BIOGRAPHY
Els Geelen (1969) lives in the west part of Norway.
She is educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, but has also studied biology at the University of Utrecht.
Her fascination with nature and her passion for detail is evident in her work.
Els Geelen has had a number of exhibitions of, among at the Norwegian Forest Museum, Schmucker Art Gallery USA, and other galleries both in Norway and abroad. She has participated in various landscape art projects in both Sweden and Norway, and has been leader of the board of Kunstnarhuset Messen, an artist residency program in Ålvik, Norway.
EXHIBITIONS
solo exhibitions
2021 Kunstnarhuset Messen
2020 Galleri Buen, Mandal Kunstforening
2020 Lørenskog Kunstforening
2019 Galleri Aamodtgården, Kongsvinger Kunstforening
2019 Galleri Mjøsvågen
2018 Drøbak Kunstforening
2018 Sandnes Kunstforening
2017 Bømlo Kunstforening
2016 Galleri Puls, Norheimsund
2015 Norsk Skogmuseum, Elverum
2015 Galleri Hagalid, Sofiehuset, Hjelmeland
2014 Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg, USA
2014 Galleri Bergslien, Eidfjord
2014 Galleri Puls, Norheimsund
2014 Galleri Oz, Os
2013 KABUSO foyé, Kunstmuseum Øystese
2012 Galleri Syningen, Ål Kulturhus, Ål
2012 Hardanger Natursenter og museum, Eidfjord
2012 Galleri Rallaren, Tyssedal, Odda
2011 Hardanger Kunstsenter, Norheimsund
2010 Hardanger Folkemuseum, Utne
2009 Galleri Rallaren, Tyssedal
group exhibitions
2023 Haustutstilling, Haugesund Biletgalleri
2023 ¨Scatter Terrain¨ , Ejecta Projects USA
Suzanne H. ArnoldArt Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA:
2022 ¨Scatter Terrain¨ , Ejecta Projects USA
HUB-Robeson Galleries, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
2022 Haustutstilling, Haugesund Biletgalleri
2021 ¨Scatter Terrain¨ , Ejecta Projects USA
The John and June AlcottGallery, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2020 Haustutstilling, Haugesund Biletgalleri
2020 Galleri Mjøsvågen, Osterøy Kunstlag
2019 Haugesund biletgalleri
2019 Bienala Albastra, Brasov, Romania
2018 Haugesund biletgalleri
2018 Face to Face, Cinctor, Romania
2017 Haugesund biletgalleri
2017 Hardanger Open, Odda
2016 ¨Sjå¨ , Utne
2016 Sommer utstilling Galleri Hagalid, Hjelmeland
2015 ARTBIKEfrihjul Landart , ArtInstitute Tjorn, Sverige
2014 Diplomatic Art, Helios Gallery Timisoara, Romania
2014 ¨Mellom himmel og fjord¨ Norheimsund
2013 ¨HiH¨ Hardanger Folkemuseum, Utne
2013 Amuses Mouseion, Amsterdam, Nederland
2013 HardingPuls, Norheimsund
2012 Museum of Contemporary Art, Recita, Romania
2012 Galleri Puls, Norheimsund
2012 Romanian Cultural Institute, Szeged, Ungarn
2012 Voss kunstlag, Voss
2011 Galleri Puls, Norheimsund
2011 ¨GREP¨, Fykse Landskapspark
2011 Garana Arthouse, Romania
2011 ¨Hardanger-Berlin¨, Eidfjord, Odda, Norheimsund
2011 Kinckhuset, Strandebarm
2011 Hardanger Folkemuseum, Utne
2011 Kunst Museum Timisoara, Romania
2011 ¨MNEMOSYNING¨, Budapest, Ungarn
2010 ¨Kunstløype¨ Mælen Landskapspark
2009 Hardanger Kunstsenter, Norheimsund
2009 Gamlebanken, Norheimsund
2008 Harding Puls i HT08, Hardanger
2007 Søgne Gamle Prestegård, Søgne
2005 Galleri Rudolf V, Amsterdam, Nederland
2005 Loods 6, Amsterdam, Nederland
2003 Kunst Kerk, Amsterdam, Nederland
artist residency
2024 Cinctor, Romania
2018 Cinctor, Romania
2017 Hardanger kunstnarleigheit Berlin Tyskland
2017 Timisoaro, Romania
2015 Tjörn, Sverige
2011 Garana, Romania
2010 Hardanger kunstnarleigheit Berlin Tyskland
Portrett intervju Klassekampen 02.09.2022
ØKOLOGI
Kunsten og kalkunene
LivetTora Sanden Døskeland (tekst og foto) / utklipp, ser heile artikkelen her
Et liv på sjøen førte Els Geelen til Hardanger. Der møtte hun kjærligheten, hundrevis av kalkuner og nye måter å være kunstner på.
