Kristin Hjellegjerde is a curator and gallerist, born in Minnesund, Norway and now based in London.

Biography

Hjellegjerde completed her BA in literature, criminology and Ideas of History at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

. After completing her degree, Hjellegjerde moved to Italy and lived in Bangkok, Singapore and New York where she later continued her studies at

Herbert Berghof studio The HB Studio (Herbert Berghof Studio) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering professional training in the performing arts through classes, workshops, free lectures, theater productions, theater rentals, a theater artist residency prog ...

in New York City. After completing her education there, Kristin Hjellegjerde wrote and directed plays in Los Angeles. During her time in New York, she worked as a real estate agent, selling properties on the

Upper West Side The Upper West Side (UWS) is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It is bounded by Central Park on the east, the Hudson River on the west, West 59th Street to the south, and West 110th Street to the north. The Upper West ...

of New York. Later, Hjellegjerde completed an Art and Business course at the

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

after which she moved to London and opened her first gallery space in 2012. At the moment, Kristin Hjellegjerde has four gallery locations, two spaces in London, United Kingdom, one in Nevlunghavn, Norway, and one in Berlin, Germany. Kristin Hjellegjerde gallery is a rapidly growing gallery whose focus lies in international contemporary art. Following her first gallery space in Wandsworth, London, Hjellegjerde opened her second location in London, a space in Berlin, Germany, and recently another location in Nevlunghavn, Norway. The gallery represents a diverse and distinct programme, primarily displaying paintings, works on paper and sculpture, but also installation and video art. It represents global artists, both emerging and established, with a strong aesthetical and conceptual foundation. Apart from curating shows for her own gallery, Kristin Hjellegjerde actively curates exhibitions outside of her gallery spaces. In 2019, Hjellegjerde curated KUBATANA: An Exhibition of Contemporary African artists at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium in Oslo, Norway. The exhibition brought together works of 33 artists from 18 of Africa's 54 countries and filled all four floors of the museum, becoming one of the most expansive and inclusive exhibitions of African art in Scandinavia up to this day. Works included a wide variety of mediums, spanning from painting, installation, video, performance to sculpture and photography. Artworks on display also ranged through various periods, exhibiting works from 1970s photography to today's video art. The artworks focused on subjects rooted in personal histories as well as in collective mythologies, colonial past, and contemporary social issues.

References

External links

Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hjellegjerde, Kristin Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Oslo alumni Norwegian curators Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian women curators