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ISAN MAHER
Born in 1986 – based in Oslo

Education
2023   MFA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO)
2021   BFA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO)

Selected Exhibitions – Festivals
2025   Alexandria short film festival, Egypt
2025   Bugs / Error, Hasselblad Center & Bio Roy, Gothenburg
2025   Aldea – Center of Contemporary Art, Bergen
2024   Platform Stockholm, Stockholm
2023   Galleri F15, Moss
2023   MFA degree show, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2023   MFA degree show, Reception Gallery, KHIO, Oslo (solo)
2022   Intercultural Museum, Oslo
2021   Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, Oslo
2021   For Sale, The Old Academy, Oslo
2021   I Like Your Hair Color, Reception Gallery, KHIO, Oslo (solo)
2021   Venice Film Week Festival, Venice, Italy
2021   Cannes Art Film Festival, Cannes, France
2020   Unscripted, White Box Gallery, KHIO, Oslo (solo)
2019   Medium Sized, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2018   Arabic Film Days Festival, Bergen
2018   Group Show, KMD, Bergen
2017   Arabic Film Days Festival, Bergen
2017   Photo Exhibition, Yerevan, Armenia
2017   National Geographic, Bergen
2016   Grenseløs globalisering konferanse, Oslo
2016   Troubled Water, Kunsthall 3.14, Bergen

Grants – Awards – Residencies
2025   One year stipend – BKV
2025   Diversity Grant, Kulturdirektoratet
2024   Project Support, Fond for lyd og bilde, Kulturdirektoratet
2024   Subsidized Atelier at Romsås, 2025
2024   6-week residency at Aldea – Center of Contemporary Art
2023   Blix Prize
2023   BKH Art Student Grant
2023   Diversity Grant for Newly Graduated Artists
2022   BKH Art Student Grant
2021   Best Experimental Film, Venice Film Week Festival
2021   1st Prize Jury Award, Cannes Art Film Festival
2021   FKDS Artistic Development Grant

Other
2025   Artist to Artist Project (Online residency, Artists from Gaza)
2018   Artist Assistant, Frans Jacobi