Bjørn Båsen

Painting, Sculpture, Editions

Bjørn Båsen (b. 1981, Eggedal, Norway) has a BA from The Arts Institute at Bournemouth and an MA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.

Båsen’s works invite the spectator into a whole new world. His skillful perspectives make one feel as though you could take a leap and fall into his illusion of a blissful wonderland. However, in his world of porcelain puzzles, cracks are always present and propped with references to deep and often dark matters. Båsen’s oeuvre is filled with references to mythology, past and present decadence – the fairytales of former glory meet the realism of today.

His work is included in the collection of the Astrup Fearnley Museum, KODE Art Museum, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, the National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, The Grieg Art Collection, Equinor Art Programme, Stavanger Kommune Art Collection, DNB as well as numerous private collections nationally and abroad.

The Present (group), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2024
Mirrorscape, QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2024
Gjenfortryllet (group), Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, NO
2023 - 2024
Enter Art Fair (group), Lokomotivværkstedet, Copenhagen, DK
2023
Bjørn Båsen og Ragna Breivik (duo), Oceana Kunstsenter, Os, NO
2023
Sølvpust (group), Oceana Kunstsenter, Os, NO
2023
Tales we tell (group), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2022
Mythos (solo), Nitja, Lillestrøm, NO
2022
30 Grader i Februar (gruppe), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2021
Ghosts (solo), Galleri LNM, Oslo, NO
2020
A Dream Within a Dream (gruppe), QB Gallery, Oslo, NO
2020
Olje og Begjær (gruppe), QB Gallery og Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo, NO
2019
Hjemmets skatter (gruppe), Blaafarveværket, Modum, NO
2018
125 Objects, Choices, Stories (group), Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, NO
2018
What Wood Would (group), Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim, NO
2017
Surrealismen (gruppe), Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromsø, NO
2017
Solo, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, NO
2017, 2013, 2011, 2009
I tråd med tiden (gruppe), Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, NO
2013
God natt da du - : Surrealisme i Norsk Kunst, Stenersen Museet, Oslo, NO
2010
The Solo Project (group), Basel, SW
2010
Lights On (group), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO
2008

Paragone, 2024: Historiske fabler / Fabelaktig historie

QB Gallery, 2023: 10 questions with Bjørn Båsen

Tidsskriftet samtiden, 2022: Bjørn Båsens lekne modernitet

NRK, 2022: Dataspillinspirert historiemaleri

Kunzt, 2020: Bjørn Båsen

Siri Meyer, 2020: Mot strømmen

Kunstavisen, 2020: Begjær og katastrofer fra en endetid

Kunstforum, 2011: På jakt etter dekadensen

Aftenposten, 2009: Glitrende historiemaleri

Artwork