Finn Adrian Jorkjen (b. 1990, Arendal) is a visual artist who works with performance, text, and video. He cuts, stages, remembers, moves, and composes different situations together. His works tackle our relationship with mass media, questions about identity, and is driven by big ambivalent feelings. Jorkjen is a graduate of the Oslo Academy of the Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim, NTNU. He is also a member of the performance duo "Koppen & Jorkjen".
Finn Adrian Jorkjen (b. 1990 Arendal, Norway)
jafish@gmail.com
Upcomming!
2022 Kolbotn Garasje Galleri
2022 Agder Kunstsenter
Education
2018 - 2020 Oslo National Academy of Fine Art, MFA
2012 - 2015 Kunstakademiet i Trondheim, BFA
2010 - 2012 Einar Granum Kunstfagskole, painting
2009 - 2010 Trøndertun Folkehøgskole, art
Education
2018 - 2020 MFA, Oslo National Academy of Fine Art
2012 - 2015 BFA, Kunstakademiet i Trondheim NTNU
2010 - 2012 Einar Granum Kunstfagskole, painting deparment
2009 - 2010 Trøndertun Folkehøgskole, art
2021
Rosendal Teater, Trondheim
Kunsthuset Kabuso & bit teatergarasjen, Koppen & Jorkjen (with Henrik Koppen), Øystese
Dressing Room (with Kaare Ruud & Camilla Edström Ödemark) Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Ravnedansfestivalen 2021, Kristiansand
Soft Awakening, Koppen & Jorkjen (with Henrik Koppen), Heimdal Kunstforening
2020
@dreams_n_memes, performance for Instagram, Internet
PAO x Collective, public performance Oslo
Hatch 2020, Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway
Avgangsutstillingen 2020, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo, Norway
2019
The Suitors, Momentum Biennial 10, Moss, Norway
Finissage with Finn, Breadbox Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Close to Cancelation, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway
Koppen & Jorkjen: The Easter Special, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway with Henrik Koppen
Soft Awakening, Galleri Kladden, Oslo, Norway with Henrik Koppen
2018
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things :(, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway
Feminine Tripper Festival, Oslo, Norway with Henrik Koppen
2017
Hatch 10 år, Ekserserhuset, Kristiansand
PAB Open 2017, performance with Henrik Koppen, Bergen
Radio Space, Borealis Festival, audio play broadcast with Henrik Koppen
2016
Hatch 2016, ARTendal, Arendal
HYDRA, Ekserserhuset, Kristiansand, with Iben Krogsgaard, Joakim Toreg, Sindre Hustveit
2015
Black Box Theater, Oslo - “++” performance with Henrik Koppen
Kulturbunker Dora, Trondheim - “Bachelorustilling 2015” exhibition, performance
punktet, Trondheim - "In Search of the Miraculous" performance with Joakim Holm Toreg
Landmark, Bergen - “♀ DON'T THEY KNOW...? ♀” screening Koppen & Jorkjen
Vetrlidsallmenningen 27a, Bergen - “If on a winter’s night, a room” screening
2014
Galleri KIT, Trondheim - “Open Academy”, performance
Trondheim Kunstmuseum Gråmølna - “Art, Anarchy and Apostasy” performance
Galleri KIT, Trondheim - “Koppen & Jorkjen #1" performance event with Koppen & Jorkjen
Galleri KIT, Trondheim - “To Travel to the Center of Space” workshop and exhibiton by Prinz-Gholam
2013
Galleri KIT, Trondheim - “POP UP ARKIV #1” exhibition collaboration with Mari Sanden, Joakim Toreg, Sara Guldmyr
Konstfack, Stockholm - ” KUNO 20, Lost in Space” group exhibition
Galleri KIT, Trondheim - “I Invite You Into My Room” performance
Galleri KIT, Trondheim - “Live Arts Night” performance
Galleri Blunk, Trondheim -“Blunkfestval” performance
2012
Galleri KIT, Trondheim - “Kald” group exhibition
Prosjektrom Vekta, Oslo - “Whatever the Windmill Tells You (to Do)” performance
Other
- 2021 Performer for Gideonsson/Londre, PAO Festival 2021
- 2021 Technician for Andreas Siqueland, Kristiansand Kunsthall
- 2019 Performer for Carole Douillard, osloBIENNALEN FIRST EDITION “The Viewers”
- 2018 Performer for Vilde Løwenborg Blom, PAO Festival 2018
- 2017 Performer for CONVOI EXCEPTIONNEL: Den 4. Morgen, Bora Bora, Denmark
- 2014-2015 Linjeforeningen, experimental spatial drawing club, founder and organizer
- 2014-2015 Dancer in Danselabratoriet, dance company
- 2013 Performer for Antoine Davenne, BABEL, Trondhem: “That Said”
- 2012-2014 Co-running Galleri Blunk
Grants
- 2020 Fondet for Kunst- og Designstudenter
- 2020 Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere, Kulturrådet
- 2010 Drømmestipendet Norsk kulturskoleråd & Norsk Tipping
Upcomming!
2022 Kolbotn Garasje Galleri
2022 Agder Kunstsenter
2022 Kolbotn Garasje Galleri
2022 Agder Kunstsenter
Rosendal Teater, Trondheim