Matias Faldbakken
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Matias Faldbakken #5,365Mid-Career

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Selected Works49

Museum Acquisitions

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Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet

Previous Sales 33

Rago Arts and Auction Center
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #8)
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #8)
$960
Jan 1970
Phillips
Untitled (Sack #8)
Untitled (Sack #8), 2013
$945
Oct 2025
Phillips
Untitled (newspaper rack #2)
Untitled (newspaper rack #2), 2010
$3,961
Apr 2025
Phillips
Fashioned by Slavery (Oslo #5)
Fashioned by Slavery (Oslo #5), 2012
$2,633
Mar 2025
Phillips
Hilux Box
Hilux Box, 2014
$2,304
Mar 2025
Phillips
Untitled (Sack #7)
Untitled (Sack #7), 2013
$4,538
Dec 2024
Bonhams
Untitled (Garbage Bag #12)
Untitled (Garbage Bag #12), 2010
$2,488
Nov 2024
Christie's
Untitled (Canvas #43)
Untitled (Canvas #43), 2011
$7,966
Jul 2024
Christie's
Untitled (Garbage Bag #14)
Untitled (Garbage Bag #14), 2010
Bought In
Mar 2024
Sotheby's
Untitled (Canvas #53)
Untitled (Canvas #53), 2012
$20,662
Mar 2024
Phillips
Flat Box 7
Flat Box 7, 2011
$2,032
Oct 2023
Phillips
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #3)
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #3), 2010
Bought In
Jul 2023
Phillips
Untitled (ununderstanding)
Untitled (ununderstanding), 2005
$3,157
Apr 2023
Christie's
Untitled (Canvas #101)
Untitled (Canvas #101), 2015
$7,867
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Y.6)
Untitled (Y.6), 2012
$3,780
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #10)
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #10), 2010
$2,166
Dec 2021
Sotheby's
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #4)
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #4), 2010
$3,320
Aug 2021
Sotheby's
See You On The Front Page of The Last Newspaper Those MotherFuckers Ever Print #6 (panel 1)
See You On The Front Page of The Last Newspaper Those MotherFuckers Ever Print #6 (panel 1), 2014
$8,820
Jul 2021
Phillips
Untitled (Garbage Bag #06)
Untitled (Garbage Bag #06), 2010
$6,088
Jul 2021
Sotheby's
Flat Box 12
Flat Box 12, 2012
$3,575
May 2021
Sotheby's
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #7)
Untitled (Garbage Bag Grey #7), 2010
$3,218
May 2021
Phillips
Untitled (Young is Better than Old) a-g
Untitled (Young is Better than Old) a-g, 2008
Bought In
Artcurial
UNTITLED N ° 52
UNTITLED N ° 52, 2007
$14,655
Dec 2021
Phillips · Artsy
Untitled (Canvas #83, NYT WED AUG 27 2014)
Untitled (Canvas #83, NYT WED AUG 27 2014), 2014
Bidding closed
Newsprint on Belgian linen
Phillips · Artsy
Untitled (canvas 28)
Untitled (canvas 28), 2009
Bidding closed
Graphite on linen

For Sale 5

Paula Cooper Gallery · Artsy
Plaster Jacket (Home/Dreamer #2)
Plaster Jacket (Home/Dreamer #2), 2016
US$30,000–US$35,000
Polyester jacket, synthetic plaster, rebar, steel wire, Lascaux UV-glue, 8 prints on newsprint
Paula Cooper Gallery · Artsy
SEE YOU ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE LAST NEWSPAPER THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS EVER PRINT #6 (panel 3)
SEE YOU ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE LAST NEWSPAPER THOSE MOTHERFUCKERS EVER PRINT #6 (panel 3), 2014
US$25,000–US$30,000
Newsprint, India ink, tape, wooden frame
Paula Cooper Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 2016
US$30,000–US$35,000
Denim jacket with casted synthetic plaster, burlap, steel wire, Lascaux acrylic medium, X prints on newsprint
Paula Cooper Gallery · Artsy
Tiled Wheelbarrow Tray
Tiled Wheelbarrow Tray, 2016
US$30,000–US$35,000
Ceramic tiles and tile adhesive on wheelbarrow tray
Paula Cooper Gallery · Artsy
Ceramic Muffler
Ceramic Muffler, 2016
US$20,000–US$25,000
Ceramic tiles and tile adhesive on silencer
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Market81 auction results

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$937 – $20.7K
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$8.3K
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$8.3K
7 priced paintings lots
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Oct 2025 · $945
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Paintings: $8.3K medianWorks on paper: $2.3K medianSculpture/objects: $4.0K medianUnclassified lots: $2.9K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.3K median
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Galleries3

#34 Eva Presenhuber
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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery
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#48 Reena Spaulings Fine Art
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Biennial Selections1

documenta — Kassel
2012 · documenta (13) · curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
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Education1

Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO)
Oslo, Norway
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Publications4

Monograph 2

Gerhard Richter: Landscape Author
Hatje Cantz · 2020
Gerhard Richter Landschaft Author
Hatje Cantz · 2020

Exhibition Catalog 1

Yngve Holen : Heinzerlin Author
Hatje Cantz · 2019

Artist Book 1

Matias Faldbakken: SUCHE (dOCUMENTA (13): 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts # 035) Author
Hatje Cantz · 2023
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions7

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#34 Eva Presenhuber

Abstracts and Pewter Abstracts

Matias Faldbakken

Maag Areal

Feb 8, 2025 — Mar 22, 2025

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Matias Faldbakken

Matias Faldbakken

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Feb 21, 2019 — Apr 6, 2019

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#48 Reena Spaulings Fine Art

Why New French Art Is Lousy

Matias Faldbakken

165 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002, United States

Jul 22, 2017 — Aug 26, 2017

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#34 Eva Presenhuber

Thingumbob Screens Overlaps

Matias Faldbakken

Maag Areal

Apr 9, 2016 — May 21, 2016

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Matias Faldbakken EUROPE IS BALDING

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Feb 18, 2016 — Mar 19, 2016

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#34 Eva Presenhuber

Matias Faldbakken SHALL I WRITE IT

Matias Faldbakken

Maag Areal

Nov 2, 2012 — Dec 22, 2012

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#48 Reena Spaulings Fine Art

Matias Faldbakken

Matias Faldbakken

165 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002, United States

Mar 5, 2009 — Apr 5, 2009

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Art Fair Appearances1

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Frieze London — London
2020
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Recent Activity13

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Exhibition
Abstracts and Pewter Abstracts
Feb 8, 2025
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Art Fair
Frieze London 2020
Oct 7, 2020
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Exhibition
Matias Faldbakken
Feb 21, 2019
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Exhibition
Why New French Art Is Lousy
Jul 22, 2017
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Exhibition
Thingumbob Screens Overlaps
Apr 9, 2016
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Matias Faldbakken EUROPE IS BALDING
Feb 18, 2016
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EUROPE IS BALDING
Feb 18, 2016
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Exhibition
Matias Faldbakken SHALL I WRITE IT
Nov 2, 2012
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documenta 2012
Jun 9, 2012
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Art Fair
documenta 2012
Jun 9, 2012
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Matias Faldbakken
Mar 5, 2009
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Matias Faldbakken born
Jan 1, 1973
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