International visitors program

Guests from all over the world

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.

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
• Ruby Eleftheriotis, independent curator and art critic, Bergen, Norway
• Tina Skedsmo, Curator, Mesén, Oslo, Norway
• Tonje Alice Madsen, Producer, DKS, Oslo, Norway

2023

• Ana Elena Mallet, Independent curator, Mexico City, Mexico
• Àngels Miralda, Independent curator, Amsterdam, Netherlands/Barcelona, Spain
• Brett Shulz, Material Fair, Mexico City, Mexico
• 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
• Hilde Tørdal, Telemark kunstsenter, Skien, Norway
• Isabella Hemmersbach, pro tempore.art, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Julie Quottrup Silbermann, CHART art fair, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 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

2022

• Benedikt Fahrnschon, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
• Debika Ray, Crafts Magazine, London, UK
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Joern Lohmann, founder and creative director at J.Lohmann Gallery, New York, USA
• Jie Sun, freelance curator, Shanghai, China
• Natalie Melton, co-founder and Managing Director of The New Craftsmen, London, UK
• Shin Kim, curator, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Soeul, South Korea
• Markéta Stará Condeixa, curator, Lisbon, Portugal
• Stephanie Schuitemaker, curator and founder of SCHUIT, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Alex Ross, gallerist, Downs & Ross, New York, USA
• Maria Wettergren, gallerist, Galerie Maria Wettergren, Paris, France
• Christina Rauh Oxbøll, curator, CLAY Museum, Middelfart, Denmark
• Nanna Balslev Strøjer, director CHART Design, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Patrick Parrish, editor MONDOBLOGO
• 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
• 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
• Agnieszka Pindera, curator POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland
• Ahu Antmen, independent art critic and curator, Istanbul, Turkey
• Aileesh Carew, Project Director Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, Kilkenny
• Alexandra Jelleberg, Ferrin Contemporary North Adams, USA
• Alison Britton, Artist, London, UK
• 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
• Christopher Kline, Artist and founding director Kinderhook & Caracas, Berlin, Germany
• Cynthia Reeves, Director Cynthia Reeves Galleries, North Adams, USA
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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