Kaare Ruud (NO)
Kaare Ruud (b. 1993, Gausdal) lives and works in Oslo and graduated with an MFA from Oslo National Academy of the Arts in 2020. Ruud’s artistic practice mainly focuses on sculptural interventions and sculptural work in a range of different and untraditional materials.
Ruud has had solo shows at Samlingen, Nesodden (2023), Heerz Tooya, Veliko Tarnovo (2022), SOL, Nexø (as Simpathy with Mikkel Carlsen, 2022) Hulias, Oslo (2022), Norsk Billedhoggerforening, Oslo (2020/2021) Galleri Toll, Stockholm (2021) and Løvens Hule, Oslo (2019) Ruud has also been included in group shows at STANDARD, Oslo (2021) QB gallery, Oslo (2021/2022) Hulias, Oslo (2020), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2020) Vestlandsutstillingen (2020) and The Annual Autumn Exhibition at Kunstnernes Hus (2017).
Forthcoming he will present works at CANTINA, Aarhus (2023), Stormen kunst/dájdda, Bodø (2023) and a residency at Cite des Arts Paris in 2023/24
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Hulias Orbit at NADA & The Community: The Salon
17.10.24—20.10.24
Kaare Ruud (NO)
Ada Nilsen (NO)
Aksel Ree (NO)
Ørnulf Bast (NO)
Works
Kaare Ruud
Untitled Chair Sculpture (2024)
Broken garden chair, zip-ties
90 × 50 × 50 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Untitled Chair Sculpture (2024)
Broken garden chair, zip-ties
90 × 50 × 50 cm
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Hulias Cantina: Mellom fjellene og himmelen / Tra le montagne e il cielo
01.07.23—05.08.23
Ada Nilsen (NO)
Kristian Engelsen (NO)
Aksel Ree (NO)
Hedda Hørran (NO)
Marthin Espeland (NO)
Lars Nordby (NO)
Kaare Ruud (NO)
Mia Van Veen (NO)
Kristoffer Zeiner (NO)
Isak Wisløff (NO)
Jørn Aagaard (NO)
Øyvind Bast (NO)
Works
Kaare Ruud
i skyggerne er alt skaevt / / lad myrerne / bygge sine slotte / af mine haarstraa. / saa / jeres minne / i mine sprække. / aabne / mine saar / igen, / og igen. (2023)
Norwegian spruce
35 × 40 × 50 cm
Unique
Works
Kaare Ruud
Content and the lack of it (Spør ditt hjerte hvorfor det slår) (2022)
Shoe
6.5 × 10 × 30 cm
Unique
Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
Shirt
149 × 60 × 50 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
T-shirt
68 × 39 × 50 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
Sock
149 × 30 × 10 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
Socks
145 × 36 × 20 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
Shirt II
142 × 70 × 45 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
Polo shirt
143 × 55 × 41 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
Sweatpants I
120 × 80 × 26 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Loitering in conversations (2022)
Sweatpants II
145 × 50 × 25 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Poems in dust collected from the surrounding area (2022)
Sitespecific installation
9 × 9 m
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Kaare Ruud
The memorial (2022)
Rose
35 × 9 × 5 cm
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Kaare Ruud
The memorial (2022)
Rose
24 × 7 × 5 cm
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Kaare Ruud
The memorial (2022)
Roses
36 × 15 × 7 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Rehearsing compassion (2022)
Skeleton
97 × 210 × 54 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Rehearsing compassion (2022)
Skeleton
139 × 90 × 60 cm
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Kaare Ruud
Quarry / (Et omriss / eller / Et skjelett / Kanskje / Et bygg / Som strekker seg til uendeligheten / Opp fra jorden / Som et tynt strå, tynt som hår og gjennomsiktig / Et minne som eksisterer utenfor tiden / Trekker jeg det opp og trer tvilen på / Som en rekke markjordbær / Og sluker det hele) (2022)
Pencils
11.5 × 18 × 18 cm
Unique
Works
Kaare Ruud
Repetition and fiction: Pylon (2020)
Styrofoam mold, flour, flour worms, found cables, welded steel box with glass.
40 × 60 cm
Unique
Kaare Ruud
Repetition and fiction: Buttress (2020)
Bicycle helmets, beads, rosette, flour, mealworms, aquarius jewelry, styrofoam hearts, pearls, welded steel tub.
140 × 140 cm
Unique
Kaare Ruud
Repetition and fiction: Pilaster (2020)
Flour, mealworms, found pieces of glass ground by water and sand, found shirt, pearl, parts of torso in styrofoam, styrofoam pots, blown leaves in glass, found flower in glass, welded tub in steel.
140 × 140 cm
Unique
Photo Credits
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Jørn Aagaard