Gjenfortryllet (Re-enchanted)
Oct
7
to Dec 31

Gjenfortryllet (Re-enchanted)

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An exciting exhibition titled " Gjenfortryllet" (Re-enchanted) opens in Trondheim! I am happy to be represented with a piece that is a portrait of Viktoria, which the National Museum of Decorative Arts and Design purchased to their collection a couple of years ago.

From the website to the museum:
https://nkim.no/gjenfortryllet

About Re-Enchanted

The exhibition Gjenfortryllet (= re-enchantment in English) is based on the period of time when the museum was established (1893) and when Art Nouveau with its organic forms and references to nature was the modern style. In the exhibition, the concept of re-enchantment is used to create a dialogue between historical works from the collection and contemporary works of art.

The museum building in Munkegata is still closed for the audience, but we are very happy to welcome you again to an exhibition with works from the collection at TKM Gråmølna.

The exhibition title Reenchanted is inspired by the work of the feminist and activist Silvia Federici and her book Re-Enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons (2018). Federici describes a re-enchantment of the world as a process of creating connections to that from which capitalism has separated us: our relationships to nature, to each other, and to our bodies.

‘Reenchantment’ refers to texts by the German sociologist Max Weber (1864–1920). He used the concept of ‘disenchantment’ to describe something lost in modern Western society. In The Vocation Lectures (1919), he explains how a scientific view of reality was valued more than a religious and magical understanding of humanity’s place in the world. Religious faith and traditions that had previously ensured historical continuity were abandoned in favour of rational goals and economic growth as represented by capitalism and science. This situation of logical and forward-oriented development is often referred to as modernity. The disenchanted modernity fostered new cultural and artistic expressions in pictorial art and literature categorised under the more general term ‘modernism’. Art forms such as abstract painting and sculpture were then seen as cutting-edge cultural expressions.

The paired concepts ‘disenchantment / re-enchantment’ relate to certain currents from around 1900 and in our own times, and these time-oriented axes are starting points for the exhibition. Here in Gråmølna’s small pavilion, we cannot present extensive chronologies or the entire breadth of our collection. Our exhibition, therefore, shows a small selection of the stories the museum’s collection could tell. The art reflects currents in society at the same time as it can also influence those currents. In today’s art, we once again see wonderment over the ambiguous and the irrational, which is a kind of re-enchantment of the world!

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Mønstring 2024
Nov
1
to Mar 1

Mønstring 2024

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"Mønstring" is an exhibition of crafts and visual arts by organized artists with connections to Sogn og Fjordane, shown approximately every third year at the Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum in Førde. The members' exhibition has gradually become a tradition. It aims to allow regional craftspeople and visual artists to showcase what they are working on and what is happening in the professional regional art scene.

I am taking part in the exhibition with two works.

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BeCraf // The European Prize for Applied Arts 2024
Nov
24
to Feb 17

BeCraf // The European Prize for Applied Arts 2024

My work If (you’re) alive – may the sea foam milk If (you’re) dead – may the sea foam blood… will be present at the group exhibition BeCraft 2024 in Mons, Belgium. Initiated in 2009, in partnership with the City of Mons, the WCC-Europe and supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the European Prize for Applied Arts rewards creations of contemporary expression in the field of Applied Arts and Craft Design.

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The 137th Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen)
Sep
7
to Oct 13

The 137th Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen)

The annual Autumn Exhibition is an artist-juried group exhibition based on free submission, organized each year at Kunstnernes Hus by the Norwegian Visual Artists. For over 130 years, the exhibition has shown the development of contemporary art and has been an inexhaustible source of discussions about artistic quality.

I am taking part with my work:
“And it grew both day and night. Till it bore an apple bright.”

More about the exhibition:
https://kunstnerneshus.no/en/program/exhibitions/hostutstillingen-2024

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Annual Exhibition 2024
Sep
7
to Nov 2

Annual Exhibition 2024

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The Annual Exhibition highlights what this year's jury believes to be particularly relevant and exciting in contemporary crafts in Norway. It offers a unique opportunity to experience works from some of the country's most skilled artists. 62 works by 50 artists have been selected for this year's exhibition.

I am taking part with my work:
"The wind blows, the forest rustles, my brothers are coming, my nine brothers. They will chop off your nine heads."

More about the exhibition in Norwegian:
https://www.norskekunsthandverkere.no/aktuelt/kunstnerne-au24

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Hibridai
Aug
9
to Sep 7

Hibridai

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Solo exhibition “HIBRIDAI” in Palanga Resort Museum in villa “Anapilis” (“The Otherworld”).

When at least two elements come together, a hybrid is born. Different parts intertwine, their properties forming something else, interacting in new ways. In this manner, hybrids can tell us about what was while also paving the way for what could be, playing with the relationship between truth and speculation, material and technique, realism and fantasy.

In the 16th century, Sigismund Augustus, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, collected tapestries—large, figurative textiles often depicting animal motifs. At that time, few weavers had seen the exotic animals they were supposed to depict. The weavers had to speculate on their appearance. The results were products of imagination, surprising and magical. Hybrids of different animals were portrayed as if they were real rather than creations of the weavers' imagination. The relationship between weaving and technology is yet another hybrid—the data and coding are digital descendants of dimensions and wefts.

In the exhibition "Hybrids," Kristina Austi drew inspiration from the mysterious 16th-century tapestries and incorporated them into an artificial intelligence algorithm and her own textile samples. "Free" from the physical world's limitations, artificial intelligence collects information and generates unseen images of new hybrids, thereby creating connections between Austi and the 16th-century weavers. The digital mind lacks a sense of touch. It can develop visions but cannot feel the roughness of a surface or the fineness of a thread. The human hand remains the most dangerous weapon and the most beautiful tool. Austi opens up the infinite world of ideas created by artificial intelligence and, with her hands, translates the results into digitally woven new creations. These tapestries depict universes detached from the world's logic, where wolves bite their tails, and limbs and body parts intertwine according to the principles of weaving. The fabric's structure becomes landscapes and cities; mythological creatures dissolve into horizons of clouds and waves. With an outstretched hand, she grasps the wonder of the past and the intuition of the future, merging and weaving them together, giving birth to new generations of hybrids: between human and machine, past and future, textile and technology.

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Hybrid II
Apr
5
to Jun 2

Hybrid II

Photos by Runa Halleraker.

Description of the exhibition by KRAFT.

It is in the encounter of at least two elements that a hybrid is born. Different parts intertwine, their properties form something new, their potentials explored in interaction with each other. In this way, hybrids can tell us something about both what has been as well as opening towards what might be, playing with the relationship between truth and speculation, material and technique, realism and fantasy.

In the 16th century, the Polish-Lithuanian king Sigismund II Augustus collected gobelin tapestries – large weavings often depicting animal motifs, frequently associated with religious stories. At that time, few weavers had seen the animals they were tasked with portraying, forcing them to speculate on their appearance. The freeform results were imaginative, surprising, and magical. Hybrids of different animals were portrayed as if they represented reality, not figments of the weavers’ imagination. The relationship between weaving and technology is another hybrid – data and coding are the binary offspring of warp and weft. In Hybrid II, Kristina Austi has drawn inspiration from tapestries and fed them into an artificial intelligence model along with examples of her own weavings. Free from worldly considerations and limitations, the artificial intelligence absorbs the information and generates wild suggestions for new hybrids and combinations, drawing connections between Austi and the speciously diverse speculations of the 16th century weavers. Digital brains lack a hand’s tactility. They can conjure up adventurous visions but cannot feel the inherent quality of the thread, nor the sensuous aspects of the textile. The human hand remains the most dangerous weapon and the most beautiful tool. Austi’s hand unravels artificial intelligence’s boundless world of ideas and translates it back into her own practice in the form of large, digital tapestries. These depict universes detached from the logic of the world, where fearsome wolves bite their own tails, limbs and body parts changing wildly. The fabric’s structure becomes landscapes and cities, mythological creatures dissolve into horizons of clouds and waves. A hand reaches out and grasps around the wonder of the past and the clarity of the future, weaving them together and binding them tightly, giving birth to new generations of hybrids at the intersection of human and machine, past and future, textile and technology.


The exhibition is supported by KIN (Association of Art Centers in Norway) and Arts Council Norway.


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TENDENCIES 2024 – IN THE RIGHT HANDS
Mar
23
to Jun 12

TENDENCIES 2024 – IN THE RIGHT HANDS

In the Right Hands

Tendencies 2024 – Nordic Contemporary Crafts

The 46th edition of Tendencies focuses on craft’s materiality, the work of the hands, and making statements through textiles.

Considered to be one of the dominant techniques of contemporary crafts, the hand imparts knowledge, tradition, care, community, advocacy, and innovation. These abundant notions bloom from an extensive history while simultaneously contribute to defining the present.

With a specific focus on textiles, the biennale takes into consideration how this genre’s related materials and techniques have been accessible through time and social barriers while providing a universal language uniting generations and cultures.
Expanding on this foundation, the exhibition appropriates the phrase, “In the right hands”[1] as its title with the aim to demonstrate craft’s diverse perspectives and capacity to empower individuals to make statements about the world we are part of. In the Right Hands explores why materials and the work of the hand appeal to artists today, and how this relationship guides one to rethink and reevaluate society.

The biennale presents the practices of artists based in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Their hands create sentences that narrate ongoing challenges in relation to politics and economy but also remind us that solutions emerge from imagination and making. In this context, the artists serve not only as mediators for the world around us — they guide us and offer possibilities that can only be found in the right hands.

Artists:

Henna Aho (Finland) Marsil Andjelov Al-Mahamid (Serbia/Norway) Kristina Austi (Norway) Lisa Englund (Sweden) Brit Fuglevaag (Norway) Tore Magne Gundersen (Norway) Kamil Kak (Poland/Norway) Esse McChesney (Sweden) Hanna Oinonen (Finland) Inger Johanne Rasmussen (Norway) Hilde Skancke Pedersen (Norway) Kristina Skantze (Sweden) Maja Stjärna (Sweden) Ida Suvituuli Immonen (Finland) Kristin Tinsa Sæterdal (Norway)

Curated by Maria C. Havstam and Anne Klontz

[1] Nicholas Norton, Becoming Elastic, “The Vessel: Modulating Craft,” 2023.

Text from the website: https://gallerif15.no/exhibitions_f15/tencencies-2024-in-the-right-hands/?lang=en

Detail of the work Hybrid II that will be shown at exhibition.

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Hybrid I
Feb
29
to Apr 7

Hybrid I

Review of the exhibition at paragone.no.

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Review of the exhibition at paragone.no. 〰️

The SOFT Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Kristina Austi. For over ten years, she has worked with digital and jacquard weaving. She describes the fusion of technique, art, and technology as a fabric.

Austi's works are textile tales, a bridge between Lithuanian folktales and poems by William Blake. She weaves her universe, just as Blake composes his poetry. Also central is the inclusion of artificial intelligence (AI), which has evolved to be more than a tool; it is a creative partner that extends the boundaries of what is possible. The fascination for innovation through algorithms blending different textile crafts is a driving force. Austi feeds the algorithms with images of her handmade weaves and asks them to mimic 16th-century tapestries, where the results are both enchanting and disturbing. The experiments challenge traditional perceptions: What role does the machine play if one materializes what the algorithm produces?

AI creates new patterns inspired by historical textiles and challenges our ideas of originality and authenticity. This continues with the 3D-printed structures of weave bindings. In digital weaving, this is drawing or instructions on how the threads can be intertwined. By translating these into a three-dimensional form, they can appear as models for future cities or advanced microchips. The 3D structures can be traced in woven textiles. The symbiosis of tradition and innovation is the core of artistic exploration, where the magic happens in the meeting between old crafts and new technology.

The exhibition title, Hybrid, reflects the duality. The result examines the collaboration between machine and artist or craftsman. Through her work, Austi aims to highlight the tactile, the explorations, and the discoveries that have characterized her artistry, while also opening a discussion about the future of art.

Hybrid I is the first part of a larger project. Part II will be shown at KRAFT, Bergen in April and May. Selected work from the series will also be exhibited at F15, Moss, during the Tendencies 24 exhibition from March to June.

The exhibition is supported by KIN (Association of Art Centers in Norway) and Arts Council Norway.

Photographer of the exhibition: Øystein Thorvaldsen.


Speech for the exhibition HYBRID I by Kristina Aust written by Kirsti van Hoegee

Tale til utstillingen HYBRID I av Kristina Austi

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29. februar - 7. april 2024

Alt du ser er nytt

Du åpner øynene, plasserer kroppen i en våken posisjon, kjenner hvordan nervefibrene slynger seg som røde tråder gjennom kroppen. I det føttene treffer det kalde gulvet beveger trådene seg oppover beina, via innvollene, kobler seg på vagusnerven og samler seg til en bunt i bakre skallegrop.

Alt du ser er nytt. Som nyanser av noe gjenkjennelig, men samtidig overraskende fremmed.

Du er våken og beveger deg.

Ute i hagen faller epler fra trærne. Det er februar og solene varmer mer enn de pleier. Den ene om dagen og den andre om natten. Treet vokser både dag og natt og bærer lyse epler som faller. Røde tråder binder eplene til treet, som navlesnorer. Som om treet sier at eplene tilhører treet. Men det stemmer ikke. Det kan ikke stemme.

Nede ved havet speiles skyene i vannet, eller er det bølgene som etterligner skyer? Du prøver å forestille deg en sky. Lukker øynene, hører havet som bølger, og tankene dine er ordløse og skyene går i oppløsning.

Alt du ser er nytt. Som nyanser av noe fremmed, men samtidig overraskende gjenkjennelig.

Du vet at bildene i hodet er satt sammen av alt øynene dine har sett. Du kan ikke forestille deg noe som er løsrevet fra erfaringen. Du kan sette sammen informasjonen, du kan veve nye bilder med utgangspunkt i billedbiblioteket som finnes, du kan flette tråder, velge farger, mate hjernen med bortglemte minner fra drømmer og virkelighet. Du kan smake prinsessens tårer, du kan flykte til det forheksede slottet.

Vannet sier: Svøm her, svøm her, lille gutt, jeg vil gi deg hvit skjorte og et rødt bånd.

Men var ikke det røde båndet eple sitt?

Bak trærne skimter du byen. De høye bygningene med tårn og spirer som vokser seg større og større for hver dag som går. De vokser ned mot vannet, ned mot havet hvor skyene bølger og dyrene danser. Epletrærne var der først, og nå flettes de røde båndene inn i bygningene, binder naturen sammen med det menneskeskapte som vevbindinger i fritt fall. Som arkitektoniske renningstråder.

Alt du erfarer er nytt. En tilstand av kjenthet ledsaget av et element av ukjenthet.

Du kan ikke forestille deg noe som er løsrevet fra erfaringen.

Et ord gir ingen mening om det ikke kan festes til en forestilling. Du spør den kunstige intelligensen hva ordet KULANTIFA kan bety. KI svarer:

Ordet "kulantifa" virker å være et oppdiktet ord uten noen spesifikk betydning i norsk eller engelsk. Hvis det er et nylig skapt ord eller et ord fra et fantasyspråk eller oppdiktet språk, kan betydningen være basert på konteksten der det ble skapt eller brukt. Uten kontekst kan det være vanskelig å tilskrive en nøyaktig betydning til et slikt ord. Hvis det er et oppfunnet ord, kan du gi det den betydningen du ønsker, eller bruke det som et kreativt element i en historie eller en samtale.

Du ser ulven i havet og lurer på om den ser på deg med hodet som er festet til halsen eller med hodet som er festet der halen skulle vært. Du gir den navnet KALUNTIFA og umiddelbart har ordet et tilhørende bilde i din bevissthet.

Alt du ser er nytt. Det manifesterer seg som en subtil forandring, en ny tolkning, en unik kombinasjon av kjente elementer.

Du fortsetter å mate bevisstheten med umulige kombinasjoner, med nye tråder, med dikt og folkeeventyr. Du vever en ny verden, en verden hvor baksiden er like virkelig som fremsiden.

En verden av DNA tråder spent opp i en renning. Et parallelt univers, hvor avstanden mellom de to er konstant. Der lyse epler modnes i nattsolen, der en ensom ulv symboliserer alt som eksisterer i det bevisste.

Hvilke betingelser skal til for at bevissthet oppstår? Den subjektive opplevelsen av å være våken.

Du er våken og beveger deg.

KI sier: Bevissthet er knyttet til vår evne til å oppfatte, forstå, føle, og reagere på verden rundt oss, samt å være klar over vår egen eksistens og mentale tilstand.

Du aksepterer den eksisterende tilstanden. Solene møtes to ganger i døgnet, og lyset er overveldende. De arkitektoniske bindingene fungerer som et filter for det sterke lyset, og du kan se bølgene for det de er. To ganger i døgnet er bølgene bølger. Og det er da dyrene våkner, det er da de kan danse uten å synke, for bølgene blir faste og skyggene harde.

Alt du ser finnes. Lys blir til bilder, blir til forestillinger, blir til erfaringer, blir til minner, blir til noe som kan hentes frem igjen, til noe som kan videreformidles, til kollektiv bevissthet. Du stryker ulven mot hårene og han slikker deg med halen.

Vannet sier: Svøm her, svøm her, lille gutt, jeg vil gi deg hvit skjorte og et rødt bånd.

Lysende epler stiger mot skyene, gjennom bygninger og videre oppover. De vever sine tråder sammen og skaper en verden der alt og ingenting sameksisterer. Livsveven, med løse tråder og bølgende skyer. Kroppens vev, dyrenes vev, plantenes vev. Alt bindes sammen og alt oppløses. Og du fortsetter å mate veven, og veven gir deg tilgang på all samlet kunnskap, og du føler du mister balansen, at de røde trådene drar deg med, at du ikke lengre kan kontrollere retningen. Du overgir deg.

Du overgir deg til vevens uforutsigbare univers, der hvor trådene ustoppelig skaper nye bindinger, der knuter oppløses og din bevissthet må gi slipp. Du står med tråden i hånden og aksepterer at i det du har forestilt deg et bilde vil det aldri forsvinne. Du er i en tilstand uten endepunkt, uten rom og tid, i fri flyt, kun fastholdt av den røde tråden.

Røde tråder binder epler til treet, binder mennesker til hverandre, til verden, som navlesnorer som aldri blir klippet. Som om treet sier at eplene tilhører treet. Som om jorden sier at mennesket tilhører jorden.

Men det stemmer ikke. Det kan ikke stemme.

For alt du ser er nytt. Som nyanser av noe gjenkjennelig, men samtidig overraskende fremmed.

Kirsti van Hoegee

Februar 2024

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NIC N’ NO
Oct
20
to Nov 26

NIC N’ NO

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The room red, like the inside of a dying brain ... like when a dying person gets their first glass from the well of knowledge and even the dumbest among them knows more than us ... the surrender, emptied of innocence ... the eye sockets of the dead and spaces between the ribs will scrutinize "the ordinary person" and the one who "breathes", becomes the grotesquely deformed, an imperfect fusion of power, "forces that will what the others will," where the dead are the only "forces that will themselves".

Excerpt from Anders Brenno's text: How to witness a conversation between the dead, 2023.

USIKKERKUNSTJENTE steps into the role of curator. She allows herself to be inspired by the bartender’s expertise with flavour combinations. It is a cocktail in perfect balance between sweetness, acidity, and bitterness, and finally, a zest for aroma. All ingredients can be consumed separately, but in the mixture, something remarkable happens.

She chooses to highlight artists she admires and looks up to and to explore new connections that arise in the encounter between the artists. In her new role as curator, USIKKERKUNSTJENTE thinks about the crime novel “The Thin Man” by Dashiell Hammett, where detectives Nick and Nora "solve murder mysteries over cocktails". Inspired by this fiction, USIKKERKUNSTJENTE is split into the two characters Nick and Nora, to solve a curatorial mystery in such a manner. The goal is to highlight the artworks and artists through a mysterious blend of murder, true crime, and horror with a hint of 1930s cocktail aesthetics. USIKKERKUNSTJENTE presents the exhibition NIC N´ NO with the artists Kristina Austi, Anders Brenno, Mattias Härenstam, Linda Morell, and Ingrid Torvund.

More about the exhibition: https://www.trafokunsthall.no/usikkerkunstjente

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Baroti Gallery
Jul
14
to Aug 9

Baroti Gallery

"Macula Lutea" means yellow spot in Lithuanian. It is the most sensitive part of the eye that allows us to distinguish colors and see the environment clearly. At the same time, it is like a spell: like the name of an exotic plant or animal taken from a Latin textbook. Looking at each object or phenomenon, we "color" it with our own language or words to describe what we see. This is how we create and can pass it on to others. But do we listen to what we see? And then do we stop seeing for real? Ultimately, vision is just a play of light and color, waves traveling through the complex cells of our eyes and everyone. In works woven with the jacquard technique, I try to break away from language and look at things and the environment as if I didn't know the words. In that environment, things lose their forms. Paradox, but here too, complex laws of physics are followed, the weaving of threads is precisely calculated, trying to create a multifaceted variety of colors in fabrics, from only a few given threads, I try to create "randomness", to see light as a color, dancing in the retina and reflected in closed eyelids, when sometimes recognizable objects still emerge. /K. Austi/

The exhibition wasbe presented by art critic, doctor of humanitarian sciences, associate professor Dalia Karatajienė.

The exhibition is supported by Norwegian Crafts.

 
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7th International Riga Textile and Fibre Art Triennial Tradition and Innovation
Jun
15
to Sep 17

7th International Riga Textile and Fibre Art Triennial Tradition and Innovation

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My woven work "If (you’re) alive – may the sea foam milk If (you’re) dead – may the sea foam blood…” is selected for the 7th International Textile and Fibre Art Triennial.
The title of the Triennial this year is Quo Vadis?

The motto of the 7th Riga Triennial is the Latin phrase QUO VADIS? (Where are you going?). Originating in a religious context and used in both literature and cinema today, the phrase seems relevant to what is happening in the world and society, including art and culture.

Unlike previous triennials, the 2023 triennial will be organized in 2 museums: the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design and the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE from 15 June to 17 September. In parallel with the works of textile and fibre art, the triennial will include video textiles. A 2-day scientific conference is planned within the framework of the triennial for specialists and artists to discuss current issues in the field. In the context of the triennial, several satellite exhibitions and creative workshops will be organized, and the main prize winners will be awarded.

https://www.lnmm.lv/en/museum-of-decorative-arts-and-design/exhibitions/7th-riga-international-textile-and-fibre-art-triennial-quo-vadis-491

Norwegian Crafts support participation in the exhibition.

 
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Galleri Sekken
Jun
10
to Jul 31

Galleri Sekken

An exhibition is taking place at Galleri Sekken, which can be found on a small island in the Romsdalsfjord, just outside of Molde. The exhibition period is from 10th of June until 31st of July.
Please follow the opening hours on FB site for the exhibition: https://www.facebook.com/GalleriSekken

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Årsutstillingen 2022 / Annual exhibition of The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts 2022
Sep
17
to Oct 30

Årsutstillingen 2022 / Annual exhibition of The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts 2022

My work "If (you’re) alive – may the sea foam milk If (you’re) dead – may the sea foam blood…” will be shown at the annual exhibition of the Norwegian Association of Arts and Crafts in Drammen Museum.


Foto of the work: Kristina D. Aas

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Dei ekstraordinære - nye verk fra 2021
Feb
4
to Jul 31

Dei ekstraordinære - nye verk fra 2021

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My work Unweaving II is present at the group exhibition Dei ekstraordinære - nye verk fra 2021 in Førde, Norway.

In 2020–2021, Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum (SFKM)
received 5 million Norwegian kroner from the Ministry of Culture, due to the Covid-19-pandemic. The endowment was given in extraordinary grants for art purchases. This corresponds to roughly 17 years of ordinary purchasing budgets for the museum. SFKM was supported to stimulate artistic activity among Norwegian artists and to maintain the business of the galleries during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The funds have been designated for the purchase of art by contemporary artists living in Norway. This endowment has given SFKM a rare opportunity to develop the collection. The museum’s main goal has been to reflect the diversity of artists in Norway. The chosen artworks promote a broad representation and highlight less visible stories in society.

Curator of the exhibition: Ingrid Norum

More on the website: Dei ekstrardinære nte verk fra 2021.

Foto of the work: Kristina D. Aas

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BeCraf // The European Prize for Applied Arts
Dec
12
to Mar 13

BeCraf // The European Prize for Applied Arts

Foto from exhibition space: copyright JC Hermant.

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My work BARK is present at the group exhibition BeCraft 2021 in Mons, Belgium.Initiated in 2009, in partnership with the City of Mons, the WCC-Europe and supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, the European Prize for Applied Arts rewards creations of contemporary expression in the field of Applied Arts and Craft Design. This 5th edition will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the association.

This competition is for all artists working in the field of applied arts and artisanal design and residing in a European country (including non-EU members). The works selected for the competition must be of a high standard, both technically and aesthetically, and be innovative.

More on the website: BeCraft.

Foto of the work: Eivind Senneset.

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SKOG // FOREST
Sep
17
to Oct 31

SKOG // FOREST

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My work BARK will be shown at a group exhibition at Telermak Kunstsenter in Skien, Norway.

The exhibition is a juried exhibition of applied arts. This year it has a theme SKOG // (Eng. FOREST). More about the exhibition and participating artists you can read here: website for the exhibition: Green Light District.

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Portrait Now! 2021 at Ljunbergmuseet
Sep
4
to Nov 14

Portrait Now! 2021 at Ljunbergmuseet

My work Viktoria is on display at a group exhibition at Ljungbergmuseet in Sweden.
Website for the exhibition: portraitnow.org

Website for Ljungbergmuseet you can find here. LJUNBERGMUSEET.

The aim of the competition is to bring about greater interest for ‘the portrait’ amongst artists and the general public. The competition is open to entries in the form of a painting, a sculpture, a video, an installation or a work of sonic art or similar.

The members of the jury in 2021 exhibition are:

  • Christopher Baker, Director, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Alison Smith, Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery, London, England

  • Mikhail Ovchinnikov, First deputy director, Fabergé Museum, Sct. Petersburg, Russia

  • Pontus Ljungberg, Museum Director, Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Sweden

  • Mette Skougaard, Director, The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark

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Portrait Now! 2021
May
7
to Aug 1

Portrait Now! 2021

  • Museum of National History Frederiksborg Castle (map)
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My work Viktoria is on display at a group exhibition in Denmark, Fredriksborg.
Website for the exhibition: portraitnow.org

The aim of the competition is to bring about greater interest for ‘the portrait’ amongst artists and the general public. The competition is open to entries in the form of a painting, a sculpture, a video, an installation or a work of sonic art or similar.

The members of the jury in 2021 exhibition are:

  • Christopher Baker, Director, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Alison Smith, Chief Curator, National Portrait Gallery, London, England

  • Mikhail Ovchinnikov, First deputy director, Fabergé Museum, Sct. Petersburg, Russia

  • Pontus Ljungberg, Museum Director, Ljungbergmuseet, Ljungby, Sweden

  • Mette Skougaard, Director, The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød, Denmark

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Jul
25
to Aug 25

Archive

My work The Uniform was selected for the online art exhibition Archive. Curated by Shannon Molter.

ARCHIVE is a window for future generations to peer into the monumental year, 2020. Every object has its own cultural history, as does each artist and craftsperson. The textiles preserved within this exhibition tell unique stories of identity, place, and time utilizing pattern, technique, subject, and of course material. It is our responsibility as makers to share our contemporary perspective, while imagining the future we wish to create.

The link to the exhibition is:

https://www.surfacedesign.org/membergalleries/archive-exhibition/

 
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Grit - an online art exhibition
Jul
3
to Sep 3

Grit - an online art exhibition

In the middle of March this year, after Norway shut down due to the covid-19 epidemic, Kristina D. Aas (LT/NO) did not despair, but started researching ways to get her works out to the world despite the ongoing crisis.

March 20th she opened her online exhibition "Construction/Deconstruction" that attracted viewers from all over the world. One of the viewers was artist and fellow weaver Outi Martikainen from Finland. She approached Kristina and suggested a joint online exhibition.

Since Kristina recently had exhibited her works online, she asked her colleague Karina N. Presttun (NO) to join. In February they had a three day workshop together, merging textiles, latex and clay, Kristina suggested to make new works based on the results of the workshop and present them side by side with Outi’s large pieces.

The result is GRIT - an exhibition that may or may not find its way to a physical gallery near you when we are all allowed to travel again. For now, please enjoy our online efforts! You can visit the virtual gallery to get a feeling for the size of the works, check out the pictures for dive into the details, or read contemplations from Tim Parry-Williams or the artists.

The online exhibition will close at September 3rd, but the website will remain up for a year.

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16TH INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF TAPESTRY
Oct
5
to Jul 27

16TH INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF TAPESTRY

The International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź, the oldest and the most important presentation of phenomena connected with the medium of textiles, in 2019 will take place for the 16th time. It’s a good moment to refresh the format and to give the forthcoming Triennial an open character. It will allow us to get a closer look at textiles in a broader context.

The Jury chose works for the 16th International Triennial of Tapestry in Łódź. Works of 55 artists from 21 countries were chosen by an international Jury to be presented during the 16th ITT organised by the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź.

I am showing jacquard woven work “Bed Cover”.

https://cmwl.pl/public/informacje/16-miedzynarodowe-triennale-tkaniny,68

Photos by Adriana Antidin.

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Gustav Gaudernack. The Magic of Enamel.
Sep
6
to Jan 12

Gustav Gaudernack. The Magic of Enamel.

4 jacquard woven works were dedicated to Gustav Gaudernack were shown at this exhibition.

4 jacquard woven works were dedicated to Gustav Gaudernack were shown at this exhibition.

Unique objects from one of Norway's first designers

The Jugendstilsenteret and Kube Art Museum presents “Gustav Gaudernack: The Magic of Enamel”, devoted to one of the great metal artists of the Art Nouveau style. Gustav Gaudernack (1864-1914) combined his love for nature and Viking and Medieval Norwegian folklore with international trends to produce works of outstanding beauty. Having studied at the Vienna School of Art and Crafts, he then worked for a leading Norwegian goldsmith firm, David Andersen, where he developed outstanding design skills. With a unique passion for the complexity and beauty of enamel techniques, he also invented a new plique-à-jour technique that enabled him to produce work of an astonishing size. He received national and international recognition with numerous awards, among which the Silver Medal at the 1900 Paris Exposition, and the Grand Prize at the St. Louis World Fair of 1904.

The exhibition sheds light on Gaudernack’s work process and offers a comprehensive presentation of his artistic oeuvre, including works never shown in public, both from the museum’s holdings and from private collections, as well as a selection of his beautiful watercolour sketches. It also presents two contemporary artists, Kristina Aas (textile on a wall) and Benjamin Tomasi (sound installation), whose dialogue with Gustav Gaudernack’s works underlines their striking modernity. 

https://www.jugendstilsenteret.no/exhibitions/ongoing-upcoming/gustav-gaudernack-the-magic-of-enamel

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Garden of Eden - Group exhibition at Neuhaus Castle
Jul
17
to Aug 4

Garden of Eden - Group exhibition at Neuhaus Castle

Jacquard woven work “Bed Cover” will be exhibited at the exhibition “Garden of Eden”, Haslach, Austria.

Participation in the exhibition is supported by Norwegian Crafts.

Participation in the exhibition is supported by Norwegian Crafts.

 

From the website: www.gardenofeden2019.org

In the course of the summer symposium TEXTILE KULTUR HASLACH and the concurrent ETN (European Textile Network) Conference, tenders for an international group exhibition on this topic were invited, which will show the works of contemporary textile artists.

The selected works are very different in terms of the techniques and materials used and deal with the "Garden of Eden" in very different ways, resulting in a diverse view of the subject. In addition to the juried works, some well-known artists were personally invited to participate in the exhibition. The exhibition will open up a broad overview of current trends in the field of contemporary textile art and will present a total of 90 works by artists from 34 nations.

A visit to the exhibition will also be worthwhile because of its special location: Neuhaus castle is an impressive building high above the Danube. The narrow, four-storey section of the building from the Gothic period, fascinates with its atmospheric rooms, and not least because of its unique location overlooking the meandering Danube and the foothills of the Mühlviertel, a place that enchants and lets the time stand still.

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