Roddy Bell
Born: 04.08.1951
Private address: Jarlsborgveien 44, 0379 Oslo Tlf: 92614995
e-mail address: roddbe(at)icloud(dot)com
internett: www.roddybell.net
Roddy Bell is British, born in Burma in 1951 and has been resident in Norway since 1978 .Works with: sculpture, drawing, prints, installation, sound and texts.Member of: Norsk billedkunstner, Society of Norwegian Sculptors, Tegneforbundet.
Professor emeritus (drawing and form,) Institute for Landscape Architecture, NMBU, Ås
Education:
Colchester School of Art, Essex, England, 1969-71.
Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland 1971-74.
Goldsmiths College, University of London, 1975-76.
Guest student with Vestlandets Kunstakademi in Bergen 1977-78
One person shows and site-specific interventions:
2021: Discreet Enigmas- the small portal paintings of Roddy Bell and Brian Catling
Galleri BoA, Oslo.
2019:
“The Android and the Zimer cards”, installation at Kunstbanken, Hamar
2018:
“Stories without proper endings”, Destiny`s atelier, Oslo, www.destinysatelier.no/roddy%20bell.htm
2018:
“More Imaginary Science, at Oslo Prosjektrom”. Installation “Stuart and the Daimonion – 2”
2017:
“The Effect is the Shadow of the Cause” + “Stuart and the Daimonion”. Trondhjems Kunstforening. 12 installations for camera and large sound and voice installation .
2016:
“A Voice Visitation” (with Sean Bell), Munch Atelier, Oslo. A site specific installation/performance with song, projection and sound based on 6 minutes of Munch´s own film material from 1927
2010:
“Under a White Animality”, Oslo Kunstforening
2009:
“The Long Silence”, site specific temporary public art work at Falstad Centre, N. Trøndelag as part of Falstad Kunst, 2009.
2007:
“The Book of Imaginary Science”, intervention at Oxford University, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK.
“Breath Mirror”, (with graduates from Kent University), Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kaleidoscope Centre, Sevenoaks, Kent UK
2005:
“Tales From Between” Galleri Schnauzer, Oslo
2004:
“Slight Credulities” (with Kurt Johannessen), Royal Society of British Sculptors, RBS Gallery
London U.K.
2003:
“LUMINARY” Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden 2003
2002:
“A Visitance of Air (1) Beachy head, (2) The Whispering Room” Trans-Art, Trondheim, Norway
2001:
“Semblance”, Galleri RAM, Oslo Norway
2000:
“Khronos Visitas”, -project for Bergen European city of culture, 2000.
5 sight specific sworks related to the city landscape as a reflection on different aspects of time.
1999:
“Somnia” – “Visitations”, U.S.F. Visningsrom, Bergen Norway
1995:
“Birds In an Age of Reason “, Bergen Kunstforening and Drammen Kunstforening, Norway
1994:
“Faustisch Sichten”, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
1991:
Galleri Norske Grafikere, Oslo Norway
1990:
Galleri BKF, Stavanger Norway
“Sidelines” (with Kurt Johannessen), Kulturhuset USF, Bergen Norway
1986:
Bergen Kunstforening, Norway
1984:
Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo Norway
Galleri Sct.Agnes, Roskilde, Denmark
1983:
Galleri 1, Bergen Norway
1979:
Galleri 1, Bergen Norway1979.
Group or collective exhibitions:
2021: ENTITET, (Erik Love Aronsen, Roddy Bell, Bjørn Bjarre, Peter Booth, Jon Vogt Engeland, Kier Cooke Sandvik) Ekeberg Skulpturpark
2020: “Oracle”, installed work at Art In Motion-Live,- www.kineticart.no
2020: Høstutstilling. 1 sculpture
2019: Vestlandsutstilling (West Norway exhibition) 2 paintings
2019: Østlandsutstilling (east Norway exhibition). 4 prints
2019: Destiny’s Gratinée: Destiny’s Atelier @ Kunstnernes hus. Paintings.
2017: “More Voice Visitations”, sound performance with Sean Bell at PAB OPEN, Bergen.
2015 “This is not a forest”, performance (sammen med Sean Bell), ved Performance Art Bergen OPEN 2015, Bergen Gamle Kretsfengsel.
2015: NOoSPHERE Anniversary, NOoSPHERE Arts, New York
2013: “Clichè verre reloaded”, atelier fur Radierung, Spinnerei, Leipzig (G), prints.
2013: Performance Art Bergen Open, performative video installation.
2013: “Some Small Sculptures” installation at Vigeland Museum, Oslo, as part of the 7th Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2013.
2012: “Walking the quad”- Tegning som ytring – Tegnebiennalen 2012 , Oslo.
2011-2012 “Babel Microphone” installation at Vigeland Museum, Oslo, as part of the 6th Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2011.
2011 “The Crossing”- a performative video installation at Tøyen Park, Oslo as part of the (Dis)placement exhibition, Norwegian sculptors union
2010 “An Das Gerat”, Halle 14 Leipzig and ACC Galerie, Weimar
2008:“Unstern. Sinistre. Disastro (Visionen zeitgenössischer Kunstler)”. ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
2008-2010: “Trash Art- Found Objects. Recycling The Looking Glass”, Oslo, Haugesund, Risør, Moss, Stavanger Kunstforeningene. Norwegian Association of Art Societies
2007: KONTRA – Finnish- Norwegian Sculpture Exhibition, Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute`s Gallery Oslo
2005: Volum 6X6, Glasgow Art Fair extension
2003: Norwegian Sculpturebiennale, (curator Dorthe Abelgaard) Vigelandsmuseum, Oslo, Norway
2001: “Ad-Lib” Trans -art, Trondheim Norway 2001
2000: ”Drawing exhibition 2000”, Vestfold Kunstnersenter, Haugar and Fossekleiva Galleri, Berger, Norway
2000: “Skulptur 2000”, Oslo Kunstforening, Norway
1999: Norwegian Sculpture Biennale, (curator Lars Niitve) –Stenersensmuseét, Oslo, Norway
1997: “22 Konstnarer frän Oslo”, Galleri 54, Gøteborg, Sweden
1997: “The Saving Angel”, A.C.C. Galerie, Weimar, Germany
1997: 13th International Biennal of Small Plastic 1997, Galerija Murska Sobota, Slovenia and Mueums für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
1996: Norwegian art in Slovenia, Galleri Petra Michala Bohuna, Bratislava
1996: Small picture Biennale , Stavanger kunstforening, Norway
1996: Norwegian sculptors association Jubilleum exhibition Oslo, Norway :
1996: “Sculpture and drawing”, -Tegneforbund. Henie-Onstads Kunstsenter. Norway
1996: “Brudd- Tredimensjonale utsagn med utspring fra Vestlandet,- Bergens Kunstforening Norway
1994: “Oktett”, Solberg Spinneri, Drammen, Norway
1993: “Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris, Frankrike
1993: Summer exhibition in Seljord kunstforening, Norway
1993: III European Cultural Workshop, Schloss Ettersburg, Weimar,Germany
1992: “Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris, Frankrike
1992: “Jeune Peinture en Hong Kong”, Sao Pao Gallery, Hong Kong .
1992: “Norsk Skulptur”, Seljord, Norway .
1992: Galleri Roenland, Jevnaker, Norway
1991: “Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris, Frankrike
1990: “Interprint”´90”, Lviv, USSR,
1990: “Bergen utstilling”, Hå Prestegård Norway
1990: “Le Génie de la Bastille”, Paris, Frankrike
1989: P.T. exhibition, Tistrup, Denmark
1989:“Kontrasjær”, Norsk Billedhuggerforening, Akershus Festning, Oslo
1988: Bergen Kunstforenings Jubileumsutstilling,
1988: “Gruve-88”, installation and performance, Stalheim .
1985: “Works from Tuscania 2”, Tuscania, Italia
1985: Bedehusutstillingen, Hausmansgt. Oslo
1984: The Eight Int. Print Biennale, Bradford, England
1984: “Works from Tuscania 1”, Tuscania, Italy and Kulturhuset in Odense, Denmark
1983: The Sixth Cleveland (UK) Int. Drawing Biennale, England
1983: “Grafikk som utsmykking”, Galleri F 15, Moss
1982: “Kunst aus Bergen und Malmø”, Lübeck Museum, Germany .
1981: “7 tilfeldige i Bergen”, Bergen Kunstforening, Christiansands Kunstfoening, Trondheims
Kunstforening, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
1981: “5 Grafikere fra Bergen”, Bryggens Museum, Bergen
Autumn exhibition, Kunstnershus: Oslo 1979,-81,-86,-87,-88,-90,-91,-96 07
West Norway Exhibition: 1979,-81,-83,-85,-86.-87,-88,-89,-90,-99
Works purchased by the following collections:
Norwegian board of culture (prints 1979 and 1982.)
Norwegian board of culture (sculpture, 1982).
Norwegian State collection, (prints, 1986 and 1987).
Norwegian State collection ( sculpture, 1982).
Bergen Billedgalleri, (N)(drawing 1983 and 1985)
Bergen Billedgalleri, (N)(installasjon 1986.)
Bergen Council, (N.) (prints,) 1984).
Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, (N) (drawing, 1990.)
Rogaland County, (N) (prints 1993)
Drammen Kunstforening, (N) -the permanent collection, (sculpture 1995)
Public commissions:
Åstveit hospital, Bergen, 1983, (work in hand-made paper)
Gullfaks A oilplatform, north sea, 1986, painting in tempera on wood,
Bergen tax office, 1988, sculpture, drawing and print.
Sogn college of further education, Sogndal, (N) 1989, sculpture
Gullfaks B- and C- oilplatform North sea, prints 1988 and 89.
Stavanger Central hospital,(N) print, 1989.
Bergen airport, print, (N)1989.
“Draugen” Oilplatform, Norwegian Shell, North Sea – gymnasian mural 1992.
Sevenoaks Kalaedoscope project, -Sevenoaks public library, Kent county Museum and Gallery 2006
“The Long Silence”, site specific temporary public art work at Falstad Centre, N. Trøndelag as part of Falstad Kunst, 2009.
Stipends /grants:
Statens Vikarstipend (Kr.20.000,-) 1983.
Statens Etableringstipend (Kr.15.000,-) 1985
Statens Reisestipend (Kr.30,000,-) 1986.
Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond (Kr.15.000,-) 1987.
Hordaland Fylke Kunstnerstipend (Kr.15.000,-) 1988.
Norske Grafikere, “Per og Kari stipend” (Kr.20.000,-) 1989.
NBK Vederlagsfondet (Kr.60.000,-) 1990.
NBK Vederlagsfondet (Kr. 60.000,-) 1991.
Oslo Kommunes Kulturstipend (Kr 15.000,-) 1992
Ingrid Lindbäck Langgaards Fond, reisestipend (Kr 25.000,-) 1992
Statens Reisestipend (Kr. 35.000,-) 1993
Statens 3 årige arbeidstipend 1994
NBK Vederlagsfondet (Kr.100.000,-) 1997
Kulturrådets Utstillingstipend (Kr.30.000,-) 1999
NBK Vederlagsfondet (Kr.100.000,-) 2000
NBK vederlagsfondet (Kr.50.000,-) 2001
Statens Garanti Inntekt fra 2002
Office for Contemporary art, Norway exhibition support (Kr.5000,-) 2002
Kulturråds fund for art and new technology (Kr.30000) 2003
Billedkunstnerens prosjektstøtte (Kr.25000,-) 2003.
Office for Contemporary art, Norway, exhibition support (Kr.6000,-) 2004
Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend Kr30.000,-) 2004
Kulturråds fund for art and new technology (Kr.40000) 2006
Norsk ilustrasjonsfond Prosjketstøtte (Kr.30.000,- ) 2009
Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend Kr. 60.000,-) 2010
Norsk kulturråds prosjektstøtte (Kr.45.000;-) 2010
Norsk kulturråds prosjekstøtte (Kr.25.000,-) 2011
Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend Kr 50.000,-) 2012
Kulturråds fund for art and new technology (Kr.80.000) 2015
Oslo Kommune kulturetaten (Kr15.000) 2016
Norsk Kulturråd project support (Kr. 25.000,-) 2017
Billedkunstners hjelpefond exhibition support (Kr.30.000,- ) 2017
Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend Kr 70.000,-) 2018
Billedkunstners hjelpefond exhibition support (Kr.30.000,- ) 2019
Vederlagsfond one year working stipend (Kr.150000) 2019
BKH one year working stipend (Kr. 100000) 2020.
Norsk Kulturråd prosjektstøtte til utstilling Discreet Enigmas (Kr.50000) 2021
Oslo kommune kulturetaten til utstilling Discreet enigmas (Kr.40000) 2021
Vederlagsfond one year working stipend (kr.100000) 2022
Art teaching and other activities:
Head of printmaking dept.,Vestlandets Kunstakademi, Bergen (N)1981-85.
Lecturer in form, Statens høgskole for kunsthåndverk og design (SHKD), Bergen (N) 1990 – 1993
Lecturer with Mølla Kunstskole, Moss (N) 1994-97
Professor with the Institute for landscape architecture, University of life science, Ås, Norway
from 2002 – 2014
NTNU, Fakultet for arkitektur og billedkunst. Professorisk sakkyndig komitte 2015
Guest teaching with:
Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, (N) 1986,-87,-89.
Statens høgskole for kunsthåndverk og design(SHKD),Bergen 1988,-89,-90,-95,-96,-97.
Kunstskolen i Rogaland, Stavanger 1989.
Brighton Polytechnic, School of Sculpture, 1988 (lecture only).
Kunsthøyskolen i Bergen, (Institutt for fellesfag)1995, ´96, ´97, og 98
Sculpture dept., Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo 1995, 1997 og 1998
Sculpture dept., The Ruskin School, University of Oxford, 1998 and 2004
M.A. sensor for Institut for Fotografi, Kunsthøyskolen i Bergen (N)
1997 og 1998.
Art consultancy, public art programmes:
Bergen Musikkonservatorium, 1987-89
Norwegian Broadcasting, Hordaland, Bergen 1990-91
Rena District High school. (N) 1994-95
Bergen Kommunes internationale sculpture Project 1991-92
Jurymember for sculpture, Vestlandsutstilling 1987-89
Jurymemember for The National Jury, 1990-91
Residency with the Scandinavian Institute for artists in Rome, nov-dec 1984 and June 1993
Residency with I.L. Langaards stiftelsen studio at Cite`Internationale des Arts,
Paris Aug.-Dec. 1993
2015 Guest speaker at «Climbing Invisible Structures. Ritualised Disciplinary Practices in Social Life» 1-3 October 2015, Vilnius Academy of Arts Nida Art Colony, Nida, Latvia.
Residency with Scandinaviske Forening in Rome, March 2018
Deputy leader of Tegnerforbundet, (Norwegian drawing society) from 2016