Recipients 2016

Support is provided to artist Lars Laumann for the participation in the 9^th Berlin Biennial, Germany.
Curators: DIS, Curatorial team, 9^th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 7 000

Support is provided to artist Camille Norment for the participation the Biennale de Montréal 2016 ‘Le Grand Balcon’, Canada.
Curator: Philippe Pirotte, Curator, Biennale de Montréal 2016 ‘Le Grand Balcon’, Canada

Granted amount: NOK 25 000

Support is provided to artist Knut Åsdam for the participation the Biennale de Montréal 2016 ‘Le Grand Balcon’, Canada.
Curator: Philippe Pirotte, Curator, Biennale de Montréal 2016 ‘Le Grand Balcon’, Canada

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to Malba – Fundación Costantini in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the presentation of artist Linn Marie Tonstad in the exhibition ‘Carlos Motta Requiem’.
Curator: Agustín Pérez Rubio, Artistic Director, Malba – Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Granted amount: NOK 24 893

Support is provided to artist Ingeborg Annie Lindahl for the participation in the South East Asia Plus (SEA+) Triennale 2016 at the National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Curators: Rizki A. Zaelani, Asikin Hasan, A. Rikrik Kusmara and Badrolhisam M. Tahir, Curators, SEA+ Triennale 2016, National Gallery of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia

Granted amount: NOK 7 000

Support is provided to artist Natalie Price Hafslund for the participation on the experimental residency ’Encampment’ organised by A -Z West, Joshua Tree, CA, USA
Curator: Andrea Zitel, Curator, ‘Encampment’, A -Z West, Joshua Tree, CA, USA

Granted amount: NOK 9 887

Support is provided to artist Yamile Calderon Bermudez for the participation in ’POST.COM’ at Espacio de Arte Contemporaneo in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Curator: Carolina Lio, Curator, ’POST.COM’, Espacio de Arte Contemporaneo, Montevideo, Uruguay

Granted amount: NOK 29 000

Support is provided to artist Pedro Gomez-Egana for his participation in the 3rd edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India.
Curator: Sudarshan Shetty, Artistic Director and Curator, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India

Granted amount: NOK 13 500

Support is provided to the Kochi Biennale Foundation for the presentation of artist Camille Norment within the 3rd edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016 in Kochi, India.
Curator: Sudarshan Shetty, Artistic Director and Curator, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India

Granted amount: NOK 39 000

Support is provided to artist Karl Ingar Røys to screen the films Erna's Video and Burmese Days and to research activities related to cultural activism on the Isle of Chiloe, Chile.
Curator: Maria Ignacia Fernandez Gatica, Executive Director, RIMISP - Latin American Centre for Rural Development, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to Turner Contemporary in Margate, UK, for the presentation of artists Brit Fuglevaag and Ann Cathrin November Høibo in the exhibition ‘Entangled: Threads and Making’.
Curator: Karen Wright, Curator, ‘Entangled: Threads and Making’, Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to Tromsø Kunstforening for a solo exhibition by artist Saodat Ismailova at Tromsø Kunstforening in Tromsø, Norway.
Curator: Leif Magne Tangen, Intedant, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø, Norway

Granted amount: NOK 29 500

Support is provided to artist Ayatgali Tuleubek for the participation in the 10^th edition of Cyberfest art festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Curator: Elena Gubanova, Curator, Cyberfest 10, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Granted amount: NOK 9 000

Support is provided to artist Elin Már Øyen Vister for a presentation as part of the group exhibition ’G/rove’, in New Dehli, India.
Curator: Bhavna Kakar, Editor-in-Chief, TAKE on art magazine, New Dehli, India

Granted amount: NOK 8 000

Support is provided to artist Elin Már Øyen Vister (b.1976 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Røst, Norway) for the participation in 'G/rove', the first exhibition in a planned 'Tree of Life' series, at Gallery Latitude 28 in New Delhi, India. Gallery Latitude are also planning a range of collateral events and talks that will run parallel to the length of the exhibition to activate the contents of the show. Vister will also contribute with a text to the TAKE on Art magazine, based on her contribution to the exhibition.
Curator: Bhavna Kakar, Curator, 'G/rove', Gallery Latitude 28, New Delhi, India, and Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of TAKE on art magazine

Granted amount: NOK 8 000

Support is provided to Contour Mechelen for the participation of artist Pedro Gómez-Egana in the Contour Biennale 8 in Mechelen, Belgium.
Curator: Natasha Ginwala, Curator, Contour Biennale 8, Mechelen, Belgium

Granted amount: NOK 15 269

Support is provided to documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH for the Norwegian representation in documenta 14 in various locations in Kassel, Germany, and Athens, Greece.
Curator: Adam Szymczyk, Artistic Director, documenta 14, Kassel, Germany, and Athens, Greece

Granted amount: NOK 79 880

Support is provided to artist Tori Wrånes for the participation in the performance festival ‘Do Disturb’ at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, France.
Curator: Vittoria Matarrese, Head of Cultural Program and Special Projects, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to artist Ane Krogseth for the artist residency La Waka Current Tropic 2016 at La Wayaka Current in Guna Yala, Panama.
Curators: Victor Fernandez and Sofie Iversen, Directors, La Wayaka Current, Guna Yala, Panama

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to Passerelle, Centre d'art contemporain in Brest, France, for the presentation of a solo exhibition by artist Steinar Haga Christensen.
Curator: Etienne Bernard, Director, Passerelle, Centre d’art contemporain, Brest, France

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to the Istanbul Biennial - Istanbul Foundation for Culture for the Norwegian participation in the 15th Istanbul Biennial in Turkey.
Curators: Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset, curators, 15th Istanbul Biennial, Turkey

Granted amount: NOK 40 000

Support is provided to the artist group Locus for the presentation of artists Amelia Beavis-Harrison,Marianne Darlèn Solhaugstrand, Tanja Thorjussen and Thale Fastvold for the presentation of the exhibition ‘Arctic Hysteria’ at the Museum for nonconformist art in St Petersburg, Russia.
Curator: Anastasia Patsey, Director, Museum for nonconformist art, St Petersburg, Russia

Granted amount: NOK 18 000

Support is provided to artist Katarina Skjønsberg for the launch of her book Be good to yourself at Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine.
Curator: Yazan Khalili, Chairman, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center, Ramallah, Palestine

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to Hordaland kunstsenter in Bergen, Norway, for inviting Ghanese artist Ibrahim Mahama to give an artist talk at Hordaland kunstsenter, and have studio talks with the MA students at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design.
Curator: Anthea Buys, Director, Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to artist Lise Bjørne Linnert (b.1964 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) to visit El Paso, Texas; Juarez, Chihuahua; and Mexico City, Mexico with the art project ’Desconocida Unknown Ukjent’.
Curator: Lise Bjørne Linnert, ’Desconocida Unknown Ukjent’, El Paso, Texas; Juarez, Chihuahua; and Mexico City, Mexico.

Granted amount: NOK 9 000

Suport is provided to artist Eirik Sæther (b.1983 in Halden, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in the ‘Centre for Style’ section in the 9^th Berlin Biennale in Berlin, Germany.
Curators: DIS, Curatorial team, 9^th Berlin Biennale, Berlin, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art in Liverpool, United Kingdom, for the participation of Andreas Angelidakis (b.1968 in Athens, Greece, lives and works in Oslo, Norway and Athens) in the Liverpool Biennial 2016.
Curators: Sally Tallant, Dominic Willsdon, Francesco Manacorda, Raimundas Malasauskas, Curatorial team, Liverpool Biennial 2016, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Granted amount: NOK 19 926

Support is provided to artist Marius Moldvær (b.1985 in Aurland, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the presentation of two lectures at the Pa-ta-ta photo festival in Granada, Spain.
Curators: Hedvig Biong and Pablo Castilla Heredia, Curators, Pa-ta-ta Festival 2016, Granada, Spain

Granted amount: NOK 5 500

Support is provided to the artist-run project space 1857 for the participation in Manifesta 11 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Curators: Christian Jankowski, Curator, Manifesta 11 and Manuel Scheiwiller, Guild Master of Cabaret der Künstler, Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to artist Anna Daniell (b.1978 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) for the participation in Manifesta 11 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Curators: Christian Jankowski, Curator, Manifesta 11 and Manuel Scheiwiller, Guild Master of Cabaret der Künstler, Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to Small Projects in Tromsø, Norway, for inviting for young Filipino Filmmaker Roberth Fuentes and artist and film-maker Martha Atienza to Tromsø. Fuentes will also attend the Nordic Youth Film Festival (NUFF).
Curator: Hermann Greuel, General Manager, NUFF, Tromsø, Norway

Granted amount: NOK 6 000

Support is provided to WIELS Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels, Belgium, for presenting artists Toril Johannessen (b.1978 in Harstad, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway), Ida Falck Øien (b.1979 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) and Harald Lunde Helgesen (b.1985 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) within the exhibition project ’Foreign Places’.
Curators: Grégory Castéra and Caroline Dumalin, Curators, ’Foreign Places’, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre in Brussels, Belgium

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to curator Marianne Hultman (b.1970 in Eriksfält, Sweden, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) to participate as a faculty member in the 6th edition of Asiko at the Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria.
Curator: Bisi Silva, Director, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, Nigeria

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artist Mattias Cantzler (b.1976 in Mjölby, Sweden, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in the International Sokolovsko Festival of Ephemeral Art – Contexts 2016 in Sokolovsko, Poland.
Curator: Magorzata Sady, Curator, In Situ Contemporary Art Foundation, Sokolovsko, Poland

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to Grazer Kunstverein in Graz, Austria, for the presentation of the performance ’Pick a song with Nils Bech by heart’ by artist Nils Bech (b.1981 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo).
Curator: Krist Gruijthuijsen, Artistic Director, Grazer Kunstverein in Graz, Austria

Granted amount: NOK 5 500

Support is provided to artist Marieke Verbiesen (b.1978 in Eindhoven, Netherland, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) for the presentation of her work ’Instruments of the future’ at the 2016 edition of NIME, New Instruments for Musical Expression in Brisbane, Australia.
Curators: Dereck Estrencko and Frank Behrendt, Curators, NIME 2016, Brisbane, Australia

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to Karl Ingar Røys (b.1966 in Volda, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for inviting Myanmar-based artists San Zaw Htway and Ma Ei to take part in the site-specific art festival Le Bateau Ivre organised by Karl Ingar Røys and Lill Anita O Svendsen at Kunstkvarteret Lofoten in Lofoten, Norway from 28 to 31 Juli 2016. I connection with the festival both artist are also invited to Kunstkvarteret Lofoten as resident artists for a period of three weeks.
Curator: Karl Ingar Røys, Curator, Le Bateau Ivre, Kunstkvarteret Lofoten, Lofoten, Norway

Granted amount: 10 000

Support is provided to curator Hilde Methi (b.1970 in Kirkenes, Norway, lives and works in Kirkenes) for the participation in the Interferenze Festival in Fortore, Italy; and in the symposium, festival and exhibition ‘Poor and Needy’ at The Poor Farm in Wisconsin, USA.
Curators: Leandro Pisano, Director, Interferenze Festival, Fortore, Italy; and Brad Killam and Michelle Grabner, The Poor Farm, Wisconsin, USA

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to artist Simona Barbera (b.1971 in Genoa, Italy, lives and works in Moss, Norway) for the participation in the festival of audio works Helicotrema in Turin and Venice, Italy.
Curators: Blauer Hase and Giulia Morucchio, Curators, Helicotrema in Turin and Venice, Italy.

Granted amount: NOK 9 000

Support is provided to artist Tori Wrånes (b.1978 in Kristiansand, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in the exhibition ‘A Sieve Is A Thing That Sifts’ at Shanaynay gallery in Paris, France.
Curators: Jenni Crain and Lydia Glenn-Murray, Curators, ‘A Sieve Is A Thing That Sifts’, Shanaynay gallery in Paris, France

Granted amount: NOK 19 812

Support is provided to Foreninga Røst AIR for inviting Indian-American artist Anuj Vaidya for a one-month residency at Skomvær Lighthouse station in the Røst archipelago, Norway.
Curator: Elin Már Øyen Vister / Foreninga Røst AiR, Røst, Norway

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to artist Greg Pope (b.1960 in London, United Kingdom, lives and works in Nesodden, Norway) for the presentation of the projection performance Skeleton (2014) at the San Francisco Cinematheque in San Francisco, CA, USA, within their 2016 series ‘Perpetual Motion’.
Curator: Steve Polta, Artistic Director, San Francisco Cinematheque, CA, USA

Granted amount: NOK 12 000

Support is provided to Piksel Produksjoner (consisting of Gisle Frøysland (b.1961 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen), John Hegre (b.1967 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) and Egil Paulsen (b.1986 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo)) for organising TransPiksel, a South American tour comprising the four countries Mexico, Perú, Colombia and Ecuador partnering with museums, artist-run organisations and other non-profit cultural institutions.
Curators: Gisle Frøysland and Maite Cajaraville, Curators, TransPiksel, Mexico, Perú, Colombia and Ecuador

Granted amount: NOK 25 000

Support is provided to artist Ignas Krunglevicius (b.1979 in Kaunas, Lithuania, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in Aichi Triennale 2016 ’Homo Faber: A Rainbow Caravan’ in Nagoya, Japan.
Curator: Chihiro Minato, Artistic Director, Aichi Triennale, Nagoya, Japan

Granted amount: NOK 33 000

Support is provided to the Bergen-based artist-run space FELT gallery for presenting the artists Mathjis Van Geest (b.1985 in Leiden, Netherland, lives and works in Bergen, Norway), Kim Kvello (b.1987 in Trondheim, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway), Bjørn Mortensen (b.1977 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen), Kristin Austreid (b.1985 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen), Jon Benjamin Tallerås (b.1984 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) and Anne Marthe Dyvi (b.1979 in Bærum, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) in the exhibition FELT x KVIT in the gallery and artist workspace KVIT in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Curators: FELT Galleri Team, Bergen, Norway

Granted amount: NOK 8 000

Support is provided to the art space Swimming Pool Projects in Sofia, Bulgaria, for presenting artists Tiril Hasselknippe (b.1984 in Arendal, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Hanne Lippard (b.1984 in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, lives and works in Berlin, Germany) in the project ’States of Flux’ comprising several exhibitions and events in four different locations in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Curators: Viktoria Draganova and Gergana Todorova, Curators, Swimming Pool Projects, Sofia, Bulgaria

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artist Ida Grimsgaard (b.1988 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) for the presentation of a performance in collaboration with Swiss artist Björn Neukom at the PERFORM PERFORM – Performance Festival in Düdingen, Switzerland.
Curator: Nathalie Stirnimann, Director, PERFORM PERFORM – Performance Festival, Düdingen, Switzerland

Granted amount: NOK 3 000

Support is provided to artist Karl Ingar Røys (b.1967 in Volda, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the presentation of the two videos Caminata Nocturna (2013) and Burmese Days (2014) at the 7th annual conference for the International Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy (IIPPE), hosted by the School of Economics and Management, (Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão), University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Curator: Niels Hahn, Scientific Committee, 7th annual conference for the International Initiative for the Promotion of Political Economy (IIPPE), Lisbon, Portugal

Granted amount: 7 000

Support is provided to artist Elin Høyland (b.1959 in Mandal, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in the Guernsey Photography Festival 2016 in Guernsey, United Kingdom.
Curator: Jean-Christophe Godet, Founder and Artistic Director at Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, United Kingdom

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to artist Helge Skodvin (b.1968 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) for the participation in the Guernsey Photography Festival 2016 in Guernsey, United Kingdom.
Curator: Jean-Christophe Godet, Founder and Artistic Director at Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey, United Kingdom

Granted amount: NOK 4 800

Support is provided to artist Marte Johnslien (b.1977 in Lillehammer, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in the international contemporary arts festival ‘Survival Kit 8: Acupuncture of Society’, organised by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art in Riga, Latvia.
Curator: Solvita Krese, Curator, Survival Kit festival, Riga, Latvia

Granted amount: NOK 13 863

Support is provided to artist Thomas Paltiel / studio näv (b.1985 in Trondheim, Norway, lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden) for a public exhibition of the work resulting from his participation in the MAK Schindler Scholarship Program at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in California, LA, USA.
Curator: Kimberli Meyer, Director, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, California, LA, USA

Granted amount: NOK 18 000

Support is provided to the Kunstverein Nürnberg - Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft in Nuremberg, Germany, for the presentation of artist Sandra Vaka Olsen (b.1980 in Stavanger, Norway, lives and works in Stavanger and Berlin, Germany) in the exhibition ’Gestures of Tomorrow’.
Curator: Judith Grobe, Curator, Kunstverein Nürnberg - Albrecht Dürer Gesellschaft, Nuremberg, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to Künstlerhaus Stuttgart in Stuttgart, Germany for presenting the artists
Inger Lise Hansen (b.1963 in Trondheim, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway), Matias Faldbakken (b.1973 in Hobro, Denmark, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Stine Midsæter (b.1985 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Berlin, Germany) in the exhibition ’Force and Circumstance’.
Curator: Fatima Hellberg, Artistic Director, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to Radio Corax for presenting artist Maia Urstad (b.1954 in Kristiansand, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) within the international radio art festival Radio Revolten 2 in Halle, Germany.
Curator: Knut Aufermann, Curator, Radio Revolten 2 in Halle, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 6 475

Support is provided to artist Karianne Stensland (b.1969 in Bodø, Norway, lives and works in Trondheim, Norway) for the participation in the 5th Art Prospect Festival of public art organised by CEC ArtsLink in St.Petersburg, Russia.
Curator: Lizaveta Matveeva, Curator, CEC ArtsLink, St.Petersburg, Russia

Granted amount: NOK 16 000

Support is provided to artist Farhad Kalantary (b.1962 in Tabriz, Iran, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Linn Lervik (b.1976 in Tønsberg, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in a screening programme of video art in a public space in Seoul, Korea.
Curators: Seihee Shon and Farhad Kalantary, Curators, ‘Video art in public space OOro 12gil, Seoul, Korea

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to curator Joakim Borda-Pedreira (b.1977 in Malmö, Sweden, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for inviting artists Tanya Busse (b.1982 in Moncton Canada, lives and works in Tromsø, Norway), Joar Nango (b.1979 in Alta, Norway, lives and works in Tromsø, Norway) to take part in ’After Indigenism’, a programme that reflects on contemporary indigenism in Norwegian and Latin American art at SIART (International Biennial of Art Bolivia) in La Paz, Bolivia.
Curator: Joakim Borda-Pedreira, Curator, ’After Indigenism’, SIART (International Biennial of Art Bolivia), La Paz, Bolivia.

Granted amount: NOK 7 000

Support is provided to artist Anne Guro Larsmon (b.1981 in Finnskogen, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway and Los Angeles, CA, USA) for the participation in the exhibition ‘Concrete Plastic’ in LAM Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Curators: Ann Harezlak & Kirsten Cook, Curators, ‘Concrete Plastic’, LA Archives, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Granted amount: NOK 10 400

Support is provided to artist Endre Aalrust (b.1973 in Hamar, Norway, lives and works in Berlin, Germany) for the presentation of the solo exhibition ‘But the delivery was kind’ at Meat & Marble and a screening of his two films Portrait of Man - Invasion of the Herbivores, (2015) and Death in the Afternoon (2016) at The Royal Norwegian Embassy, both in Havana, Cuba.
Curator: Ole Martin Lund Bø, Director, Meat & Marble, Havana, Cuba

Granted amount: NOK 12 000

Support is provided to the LUXELAKES•A4 Art Museum in Chengdu, China, for the presentation of artist Marianne Heske (b.1946 in Ålesund, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) within the exhibition ’Create Spaces’.
Curators: Li Zhenhua, Sunny Sun, Richard Castelli, Li Jie and Cai Liyuan, Curators, ’Create Spaces’, LUXELAKES•A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artists Marit Tunestveit Dyre (b.1983 in Porsgrunn, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) and Pavana Reid (b.1963 in Khon Kaen, Thailand, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) for the presentation of the performance event ’Its personal’ in different locations in Thailand, together with fellow artists Therese Longva (b.1976 in Skuløy, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) and Rita Marhaug (b.1965 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen).
Curator: Pavana Reid, Curator, Its personal, Thailand

Granted amount: NOK 12 000

Support is provided to artist Anawana Haloba (b.1978 in Livinstone, Zambia, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the presentation of ’A Dragon King in sleepy Pride Rock’ at the 11th Shanghai Biennale 2016 in Shanghai, China.
Curators: Raqs Media Collective, Chief Curators, 11th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China

Granted amount: NOK 26 600

Support is provided to artist Kurt Johannessen (b.1960 in Dale, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) for the participation in ’Artists talk/ Its personal’ within the Arts exhibition programme organised by the Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Khonkaen University in Khonkaen Thailand, together with fellow artists Marit Tunestveit Dyre (b.1983 in Porsgrunn, Norway, lives and works in Bergen), Therese Longva (b.1976 in Skuløy, Norway, lives and works in Bergen), Rita Marhaug (b.1965 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) and Pavana Reid (1963 in Khon Kaen, Thailand, lives and works in Bergen, Norway).
Curator: Pavana Reid, Curator, ’Artists talk/ Its personal’, Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts, Khonkaen University, Khonkaen Thailand

Granted amount: NOK 4 000

Support is provided to Juan Andres Milanes Benito (b.1978, Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the presentation of a solo exhibition at Neues Kunstforum in Cologne, Germany.
Curator: Peter Sörries, Board, Neues Kunstforum, Cologne, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 12 000

Support is provided to Le Consortium in Dijon, France, for a solo exhibition by artist Fredrik Værslev (b.1979 in Moss, Norway, lives and works in Drammen, Norway).
Curator: Anne Pontégnie, Curator, Le Consortium, Dijon, France

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to artists Erik Friis Reitan (b.1979 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) and Suvi Nieminen (b.1958 in Turku, Finland, lives and works in Askøy, Norway) for the participation in the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016 in Kerala, India.
Curator: Sudarshan Shetty, Curator, Kochi Muziris Biennale 2016, Kerala, India

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to artists Javier Barrios (b.1979 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, lives in Vestfossen, Norway), Hanne Friis (b.1972 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo), Ane Graff (b.1974 in Bodø, Norway, lives and works in Oslo), Camilla Skibrek (b.1984 in Krøderen, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway), and Anders Sletvold Moe (b.1978 in Steinkjer, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the participation in the exhibition ‘The Forgetfulness is Full of Memories’ at Museuo de los pintores oaxaquenos in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Curators: Monica Holmen and Rikke Komissar, Curators, ‘The Forgetfulness is Full of Memories’, Museuo de los pintores oaxaquenos, Oaxaca, Mexico

Granted amount: NOK 50 000

Support is provided to artist Anawana Haloba (b.1978 in Livingstone, Zambia, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for her participation in the exhibition 'Kabbo Ka Muwala – The Girl’s Basket', in addition to giving an artist talk and conduct a workshop at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Curator: Raphael Chikukwa, curator, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Katrin Peters-Klaphake, curator, Makerere Art Gallery, Uganda and Ingmar Lähnemann, curator, Städtische Galerie Bremen, Germany.

Granted amount: NOK 10 500

Support is provided to the artist group TROLLKREM (consisting of Tor Erik Bøe (b.1986 in Stavanger, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Jennie Hagevik Bringaker (b.1978 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark/Oslo, Norway)) and artist Marthe Elise Stramrud (b.1984 in Kristiansand, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for their participation in the LA Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, USA.
Curator: Printed Matter/Jordan Nassar, Curator, LA Art Book Fair, Los Angeles, USA.

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to artist Sara Eliassen (b.1977 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the screening of her film A Blank Slate at the KADIST Art Foundation, San Francisco, USA and an artist talk at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Curator: Pete Belkin, curator, Artnow, KADIST Art Foundation, San Francisco, USA

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to curator Anne Szefer Karlsen (b.1976 in Halden, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) for her participation as curator lecturing and teaching, doing research and interaction with students, artists and art professionals at the Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Curator: Gabi Ngcobo, lecturer, Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg, South Africa

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to artist Jesper Alvær (b.1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for his participation in the exhibition 'Making Use: Life in Postartistic Times', Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland.
Curator: Sebastian Cichocki, Chief Curator, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland and curators Kuba Szreder and Stephen Wright, Making Use: Life in Postartistic Times, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland

Granted amount: NOK 9 000

Support is provided to artist Anne Katrine Senstad (b.1967 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in New York, USA) for her partcipation in CULTURUNNERS/Edge of Arabia, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Curator: Stephen Stapleton, Founder, CULTURUNNERS, /Edge of Arabia, Abha, Saudi Arabia

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artist Natalie Price Hafslund (b.1987 in Barnstable, UK, lives and works in London, UK) for her participation at the Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, USA.
Curator: Piero Golia and Eric Wesley, curators, Mountain School of Arts, Los Angeles, USA.

Granted amount: NOK 18 807

Support is provided to artist Beate Petersen (b.1962 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) for her presentation and screening of two animated documentary films; Nasseredin Shah and his 84 Wives, and Kabul Ping Pong, made in Kabul in Afghanistan, at the IMARES, European University of St. Petersburg, Russia

Granted amount: NOK 8 055

Support is provided to artist Bodil Furu (b.1976 in Askim, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for the screening of her film Les Mangeurs de Cuivre at the Cap, centre d'Art picha, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. The artist is also collaborating with two local writers to explore the ancient myths and culture related to copper.
Curator: Patrick Mudekereza, Excecutive Director, Cap, centre d'Art picha, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artist Maia Urstad (b.1954 in Kristiansand, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) to exhibit her piece 'Radio Taxi Buenos Aires' at the Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Curator: Javier Aparicio, curator, Radio Taxi Buenos Aires, Fundación PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Granted amount: NOK 12 000

Support is provided to artist Ana Rita Antonio (b.1980 in Leira, Portugal, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) for her participation in a residency at the Residencias Da Boavista, Lisbon, Portugal.
Curator: Manuel Veiga, Director, Municipal de Cultura, Residencias Da Boavista, Lisbon, Portugal

Granted amount: NOK 12 250

Support is provided to La Loge, Brussels, Belgium for the participation of artist Steinar Haga Christensen (b.1980 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) in the exhibtion 'Pastoral Myths'.
Curator: Anne-Claire Schmitz, Director, La Loge, Brussels, Belgium

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to artist Saman Kamyab (b.1981, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for his solo exhibition ’takeaway’ at the Wiels, Contemporary Art Center, Brussels, Belgium.
Curator: Caroline Dumalin, Curator and Residency Programme Coordinator, Wiels, Contemporary Art Center, Brussels, Belgium.

Granted amount: NOK 8 153

Support is provided to artist Kaja Leijon (b.1985 in Tromsø, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for her participation in the Grosses Treffen, the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany, a yearly professional network event between artists and curators.
Curator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Artistic Director, GROSSES TREFFEN, the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 2 500

Support is provided to artist Lavasir Nordrum (b.1951 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) for her participation in the Grosses Treffen, the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany, a yearly professional network event between artists and curators.
Curator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Artistic Director, GROSSES TREFFEN, the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 2 500

Support is provided to artist Siren Elise Dversnes Dahle (b.1986 in Egersund, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for her participation in the Grosses Treffen, the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany, a yearly professional network event between artists and curators.
Curator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Artistic Director, GROSSES TREFFEN, the Nordic Embassies, Berlin, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 2 500

Support is provided to Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China for the participation of artist Anne Katrine Dolven (b.1953 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Lofoten, Norway) in the exhibition 'The Shadow Never Lies'.
Curator: Jiang Jiehong and Mark Nash, curators, The Shadow Never Lies, Shanghai 21st Century Minsheng Art Museum, Shanghai, China

Granted amount: NOK 23 500

Support is provided to artist Stian Eide Kluge (b.1977 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for his solo exhibition titled 'Sexagesimal drum & small raised zeros' at the project space Frankfurt am Main in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany.
Curator: Emiliano Pistacchi / Anthony Salvador, Founders and directors, project space Frankfurt am Main in Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to curator David Thorp for the participation of Norwegian artists Marita Isobel Solberg (b.1977 in Tromsø, Norway, lives and works in Tromsø), Agnes Nedregård (b.1975 in Bergen, Norway, lives and works in Bergen) and Branko Imwinkelried (b.1965 in Argentina, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) from the collective Alt Går Bra in the Performance Studio 2016 Season, The Project Studio, The Nines, London, UK.
Curator: David Thorp, Director and Curator, The Project Studio, The Nines, London, UK.

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to Kunsthalle Basel/Basler Kunstverein, Basel, Switzerland for the participation of artist Yngve Holen (b.1982 in Braunschweig, Germany, lives and works in Stavanger, Norway and Berlin, Germany) and a colloboration with artist Aedrhlsomrs Othryutupt Lauecehrofn (b.1986 in Hosle, Norway, lives and works is Holsen, Norway and Berlin, Germany) for the solo exhibition titled 'Yngve Holen'.
Curator: Elena Filipovic, Director, Kunsthalle Basel/Basler Kunstverein, Basel, Switzerland

Granted amount: NOK 25 000

Support is provided to artist Joakim Blattmann Moldestad (b.1978 in Drammen, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for his participation in the exhibition 'Behind the Smart World', KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Linz, Austria.
Curator: Andreas Zingerle and Linda Kronman, curators, Behind the Smart World, KunstRaum Goethestrasse, Linz, Austria

Granted amount: NOK 6 700

Support is provided to the artist group Martinka Bobrikova and Oscar de Carmen (consisting of Martinka Bobrikova (b.1981 in Bratislava, Slovakia, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Oscar de Carmen (b.1976 in Linares, Spain, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for their participation with the project 'Kitchen Dialogues' in the exhibition 'small/big world' at Tranzit.sk, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Curator: Judith Angel, Director and curator, Tranzit.sk, Bratislava, Slovakia

Granted amount: NOK 10 000

Support is provided to Kunsthal 44 Møen, Askeby, Denmark, for the participation of artist Toril Johannessen (b.1978 in Harstad, Norway, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) in the exhibition 'Random Walks', Kunsthal 44 Møen, Askeby, Denmark.
Curator: Eva Scharrer, Curator, Kunsthal 44 Møen, Askeby, Denmark

Granted amount: NOK 19 000

Support is provided to artist Eirik Sæther (b.1983 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for his participation in the 9th Berlin Biennial, 2016.
Curator: DIS and co-curator Centre for Style (Matthew Linde), 9th Berlin Biennial 2016, Berlin, Germany

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland titled 'What People do For Money: Some Joint Ventures' for the participation of artist Torbjørn Rødland (b.1970 in Stavanger, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway).
Curator: Christian Jankowski, Chief curator, Manifesta 11, Zurich, Switzerland

Granted amount: NOK 23 191

Support is provided to artist Åsa Cecilia Sonjasdotter (b.1966 in Helsingborg, Sweden, lives and works in Tromsø, Norway) for her participation in the exhibition 'Kraevedenie, Natural, Architectural', Archeological Museum-Reserve Divnogorye, Voronezh, Russia.
Curator: Mikhail Lylov, curator, Kraevedenie, Natural, Architectural, Archeological Museum-Reserve Divnogorye, Voronezh, Russia.

Granted amount: NOK 7 000

Support is provided to artist Marthe Ramm Fortun (b.1978 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) for her participation in the exhibition 'Thinkers and Feelers' at FUTURA - Centre for Contemporary Art, Praha, Czech Republic.
Curator: Jo-ey Tang, curator, Thinkers and Feelers, FUTURA - Centre for Contemporary Art, Praha, Czech Republic

Granted amount: NOK 5 000

Support is provided to the artist group Alan Armstrong & Felix Gmelin (consisting of Alan Armstrong (b.1986 in North Yorkshire, England, UK, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Felix Gmelin (b.1962 in Heidelberg, Germany, lives and works in Oslo, Norway)) for their participation with the project 'Art for the people' within Cash, the 9th Shiryaevo Biennale, Shiryaevo, Russia.
Curator: Roman Korzhov Director, and Nelya Korzhova, Bienniale Curator, 9th Shiryaevo Biennale, Shiryaevo, Russia.

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artist Ane Hjort Guttu (b.1971 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) Gwangju Biennale for Contemporay Art, Gwangju, South-Korea.
Curator: Maria Lind, Artistic Director, Gwangju Biennale for Contemporay Art, Gwangju, South-Korea

Granted amount: NOK 30 000

Support is provided to the Gwangju Biennale Foundation for the participation of the artists Ane Graff (b.1974 in Bodø, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway), Azar Al-Sharif (b.1984 in Bushehr, Iran, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) and Matias Faldbakken (b.1973 in Hobro, Denmark, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) in the 11th edition of the Gwangju Biennale 2016, Gwangju, South Corea.
Curator: Maria Lind, Artistic Director, the Gwangju Biennale 2016, Gwangju, South Corea

Granted amount: NOK 50 000

Support is provided to the 32rd Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil, titled ‘Incerteza Viva’ (Live Uncertainty) for the participation of artist Anawana Haloba (b.1978 in Livingstone, Zambia, lives and works in Oslo, Norway). Confirm announcement with the biennale!

Curator: Jochen Volz, Curator, 32rd Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Granted amount: NOK 50 000

Support is provided to artist Morten Andersen (b.1965 in Lørenskog, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for his solo exhibition with the project 'Untitled.Cities at the Fotohof', Salzburg, Austria.
Curator: Rainer Iglar, Member f the Directors board, Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria

Granted amount: NOK 3 000

Support is provided to artist Anne-Liis Kogan (b.1984 in Tartu, Estonia, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for her participation in a residency by Arkhangelsk Artist Residency run by Arkhangelsk Regional Artist’s Union.
Curator: Ekaterina Sharova, Artist Residency run by Arkhangelsk Regional Artist’s Union, Arkhangelsk, Russia

Granted amount: NOK 3 908

Support is provided to the 2016 edition of La Biennale de Montréal, Montréal, Canada for the participation of artists Camille Norment (b.1970 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) and Knut Åsdam (b.1968 in Trondheim, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway).
Curator: Philippe Pirotte, Artistic Director, the 2016 edition of La Biennale de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Granted amount: NOK 25 756

Support is provided to artist Jannicke Låker (b.1968 in Drammen, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for her solo exhibition in the Beta Gallery at Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow (MOCAK), Krakow, Hungary.
Curator: Delfina Jalowik, Head of the Exhibition Organisation Department, Curator, MOCAK, Krakow, Hungary

Granted amount: NOK 20 000

Support is provided to artist Pedro Gomez-Egana (b.1976 in Bucaramanga, Colombia, lives and works in Bergen, Norway) for his participation in the 3rd edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India. The artist is both participating in the biennale with an art project, and conducting a pre-talk with the title `The Crash of George´ on 27 June 2016.
Curator: Sudarshan Shetty, Artistic Director and Curator, Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2016, Kochi, India

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artist Maria Brinch (b.1984 in Fredrikstad, Norway, lives and works in Oslo, Norway) for her participation in the exhibition 'Folding Future' in addition to conducting workshops and host an open studio, TS1 Yangon, Hlaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar.
Curator: Nathalie Johnston, Director of Exhibitions, TS1 Yangon, Hlaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar

Granted amount: NOK 15 000

Support is provided to artist Morten Norbye Halvorsen (b.1980 in Stavanger, Norway, lives and works in Berlin, Germany) for his participation with a performance and soundtrack in the context of the film Hill of Dreams screened in Jessica Warboys solo exhibition 'Jessica Warboys' at Tate St Ives, St.Ives, UK. Halvorsen and Warboys are collaborators.
Curator: Sara Matson, Curator, Jessica Warboys, Tate St Ives, St.Ives, UK

Granted amount: NOK 10 680

Support is provided to artist Marianne Heier (b.1969 in Oslo, Norway, lives and works in Oslo) for her participation in the cross-diciplinary project 'Abitare il minerale' (Inhbiting the Mineral), Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy, with the performance 'This is what creates the seasons and the passing of the year, and that rules over all visible things'.
Curator: Francesca Comisso/a.titolo, curator, Abitare il minerale (Inhbiting the Mineral), Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy

Granted amount: NOK 21 500