26—27 April

Slekke

(de/dem)
Address: Tenthaus P1 mobile studio, Herslebs gate 20B, 0561 Oslo
Floor: Lekeplass, første etasje
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17

Slekke was born in Belgium and lives in Oslo, Norway. Their work includes art, curation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, centered on the approach of Gardening as Lifestyle as Art. This combines gardening and graffiti into a process-oriented practice that reflects everyday life. Some techniques central to their work are installation, performance, and post-vandalistic interventions. They investigate self-organized dissemination via small-press and video and alternative exhibiting approaches such as off-site and online. They invite you to travel along and explore the value of process-oriented art, open scripts, and the spiritual experience of the journey. Slekke is a member of the Tenthaus collective since 2019, and a member of the Graa collective since 2022. Since 2018 they annually perform a participatory spring ritual with Bart Van Dijck.

Gardening, lifestyle, graffiti, installation, performance, video, ...

Batcave 37’ video work, Immersive installation 2022 At Tenthaus’ project space Photo by Øystein Thorvaldsen
Moments of Trust Workshop with Tenthaus 2022 At documenta 15 Photo by Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo
Water Squad Participatory performance, Ephemeral water writing using garden sprayers At KONVOOI festival 2022 Photo by Isaac Ponseele
Mm..Food (BEETLE) Handstyle Gardening Acrylic on wall 294 x 857 cm 2021 Part of the group exhibition ‘New Horizons, Ephemeral Style’, at NITJA Senter for Samtidskunst, curated by Monica Holmen and Martina Petrelli. Photo by Tor Simen Ulstein

In my studio

Note – there is no toilet access on the weekend.

Planned projects and exhibitions

Ongoing
Stedsveven, 2024-2026, with Tenthaus collective, Oslo
Ullersmo Fengsel, 2024-2025, with Helen Eriksen, Kløfta

March
Spring symposium, with Bart Van Dijck, Antwerp

Upcoming
Duo exhibition with Eirik Falckner, Galleri 69, Oslo

CV

EDUCATION

2017 – 2018, MA of Arts with Great Distinction, KASK, Ghent
2015 – 2016, BA Media Art, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw
2012 – 2015, BA Fine Arts, LUCA School Of Arts, Ghent
2010 – 2012, Applied Visual Arts, SKI, Ghent
2008 – 2010, Digital Visual Arts, KASK, Kortrijk
2002 – 2012, Theater, Stedelijke Kunstacademie, Waregem

SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

2024, Globus Oppstart
2024, Nordic Culture Point mobility funding
2023, Nordic Culture Point mobility funding
2022, BKV, ettarig stipend
2021, BKV, ettarig stipend
2019, Erasmus+ traineeship after Master
2015, Erasmus+ scholarship

PERFORMANCE

2024, I can’t stop the rain from coming, Galleri Gayah, Oslo
2024, Sluts are chimera are sluts are chimera, with Annike Flo, Evry.skin, Oslo
2024, Spring Ritual, with Bart Van Dijck, anually since 2018, various locations
2024, Water Squad, ongoing, various locations since 2020
2023, Slekke, Survival Kit, LCCA, Riga
2021, Dripstream, Oslo MET
2021, Reflecting the past, with Kirsty Kross, Performance Art Oslo festival
2020, Godspeed Dear Don, Waldeinsamkeit, Wildenburg
2020, Be Water, for Hong Kong Komiteen Norge, Oslo
2019, Dress Rehearsal, with Jivan Van Der Ende, Pukkelpop festival, Hasselt
2019, Apparent Aesthetic, with Artur Cincio, Open Forum, Khartoum CAC, Oslo
2018, Ouverture, with Jerome Gardening, HISK, Ghent
2018, No Peaks, with No Bull, Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp
2017, 30 Shots At Solar, with Pieterjan Ginckels, M HKA, Antwerp
2017, Open Office, with Paradigm Weekly, Design Museum Gent, Ghent

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024, Twisted Trophy, Tenthaus
2022, Slug Sex, Parabol Studio, Oslo
2022, Water Based, Michael Laundry Art Garden, Bergen
2022, Batcave, Tenthaus, Oslo
2021, Dripfeed Demo, Street Art Oslo, Oslo
2018, ‘Nero Pop Up Store, Croxhapox, Ghent

DUO EXHIBITIONS

2018, Slagtanden Op Ware Grootte, with Bart Van Dijck, Het Paviljoen, Ghent
2016, Palimpsoil, with Oner Brems, V9 Gallery, Warsaw

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024, Oslo Negativ, Oslo
2024, Podium x Oslo City residency, BO, Oslo
2024, Topiary, P.s. Kot, Amsterdam
2024, Tenthaus For Sale, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm
2023, Tegnetriennalen, Tenthaus, Oslo
2023, Oslo Negativ, Oslo
2022, Hage til Hage, Kinkhytta, Oslo
2022, Oslo Negativ, Deichmanske, Oslo
2022, Polyphonic Vision, Gilhus Gård, Lier
2022, Konvooi festival, Entrepot, Brugge
2022, documenta, with Tenthaus, Fredericianum, Kassel
2022, XXX, Can Serrat, El Bruc
2022, Warm Up, self-organized, off-site, Oslo
2022, Hage Til Hage, Destiny’s Atelier, Oslo
2021, New Horizons, Ephemeral Style, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm
2021, Atelier Suspensions, Komplot, Brussels
2021, Bye Bye Bara, Kuregem, Brussels
2020, Winter solstice exhibition, Komplot, Brussels
2020, Tenthaus for Sale, Tenthaus, Oslo
2020, Villa Bazaar, Norske Billedhoggerforening, Oslo
2020, Lichen, for Koi Persyn/Wesk/Clap Trap Gallery, Brussels
2020, Pays De Confus, for Komplot Brussels, Brussels
2020, Waldeinsamkeit, for Koi Persyn/Curatorial Studies, Wildenburg
2020, Zero Years, with Jannes Snyers, for Youtube Art Space, Zomerfabriek, Antwerp
2020, Hage til Hage 2, 3 and 4, for Hage til Hage/Iris Bengtsson, Oslo
2020, Cyber’s Handshake, for Youtube Art Space, online exhibition
2020, Midtvintersblot, for Flink & Miss Liquidity, SALT, Oslo
2019, Winter Solstice – We Dance Alone, for Vandaler Forening, Oslo
2019, Villa Bazaar, Norske Billedhoggerforeningen, Oslo
2019, Labour, by Jerome, for Komplot, Constantin Meunier Museum, Brussels
2019, Curfew, by Jerome, for STOCK, Ghent
2018, Marginalia, by Jerome, for STOCK, Sint-Denijs Westrem
2018, Semi-Simultaneous, Gouvernement, Ghent
2018, Vrienden v/h STOCK, Het Paviljoen, Ghent
2017, Borderline Forest Gallery, Atelier Wolimierz, Wolimierz
2017, Finaalst, Netwerk & SULBB, Aalst
2017, Out Of The Studio, WAAS, Ghent
2017, Transplant, Kunstpodium T, Tilburg
2017, Double Date, In De Ruimte, Ghent
2016, Obszar Pamięci, Muzeum Mazowieckie w Płocku, Płock
2016, Troep, Croxhapox, Ghent
2015, Expanded Drawing, Voorkamer, Lier

PUBLIC SPACE

2024 – 2026, Stedsveven, public commission for Oslo Kommune Kunstsamling,
in collaboration with Tenthaus, Oslo
2015 – ongoing, Handstyle Gardening, interventions and performance series in public space, Belgium, Poland and Norway

CURATORIAL

2025, Tenthaus exhibition program, Oslo
2024, Ullersmo Fengsel, with Helen Eriksen, KORO, Akershus
2023, Tegnetriennalen, with Tenthaus, Oslo
2023, Momentum 12 Biennial, Galleri F15, Moss
2022, LIT lightbox installation, Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, Oslo

COLLECTIVE WORK

2022 – present, Graa Collective, Norway, see @graa_collective
2019 – present, Tenthaus Oslo, see www.tenthaus.no
2018 – 2021, Oslo Study Of Surround Reading Group
2017 – 2019, Jerome, Gardening Guild
2017, Paradigm Weekly, Architecture Studio

PUBLICATIONS / PRESS

2024, This øy will eventually take me, self-published with Kier Cooke Sandvik
2023, Queer Community Club zine
2023, Sex&Psychedelics
2023, Wetget, Momentum 12
2023, Together as to gather, Momentum 12 publication
2022, Slug Sex, self-published, Parabol Studio
2021, Dripfeed Drawing Tutorial, with Artur Cincio, self-published
2020, Tenthaus for Sale catalog, Tenthaus
2020, Isolation Issue, Guest Rooms
2020, ?box, Test Against New Age, with various artists, Breadbox Contemporary
2020, Tantric Urbanism, Misanthropozine, with various contributors, Pieterjan Ginckels
2019, Filologen, with various contributors, Oslo University
2019, MVSC03, with various artists, Art Paper Editions
2017, Ogrodnik Milińskiego project catalog, self-published
2017, Normcore Hardcore Capitalism Tour, self-published with Paradigm Weekly
2016, Shame Of The Jungle Vol.3 Palimpspoilt, V9 Gallery
2016, Free Eyesight Test, with various artists, #000000 Art Group
2016, Obszar Pamięci, with various artists, Muzeum Mazowieckie w Płocku
2014, Shame Of The Jungle Vol 1 & 2, self-published

WORKSHOPS

2023, The Artist is Present, with Tenthaus and Latvian Center for Contemporary Art
2020 – 2023, Across The Universe, with Tenthaus, Oslo, Moss
2023, Beetlejuice, with Stachu Szumski, Galleri F15, Moss
2023, Water Squad, Moss Miljøfestivalen, Moss
2022, Moments of Trust, with Tenthaus, documenta, Kassel
2021, Gnome sweet gnome, with Tenthaus, Senior Senter
2021, The only lasting truth is change, symposium, with Tenthaus, BEK, Bergen
2021, Drip Sample Test, with Yu Shuk Pui, Seilet, Oslo
2020 – 2021, Håndstil Hagearbeid, Tenthaus Oslo, Møllergata og Hersleb skole, Oslo
2021, Demon-u-mentalist Game of Tools, masterclass with Sadrie Alves, IDW, Antwerp

RESIDENCIES

2025, Gudskul, Jakarta
2024, EX-SITU, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2024, Oslo City & Podium, Oslo
2024, Velferden, Sokndal
2022, Can Serrat, El Bruc
2021, Bedehuset, self-organized with Kirsty Kross, Portør
2020, Pays de Confus, curated by Flor Maesen & Komplot, Brussels
2020, Waldeinsamkeit, curated by Koi Persyn & Curatorial Studies KASK, Wildenburg

MEMBERSHIPS

2023 – present, Billedkunstnere i Oslo
2019 – present, Norske Billedkunstnere
2019 – present, Norsk Billedhogger Forening