Anki King

Born near Oslo, Norway 1970
Lives and works in New York City

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
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 The Norwegian Church 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

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2008   International Juried Show (Whitney Curator Carter Foster), Visual Art Center of NJ
          Resonance New York, Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, NY
2007   Image and Identity (online), International Museum of Women, CA
          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
         New York Underground II, Silvestre Galleries, Surf City, NJ
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   Hostutstillingen (the Fall Exhibition), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
          The Lyrical, the Expressionistic and the Poetic, Juried Exhibit, Denise Bibro Gallery, NYC

AWARDS AND HONORS
2007   Drawing Center Registry
          Nude of the Month, May, www.barebrush.org
          Image "Family" seleceted for May in the Norwegian Consulate General's 2007 calendar
2003   Accepted into the two year program at Creative Artists Network (now Center for
           Emerging Visual Artists)
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, NYC

BIBLIOGRAPHY (selection)
2007  King-Kunst i New York (King-Art in NY), Avisen Hadeland (Norwegian local paper)
         Fra Queens til Oslo (From Queens to Oslo), Oppland Arbeiderblad, (Norwegian statewide paper),
         by Per Øyvind Skjønberg
         Søkende Anki (Searching Anki), Avisen Hadeland, by Håvard Krogsrud
2005   Ins and Outs Magazine, LIC Art Gallery, NY.
2004   Magasinet, Dagbladet; 2 page spread in (natl. newspaper, Norway) by Maria Borja
          Annan Apnet Norsk Utstilling, Aftenposten (natl. newspaper, Norway), by Kristin Nilsen
         Kofi Annan besokte Anki, Avisen Hadeland
         Kofi Annan Greets Norwegian Artist, Norway Times, NY by Espen Tjersland
          Annan aeret Norske Kunstnere, NRK, Norwegian
          Cover of Viking Magazine, Painting: Broken Mannequin, by Jim Olson
2003   Anki fra Harestua er Kunstner i New York, NRK Oppland by Ingvar Midthun
          New Yorker paa Sopptur til Hadeland, Oppland Arbeiderblad, by Per Oyvind Skjonberg
2002   Newsday, article with picture, NY, by Peter Simunovich
          Oppland Arbeiderblad: Anki will paint the Biker Boys (Norwegian statewide newspaper)
          by Marit Reistad
         Art of Healing redefined by Sept. 11, Times Union by Timothy Cahill
2000   Artist’s Magazine, December issue, by Sandra Carpenter
          Black Book: Art & Fashion, , September issue
          New York Times, Review of BYOW at Stage Gallery by Helen A. Harrison
          Paintings appeared in the independent movie ”The Trade”
          Oppland Arbeiderblad, King of New York, by Per Oyvind Skjonberg
1998   Album cover for “Funkhouse”
1997   New York er min inspirasjon, Oppland Arbeiderblad, 2 page article by Anne Bjertæs
1996   Article in Aftenposten(national newspaper, Norway) by Helle Benedicte Berg
          Review of Hostutstillingen in Hadeland (local newspaper, Norway) by Siv Ellefsrud

COLLECTIONS
2005   Collection of M. Benavides, USA
2004   Collection of P. Myhrvold, Norway
2000   The Habsburg Collection, USA
1998   The Tessler Collection, USA/Holland
1998   The Gershwin Hotel, USA

EDUCATION
1995-2000  The Art Students League of New York
1992-1994  Oslo Tegne og Maleskole (Oslo Drawing and Painting School), Oslo, Norway
1991-1992  Nybu Videregaene Skole, Drawing, Composition and Painting Lillehammer,  Norway
1990-1991  Gran Videregaende Skole, Drawing, Composition, Painting and Sewing, Gran, Norway