Rune Guneriussen's work revolves around two practices: installation and large-format chamber photography. But Rune Guneriussen defines himself first and foremost as a photographer, and for him, photography remains the ultimate goal of his artistic research. Most of these interventions, carried out on isolated natural sites, are visible only through his photographs, the only remnants or testimonies of what once existed.
In search of singular places, Rune Guneriussen intervenes in the landscape in a practice close to Land Art, handling everyday objects: lamps, furniture or books that he stages and arranges according to a precise layout in natural spaces. He uses the landscape, not as a backdrop, but as the very subject of the installation, making use of crevices, trees and vegetation, but also of meteorological phenomena such as snowstorms or falling temperatures, to achieve the desired effect.
Rune Guneriussen breathes life into these objects, which enchant the landscape, and seem to colonize the tree, the valley, the undergrowth, the ice. Far from seeming incongruous, their presence in these spaces seems almost immutable. With no trace of human presence, fiction takes over, taking us into a universe invaded by these creature-objects.
New works: Lights go out
Discover on ARTSY the viewing room of the photographer's latest highly anticipated series. Begun in 2019, it combines the creation of wooden sculptures, the use of light and large-format chamber photography. It includes both color and black & white images.
Paris Photo & Aperture Foundation Book Awards
Edgar Martins' What Photography & Incarceration have in Common with an Empty Vase, his most ambitious and experimental publication to date, has been shortlisted for this year's Paris Photo & Aperture Photobook Awards, in the Best Photobook category. Martins' book has also made the final shortlist for the Best Photographic Book of the Year at PhotoEspaña 2020.
april 8, 2020
Opening in December 2019
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018
Dans la solitude du paysage, Centre d'Art Contemporain de la Matmut, Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville, France - part of the Lumières Nordiques festival
Paysage en Solitude, Melanie Rio Fluency, Nantes, France
Museum die Westküste, Föhr, Germany
2016
Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015
Galleri IUC, Bryne, Norway
Eventinove Artecontemporena, Turin, Italy
In the Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, USA
2014
Circle of Reception, Melanie Rio gallery, Paris, France
Portåsen, Mjøndalen, Norway
2013
Installation for St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Idomeneo at Klagenfurt Stadttheater, Austria. Stagedesign made by Rune Guneriussen
Ravnen skriker over lavlandet, Gulden Kunstverk, Steinberg, Norway
HLP Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2012
Imposer of shifts, A I B I C ontemporary, Zürich, Switzerland
Installation for Oslo Light Festival Tjuvholmen, Oslo
Galerie Melanie Rio, Paris, France
2011
"Settings", Manifesta Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherland
2010
Le Radar, Bayeux, France
Festival "Les Boréales", Caen, France
Galerie melanieRio, Nantes, France
The Old Hå Vicarage, Art Centre, Stavanger, Norway
2009
Working Class Hero, festival artist, Norway
Arena Vestfossen
C0LLECTIONS
Royal Monceau, Paris. City of Bergen, Norway
Collection of Norgesgruppen ASA
Centre of Knowledge, Lillestrøm, Norway
Helsebygg - Midt-Norge ( St. Olavs Hospital )
Buskerud Fylkeskommune. Misc. Private Collectors.
Eikholt - senter for døvblind. Sparebanken Øst. Hokksund Kurbad. Ovre Eiker Kommune.
PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS
2018
Dans la solitude du paysage, Centre d'Art Contemporain de la Matmut, Saint-Pierre-de-Varengeville, France - part of the Lumières Nordiques festival
Paysage en Solitude, Melanie Rio Fluency, Nantes, France
Museum die Westküste, Föhr, Germany
2016
Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015
Galleri IUC, Bryne, Norway
Eventinove Artecontemporena, Turin, Italy
In the Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, USA
2014
Circle of Reception, Melanie Rio gallery, Paris, France
Portåsen, Mjøndalen, Norway
2013
Installation for St. Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland Moritz Art Masters, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Idomeneo at Klagenfurt Stadttheater, Austria. Stagedesign made by Rune Guneriussen
Ravnen skriker over lavlandet, Gulden Kunstverk, Steinberg, Norway
HLP Galerie, Cologne, Germany
2012
Imposer of shifts, A I B I C ontemporary, Zürich, Switzerland
Installation for Oslo Light Festival Tjuvholmen, Oslo
Galerie Melanie Rio, Paris, France
2011
"Settings", Manifesta Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherland
2010
Le Radar, Bayeux, France
Festival "Les Boréales", Caen, France
Galerie melanieRio, Nantes, France
The Old Hå Vicarage, Art Centre, Stavanger, Norway
2009
Working Class Hero, festival artist, Norway
Arena Vestfossen
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019
Selected artist of the fair, MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Melanie Rio Fluency, Paris
2016
"Neige", Centre Culturel Jean-Cocteau, Paris, France
Factory Light Festival, Slemmestad, Norway
"Fotocontempo", Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, USA
Art New York, New York, United States
Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, France
"La collection # 02", Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes, France
2015
Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo, Norway, "Nyervervelser 2010-2015: Norsk samtidskunst"
Art 15, London, United Kingdom
Art Miami, New York, United States
Paris Photo 2015, galerie Melanie Rio, Paris
2014
Pan Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hier steht ein Sessel, Galeria im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie melanie Rio, Nantes, France
Luminosity, Lexington Art League, Kentucky, United States
Art 14, London, United Kingdom
Art Wynwood, Miami, USA
Raw Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Upcycle, Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway
2013
Paris Photo 2013, Melanie Rio gallery, Grand Palais, Paris
Permanent group exhibition, Werkhallen, Bonn, Germany
Vestfossen kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
Milan Image Art in Italy. Bugno Art Gallery
2012
Galerie melanieRio, Nantes, France
Paris Photo, Paris, Melanie Rio gallery, France
Oslo Light Festival, Oslo, Norway
2011
AR(t)BRE - le Cri de la Vie, Parc Andre Citroen, Paris
Paris Photo, under the courtesy of melanieRio gallery, Paris
Parcour St. Germain, Paris Germain, Paris
Lady Dior, As seen by, Beijing, China
2010
Paris Photo, under the courtesy of melanieRio gallery
Chic Art Fair, Paris
Portâsen, "En lampe pâ bordet Brenner", Mjøndalen, Norway
Galleri 4010, Lyngør, Norway
2009
Nuit Blanche, Invited artist, Paris, France
National Arts Grant Exhibition, Gallery of Photography, Oslo
C0LLECTIONS
Royal Monceau, Paris. City of Bergen, Norway
Collection of Norgesgruppen ASA
Centre of Knowledge, Lillestrøm, Norway
Helsebygg - Midt-Norge ( St. Olavs Hospital )
Buskerud Fylkeskommune. Misc. Private Collectors.
Eikholt - senter for døvblind. Sparebanken Øst. Hokksund Kurbad. Ovre Eiker Kommune.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019
Mémoire d'architecture, Le 6b, St Denis - Organized by Aurélie Barnier and Pascale Bosc
30 ans de la Galerie La Ferronnerie
Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris
Rendez-vous à Saint-Briac, festival d'art contemporain
2018
Occurrence, Espace d'art et d'essai contemporain, Les territoires obligés, Montréal, Québec
Artboretum - Lieu d'art contemporain, Le Dépeupleur. Variation autour du texte de Samuel Beckett, Moulin du Rabois, Argenton-sur-Creuse (FR)
Paris Photo, solo show by Silvana Reggiardo
2017
Galerie Melanie Rio Fluency, Novedena #1, Nantes (FR)
2016
CPIF -Centre photographique d'Ile-de- France, Les Précipités #3, Pontault-Combault (FR)
Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris (FR)
2015
FIAC Officielle, Docks, Cité de la mode et du design, Paris
Le laboratoire de M. Deshimaru, galerie melanie Rio, Nantes
Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris (FR)
Galerie melanie Rio, La Collection #2, Nantes (FR)
2014
Centre Culturel Bellegarde, Traverse Vidéo, Processus,
Toulouse (FR)
Centre photographique d'Île-de-France, A l'envers, à l'endroit... Pontault-Combault (FR)
2013
Ateliers de l'image, La nuit de l'instant, Marseille (FR)
2012
Les douches la Galerie, La dimension du quotidien, Paris (FR)
2010
Centre d'art contemporain d'Ivry, le Crédac, Le carillon de Big Ben (FR)
2006
Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, La région humaine (FR)
2005
Festival l'étrange cargo, La ménagerie de verre, Paris (FR)
2004
Le Forum, Scène conventionnée de Blanc-Mesnil, Communes Images (FR)
Eté photographique de Lectoure, W (FR)
2003
Le Carreau, scène nationale de Forbach (FR)
2000
Centre d'art passerelle, Brest, 2000 (FR)
Galerie art et essai, Homo zappiens zappiens, Rennes (FR)
1998
Centre national de la photographie, Prix Moins Trente, Paris,
1996
Centre G. Pompidou, BPI, Four walls, one window, Paris
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2019
Selected artist of the fair, MIA Photo Fair, Milan, Italy
Art Paris Art Fair, Galerie Melanie Rio Fluency, Paris
2016
"Neige", Centre Culturel Jean-Cocteau, Paris, France
Factory Light Festival, Slemmestad, Norway
"Fotocontempo", Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami, USA
Art New York, New York, United States
Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, France
"La collection # 02", Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes, France
2015
Rådhusgalleriet, Oslo, Norway, "Nyervervelser 2010-2015: Norsk samtidskunst"
Art 15, London, United Kingdom
Art Miami, New York, United States
Paris Photo 2015, galerie Melanie Rio, Paris
2014
Pan Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hier steht ein Sessel, Galeria im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie melanie Rio, Nantes, France
Luminosity, Lexington Art League, Kentucky, United States
Art 14, London, United Kingdom
Art Wynwood, Miami, USA
Raw Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Upcycle, Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway
2013
Paris Photo 2013, Melanie Rio gallery, Grand Palais, Paris
Permanent group exhibition, Werkhallen, Bonn, Germany
Vestfossen kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway
Milan Image Art in Italy. Bugno Art Gallery
2012
Galerie melanieRio, Nantes, France
Paris Photo, Paris, Melanie Rio gallery, France
Oslo Light Festival, Oslo, Norway
2011
AR(t)BRE - le Cri de la Vie, Parc Andre Citroen, Paris
Paris Photo, under the courtesy of melanieRio gallery, Paris
Parcour St. Germain, Paris Germain, Paris
Lady Dior, As seen by, Beijing, China
2010
Paris Photo, under the courtesy of melanieRio gallery
Chic Art Fair, Paris
Portâsen, "En lampe pâ bordet Brenner", Mjøndalen, Norway
Galleri 4010, Lyngør, Norway
2009
Nuit Blanche, Invited artist, Paris, France
National Arts Grant Exhibition, Gallery of Photography, Oslo
France Inter, Regardez Voir, 21.04.2018
BeauxArts, by Adrien Pontet, 4.05.2018
La natura degli oggetti
Internazionale, 6.03.2014
Libération.fr
04.03.2014
Circle of reception at Melanie Rio Gallery, Paris
Libération, by Clémentine Mercier, 28.02.2014
Rune Guneriussen's Enchanting Installations Bring New Life To Banal Objects
Huffpost, by Hallie Sekoff, 10.06.2012