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Ursula Reuter Christiansen (b. 1943 in Trier) is a sculptor and painter most active in Denmark. She graduated from the Akademie der Künste in Düsseldorf under Professor Joseph Beuys in 1969. She was married to the Danish composer Henning Christiansen (1932-2008), and in 1970 they moved to Askeby on the Danish island of Møn, where Ursula Reuter Christiansen continues to live and work.

Reuter Christiansen was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg (HfBK) 1992-96 and professor of painting at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen 1997- 2006. She represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale in 2001 together with Henning Christiansen. In recent years, Reuter Christiansen has exhibited at Kunsthal Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense (2000), MOCA, Los Angelses (2007), Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2016), Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen 2018, Leipzig Kunstmuseum, 2019, Gallery SABSAY Copenhagen 2019 and The Box Gallery, Los Angeles 2019. In 2011, Ursula Reuter Christiansen was awarded the Eckersberg Medal for her achievements.

‘I am my pictures - my pictures are me’ is produced in collaboration with Kristiansand Kunsthall, where it was on view between October 23 and December 30, 2021. The exhibition is currently on view at Oslo Kunstforening. 

Toril Johannessen (1978) is based in Bergen, Norway. The impact of historical conditions and technological developments on perception and representation are recurring themes in Johannessen’s artistic practice. Combining historical records with her own investigations and collection of data, and with an attention to how science coexists with other systems of knowledge and belief, Johannessen’s works often have elements of storytelling in visual or written form.

Johannessen’s recent exhibitions include MAAT Museum, Lisbon (2021), Malmö Kunstmuseum (2021), Narva Art Museum, Estonia (2020), HIAP and Helsinki Festival (2019), OSL Contemporary, Oslo (2019), Entrée and Trykeriet, Bergen (2019), Munch Museet, Oslo (2018) and Liquid Architecture, Melbourne (2018).

In 2018, Toril Johannessen participated in the2018 Biennial of Contemporary Art Dak’Art in Dakar, Senegal at the invitation of Marianne Hultman, artistic director of Oslo Kunstforening, who was one of five guest curators. Johannessen’s work was shown along with the work of Martin Gustavsson (SE), Gavin Jantjes (ZA/NO),  and Tori Wrånes (NO) in collaboration with Ayodeji Adewale Oluwatunmise (NG), Sanusi Taofik Ayomide (NG) and Tone Kittelsen (NO).

Toril Johannessen’s participation in Dak’Art 2018, in the exhibition ‘The Blue Hour’.

Toril Johannessen’s 2009 exhibition ‘Variable Stars & In Search of Iceland Spar’. 
 

Ngoma was the recipient of the 2019 Sparebank Stiftelsen DNB Grant Exhibition. You can view his winning work here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/Germain-Ngoma 

Inger Johanne Grytting was born in Svolvær in 1949 and has roots in Tromsø. She moved to New York City in 1972 and with her husband, Mark J. Mirsky began publishing a literary magazine, 'Fiction' which continues to be published to this day. Originally studying sculpture at the New School, Grytting began to create abstract, process-based drawings and paintings, which have been exhibited in Norway and in the United States. Grytting’s studio and home in Manhattan have been a natural gathering place for visiting Norwegian artists for many years.

Inger's show, 'New Work' was at Oslo Kunstforening in 2016:  https://en.oslokunstforening.no/inger-johanne-grytting

Trygve Luktvasslimo's show at Oslo Kunstforening, 'Mulighetsperleportalen': https://www.oslokunstforening.no/trygve-luktvasslimo-1 

Trygve Luktvasslimo (b. 1978) lives and works at Valberg in Lofoten. He has a bachelor's and master's degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in Malmö (2006), Sweden, with an exchange year to Edinburgh College of Art. Between 2007 and 2016, Luktvasslimo was based in Berlin and Lisbon where he produced a number of performances, films and the book 'Primitive Rhyme'.

His work has been shown in galleries, museums and festivals, among others: Inversia (Murmansk), Tromsø International Film Festival, Kunstnernes Hus Cinema, 2020, Mudstone / A Published Event, 2019; LIAF, Lofoten International Art Festival, 2019; Luringen, Stavanger / Haugesund, 2018; Stamsund Theater Festival, 2018; KUIR Bogota, 2017; Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, 2016; De Appel Arts Centre, 2015; Den Frie Centre for Contemporary Arts, Copenhagen 2016, Copenhagen 2016; The Festival Exhibition, 2015; Tromsø International Film Festival, 2015 (At Kurant); Contemporary Art Center Vilnius, 2014; W17 / Kunstnernes Hus, 2014; Petter Dass Museum, 2014; Ze Dos Bois, Lisbon, 2014/2013; Sami Center for Contemporary Art / Luleå Konsthall, 2013; Loose Holes - Portuguese Festival of queer Performance, 2013; Tromsø Art Association, 2012; Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen 2011; HAU 1 Berlin, 2009; Pavilion Unicredit, Bucharest, 2009; Signal Gallery, 2008 & 2004, Malmö; Henie Onstad Art Center, 2004.

Hanni Kamaly's contribution to Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020, 'ULRIKAB' can be seen here: https://www.oslokunstforening.no/hanni-kamaly

Hanni Kamaly (b. 1988, Hamar) is based in Stockholm and has studied at Malmö Art Academy. Kamaly has held solo-exhibitions at: Ginerva Gambino, Cologne; Tegel, Stockholm; Skånes konstförening, Malmö; Almanac, London and Tag-Team Studio, Bergen and perfomances at Moderna Museet, Malmö; Rupert, Vilnius; Inter Arts Center, Malmö and Göteborg konsthall. Most recent group-exhibitions include Intercultural Museum, Oslo; Lunds konsthall; Moderna museet, Stockholm; Luleå Biennial; Malmö Art Museum; Neues Kunsthaus, Ahrenshoop and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Hanni Kamaly will have a solo exhibition at Index, Stockholm 2021 and is participating in next year’s São Paulo biennial.

Kjetil Skøien (b. 1952, Oslo) is a former biodynamic farmer, dancer and theatre director who has directed more than 30 experimental theatre works in Norway and abroad. He has also directed Japanese Noh theatre and Butoh dance theatre and studied under Japanese dancer Kazuo Ohno. In 1994 Skøien collaborated with Black Box Theatre to produce ‘Dance of Life’, a Butoh performance by Min Tanaka for the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics. 

Skøien was educated at the Norwegian Academy of Fine Arts. He was one of the earliest Norwegian artists to work with video. Skøien also works with performance, photography, painting, collage, text, theatre direction, and choreography.

He has exhibited and directed performances in Kunstbanken, Hamar (2019), The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Oslo + Ultimafestivalen (2019), Kunsthall Trondheim + PAO performance festival, Oslo (2018), Minimalen Kortfilmfestival, Trondheim (2017). Skøien has had solo exhibitions at Kunstnernes Hus, Stenersenmuseet. He exhibited at Charlottenborg Kunsthal, Copenhagen; ICA, London; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; Contemporary Art Museum, Oslo; Liljevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm; Henie Onstad Kunstsenter; Norsk Skulpturbiennale; Høstutstilling; Preus Foto Museum; Malmö konsthall; and Living Art Museum, Reykjavik. Skøien has work in the collections of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Norway, Cultural Council Norway, and Statens Konstråd, Sweden. 

https://en.oslokunstforening.no/kjetil-skoien

https://www.kjetilskoien.no/

https://en.oslokunstforening.no/sparebankstiftelsen-dnb-grant-exhibition-2020

Anawana Haloba (b. 1978) lives and works in Oslo. She is a graduate from the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam, Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts in Lusaka and the Academy of Fine Art in Oslo. Haloba's work has been featured in both solo- and group shows, including the Rauma Biennale, Finland; ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (2010); the Venezia Biennale (2009); the Sydney Biennale (2008); Manifesta, Bolzano, Italy (2007); the Sharjah Biennale (2007 and 2013); as well as the biennales in Sao Paulo (2016), Shanghai (2016) and Lyon (2017). Haloba's video installation «To Mars By All Means» was shown at Kulturkirken Jakob in Oslo in 2018, presented by Transnational Arts Production (TrAP). 

She had a solo exhibition at Oslo Kunstforening in 2018, 'Conversations with Stitched up Lips' and was exhibited in the group show 'Nordic Delights' in 2016.

https://www.en.oslokunstforening.no/anawana-haloba-2018

Multi-media artist Camille Norment’s work utilizes the notion of cultural psychoacoustics as both an aesthetic and conceptual framework. She defines this term as the investigation of socio-cultural phenomena through sound and music - particularly instances of sonic and social dissonance, and works through sound as a force over the body, mind, and society. Composing through forms including recorded sound, installation, drawing, and live performance, she applies this concept towards the creation of critical artworks that are preoccupied with the way in which form, space, and the body of the viewer create experiences that are both somatic and cognitive.

Camille Norment was born in Silver Spring, USA. She lives and works in Oslo. 

Norment’s recent performances have taken place at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, 2017; Montréal Biennial, 2016; The Armory Show, NY, 2016; Lisboa Soa Festival, 2016 and Ultima Contemporary Music Festival, Oslo, 2015. Previous solo exhibitions have taken place at Lydgalleriet, Bergen, 2016; September Gallery, Berlin, 2009 and the Round Gallery, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 2007. She has participated in a number of group exhibitions in Norway and internationally, amongst others at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in Kerala, India, 2016; Montréal Biennial, 2016; Marso Gallery, Mexico City, 2016; the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo, 2014 and 2012; the Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2013; Luleå Konsthal, 2013; Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, 2010 and Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, 2009. In 2017 Norment presented a solo exhibition at Oslo Kunstforening, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin and participated in the group show «Soundtracks» at SFMOMA as well as the Lyon Biennial in France. In 2015 Camille Norment represented Norway at the Nordic pavilion at the 56th edition of La Biennale di Venezia, and in 2016 she participated in the Murzi Kochi Biennial.

Camille's website:

https://www.norment.net/

Camille's solo exhibition at Oslo Kunstforening: 

https://en.oslokunstforening.no/camille-norment

Camille's recent work, 'Prime':

https://www.norment.net/work/objects-installations-ind/prime/

Lucien's website: http://luciensamaha.net/about

Lucien's self-published books: https://www.blurb.com/user/lucien58

Oslo Kunstforening exhibition: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/beirut