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Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy/ Pitbull, birds. 2011. Photo by Elisabeth Jacobsen. 5 pics
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Prince of Darkness
Erik Tidemann. Mixed media/ roe deer skin and skull, epoxy, plastic, polyetylene, wood. Photo by Elisabeth Jacobsen
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The unexpected capture of the garbage snatcher
Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy/ black bear skin. 3 pics. Photo by Elisabeth Jacobsen
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The hive
Erik Tidemann. Fabric, latex, human hair, polestyrene and wood into a fake nest hanging from the ceiling
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Hest og rytter
Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy, mixed media. A coloboration with Bjørn Båsen at Oslo Rådhus. 2 Pics
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Guardian Warhogs, Elizabetha & Sophia
Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy/ wild boars. Pigs anatomy are manipulated with an twice the size anabolic chest and thinned down by the hips to make them more fierce. 3 pics
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Frank Horrigan, Dennis Quaid, Clarence Boddicker
Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy/ wolf skin, polyurethane, epoxy, polyetylene, glass eyes, plastic. Photo by Elisabeth Jacobsen
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General 51 is the stardestroyer
Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy, wood, metal, plexi glass. A coloboration with Brad Downey
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It has been a long time since I saw your face
Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy/ bird wings), polyurethane, epoxy, glass eyes and mdf boards. Photos by Christian Nilsen. 5 pics
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Chico holding his ashes
Erik Tidemann. Taxidermy/ dog fur, ashes from the same dog in pouch made out of various furs, wood and sheep´s fleece
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Animal check list
Erik Tidemann. 35 animal skins sewed together into a massive telepathic head to connect with our fallen four legged friends. Photo by Lars Holan
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You Wanna Rumble With us, You cant Hang, Cause Were Somethin Like a Two Man Gang
Erik Tidemann. Oil on linen
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Now Back on the Streets and my Records are Clean, I sneaked on my Bitch With my Killing Machine
Erik Tidemann. Oil on linen
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I Said ”Damn!”, Dropped the Gat From My Hand, What I Thought was a Bitch was Nothing but a Man.
Erik Tidemann. Oil on linen
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Erik Tidemann. Acrylic on wall. 2150 cm x 278cm. Photos by Elisabeth Jacobsen. 2 pics
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Lights off, Cars’ in Neutral, rollin at Snails pace and creepin, Hopin to Get all off Them Sleepin
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Columbian drug lords caught up in the swamp while they were trying to make the big score with the zulu king
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Erik Tidemann. Acrylic and mixed media (wood, metal, epoxy, polyetylen) on wall and ceiling. NoPlace Oslo. Photo: Simon Skreddernes
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The eyes of a wolf I have brought to you for seeing what I have seen trough the tranquillity of an offbeat reality
Erik Tidemann. Mixed media, Oil on canvas, taxidermy/ roadkill rug. 3 pics
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Kick out the titans aka Nidrosian black mass 1
Erik Tidemann. 2 day exhibition concentrating Black Metal into an installative exhibition with a decadent but trashy redneck twist. Photos by Vigdis Haugtrø & Andre August Ribe. 28 pics
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The Deerman Shows you the void of infinite
Erik Tidemann. Wallpainting, carpet, Taxidermy/ Deer Head, monitor. 4x framed 110 film photos 8 pics
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Skogsunderholdning. Talk softly but carry a big stick
Erik Tidemann. Scenography, costumes and sculptures for play in coloboration with the actor and writer Lisa Lie. Photo by Vigdis Haugtrø. 16 pics
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Black Botany (part5)
Erik Tidemann. Fabric, paint, polyethylene, rubber, polestyrene balls. 2 pics
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The fallback of a blind steakout
Erik Tidemann. Shaved deerskin, videoprojection and bean bag sculptures. 8 pics
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Woodchoppin chop chops
Erik Tidemann. Mixed media, Wood, sheep fleece, shaved deerskin + video. 11 pics
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Giant skull boss 16
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 4 pics
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Giant skull boss 15
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant skull boss 14
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant skull boss 13
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Terratur Possessions logo
Erik Tidemann. Ink on paper. Logo for the norwegian Black Metal record label Terratur Possessions
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Giant skull boss 12
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant skull boss 11
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant skull boss 10
Ink on paper (A1). Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant skull boss 9
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant skull boss 8
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant skull boss 7
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant Skull boss 6
Ink on paper (A1) Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 3 pics
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Giant Skull boss 5
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant Skull boss 4
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant Skull boss 3
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant Skull boss 2
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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Giant Skull boss 1
Ink on paper. Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Tor Egil Tørstad. 5 pics
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New City and New Drawings
Moved from Trondheim to Oslo the sixth of August. My new home and workingplace for at least two years.
There is also new drawings in the Giant skull boss folders. New epic pieces are also on the way
Otto Seitung 1909-1929 Memorial shoot in coloboration with Remy Eik
The Tidemann Family crest
My grandfather was obsessed by finding the roots of our blood and I inherited many documents leading back to 1391 in Scandinavia. Here is the crest (Slakten Tidemann och dess frandskap med Johan Blanck uti Lingarø)
Otto Seitung (RIP memorial shoot/ preview)
Crash Nightclub in Trondheim kind a fucked up on this one
I whould not shit-talk Crash after a good cooperative job I did in their first and second floor before the place opened. I did the graffiti in the staircase with two other guys and two Kinky oil paintings for them. While looking trough old documentation I saw this column in the first floor that I painted when the first two jobs were done. They did not like it and painted it black the day after i finished. Its a matter of taste I guess but today 4 years later It whould work to the mainstream crowd also. RIP
Homemade tape collection
If you are one of the lucky ones that grabbed yourself one copy of these bad-boys from ´Waffen uber sky channel´ I envy you. I have lost my own copy. It was made 6-10 different tapes in an edition of 5 to each tape i think. Each tape had a signed booklet of photos telling some strange abstract story that is in the same narrative as the tape. They are still out there. Here you can see the 3 first Tapes strait from the factory.
Deadeer (why the hell not)
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Deadog
Erik Tidemann. Fashion shoot/ Illustration piece I did for the September issue of Natt&Dag Trondheim.
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Guerilla Deer Wingman
Stills from the film in cooperation with Brad Downey
The Boner Rebellion
Ink and water dripping for some time trough my window on paper
Upcomming shows and events 2011-2012
28 May: `THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small´ (Group), Torrance Art Museum, California, USA
? June 2011: `3worldsin1´ (Group), Klaipeda, Lithuania
13 Juni 2011: Pre-view on the movie `Kunsten og overleve´. ( Jon Vatne 2011 C. TVF HIL) Cinemateket, Oslo
4-25 September 2011: `Trøndelagsutstillingen 35´(Group). Dora, Trondheim
? September 2011: Book release, `Adios 4´
14 Oktober 2011 : `†´ (Solo). NoPlace. Oslo
? February 2012 : `Giantskullboss´ (Solo), Trondheim Kunstforening
Galleri S.E
Some pictures from the show I did with Prins Preben and Karen Nikgol at Galleri S.E in Bergen, Norway in April-May. We had one section of the gallery each where Prins Preben showed drawings and watercolours, Karen Nikgol showed some bigger drawings and paintings and I showed paintings and sculptures. Here you go:
My cousins new ride
My cousin invited me over for some beers and to help him out painting his new mini-wan. I went over to Hell were he actually lives and spraypainted it from bright red to black and did a classic organic stylized flesh with holes and lots of teeth. We had 7 different colors to work with that was fine since those mini-wans can easely look like hippie wagons from a distance or completely trashed inner city cars. He had one request wich was to paint Stig Helmer (Lasse Åberg) from the cheezy 80´s scandinavian cult comedy called `Selskapsresan´and ´Halseresan´on the side. So I did some sort of mutated version of him with fascial creme and gurkins. I had a fab night alone since my cousin ditched me for school. Thanx
New updates in the sculpture folder.
The Pieces: Prince of Darkness, Nice Rack and The unexpected capture of the garbage snatcher is now finished and ready for viewing
I want to buy your dead cat
People who have got dead cats to donate for a new piece of work I am making. They will be treated with respect and the souls will live on. If you get hold of one or more: Put in a bin bag and deep freeze it before shipping. And make sure it ain’t rotten! I will pay aditional costs for postage and packaging and will pay you 500 Nkr for each cat. If you have a dead dog the same interest and deal goes with that too.
Some people are wondering if this is a joke. I can ensure you it is not a joke and I will pay
Enamel and vinyl Paintings from 2003-2006
During this period I got really into making oil based enamel paintings. I wanted to use the same paint as the graffiti murals I was making and also the model planes I used to build and paint as a kid. I loved the strong vibrant colors of the enamel paint that was easy to use and was much more liquid and dried as quickly as acrylics. So during this period I painted loads of small scale canvas boards in this media. In some of the paintings I included oil based vinyl paint also to cover larger surfaces in the background if I did bigger scale paintings.
Word of notice! If you ever want to paint with enamels if it is with brush or spraypaint. Never paint on canvas or soft materials. Enamel is not elastic such as oil and acrylic paint and with the slightest bend it will easy crack. So always use hard surfaces such as boards, hard plastics and metals.
Here are some of my paintings from the period.
Otto Seitung 1909-1929
Otto Seitung (b.1909. Painter and puppeteer) He died in 1929 unsuccessful and isolated with a visual era leaving its creators body.
I found this old album of private images belonging to a young German artist in an antique shop in a small village near Munster. Not sure if it was his real name or just some nickname but it said Otto Seitung 1909-1929. It looked like a memory album relatives or friends make if someone has passed away. He is the only person shown in the pictures in the album.
This Tiny Old German guy in the shop did not know much about him which made everything so damn interesting. He was a talk around during his last years on this earth trough to his odd apperance and strange doings. This Otto fella lived in this small hut outside of the village. He grew up and died very young at the age of 19 or 20. But apparently that was before he got born himself. He didn’t know the reason or how he died. Just some story his father told him.
Reason why he remembered the Otto story and my own interest for him is because of what he did.
He told me in bad English something about he painted on the walls inside of old abandoned houses. Not like typical graffiti but he collected those walls by cutting out the whole mural with all the layers of wood wallpaper and insulation in the wall also. So he had some heavy layered painted boards he just stored by his hut. He told me people saw him with his horse wagon transporting those walls from time to time. ‘That was it’ he said as he laughed in this pixyish scattering way.
In one of the pictures I see Otto sitting inside of this crammed hut filled up with some smaller painted walls. Around him, this is what really caught my breath, was piles of something that looks like dog hides/skins and one pile of something that definitely is cat skins.
Anyway…I will get my ass around to scan some of this stuff for you. I feel it is right to show of this loner that was about to make some astonishing stuff if he had shown the world and his life had not failed him so young. The album has even got some details of his painted walls. Wonderous odd stuff.
VHS abstractions
Erik Tidemann. C-prints
In 2003 I got seriously into the VHS business and everything I did was VHS related. I started demagnetizing, scratching, bleaching and all sort of ways to manipulate the VHS image. Off course I realized that demagnetizing old VHS tapes gave the best results. I put the tape back into the player and found the area I had worked with. The images was obscured and went everywhere both colors and picture with loads of flimses and obscurity that gave no interesting results. I think I bought 5 VHS players to see if the results were different after which player I used. They were both new and old second hand ones. And they gave different results. One of the players manage to freeze the damaged areas into crystal clear non-figurative images that came out really nice after my point of view. So I then crated a whole series of those images which I did transfer to my computer and printed them in large scale at a photography printing studio. Here are two examples of those.
Go ahead. Make yourself a shirt!
Erik Tidemann. Shirt (with all respect to Dead)
Graffiti
Erik Tidemann´s necroride
Black Botany. Part 1 (video)
Erik Tidemann. video.
bandrom 5 street music (video)
Street music by øyvind torvund
Håkon stene and anders førisdal plays.
Masks by Erik Tidemann
Rooftop Rushes in London 2005 (video)
Brad Downey´s bus journey for the ICA (institute of contemporary art). He really sounds like Buthead when he laughs though
Woodchoppin´chop chops. 2005 (video)
Woodchoppin´chop chops from Erik Tidemann on Vimeo.
Erik Tidemann. Video.
Our local hero wearing the face of a fallen deer while declaring war on non living napalm covered snowmen. Equipped with a bag full of molotow-coctails the idea was to melt the snowmen that instead of melting turned into black ice were they got burned. So our local hero learned his lesson and had to end the battle with a pretty shameful ritual.
Compilation of early films from 2001-2006 (video)
Erik Tidemann early films. Compilation (2001-2006) from Erik Tidemann on Vimeo.
Erik Tidemann. videos.
Sorry the bad quality as I found the shittiest VHS tapes the most giving recording devices for my videos during this time and I still enjoy them.
Hermetic order (video)
Hermetic Order from Brad Downey on Vimeo.
The Hermetic Order, 2005 – Current (work in progress)
Digital video, painting, sculpture, costume, drawing, installation
In collaboration with Erik Tidemann and Tahu Deans
The Hermetic Order (Working Title)
A film by Tahu Deans, Brad Downey and Erik Tidemann.
Synopsis
The film follows a fairy tale theme. It is split into three acts, each act offering a different world, life and afterlife, the real and imaginary, heaven and hell. The central role is provided by a mystical character, the leader of a secret society that carryout strange rituals. This character switches from being
a puppet (in the form of a disguised porcelain figurine of Jesus) to having a human form throughout the film. The film opens with him arriving at a black pyramid deep in a dark forest, inside is a temple, filled with strange paintings, sculptures and shrines. As the film progresses the main character becomes disillusioned with his secret society while at the same time becoming obsessed with a young princess. His obsessive love is shown by a series of voyeuristic scenes in which he is seen spying on the princess. Eventually
the disillusioned cult leader destroys his society with no resistance offered by his supporters who follow him in blind faith to their deaths. Having given up everything he then discovers the princess already has a lover, a knight who appears as two people. In an uncontrollable rage, the main character decides to take his life and the lives of everyone around him by destroying everything in one colossal explosion. This is the end of the first act.
The second act begins as the first act did with the main character walking through a landscape only this time he is in human form. Instead of a dark forest he is in a bright meadow and instead of a black pyramid he is walking towards a doorway in the landscape, a portal. This is the link between the two worlds. The next world is staged in a dilapidated urban environment, a distopian world of concrete ruins. None of the fairytale romance seen in the first act is present. The world is teeming with demnic characters, mutated versions
of all the characters in the first act. The main character, now always in human form becomes part of a strange ceremony
in which he is judged by a demonic witch and confronted by hisformer porcelain self. Once judged he is forced through another portal.
The third act begins with a single shot panning out from a close up of a tattoo of a shield with a sword emblem, a recurring image in costumes, paintings and sets through out the film. The shot eventually pans out to show a middle aged woman playing an accordion while being tattooed by a man in 1950’s style dress.
Themes
Illusion/Belief: The play between the real and imaginary is the central theme running through the film. The main character is a puppet with a real hand who also takes on a completely human form. Scenes filmed outside, on location have painted props scattered in them. The structure of the film incorporates live performance along side the projected film as well as moving sets onto which the film is projected. The venuein which the film is screened is also used as a scene in the film. The viewer is continuously asked to query there position in relation to the film and question what is real. The film world becomes part of the real world and visa versa. The film itself is silent with a musical score being played by a live musician, in the spirit of early silent cinema. This enhances the dream-like quality. We have been working with various musicians and intend on having several performances with different musicians.
Cults and Rituals: Concepts of magic and ritual are core elements in this film, the working title comes from “The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn” (or “Golden Dawn”,
as it is commonly referred to). A Nineteenth Century esoteric
cult with a tradition of magical theurgy and spiritual development. The film uses the visual language of these kinds of secret societies without directly referancing a particular group. Through conversations and collaborations we have inadvertintly created a visual language of our own, full of symbolism that has a connection with these societies. Key scenes in the film are based around a black pyramid,
the head
quarters for the secret society, in which colourful and surreal rituals take place. The interior scenes for this are vital and we intend to film inside an existing Masonic Lodge like that in the Great Eastern Hotel. This would also be the ideal location to screen the film with the live performance.
Reappearance: Through out the film there is an endless recycling of imagery and characters. The visual language
we use continuously circles back to reveal parallels between characters and places. The symbol on the main characters hat is the same as the tattoo in the final scene, it is also the image that starts and ends the film; the pointed hats worn
by all the main characters are repeated in the form of the pyramid; paintings in the background become actual scenes. The characters themselves are repeated in different
materials and settings. This reappearance acts as a way
of homogenising the characters into elements of one individual. The repetition is used to play with a sense of time, and ultimately to disorient the audience. We want the film
to seem as though it could be looped so that the end becomes the beginning.
With its multi layered and inconsistent narrative, ambiguous in meaning, with an over elaborate and unconventional presentation we want the film to present a challenge to the viewer. Is it one story or two? Are there four main characters or eight or just one? Is there a point to the film or is it a stream-of-consciousness dream-like experience which enables us to present an audience with an assortment of our artwork. The Golden Dawn will be a visual feast, where we attempt to have the audience share in the surreal richness
of a world we have created.
Thanx to Brad Downey for publishing this article on:
Brad Downey´s website
Black Botany (2006). Part 1 & 2. Process photos by Ina Hoff Damli
Skogsunderhodning update in the mixed folder
Skogsunderhodning. Talk softly but carry a big stick in coloboration with Lisa Lie. Photo by Thomas Sørgård. 16 pics
Black botany. Part 4 (video)
Erik Tidemann. Black botany
Portraits by various photographers
Erik Tidemann/ Per Einar Matzow
Therese Alice Sanne
Jenny Skibenes
Lars Holan
Tor Holm
Marianne Berg Nilsen
New updates
I want to get the page descriptive enough about the chosen projects and easy for the viewer to navigate trough. This means that new paintings, drawings, sculptures and mixed media projects will be posted. Notice that more pictures will often be found under the thumbnail picture when it comes to sculptures, paintings, drawings and mixed/installative work to show how the unity of the piece/ how the room feels. All pictures can be enlarged further to maximum sizes if you click in the top right corner of each picture.
So further to come is more work to all genres, bios and artist statements, critiques, and more descriptive images to each sculpture, installation piece + some bits and bubs to the design etc… Ill try to keep it updated here in the update (b)log.
New Studio Space!
I am now in the middle of moving studio space. I am leaving Marienborg after it has served me for 4 years. I have got to much work and the space is to small. The brass band playing in the not to isolated floor above me did not really help the situation either.
My new studio will also be in Trondheim ( it is at prinsenkrysset in kongensgate) for another 6 months till I am moving to Oslo this summer. So for the next week I will have enough stuff to move.
In Progress
Erik Tidemann. Preview of the soon to be completed man beast piece I am making. Half man half bear. Scavenging trashbins in the nite. This piece is followed up with a new green ooze mutilated wild boar piece called ´The tyrant is dead´and a necro roe deer trophy that is still without a title. Comming soon
Trailer trash series
Erik Tidemann in coloboration with Thomas Sørgård
Sentimental values from Norwegian grimness
info om bilde
Bergen 02.04.2011- 08.05.2011
The second of april at 18.00 My new show with Prins Preben and Karen Nikgol opens at Gallery SE.
Galleri SE
Giantskullboss online
Erik Tidemann
| Born: | Trondheim, Norway 29.01.1982 |
| Address: | Taraldgårdsveita 10. 7010 Trondheim. Norway |
| Phone: | +47 92415773 |
| E-Mail: | eriktidemann@yahoo.co.uk |
| Website: | giantskullboss.org |
| Org. nr: | 990 913 978 |
Education
| 2004- 2006 | MFA Painting. Slade School of Fine Art. University College London, UK |
| 2001- 2004 | BA Hons Fine Art (First Class). The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, UK |
| 1998- 2001 | Tegning Form Farge. Ringve V.G.S. Trondheim, Norway |
Solo Shows
| 2012 | `Giantskullboss’. Trondheim Kunstforening |
| 2011 | `†´™. NoPlace. Oslo |
| 2010 | `Wasteland Comics´. Trondheim Prosjektrom |
| 2009 | ‘The Eazy-E HIV Odyssey’ Gallery SteinslandBerliner. Stockholm |
| 2009 | ‘It Has Been a Long Time Since I Saw Your Face’ Galleri Blunk. Trondheim |
| 2008 | ‘Fire Girl Say you Will’. Galleri Hanne. Trondheim |
| 2007 | ‘Kick Out the Titans AKA Nidrosian Black Mass’. Marienborg Prosjekthall. Trondheim |
| 2006 | ‘Nunchuckin’ Nunchucks’. Galleri Tautra, Frosta, Norway |
| 2005 | ‘Woodchoppin’ Chop Chops’. Et Stunt. Trondheim |
Group Shows
| 2011 | `Trøndelagsutstillingen 35`. Dora, Trondheim |
| 2011 | `3worldsin1´, Klaipeda, Lithuania |
| 2011 | `Polemically Small´. Torrence Art Museum, California |
| 2011 | `Girls & Ammo´. Galleri S.E. Bergen |
| 2010 | ‘FWD´. Fjordgata 19. Trondheim |
| 2010 | `Festen´. Trondheim Kunstmuseum |
| 2010 | `Trøndelagsutstillinga 2011. Dora Trondheim |
| 2010 | `News Fom the Neighbours. Charlotte Fogh Contemporary. Århus, Denmark |
| 2010 | ‘Blikk på Dyr. Trondheim Kunstmuseum |
| 2010 | `Northern Twilight. Galleri Agnes Amstaff. Oslo |
| 2009 | `Demonology´Charlie Smith Gallery. London |
| 2009 | ‘The Future Can Wait 2009’ Old Truman Brewery, London |
| 2009 | ‘Trøndelagsutstillinga’ TSSK og Dora. Trondheim |
| 2009 | ‘Ishihara Exhibition’ Study Gallery. Poole, UK |
| 2009 | ‘Cosmic Debris, Podium. Oslo |
| 2009 | ‘Jubileumsutstilling’ Galleri PlussMinus, Trondheim |
| 2009 | ‘NEW LONDON SCHOOL’ Galerie Schuster. Berlin |
| 2008 | ‘Scope Art Fair’. London |
| 2008 | ‘The Future Can Wait 2008’. Atlantis Gallery. London |
| 2008 | ‘Art Copenhagen’ m. Galleri Brandstrup. Forum, Copenhagen |
| 2008 | ‘Norske Bilder’. Oslo Rådhus. |
| 2008 | ‘Dnb Nor & Sparebankens Stipendutstilling’. Oslo Kunstforening |
| 2008 | ‘Speculum Virginium’. Galleri Tautra, Frosta |
| 2008 | ’`Anyone got Wood’ Allmenna galleriet 925. Stockholm |
| 2008 | ‘Project New Spaces’. Galleri PlussMinus Trondheim |
| 2008 | ‘Trøndelagsutstillinga’. Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Norway |
| 2007 | ‘Ung Kunst i Dag 2’. Galleri Ismene, Trondheim |
| 2007 | ‘The Future Can Wait’. Atlantis Gallery, London |
| 2007 | ‘Mariautstilling’. Galleri Tautra, Frosta |
| 2006 | ‘Kollektivutstilling’. Galleri Tautra, Frosta |
| 2006 | ‘11 Rooms of Art 15 Artists 3 Days’. Halfway House. Clapham, London |
| 2006 | ‘Slade Postgraduate Show’. UCL, Gower St. London |
| 2006 | ‘Dry Fist’. La-Viande Gallery, London |
| 2005 | ‘The Day of Damaged Goods’. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
| 2005 | ‘Fresh Milk’. MILK Studios 450 West 15th St. New York |
| 2005 | ‘Always Let Me Go’. UKS, Oslo & Galleri Tautra, Frosta |
| 2005 | ‘Between’. Rahuset, Halmtorvet, Copenhagen |
| 2005 | ‘The Rules of Space’. Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London |
| 2004 | ‘Twonineeight’. 93FeatEast, London |
| 2004 | ‘Sweet FA’. Old Truman Brewery, London |
| 2004 | ‘Don’t Hate Congratulate’. The Arts Institute at Bournemouth |
| 2003 | ‘A Puzzle For a Curious Girl’. The AIB Gallery Poole |
| 2003 | ‘The Deerman Shows you the Void of Infinite’. The Arts Institute at Bournemouth |
| 2001 | ‘Trøndelagsutstillinga’. Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, |
Related Work Experience
| 2011 | ´Deadog`fashion photo shot/ illustration for Natt&Dag Trondheim |
| 2010 | Album Cover for Rest of My Life, Trondheim |
| 2010 | Resident Artist. Nidrosian Black Mass 3. Trondheim |
| 2010 | Resident Artist. Storåsfestivalen. Norway |
| 2010 | Resident Artist. Støy på Landet Festivalen. Norway |
| 2009 | Resident Artist. Storåsfestivalen. Norway |
| 2009 | Jurymember for the exhibition at UKM. Trondheim |
| 2008 | Indoor murals and oil paintings. Crash (nightclub). Trondheim |
| 2008 | Resident artist. Nidrosian Black Mass 2. Trondheim |
| 2007-2008 | Scenography/ Actor. ‘Skogsunderholdning. Talk Softly but Carry a Big Stick’. Teaterhuset Avant Garden Trondheim, Grusomhetens Teater Oslo, Markedet for Scenekunst Sandefjord, Black Box Oslo, Teatergarasjen Bergen |
| 2007 | Resident Artist. ‘Bylarm’. Dora, Trondheim |
| 2007 | Logo for the record label ‘Terratur Possessions’, Norway |
| 2006 | Visiting lecturer. The Arts Institute at Bournemouth |
| 2003 | Interior Mural. Pirbadet. Trondheim |
| 2002 | Gallery Assistant. Trondhjems Kunstforening |
| 2002 | Community mural project. Svartlamoen, Trondheim |
| 2000 | Resident Artist. ‘2xH Hip Hop Festivalen’. Trondheim |
Grants & Scholarships
| 2011 | Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond |
| 2010 | Arbeidstipend´Bildene Kunstneres Hjelpefond |
| 2009 | 1 årig Arbeidstipend Bildene Kunstneres Hjelpefond |
| 2008 | Publikumsprisen for Trøndelagsutstillinga Regional Norwegian public arts award |
| 2008 | Kritikerprisen for Trøndelagsutstillinga Regional Norwegian critic award |
| 2007 | Statens Utstillingsstipend (The Norwegian exhibition grant) |
Books
| 2011 | ‘Adios 4‘, |
| 2011 | `SE Trøndelag! Kunst og visuell kultur i midten av Norge´,bind III. Tapir Akademisk Forlag, Trondheim |
| 2010 | ‘The Art of Rebellion 3‘, Publikat Verlags- und Handels GmbH & Co |
| 2009 | ‘Foreningen Marienborg Atelierfelleskap |
| 2008 | ‘Hellbound’, Laurence King Publishing |
Publications
| 3/2011 | Billedkunst, Symbolsafari |
| 04.2011 | Adresseavisen, Eriks favoritter |
| April 20011 | Natt&Dag (Trondheim), Deadog |
| .04.2011 | Adresseavisen, Tidemann selger |
| 15.11.2010 | Adresseavisen, Slutt for metalfestival |
| 13.11.2010 | Adresseavisen, Mørk machomesse |
| Fall&Winter 2011 | JPEOPLE13, Beavis and Butthead og camping |
| 10.11.2010 | Natt&Dag, Tidemann og det gode |
| 09.10.2010 | Adresseavisen, Etter apocalypsen |
| 05.10.2010 | Adresseavisen, Segals Kyr |
| 05.10.2010 | Adresseavisen, Avlyser Nazikonsert etter massiv kritikk |
| 14.09.2010 | Byavisa, Kunst av dødt dyreliv |
| 04.09.2010 | Adresseavisen, Let ettter motstand |
| 04.09.2010 | Adresseavisen, The dark side of Trondheim |
| 23.08.2010 | Adresseavisen, Pse opp! |
| 31.07.2010 | Adresseavisen, Rådyr på krigsstien i Storåsskogen |
| 20.07.2010 | Trønderbladet, Støy på landet |
| 02.2010 | Sorgenfri, Kunstnerisk mageslag |
| Vinter 2009 | Novell, Gangsterns liv efter døden |
| 11.11.2009 | Adresseavisen, Trondheim topp 100 |
| 24.09.2009 | Dagens Nyheter, Rappares helvetesresa tolkad |
| 12.09.2009 | Adresseavisen, De unges show |
| 04.09.2009 | Adresseavisen. Trøndersk billedkunst akkurat nå |
| 03.08.2009 | Adresseavisen, Naturens hevn på Storås |
| 25.07.2009 | Sør Trøndelag, Tilbake til røttene |
| 16.05.2009 | Adresseavisen, Flygende øyeepler |
| 30.11.2008 | VG, Kafegjestene RØMTE fra likstanken |
| 29.11.2008 | Adresseavisen, Måtte stenge på grunn av likstank |
| 12.10.2008 | Aftenposten, Kunstkjøperne kvier seg |
| 19.09.2008 | Jyllandsposten, Krgssvin intar Forum |
| 19.09.2008 | Politikken, Kunstmesse med træhytte og vildsvin i pigtråd |
| 09/10.2008 | Plan B, Erik Tidemann |
| 06.09.2008 | Adresseavisen, Tidemann og Sadopurkene |
| 02.05.2008 | Dagbladet Fredag, Hjortejegeren |
| 17.03.2008 | Kunstkritikk, Innhentet ekspertise |
| 06.03.2008 | Adresseavisen, Mer skogsunderholdning |
| 2/ 2008 | Billedkunst, Gi rom for kunst |
| 17.12.2007 | Eternal Terror, Nidrosian Black Mass |
| 04.12.2007 | Adresseavisen, Svartekunst |
| 30.11.2007 | Adresseavisen, Dyrisk Kunst |
| 19.05.2007 | Adresseavisen, Maria for det 21. århundre |
| 12.05.2007 | Aftenposten, Særegen Skogstur |
| 03.05.2007 | Adresseavisen, En virkelighet av grantrær og døde dyr |
| 08.06.2007 | Sandefjrds Blad, Scenekunst trekker flere |
| 2007 | Chief Magazine Issue 2, Erik Tidemann |
| 2011 | ‘Kunsten og overleve‘. 2011 C. TVF HIL |
Other works and interviews
Works from 2001-2006
Sangbleu Interview
Trendhunter presentation
Vice Magazine Interview
Axisweb´s MA Stars
Catch-Fire presentation
Fuzzyladies blog Presentation1
Natt & Dag Interview
Fuzzyladies blog presentation2
Artscene trondheim Wasteland Comic show Presentation
Artscene trondheim, Decadent rednecks Storås Presentation
Plan B Interview
Ole Morten Melgård Photo presentation
The Future Can Wait Interview
Adressa Interview
Trondheim Kunsthall critique
Network
Blogs
Giantskullboss/ TV Geeks by Eric Arnold
Churchofskull/ Giantskullboss by Erik Tidemann
Kjeft a!
Fuzzyladies
Trondheimkunsthall
Galleries
Gallery Steinsland Berliner Stockholm
Charlie Smith Gallery London
Gallery SE Bergen
Other
Trond Valstad - Taxidermist
Espen Lynne - Taxidermist
Terratur Possessions- Trondheim
Petter Buhagen- Artist
Brad Downey- Artist
Erik Tidemann
Address:
Østfoldgata 2
0656 Oslo
Norway
Phone: +47 924 15 773
E-Mail: eriktidemann(at)yahoo.co.uk
Org. nr: 990 913 978
