Biography
Born: 04.08.1951 Private address: Jarlsborgveien 44, 0377 Oslo.
Mail: roddbe@icloud.com
Internett: www.roddybell.com and www.roddybell.net
Roddy Bell is British/Norwegian, born in Burma/Myanmar in 1951 and has been resident in Norway since 1978.Works with: sculpture, drawing, prints, installation, sound and texts.
Member of: Norsk billedkunstner, Society of Norwegian Sculptors, Tegneforbundet/Drawing society. LNM- The Norwegian Painters society.
Education: Colchester School of Art, Essex, England, 1969-71. Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland 1971-74. Goldsmiths College, University of London, 1975-76. Guest student with Vestlandets Kunstakademi in Bergen 1977-78
One person shows and site-specific interventions:
2021: “Discreet Enigmas- the small portal paintings of Roddy Bell and Brian Catling”. B- oa galleri, Rådhusgate 19, Oslo
2019: “Effekten er årsakens skygge- The Android and the Zener cards», Installations, Kunstbanken, Hamar
2018: “Stories without proper endings”, (paintings and prints), Destiny´s Atelier, Oslo.
2018: “More Imaginary Science”. Installations .Oslo Prosjektrom
2017: Trondhjems Kunstforening, “The Effect is the Shadow of the Cause” and “Stuart and the Daimonion”. Installation.
2016: A Voice visitation. Edvard Munchs Atelier, Ekely, Oslo site specific performance (with Sean Bell)
2010: “Under a White Animality”, Oslo Kunstforening
2009: “The Long Silence”, site specific temporary public art work at Falstad Centre, N. Trøndelag as part of Falstad Kunst, 2009.
2007: “The Book of Imaginary Science”, intervention at Oxford University, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, UK. “Breath Mirror”, (with graduates from Kent University), Kaleidoscope Gallery, Kaleidoscope Centre, Sevenoaks, Kent UK
2005: “Tales From Between” Galleri Schnauzer, Oslo
2004: “Slight Credulities” (with Kurt Johannessen), Royal Society of British Sculptors, RBS Gallery London U.K.
2003: “LUMINARY” Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden 2003
2002: “A Visitance of Air (1) Beachy head, (2) The Whispering Room” Trans-Art, Trondheim, Norway
2001: “Semblance”, Galleri RAM, Oslo Norway
2000: "Khronos Visitas",-project for Bergen European city of culture, 2000, 5 sight specific works related to the city landscape as a reflection on different aspects of time.
1999: “Somnia”- “Visitations”, U.S.F. Visningsrom, Bergen Norway
1995: “Birds In an Age of Reason “, Bergen Kunstforening and Drammen Kunstforening, Norway
1994: “Faustisch Sichten”, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
1991: Galleri Norske Grafikere, Oslo Norway
1990: Galleri BKF, Stavanger Norway
1990: “Sidelines” (with Kurt Johannessen), Kulturhuset USF, Bergen Norway
1986: Bergen Kunstforening, Norway
1984: Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo NorwayGalleri Sct.Agnes, Roskilde, Denmark
1983: Galleri 1, Bergen Norway
1979: Galleri 1, Bergen Norway1979.
Group or collective exhibitions:
2024: "Cycloptics" Space52, Athens
2024: «A kinetic opera» with Sean Bell, as part of “Kunst I bevegelse-2024”, at Østfold kunstsenter.
2022: Høstutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus Oslo, 1 painting.
2020: «Oracle» kinetic audio work published online at kunstibevegelse.no
2020: Høstutstilling, sculpture (3d print)
2019: Vestlandsutstilling , 2 paintings
2019: Østlandsutstillng,: 3 prints.
2019: Destiny´s Gratinée at Kunstnernes Hus . 5 paintings.
2017: More Voice Visitations (with Sean Bell). Performance at Performance Art Bergen Open
2015: “This is not a forest”, performance (sammen med Sean Bell), ved Performance Art Bergen OPEN 2015, Bergen Gamle Kretsfengsel.
2015: NOoSPHERE Anniversary, NOoSPHERE Arts, New York
2013: “Clichè verre reloaded”, atelier fur Radierung, Spinnerei, Leipzig (G), prints.
2013: Performance Art Bergen Open, performative video installation.
2013: “Some Small Sculptures” installation at Vigeland Museum, Oslo, as part of the 7th Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2013.
2012: “Walking the quad”- Tegning som ytring- Tegnebiennalen 2012 , Oslo.
2011-2012 “Babel Microphone” installation at Vigeland Museum, Oslo, as part of the 6th Norwegian Sculpture Biennale 2011.
2011: “The Crossing”- a performative video installation at Tøyen Park, Oslo as part of the (Dis)placement exhibition, Norwegian sculptors union
2010: "An Das Gerat", Halle 14 Leipzig and ACC Galerie, Weimar
2008: “Unstern. Sinistre. Disastro (Visionen zeitgenössischer Kunstler)”. ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
2008-2010: “Trash Art- Found Objects. Recycling The Looking Glass”, Oslo, Haugesund, Risør, Moss, Stavanger Kunstforeningene. Norwegian Association of Art Societies
2007: KONTRA – Finnish- Norwegian Sculpture Exhibition, Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute`s Gallery Oslo
2005: Volum 6X6, Glasgow Art Fair extension
2003: Norwegian Sculpturebiennale, (curator Dorthe Abelgaard) Vigelandsmuseum, Oslo, Norway
2001: “Ad-Lib” Trans-art, Trondheim Norway 2001
2000: ”Drawing exhibition 2000”, Vestfold Kunstnersenter, Haugar and Fossekleiva Galleri, Berger, Norway
2000: “Skulptur 2000”, Oslo Kunstforening, Norway
1999: Norwegian Sculpture Biennale, (curator Lars Niitve) –Stenersensmuseét, Oslo, Norway
1997: “22 Konstnarer frän Oslo”, Galleri 54, Gøteborg, Sweden
1997: “The Saving Angel”, A.C.C. Galerie, Weimar, Germany
1997: 13th International Biennal of Small Plastic 1997, Galerija Murska Sobota, Slovenia and Mueums für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany
1996: Norwegian art in Slovenia, Galleri Petra Michala Bohuna, Bratislava
1996: Small picture Biennale , Stavanger kunstforening, Norway
1996: Norwegian sculptors association Jubilleum exhibition Oslo, Norway :
1996: “Sculpture and drawing”,-Tegneforbund. Henie-Onstads Kunstsenter. Norway
1996: “Brudd- Tredimensjonale utsagn med utspring fra Vestlandet,- Bergens Kunstforening Norway
1994: “Oktett”, Solberg Spinneri, Drammen, Norway
1993: “Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris, Frankrike
1993: Summer exhibition in Seljord kunstforening, Norway
1993: III European Cultural Workshop, Schloss Ettersburg, Weimar,Germany
1992: “Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris, Frankrike
1992: “Jeune Peinture en Hong Kong”, Sao Pao Gallery, Hong Kong .
1992: “Norsk Skulptur”, Seljord, Norway .
1992: Galleri Roenland, Jevnaker, Norway
1991: “Jeune Peinture”, Grand Palais, Paris, Frankrike
1990: “Interprint”´90”, Lviv, USSR,
1990: “Bergen utstilling”, Hå Prestegård Norway 1990: “Le Géniede la Bastille”, Paris, Frankrike
1989: P.T. exhibition, Tistrup,Denmark
1989:“Kontrasjær”, Norsk Billedhuggerforening, Akershus Festning, Oslo
1988: Bergen Kunstforenings Jubileumsutstilling,
1988: “Gruve-88”, installation and performance, Stalheim .
1985: “Works from Tuscania 2”, Tuscania, Italia 1985: Bedehusutstillingen, Hausmansgt. Oslo
1984: The Eight Int. Print Biennale, Bradford, England
1984: “Works from Tuscania 1”, Tuscania, Italy and Kulturhuset in Odense, Denmark
1983: The Sixth Cleveland (UK) Int. Drawing Biennale, England
1983: “Grafikk som utsmykking”, Galleri F 15, Moss
1982: “Kunst aus Bergen und Malmø”, Lübeck Museum, Germany .
1981: “7 tilfeldige i Bergen”, Bergen Kunstforening, Christiansands Kunstfoening, Trondheims Kunstforening,Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
1981: “5 Grafikere fra Bergen”, Bryggens Museum, Bergen
Autumn exhibition, Kunstnershus Oslo: 1979,-81,-86,-87,-88,-90,-91,-96,2007.-2020-2022.
West NorwayExhibition: 1979,-81,-83,-85,-86.-87,-88,-89,-90,-99-2019.
Works purchased by the following collections: Norwegian board of culture (prints 1979 and 1982.) Norwegian board of culture (sculpture, 1982).
Norwegian State collection, (prints, 1986 and 1987). Norwegian State collection ( sculpture, 1982). Bergen Billedgalleri, (N)(drawing 1983 and 1985)
Bergen Billedgalleri, (N)(installasjon 1986.) Bergen Council, (N.) (prints,) 1984).
Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, (N) (drawing, 1990.) Rogaland County, (N) (prints 1993)
Drammen Kunstforening, (N)-the permanent collection, (sculpture 1995)
Public commissions:
Åstveit hospital, Bergen, 1983, (work in hand-made paper) Gullfaks A oilplatform, north sea, 1986, painting in tempera on wood, Bergen tax office, 1988, sculpture, drawing and print.
Sogn college of further education, Sogndal, (N) 1989, sculpture Gullfaks B- and C- oilplatform North sea, prints 1988 and 89. Stavanger Central hospital,(N) print, 1989.
Bergen airport, print, (N)1989.
“Draugen” Oilplatform, Norwegian Shell, North Sea- gymnasian mural 1992.
Sevenoaks Kalaedoscope project,-Sevenoaks public library, Kent county Museum and Gallery 2006“The Long Silence”, site specific temporary public art work at Falstad Centre, N. Trøndelag as part of Falstad Kunst, 2009.
Stipends /grants:
Statens Vikarstipend (Kr.20.000,-) 1983. StatensEtableringstipend (Kr.15.000,-) 1985 Statens Reisestipend (Kr.30,000,-) 1986.
Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond (Kr.15.000,-) 1987. Hordaland Fylke Kunstnerstipend (Kr.15.000,-) 1988. Norske Grafikere, “Per og Kari stipend”(Kr.20.000,-) 1989. NBK Vederlagsfondet (Kr.60.000,-) 1990.
NBK Vederlagsfondet (Kr. 60.000,-) 1991.
Oslo Kommunes Kulturstipend (Kr 15.000,-) 1992
Ingrid Lindbäck Langgaards Fond, reisestipend (Kr 25.000,-) 1992 Statens Reisestipend (Kr. 35.000,-) 1993
Statens 3 årige arbeidstipend 1994
NBK Vederlagsfondet (Kr.100.000,-) 1997 KulturrådetsUtstillingstipend (Kr.30.000,-) 1999 NBK Vederlagsfondet(Kr.100.000,-) 2000 NBK vederlagsfondet (Kr.50.000,-) 2001
Statens Garanti Inntekt fra 2002
Office for Contemporary art, Norway exhibition support (Kr.5000,-) 2002 Kulturråds fund for art and new technology (Kr.30000) 2003 Billedkunstnerens prosjektstøtte (Kr.25000,-) 2003.
Office for Contemporary art, Norway, exhibition support (Kr.6000,-) 2004 Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend Kr30.000,-) 2004
Kulturråds fund for art and new technology (Kr.40000) 2006 Norsk ilustrasjonsfond Prosjketstøtte (Kr.30.000,- ) 2009 Ingrid lindbäck Langaardsfond, stipend Kr60.000,-) 2010 Norsk kulturråds prosjketstøtte (Kr.45.000;-)2010 Norsk kulturråds prosjekstøtte (Kr.25.000,-) 2011
Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend Kr50.000,-) 2012 Kulturråds fund for art and new technology (Kr.80.000) 2015 Oslo Kommune Kulturfond , Kr.15000,- 2016 Billedkunstners hjelpefond, usttillingsstipend Kr.30.000,- ,2017 Norske Billedkunstners Prosjektstøtte Kr.25.000,-, 2018 Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend ( Kr70.000,-) 2018 Billedkunstners hjelpefond, usttillingsstipend Kr.30.000,- , 2019 Vederlagsfond ettårig stipend (Kr.150.000), 2020.
Norsk Kulturråds prosjektstøtte (kr50.000,.) 2021. Oslo kommunekulturetaten (Kr.40.000,-) 2021.
Vederlagsfond ettårig stipend (kr.100.000,-) 2022
Ingrid lindbäck Langaards fond, stipend Kr70.000,-) 2023
BKF ettårig stipend for senior kunstner Kr.145.000.-
Art teaching and other activities:
Head of printmaking dept.,Vestlandets Kunstakademi, Bergen (N)1981-85.
Lecturer in form, Statens høgskole for kunsthåndverk og design (SHKD), Bergen (N) 1990- 1993 Lecturer withMølla Kunstskole, Moss (N) 1994-97
Professor with the Institute for landscape architecture, University of life science, Ås, Norway, from 2002 – 2014
NTNU, Fakultet for arkitektur og billedkunst. Professorisk sakkyndig komitte 2015 Guest teaching with:
Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, (N) 1986,-87,-89.
Statens høgskole for kunsthåndverk og design(SHKD),Bergen 1988,-89,-90,-95,-96,-97. Kunstskolen i Rogaland, Stavanger 1989.
Brighton Polytechnic, School of Sculpture, 1988 (lecture only). Kunsthøyskolen i Bergen,(Institutt for fellesfag)1995, ´96, ´97, og 98 Sculpture dept., Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo 1995, 1997 og 1998 Sculpture dept., The Ruskin School, University of Oxford, 1998 and 2004
M.A. sensor for Institute for Fotografi, Kunsthøyskolen i Bergen (N) 1997 og 1998.
Art consultancy, public art programmes and committee positions:
Bergen Musikkonservatorium, 1987-89 Norwegian Broadcasting, Hordaland, Bergen
1990-91 Rena District High school. (N) 1994-95
Bergen Kommunes internationale sculpture Project 1991-92 Jurymember for sculpture, Vestlandsutstilling 1987-89 Jurymemember for The National Jury, 1990-91
Residency with the Scandinavian Institute for artists in Rome, nov-dec 1984, June 1993, and March 2018
Residency with I.L. Langaards stiftelsen studio at Cite`Internationale des Arts, Paris Aug.-Dec. 1993
Guest speaker at «Climbing Invisible Structures. Ritualised Disciplinary Practices in Social Life» 1-3 October 2015, Vilnius Academy of Arts Nida Art Colony, Nida, Latvia. 2015
Deputy leader, Tegneforbundet (Norwegian Drawing Association) from 2016- 2024 Co- curator of The Norwegian Drawing Triennial 2023.