Teknikk
Diverse
Artist statement
- Åpent atelier lør 19.september 2026 -
My current artistic research project examines absence as both a physical and an emotional phenomenon. A hole is not “nothing”; it contains what is no longer there and represents an incomplete whole. The hole points toward something that once was and becomes an element that relates both to the spatial absence and the temporal presence it sustains. My work often turns toward what is missing or no longer exists—whether it be the longing for someone or something, or the emptiness that absence leaves behind.
Besøksadresse
C.Sundts gt 55
5004 Bergen
Kontakt
E-postadresse: david.saea@outlook.com
Web: https://www.davidarios.no/
CV
Education
2007 – 2009: Master of fine art, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
2004 – 2007: Bachelor of fine art, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Institute of photography
Solo / Duo Exhibitions
2026: Galleri Christinegaard, Bergen, UPCOMING
2026: Galleri Kronborg, Bergen, UPCOMING
2024: Etter minne, Hi10, Skien, Norway
2022: Make a tree from me, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway
2022: That present absence, Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway
2021: Those pieces that remain RAM Galleri, Oslo, Norway
2020: A hole is made by the pieces that remain, Trykkeriet, Bergen, Norway
2018: On the southern edge of the western table, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
2018: Borders Boundaries Limits. Kunstgarasjen, Bergen, Norway
2017: On the southern edge of the western table, Hardingart, Utne, Norway
2017: Borders Boundaries Limits. FELT Galleri, Bergen, Norway
2016: On the southern edge of the western table. Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway
2016: Andre ting. Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway
2015: Sound Erosion. Lyd Galleriet, Bergen, Norway
2014: Hz Atlas. Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen, Norway
2014: When Time Equals Zero. Kampen Visningsrom, Oslo, Norway
2013: Svikt. Studio 17. Stavanger, Norway
2013: Svikt. Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, Norway
2012: End of Motion. Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
2011: End of Motion. SANDWICH, Kyoto, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025: Bergen Assembly, across, with, nearby, (As tracer), Bergen, Norway
2025: UTE INNE, Kjerringøy, Norway
2025: Villgjessplogen drar over oss, Volt, Bergen, Norway
2023: Life, death and rebirth, Høyersten Contemporary, Bergen, Norway
2023: Any Remaining Scenes. Hydrida AIR, Älvsbacka, Sweden
2022: Høstutstillingen 2022. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2021: Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale 2021, Kjerringøy, Norway
2021: KRAFTTAK FOR KUNSTEN. Haugalandmuseet. Haugesund, Norway
2019: Haugesund Internasjonale Tresnittfestival. Haugesund, Norway
2019: CodexNordica. San Fransisco, USA
2018: Sørlandsutstilling 2018. Norway
2017: Book and Print Fair and Exhibition. UCA Canterbury, United Kingdom
2017: Høstutstillingen 2017. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2017: Vestlandsutstilling 2017. Norway
2016: Summer Exhibition 2016. Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag, Namsos, Norway
2016: Achsendenken – Fragen zu Zeit und Raum. Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig, Germany
2016: Sørlandsutstilling 2016. Norway
2015: NordArt 2015. Büdelsdorf, Germany
2015: I Vesterled. Shetland Arts Lerwick, Shetland, United Kingdom
2014: Luftkollektivet. Plattenvereinigung - Tempelhofer Freiheit Berlin, Germany
2013: Comes In From The Cold. Rom 8, Bergen, Norway
2013: No cause for effect. Small Projects. Tromsø, Norway
2012: Vestlandsutstilling 2012 Norway
2011: 11. Galleri S.E, Bergen, Norway
2009: About Time. Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
2009: In Real Time It Would Last A Thousand Years. Bergen Kunsthall. Bergen, Norway
Residencies
2026: Mustarinda, Finland
2024: ÖRES, Finland
2023: Hydrida AIR, Älvsbacka, Sweden.
2019: W(ord), BAG art Camp and Society of Scottish Artists, Tjuvika, Norway
2019: Bergen municipality Berlin residency, Germany
2018: W(ord), BAG art Camp and Society of Scottish Artists, Mull, Scotland
2016: Agder Kunstsenter, Kristiansand, Norway
2014: Est-Nord-Est, St-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada
2011: SANDWICH, Kyoto, Japan
2009: SANDWICH, Kyoto, Japan
Selected Grants
2020-2021-2025: Work grant, Norwegian Art Council
2010-2015-2016-2017-2018-2019-2022-2023-2024: Work grant, Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond
2016: Norwegian Embassy in Germany.
2014: Exhibition grant for young artists, Norwegian Art Council
2013: Work grant for young artists, Norwegian Art Council
2012: Project grant, Fond for lyd og bilde
2012: Project grant, Art and new technology
2011: Work grant, Skien Municipality
2011: Norwegian Embassy in Japan.
2011: NoFoFo Exhibition grant
2011: Project grant, Kunstnerbyen-Skien
Collections
Haugalandmuseet
Faculty of fine Art, Music and Design, UIB
Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, UIB
Centre for Women's and Gender Research, UIB
Memberships
Norske Billedkunstnere | NBK
Norske Grafikere | NG
Bildende kunstneres forening Hordaland | BKFH
Tag-Team Studio ( Board member )
Related Work
2021 - : Associate Professor ( 50%), Bergen School of Architecture
2022 – : External examiner KMD, University of Bergen
2019 - 2021: Assistant Professor / Sculpture and Installation (40%), KMD, University of Bergen
2019: Art production/Technician, Bergen Assembly Actually, the Dead Are Not Dead
2019: Research assistant, KMD, University of Bergen
2017 – 2018: External examiner at Bergen School of Architecture
2017: Art production/Technician, Lofoten international art festival (LIAF)
2015 – 2018: Art production/Technician, Kunstgarasjen
2015: Gallery manager, Bergen Kunsthall
2012 – 2015 – 2018: The Cultural Rucksack , Skien Kommune
2011: The Cultural Rucksack , Bergen Kommune
2010 - 2017: Art production/Technician, Bergen Kunsthall
2010 - 2015: Art production/Technician, KODE | Kunstmuseer og komponisthjem
2012 – 2015: Art production/Technician, Gallery Volt
