Biography


Vilhelm Christensen (b. 1984) is an interdisciplinary artist working 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.

In 2023 Christensen presented the solo exhibition I Was Moved at the former Munch Museum, an initiative questioning the afterlife and value of abandoned inventory and spaces from the institutional move. Other recent or upcoming exhibitions include Oslo Kunstforening (2024), House of Foundation (2025), KORO – Public Art Norway (2026), Drammen Library (2026), and UKS – Young Artists' Society (2027).

Christensen has also exhibited individually and collectively at institutions such as Henie Onstad Art Center, The National Museum Norway, Oslo Pilot/OsloBiennalen, Oslo Architecture Triennale, 0047, and Kunsthall Oslo. He is represented in the collections of the National Museum in Norway, International Library of Fashion Resarch (ILFR), and FILMFORM – The 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 National Academy of the Arts, Oslo School of Architecture, and Meiji University in Tokyo.

Christensen holds a Master of Fine Arts from Malmö Art Academy, as well as postmaster 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.






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