CV
Christian Bermudez
Born in San José, Costa Rica
Lives & works in Fredrikstad, Norway
Former member of Association of NorwegianSculptors/Norsk Billedhoggerforening
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Evergreen
Temporære kunstprosjekter i Oslo. Norway
2013 De paso
Palacio de Pronillo, Santander. Spain
2011 Borettslaget Fuglesko
Kunstnersenteret i Oppland. Norway
2008 Hanging Gardens
Oslo By Museum, Oslo. Norway
2008 Babylon Heights
ROM for Kunst og Arkitektur Oslo. Norway
2007 Dear Neighbor
Christianssands Kunstforening. Norway
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Valle Central Valley, Kjøtt Bergen. Norway
2017 Sonarbølgeskipet, Gamlebyen Oslo. Norway
2016 MiradasDoc, Tenerife. Spain
2014 VideoBrasil, Sao Paulo. Brazil
2013 PolArt, Tromsø Kunstforening. Norway
2012 Landart på Ammerud, Norway
Parallax Views, at .NO Gallery, New York. USA
2011 DIS (PLACEMENT) at NBF, Oslo. Norway
What’s On Your Mind?, Washington. USA
2010 Art Basel-Miami. CCE, Miami. USA
Endring - Stillstand, Galleri F15, Moss. Norway
2009 Østlandsutstillingen, touring exhibition, Norway
Video-Arde, touring exhibition at CCE
2008 Absorpsjon og Resonans, HOK Bærum. Norway Østlandsutstillingen, touring exhibition. Norway
2007 Ibero-American Video and Digital Art Biennale
At Home in Europe, ISIS Arts. England
2006 Høstutstillingen, Oslo. Norway
Østlandsutstillingen, touring exhibition.Norway
Leve Norge, Oslo. Norway
Separat’r, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Hå. Norway Siste Avgang, Oslo. Norway
2005 Vestlandsutstillingen, Norway
Atopic, Akershus Kunstnersenter, Lillestrøm. 2004 Artistas Emergentes, MADC. Costa Rica Høstutstillingen, Oslo. Norway
Residencies & Prizes
2012 Residency Tromsø Kunstforening, Svalbard
2011 Residency at ISIS Arts, Newcastle. England
2009 Residency at VGIK State University of
Cinematography, Kaliningrad. Russia
2008 Accésit by Eurostars Photography Prize. Spain
2007 Main Prize 5th Ibero-American Video Biennale,
Museo de Arte Diseño Contemporáneo (MADC)
2006 Residency at El Basilisco by Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 Berlinale Talent Campus. Germany
Best Iberoamerican Production at Zemos98
Film Festival, Seville. Spain
2003 Audience award at 1st. Latin American Video
Art Exhibition, Washington. USA
2002 Special prize at ‘Inquieta Imagen’ Festival,
MADC, San José. Costa Rica
Selected Screenings
2016 Tøyen Deichmanske bibliotek Oslo, Norway
2014 Ammarnäs Documentary Film Festival,
Västerbotten. Sweden
2013 Moderna Museet Stockholm. Sweden
2012 Tromsø International Film Festival. Norway
Samiska veckan, Umeå. Sweden
Festival Internacional de las Artes. Costa Rica
2011 Bandits-Mages Film Festival Bourges, France
Int. Festival of documentary, Murmansk. Russia
VAD Festival, Girona. Spain
Video-Arde, multiple Instituto Cervantes. Spain
Athens Video Art Festival. Greece
Festival FIVA, Buenos Aires. Argentina
Belize International Film Festival. Belize
2010 Maysles Cinemas, New York. USA
Bienal de Pontevedra Galicia. Spain
2009 CCCB, Barcelona. Spain
The Big M, Brussels. Belgium
AND Festival Newcastle. England
2008 CanariasMediaFest, Las Palmas. Spain
EDIT Dance Film Festival, Budapest. Hungary
2007 MiniMiniMax/Appetite, Buenos Aires. Argentina
MID_07, CICC-Tabacalera San Sebastian. Spain
Nordic Art Video Festival, Östersund. Sweden Optica Festival Gijón. Spain
Vancouver Latin American Film Fest. Canada
Expresión en Corto, Guanajuato. Mexico
Alucine, Toronto Latin Media Festival. Canada
Int. Kurzfilmtage, Oberhausen. Germany
2006 Norske Dokumentarfilmfestivalen, Norway
Art Tech Media 06, Spain
2005 Zemos98, Seville. Spain
Media Art Friesland. Holland
VII Muestra de Arte Digital Centro Pablo de la
Torriente Brau, Havanna. Cuba
2004 Magma Mostra di Cinema Breve, Catania, Italy
FIPA, Biarritz. France
Loop Int. Video Art Festival Barcelona, Spain
2003 Icaro Film Festival. Guatemala
1st. Latin American & Caribbean Video Art
Exhibition, touring in Argentina, Barbados,
Belize, USA, Colombia, Ecuador, Salvador,
Honduras, Italy, Panama, Costa Rica, Peru,
Dominican Republic and Trinidad & Tobago
Grants
2015 Bergensenstiftelsen, Norway.
2014 Sparebankstiftelsen, DNB. Norway
Temporary Public Art Projects. Oslo Kommune
2013 Travel Grant. Norwegian Film Institute
International Support. OCA, Norway
Statens Kunstnerstipend. Arts Council Norway
2011 Project Support. Arts Council Norway
2010 Public Art Support. Arts Council Norway
2009 Vederlagsfondet. Norske Billedkunstnere Kunstgjødsel. Kunstnersenteret i Oppland
2008 Art and Technology. Arts Council Norway
Vederlagsfondet. Norske Billedkunstnere
2007 Fond for Lyd og Bilde. Arts Council Norway Project Support. Norske Billedkunstnere
2006 Kulturelle Endringsprosesser. Arts Council
Norway
Education
2015 - 2014 Post Graduate Certificate in Education/Praktisk-pedagogisk utdanning (PPU) Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Norway
2010 - 2008 Bachelor Production Design
Den Norske Filmskolen, Lillehammer, Norway
2005 - 2004 Postgraduate/Hovedfag in Fine Arts Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Norway
2000 - 1998 M.Phil. in Screenwriting
Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
1997 - 1994 Bachelor in Mass Media Communications Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica