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"Through his series of works, Terje Nicolaisen relates to an artistic expression or tradition for a limited period of time, and then moves on to a seemingly completely different expression for his next series of works. This activity is characterised both by a will to become engaged and pulled along by the attractions and events of the landscape (here the artworld and different artistic strategies), and by a desire to retain the outsider's ability for distanced observation.
In many respects Terje Nicolaisen's artistic practice thereby constitutes a dérive (or a series of dérives), where the concrete city is exchanged for the artworld. ...Movement and experimentation seems in Nicolaisen's work to form the basis for a methodology that stands in contrast to the linear development of a personal project that constitutes the norm in art."
(Exerpt from Gardar Eide Einarsson, The Derivé in Terje Nicolaisen's Practice).
Terje Nicolaisen trained at the Art Academies in Bergen (1997) and Trondheim (1996).
He has exhibited extensively in Norway, among shows and institutions Bokaktig, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, 2006; Stilleben/Rakett, Projekt 0047, Berlin, Germany, 2005; Tegneklubben, Bergen Kunsthall/No.5, Bergen, 2005; Momentum – International Festival for Contemporary Art, Moss, 2004; Art to the People, Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo), Bergen Kunsthall (Bergen), Tromsø Kunstforening (Tromsø), Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall (Arendal), 2003-2004; Maniege Center for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia, ROHTO, 2003; Straight on Medicine Art (with Markus Renvall), Art in Nordland, 2003; The Sculpture Biennial, Vestfold Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, 2003; The Sculpture Biennial, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum (Lillehammer), Stenersen Museum (Oslo), 2001; Galeria U Jezuitûw, Poznan, Poland, 2000; HEART/Helsinki Environmental Art Project (with Pekka Nevalainen), 2000; and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, 1998. Nicolaisen has an upcoming solo show at Bergen Kunsthall/No.5, Bergen this year and participates in The Drawing Biennial 2006 at the Stenersen Museum, Oslo.
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