Bjørn Melhus

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.

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

External links

* [http://www.melhus.de/MELHUS_ENGL/Aktuell_Index2/aktuelles.html Melhus.de official English-language website]
* [http://www.melhus.de/Presse/Presse_Text1.html Review of a Melhus installation] at the Whitney Museum of American Art
* [http://www.vdb.org/smackn.acgi$artistdetail?MELHUSB Bjørn Melhus] in the [http://www.vdb.org/ Video Data Bank]