Ivar Smedstad

born 1961 Oslo, Norway

EDUCATION
1984-1988 San Francisco Art Institute Bachelor of Fine Arts, Performance/Video
1981-1982 Nordmøre Folkehøgskole, Photography and Media Studies

WORK EXPERIENCE
2000-2002 Trondheim Academy of Fine Art. Associate Professor, Intermedia Dep.
2000-2002 Bergen Academy of Fine Art. Guest Lecturer, Digital Video
1998-1999 Academy of Media Art Cologne, „Künstlerisch-wissenschaftliger Mitarbeiter" at Media Design Dep.
1997-1999 Arbeitskreis Multimedia und Kunst NRW, Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, Germany
1997-1999 Universität Gesamthochschule Essen. Lecturer at Communication Design Dep.
1996-2002 the Norwegian Short Film Festival, Grimstad, Norway. Curator, staff member
1995-1998 Trondheim Academy of Fine Art. Guest lecturer at Intermedia Dept..
1993-1998 Academy of Media Art Cologne. Lecturer at Media Art Dept.
1988-1992 Electronic Arts Intermix, Inc., New York, USA. Tecnical Director
1985-1988 Bay Area Video Coalition, San Francisco, USA. Video tape editor and camera operator
1982-1984 Radio Nova, Oslo, Norway. Producer and DJ

AWARDS/GRANTS
2002 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond. Artists grant, Norway
2000 The Norwegian Arts Council. Production grant
2000 Norsk Kassettavgiftsfond. Production grant, Norway
1998 Statens Kunststipend 1998. Artists grant, Norway
1997 Honourable mention. the Norwegian Short Film Festival
1994 „Gran premio Citta´ di Locarno", Video Art XV Festival International, Locarno, Switzerland
1993 Terje-Vigen prisen. the Norwegian Short Film Festival
1992-1993 Fellow, Academy of Media Art Cologne
1992 Artist in residence, Experimental Television Center, Owego, USA
1987 San Francisco Art Institute Spring Show Award


SELECTED SHOWS/SCREENINGS
2001 Performer Ridehuset, Oslo, Norway
2000 Expo Hannover 2000 ICEM, the German Pavillion
2000 Hot Wired Live Art Bergen Electronic Arts Center, Bergen, Norway
1999 November Music Gent, s´-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
1999 Ex Machina Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, Germany
1999 Magnetic North National Film Theater, London, England
1998 Golem Videofestival Torino, Italia
1998 Videonale 8 Bonn, Germany
1998 Fellessentralen Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1997 SCREENS Trondheim Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway
1997 OstRanenie ‘97 Bauhaus Dessau, Germany
1997 4. Mostra de Video Independent Barcelona, Spain
1997 Subraum/Sequenz Salzburg, Austria
1997 13. Internationales Hamburger Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, Germany
1997 20. Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad, Norway
1997 e~on The Future is your Friend Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1997 Impakt ´97 Utrecht, Holland
1997 WRO ´97 Media Art Biennale Wroclaw, Poland
1997 Invideo Internationale Milano, Italy
1996 Festival de Video de Navarra Pamplona, Spain
1996 13. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofestival Kassel, Germany
1996 Internationaler Videokunstpreis 1996 ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
1996 Ars Digitalis Berlin, Germany
1996 Videonale 7 Bonn, Germany
1996 2. Werkleitz Biennale - Cluster Images Werkleitz, Germany
1996 17. Video Art Festival Locarno, Switzerland
1996 Ex Machina Folkwang Hochschule, Essen, Germany
1996 Electra Hennie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, Norway
1996 Pandæmonium, London Festival of Moving Images London, England
1996 3. Mostra de Video Independent Barcelona, Spain
1995 OSTranenie ´95 Bauhaus Dessau, Germany
1995 Whole World Video, Kwangju Biennale Seoul, Korea
1995 SoHo Arts Fair New York, USA
1995 Festival of Scientific Film of Ronda Ronda, Spain
1995 Corto Imola Festival Imola, Italy
1995 Statens Høstutstilling Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
1995 2. Annual New York Video Festival New York, USA
1995 41. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
1994 Brain Again Festival Vienna, Austria
1994 Das Video Forum Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
1994 Mixbild, Galerie Schipper und Krome Cologne, Germany
1994 Videonale 6 Bonn, Germany
1994 16. Video Art Festival Locarno, Switzerland
1994 6. Marler Videokunstpreis Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl, Germany
1994 IMPAKT, Festival voor experimentelle Kunst Utrecht, Holland
1994 9th Fringe Film and Video Festival Edinburgh, Scotland
1993 Art Cologne Cologne, Germany
1993 Deutscher Videokunstpreis ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
1993 European Media Arts Festival Osnabrück, Germany
1993 Inputout Bundesverband Bildender Künstler, Cologne, Germany
1991 Video Events Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York, USA
1990 Beyond & Back The Kitchen, New York, USA
1989 Twenty Something The Kitchen, New York, USA
1988 Inagural Actions San Francisco Artspace Annex, USA
1988 First Exposures: New York in Multiple Media The Cinematheque, San Francisco, USA
1987 the Norwegian Short Film festival Trondheim, Norway
1986 Volume Show Kid Alluc Collection Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1985 New Langton Arts Tenth Anniversary Show San Francisco, USA

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