MORTEN SLETTEMEÅS
(1975)
Morten Slettemeås was born in 1975. He grew up in Gvarv in Telemark. He now lives and works in Oslo. Slettemeås is educated at Einar Granum's Art School, 1996-1998 and the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, 1999-2003.
Slettemeås works with painting that alternates between the figurative and the abstract, with references both to art history, contemporary events and popular culture. By using his own ideas and experiences and putting them in context with international events, the work appears as a personal story telling. Several works are inspired by the tradition of landscape painters in Telemark, combined with impulses from the globalized world.
Morten Slettemeås is considered to be a resilient colorist, with his expressive and colorful paintings, often in large format.
He has shown his works in, among others, Kunsthall Grenland, Telemark Art Museum, Bomuldfabriken in Arendal, Lillehammer Art Museum, Haugar Art Museum, Sørlandets Art Museum, Stavanger Art Museum and Stenersen Museum in Oslo, Museo di Arte Contemporanea di San Luis Potosi and il Museo de Chancelleria in Mexico. Slettemeås has been purchased by among others, Sørlandet's Art Museum, Malmø Art Museum and the Norwegian Cultural Council. In addition, he is represented in private collections in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Mexico
SELECTED ARTWORKS:
INSTALLATION VIEWS
SHOWS WITH JO-HS
ARTIST’S CV
Solo exhibitions (selected)2025
Apples and Frostbites, JO-HS, Mexico City, Mexico.
2022
Epleslang, Knut Blomstrøm Contemporary, Oslo, Norway.
2022
Another story, Luis Adelantado Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
2021
Fus!, Knut Blomstrøm Contemporary, Oslo, Norway.
2020
Gvarv Fruktlager, Gvarv, Norway.
2019
Organic Horizon, Luis Adelantado Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
Mosegrodd, Telemarksgalleriet, Notodden, Norway.
2018
Yellow sky, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Nærbø, Norway.
Blue trees, Green sky, Centro Culturale Fritz Røed, Villa Faraldi, Italy
2017
Green sky, yellow ground, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Blue sky, black ground, brown ground, Museo de la Cancilleria, Mexico City, Mexico
Anniversary exhibition, Nutheim Gjestgiveri, Flatdal, Norway
Group exhibitions (selected)
2020
Zona Maco, Luis Adelantado, Mexico City, Mexico
2019
Zona Maco, Luis Adelantado, Mexico City, Mexico
2018
Here and Elsewhere, (curated by Lorena Moreno), Edificio Vizcaya, Mexico City, Mexico
2017
Zona Maco, Luis Adelantado, Mexico City, Mexico
Prizes
2015
Fundación Hortensia Herrero, acquisition prize
2008
Official ONS-artist, Stavanger, Norway
2006
Diesel New Art (Winner), Norway
2003
Ragnvald & Ida Blix´ Fond
2002
Hans Ødegaards grant for Norwegian painters
Collections
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Oslo Kommunes kunstsamling, Oslo, Norway
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
Norsk Kulturråd, Norway
