Maja Nilsen
Master of Fine Art / Trondheim Academy of Fine Art 2003-2005
Master of Virtual Realities / NCAD, Dublin 2002
Bachelor of Fine Art / Trondheim Academy of Fine Art 2000-2003
Bergen Art School 1998 -2000
2012 Statens Diversestipend, project grants
2012 Mobility Support / Travel Grant from OCA, Bristol Biennial 2012, England
2011 Prosjektstøtte fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, exhibition grants for NNKS
2011 Prosjektstøtte fra Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, exhibition grants for Rogaland Kunstsenter
2011 1-year working grant from BKV
2011 Statens Utstillingsstipend, exhibition grants
2011 Mobility Support / Travel Grant from Kulturkontakt Nord
2011 Exhibition grant from OCA (Office for Contemporary Art Norway), Reykjavik, Iceland
2010 1-year working grant from BKV
2010 Catalogue-support from Norwegian Arts Council
2009 Project-grant from Vederlagsfondet
2009 1-year working grant from the Norwegian Illustration fond
2009 Exhibition support from Norwegian Arts Council
2008 2-Year Artist Working Grant, Statens Kunstnerstipend
2008 Statens Utstillingsstipend, exhibition grants
2008 Trondheim Kommunes Kulturstipend, culture grant
2007 Lars Brandstrup Trust
2007 Christian Lorch Schive og hustrus legat, grant
2006 Project-grant from Vederlagsfondet
2006 BKV 1-year Grant
2006 Sleipnir Travel Grant
2005 Christian Lorch Schive og hustrus legat, grant
2004 Debutantstøtte from Norsk Kulturråd (Exhibition support from the Norwegian Arts Council)
2004 Lise and Arnfinn Hejes Fond, grant
2003 BKH- student stipend, student scholarship
2016 Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim
2012 Grenseløs,Umåtelig, Overdreven, Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter (collaboration with Edvine Larssen), Svolvær
2011 Taare af mine tørre Øine og Psalmer at min tilukte Mund, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger
2011 Agalma, Gallery Noplace, Oslo
2010 Unfluid were the Waves, Trøndelag Senter for Samtidskunst, Trondheim
2009 Zoo, or Letters not about Love, Ossastrasse 13, Berlin
2008 Darkness Moves, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo
2002 Gallery Blunk, Trondheim
2013 Skulpturbiennalen, Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo
2013 Constant. Decay. Site-specific project, Trondheim
2012 Cæur de Silex, La Galerie, Contemporary Art Centre in Noisy-le-Sec, Paris
2012 Storytelling, Bristol Biennial, England
2011 Stillscape, festival, Oslo
2011 NEUkölln norWEGEN, Galeri im Körnerpark, Berlin
2011 Project 0, The Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2010 Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin
2010 Trøndelagsutstillingen 2010, Trondheim
2010 Den 64.Nordnorske Kunstutstilling
2010 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2009 Høstutstillingen Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2009 Temporäre Kunsthalle Friedrichshain, Berlin
2009 Blütenweiss/Anonyme Zeichner, Liste Basel
2009 Cosmic Debris, Podium, Oslo
2009 722km, Gallery Emil, Tampere, Finland
2009 Torget, Gråmølna, Trondhjem Kunstmuseum
2009 Pol Art 09, Tromsø Kunstforening
2008 Artikkel 27, arranged by Amnesty International, Gallery KIT, Trondheim
2008 Norske Bilder 2008, Oslo Rådhus
2008 In the death car we’re alive, Gallery Tautra
2008 Vårutstillingen 2008, The Drawing Council, Oslo
2008 Anonymous Drawings/Selection, Otterndorf, Germany
2008 Adorable, Dora, Trondheim
2008 Gallery +Minus, Trondheim
2008 AtticSalt Gallery, Edinburgh
2008 Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
2007 Norske Bilder 2007, Oslo Town hall
2007 Berliner Kunstsalon, Anonymen Zeichnern
2007 Seeing is Believing, Florø Kystmuseum
2007 The Soap Operas/Who is your friend?, Soap Gallery, Kokura, Japan
2007 Linda, Hamburg, Anonymen Zeichnern
2006 Hva gjør du her?, site-specific project in Trondheim
2006 Blütenweiss - Raum für Kunst, Berlin
2006 Pencil us in, The Study Gallery, Poole, England
2006 Norske Bilder, Oslo Town hall
2006 Babel Mix, Babel Art Space, Trondheim
2005 Tecknarens kontakt, Gallery Verkligheten, Umeå / Sweden
2005 Kunst ved fleire blikk, Exhibition in Rosendal Centrum and Gallery G Guddal
2005 All you see is mine, sculpture park in Kramfors / Sweden
2005 TAKE OFF 2005, Gallery Brandstrup, Oslo
2005 MA exhibition 2005, Trondheim Kunstmuseum
2005 Vårutstillingen at the Drawing Council, Oslo
2005 Stockholm Art Fair, representing the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2004 Herbarium, Gallery KIT, Trondheim
2004 Rjomskip, Skaftfelt Art Centre, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2003 21m2-visningsrom, Stavanger
2002 Gallery ID:I, Stockholm
2000 Centre for Contemporary Art, Trondheim
2014 Scenography and costumes for dance performance Red Riding Hood by choreographer Henriette Pedersen
2013 Scenography and costumes for the theatre Blue Motell, Trøndelag Teater and Black Box
2005-09 Organizer of many different happenings, exhibitions, concerts through Marienborg Atelierfellesskap
2013 Nordland Fylkeskommune
2011 KORO, Kvæfjord Kommune
2010 Det Norske Oljeselskap / The Norwegian Oil company