1999
“Borderline”	Svinesund Norwegian/Swedish Border1999
“Kunst i fellesrommet”, MOMENTUM1998	Moss 1998
"Fellessentralen" Kunstnernes Hus	Oslo 1998
“Den andre kunsten” UKS	Oslo 1998
Høstutstillingen	Oslo 1995,1997 and 2000
Ny Generation	Stockholm, Sweden 1996
One Night Stand	Kunstnernes Hus 1995
Art Attack	Oslo 1994
Prosjekt i Gamlebyen	Oslo 1994
Junge Deutsche Kunst ,Technical Museum	Praha, Check Republic 1993
“Zeitfluss” Produzentengalerie	Kassel, Germany 1993
“Turbulenzen” Technische Universität	Berlin, Germany 1992
ART-MEDIA, University of Salerno	Salerno, Italy1992
Unicum Tecnologico	Milano, Italy 1991
AVE	Arnhem, Holland 1991 and 1987

GRANTS AND PRIZES:

Ulrik Hendriksens minnestipend	2005
Statens reise- og studiestipend	2001
Statens treårige arbeidsstipend	1997-1999
Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond	1990, 1994,1995,1996, 2000 og 2003
Oslo By Kulturstipend	2000

SELECTED PROJECTS:

Artists in the City: (2010-ongoing) Artistic and academic research in a case study on artists` role in gentrification processes in Brooklyn, New York. Collaboration with Oddrun Sæther and Venke Aure

Kitchen Garden 2010: With Alexis Parra. Development of Organic Herb Garden for the Theatre Boat MS Innvik. http://www.kristinbergaust.no/productframes/innvik/innvikgarden/gardenplan.html

Renewable Energy Network 2010 travels and presentations in Latvia, Georgia and Armenia. Organized by RIXC, Latvia

Evolucion Estipulada

Workshop in Havana, Cuba December 2005/January 2006. Organization and production.

Navigating Globalization 2005

Chair and organizer of session and exhibition on “Artistic expression in a globalized world”

Mobile Outskirts 2004 Idea and organization of workshop in Kabelvåg, Lofoten in June. Presentations in Riga and Trondheim in October. Co-organized with TEKS in Trondheim

Participation in the EC-project “Transcultural mapping” 2004. Cooperation between artists from six countries: France, Finland, Latvia, Iceland, Slovenia and Norway

Accessible team Open workshop in Göteborg museum with audience and artists working on web-projects.

Living-room 2001-2003 Idea, initiative and participation. Three interdisciplinary workshops in three cities creating interconnected environments.

G.U.N. (Gallery without name)

1994-2001 Artists initiative in Oslo, artists’ space and collaborative

group. Participation and responsibility for a number of exhibitions, seminars and projects.

The art of hospitality -Idea, programming and coordination of seminar.

Seminar and exhibition at NOASS, Riga on international exchange and networks. Latvia 2001

Oslo Presence 2000

Initiative, program and organization. Seminar and workshop presenting 20 international media artists and their projects. Followed by a ten day workshop starting development of the database for the NICE network

http://nice.x-i.net/

CD-ROM "01-Norsk kunstrom" 1995-1997 Art CD-ROM for 20 artists. Concept, and production of the project with Kenneth K. Langås. Production period 1995 -1997 when the CD-ROM was released as the first art-ROM in Norway. Presented at Zoo Lounge,Oslo and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

Citygalleriet (The City Gallery) 1998 Non-permanent art in public spaces in Oslo on the 6th of January 1998. Ten Norwegian and ten Swedish artists created work in the center of Oslo Concept, managment and participation in collaboration with Stefan Karlsson, SubBau, G.U.N and Konstakuten, Stockholm, Sweden.

Konspirator 1997—a series of discussions about the self-organized art-scene. Artworks based on the documentation of discussions were installed in each of the spaces G.U.N. Oslo, Subbau Göteborg and UKS, Oslo.

PUBLICATIONS: 

Aure, Venke; Bergaust, Kristin; Sæter, Oddrun.
Bar Candela: Contemporary Art on the Move, in Place and Discourse. The International Journal of the Arts in Society 2009 ;Volum 4.(4) s. 283-296

Ahmed, Salah Uddin; Mahmud, Abdullah Ali; Kristin, Bergaust.
Aesthetics in Human Computer Interaction: Views and Reviews. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2009 ;Volum 5610. s. 559-568
NTNU

Trifonova, Anna; Jaccheri, Letizia; Bergaust, Kristin.
Software Engineering Issues in Interactive Installation Art. Int. J. of Arts and Technology (IJART) 2008 ;Volum 1.(1) Suppl. Inderscience s. 43-65

CURATORIAL WORK

“CANDELA! Cuban side-tracks” video-program for “Director’s Lounge” in Berlin 2006

"Tales of the expected-true stories" touring video-program in North-Norway 1999

"Castor Fiber" exhibition for UKS Young artists’ association” Oslo 1997

"Video videre" Norwegian video Fellessentralen, Kunstnernes Hus Oslo 1998

"Lovetech-light" Norwegian female artists video-program Mørketidsutstillingen Tromsø 1997

"Lovetech" Nordic female artists video-program for Screens Trondheim 1997

"Norsk Experimentalvideo" Berlin 1992

NETWORKS AND WORK CONNECTED TO MEDIA ART SCENES

Initiated and participated in establishing a Norwegian network for production of electronically based art. (PNEK) http://www.pnek.no/ on the basis of "Skjønnheten og utstyret" a working report from a group initiated by the Norwegian Arts Council. I was a member of this group as well.

In PNEK I was the projectleader in the preliminary period, but quit to start work at KIT. From 2002 I became a member of the board as a representative of the Arts Council of Norway until the project period finished June 2005

TEKS http://www.teks.no Member of the board 2001-2004

Trafo.no Board member during the project period 2000-2004 Youth project funded by the Arts Council in

NICE http://nice.x-i.nu/ (Network Interface for Cultural Exchange) Founding member of this network of participants from small media initiatives from Europe, Latin-America and Asia. Focused on collaborative projects, reciprocal support and cultural strategies. Practical focus. Initiative and participation from 1998

Participation in European Cultural Backbone http://www.e-c-b.net/ (network of media culture aimed at EC

MADE http://www.made.no (Media Art Distribution and Exchange) Organization of seminar media art distribution, archiving and preservation

WORK EXPERIENCE

Professor of Applied Aesthetics, Department of Art, Design and Drama, Oslo University College	Since 2008
Elected vice-dean, Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art	2004 until September 2006
Professor of Visual Art and head of Intermedia KIT, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology	2003-2008
Associate Professor of Visual Art and head of Intermedia KIT, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norwegian University of Science and Technology	2001-2003
Director Atelier Nord media-lab for artists	1997-2001
Projectleader “Post-education for artists” Norwegian Artists’ Union and Arts Council Norway	1993-1997
Teaching at Strykejernet pre-school, periodically, part-time and full time	1986-1992

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Member of the Steering Committee of Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme	2002-2009
Member of the Advisory Board for Art and Technology, Arts Council Norway	2003-2008