CV INA OTZKO
 

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
 

2028
Axes of Transmission, Galleri Nord-Norge, Harstad, NO
Axes of Transmission, Nordover Art Centre, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, NO

2025
Eye in the Sky, Nordover Art Centre, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, NO — collaboration with Stein Henningsen

2024
iamnowhere, Muratcentoventidue, Bari, IT

2023
Surrender, Galleri Nord-Norge, Harstad, NO
Selected Video Works, Petter Dass Museum, Alstahaug, NO

 

2022
TRE: Flyt | Bevegelse | Rytme, ArtBase Helgeland, Sandnessjøen, NO
Slowly Becoming Light, commissioned artist, Festspillene Helgeland / Vefsn Museum, NO

 

2020
Interiører / Interiors 72/12, Galleri SYN, Lovund / NorlandiART, NO — collaboration with Hanne Bramness

 

2019
Jeg er her, kan du føle det?, Vadsø Art Society, NO

 

2018
Jeg er her, kan du føle det?, Bodø Art Society, NO
Didyme, Libreria delle Donne di Milano, IT — curator: Francesca Pasini

 

2017
Landscape – Soundscape, Ingo Seufert Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Munich, DE — with Alois Späth

 

2015
Sono qui, puoi sentirlo?, Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, IT — curator: Maria Savarese

 

2014
Longing & Belonging, Ingo Seufert Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Munich, DE

 

2013
Interiører / Interiors 72/12, Nordic Contemporary Poetry Festival Exhibition, Hamar Art Society, NO — collaboration with Hanne Bramness

 

2012
FALLING FOR RELIGION, North Norwegian Art Centre, Svolvær, NO

 

2011
FALLING FOR RELIGION, Galleri Backer, Vestfold University, Tønsberg, NO — commissioned work
N E W S (North East West South), North Norwegian Art Centre / Mind the Gap!, Barents Spektakel, Kirkenes, NO — commissioned artist

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2010
Firmus Female, Petter Dass Museum / Petter Dass-dagene, Alstahaug, NO — commissioned artist

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2009
The Orange Tree, Vestfold Art Center, Tønsberg, NO

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2008
The Orange Tree, Alstahaug Art Society, Sandnessjøen, NO

 

2003
Masculine and Feminine Landscapes in Dialogue, Gallery OXO, London, UK

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
 

2026
REVOLUSJON, Temautstillingen 2026, Kristiansund Kunsthall, NO — curators: Tommy Olsson & Karl Edvin Endresen
Pick a Card, Any Card, Mothership NYC / NOoSPHERE Arts, Governors Island, New York, US
Climate Microchanges Arctic, Arctic Art Forum, Climate House, Natural History Museum, Oslo, NO — Eye in the Sky screening; curator: Ekaterina Sharova

 

2025
The Space Between Us, Arvo Pärt Centre, Estonia — with Corinna Bonshek & Collaborators; two live performance concerts
Seven Times the Color of the Sun, North Norwegian Art Centre, NO — curators: Adriana Alves & Vanina Sarachino
Fluxus Museum Prize, Fluxus Museum, Paros, GR — commissioned work
Midtpunkt, NK 50th Anniversary Exhibition — curators: Sylvia Henriksen & Benjamin Slotterøy

 

2023–2025
From Shadows to Beacons, touring anniversary exhibition marking 200 years of the Fresnel lighthouse lens — curator: Emma Gunnarsson

 

2024
TOGETHER ELSEWHERE, PAB Norway & PANCH Switzerland — live performance with Wahtiq Al-Ameri
Beyond Horizons, Duden & Ray, Los Angeles, US — curator: Jet Pascua
Jeg går inn i landskapet nordfra, Kulturbadet Galleri, Sandnessjøen, NO

 

2023
UrbanSoundArt, Urban Sound Art Conference, Østfold International Theatre, Fredrikstad, NO
Electrification, Ripples, and a Glass Plate, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, NO — curator: Hilde Methi

 

2022
It Was Meant for All Things to Meet, Galleri Nord-Norge, Harstad, NO
A Year of Deep Listening, Center for Deep Listening / Rensselaer, US
365 Text Scores for Pauline Oliveros, edited by Stephanie Loveless

 

2021
Il primo cerchio del paradiso, Time Space Existence, Venice Architecture Biennial / ECC, IT
AURA, Galleri Ruth: Drive-In Sound Art, Ørje, NO
AURA, VisualcontainerTV, IT

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2020
Shore Line, Arkhangelsk Regional Lore Museum, Arkhangelsk, RU — curator: Ekaterina Yarunova
In Isolation: You, Me, We, Lucie Foundation & Musée Magazine

 

2019
NordlandiART, Stormen Kulturhus Galleri, Bodø, NO
Vetrine di Libertà, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan, IT — curators: Francesca Pasini & Chitra Piloni

 

2018
NordlandiART, Stormen Galleri, Bodø, NO
Lofoten Sound Art Symposium / Listening Lounge, NO — curator: Tine Surel Lange
Sonic Vision Nordland, Sortland Cinema, NO — curator: Tine Surel Lange
Kronstadt Stories – 3. Slowness, Saint Petersburg Museum of Printing, RU — curators: Elena Gubanova & Lydia Griaznova

 

2017
Transpositions II, St. Petersburg Museum of Nonconformist Art, RU — curator: Anastasia Patsey
AIAIP / Contemporary Visions – Video Art in Loop, 57 locations / 10 countries

 

2016
Rhetorics of Power, St. Petersburg Museum of Nonconformist Art, RU — curator: Anastasia Patsey

 

2014
12 Falsa Ark, North Norwegian Art Centre, Svolvær, NO — curator: Toril Østby Haaland
12 Falsa Ark, Sortland / Midt-Troms Museum / Kirkenes / Meløy / Petter Dass Museum, NO

 

2012–2013
REFLEX, North Norwegian Art Centre, Svolvær / Sámi Center for Contemporary Art, Karasjok / Luleå Konsthall, SE — curators: Toril Østby Haaland & Jan-Erik Lundström

 

2011–2013
Pop Hits, Berlin / Offenbach / Munich, DE — curator: Manfred Peckl

 

2011
CRACK, Kommunale Galerie Berlin, DE

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2008–2010
Hommage à Iver Jåks, touring exhibition concluding at Oslo Art Society, NO

 

2008
Pubertet / Puberty, Haugar Vestfold Art Museum, Tønsberg, NO — curator: Tone Lyngstad Nyaas
ILLUMINATORS, Koltsovo Airport, Yekaterinburg, RU — curator: ArtPolitica

ANNUAL & JURIED EXHIBITIONS
 

2026 The 80th Annual North Norwegian Art Exhibition / Nordnorsken — touring exhibition
2020 The 74th Annual North Norwegian Art Exhibition / Nordnorsken — touring exhibition
2019 The 73rd Annual North Norwegian Art Exhibition / Nordnorsken — touring exhibition
2017 The 71st Annual North Norwegian Art Exhibition / Nordnorsken — touring exhibition
2008 The 62nd Annual North Norwegian Art Exhibition / Nordnorsken — touring exhibition
2006 The 119th Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NO

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COLLECTIONS & ACQUISITIONS
 

2025 SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge Kunststiftelse, NO
2023 Alstahaug Municipality, NO
2022 Harstad Municipality, NO
2021 Meløy Municipality / Meløy Health and Welfare Centre, NO
2019 Harstad Municipality, NO
2018 Gildeskål Municipality, NO
2017 Vasulka Chamber Archives / National Gallery of Iceland, IS
2017 Nordland County Council / Polarsirkelen Upper Secondary School, NO
2016 NCCA / National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Kronstadt, St. Petersburg, RU
2016 St. Petersburg Museum of Nonconformist Art, RU
2014 Eric Franck Fine Art Collection, London, UK
2014 Ingo Seufert Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Munich, DE
2011 Nordland County Council / Sandnessjøen Upper Secondary School, NO
2006 Haugaland DPS / Helse Fonna, NO
2006 Alstahaug Municipality, NO
2003 Helgeland Kraft AS, Mosjøen, NO

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COMMISSIONS
 

2025 What Do You Want?, Fluxus Museum Prize, Fluxus Museum, Paros, GR
2018 Twende Artist Wine, label and graphic print / Stiftelsen Twende & Enrico Rivetto, IT/NO
2017 Logo and neon sign for TERMINAL B / Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes, NO
2011 Nordland County Council / Sandnessjøen Upper Secondary School, NO
2011 N E W S, North Norwegian Art Centre / Mind the Map!, Barents Spektakel, Kirkenes, NO
2011 FALLING FOR RELIGION, Galleri Backer / Vestfold University, NO
2011 SKARV FPSO / BP Norge AS

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AWARDS
 

2025 Eye in the Sky — Winner, Environmental, Cannes World Film Festival
2025 Eye in the Sky — Honorable Mention, Berlin Kiez Film Festival
2022 Alstahaug Municipality Culture Award 2021 — ArtBase Helgeland 66N
2018 Twende Art Award / Twendeprisen, NO
2016 International Photography Awards / Family of Man — Winner / Honorable Mention

RESIDENCIES
 

2026 Lab.sonora / LABVERDE, Amazonia — 10 days
2026 Circolo Scandinavo, Rome, IT — 8 weeks, duo with Stein Henningsen
2025 Arvo Pärt Centre, Estonia — Nordic Music Residency, 2 months; funded by Nordic Culture Point
2024 Arvo Pärt Centre, Estonia — 3 weeks
2022 Academy of Rhythmorphology / ARm #1, Slettnes Lighthouse, Gamvik, NO — 1 week
2019 The Arctic Hideaway / Fordypningsrommet Fleinvær, NO — 1 week
2019 Finnmark County Council AiR, Vadsø, NO — 3 weeks
2018 The Mothership, New York, US — 1 week
2017 Vasulka Chamber Residency, National Gallery of Iceland, IS — 2 months; funded by Nordic Culture Point
2016 Kola Residency Roadtrip Russia / Pikene på Broen, NO — 10 days
2016 NCCA / National Centre for Contemporary Arts in Kronstadt, St. Petersburg, RU — 4 weeks
2016 NBK Kunstnerhytta, Ny-Ålesund / Longyearbyen, Svalbard
2015 Pushkinskaya-10, St. Petersburg, RU / High North AiR — 2 weeks
2015 Arkhangelsk International Cultural Center, RU / High North AiR — 2 weeks
2013 Obrestad Fyr / Hå Gamle Prestegård, Rogaland, NO — 1 week
2012 NBK Kunstnerhytta, Ny-Ålesund / Longyearbyen, Svalbard
2011 NBK Kunstnerhytta, Ny-Ålesund / Longyearbyen, Svalbard 

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GRANTS
 

2026 Nordland County Council — Travel Grant
2023 BKV / Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond — 1-year grant
2023 SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge / Samfunnsløftet — Artist Grant
2022 BKV / Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond — 1-year grant
2021 BKV / Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond — 1-year grant
2021 Nordland County Council — Travel Grant
2020 Norwegian State Art Grant / Statens Kunstnerstipend — Diversestipend
2017 Norwegian State Art Grant / Statens Kunstnerstipend — Diversestipend
2017 Nordland County Council — Travel Grant
2015 Nordland County Council — Travel Grant
2013 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards Stiftelse
2012 Nordland County Council — Travel Grant
2006 Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards Stiftelse

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SELECTED PROJECT SUPPORT
 

2026 OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway — Travel and Project Support
2024 Arts and Culture Norway / Fond for Lyd og Bilde — Project Support
2024 BKV — Project Support
2022 KiN — Regional Project Support
2021 Norsk Fotografisk Fond — Project Support
2020 KiN — Regional Project Support
2019 BKV — Project Support
2019 BKH — Project Support
2019 Fritt Ord — Project Support
2018 KiN — Regional Project Support
2017 Norwegian State Exhibition Grant
2017 BKV — Project Support
2016 BKH — Travel Grant, Ny-Ålesund
2016 North Norwegian Art Centre — Project Support
2016 Barents Secretariat / BarentsKult — Project Support
2016 Nordland County Council — Project Support
2016 SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge Kulturnæringsstiftelsen — Project Support
2015 Barents Secretariat / BarentsKult — Project Support
2015 Den Norsk-Tyske Willy-Brandt-Stiftelsen — Project Support
2015 Nordland County Council — Project Support
2014 Nordland County Council — Project Support
2013 SpareBank 1 Nord-Norge Kulturnæringsstiftelsen — Project Support
2012 BKH — Travel Grant, Ny-Ålesund
2012 BKV — Project Support
2012 Den Norsk-Tyske Willy-Brandt-Stiftelsen — Project Support
2011 Nordland County Council — Project Support
2010 BKH — Travel Grant, Ny-Ålesund
2009 Nordland County Council — Project Support
2008 North Norwegian Art Centre — Project Support
2008 Nordland County Council — Project Support
2007 Nordland County Council — Project Support
2005 Norwegian State Exhibition Grant

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EDUCATION
 

2010–2012 MA Sound Studies, Universität der Künste Berlin, DE
2005–2007 MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
2003–2004 MA Image & Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
 

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
 

2026 DKS-LAB Nordland
2021–2022 Deep Listening II — Certified Deep Listening® Teacher, Center for Deep Listening, Rensselaer, NY, US
2020 Deep Listening I — Center for Deep Listening, Rensselaer, NY, US
2009 Action Theater Training / Improvisations with Sabine von der Tann, Potsdam, DE
2009 Butoh Workshop / Minako Seki, Berlin, DE
2000 Photography Workshop / Joyce Tenneson, Vågå, NO
 

SELECTED CURATORIAL WORK
 

2026–2027 Frydenlund School / Narvik Municipality — Public Art
2022–2026 Straumsbukta School / Tromsø Municipality — Public Art
2022–2026 Helsehuset Harstad / Harstad Municipality — Public Art
2024 Jeg går inn i landskapet nordfra, Kulturbadet Galleri, Sandnessjøen, NO
2024 Innsikt og Apati, Stein Henningsen, Kulturbadet Galleri, Sandnessjøen, NO
2024 Mother Nature on the Run, Stein Henningsen, Galleri Nord-Norge, Harstad, NO
2022 Narvik Fire Station / Narvik Municipality — Public Art
2022 Grønnåsen School / Tromsø Municipality — Public Art
2017–2019 100 Norwegian Photographers — book published by Hatje Cantz Verlag
2016 Ingen rødmer i paradiset, Kulturbadet Galleri, Sandnessjøen, NO
2016 Future Eyes, Sandnessjøen, NO — Public Art
2015 Welcome Home, Sandnessjøen, NO — Public Art
2014 Olderskog School / Vefsn Municipality — Public Art
2012 Sortland Lower Secondary School / Sortland Municipality — Public Art
2010 What Will the Future Bring?, Grimmmuseum, Berlin, DE

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SELECTED BOARDS & PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
 

2023–2027 NOFOFO / Norwegian Photographic Fund — Board Member; Chair 2025–2027
2021– Artica Svalbard — Board Member, appointed by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture
2023–2025 North Norwegian Art Centre — Chair
2019–2023 Norwegian Association of Visual Artists — Board Member; Deputy Chair from 2022
2015–2022 NNBK / North Norwegian Association of Visual Artists — Chair
2010–2020 LIAF / Lofoten International Art Festival — Artistic Advisory Board

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SELECTED FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS
 

2027 blurborders International Performance eXchange, Bangkok, TH
2026 Intimate Distance, blurborders International Performance eXchange, Bangkok, TH
2025 OSLO NEGATIV, National Gallery, Oslo, NO
2024 What Happened to Us?, Arctic Action International Performance Festival, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, NO
2019 HEAR NORTH / Harstad Arctic Arts Festival Radio, NO
2017 Winter Lights Festival, Vasulka Chamber / National Gallery of Iceland, IS
2017 Ibrida*Pluri Festival, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, CA
2017 Xi'an Silk Road Festival, CN
2017 AIAIP / Contemporary Visions, IT
2017 Magmart Festival, Video Under Volcano, Naples, IT
2016 Arkhangelsk International Photo Festival, RU
2012 8th Berlin International Directors Lounge, Berlin, DE
2012 Imaginary Landscapes 1–4 / Homage to John Cage, Arctic Arts Festival, Harstad, NO
2011 Barents Spektakel / Mind the Gap!, Kirkenes, NO
2011 NEW SCREEN, Newcastle, UK
2010 Verwertung Interdisciplinary Art Festival, Berlin, DE
2007–2010 One Minute International Film & Video Festival, Aarau

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SELECTED ART & BOOK FAIRS
 

2024 Tryst Art Fair, Los Angeles / Small Projects, US
2023 Supermarket Stockholm Independent Art Fair / Small Projects, SE
2022 Paris Photo OVR / Small Projects, FR
2022 Supermarket Stockholm Independent Art Fair / Small Projects, SE
2021 Supermarket Stockholm Independent Art Fair / Small Projects, SE
2021 Juxtapose Art Fair, Aarhus / Small Projects, DK
2021 Cosmoscow / Small Projects, RU — online
2020 Art Book Fair Bastard, Lillehammer / 100 Norwegian Photographers, NO
2019 Frankfurter Buchmesse / Norwegian Pavilion / 100 Norwegian Photographers, DE
2019 Frankfurter Buchmesse / Hatje Cantz / 100 Norwegian Photographers, DE
2018 Cosmoscow / Sunderø Art Gallery, RU
2009 Paris Photo / Eric Franck Fine Art, FR
2009 London Art Fair / Eric Franck Fine Art, UK

 

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / ILLUSTRATIONS
 

2018 Skeiseferd og andre dikt, Gerður Kristný / Nordsjøforlaget — illustrations & cover
2018 Ein lysare eld, Lennart Sjögren / Nordsjøforlaget — cover
2017 DIKT I SAMLING, Frances Horovitz / Nordsjøforlaget — cover
2017 DIKT HUSKER STEMMEN, Sigurður Pálsson / Nordsjøforlaget — cover
2016 Drapà, Gerður Kristný / Nordsjøforlaget — illustrations & cover
2010 Adopsjonspapirene, Jackie Kay / Nordsjøforlaget — illustrations & cover
2010 A Calendar in Colour, Hanne Bramness — illustrations