Roghieh Asgari Torvund
(She/her)
Address: Konghellegata 3, 0569 Oslo
Floor: 3
Room number: 305
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Born in Tabriz, raised in Tehran, and settled in Norway since 1986.
With a background in a family of goldsmiths and a former career in journalism and photography, my practice is rooted in presence, rhythm, and attention to detail.
I work across painting, text, video and performance – exploring how something can emerge, not through explanation, but through breath, resistance, and movement. Each work remains open, allowing the unfinished and the uncertain to take space – without directly commenting on reality, but without turning away.
Video, Photo, painting, drowning, performance,Sculptor
Planned projects and exhibitions
I’m currently working on a new series of paintings that explore how rhythm, friction and flow can take shape on the surface. The works emerge layer by layer and remain open – more like states than images.
In parallel, I integrate video and text fragments into the space – not as illustrations, but as responsive elements in dialogue with the paintings. This interplay is part of a broader investigation: how something unfinished and bodily can take place, without being explained.
In May 2025, I’ll exhibit at Prosjektrommet in Oslo, with further presentations planned in Valberg and Nittedal later in the year.
CV
Education
• The National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
• NISS, Oslo School of Arts, Norway
• Introduction to Radio Journalism, NRK, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation
• Freelance journalist and photojournalist
• Information consultant, press contact (UDI, Nittedal Municipality, Oslo Municipality)
Grants
2024 – Exhibition support, Kunstneres Hjelpefond (BKH)
2024 – Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond (BKH)
2023 – Exhibition support, Kunstneres Hjelpefond (BKH)
2023 – Billedkunstnernes Hjelpefond (BKH)
2018 – Exhibition support, Sparebankstiftelsen
2018 – Miscellaneous grant, Arts Council Norway
2017 – Exhibition support, Arts Council Norway
2013 – Grant, The Compensating Foundation for Visual Artists, Norway
2012 – Grant, The Compensating Foundation for Visual Artists, Norway
2011 – Grant, The Compensating Foundation for Visual Artists, Norway
2010 – Travel grant, The Compensating Foundation for Film, Norway
2009 – Grant, The Compensating Foundation for Visual Artists, Norway
2008 – Project support, Arts Council Norway
- Travel grant, The Compensating Foundation for Film, Norway
- Exhibition support, The Compensating Foundation for Visual Artists, Norway
- Grant, The Compensating Foundation for Visual Artists, Norway
2007 – Project support, The Compensating Foundation for Visual Artists, Norway
- Exhibition support, Arts Council Norway
Upcoming Soloexhibitions
2025 Oslo Prosjektrom
2025 Galleri Frychini, Valberg branch, Vestfold, Norway
2025 Godshuset, BaneNor, Nittedal Station, Norway
Solo Exhibitions
2024 – AQUI platform, Madrid
2023 – Gallery 2, Stamsund
2022 – Oslo Open
2021 – Oslo Open Live streaming, interviewed by a curator from the National Museum
2019 – Gallery Kladden, Oslo
2018 – Flammen, Nittedal
2017 – Gallery 2, Stamsund
2016 – Akershus Art Center, Lillestrøm
2015 – Gallery 69, Oslo
2013 – Women’s Museum, The 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, Norway
2012 – Bodø Art Society, Norway
2012 – Gallery 69, Oslo
2010 – Kunstbanken, Hamar
2009 – Gallery BOA, Oslo
2009 – Red Cross, Nittedal
2008 – Akershus Art Center, Lillestrøm
2006 – Gallery 21:25, Oslo
Solo Performances
2024 – Nittedal Art Association
2023 – Gallery 2, Stamsund
2013 – Kin Biennale
2012 – The Undressing, Gallery .No, New York, USA
2012 – Monthly, Nesodden Park, Norway
2011 – Reconciliation, Kunstbanken Performance Festival, Hamar
2011 – Public Libraries, Hedmark
2011 – Catharsis, Gallery BOA, Oslo
2007 – Fortunetelling, Kunstbanken Performance Festival, Hamar
2006 – The Undressing, Street Performance, Paris, France
2004 – The Undressing, Kunstbanken Performance Festival, Hamar
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 – Nittedal Art Association
2019 – Kin Biennale Nord 7
2017 – Gallery 69, Lay A Flower on Aphra Behn’s Womb, Oslo
2014 – Akershus Art Center, 1814 Revisited – The Past is Still Present
2013 – The Unbearable Richness Of Gray, NOoSPHERE ARTS, New York, USA
2013 – KiN, Bodø Art Society
2012 – Over There, Exactly Here, Vest-Agder Museum, Lista Lighthouse, Norway
2012 – Parallax View, Gallery .No, New York, USA
2011 – UKS, One Night Only, Oslo
2011 – Østlandsutstillingen, Oslo
2011 – The Autumn Exhibition, Oslo
2011 – Political Critique Festival, Gdańsk, Poland
2009 – Spring Exhibition, Fotogalleriet, Oslo
2008 – Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany
2007 – Secession Show, Vienna, Austria
Screenings
2016 – International Conference, Athens: Migration Flows in Greece
2012 – Oslo Screen Festival
2011 – International Festival of Video Art, Camaguey, Cuba
2010 – NEW SCREEN, Newcastle, England
2006 – Athens Video Art Festival, Greece
Presentations
2013 – Seminar Art + Responsibility, Hamar, Norway
2009 – Red Cross, Nittedal, Norway
2008 – Centre Party’s Regional Annual Meeting, Akershus, Norway
2008 – Diversity 2008, Oslo, Norway
Workshops
2017 – Gallery 2, Stamsund, Norway
2012 – Photo Art School, Oslo, Norway
2011 – Utrop Magazine, Norway
Curator / Coordinator
2018 – The Trolls Among Us, Memorial Exhibition for Anthony Andersen
2013 – The Unbearable Richness Of Gray, NOoSPHERE ARTS, New York, USA
2006 – Survival, Gallery Seilduken, Oslo, Norway
Press (Selection)
• Subjekt.no – Infallibility
• Klassekampen – The Cracked Monolith
• Dagsavisen – Norwegian Voices from New York
• Kunstforum – Suffrage Exhibition in New York
• Morgenbladet – Olsen Recommends
• Magasinet Kunst – July 22 Art in New York
• VG – To New York with “July 22 Art”
• Dagbladet – Reconciliatory Art