Born 1966, lives and works in Berlin and Kassel, Germany.
Bjørn Melhus studied Visual Arts with a major in Film/Video at the HBK Braunschweig, Germany. He was a fellow of the DAAD at the California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles and at the ISCP, International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York. His works are shown nationally and internationally in exhibitions and film festivals and he has received numerous awards and recognitions for his work. Since 2003 Bjørn Melhus is a professor of Visual Arts/Virtual Realities at the School of Art and Design Kassel, Germany. In his short films and installations, Bjørn Melhus focuses on general global ideas and trends, the critical reception of mass media, as well as the direct effects they have on people.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2019 Bjørn Melhus: Free Update, KINDL – Center for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
2018 OUT OF SASNAK, Halle267 – Städtische Galerie Braunschweig, DE
2017 Liberty Park, Ebensperger, Salzburg, AT
2015 The Theory of Freedom, Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2013 X, Y Gallery, New York, USA
2011 Bjørn Melhus – Live Action Hero, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, DE
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2021 VIDEONALE.18, Fluid States - Solid Matters, Art Museum Bonn, DE
2020 Brainwashed, Goetz Collection, Haus der Kunst, Munich, DE
2019 One Way Ticket to Mars, Kunsthal Kade, Amersfoort, NL
2018 Angry Planet 2 - Operation Continues, House of the Lords, Brno, CZ
2017 Death Drive, Y Gallery, New York, USA
2016 56th October Salon Belgrade: The Pleasure of Love, Belgrade, RS
2015 TELE-Gen, Art Museum Bonn, DE
2014 Project Daejeon 2014: The Brain, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, KR
2013 Stranger, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, TW
2011 54th Biennale di Venezia (Latin American Pavillon), Venice, IT
2009 2da. Bienal del Fin del Mundo – Interimperie, Ushuaia, AR
2006 Satellite of Love, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, NL
2004 State of Play, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
2003 The American Effect, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
2003 8th International Istanbul Biennial”, Istanbul, TR
Website:
melhus.de