Biography
Vilhelm Christensen (b. 1984) is a visual artist and architect based in Oslo. As an interdisciplinary artist he works across spatial disciplines and mediums. He is concerned with how places, spaces and materials carry memories and stories, which can live on through transformations, reinterpretations and repurposing. In both institutional and public spaces, his interest lies in uncovering forgotten or neglected values and memories. Several of his recent works investigate the frameworks, conditions and history of institutions – where he explores the exhibition as work and form.
Recently, Christensen presented the solo exhibition I Was Moved (2023) at the former Munch Museum, an initiative questioning the afterlife and value of abandoned inventory and spaces from the institutional move. He is currently working on a part two of the project in the format of a publication. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include Oslo Kunstforening (2024) and House of Foundation (2025), as well as art in public space projects in Oslo, Moss and Drammen.
Christensen has exhibited individually and collectively at institutions such as The National Museum Norway, Henie Onstad Art Center, Gamle Munch, Oslo Kunstforening, Oslo Pilot, Oslo Architecture Triennale, 0047, Kunsthall Oslo and Galleri Rom. He is represented in the collections of the National Museum in Norway, International Library of Fashion Resarch (ILFR) and FILMFORM - Art Film and Video Archive, Stockholm, as well as private collections. In 2014 he was awarded the Anders Jahre Prize for Young Artists.
Previously, Christensen has worked in Rem Koolhaas’ architecture and research studio OMA/AMO in Rotterdam and was co-founder of the architectural practice Superunion Architects from 2011 to 2016, that worked between research, exhibition making, installations, public spaces and buildings. He has been teaching and lecturing at schools such as Oslo School of Architecture, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and Meiji University in Tokyo.
Christensen holds a Master of Fine Arts from Malmö Art Academy, as well as post master studies in art and public space at Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. He also holds a Master of Architecture from Oslo School of Architecture, as well as studies at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles.