Visitors 2009

Anders Nordby studied at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London, UK and The National Academy in Oslo, and participated in the alternative art school MSAˆ (Mountain School of Art) in Los Angeles, USA. Nordby's work involves artistic production, as well as a curatorial practice - reflected in his collaborative project 'Dear Cockettes' at UKS, Oslo. His process-based art and installations draw inspiration from literature, sub- and countercultures. It investigates a self-chosen 'moral degeneration'; an inverted system of ideals within the borderlines of morality and ethics, the relationship between creativity and crime and the notion of crime as a revolt against established society. Nordby has exhibited in institutions such as Art in General, The Swiss Institute, White Columns and Rhizome at the New Museum, all in New York, NY. Together with Ida Ekblad, he runs the artist-space Willy Wonka Inc., where shows are organised in their apartments as well as in abandoned buildings and at non-profit venues. Willy Wonka's upcoming exhibition will take place at Kölnischer Kunstverein in Cologne, Germany in April 2009.