1. Anki King
www.ankiking.com
Lives and works in New York City, USA/Etnedalen, Norway
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 Life Lines, Galleri Odonata, Norway
2012 And the World Cracked Open, Noosphere Arts, NY
2010 Indivisuality, Galleri Athene, Drammen, Norway
2009 After Thoughts, Galleri Svae, Gjøvik, Norway
Sisters, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Remembrance, Something Unexpected Art Gallery, Nyack, NY
2007 Alternate Reality Self Portraits, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA
Search, Galleri A Minor, Oslo, Norway
2003 Bikers, Soppen MC, Brandbu, Norway
2001 Couples Eldorado Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
2000 City Visions, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York
1999 Hanging Out, Log-On-Café, New York
People, Cherokee Phoenix Gallery & Club, New York
1998 City People, The Gershwin Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Insomnia, Pelham Art Center, NY
2015 Who, Lesley Heller Workspace, NY
Summer Invitational, Life on Mars Gallery, NY
Contemporary Portraits, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
Shangri-La in LIC, The Factory, LIC, NY
Four Year and Counting, Noosphere Arts, NY
Gransdagene, Granstunet, Gran, Norway
2012 Scarecrow, Lyndhurst Estate, NY
Sommerutstilling, Fabrikken, Lillehammer, Norway
2011 Out on a Limb, Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo, Norway
Relexification, Gallery Aferro, NJ
Høstutstillingen 900 moh, Galleri Beito, Beitostølen, Norway
Grey Matter, The Painting Center, NY
White, .NO Gallery, NY
2010 Intimidad de la Memoria, Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes, Dominican Republic
Naked (two person show) Lichtenstein Art Center, Pittsfield, MA
Core, Under Minerva, Brooklyn, NY
Østlandsutstillingen, Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad / Peder Balke Senteret, Østre Toten, Norway
A Book About Death, The Tabernacle, MOMA Wales, UK
Um Livro Sobre a Morte, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Brazil
2009 A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Foundation, NY
Darkness Decends: Norwegian Art Now by M*A*S*H, NY, Chashama and Lafayette College curated by Christina Vassallo
2008 Fall Exhibition, Preston Contemporary Art Center, NM .See catalogue here
Beneath the Skin, Chashama Gallery, NY
Threading Trends, Alte Post, Berlin
International Juried Show (Whitney Curator Carter Foster), Visual Art Center of NJ
Resonance New York, Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, NY
Paper Works, Manhattan Borough Presidents Office, NY
Life's Unique Journey, Nortwest Cultural Council, IL
2007 Image and Identity (online), International Museum of Women, CA
NANY II (Norwegian Artists in New York), Trygve Lie Gallery, NY
Au Naturel, The Nude in the 21st Century, The Art Center Gallery, OR
2006 Penetrating Empathy, Haven Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY
Life and Liberty after 9/11, Las Cruces Museum of Art, NM
Small Works Shows, Karpeles Library Museum & Port of Call Gallery, NY
2005 Artistic Fragments: Art 2005, Katonah Museum of Art, NY
International Exhibition of Art on Fans, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum
2004 Collaboration, Chasama Gallery, NYC
Norwegian Artists in New York (opened by Mr. Kofi Annan), Trygve Lie Gallery, NYC
2003 Fall Exhibition, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA
Three Graces, Galleria Galou, Williamsburg, NY
2002 The Art Community Reacts (9/11), Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
2001 New York Underground I, Silvestre Galleries, Surf City, NJ
2000 Riverside Artsfest, the Firehouse Gallery, Bainsbridge, GA
Labeled and Ready (juried), The Hunger Artist Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
BYOW, International Exhibition, (juried by Ariella Budick, Art Critic for Newsday), The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
2000 Exhibit for Merit Scholarship Winners, ASL, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC
1997 Persona, CB’s Gallery, New York
1996 Høstutstillingen (the Fall Exhibition), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
The Lyrical, the Expressionistic and the Poetic, Juried Exhibit, Denise Bibro Gallery, NYC

2. AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 Residency by invitation, Emerson Landing, MA
2015 Awarded (by invitation) Art Symposium Residency, Austevoll Kunstforening, Austevoll, Norway
2014 Cover of The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
2011 Angel Award, full fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, VT
2010 Winner of London International Creative Competition (LICC)
2008 Drawing Bodies Competition, Certificate of Achievement/Article in American Artists Drawing Magazine
Fellowship at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VA
Winner of Topten Exquisite Expressions, Artrom Gallery, Italy
2007 Drawing Center Registry
Nude of the Month, May, www.barebrush.org
Image Family selected for May in the Norwegian Consulate General's 2007 calendar
2003 Fellow at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, PA
OCA , Grant for Exhibit “Bikers”, Norway
2001 Honorable Mention in the Mason Scholarship Competition, The Art Students League, NY
2000 Finalist in the Artist’s Magazine Portrait Competition
1999 Merit Scholarship, The Art Students League, NY
TEACHING/LECTURES
2016 Insomnia, artist talk, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2015 Plastic Girls, online mentor for sculpture workshop, Girls have a Dream School, Uganda
Experimenting with Oil Paint, workshop, The Art Students League of NY, NY
Non-Verbal Art, lecture/studio visit, The New School, NY
2007-15 Past and Current Work, annual lectures/studio visits, Irvington Schools, NY
2014 Developing as an Artist, lecture/studio visit, New York Academy of Art, NY
2013 Understanding through Art, lecture, New York University, NY
Current Work, lecture/studio visit, School of Visual Arts, NY
Reading the Non-Verbal, lecture/studio visit, The New York University, NY
2012 American/Norwegian Expressionist Painter, lecture, NY School Press, NJ
2011 Abstract Expressionism in the 21st
Century, panel talk by Helen Harrison, School Press, NJ
2010 Naked, lecture, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, MA
Indivisuality, Galleri Athene, Drammen, Norway
2007-10 Course in Figure Drawing, developed and taught,Sessions.edu, online
2009 After Thoughts, lecture, Galleri Svae, Gjøvik, Norway
2007-09 Oil Painting Materials, lectures at The Art Students League of NY
2008 Story of an Artist, lecture, Preston Contemporary Art Center, NM
Story of an Artist, lecture, Appleton Museum of Fine Art, FL
Dreams as Inspiration, workshop, Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, NY
Memories in Art, lecture/studio visit, Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, NY
COLLECTIONS
2011 Lunner Rådhus (City Hall), Norway
2008 Appleton Museum, Florida, USA
2007 Hjartdal og Gransherad Sparebank
2005 Collection of M. Benavides, USA
2004 Collection of P. Myhrvold, Norway
2002 The Norwegian Seamen’s Church, NY
2000 The Habsburg Collection, USA/Holland
1998 The Tessler Collection, USA
1998 The Gershwin Hotel, USA
CURATING
Trygve Lie Gallery:
2010 Lines Among Lines, Inger Grytting
2009 I Am Nature, Amina Bech
2007 NANY-II, 17 Norwegian Artist in NY
2006 Carl Fredrick
EDUCATION
2001 The Art Students League of NY, NYC; fine arts certificate
1994 Oslo Tegne og Maleskole, Oslo, Norway; equivalent to USA-MFA
1991 Nybu Videregående Skole, Lillehammer, Norway; equivalent to USA-BFA

3. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/VIDEO
2016 Etty Yaniv, “Anki King and John Mitchell are Lone Wolves, Together” Arts in Bushwick (online)
Kathleen Lillo-Stenberg, “Min Arbeidsplass”, D2, Dagens Næringsliv
Susan Hodara, “While You Were Sleeping, They Made Art, New York Times
2015 John Mitchell, “Anki King and John Mitchell”, The Studio Visit (online)
Ann May Storebø, “Kunstsymposium”, Austevollingen
Magnhild Rommetveit Fivelstad, “Der Havet og Himmelen Møtast”, Marsteinen
Gail Deayton, ”Artist of the Week – Anki King”, Hong Kong Art Tutoring
Adam Zucker. “Connecting Figures: New Humanism in Recent Figurative Painting. Rhinohornartists, Blog
Kaia Eriksen. ”Det Beste av New York” (The Best of NY), Allers, weekly magazine
Catherine Kirkpatrick. Confronting Prejudice; Strategies for Women in the Arts, Arts in Bushwick
2014 Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock , “The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters”, six illustrations
2012 Carl J. Sørheim, "Glødende Grått" (Glowing Gray), Oppland Arbeiderblad (OA)
Haakon Kalvsjøhagen, "Er glad bildet har funnet et hjem" (The Painting is Home), Avisen Hadeland
Thomas Herscovic. "Anki King, Expressionist Painter", Video
2011 Terence Donnellan. “Portrait of an Artist - Anki King”, Artwork on Video
Marika Herskovic. Abstract Expressionism and the 21st Century, www.youtube.com
Michael Henrik Holtermann. “Upbeat Stuff #15 – White, www.youtube.com
2010 Anne Marit Muri. “Anki King – Vinner av årets LICC Kunstpris i London” (Winner of the LICC Prize in London), Kunst
Marianne de Tolentino. " Intimidad de la Memoria" (The Intimacy of Memory), Hoy
Per Zang Skjønberg. "Anki i Nasjonalgalleriet" (Anki at the National gallery), OA
Marit Skjøtskift. ”King size i Karibien” (King size in the Caribbean), Avisen Hadeland
Marit Beate Kasin. ”Anki til Østlandsutstillingen” (Anki at the Exhibit for Eastern Norway), Avisa Valdres
Bjørn Bjørkli. ”Anki til Østlandsutstillingen” (Anki at the Exhibit for Eastern Norway), Avisen Hadeland
2009 Petter Skretting. ”Populær Kunstner”(Popular Artist), OA
Anne Martine Engebakken Grymyr. ”Tid for Ettertanke” (Time for Afterthought), OA
Jørn Haakenstad . “King stiller ut i New York” (King exhibits in New York), Avisen Hadeland
Morgan Levey.Interview for International Museum of Women
Miguel A. Bendavies. Article for Studio Online website
Diana Schmertz. "Beneath the skin "article, Perfect 8 Magazine, Issue 3
2008 Randi Helene Svendsen. “På Hjemmebane “(Home With), Magasinet, Dagbladet
Bethany Conway. "The PCAC Fall Exhibit Opening", The Las Cruces Bulletin
Diana Schmertz. "Resonance" cover and article, Perfect 8 Magazine, Issue 2
Stein Buan. “Anki King med ny utstilling i New York” (Anki King with New Exhibit in NY), Avisen Hadeland
Helge Rønning Birkelund.“Hot i New York” (Hot in New York), OA
Bob Bahr. “Drawing Bodies”, American Artist Drawing Magazine
2007 Amara Rockar. “Alternate Reality Self-Portraits: Drawings by Anki King”, exhibition review, Philadelphia Weekly
Monica Weymouth. “Last Chance, Catch it or Regret it”,Philadelphia City Paper
Roger Johnsen. ”Anki King at Gallery A”, film article for Opplandssendinga
Ǻse Toril Holten. “King-Kunst i New York” (King-Art in NY), Avisen Hadeland
Per Øyvind Skjønberg.” Fra Queens til Oslo” (From Queens to Oslo), OA
Håvard Krogsrud. ”Søkende Anki” (Searching Anki), Avisen Hadeland
2006 Interview on The New Yorker, TV show. Part 1. Part 2
2005 “LIC Art Gallery”, Ins and Outs Magazine, NY.
2004 Maria Børja.” Kunstnere i New York” (Norwegian Artists in NY) Dagbladet
Kristin Nilsen. ”Annan Åpnet Norsk Utstilling” (Annan Opened Norwegian Exhibit), Aftenposten
Ørjan Nilsson.”Kofi Annan besøkte Anki” (Kofi Annan visited Anki), Avisen Hadeland
Espen Tjersland. ”Kofi Annan Greets Norwegian Artists”, Norway Times, NY
“Annan æret Norske Kunstnere” (Annan honored Norwegian Artists), NRK
Jim Olson, cover and article, Viking Magazine
2003 Ingvar Midthun. ”Anki fra Harestua er Kunstner i New York” (Anki from Harestua is an Artist in NY), NRK
Per Øyvind Skjønberg. ”New Yorker på Sopptur til Hjemstedet Hadeland” (New Yorker visiting Home; Hadeland), OA
Merete Prestkvern. ”MC og Kunst” (MC and Art), Avisen Hadeland
2002 Peter Simunovich. ”Open Studio Shows a World of Artists”, Newsday
Marit Reistad. “Anki vil male Biker Gutta” (Anki Wants to Paint the Biker Boys), OA
Timothy Cahill.“Art of Healing redefined by Sept. 11”, exhibition review, Times Union
2001 “Well-Traveled Artist shows at Eldorado Gallery”, Pocono Record
2000 Sandra Carpenter, Artist’s Magazine December
“Art & Fashion”, Black Book, September
Helen A. Harrison. “Looking to the Land of Long Island for Inspiration”, New York Times, review of BYOW
Paintings appeared in the independent movie The Trade
Per Øyvind Skjønberg. “King of New York”, OA
Sarah Alger. “Brave New Kunst: Works by Two Norwegian Artists”, Norway Times
1998 Album cover for Funkhouse
1997 Anne Bjertæs. “New York er min inspirasjon” (New York is my Inspiration), OA
Helle Benedicte Berg. “Til New York med Kunstfag i Kofferten” (To NY with Artistic License in the Suitcase), Aftenposten
1996 Siv Ellefsrud. “Mange Intrykk – to fra Hadeland” ( Two Impressions from Hadeland) review Høstutstillingen, Avisen Hadeland