27—28 April

International visitors program

Curators, writers and gallerists come from all over the world to explore Oslo’s art scene.

We are looking forward to welcoming new guests to Oslo in April 2024.

The artist Hedvig Winge during speed date portfolio presentation in 2016. Photo: Klaudia Lech
The artist Hedvig Winge during speed date portfolio presentation in 2016. Photo: Klaudia Lech

Curators, writers and gallerists come from all over the world to explore Oslo’s art scene.

Through the international visitor program we invite prominent curators, gallerists and writers to Oslo to strengthen the network between Oslo-based artists and the international art scene. The international guests visit artists of their own choice at their individual studios. We have also organised juried portfolio viewings as a speed-dating session where the artists do portfolio presentations one-to-one with our international guests. The goal of the program is increased internationalisation of Oslo’s art field.

The program took place for the first time in 2014 and is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The program is organised in collaboration with Norwegian Crafts and OCA.

2023

  • Ana Elena Mallet, Independent curator, Mexico City
  • Àngels Miralda, Independent curator, Amsterdam/Barcelona
  • Brett Shulz, Material Fair, Mexico City
  • Caroline Nymark Zachariassen, Kunsten, Aalborg
  • Cathrine Hovdahl Vik, K-U-K Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst, Trondheim
  • Elisabeth Høsflot Klæbo, K-U-K Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst, Trondheim
  • Errol van de Werdt, Textiel Museum, Tilburg
  • Hilde Tørdal, Telemark kunstsenter, Skien
  • Isabella Hemmersbach, pro tempore.art, Copenhagen
  • Julie Quottrup Silbermann, CHART art fair, Copenhagen
  • Julija Mockutė, Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam
  • Katrine Elise Agpalza Pedersen, Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim
  • Kristina Ketola Bore, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger
  • Kristoffer Dolmen, Nordlandsmuseet/Independent curator, Bodø
  • María Alejandra Gatti, Independent curator, Madrid/Buenos Aires
  • Marie Nerland, Volt, Bergen
  • Milena Högsberg, Wanås Konst/The Wanås Foundation, Knislinge
  • Monica Holmen, Nitja Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm
  • Owen Martin, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo
  • Rami Maktabi, Den Kulturelle Skolesekken Viken, Fredrikstad
  • Ruth Estévez, Amant, New York
  • Sarah Lookovsky, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
  • Silja Leifsdottir, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
  • Solfrid Otterholm, Jugendsenteret and KUBE, Ålesund
  • Solveig Lønmo, Nordenfjeldske kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim
  • Yukako Yamashita, Art Collaboration Kyoto, Kyoto

2022:

  • Benedikt Fahrnschon, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover
  • Debika Ray, Crafts Magazine, London
  • Frida Marie Edlund, Kunstmuseet Nordtrøndelag, Namsos
  • Giovanna Esposito Yussif, Museum of impossible forms, Helsinki
  • Helga Nyman, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Stavanger
  • Hanne Beate Ueland, Stavanger Kuntsmuseum, Stavanger
  • Jasmina Kemura, Buskerud kunstsenter, Drammen
  • Ki Nurmenniemi, independent curator, Helsinki
  • Kirsti van Hoegee, KRAFT Bergen, Bergen
  • Malin Barth, Kunsthalle 3,14, Bergen
  • Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, independent curator, Berlin
  • Pii Anttila, Kunsthalle Seinäjoki, Seinäjoki
  • Sara Cornelia Greiff, Kunstmuseet Nordtrøndelag, Namsos
  • Torill Østby Haaland, Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Svolvær
  • Øyvind Kvarme, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim

2020-2021:

Cancelled due to Covid-19

2019:

  • Ruth Aitken, Kurant, Tromsø
  • Iben Bach Elmstrøm, CHART, Copenhagen
  • Dana Bergmann, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
  • Vilde Andrea Brun, Oppland kunstsenter, Lillehammer
  • Emily Butler, Whitechapel Gallery, London
  • Line Christiansen, CHART Curio, Milano
  • Lillian Davies, writer, critic and researcher, Paris
  • Mathijs van Geest, Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen
  • Pietro Dello Giustina, Extensor art space in Clermont-Ferrand, Paris
  • Katja Hagelstam, LOKAL, Helsinki
  • Liya Han, Ullens Art Center, Beijing
  • Pierre Hourquet, Temple, Paris
  • Robert Julian B. Hvistendal, Kurant, Tromsø
  • Nanna Stjernholm Jepsen, freelance curator, Copenhagen
  • Nele Kaczmarek, Kunstverein Braunschweig
  • Keiko Kawashima, GalleryGallery, Kyoto
  • Joseph Kendra, The National Gallery, London
  • Maria Kuzmina (Katz), North Western branch of National Center of Contemporary Arts, Saint Petersburg
  • Søs Bech Ladefoged, The Art Museum in Tønder
  • Sissel Lillebostad, Kabuso, Øystese, Hardanger
  • Shixuan Luan, Ullens Art Center, Beijing
  • Rami Maktabi, No. 13 Contemporary, Fredrikstad
  • Kevin Malcolm, Vermilion Sands, Copenhagen
  • Anna Planas, Temple, Paris
  • Maija Rudovska Independent curator, researcher, art critic, Riga
  • Kristin Røed, Vestfold kunstsenter, Tønsberg
  • Randi Thommessen, Trondheim kunstmuseum, Trondheim
  • Numi Thorvarsson, Slakt Galleri/ Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen
  • Axel Wieder, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
  • Guo Xi, Ullens Art Center, Beijing
  • Derek Yu, Shanghai Art Museum
  • Caroline Nymark Zachariassen, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg

2018:

  • Bettina Steinbrügge, director Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg
  • Franziska Nori, director Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
  • Henriette Bretton-Meyer, director of Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
  • Harry Thorne, editor frieze, Berlin
  • Carsten Seiffarth, freelance curator, Berlin
  • Claudia Buizza, curator and writer, Paris
  • Giulia Tognon, curator and project coordinator, Council, Paris
  • Ragnhild Greve-Isdahl, gallerist, new nordic gallery in Miami
  • Gabriel Mestre Arrioja freelance curator, Mexico City
  • iLiana Fokianaki, curator, writer and director of State of concept, Athen
  • Bas Hendrikx, freelance curator, Amsterdam
  • Mathias Kryger, writer and freelance curator, Copenhagen
  • Zuzanna Hadryś, gallerist Galeria Stereo, Warsaw
  • Jacek Sosnowski, curator and gallerist Propaganda gallery, Warszawa
  • Krzysztof Kościuczuk, contributing Frieze.de and curator at Muzeum Susch, Susch
  • Birta Guðjónsdóttir, chief curator at the National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik
  • João Laia, freelance curator, Lisbon and Brussels
  • Matylda Krzykowski, freelance curator, Berlin
  • Joern Lohmann, founder and creative director at J.Lohmann Gallery, New York
  • Jie Sun freelance curator, Shanghai
  • Natalie Melton, co-founder and the Managing Director of The New Craftsmen, London
  • Shin Kim, curator Korea Ceramic Foundation, Soeul
  • Markéta Stará Condeixa, curator, Lisbon
  • Stephanie Schuitemaker, curator and founder of SCHUIT, Amsterdam
  • Alex Ross, gallerist, Downs&Ross, New York
  • Maria Wettergren, gallerist Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris
  • Christina Rauh Oxbøll, curator at CLAY Museum, Middelfart
  • Nanna Balslev Strøjer, director CHART Design, Copenhagen
  • Inger Blix Kvammen, curator, Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes
  • Kirsti van Hoegee, curator, KRAFT, Bergen
  • Ida Haugland, gallery leader, KHÅK kunsthall, Ålesund
  • Cecilie Skeide, artistic leader, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer
  • Rikke Komissar, director, Akershus kunstsenter, Lillestrøm
  • Ina Johannesen, Managing director, Ekebergparken, Oslo
  • Stina Høgkvist, Curator contemporary art, The National Museum, Oslo
  • Ingvild Krogvig, Curator contemporary art, The National Museum, Oslo
  • Randi Godø, Curator contemporary art, The National Museum, Oslo

2017:

• 
Maria Arusoo, Director of the Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, Tallin
• 
Andrew Berardini, Writer and curator based in Los Angeles
• 
Marina Bobyleva, Curator at Triumph Gallery, in Moscow
• 
Hyeyoung Cho, independent curator, teacher and writer, based in Seoul
• Sonia Dermience, Founding director of Komplot in Brussels
• Prajna Desai, Independent writer and curator based in Mumbai
• Ory Dessau, Independent writer and curator based in Berlin
• Alex Gilbert, Design Specialist at Artsy.net, New York

• Krzysztof Gutfrański, independent curator and researcher based in Torun and Belo Horizonte
• 
Daniel Ho, Editor-in-Chief at Randian Magazine
• Jean-Paul Jaquet, independent curator and member of Etablissement d’en face in Brussels
• Inga Lāce, curator at the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga
• 

Alvin Li, Editor at Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing
• Hélène Meisel assistant curator, at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
• Daniel Muzyczuk, Head of Modern Art Department at the Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland
• 
Henriette Noermark, Independent Curator and writer in Copenhagen
• Patrick Parrish, editor MONDOBLOGO
• Audrius Pocius, curator and educator at Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius.
• Susanne Prinz, Director of Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg–Platz, Berlin
• Stanisław Ruksza, Director of TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art in Szczecin, Poland
• Suvi Saloniemi, Curator Design Museum Helsinki
• Shannon Stratton, Chief Curator, Museum of Arts and Design in New York
• Nanna Strøjer, Director of CHART DESIGN
• Sally Szwed, Director of the Creative Time Summit, New York
• Sabrina Tarasoff, independent curator and writer based in Los Angeles
• Nienke Vijlbrief, co-founder and artistic director of P/////AKT, Amsterdam
• Vlado Velkov, curator of Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
• Wendy Vogel, writer and independent curator based in Brooklyn, New York
• Robert Van de Werdt, co-founder and artistic director of P/////AKT, Amsterdam
• Hanne Mugaas, director and curator at Kunsthall Stavanger
• Tatiana Lozano, Curator at FELT galleri, Bergen
• Jannecke Meyer Utne, Conservator Lillehammer kunstmuseum        
• Carl Martin Furby, Curator Kunsthall Trondheim
• Hanne Gudrun Gulljord, Curator, Tromsø Kunstforening
• Ingrid Blekestad, Director Kunstbanken Hedemark, Hamar
• Anne Szefer Karlsen, Independent Curator and writer based in Bergen  
• Marie Nerland, founder and director of Volt, Bergen
• Julie Lillelien Porter, Artistic director Lydgalleriet, Bergen

2016:

• Agnieszka Knap, Project manager Konsthantverkscentrum, Stockholm
• Agnieszka Pindera, curator POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warszaw
• Ahu Antmen, independent art critic and curator, Istanbul
• Aileesh Carew, Project Director Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny
• Alexandra Jelleberg, Ferrin Contemporary North Adams, USA
• Alison Britton, Artist, London
• Anna Frost, Founder and Director, PLANES; Co-Director, TOVES Copenhagen
• Anna Margrethe Pedersen, Artists and curator Years, Copenhagen
• Anthony Salvador, curator and founder of Frankfurt am Main, Berlin
• Antoine Levi, gallerist, Paris
• Antonio Grulli, Independent Curator, Bologna
• Benjamin Lignel, editor Art Jewelry Forum, Paris
• Christopher Kline, Artist and founding director Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin
• Cynthia Reeves, Director Cynthia Reeves Galleries, North Adams, USA
• Emiliano Pistacchi, curator and founder of Frankfurt am Main, Berlin
• Jennifer Teets, independent curator and Writer, Paris
• Jennifer Zwilling, Curator of artistic programs The Clay Studio, Philadelphia
• Joanna Zielińska, Curator, Center of Contemporary Art – Ujazdowski Castle Warszawa
• Julij Rybakov, artist, human rights activist, member of Pusjkinskaja, 10, St. Petersburg
• Magdalena Komornicka, curator at Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warszaw
• Mareike Dittmer, Co-publisher frieze d/e & Publishing Consultant Frieze, Berlin
• Merete Vyff Slyngborg, Artists and curator Years, Copenhagen
• Dr. Michaela Braesel, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern, München
• Michał Woliński, Curator, writer and gallerist Piktogram, Warszaw
• Olivia Gaultier, Assistant Curator Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
• Paul Clinton Assistant editor Frieze, London
• Renaud Proch, executive director Independent Curators International, New York
• Sergej Kovalskij, Director Pusjkinskaja, 10, St. Petersburg
• Sol Calero, Artist and founding co-director Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin
• Dr. Stephen Knott, Teaching Fellow Kingston University, London
• Yuko Ikeda, Senior Curator The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

2015:

• Alexandra Landré, independent Curator, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Amira Gad, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK.
• Andrew Mummery, Mummery+Schnelle, London, UK.
• Cecilia Andersson, Bildmuseet Umeå, Umeå, Sweden.
• Elena Gubanova, National Centre of Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg, Russia.
• Elena Yaichnikova, MMOMA, Moskva, Russia.
• Eva Gun Jensen, Luleå Konsthall, Luleå, Sweden.
• Helena Vilalta Contesa, Afterall, London, UK.
• Hutch Wilco, National Museum of NZ, New Zealand.
• Jakob Vengeberg Aevel, ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark.
• Jennifer Piejko, Flash Art, Performa, E- Flux, New York, USA.
• Liang Kengang, Yuan Art Museum, Beijing, China.
• Kit Leunbach, Den Frie Utstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Kristian Nammack, Pioneer Works, New York, USA.
• Lise Pennington, ARoS, Aarhus, Denmark.
• Marlene Ratcliffe, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Maria Gadegaard, Gl. Holtegaard, Holte, Denmark.
• Marie Kirkegaard, Marie Kirkegaard Gallery, Copenhagen, Danmark.
• Nicolas Audreau, independent Curator, Paris, France.
• Niekoolas J. Lekkerkerk, The Office for Curating, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
• Paul Clinton, FRIEZE, London, UK.
• Pernille Fonnesbech, Kunstmuseet Gl. Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Pooja Sood, independent Curator and Art Management Consultant, New Dehli, India.
• Rachel Withers, Artforum, Guardian, London, UK.
• Stefano Collicelli Cagol, independent Curator, Italy/London.
• Tina Zhang Ting, China Academy of Art, Shanghai, China.
• Valentin Diakonov, Kommersant, FRIEZE, Moscow, Russia.
• Živilė Etevičiūtė, The Nati, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2014:

• Alice Motard, Curator Spike Island, Bristol, UK.
• Anton Belov, Director The Garage Moscow, Russia.
• Astad Vaiciulyte, Curator CAC Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Birgitte Kirkoff, Director Soro Kunstmuseum, Denmark.
• Camilla Larsson, curator Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden.
• Christian Alan Dete, Curator, Paris, France.
• Henriette Bretton Meyer, Kunsthall Charlottenborg, Denmark.
• Jamie Stevens, Curator Cubitt, UK.
• Jean Marc Avrille, Curator, Paris, France.
• Johan Gustavsson, Curator from gallery 1646, Hague, Netherlands.
• Julia Geerlings, Curator Jeanine Hofland Contemporary Art, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Lucas Gehrmann, Curator Kunsthalle Wien, Austria.
• Nathalie Åhlbeck, Curator INDEX Stockholm, Sweden.
• Marianne Zamecznik, independent Curator, Oslo – Berlin.
• Robert Leckie, Director Gas Works, London, UK.
• Maria Fusco, Curator Edinburgh, UK.
• Magda Lipska, Curator Museum of Contemporary Art, Wasaw, Poland.
• Ula Tornau, Curator, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Sam Thorne, Curator TATE, UK.
• Verena Platzgummer, Curator Kunstwerk Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.
• Vanessa Boni, Curator Liverpool Biennal, UK.