ELEPHANT is thrilled to announce its participation at Future Fair, held at New York´s Chelsea Industrial venue. For the fair Elephant has curated a booth with new works by Urd J Pedersen and Mads Andreas Andreasen. We are excited to display the collaborative project between both artists which began back in 2018,  that emphasizes each artist's temperament and attitude towards painting as a drive for making art. The showcase will be the first ever in New York by either artist.

For any inquiries please do not hesitate to contact us at post@elephant-kunsthall.no
 

Urd J. Pedersen (b. 1989, Sandnes) is based in Oslo, where she received an MFA from the Oslo Academy of Fine Arts in 2018. Recently she had a number of solo and duo exhibitions in Norway, including the Central Bank (Oslo), BGE (Stavanger), Stormen (Bodø), Gallery Golsa (Oslo), Standard (Oslo), Kistefos Museum, Kristiansand Art Gallery, Schloss (Oslo) and Galleri Brandstrup (Stavanger). Internationally, her work has been shown among others at Chart Copenhagen, Not Fair in Warsaw and Gallery Tom Christoffersen in Copenhagen. In 2019 Pedersen was purchased by the National Museum. In the period 2015-2018, she ran Galleri Slursula in a boat on Frognerstranda. Upcoming highlights, duo-show with Mads Andreas Andreassen at PALMERA; Bergen (2023). include solo exhibition at Van Etten; Oslo (2023).
 

Mads Andreas Andreassen (b. 1986, Lillehammer) is educated at the Statens Kunstakademi in Oslo, where he completed his BFA in 2011 and at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf where he took his MFA (2013). Andreassen works with painting, graphics, music and video. Common to his works is an interest in the self-reflective aspect of painting and the social. He is the founder of Elephant Kunsthall, an artist-run space in Lillehammer, and recently participated in the Norwegian Artist Abroad Competence Programme. Recent solo exhibitions include; IMLIKEANELEPHANT, ISCA Gallery, Oslo (2022); Batshit Horndick, Den Nordiske Ambassade (2019); The Essence of Reveries of Fortification and Camping, Harpefoss Hotel (2018). Selected group exhibitions include; Et kollektivt kaosmos, Kunsthall Oslo (2020); OLJE OG BEGJÆR, QB Gallery/Blomquist (2019). Upcoming highlights include Duo-show with Urd J Pedersen at PALMERA; Bergen (2023), Soloshow at AURA Kunstraum, Düsseldorf(2024)