Verkstedbiblioteket (The Workshop Library) of Guttormsgaards arkiv (Guttormsgaard’s Archive) is now officially launched! Artists exhibiting at Blaker gamle meieri (Blaker Old Dairy) will now have the opportunity to create a printed edition with us in Guttorm Guttormsgaard’s print studio. First artist is Anna Sofie Mathiasen!
Verkstedbiblioteket is run by Cathrine Alice Liberg, Erika Reed and Suzannah Rehell Øistad, together with Guttormsgaard’s arkiv.
In October 2020, I joined fellow artists for a panel talk on mixed Asian and European cultural identities at Litteraturhuset in Bergen. Our conversation, in addition to interviews and introductions to our artistic practices, can now be viewed online.
Thank you to my fellow panelists Nhu Diep, Linxuan-Vanessa Gong and Albert Cheng-syun Tang, and to moderator Ben Wenhou Yu of Northing Space.
Norske Grafikere (Norwegian Printmakers) has launched its exhibition program for 2021, and I am happy to be part of it!
Incredibly honoured to be nominated for the QSPA Inspirational Award 2020. The award is a collaboration between The Queen Sonja Print Award (QSPA) and Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) in New York, and is awarded to an emerging printmaker from one of the Nordic countries.
Thank you to Norske Grafikere (Association of Norwegian Printmakers) and the Department of Printmaking and Drawing at KHiO for nominating me.
As guest artist, I joined staff and students from KHiO’s Printmaking Department for a showcasing of our lithographic works to Her Majesty Queen Sonja of Norway at The Queen Sonja Art Stable in Oslo.
All the lithographic prints will be included in a series of future exhibitions going under the label “Aksjon Lito 20/20”. The project, initiated by Professor Erik Solheim, seeks to highlight the precarious position of lithography in Norway. The past decade has witnessed skilled craftspeople retiring and many workshops closing permanently, despite a new generation of lithographers emerging on the Norwegian art scene. Together with Her Majesty, who is herself a printmaker, we discussed workshop practices, the lithographic legacy of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, and how to preserve this old and venerable tradition for future generations.
The first exhibition in the series Aksjon Lito, titled “Spor”, will be opening at Galleri Seilduken (Fossveien 24, Oslo) on Thursday 19th November. (Update 06.11: Not open to the general public due to Covid-19).
Thank you to Her Majesty Queen Sonja, Sigurd Sverdrup Sandmo, Head of the Royal Collections, Professors Erik Solheim and Bror Mikkelborg, and all the staff at The Queen Sonja Art Stable for making this event possible, and making sure it kept in line with recent Covid-19 restrictions.
Photos: Heiko Junge / NTB
