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NISA OJALVO

Collections////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////  
Ojalvo’s work is collected by the Tate Modern Museum Archives in London, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston, Grey Art Gallery NY, More Art, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Asian Art Archive in Hong Kong, Performa Biennial and various individual collections.  

Exhibitions////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2022 Plas Bodfa, "Bodfa Continuum: The Possibilities of Time", with artist talk, Anglesey, Wales UK
2022 Stiwdio Maelor, "I gam o gam", in collaboration with Veronica Calarco, Corris, Wales UK
2021 Galleri 2, "Borrowed Landscape", kelly|marhaug|ojalvo Solo Show, Stamsund, Lofoten Islands, Norway
2021 Stuttgarter Filmwinter 2021, "Piss Take", kelly|marhaug|ojalvo, Stuttgart, Germany

2020 "Unus Multorum: The Possibilities of a House", with artist talk, Plas Bodfa, Anglesey, Wales
2019 "Sui Generis: The Possibilities of a House",
Plas Bodfa, collaboration with Veronica Calarco, Anglesey, Wales
2018 Kunstgarasjen, "Borrowed Landscape", collaboration of artist collective kelly|marhaug|ojalvo, Bergen, Norway
2016 ChangJiang Contemporary Art Museum, “Parabiosis International Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Chongqing, China 
2016 Objectifs, Lower Gallery, “Two-Way Mirror”, Singapore
2016 
Kunsthalle Osnabruck, Ernesto Pujol Systems of Weight, Osnabruck, Germany 
2015 Bushwick Open Studios, New York, USA
2015 Lilac Steamship Preservation Project, Manhattan, New York, USA
2015 Videonale 2015 “The Lying on the Floor, Abandoned to Lie” Exhibition, Bonn, Germany
2014 NOoSPHERE Arts “Second Skin”, Joint Show with Rita Marhaug (Norway), New York, USA
2014 NOoSPHERE Arts Anniversary Show, New York, USA
2010 Gallery 53, “This is Action Art”, Guangzhou Live 010, Guangzhou, China
2010 Dumbo Arts Center Exhibition, Brooklyn, USA
2009 Chelsea Art Museum Fall Benefit, New York, USA
2009 Dumbo Arts Center “I Heart Art” Benefit, Brooklyn, USA
2007 Gracie Square Art Show, Solo Exhibition, New York, USA
2006 Keane University Art Gallery, “East Transplanted West”, New Jersey, USA
2005 Asian American Arts Center, “Eviction Blues”, New York, USA
 
Publications///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////        
2021 "Blind Dates with the History of Mankind, Performances 1980-2013", De Zwaluw Publishers, The Hague
2021  
Performance Art Bergen PAB Album #1-2021, PAB Nyhetsbrev Vol 1, Bergen, Norway 
2021  Performing Paces, Sandrine Schaefer's Embodied Know-How, Canadian Theater Review, Vol 185, Ontario, Canada
2019  Sui Generis: The Possibilities of a House, collaboration with Veronica Calarco, Plas Bodfa, Anglesey, Wales
2018  Borrowed Landscape Limited Edition Handmade Boxed Set, kelly|marhaug|ojalvo for Kunstgarasjen, Norway
2017  “Liquid Body, Solid Mind,” Rita Marhaug, Published by PABlish, Norway
2016  “Two-Way Mirror”, Objectifs, Lower Gallery, Singapore
2016  
All the Lonely Expats, ExBerliner Magazine, Berlin, Germany
2016  A Dance, A Chat and a Hug...with a Gorilla, The Culture Trip, Berlin, Germany 
2015  Boston Globe, ICA Foster Prize Show Emphasizes Flux, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2015  Black Kit Performance Archive, Cologne, Germany
2015  Between Sea & Sky IV DVD and Art Book, Herdla, Askøy, Norway
2015  Art Asia Pacific, Lee Wen on Jason Lim, “Reports One on One”, Hong Kong, China
2014  Dimanche Rouge, Focus on Norway, “Rita Marhaug ‘23 & 48’, ‘Second Skin’”, France
2014  KunstForum, Changes for Legislation, Now!, Interview, Norway

2013  Arts Culture Beat, Gift of Silence, Ernesto Pujol’s “Time After Us”, New York, USA
2011  Performa ’09 Back to Futurism by RoseLee Goldberg, New York, USA
2011  Between Sea & Sky III DVD, Herdla, Askøy, Norway
2011  Empower the Children, One World Publications, Our Global Village, Kolkatta, India
2010  New York Times, “The Art of Craftmanship Revisited”, New York, USA
2009  Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Artist’s Handbook, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
2009  Singing Dragon Publications, Seeking the Spirit of the Book of Change, London, UK
2008  Chinese Arts Centre, Vital – International Live Artists of Chinese Descent, Manchester, UK
2007  Guanshanyue Art Museum, Liberation of Ink Painting Catalogue, Guangzhou, China
2006  Keane University Art Gallery, East Transplanted West Catalogue, New Jersey, USA
2006  Asian American Arts Center, Eviction Blues Catalogue, New York, USA                                                                                                                                                                               
Performance Art Festivals
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2021  Performa ’21 Biennial, New York, USA
2019  Ernesto Pujol “The Listeners”, River to River Festival, LMCC, New York, USA
2019  Performa ’19 Biennial, New York, USA
2017  Performa ’17 Biennial, New York, USA
2015  Performa ’15 Biennial, New York, USA
2015  Ernesto Pujol “9-5” durational performance, Brookfield Arts, New York, USA
2015  PAB Open Festival, Performance Art Bergen, Bergen, Norway
2015  Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Boston, Foster Prize to Sandrine Schaefer, Boston, USA
2015  Time Body Space Objects, Georges Island, Boston, USA
2014  Venice International Performance Art Week, Venice, Italy
2014  aktB Between Sea & Sky IV Triennial, Herdla, Askøy, Norway
2014  Focus on Norway, Dimanche Rouge, Paris, France
2014  Fountain Art Fair, New York, USA
2014  Special Effects Festival, Molly Haslund “Circles – Drawing Upon the Universe”, New York, USA

2013 Lånt Landskap; kelly|marhaug|ojalvo, Arctic Circle Road Trip, Norway
2013  Performa ’13 Biennial, New York, USA
2013  Grey Art Gallery, Radical Presence, New York, USA
2013  FIAF Crossing the Line Festival, Ernesto Pujol, “Time After Us”, New York, USA
2012  Beijing Live 2012: Love and Pain (Co-Curator), Beijing, China
2012  Open International Performance Art Festival, Beijing China
2012  Tate Modern, “The Tanks: Art in Action, Retracing Black, Aldo Tambellini”, London, UK
2011  Performa ’11 Biennial, New York, USA
2011  aktB Between Sea & Sky III Triennial, Herdla, Askøy, Norway
2010  Live Art 010, Sete, France Performa ’09 Biennial, New York, USA
2009  FIAF Crossing the Line Festival, Steven Cohen, “Knock 'Em Dead”, New York, USA
2009  Performa ’09 Biennial, New York, USA
2008  Up-On Live Art Festival, Chengdu, China
2008  Khoj International Art Festival, New Delhi, India
2007  Louisiana Contemporary Museum of Art – Chinese Live Arts Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2007  Vital ’07, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester and Liverpool, UK
2007  Performa ’07 Biennial, New York, USA
2006  Vital ’06, Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK
2005  “The Wall” Exhibit and Live Art Festival, Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo, New York, USA
 
Residencies & Awards/////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2018 
Stiwdio Maelor, Artist Residency, Corris, Wales, UK
2016 Stiwdio Maelor, Group Residency for artist collective kelly|marhaug|ojalvo, Wales, UK 
2014 Paul A. Welter award for Excellence in Trademark Law with
$5000 US Honorarium for Empower The Children Nonprofit of Kolkatta, India
2005 Flor de Maga Award, Puerto Rican Bar Association, USA


​Education/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
1995  GW National Law Center, Washington, DC 1992-95, Juris Doctor
1990  Keio University, Tokyo Japan, Scholarship Exchange Program
1989  Dartmouth College, Hanover NH 1985-1989, BA East Asian Languages
                Yale University, Visiting Student 1988
                Beijing National University, Exchange Program 1987

Languages ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, French Fluency; some proficiency in Hindi/Kannada/Italian/Norwegian/Cambodian/Khmer


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