David Noro
(He/him)
Address: Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Fossveien 24, 0551 Oslo
Floor: Basement
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
David Noro(b. 1993, DK/ITA) is a visual artist based in Oslo, Norway and Copenhagen, Denmark. He has studied Fine Arts at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam(2014-2018), and is currently attending the MFA-programme in Fine Arts at Oslo National Academy of the Arts(2023-25). Noro is a painter who also works with collage, drawing, textile and sculpture. Based on a personal archive of words, texts, songs and conversations, Noro relays fragments from the everyday which are poetically enshrined in his artistic practice.
Painting, textile, collage, drawing
Lavine, 244 x 320,5/324 cm, gouache, acrylic, alcohol-based ink, ink, ceramic beads, collage on wooden panels, 2025
‘Who owns the air?’ -Collaboration with Ayesha Ghaoul(b. 1994, UK/DZ) and commissioned poem by Carmel Alabbasi(b. 1985, Gaza) - 3-26 November, Patara Gallery, Tbilisi, Georgia. 2024
"In one way we want to talk about the poetic depiction of the home and in another we want to be realistic. Housing is many things and bears so many different connotations around the world, it seems crucial to talk both about the fantasy of the 'house' and the reality you face when pursuing a place in the world."
The exhibition explores these apparent inconsistencies, prompting viewers to look at the concept of the home as an intensely political terrain. Fragile facades made of porcelain and glass, cracked and scratched when fired, expose the human ordeal created by an uncertainty from stability in flux Juxtaposing delicate porcelain houses with industrial steel racks, Ghaoul and Noro create a dialogue between the tenderness of human ambition and the uncompromising machinery of profit-driven progress- a metaphor for the intangible and transient nature of ownership in volatile markets.
The poem "Echoes in the Air" by Carmel Alabbasi (b. 1985), commissioned for the exhibition, is a poem about the concept of "owning the air", reflecting the terrible reality of war-torn areas, where the house often turns into ruins and families are left with nothing but air. Here the concept of property becomes blurred, as "property that is now 'just air" contrasts with the ephemeral and fragile nature of material possessions.
"Who owns the air?" This question invites us to analyse the broader socio-political context in which home is a commodity, a place of belonging, and ultimately a human right.”
‘Wanderer above the sea of fog’ - 300x100 - Reactive dye, acrylic, gouache on cotton and linen, 2023-24.
Installation view: ‘Always Already’, Solo Exhibition, 23 January- 8 March 2024, Galleri Richter, Rome
'Felt (I)'
234,5 x 243,5 cm
Stickers, Pigments, Gouache, Cotton, Polyester Mesh, Found Objects, Rabbit-skin Glue, Graphite Powder, Leather Dye, Plastic Pearls, Woodglue, Acrylic, Drawings, Collage on Paper/Textile
2023-25.
In my studio
There will be lots of works in process since im working towards my “afgangsudstilling” from the MFA at kunstakademiet.
U can expect painting, quilts and big collages + i will showcase some archival material that use within my practice.
Planned projects and exhibitions
Afgangsudstilling from KHIO, June 2025
Solo exhibition at Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, Amsterdam, 2026
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Selected exhibitions:
‘Koloristerne’, Den Frie Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen, (2025)
‘Who owns the air?’, Patara Gallery, Tbilisi(2024), ‘Always Already’, Galleria Richter, Rome(2024), ‘When the night mocks you’, Ptt Gallery, Taipei(2022), ‘Recent’, Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, Amsterdam(2022) and ‘To Disappear into the reeds like a burrowing toad’, Beers, London(2021). Other shows include: ‘Freedom without Borders’, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam(2023), ‘Koloristerne’, Den Frie, Copenhagen(2023), ‘Narrative Minds’, Asia Art Center, Taipei,(2022) and ‘Outbreak’, Museum De Pont, Tilburg(2021).