Helene Førde holds an MA in fine art from the Bergen Academy of Art and design (2014), and completed the Nordic Sound Art master program degree the same year. She is mainly working with larger installations and sculptural works, usually with sound as an integrated part of the work, and with a context– or site sensitive approach. She has an interest in exploring our perception, awareness and sensation of atmospheres, and the distinctive stories and characters of spaces. She has recently been participating in group exhibitions at Punkt Ø and Galleri F15, Moss, Norway; the Umeå Academy of Fine Art, Umeå, Sweden; Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway; Gallery KiT, Trondheim, Norway; Officina delle Arte, Reggio Emilia, Italy and Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden. Førde has also curated two exhibitions in Reggio Emilia, Italy: `Corpo Condiviso´(2013) and `Cold Current´ (2014, an exhibition with 14 Norwegian artists in four different venues. She is the winner of the international Sonotopia Sound Art Competition 2015.
Visitors 2015
Helene Førde is an interdisciplinary artist working with installation, sculpture, sound, moving or interactive elements, and performance. A recurrent feature of her work is that she uses a site sensitive approach.
Førde is interested in exploring perception, awareness, memories, context, and the particular history and character of a space. Her recent works also reflect on cultural history, traditions and patterns of living, in the face of new times, change and prevailing politics.
Helene Førde holds an MA in Fine Art from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design, 2014, and completed the Nordic Sound Art master program the same year. She has exhibited at, among others, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway; Møre & Romsdal Art Center, Molde, Norway; Skånes Konstförening, Malmö, Sweden; and has shown work as part of Bonn Hoeren and Beethovenfest, Bonn, Germany, and Liminaria: Coesistenze, Montefalcone, Italy. She is the winner of the sound art competition Sonotopia 2015. Førde has also conceived and curated a number of exhibitions in Italy.
Oscar Qvale earned his BA degree from the Bergen National Academy of the Arts and Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB), specialising in photography. In 2012 he received his masters degree from the Oslo Academy of Fine Art. Qvale's films have been screened in art institutions and galleries in Norway such as Kunstnernes Hus and Galleri Melk, and Rencontres Internationales Paris on an international level.