Bjørn Melhus

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Bjørn Melhus is a German media artist of Norwegian ancestry born in Kirchheim/Teck, Germany in 1966. His works have appeared on television, DVD, and in live art installations throughout the world. Many of Melhus' works provide a critical view of television culture and consumer habits.

[edit] Awards

• 1992

• Nachwuchspreis Videofest Berlin (Young artists award)
• Sonderpreis des Marler Videokunstpreises (Special Award, Marl)
• Video Art Award, Bremen

• 1994

• Kubo-Award, Bremen

• 1998

• Marler Videokunstpreis, (Video Award, Marl, Germany)
• Prix Elida -Fabergé, Munich
• 2nd Award, Transmediale Berlin
• Prize of the German Filmcritics, EMAF, Osnabrueck
• NEW VISIONS VIDEO 1998, Long Beach Museum of Art, (Production Grant)
• Certificate of Merit, San Francisco International Film Festival
• Förderpreis Film des Landes Niedersachsen

• 2000

• Honor 'The special show' by the International Art Critics Association, (Germany) for the solo show "Gute Freunde", Museum Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert

• 2001

• Prize of the Sprengel Museum, Hannover

• 2002

• Special Mention Video Award, Marl, Germany

• 2003

• HAP-Grieshaber-Preis der VG Bild Kunst
• German Competition, 49. International Shortfilfmfestival Oberhausen

[edit] External links

• Melhus.de official English-language website
• Review of a Melhus installation at the Whitney Museum of American Art