Current Resident: Sep 1, 2023–Nov 30, 2023
OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Studio #221
Curator
Håkon Lillegraven
Håkon Lillegraven’s curatorial practice combines exhibition production, performance art, queer, education, mediation, and community development work. He has worked on a wide range of levels and formats, including international biennials, artist-run spaces, and medium-sized institutions. In 2020, Lillegraven joined Fotogalleriet in Oslo as Head of Mediation and Communication, where he currently works as Curator.
Håkon Lillegraven has curated exhibitions at Fotogalleriet; The Vigeland Museum; and Ergi.xyz, all in Oslo, among others.
Håkon Lillegraven, PARADE, 2022, exhibition, Vigeland Museum, Oslo. Curated by Håkon Lillegraven
Håkon Lillegraven, Queer Icons, 2023, symposium, part of an interdisciplinary exhibition-related program
Håkon Lillegraven, Klubb Ergi, 2022, installation view, BO Gallery, Oslo. Curated by Håkon Lillegraven
'Treffpunkt - et cruisingarkiv' by Ulf Nilseng and Corentin JPM Leven, and 'En lys sommers usigelige smerte' by Mette Edvardsen, 2022, performance documentation
Marianne Heier , T, 2022, performance. Curated by Geiten Collective
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2023–Oct 31, 2023
Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Jeffrey Rosen, Misako & Rosen Gallery
Studio #301
Artist
Līga Spunde
Līga Spunde creates multimedia installations that intertwine personal stories with deliberate fiction. The work’s content determines it’s physical form, prompting the artist to a variety of media and materials in her installations. Her own experiences are expanded through the interpretation and utilization of recognizable characters. Spunde’s art can be found in public and private collections around Europe.
Līga Spunde has exhibited work at Tuesday to Friday Gallery, Spain; Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Latvia; and Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Latvia, among others.
Līga Spunde, A Panic Attack on A Sunny Day, 2023, installation view, mixed media installation, Friday Gallery, Spain. Photo by Dibudibus
Līga Spunde, Lilies of the Valley / Tribute to A Tired Girl, 2022, installation view, silkscreen prints and 3D prints, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Latvia. Photo by Madara Kuplā
Līga Spunde, Digital Native, 2021, 3D print, plexiglass, plasticine and wood
Līga Spunde, There's No Harm In Any Blessings, 2020, installation view, mixed media installation, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Latvia
Līga Spunde, When Hell Is Full the Dead Will Walk the Earth, 2019, installation view, mixed media installation, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Latvia
Current Resident: Aug 1, 2023–Sep 30, 2023
Artis
Studio #302
Artist
Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin
Merav Kamel and Halil Balabin are a Tel Aviv-based collaborative duo working together since 2012. Their artistic practice is the outcome of their collective intuition; they follow their instincts to create works that combine absurdity and humor with history, sexuality, and fantasy. Their work is frequently rooted on an inner joke or ironic anecdotes from their daily lives that mix into widespread critical claim. They use with such as fabric, wood, metal, and ceramic to create sculptural dolls and large-scale drawing installations.
Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin have exhibited work at Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Summlung Philara, Düsseldorf; and ZONAMACO Art fair, Mexico City, among others.
Events & Exhibitions
Artists at Work: Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin
September 26, 2023, 6–7pm
Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin, Virginia Woolf, 2017, fabric and teeth, 8 × 16 × 4 in. (20.32 × 40.64 × 10.16 cm)
Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin, Bile, 2023, installation view at Israel Museum, Jerusalem, wood, fabric, watercolor and ink on paper
Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin, Riding the Hills, 2022, wood and color pencil, 31 × 20 × 7 in. (78.74 × 50.8 × 17.78 cm)
Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin, Maalal, 2016, installation view at Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv, oil pastel and gouache on paper
Merav Kamel & Halil Balabin, Pinhas, 2015, installation view at Kibbutz Gallery, Israel, photograph, back screening on fabric, PVC, 18 etchings and blue neon
