Näyttely on yhteistyö Forum Boxin ja norjalaisen Bærum Kunsthallin kanssa. Forum Boxin jäsentaiteilijoista koostuva raati kuratoi Bærum Kunsthallin järjestämän avoimen hakuun pohjautuvan norjalaista nykytaidetta esittelevän näyttelykokonaisuuden. Jotta näyttely olisi mahdollisimman monipuolinen katsaus norjalaiseen nykytaiteeseen, mukaan valikoitui eri vaiheessa uraansa olevia ja eri taiteen aloilla ja tekniikoilla työskenteleviä taiteilijoita.
Bianca Hisse
Bianca Hisse (b. 1994, São Paulo, Brasil) lives and works in Oslo. She holds a Master in Visual Arts from Kunstakademiet i Tromsø (2019). Her works have been exhibited in institutional frameworks across Norway and internationally, including: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Finland (2023), Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany (2023), Kunstnernes Hus, Norway (2020), MAR Museo, Argentina (2021). Her projects have also been included at the Mediterranea 19 Young Artists Biennial (San Marino), and BienalSur: International Biennial of Contemporary Art of South America (2021).
Moderne Ruiner (Astrid Findreng, Elisabeth Engen & Grethe Britt Fredriksen)
Moderne Ruiner (Astrid Findreng, Grethe Britt Fredriksen & Elisabeth Engen) is not just a group, but also a continuous project where all works are developed together. We work within techniques / subject areas: photography, 3D drawing and computer animation/film, painting and sculpture. The group was established in 2009.
Astrid Findreng (b. 1964) is a visual artist based in Trondheim, educated at the Bergen School of Arts and Crafts in the graphics department and the Vestland Academy of Arts in the department of painting.
Grethe Britt Fredriksen (b.1957) is a visual artist based in Trondheim, educated at the Fyn Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim with an emphasis on painting.
Elisabeth Engen (b. 1957) is a craftswoman based in Trondheim, educated at Bergen School of Crafts, Department of Furniture Design and Interior Design.
Magnhild Opdøl
Magnhild Opdøl (b. 1980) lives and works in Sunndal, Norway and is educated at the National College of Art and Design, Dublin (2002-2007) and at Nordiska Konstskolan in Kokkola (2000-2002). Opdøl works in the tension between naturalistic compelling drawings and a cruel reality and the works on paper spills out into the room with sculptural works and objet trouvé. From her studies to the present day, the search for possibilities to show the invisible or overlooked has been an ongoing motivation. Motives are often inspired by day-to-day life and daily human interventions in nature and objects around us. The beginning of a work is marked by stepping back and rediscovering something that has long been familiar but do at the same time contain subtle references to art history. Recent exhibitions include: “Petrichor”, Haugesund Billedgalleri, NO (solo, 2023), “Med mjuke steg”, Møre og Romsdal Kunstsenter, NO (solo, 2023), “Drawing Time”, Royal Hibernian Academy, IRL (group, 2023-24), Trøndelagsutstillingen, NO and Vestlandsutstillingen, NO (group, 2023), “(alone at last)”, Galleri Box, Göteborg, SE (solo, 2021), “I almost forgot”, Galleri Ask, NO (solo, 2022), “we do not want to be us”, Norsk Skogmuseum, Elverum, NO (solo, 2021), “Holding my Breath”, Galleri Ö, Tjøtta, NO (solo, 2021) and “The last word”, Hå Gamle Prestegard, NO (solo, 2019).
Tonje Bøe Birkeland
Tonje Bøe Birkeland (b. 1985, Bergen) received an MFA from Bergen Academy of Art & Design. In 2008 she started working with The Characters, aiming to encapsulate an entire artistic practice. For the past 15 years she has, through The Characters, given women a position within landscape while exploring the authenticity of history. While the romantic motives of the male wanderer have been well-documented, in Birkeland’s project, female explorers are staged in Unknown Territory. In front of the heroine looms grand exploration; beneath her, history is formed. In 2021 Birkeland published her second artist book The Characters: Character #V Bertha Bolette Boyd (1900-1985), The Bhutan Trilogy, Bergen Kjøtt Publishing. In 2023 the book has been on display at AbC Art Book Fair/Shanghai and Unfold/Shanghai. Recent solo shows include: The Characters, Character # V, Sølvberget galleri/Stavanger, The Characters, Nuuk Art Museum/Nuuk and The Characters, Fotografihuset/Oslo. Through The Characters Birkeland has been awarded The Victor Fellowship by the Hasselblad Foundation (2012) and silver in the Norwegian book design contest Årets Vakreste Bøker (2017).
Qi Tan
Qi Tan (b. 1994, China), based in Oslo, delves into the confluence of nature’s mystique and digital innovation in her artistry. With a practice rooted in the fusion of organic elements with digital media, she constructs immersive utopias where dreams and mythology converge with the tranquility of nature. This synthesis creates a surreal world inhabited by extraordinary species, challenging conventional perceptions of reality. A graduate from the Oslo Academy of Fine Arts, her exhibitions span Studio 17 (Stavanger), Tegnerforbundet (Oslo), Bærum Kunsthall, Høstutstillingen 2022, Østlandsutstillingen 2023, Galleri Blunk (Trondheim), and Galleri Ask (Horten), reflecting her commitment to reimagining the interaction between the digital and natural.
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