Projects
The main theme for the Care Home is Homely. Our memories are often connected to the things that surround us in our daily lives, so hopefully these works with Porcelain will enhance the daily experience at this place, both for those who have it as their workplace, and not the least for those who call it Home. Owner: Porsgrunn Kommune Architects : Asplan Viak Inventarium : Eclectic selection of everything I love: Art, Crafts and Vintage Design.The shop opened in Markveien 51, in the hearth of Grünerløkka in 2016, and has since become a favorite for both locals and tourists, with it’s carefully curated selection of vintage treasures.
Kunstsoda # 2 proudly presents Fin Serck – Hanssen, Photography. Pop- Up exhibition and booklaunch of Our Voices HIV: 30 years in Norway. Our Voices is a portrait book by artist photographer Fin Serck – Hanssen (b.1958) and writer Morten Borgersen. The introduction is by H.R.H Mette Marit. Published by Forlaget Press. April 2015 at Rådhugata 19.
Lena Walton Herfindal , Body Sculpture, Aron Li , Jewellery and Dutch Design by Dieter Volkers. August 9th 2014 the Pop-Up gallery KUNSTSODA launched at Nordregate 20 / Grûnerløkka. In the beginning of August NG20 was the main venue for Oslo Trend. KUNSTSODA will promote established and emerging artists from the Contemporary Art scene merged with Design and Craft talents. https://www.facebook.com/Kunstsoda? https://www.facebook.com/NordreGate20PopUp?fref=ts http://www.oslotrend.no/ #eventcoordinator : I was so fortunate as to be part of the organization of H.H Dalai Lama’s visit to Oslo in May 2014. As the event coordinator at the Public Talk at Folketeateret , I was responsible for all logistics concerning what went on at the stage, backstage and Public Areas. It was a very special event to be part of, working closely with so many fantastic and dedicated people to make His Holiness Dalai Lama’s visit a success. HH Dalai Lama Oslo 2014
Other artworks sourced for M/S Bergensfjord include these Screenprints by Tessa Jaray After Malevich. Margreet Sweerts from hybrid fashion collective Painted visited Oslo on my invitation fall 2014. We had 4 inspiring Golden Joineries with students from Oslo National Academy of Arts, Oslo and Akershus College of Applied Science , in addition to special invitees from the design and fashion world. Margreet Sweerts also gave a lecture about Painted at HIOA, about her and Saskia Van Drimmelen ‘s body of work. Golden Joinery is new brand that among other things queations the meening of “value”, and the development of the brand happens through the Golden Joinery gatherings. I’m looking forward to the next chapter! Painted was later invited to participate in the exhibition Lev Vel at Doga. Interview Margreet Sweerts Personae Magazine: Personae Painted Series Freudenthal/Verhagen Left Image :Emmeline De Mooij Contemporary Art & Vintage Bric à brac : a space which is both a gallery and a shop: I will show Contemporary Art together with French vintage c/o Nina Banggren. Hopefully this playful way of displaying art will reach a wider audience than the one that normally finds its way into art galleries. The space was situated at Maridalsveien 9, just a roundabout away from Vulkan. On the picture there are works on paper by Karl Hansen, glass by Vidar Koksvik,photography Tone Elin Solholm, Photography Fin Serck-Hanssen. Other artists at the Space are : Asbjørn Hollerud prints on steel, photography Marianne Selsjord, photography Espen Tollefsen, paintings Marius Martinussen, mixed media Maria Ikonomopolou, glass work Kari Håkonsen , sculpture Lars Widenfalk and jewellery by Aron Li . Contemporary Art & Vintage Bric à Brac Photoshoot at the Pop-Up Space with photographer Evy Andersen. Works featured are by glass artist Vidar Koksvik, mixed media by Maria Ikonomopoulou and Pastel on Paper by Karl Hansen. #artconsultant: Corporate Headquarters, Oslo. Photography : Espen Tollefsen. Office landscapes might have challenges in connection to sound, concentration,orientation and privacy. At these Corporate Office Headquarters, Photography has been used to fill the requirements of universal design, and as an added value has created new rooms for concentration and hopefully : inspiration! The NSB headquarters where later awarded Best Building of the year prize 2014. NRK : Norges flotteste bygg #artconsultant #projectmanagment : The Art and Decor for Fjord Line’s MS Stavangerfjord was selected in close co-operation with Falkum – Hansen Design. On the upper decks of Forward Stair Terje Roalkvam made a composition of objects. Every object combine’s two materials ; stone and aluminum or stone and tree. The stones for the objects have been collected from all over Norway, the wood from Spitzbergen and Oslo. Because of the placement on the upper level below a glass roof, guests can study the objects from a variety of angles and thereby see the subtle variations and nuances that appear in the objects. In Grieg Gourmet restaurant acclaimed Sculptors Malcolm Martin and Gaynor Dowling have made two simple and elegant sculptures of gilded lime-wood. #artconsulta#artconsultant #publicspace. Temporary artworks placed at Landbruks-og matdepartementet and Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet i R6, Regjeringskvartalet. May Bente Aronsen, Resonance & Ingunn Skogholt, Fragile Energy 1 #curator #projectmanager Viviane Sassen‘s works from the series Flamboya, among these “Leaf” was included in the art collection curated for RCCL/ Allure of the Seas. Check out her awardwinning book Flamboya. For the 55th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition in 2013, The Encyclopedic Palace, Viviane Sassen Flamboya presented Lexicon, an installation of 30 prints. In Amsterdam she was part of the Huis Marseille inaugural Exhibition : Huis Marseille . Other artists aquired for RCCL/ Allure of the Seas where among others: Carlos Aires, Øystein Aasan, Julie Blackmon, Frances Goodman, Maria Ikonomopoulou, Kimsooja, Susanne Kriemann, Friedrich Kunath, Deborah Ligorio, Jehad Nga, Carmen Perrin, Catherine Poncin, Fin Serck-Hanssen, and Fiona Tan. #curator & #projectmanager : Back in 2008 Solstice, the first of a series of newbuilds for Celebrity Cruises where delivered. One of the especially commissioned works where Tom Sandbergs 4 large glass panels for the Solarium which I had the pleasure to develop.With his intriguing photographes of Clouds as a starting point for the project, through many tests and considerations, they where screenprinted on glass and installed onboard. A true ethereal feeling. For the Oceanview Cafe Dutch artist Eelco Brand made intriguing videos and photographic prints. Check out this other commission he made for Gemeente museum Den Haag.http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=cd61kyoWl5s The Solstice Art Collection includes a long list of prominent contemporary artists. There are Works on Paper by Ross Bleckner, John Baldessari, Katharina Grosse, James Turrell, Robert Rauschenberg, Bill Beckley, David Hockney, Michael Craig-Martin and Tacita Dean. Photography by Adam Fuss, Steve McCurry, Hiroshi Sugimoto, James Casebere, Eve Sussman, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Damien Hirst, Nils-Udo and Uta Barth amongst others. Sculptures by Jim Dine, Igor Mitoraj, Istvan Lisztes, Herbert Hamak and Michael Parekowhai are spread throughout the public areas. In addition to Eelco Brand there is also video art by Neeta Madahar. Works on Paper where selected for the Elevator Lobbies by artists such as Olafur Eliasson, Axel Hütte, Richard Long, Thomas Struth, Christiane Baumgartner and Roni Horn.What a pleasure to work on this project! Solstice Class; Equinox, Tone Bjordam was commissioned to make videos for the Oceanview Cafè (c) tonedalen |