Camilla Løw Explained

Camilla Løw (born 1976) is a contemporary Norwegian artist. She graduated from Asker Kunstskole in Norway in 1998. After this, she left for Glasgow, where she graduated from the Glasgow School of Art in 2001 with a BA in Fine Art.^[1]

Exhibitions

• 2008 Straight Letters, Pier Arts Centre, Orkney^[2]
• 2008 Straight Letters, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee^[3]
• 2008 Embraced Open Reassembled, Sutton Lane, London^[4]
• 2008 New Ruins, Bergen Kunsthall No.5^[5]
• 2010 Culture & Leisure, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury^[6]
• 2012 The Space of Shape-Time, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo^[7]
• 2013 Camilla Løw:One Night Only, UKS, Oslo^[8]
• 2016 Eye in the Sky, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo^[9]

Residencies

• 2010 Colab Art & Architecture, Bangalore - Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo.
• 2002 Sirius Art Centre, Cobh, Cork,^[10]

Collections

• The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway,^[11]
• The British Arts Council Collection, UK^[12]
• The Government Art Collection, UK^[13]
• The Piers Art Collection, Orkney^[14]
• Region Skåne, Sweden^[15]
• The Ruppert Collection of post-1945 Concrete Art Museum in Kultuspeicher, Wurzberg, Germany^[16]
• The Statoil Art Collection, Norway^[17]
• The Storebrand Art Collection, Norway
• Broken Thrones funded by Skulpturstopp.^[18]

Further reading

• 2003 Norwich School of Art and Design: "East International". Tramway, Glasgow: "The Echo Show". NIFCA: "Greyscale/CMYK ".
• 2005 "Contemporary Nordic Sculpture 1980 – 2005", Wanås Foundation. Artforum, April 2005: Michael Archer: "Camilla Løw: Sutton Lane". MAP, issue 1: Diana Baldon: "Camilla Løw" The Wallpaper, Januar/Februar, s.44-49 Morgenbladet, Tommy Olsson "Blankness is not a void", Standard (Oslo) 2004 O2, n.32: Vincent Honore, "Future of Ecstasy". The British Council, Athen, "Britannia Works".
• 2006 "How to Improve the World – British Art 1946-2006", Hayward Gallery. Momentum, Moss: "Try again. Fail again. Fail better". Paris-art.com, July: Nicolas Bauche: "Henriette Grahnert et Camilla Løw".
• 2007 "Language of Vision”, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough. StatoilHydro – Art Grant, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo. "DUMP: Postmodern Sculpture in the Dissolved Field", The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo.
• 2008 Art Review December 2008: Martin Coomer: Camilla Løw "Embraced Open Reassembled" Sutton Lane (London) Bergens Tidende 2/12/2008: "New Ruins", Bergen Kunsthall. Klassekampen 19/11 2008: "New Ruins", Bergen Kunsthall. "Straight Letters", Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland. The Herald, 9/02/08; The Scotsman 10/02/08: "Highs of Low". The Scotsman 13/02/08: "Finding the beauty in simplicity". The List 14/02: "Camilla Løw, Straight Letters" The Herald 29/02: "An encoded vision of a sinister age".* 2009 "Grey Cells. Camilla Løw and Order", Dieter Roelstraete, Mousse Magazine. Vitamin 3-D, New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation, Phaidon. Carnegie Art Award 2010 Aftenposten 2/3 2009: Lotte Sandberg: "Streker i rommet", Camilla Løw. "All That is Solid Melts Into Air", MuHKA, Antwerp.
• 2012 Henie Onstad Art Centre "The Space of Shape-Time", The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. Aftenposten, Kjetil Røed (4.8) Klassekampen, Mona Gjessing (20.06) D2, Kåre Bulie (08.06)
• 2013 Camilla Løw's "Spring Rain", Matthew Rana, Art Agenda (22.2) Matematik med Fysik, Thomas Millroth, Sydsvenskan (15.2)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Khemsurov . Monica . 7 May 2015 . Oslo's Camilla Løw on Her Graphic, Geometric Sculptures . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150510020628/http://www.sightunseen.com:80/2015/05/oslos-camilla-low-on-her-graphic-geometric-sculptures/ . 2015-05-10 . Sight Unseen.
2. Web site: 2008 . Camilla Løw . Pier Arts Centre.
3. Web site: 2008 . Straight Letters - Camilla Løw . 28 August 2022 . Dundee Contemporary Arts.
4. Web site: 2008 . Camilla Løw: Embraced Open Reassembled . Artist Pension Trust.
5. Web site: Camilla Løw - New Ruins . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220073826/https://www.kunsthall.no/en/?k=1&aar=2008&id=27&aid=172&ark=1&arrtID=6&ArrLokID=3&index=7 . 20 December 2016 . Bergen Kunsthall.
6. Web site: 2011 . Camilla Løw . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20171212055236/http://sculpture.uk.com/artists/camilla-low/ . 12 December 2017 . New Art Centre..
7. Web site: 2012 . Camilla Løw. The Space of Shape-Time . 28 August 2022 . Nasjonalmuseet.
8. Web site: 2013 . Camilla Løw - One Night Only (Oslo) . 28 August 2022 . Underskog.
9. Web site: Camilla Løw . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160819143255/http://kunstnerforbundet.no/kunstnere/677;Camilla-L-w . 19 August 2016 . Kunstnerforbundet.
10. Web site: Home - Sirius Arts Centre Cobh. www.siriusartscentre.ie.
11. Web site: Camilla Løw - Skulptør . 28 August 2022 . Nasjonalmuseet.
12. Web site: Camilla Low . 28 August 2022 . Arts Council Collection.
13. Web site: Camilla Løw . 28 August 2022 . Government Art Collection . en-GB.
14. Web site: The Pier Collection . 28 August 2022 . Pier Arts Centre.
15. Web site: Region Skåne - Region Skåne. www.skane.se.
16. http://www.kulturspeicher.de/kulturspeicher/english-version kultur/collections/index.html
17. Web site: Equinor Art Programme - Norway . 28 August 2022 . IACCCA.
18. Web site: Ullensaker . Skulpturstopp . 25 November 2021.