Anki King
Anki King
www.ankiking.com
Lives and works in New York City, USA/Etnedalen, Norway
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Then and Now, The Lace Mill, Kingston, NY
2025 The Butterfly Effect: Rebirthing the Figure, curated by William Norton, Guerra Showroom, NY
2024 Waiting for the Light, Carl Hanson & Son, NY
2022 Under the Moon, Birdhouse Brooklyn, NY
2021 Waiting, The Painting Center, NY
2013 Life Lines, Galleri Odonata, Norway
2012 And the World Cracked Open, Noosphere Arts, NY
2010 Indivisuality, Galleri Athene, Drammen, Norway
2009 After Thoughts, Galleri Svae, Gjøvik, Norway
Sisters, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Remembrance, Something Unexpected Art Gallery, Nyack, NY
2007 Alternate Reality Self Portraits, CFEVA, Philadelphia, PA
Search, Galleri A, Oslo, Norway
2003 Bikers, Soppen MC, Brandbu, Norway
2001 Couples, Eldorado Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
2000 City Visions, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York
1999 Hanging Out, Log-On-Café, New York
People, Cherokee Phoenix Gallery & Club, New York
1998 City People, The Gershwin Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Mortail Coil, Sunny Chapman and Anki King, Birdhouse Brooklyn, NY
2025 Double Portrait, curated by Joshua Rosenblatt, The Re Institute, NY
Un Bind, curated by Narelle Sissons, Dumbo NYSS Residency, NY
2024 Menagerie, The Painting Center, NY
Salon des Refusés, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NY
Juried Competition (juror: Enrico Riley), Bowery Gallery, NY
100 Women of Spirit, Zurcher Gallery, NY
Equity & WAAM, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, NY
The Gloaming, Birdhouse Brooklyn, NY
The Female Gaze, Rotunda Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
Among Friends 4, Metaphor Gallery, NY
Members Invitational, Equity Gallery, NY
2023 Totem and Taboo, Lichtundfire, NY
Library, curated by Glenn Goldberg, Tappeto Valente, NY
2022 Spectrum, The Galleria, White Plains, NY
Featherweight, Lichtundfire, NY
Amongst Friends, Artists Equity, NY
Birds, Birdhouse Gallery, NY
2021 Meditations, Pelham Art Center
Ghost Story, The Birdhouse Gallery, NY
Tallin Drawing Triennial, ARS Project Space, Estonia
Kafka on the Shore, The Gallery LTD, NY, (Two person show)
2020 11 Women of Spirit, Zurcher Gallery, NY
USPS Art Project, Pelham Art Center, NY
Miss Democracy, Planthouse Gallery, NY
The Enabling Act – A Call to Arms, M. David & Co. NY
Art From the Boros VII, Denise Bibro Fine Art, NY
2019 Slow Art, Village West Gallery, NJ
Haunting the Shadows, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, NY
Kunstnerliv, Hotel Norge, Bergen, Norway
Amongst Friends II, The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, NY
Innlandsutstillingen, Hamar Kulturhus, Norway
2018 The Fifth Silk Road International Art Exhibition, Shaanxi Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, China
Art in the Open, 2018 Selections, Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia PA
Kunstnerliv, Galleri Fineart, Oslo, Norway
Chain Reaction: Artists Select Artists, The Painting Center, NY
Getting Personal, SFA Projects, NY
Art in the Open, Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia, PA
Among Friends, 55 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Outside the Lines, Drawing Invitational, National Arts Club, NY
2017 The Fourth Silk Road International Art Exhibition, Shaanxi Provincial Museum of Fine Arts, China
Mapping Bushwick, In Case Projects, NY
2016 Victory Garden, Planthouse, NY
Pussy Power, David & Schweitzer, NY
Insomnia, Pelham Art Center, NY
Bushwick Tales, Venus Knitting Art Space, NY
Seeking Space: Making the Future, David & Schweitzer, NY
2015 Who, Lesley Heller Workspace, NY
Summer Invitational, Life on Mars Gallery, NY
Contemporary Portraits, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL
Shangri-La in LIC, The Factory, LIC, NY
Four Years and Counting, Noosphere Arts, NY
Gransdagene, Granstunet, Gran, Norway
2012 Scarecrow, Lyndhurst Estate, NY
Sommerutstilling, Fabrikken, Lillehammer, Norway
2011 Out on a Limb, Galleri Ramfjord, Oslo, Norway
Relexification, Gallery Aferro, NJ
Høstutstillingen 900 moh, Galleri Beito, Beitostølen, Norway
Grey Matter, The Painting Center, NY
White, .NO Gallery, NY
2010 Intimidad de la Memoria, Galeria Nacional de Bellas Artes, Dominican Republic
Naked (two person show) Lichtenstein Art Center, Pittsfield, MA
Core, Under Minerva, Brooklyn, NY
Østlandsutstillingen, Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad / Peder Balke Senteret, Østre Toten, Norway
A Book About Death, The Tabernacle, MOMA Wales, UK
Um Livro Sobre a Morte, Museu Brasileiro da Escultura, Brazil
2009 A Book About Death, Emily Harvey Foundation, NY
Darkness Decends: Norwegian Art Now, M*A*S*H, NY, Chashama and Lafayette College curated by Christina Vassallo
2008 Fall Exhibition, Preston Contemporary Art Center, NM .See catalogue here
Beneath the Skin, Chashama Gallery, NY
Threading Trends, Alte Post, Berlin
International Juried Show (Whitney Curator Carter Foster), Visual Art Center of NJ
Paper Works, Manhattan Borough Presidents Office, NY
Life's Unique Journey, Nortwest Cultural Council, IL
2007 Image and Identity (online), International Museum of Women, CA
NANY II (Norwegian Artists in New York), Trygve Lie Gallery, NY
Au Naturel, The Nude in the 21st Century, The Art Center Gallery, OR
2006 Penetrating Empathy, Haven Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY
Life and Liberty after 9/11, Las Cruces Museum of Art, NM
2005 Artistic Fragments: Art 2005, Katonah Museum of Art, NY
International Exhibition of Art on Fans, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum
2004 Collaboration, Chasama Gallery, NYC
Norwegian Artists in New York (opened by Mr. Kofi Annan), Trygve Lie Gallery, NYC
2003 Fall Exhibition, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA
Three Graces, Galleria Galou, Williamsburg, NY
2002 The Art Community Reacts (9/11), Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
2001 New York Underground I, Silvestre Galleries, Surf City, NJ
2000 Riverside Artsfest, the Firehouse Gallery, Bainsbridge, GA
BYOW, International Exhibition, (juried by Ariella Budick, Art Critic for Newsday), The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
2000 Exhibit for Merit Scholarship Winners, ASL, Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center, NYC
1997 Persona, CB’s Gallery, New York
1996 Høstutstillingen (the Fall Exhibition), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
The Lyrical, the Expressionistic and the Poetic, Juried Exhibit, Denise Bibro Gallery, NYC
PUBLIC ART
2019 Butterfly Tree II, sculpture for Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY
2018 Butterfly Tree, sculpture for Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY
2017 Human Nature, sculpture for Wolf’s Lane Park, Pelham, NY
Nature Nurture, Sculpture for Pelham Arts Center Courtyard, Pelham, NY
2016 Mural for Pondicheri, NY
Sculpture for Safe Harbors Green, Newburg, NY
AWARDS AND HONORS
2026 Grant from Norwegian General Consulate, NY
2017 Residency by jury, Arteles, Finland
2016 Residency by invitation, Emerson Landing, MA
2015 Awarded (by invitation) Art Symposium Residency, Austevoll Kunstforening, Austevoll, Norway
2014 Cover of The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters by Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
2011 Angel Award, full fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, VT
2010 Winner of London International Creative Competition (LICC)
2008 Drawing Bodies Competition, Certificate of Achievement/Article in American Artists Drawing Magazine
Fellowship at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, VA
Winner of Topten Exquisite Expressions, Artrom Gallery, Italy
2007 Drawing Center Registry
Nude of the Month, May, Barebrush.org
Image Family selected for May in the Norwegian Consulate General's 2007 calendar
2003 Fellow at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, PA
OCA , Grant for Exhibit “Bikers”, Norway
2001 Honorable Mention in the Mason Scholarship Competition, The Art Students League, NY
2000 Finalist in the Artist’s Magazine Portrait Competition
1999 Merit Scholarship, The Art Students League, NY
TEACHING/LECTURES
2026 Artist Talk, Then and Now, with William Corwin
2024 Artist Talk, Transender, Equity Gallery, NY
Artist Talk, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NY
2022 Lecture, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2020 Live Zoom Studio visit, Pelham Art Center, NY
2019 Lecture and critique for graduating students at Salisbury University, MD
2018 Scandinavian Art – All Dark and Tormented? By Artists Talk on Art, National Arts Club, NY
2016 Insomnia, artist talk, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY
2015-2019 Workshops on Oil Painting, The Art Students League of NY
2015 Plastic Girls, online mentor for sculpture workshop, Girls have a Dream School, Uganda
Experimenting with Oil Paint, workshop, The Art Students League of NY, NY
Non-Verbal Art, lecture/studio visit, The New School, NY
2007-15 Past and Current Work, annual lectures/studio visits, Irvington Schools, NY
2014 Developing as an Artist, lecture/studio visit, New York Academy of Art, NY
2013 Understanding through Art, lecture, New York University, NY
Current Work, lecture/studio visit, School of Visual Arts, NY
Reading the Non-Verbal, lecture/studio visit, The New York University, NY
2012 American/Norwegian Expressionist Painter, lecture, NY School Press, NJ
2011 Abstract Expressionism in the 21st Century, panel talk by Helen Harrison, School Press, NJ
2010 Naked, lecture, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, MA
Indivisuality, Galleri Athene, Drammen, Norway
2007-10 Course in Figure Drawing, developed and taught, Sessions.edu, online
2009 After Thoughts, lecture, Galleri Svae, Gjøvik, Norway
2007-09 Oil Painting Materials, lectures at The Art Students League of NY
2008 Story of an Artist, lecture, Preston Contemporary Art Center, NM
Story of an Artist, lecture, Appleton Museum of Fine Art, FL
Dreams as Inspiration, workshop, Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, NY
Memories in Art, lecture/studio visit, Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, NY
COLLECTIONS
2011 Lunner Rådhus (City Hall), Norway
2008 Appleton Museum, Florida, USA
2007 Hjartdal og Gransherad Sparebank
2005 Collection of M. Benavides, USA
2004 Collection of P. Myhrvold, Norway
2002 The Norwegian Seamen’s Church, NY
2000 The Habsburg Collection, USA/Holland
1998 The Tessler Collection, USA
1998 The Gershwin Hotel, USA
EDUCATION
2001 The Art Students League of NY, NYC; fine arts certificate
1994 Oslo Tegne og Maleskole, Oslo, Norway; equivalent to USA-MFA
1991 Nybu Videregående Skole, Lillehammer, Norway; equivalent to USA-BFA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/VIDEO
2026 John Yau, “Anki King’s Nordic Noir”, Hyperallergic
Jeffrey Morabito, “Anki King: Creating Out of a Seed”, I Know Strange People - Podcast
Brian K. Mahoney, “Anki King’s “Then and Now” Brings a Decade of Figurative Work to The Lace Mill”, Chronogram
John Erik Thorbjørnsen, “Utstillingsklare Anki King om situasjonen i USA: – Det er veldig mye frustrasjon her nå”,
Avisen Hadeland
2024 Mari Volden, “Anki Har Jobbet Som Kunster i USA i Snart 30 år”, Avisen Hadeland
2023 Serena Depero, “Conversations with Artists”, interview
2022 Artlet, “How to Overcome Fear and Excel in Art”, video
2021 Cosmina Ene, “The Seeds of Creation: Art and Spirituality”, book
2020 Cosmina Ene, Artists During the 2020 Pandemic, book
Etty Yaniv, Artists on Coping, Art Spiel
Grace Roselli, Pandoras Boxx Project, documentary photo project
Artlet.io, Anki King, promotional video
2019 Terence Donnellan, “Artists of New York City”, documentary video
2018 Kristin Mack, “Intervju med Anki King”, Kateksis
Bjørn Wad, Sterke Historier og Livserfaringer, Interiør Magasinet
Anne Marit Muri / Bjørn Wad, Kunstnerliv, Portraits of 19 Contemporary Artists
Marit Skjøtskift, "Anki King er i Godt Selskap Når Hun Portretteres i Bok", Avisen Hadeland
Christina Catanese, "Natural Selections: Art in the Open: Selections from 2018 at the Schuylkill Center", Montgomery News
Helen Walsh, “Art in the Open Stays in the Box”, Broad Street Review
2017 Lester Kravitz, “Working with Nature”, News of Pelham
2016 Etty Yaniv, “Anki King and John Mitchell are Lone Wolves, Together” Arts in Bushwick
Kathleen Lillo-Stenberg, “Min Arbeidsplass”, D2, Dagens Næringsliv
Susan Hodara, “While You Were Sleeping, They Made Art, New York Times
Mary Alice Franklin, "Get Social: Artists Take The Graveyard Shift", Art Times
2015 John Mitchell, “Anki King and John Mitchell”, The Studio Visit
Ann May Storebø, “Kunstsymposium”, Austevollingen
Magnhild Rommetveit Fivelstad, “Der Havet og Himmelen Møtast”, Marsteinen
Gail Deayton, ”Artist of the Week – Anki King”, Hong Kong Art Tutoring
Adam Zucker, “Connecting Figures: New Humanism in Recent Figurative Painting". Rhinohornartists, Blog
Kaia Eriksen, ”Det Beste av New York”, Allers, weekly magazine
Catherine Kirkpatrick, "Confronting Prejudice; Strategies for Women in the Arts", Arts in Bushwick
2014 Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock, “The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters”, cover and six illustrations
2012 Carl J. Sørheim, "Glødende og Grått", Oppland Arbeiderblad (OA)
Haakon Kalvsjøhagen, "Er glad bildet har funnet et hjem", Avisen Hadeland
Maren Ørstavik, "Fra New York til Oslo...og Tilbake" (From NY to Oslo and back), Aftenposten
Thomas Herscovic. "Anki King, Expressionist Painter", Video
2011 Terence Donnellan. “Portrait of an Artist - Anki King”, Artwork on Video
Marika Herskovic, "Abstract Expressionism and the 21st Century", Video
Michael Henrik Holtermann, “Upbeat Stuff #15 – White", Video
2010 Anne Marit Muri,“Anki King – Vinner av årets LICC Kunstpris i London” (Winner of LICC Prize), Kunst
Marianne de Tolentino, "Intimidad de la Memoria", Hoy
Per Zang Skjønberg, "Anki i Nasjonalgalleriet", Oppland Arbeiderblad
Marit Skjøtskift. ”King size i Karibien”, Avisen Hadeland
Marit Beate Kasin, ”Anki til Østlandsutstillingen”, Avisa Valdres
Bjørn Bjørkli, ”Anki til Østlandsutstillingen”, Avisen Hadeland
2009 Petter Skretting, ”Populær Kunstner”, Oppland Arbeiderblad
Anne Martine Engebakken Grymyr, ”Tid for Ettertanke”, Oppland Arbeiderblad
Jørn Haakenstad, “King stiller ut i New York”, Avisen Hadeland
"Anki King Exhibits at Trygve Lie Gallery in NY", NorwegianAmerican.com
Morgan Levey, "Anki King", International Museum of Women
Miguel A. Bendavies, "Anki King", Studio Online
"Anki King's Work at Trygve Lie", Nordstjernan
Diana Schmertz, "Beneath the Skin" Perfect 8 Magazine, Issue 3
2008 Randi Helene Svendsen, “På Hjemmebane", Magasinet, Dagbladet
Bethany Conway, "The PCAC Fall Exhibit Opening", The Las Cruces Bulletin
Diana Schmertz, "Resonance" (cover and article), Perfect 8 Magazine, Issue 2
Stein Buan, “Anki King med ny utstilling i New York”, Avisen Hadeland
Helge Rønning Birkelund, “Hot i New York” , Oppland Arbeiderblad
Bob Bahr, “Drawing Bodies”, American Artist Drawing Magazine
2007 Amara Rocka, “Alternate Reality Self-Portraits: Drawings by Anki King”, review, Philadelphia Weekly
Monica Weymouth, “Last Chance, Catch it or Regret it”, Philadelphia City Paper
Roger Johnsen, ”Anki King at Gallery A”, video article, Opplandssendinga
Ǻse Toril Holten, “King-Kunst i New York”, Avisen Hadeland
Per Øyvind Skjønberg,”Fra Queens til Oslo”, Oppland Arbeiderblad
Håvard Krogsrud, ”Søkende Anki”, Avisen Hadeland
2006 Interview on The New Yorker, TV show.
2005 “LIC Art Gallery”, Ins and Outs Magazine, NY.
2004 Maria Børja, ”Kunstnere i New York”, Dagbladet
Kristin Nilsen, ”Annan Åpnet Norsk Utstilling”, Aftenposten
Ørjan Nilsson, ”Kofi Annan besøkte Anki”, Avisen Hadeland
Espen Tjersland, ”Kofi Annan Greets Norwegian Artists”, Norway Times, NY
“Annan æret Norske Kunstnere”, NRK
2003 Ingvar Midthun. ”Anki fra Harestua er Kunstner i New York”, NRK
Per Øyvind Skjønberg, ”New Yorker på Sopptur til Hjemstedet Hadeland”, Oppland Arbeiderblad
Merete Prestkvern, ”MC og Kunst”, Avisen Hadeland
2002 Peter Simunovich, ”Open Studio Shows a World of Artists”, Newsday
Marit Reistad, “Anki vil male Biker Gutta”, Oppland Arbeiderblad
Timothy Cahill,“Art of Healing redefined by Sept. 11”, review, Times Union
2001 “Well-Traveled Artist shows at Eldorado Gallery”, Pocono Record
2000 Sandra Carpenter, Artist’s Magazine, December
“Art & Fashion”, Black Book, September
Helen A. Harrison. “Looking to the Land of Long Island for Inspiration”, New York Times, review of BYOW
Paintings appeared in the independent movie The Trade
Per Øyvind Skjønberg. “King of New York”, Oppland Arbeiderblad
Sarah Alger. “Brave New Kunst: Works by Two Norwegian Artists”, Norway Times
1998 Album cover for Funkhouse
1997 Anne Bjertnæs, “New York er Min Inspirasjon”, Oppland Arbeiderblad
Helle Benedicte Berg, “Til New York med Kunstfag i Kofferten”, Aftenposten
1996 Siv Ellefsrud. “Mange Inntrykk – to fra Hadeland”, review Høstutstillingen, Avisen Hadeland