Constance Tenvik is a Norwegian artist based in Vestfossen and Berlin. She holds an MFA from Yale University School of Art and a BFA from Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Tenvik has exhibited at Loyal Gallery, Stockholm; Old Fortress, Livorno through LINC (Tableau Vivant Action); Deli Projects, Basel; and Kristiansand Kunsthall, among others. Her exhibition Soft Armour will open at The Young Artists Society (UKS) and Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo in December 2017. Lord Jim Publishing published Tenvik's Look Book in 2017, to coincide with the exhibition Conceptual Romance, which included works by Marcel Duchamp and Henriette Martinsen.
Constance Tenvik, Preludes, 2016, video 06:34 (loop), photo: Raza Kazmi, assistance (story boards etc): Julia Veldman, sound recording: Gustav Gunvaldsen, sewing of video curtain: Synne Reichelt Føreland. The video is on view in the exhibition Game Of Life lll: Juliusvariasjonene at Kristiansand Kunsthall (NO), curated by Jan Freuchen and Sigurd Tenningen, also featuring works by Nils Norman and Reto Pulfer (up until August 14).
b. 1990
Tenvik has worked as an illustrator for numerous papers and magazines. Clients include Morgenbladet, Atlas and Billedkunst, among others. In 2015, her drawing Simone Weil Mindmap was acquired by The National Gallery in Norway through the poker performance Collection As Allocated Objects, organized by Sverre Gullesen and Tidenes Krav
