Ane Hjort Guttu

Ane Hjort Guttu (b. 1971, Oslo) is a Norwegian artist and filmmaker based in Oslo. She works in a variety of media, but in recent years has mainly concentrated on film and video works, ranging from investigative documentary to poetic fiction. Among recurrent themes in her work are the relationship between freedom and power, economy and the public space, social change and limits of action. Guttu is also a writer and curator, and she is a professor at the National Academy of the Arts, Oslo. An anthology of her written works was published in 2018, edited by Rike Frank and published by Sternberg and Torpedo Press. Selected shows: Films, Tromsø kunstforening, Kunsthall Trondheim (2018, solo); Artists’ Film International, Whitechapel Gallery (2017); Furniture Isn’t Just Furniture, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (2017, solo); Die Reichen Sollen Noch Reicher Werden/The Rich Should Be Richer, Speicher Düsseldorf (2016, solo); Time Passes, South London Gallery (2015, solo); Urbanisme Unitaire, Le Quartier, Centre d’Art Contemporain de Quimper (2014, solo); This Place is Every Place, Tensta konsthall, Stockholm (2014, solo); The Rich Should Be Richer, Kunsthall Oslo (2012, solo); Scenarien über Europa, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig (2011–12); Kleisthaus, Berlin (2009); Late summer (Reality), Bjørka Foundation Project Room, Oslo (2002). She participated in the OFF Biennale (2017), the 11th Gwangju Biennale (2016), the 19th biennale of Sydney (2014) and the UKS Biennial (2004).