Jesper Alvær is a research Fellow at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Academy of Fine Art, and currently working on an artistic research titled: Work, work: Staging dislocation in artistic and non artistic labour. He received his artistic training in Prague, New York, and Kitakyushu (Japan). His most recent exhibitions include Arbeidstid/Work Time (Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, 2013) as well as several exhibitions held in collaboration with Isabela Grosseova: Activum (Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, 2013), Eventos Paralelos (Manifesta 8, Murcia, 2010/11), and an exhibition at Bunkier Sztuki Contemporary Art Gallery, Krakow, 2007.