Biography

About

Karen Aarre is a Norwegian/British artist, born in London in 1972. She is currently living and working in Oslo, Norway.

Education and Work

2011-2012
Faculdade das Belas Artes (Faculty of Visual Arts), University of Lisbon, Portugal. Final year painting. Visiting student.

2000-2009
Documentary film director, producer, researcher, and video journalist for BBC television, NRK (Norwegian public broadcaster) and TV2 Norway.

1996-2000
DPhil Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK

1994-1996
MPhil Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK

1991-1994
BA Honours Development Studies and Social Anthropology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK

1990-91
Vrije Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (The Free Academy of Visual Arts), the Hague, the Netherlands

Membership

NBK

BOA

Collections

Naturhistorisk Museum, Oslo

Coleccao Fundacao Dom Luis 1

Coleccao Câmera de Cascais

Barneavdelingen, Rikshospitalet, Oslo

Dronning Sonjas Kunsstall