Bjarne Bare (b. Poznan, 1985) lives and works in Los Angeles. He received his B.F.A. from the Academy of Fine Art Oslo (2013) and M.F.A. from UCLA, Los Angeles (2017). Bjarne is the co-founder of MELK, an artist run space in Oslo promoting new Scandinavian Photography since 2009. Through his work as an artist, gallery director and publisher, Bjarne Bare maintains a profound interest in the development and current state of the photographic image, as well a theoretical curiosity concerning modes of perception in the reading of the photograph.

Bjarne Bare, Moral Hazard, 19.08-23.09.23

Bjarne Bare, Breathing, Together, 17.01-22.02.20

Bjarne Bare, If, Then, Because, Since and So, 02.06-01.07.17

Bjarne Bare and Tiril Hasselknippe, BIVOUACKED, 22.05-27.06.15

Born 1985. Lives in Oslo and Los Angeles.

Education

2015 – 2017

UCLA Los Angeles

2010 – 2013

Oslo Academy of Fine Art

2007 – 2008

Oslo Fotokunstskole

Solo Exhibitions

2023

Moral Hazard, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway (upcoming)

Risør, Risør Kunstpark, Norway

Jewel and a Shell, Michael Felix, Los Angeles, California

2021

2021

2021

Anamnesis, Salonul de proiecte, Bucharest, Romania

The Itch, No Moon LA, Los Angeles, California

2020

Breathing, Together, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2017

If, Then, Because, Since and So, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2016

Syzygy, Louise Dany / UKS, Oslo

2015

Bivouacked, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway - with Tiril Hasselknippe
The Pineappleweed.Kunstparken, Risør, Norway

2014

Outboard Swaddle, Fondazione Bevialcqua La Masa, Palazzo Tito, Venice

The Pineappleweed, Kunstparken, Risør, Norway

Group Exhibitions

2021

Rites of Passage, Kunstnernes Hus and Norway's National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway

Exposed, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway As far as my Eye can Sea,

Bomuldsfabrikken Kunsthall, Arendal, Norway

2020

Let's Talk About Images 2.1.0, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway

2019

Pointed Consciousness, QB Gallery, Oslo

2018

If, Then, Because, Since and So (excerpt), Sparebanken Sør Art Award. Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway

2017

The Young Lions, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway

2015

Distant Shadow, Three Shadows Photography Art Centre, Beijing, China

Hatch, Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway

BIVOUACKED, OSL contemporary, Oslo

2014

Publish / Curate, TJ Boulting, London

2014Frames: Projecting International Photography, CCA, Glasgow

24 photo Books, Belfast Exposed, Belfast

2013

13 18, Oslo Academy of Fine art BFA degree show, Oslo

2012

MoDERNISM MACHINE, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo

Photobook show D, Helsinki

Voies-Off, Arles, France, Curated by the Museum of Photography in Helsinki

2011

Fotofest 2011, Trondheim, Norway

Zinefair, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna

I’ve Zeen The Darkness, Galerie Dieschonestadt, Germany

Nofound to New Documents, Viktor Wynd Fine Art, London

2009

Fotografia Nouvelle, Palito, Bombom,

Helado, MiauMiau, Buenos Aires

Launch of MELK, MELK, Oslo

2008

Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

2007

Breaktrough, SAFC, San Fransisco

Art4Aid, Gallery Zuiderkerk, Amsterdam

Publications

2023

The Hollow Man, artist book, Hassla Books

2017

If, Then, Because, Since and So, artist book, Hassla Books

2016

MAR, artist book, Cornerkiosk press

2014

Grapnel Grapple, Cornerkiosk press

Cropping the Ocean, Cornerkiosk press

2012

Entering a Site of Production, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter

2011

Hose Variations, Cornerkiosk press

Shaping Time, Polish National Film, Television and Theater Press

Collections

Preus Museum for photography

St. Olavs Hospital

Johan Strai Stiftelse

Grants

Arts Council Norway, two year work grant, 2014 - 15

Janson Legat 2015

OCA, Three month residency in Venice 2014

Norwegian Government project grant 2013

City of Risør 2013

City of Oslo 2011

Arts Council Norway 2011, 2012

Norwegian Photographic Fund 20124

Embassy of Norway in The UK 2013

Embassy of Norway in France 2012

Embassy of Japan in Norway 2009

Embassy of Sweden in Norway 2011