International visitors program

Guests from all over the world

In 2014, Oslo Open established an international visitor program, inviting curators, writers and other art experts to visit artists in their studios. The aim is to create and strengthen networks between Oslo-based artists and the international art scene. From 2017, we expanded the program to include selected professionals in the art field in Norway, which has benefited both artists and curators. We see this as an important part of the work to generate collaboration and work opportunities for artists in Oslo. The visitor program takes place Friday-Monday of the Oslo Open weekend.

Every year we ask for recommendations for potential guests from participating artists, our reference group (14 art organisations and institutions in Oslo), our board and from previous guests in the visitors program. We look at which countries might be relevant for future collaborations, and invite guests based on the above advice, conversations with Norwegian embassies abroad and our own research. We search for curators who have a genuine interest in the art scene in Oslo, or who already have connections to institutions or people here. In our experience, this leads to the most relevant studio visits. We also place great emphasis on diversity in the curators’ fields of interest and disciplines, and try to achieve a balance between institution based and freelance curators.

The program is financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organised in collaboration with Norwegian Crafts and OCA.

2025

• Anders Kreuger, Director, Kohta, Helsinki, Finland
• Anya Harrison, Curator, MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain / freelance, France
• Eivind Slettemeås, Managing Director, Harpefoss Kunstarena, Sør-Fron, Norway
• Grete Årbu, Curator and Collection Manager, freelance, Equinor art programme and Akershus Fylkeskommune, Norway
• Ingrid Vold Bjørkamo, Artistic project manager, Trondheim kommune, Norway
• Jessica Williams, Curator, Nitja, Lillestrøm, Norway
• Kathrine Wilson, Director, Nitja, Lillestrøm, Norway
• Karin Bähler Lavér, Artistic director, skēnē, Malmö, Sweden
• Magda Radu, Director and curator, Salonul de proiecte, Bucarest, Romania
• Manabu Yahagi, Associate curator, MORI Art museum, Tokyo, Japan
• Miki Gebrelul, Head of Exhibitions and curator, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
• Nkule Mabaso, Director, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
• Veronica Valentini, Curator and researcher, Hangar, BAR project, Concomitentes, Barcelona, Spain
• Randi Brockmann, Managing Director, Nils Aas Kunstverksted, Inderøy, Norway
• Dr. Teobaldo Lagos Preller, Curator and writer, freelance, Berlin, Germany
• Thato Mogotsi, Curator, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa
• Valentina Martinez Mariscal, Managing director, Rogaland Kunstsenter, Stavanger, Norway

2024

• Adomas Narkevičius, Curator, Cell Project Space, London, UK
• Alberta Sessa, Curatorial coordinator, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
• Alexandra Cunningham Cameron, Curator of Contemporary Design, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, USA
• Alicja Latkowska, project manager, National Museum of Warsaw, Poland
• Amerigo Mariotti, Curator, Adiacenze, Bologna, Italy
• Ayça Okay, independent curator and art writer, Istanbul, Turkey/Berlin, Germany
• Eleni Riga, independent curator, Atopos Cvc, Athens, Greece
• Giorgia Tronconi, Curator, Adiacenze, Bologna, Italy
• Ingrid Økland, Producer and curator, Mesén, Oslo, Norway
• Jeanette Stabenfeldt, Curator of art mediation, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
• Julie Lillelien Porter, Artistic Director, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway
• Marte Grette, Curator, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
• Mishi Foltyn, independent curator, art critic and artist, Trondheim, Norway
• Mwape J. Mumbi, independent curator, Livingstone Office of Contemporary Art (LoCA) and iChilumba Arts & Culture Foundation, Zambia
• Ng’onga Silupya, art administrator/curator, Lusaka Contemporary Art Centre (LuCAC), Zambia
• Praksis Teen Advisory Board (PTAB), Oslo, Norway, led by Marit Silsand
• Ruby Eleftheriotis, independent curator and art critic, Bergen, Norway
• Tina Skedsmo, Curator, Mesén, Oslo, Norway
• Tonje Alice Madsen, Producer, DKS, Oslo, Norway
• Vibeke Christensen, Mesén, Oslo, Norway

2023

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

2022

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

2020-2021

Cancelled due to Covid-19

2019

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

2018

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

2017

• Maria Arusoo, Director of the Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, Tallin
• 
Andrew Berardini, Writer and curator based in Los Angeles, USA
• Marina Bobyleva, Curator at Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia
• Hyeyoung Cho, independent curator, teacher and writer, Seoul, South Korea (Norwegian Crafts’ IVP)
• Sonia Dermience, Founding director, Komplot, Brussels, Belgium
• Prajna Desai, Independent writer and curator, Mumbai, India
• Ory Dessau, Independent writer and curator, Berlin, Germany
• Alex Gilbert, Design Specialist at Artsy.net, New York
, USA (Norwegian Crafts’ IVP)
• Krzysztof Gutfrański, independent curator and researcher, Torun, Poland/Belo Horizonte, Brazil
• 
Daniel Ho, Editor-in-Chief at Ran Dian Magazine, Hong Kong, China
• Jean-Paul Jaquet, independent curator and member of Etablissement d’en face, Brussels, Belgium
• Inga Lāce, curator at the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), Riga, Latvia
• Alvin Li, Editor at Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China (Norwegian Crafts’ IVP)
• 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, Denmark (Norwegian Crafts’ IVP)
• Patrick Parrish, editor MONDOBLOGO (Norwegian Crafts’ IVP)
• Audrius Pocius, curator and educator at Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Susanne Prinz, Director of Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg–Platz, Berlin, Germany
• Stanisław Ruksza, Director of TRAFO Center for Contemporary Art, Szczecin, Poland
• Suvi Saloniemi, Curator Design Museum Helsinki, Finland (Norwegian Crafts’ IVP)
• Shannon Stratton, Chief Curator, Museum of Arts and Design in New York, USA
• Nanna Strøjer, Director of CHART DESIGN, Denmark
• Sally Szwed, Director of the Creative Time Summit, New York, USA
• Sabrina Tarasoff, independent curator and writer, Los Angeles, USA
• Nienke Vijlbrief, co-founder and artistic director of P/////AKT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Vlado Velkov, curator of Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany
• Wendy Vogel, writer and independent curator, Brooklyn, New York, USA
• Robert Van de Werdt, co-founder and artistic director of P/////AKT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Hanne Mugaas, director and curator at Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway
• Tatiana Lozano, Curator at FELT galleri, Bergen, Norway
• Jannecke Meyer Utne, Conservator Lillehammer kunstmuseum, Norway
• Carl Martin Furby, Curator, Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway
• Hanne Gudrun Gulljord, Curator, Tromsø Kunstforening, Norway
• Ingrid Blekestad, Director Kunstbanken Hedemark, Hamar, Norway
• Anne Szefer Karlsen, Independent Curator and writer, Bergen, Norway
• Marie Nerland, founder and director of Volt, Bergen, Norway
• Julie Lillelien Porter, Artistic director Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway

2016

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

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, Warsaw, 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