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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 betweenOctober 23 and December 30, 2021. The exhibition is currently on view at Oslo Kunstforening.

Toril Johannessen (1978) is based inBergen,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 andbelief, Johannessen’s works often have elements of storytelling in visual or written form.

Johannessen’s recent exhibitions include MAAT Museum, Lisbon (2021), MalmöKunstmuseum(2021),NarvaArt Museum, Estonia (2020),HIAPand Helsinki Festival (2019),OSLContemporary, Oslo (2019), Entrée andTrykeriet, Bergen (2019), MunchMuseet, 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 inDak’Art2018, in the exhibition ‘The Blue Hour’.

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

A wonderful documentary about Hans Ragnar: 'The Cartographer'.

Hans Ragnar's current show at Oslo Kunstforening.

Lina Selander's 2017 exhibition at Oslo Kunstforening, 'Repeat After Me': https://en.oslokunstforening.no/lina-selander

Including the works 'Silphyum': https://www.linaselander.com/works/silphium

'The Offspring Resembles the Parent': https://www.linaselander.com/works/the-offspring-resembles-the-parent

'Ceremonin': https://www.linaselander.com/works/the-ceremony

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.

Berivan's work for Sparebankstiftelsen DNB's Grant Exhibition 2020 can be viewed online here: https://en.oslokunstforening.no/berivan-erdogan.

Berivan Erdogan (b. 1989, Molde) is based in Oslo and Gothenburg. Her work examines gender and power-relations within a multicultural society, with a specific focus on topics of masculinity and violence. Erdogan has a background in Gender Studies and has undergraduate degrees from both the Art Academy in Oslo, and from Akademin Valand, Gothenburg from where she also received an MA in Fine Arts Film.

Her film ‘Ang. Berivans Film’ premiered at Gothenburg Film Festival (2019) and was screened at Faroe Islands, Pride (2019) and Umeå European Film Festival (2019). She recently exhibited at Høstutstillingen at Kunstnernes Hus (2020). Her most recent solo exhibitions and screenings were at SAQMI, Gothenburg (2019); Bio Rio, Stockholm (2019); and Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, Oslo (2019).

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 dancerKazuo 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