Thora Dolven Balke
Recent and Upcoming
➹
A Stubborn Stain
MELK
,
Oslo
,
Norway
September 2026
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BUNNLØS
NOUA
,
Bodø
,
Norway
June 2026
➹
Passing Motherhood
Trondheim Kunstmuseum
,
Trondheim
,
Norway
April 2025
Exhibitions
Works
Curatorial Practice
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Recent and Upcoming
➹
A Stubborn Stain
MELK
,
Oslo
September 2026
➹
BUNNLØS
NOUA
,
Bodø
June 2026
➹
Passing Motherhood
Trondheim Kunstmuseum
,
Trondheim
April 2025
➹
Modo Host
Entrée
,
Bergen
March 2025
➹
Open Up Your Eyes
Hoyersten Contemporary
,
Bergen
in collaboration with MELK, Oslo
November 2024
➹
Human Scale
MELK
,
Oslo
September 2024
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Modo Host
CAMA
,
São Paulo
March 2024
➹
Kunst som Straff (Art as Punishment)
Kunstnernes Hus
,
Oslo
curated by Thora Dolven Balke and Kristine Jærn Pilgaard
November 2023
Exhibitions
Works
Curatorial Practice
Publications
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CV
Works
Installation
PHOTOgraphy
Mixed Media
Sculpture
SOUND
VIDEO
SERIES
Flow
2019 — ongoing
O
2019
Rough Seas
2015
Installation
When a Meteorite Hits the Kitchen Table
2023
soundwork, UV exposed mattress foam
200 × 300 × 100 cm
False Spring
2021
6 channel sound and light installation, silicone prints over aluminum folds
Photography
Pin
2019
colour print from original polaroid photograph mounted on aluminium
110 × 143 cm
Dependence
2018
colour print from original polaroid photograph mounted on aluminium
110 × 143 cm
Mixed Media
Lacuna
2025
UV print on glass, silicone, acrylic
120 × 160 cm
Shadow Play
2024
large format negative, acrylic, fisheye stickers
42 × 42 cm
Foal
2024
large format negative, acrylic, stickers
42 × 42 cm
Scavenger
2024
large format negative, acrylic, gemstone stickers
42 × 42 cm
Sculpture
Gravitas III
2024
pigmented silicone
approx. 80 × 36 × 15 cm
Gravitas II
2024
pigmented silicone
approx. 80 × 36 × 15 cm
Gravitas I
2024
pigmented silicone
approx. 80 × 36 × 15 cm
Sound
YD 1–6
2016
soundwork in 6 parts comissioned by Daata Editions
Video
Eyewitness
2015
synched 6-channel video, altered 22” TV screens, all-weather extension cables, 25:37:17 min
variable dimensions
White Whale
2015
unsynced 2 channel video 23'55'' and 22'24'', sound, altered 22” HD TV screens, pocket torches, all-weather cables
variable dimensions
Works
Lacuna
2025
UV print on glass, silicone, acrylic
Shadow Play
2024
large format negative, acrylic, fisheye stickers
Foal
2024
large format negative, acrylic, stickers
Scavenger
2024
large format negative, acrylic, gemstone stickers
Gravitas III
2024
pigmented silicone
Gravitas II
2024
pigmented silicone
Gravitas I
2024
pigmented silicone
When a Meteorite Hits the Kitchen Table
2023
soundwork, UV exposed mattress foam
Flow
2021
framed polaroid and silicone
Flow
2021
framed polaroid and silicone
Flow
2021
framed polaroid and silicone
False Spring
2021
6 channel sound and light installation, silicone prints over aluminum folds
Flow
2020
framed polaroid and silicone
Pin
2019
colour print from original polaroid photograph mounted on aluminium
O (Pink)
2019
epoxi resin
O (Green)
2019
epoxi resin
O (Blue)
2019
epoxi resin
O (Orange)
2019
epoxi resin
Flow
2019
framed polaroid and silicone
Flow
2019
framed polaroid and silicone
Flow
2019
framed polaroid and silicone
Dependence
2018
colour print from original polaroid photograph mounted on aluminium
YD 1–6
2016
soundwork in 6 parts comissioned by Daata Editions
Eyewitness
2015
synched 6-channel video, altered 22” TV screens, all-weather extension cables, 25:37:17 min
Rough Seas
2015
memory foam, cast iron parts of ambulance stretcher
Rough Seas
2015
memory foam, cast iron parts of ambulance stretcher
White Whale
2015
unsynced 2 channel video 23'55'' and 22'24'', sound, altered 22” HD TV screens, pocket torches, all-weather cables