Anna Ihle is currently working in Stavanger, Norway.
Work ethics, time management and work motivation are themes Anna Ihle explores, from a Nordic protestant perspective, both through manual work and conversations.
Since graduating Konstfack in Stockholm, group shows include «Open House» at Konsthall C, «Hardware» at Art Lab Gnesta, «Precarious: On the Aesthetics and Ethics of New Labour» at The Museum of Work (Norrköping) and “The Poetics of Pressure and Flow” (2022) at Västerås Art Museum in Sweden, and solo shows in Norway at Fotogalleriet, RAM Gallery and Podium in Oslo. Ihle has attended the Jan Van Eyck Academie, and collaborates with artist Addoley Dzegede for «Ask Addoley + Anna», in advice-podcast-format.
Upcoming
2022 Clean Break, KRAFT, Bergen, Norway
2023 Anna Ihle, Cassie Thornton, Germain Ngoma: Thinking with matters of care, NITJA, Norway
Selected previous exhibitions
2022 Fruiting bodies, subterranean minds, Art Lab Gnesta, Sweden
2022 Jeg kaller det kunst, The National Museum, Oslo, Norway
2022 The Poetics of Pressure and Flow curated by Caroline Malmström and Katrin Ingelstedt, Västerås Museum of Art, Sweden (Duo show with Fathia Mohidin)
2022 Neighbour, Kode 2, Bergen, Norway
2022 FAST SAMLING – Innkjøp fra Stipendutstillingen 1993-2019, Kunstmuseet Nord- Trøndelag, Norway
2022 The Real Show (The Friends Season by Ask Addoley + Anna) curated by Agnès Violeau and Céline Poulin, CAC Brétigny, France
2021 A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances (A different world by Ask Addoley + Anna) curated by Maija Rudovska
2021 m/other becomings curated by Caroline Malmström, Art Lab Gnesta, Sweden
2021 What We Share curated by Martin Braathen (Nasjonalmuseet), Nordic Pavilion, The Venice Architecture Biennale 2021, Italy
2020 Experiences of Oil, Stavanger Art Museum
2020 From the balcony, Stavanger Art Museum
2020 Høstustillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2020 Doggie Day Care for Leo Beagle Boy, Podium, Oslo
2020 Ask Addoley + Anna Season 3: The Stay at Home Season commisioned by the Norwegian National Museum
2020 Open House, Van Eyck, Maastricht
2019 Soft Rock, KKV Bohuslän & GIBCA, Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art SE
2019 Open House, Van Eyck, Maastricht
2019 Vestlandsutstillingen
2019 Mathias, Trøndelag Centre of Contemporary Art, Trondheim
2018 Buskerud Art Centre, Drammen
2018 Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger
2018, Unhealthy Arrangements & Other Activities, Kuppelkupp, Stavanger Kunstmuseum
2018 Uvilje, Nils Aas Kunstverksted, Inderøy
2018 Uvilje, Ihle / Baltzersen, Vestfold Kunstsenter, Tønsberg
2017 Downtime, RAM Gallery, Oslo
017 Dialoger 02: Feriekunst // Verena Winkelmann & Anna Ihle, Galleri HI 10, Skien
2017 Velferden 2017, Velferden, Sokndal
2017 Tied Up, Nordic Anthology, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2016 Passive Aggressive, Ihle / Baltzersen, Kunstgarasjen, Bergen
2016 Bright Future Horizons, Babel, Trondheim
2016 Sommerutstilling, Nord-Trøndelag Museum of Art
2015 Driv, flyt, stikker klokka fire solo show, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien
2015 Performance at the conference Konst i Arbete, Museum of Work, Norrköping
2015 Precarity, Museum of Work, Norrköping
2015 Öppet Hus / Open House, Konsthall C, Stockholm
2015 Hardware, Art Lab Gnesta
2015 ORKA! Husby Konsthall, Stockholm
2015 Fremskritt / Progress, Telemark Art Centre, Skien
2015 Cirkelstudien / The Circle Study, ABF, Stockholm
2014 Stipendiater, Uppsala Konstmuseum
2014 Passive Aggressive, Kunstschlager Gallery, Reykjavik
2014 Secret Emo Diary, SIM Gallery, Reykjavik
2014 Blind Navigation Living Art Museum. Reykjavik
2014 Right Time Wrong City, NMNP Project Space, Stavanger
2014 JOBJOB Studio 17, Stavanger
2014 Idle Hands Spring Show Konstfack, Stockholm
2014 Departure Resistance, Gallery 1:10, Stockholm
2014 MFA Show Konstfack Stockholm
2013 Taverna curated by FUMF, Hemliga Trädgården, Stockholm
2012 Den Faktiska Sträckan III Galleri Blunk, Trondheim
2012 Reception Area, online exhibition, Nottingham Contemporary
2012 The Spring Show, Konstfack , Stockholm
2012 Den Faktiska Sträckan II, Galleri Pictura, Lund
2011 It Can Be Lonely Trying to Share Something, BFA, Konstfack, Stockholm
2011 Den Faktiska Sträckan I, Galleri Marie Lavueau, Stockholm
2011 Drift, Hostel, Stockholm
2011 Other Places, Konstfack, Stockholm
2010 Vestlandsutstillingen, Kabuso, Øistese
2009 Avgangsutstilling, Kunstskolen i Rogaland, Stavanger
2008 Stavanger Temporary Capital of Subculture, Tou Scene, Stavanger
Curatorial work
2021 Fra Skog til Google. Skiens Kunstforening (Curated by Odd Fredrik Heiberg and Anna Ihle)
2018 Arbeidsverk, Stavanger (Curated by Hans Edward Hammonds and Anna Ihle)
2015 We value sweat Henna Hyvarinen & Anders Moss
(Curated by Camilla Edström Ödemark and Anna Ihle) Spriten Kunsthall, Skien
2015 Almost the same but not quite Jasmin Daryani & Camilla Edström Ödemark (Curated by Stina Ihle Amankwah and Anna Ihle) Spriten Kunsthall, Skien
2015 We value good art Nicole Levaque & Jaakko Pallasvuo
(Curated by Camilla Edström Ödemark and Anna Ihle) Spriten Kunsthall, Skien
2015 ORKA!, Husby Konsthall, Stockholm
2014 Blind Navigation, NYLO Living Art Museum, Reykjavik (Curated by Anna Ihle in collaboration with NYLO Living Art Museum)
Residencies
2022 HIAP, Helsinki
2021 ArtLabGnesta
2020 Leveld Kunstnartun, Ås
2018 Van Eyck, Maastricht
2017 Snedkeriet, Namsos
2017 Velferden, Sokndal
2016 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim
2016 Atelierhaus Salzamt, Linz
2016 Innovation Dock, Stavanger (self-initiated)
2015 Skien Municipality artist work grant
2014 SIM, Reykjavik
2014 Baltic Stone symposium, Imatra
Education
2012- 2014 MFA, Art in the Public Realm, Konstfack
2009- 2012 Fine Arts Bachelor, Konstfack
2010- 2011 Textile Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
2007- 2009 Rogaland Art School, Stavanger
Recent Grants
2019 Arts Council Norway three year work grant
2018 Stavanger Artist of the year
2017 Rogaland County Artist Grand
2017 Stavanger Artist Grant
2017 Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts Edblad Wells grant
2017 Arts Council Norway two year work grant
Selected press
Anna Ihle on the revaluation of time during corona – ‘Free time is very class-specific’- Berichten uit een andere wereld #4 (Metropolis M 26.04.2020)
Kunst i karantene (CAS 16.09.20)
Jan van Eyck Open Studios 2020 – Super Confident, Always Worried (Metropolis M 06.03.2020)
Dit zijn de vier veelbelovendste kunstenaars van de Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht (De Volkskrant 05.03.2020)
Pen Pals: Claudia La Rocco and Anna Ihle (CAS 26.04.19)
Open Studios 2019 (Mister Motley 15.03.09)
Til tenners gnissel (Adressa 08.02.19)
Kallet til kunsten (Klassekampen 09.10.18)
Anna Ihle gjør gull av gråstein (Stavanger Aftenblad 13.09.18)
Selvportrettet (Klassekampen 08.11.17)
Dykker ned i nordmenns forhold til arbeid (Namdalsavisa 01.08.17)
Akvarell-intervju, Mathias Kryger (CAS 06.06.17)
Panning for gold to make money and art, DJ Pangburn(Creators VICE 27.12.16)
Anbefalinger av Nedetid i Subjekt og Dagbladet 2017
Kunsten å arbeide, Eline Bjerkan (Art Scene Trondheim 07.11.16)
Siri Borge møter Anna Ihle – og omvendt (Billedkunst, 2017)
Månedens Kunstner, (VISP 01.09.2017)
Om arbetslivet förr och nu (Folkbladet 29.10.15)
Konsten söker sig mot det prekära (Norrköpings Tidningar 27.10.15)
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