kristenkeegans@gmail.com
Kunstnerverksteder CS55
C.Sundts Gate 55
5004 Bergen, Norway
@kristenkeegans
Kunstnerverksteder CS55
C.Sundts Gate 55
5004 Bergen, Norway
@kristenkeegans
Kristen Keegan / CV (summarized)
Education
2017-2019 MA in Contemporary Art, Bergen Academy of Art & Design (KMD)
2006-2010 BFA in Art & Design (Honours), University of Alberta
Upcoming
2027 Northing (duo show with Junko Awatani), Bergen, Norway
2026 SOFT (trio show with Jara Marken & Magdalena Kotkowska), Oslo, Norway
2025 Trykkeriet (solo show), Bergen, Norway
Select Solo Exhibitions
2024 The mutual work, Entrée, Bergen, Norway
2022 Local light, Nye Bokboden, Bergen, Norway
2022 Clouded flowers, Galleri Salhus (Norsk Tricotasjemuseum), Salhus, Norway
2021 Wet-on-wet, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Field, LNM, Oslo, Norway
2020 Soft, Mikey Laundry Art Garden, Bergen, Norway
2019 Colour gap, Studio 17, Stavanger, Norway
2019 The urgent, slow gaze, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway
Select Group Exhibitions
2025 CommonOpulence:Wishcraft (curated by Jessica Groome), AGGP, Grande Prairie, Canada
2023 Handboren og Veggfast, Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese, Norway
2023 Kunstbokhandel Under Press (curated by Randi Grov Berger & Ann Kristin Stølan), Entrée, Bergen, Norway
2022 Årsutstillingen, Drammens Museum, Drammen, Norway
2019 Skagen Paints Us, Hordaland Kunstsenter café, Bergen, Norway
2019 with eyes closed, call me (MA Exhibition), Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2018 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Select Residencies
2025 CommonOpulence (hosted by Peter Von Tiesenhausen & Maggie Tiesenhausen), Demmitt, Canada
2023 Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland
2015 KH Messen Artist in Residence, Ålvik, Norway
2013 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Public Collections
Stavanger Library, Norway
University of Bergen, Norway
KODE Museum, Norway
Recent Stipends & Grants
2025 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, KiN (The Art Centres in Norway), Bergen Municipality, Norske Grafikere
2024 BKH (visual artists help fund, Norway) regional stipend
Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation travel grant
2023 Bergen Municipality 1-year work stipend
Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway)
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend
2022 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, Bergen Kommune, BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway)
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend
2021 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, Bergen Municipality, Canada Council for the Arts
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend
2020 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway)
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend
Education
2017-2019 MA in Contemporary Art, Bergen Academy of Art & Design (KMD)
2006-2010 BFA in Art & Design (Honours), University of Alberta
Upcoming
2027 Northing (duo show with Junko Awatani), Bergen, Norway
2026 SOFT (trio show with Jara Marken & Magdalena Kotkowska), Oslo, Norway
2025 Trykkeriet (solo show), Bergen, Norway
Select Solo Exhibitions
2024 The mutual work, Entrée, Bergen, Norway
2022 Local light, Nye Bokboden, Bergen, Norway
2022 Clouded flowers, Galleri Salhus (Norsk Tricotasjemuseum), Salhus, Norway
2021 Wet-on-wet, Galleri Konstepidemin, Gothenburg, Sweden
2021 Field, LNM, Oslo, Norway
2020 Soft, Mikey Laundry Art Garden, Bergen, Norway
2019 Colour gap, Studio 17, Stavanger, Norway
2019 The urgent, slow gaze, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway
Select Group Exhibitions
2025 CommonOpulence:Wishcraft (curated by Jessica Groome), AGGP, Grande Prairie, Canada
2023 Handboren og Veggfast, Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese, Norway
2023 Kunstbokhandel Under Press (curated by Randi Grov Berger & Ann Kristin Stølan), Entrée, Bergen, Norway
2022 Årsutstillingen, Drammens Museum, Drammen, Norway
2019 Skagen Paints Us, Hordaland Kunstsenter café, Bergen, Norway
2019 with eyes closed, call me (MA Exhibition), Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
2018 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Select Residencies
2025 CommonOpulence (hosted by Peter Von Tiesenhausen & Maggie Tiesenhausen), Demmitt, Canada
2023 Mustarinda, Hyrynsalmi, Finland
2015 KH Messen Artist in Residence, Ålvik, Norway
2013 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
Public Collections
Stavanger Library, Norway
University of Bergen, Norway
KODE Museum, Norway
Recent Stipends & Grants
2025 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, KiN (The Art Centres in Norway), Bergen Municipality, Norske Grafikere
2024 BKH (visual artists help fund, Norway) regional stipend
Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation travel grant
2023 Bergen Municipality 1-year work stipend
Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway)
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend
2022 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, Bergen Kommune, BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway)
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend
2021 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, Bergen Municipality, Canada Council for the Arts
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend
2020 Project grants: Norwegian Arts Council, BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway)
BKV (Visual Artists Renumeration Fund, Norway) 1-year stipend