Hans Hamid Rasmussen

Overview

Born 1963 in Algeria
Lives and works in Oslo and Rakkestad, Norway

Rasmussen studied at Fotoakademin at Konstfack in Stockholm and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. From 2004 to 2007, Rasmussen took part in the programme for artistic development with the project; A Homage to the Hybrid at The Art Academy in Trondheim. The project was guided by the artist Nina Roos, the philosopher and curator Sarat Maharaj and the curator Maaretta Jaukkuri. From 2008 to 2020, Rasmussen held the position of amanuensis and professor of visual art in the subject area of textiles at the Department of Arts and Crafts at Oslo School of the Arts.

The artist recently published the book Elva er et annet sted in collaboration with Ellef Prestsæter, which includes a text by author Per Petterson. Rasmussen held a solo exhibition at Shoot Gallery in Oslo in (2020) and Martin Asbæk Gallery in Copenhagen (2018). In addition, Rasmussen has participated in the Biennale de Havana (2019), the Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art (2016), the Gothenburg International Biennial (2011), the third Triennial in Guangzhou (2008) and the 26th São Paulo Biennial (2004). You can find Rasmussen’s art represented in both public museums and private collections nationally and internationally.

Selected Works

Biography / CV

Born 1963 Algeria – Lives and works in Oslo and Rakkestad,  Norway

Education

2008 – 13             Associate Professor by the Oslo National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo
2004 – 07             Program for Research Fellowships in the Arts at Kunstakademiet, Trondheim
2003 – 04             Associate Professor by the Academy of Fine Arts, Trondheim
1989 – 93             Academy of fine art in Oslo
1987                     Photo Academy, Bauhaus school, Stockholm

Solo exhibitions

2023
Uneven Transitions, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Ujevne Overganger, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway

2020
Havana 01 To 06, Erased Grey, Shoot Gallery, Oslo, Norway

2018
Kasbah Walking, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2013
Avtalt utstiling ved Galleri Amstedt, Skåne, Galleri F15 i Moss

2011
Kunstnerforbunndet vindussalen Kasbah, vandre og tenke, brodere og tegne

2010
Porsgrunn Kunstforening Invertert rom I og II Porsgrunn
Komparative rum, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
Vrang – Rett, Gallery SOFT, Oslo

2008
Shadows within the wall, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen

2007
Trondheim Kunstmuseum/Art Museum, Trondheim, Norway

2006
Levanger Art Foundation, Østfold Art center, Fredrikstad

2003
Installation with embroidery at Vestfold Art centre, Haugar in Tønsberg, Norway

2001
Contemporain Centre Régional D´Art Sete, France

2000
Artists House Oslo, Norway
Algeria Mon Amour, Stenersen Museum Oslo, Norway

1997
Krognoshuset Lund, Sweden

1996
Gallery Mors Mössa Gothenburg, Sweden

1995
Bergen art – society, Norway

1994
Forum Gallery in Malmø, Sweden

Group exhibitions                

2024

Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2023
Premises, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2021
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
If We Built It, They Will Come, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway
Artists Of The Gallery, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2020
Summer Exhibition, Shoot Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Summer In The City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2017
Algeria (Extract of Perfumes), Khartoum Contemporary Art Centre, Oslo, Norway
Skiptvet, Punkt Ø, Galleri F15, Jeløy, Moss, Norway

2016
Weaving & We, 2nd Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art

2015
Summer in the City no.10, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2014
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Lapparaile/Rotterdam Port, Patras Hellas

2013
Kasbah Vandring I & II, Punkt Q Galleri F 15, Norway
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen
Tusan Tråder, Lillehammer Art Museum, Norway

2012
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prism: Drawing from 1990 to 2012 – The Museum of Contemporary Art / Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo

2011
Göteborgs internationale kunstbianale
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rackstad Museum, Sweden,

2010
Trondheim Kunstmuseer
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2009
Summer in the City, Martin Asbæk Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Aspekte des Sammelns, Museum Essl, Vienna
Looking Inside Out, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

2008
The 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, China
Present Perfect Portraits, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen
Dialogos, Bergen National Academy of the Arts-Textile, Bergen, Norway

2007
Summer in the City II – MAP Group Show, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen
MAD LOVE – ung kunst i danske privatsamlinger, ARKEN – Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj

2006
Summer in the City – MAP Group Show, Martin Asbæk Projects, Copenhagen
Liaf 06 – Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway
Østfold Fylke County Art Space, Frederiksstad, Norway
Norwegian Images, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway

2005
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kristiansand Art Museum Norway
Momentum in Moss, Norway
North South Passage, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
Lev Art, in Levanger, Norway

2004
Momentum in Moss, Norway
26 Bienal de São Paulo, Brazil
Daa Att, permanent installation in Fredrikstad in collaboration with Thomas Saenger and Theo Barth.

2003
Sites of Recurrence, Dakshina Chitra Madras, Borås Art Museum
Group exhibition in Venice, Italy
Group exhibition at Lund Konsthall, Sweden

2002
DA AT, Permanent installation in Fredrikstad, Norway
Refugee, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Norway
Material Matters (/Viewpoints), Norrköping Art Museum and Brandes Klædesfabrik, Odense, Denmark
Bavf-NAF#1 the Bandung video, film and new media art forum.

2001
Permanent installation in Østfold Mental Hospital, Norway
Nordic Fundamentalism, a round table discussion on the initiative of NIFCA and Charlottenburg art centres Copenhagen, Denmark.
ARS 01 KIASMA Sculpture biennial Stenersen Museum and Lillehammer art Museum 2002, Norway
Transit, Euro Cash Svinesund, Norway
Art in school Østfold County, Norway

2000
Delicate Balance Six routes to the Himalayas» KIASMA
Every Day Images Every Days, Rogaland Art Centre Stavanger, Norway
“Collection of Drawings” KIASMA

1999
Edstranska Foundation Art Prize Rooseum Malmö, Sweden
Trekking in Nepal Himalayas, KIASMA
Collection exhibition in Contemporary Museum in Oslo, Norway
Permanent installation in Halmstad University Library, Sweden

1998

Contemporary Art Centre of Vilnius, Lithuania
Momentum Moss, Norway
The Word, Storkyrkan Old town Stockholm, Sweden
Come Closer, Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung
Places, Stockholm, Sweden

1996
Malmö Art museum, Sweden
The Scream, Museum of Modern Art Arken Copenhagen, Denmark

1995
Nordic art – centre, Sveaborg Helsinki, Finland
Kulturen in Lund, Sweden

1994
Wanås Castle in Sweden
Gallery Wayspa Gdansk, Poland

1993
Gallery F 15 Jeløya Moss, Norway
Gallery C/O Oslo, Norway
Multiple shows Gallery Struts Oslo, Norway

Bibliography

2023
Stitches of My Story, documentary, Nicolai Rosenborg
Tidsskrift no. 12-The Log MacGuffin

2011
Hans Hamid Rasmussen works 1989-2011, NODE OSLO

2005
Claudia C. Sandor, FJORD magazine, September, 2005
Samir M´kadmi curator Catalogue “Meeting Point” page 28.
Hans Hamid catalogue “Meeting Point” page 82-84

2004
Halvor Haugen, Hans Hamid Rasmussen, Catalogue, Momentum, page 134.
Halvor Haugen, Hans Hamid Rasmussen, Catalogue, 26 Bienale de São aulo [invited artists], page 198-199.

2003
The Hindu Feb 03.2003 «A sang am of arts» writes Sebita Radhakrishna.
Indian Express 29.02.2003 «Sites at Dakshina Chitra» writes PMM.
The needle through the haystack, by Hans Hamid Rasmussen, page 24-25, in catalogue “Sites of Recurrence II
Texte Von Paolo Bianchi und Hajo Schiff, Kunstforum Bd. 173 November Dezember, International,page 236-238

2002
Three days of lectures and discussions at the ARS 01 Exhibition KIASMA

2001
Mats Stjernset, Hans Hamid, Catalogue, ARS 01, KIASMA
Hans Hamid Rasmussen, page 134, Unfolding perspective

2000
Hans Hamid Rasmussen, «Delicate Balance», catalogue, Delicate Balance
Six routes to the Himalayas, KIASMA, and psages number 22
Gertrud Sandqvist and Jörgen Lorentzen, Hans Hamid, The Sexuality of Men, catalogue, page 70
Foundation, ROOSEUM, Art Prize Critics, New York Times summer 2000, Herald Tribune, summer 2000

1999
Juliana Engeberg, Hans Hamid Rasmussen, catalogue, Signs of LifeMelbourne International Biennial, page number 27 and 35
Katalog: Nedbruten, med tekst av Gertrud Sandqvist Ordet Storkyrkan i Stockholm Side 33,1998 Tidskrift: Hvorfor Broderer Jeg? Hans hamid Rasmussen Museet for samtidskunst Roskilde Side 18, 1999
Katalog: Honningregn, Hans Hamid Rasmussen Senter for Samtidskunst i Vilnius Side 7, 1999
Katalog: Sign Of Life, Juliana Engeberg Melbourne Internationale Biennale, Side 27 og 35,

1998
The Swedish Church in Stockholm, page number 33
Hans Hamid Rasmussen, «A smell of honey in your room, the smell of honey surrounding me», catalogue, installations, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, page number 7
Gertrud Sandqvist, Hans Hamid Rasmussen, catalogue, Come Closer
Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstsammlung, page numbers 60.
Gertrud Sandqvist, «Nedbruten», catalogue, The Word
Hans Hamid Rasmussen, Why I make embroidery, periodical no.3
Contemporary Art Museum, Roskilde, page number 18, 1998
Katalog: The Scream Borealis 8, Arken Museum for Samtidskunst, Ishøj København,1998
Katalog: Come Closer, med tekst av Gertrud Sandqvist Liechtensteinische Staatliche Kunstammlung Side 60,1998

1996
Kim Levin, catalogue, the Scream, Borealis 8, Arken Museum of Modern Art Ishøj, Copenhagen
Artist book: Fremmen, med tekst av Gertrud Sandqvist Nordisk Kunstsenter Sveaborg Helsinki,1996

1995
Gertrud Sandqvist, Stranger – Artist book, Nordic Art Centre, Helsinki

Grants, prize, collections

2021
Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum
Oslo Commune collection

2019
Vederlagsfondet

2017
Nordenfjelske Kunstindustrimuseum Trondheim
KODE Bergen

2015
Malmö Stads Museum

2013
Vederlagsfondet

2012
Konstservice i Region Skåne

2011
Nasjonal Museet i Oslo
2010
Arkens reiselegat
Vederlagsfondet

2009
Kultur Skåne

2008
Fidelity Investements art collection
The Essl collection of Contemporary Art
Trondheim Kunstmuseum

2006
Ditlefsens samling i København
Ole Faarups samling i København

2000
Edstrandska prisen Kunstindustrimuseet i Oslo og Rogaland Fylkesmuseum

1998
Museet for Samtidskunst i Oslo

1996
Østfold Fylkeskommune

1996-2009  
Statens treårig arbeidsstipend

1995
Göteborg Stads Museum Norsk Kulturråde Statens Konstråd i Sverige Oslo Bys Kunstsamling

1994
Museet For Nutidskonst i Helsingfors

1993
Malmö Stads Museu

Commissions

2011
Lørenskog Hus Invertert sol

2004
Verket barne- og ungdomsskole i Moss i samarbeid med Theo Barth og Thomas Saenger

2003
DA AT i Fredrikstad i samarbeid med Thomas Saenger og Theodor Barth

2001
Sentralsykehuset i Østfold For Psykiatriske Lidelser

2000
Universitetsbiblioteket i Halmstad