Arts

Photo: Trine Mauritz.

Trine Mauritz is one of the foremost textile artists using the Shibori technique in Scandinavia. From 22 December 2011 to 12 January 2012 she is taking part in the International Shibori Symposium 2011 held in Hong Kong. Read more

Photo: CH/www.visitnorway.com .

In early December 2011, a group of 10 gallery owners and managers from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou spent a week visiting Oslo and Stavanger. Read more

Photo: Henning Olav Espedal.

The young Norwegian artist, Henning Olav Espedal is participating in an international exhibition at Li-Space in Caoychangdi from 18 December 2011 to 30 January 2012. Read more

Photo: Ola Enstad.

Renowned Norwegian sculptor Ola Enstad came to China for a 2 month residency at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing in 2005. He liked it so much that he stayed, and has now moved his studio to Beijing. Throughout October and November 2011, his works “Chongqing Man 11” and “Chongqing Man 12” are on display at the First International Sculpture Biennale, which is held in Datong, Shanxi... Read more

Photo: Wang Jianghai / 王江海.

The exhibition Norwegian World Art in China opens in Chengdu on 10 October 2011. The international exhibition is held at Chengdu’s Southwest University for Nationalities and is accompanied by symposiums. Read more

Photo: Overland.

The event marks the final stop on a journey that began two years ago in London. The artwork takes the form of a model built by the artist that the curators have taken to the location. At each location, the curators have used the model to build a sculpture in collaboration with local institutions, curators and artists. Read more

Photo: Alf Kjetil Walgermo.

Four years ago, Norwegian artist Tone Leksbø spent nine months in Kunming studying Chinese. July 2011 she came back, and is sporting a major solo exhibition until 3 September concluding her residency at TCG Nordica. Being back after four years, she finds that a lot has changed. Read more

The inside of Melberg`s installation is like a Kaleidoscope. 
Photo: Gallery Maria Veie.

Stavanger-born artist Elin Melberg’s multimedia installation ”I wish I wish I wish in vain” is awarded the “Public Project” status at Art HK 2011; the Hong Kong exhibition annually sports over 250 galleries from around the world and is regarded as the most prestigious gallery event in Asia. Read more

Looking east; Norwegian light installation on its way to China in search for that significant other. 
Photo: Christian Sunde.

ArtXchange is a Sino-Norwegian exchange project between the Norwegian studio compound Lista Fyr and its Chinese counterpart Huantie Times. The first part of the project will open 26 March 2011 as three Norwegian visual artists and one pianist unveil the exhibition “Distance” at the White Box Museum in Beijing’s 798 art district Read more

Photo: Lisbeth Funck.

Enjoy the exhibition Mute Constructions by the Norwegian artists Lisbeth Funck and the dancer Runa Rebne at Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing! Read more

Photo: Ane Graff.

Ane Graff holds a solo exhibition at the project space of Platform China Contemporary Art Institute, Beijing, from 23rd of October to 14th of November 2010, as part of her 2 month-long residency from Office of Contemporary Art, Norway. Read more

Photo: Verdensteatret.

Verdensteatret participate at the 2010 Shanghai Biennale with their latest work “And All the Questionmarks Started to Sing”.

Photo: NOtCH.

The NOTCH 5th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition, echoing the theme REPUBLIC, showcase the artists’ personal utopia from the NOTCH participating artists over the last 5 years. Read more

Photo: Ingvild Sofie Sundby .

Torhild Aukan and Marianne Hultmann will participate at the Beijing Biennale 2010. Read more

Photo: Beijing Today Art Museum.

The Beijing Today Art Museum will present the work of Matias Faldbakken as part of the group exhibition entitled The Second Today's Documents from the 18th of September through to the 24th of October 2010. Within 'The Second Today's Documents', Faldbakken presents the installation work Tarp Piece. Read more

Photo: Norway at EXPO 2010.

Friday 26.06.2010 the unveiling of the oil painting ”Trace of Aurora” was performed at the Norwegian pavilion. The painting is a depiction of the arctic night sky by the Chinese artist Sun Yao, and is part of a cooperation between the Norwegian Consulate General in Shanghai, Norway at EXPO and three Chinese artists. Read more

Photo: Pernille Leggat Ramfelt.

Norwegian artist Pernille Leggat Ramfelt will from June 10-19 participate in a joint exhibition at Sanhe Museum in Hangzhou. The exhibition brings together talented artists with a variety of backgrounds, influences and approaches to making art. Read more

Photo: Gro Thorsen.

The Norwegian artist Gro Thorsen is set to open a new exhibition at the Hong Kong Arts Centre between the 25th and 28th of May. The exhibition, entitled ‘Hong Kong Stills’, give snap shots of figures in the urban environment of Hong Kong. Read more

Photo: AK Dolven.

The exhibition entitled Looking for Balance will have its official opening on the 5th of June and will be open from the 6th of June to the 11th of July. This exhibition is part of a continuing dialogue established at the Chinese art gallery Platform China concerning the role of the moving image in contemporary art. Read more

Photo: Håkon Gullvåg.

Norwegian painter Håkon Gullvåg will be presenting his works to a Chinese audience in a series of exhibitions across the country in the period 2010-2011. The exhibition will be accompanied by the...