Visitors 2012

Jon Benjamin Tallerås graduated from the National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo in 2011. Tallerås works with a variety of media such as photography, video, sculpture, performance and text. Tallerås investigates urban space, exploring hidden and often non-used areas of the city. Using found materials to create sculptures and making transient performances that claim the accidental gaps and spaces formed on the margins of functional architecture. Parallel with his artistic practice, Tallerås is one of the initiators and curators of the project space One Night Only Gallery. His recent exhibitions include ‘Acting On a Tip’ at Grünerløkka Kunsthall, Oslo; ‘The Strange Fête (End)’ at Malmøgata Fine Arts Project Space, Oslo; ‘Word Perfect 2.0’ at No Place, Oslo; ‘Read Me’ at Kurant Visningsrom, Bergen; ‘Terskel’ at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo and ‘Lediggang og omkringdriven’ (Vagrancy and Idleness) at Kunsthall Oslo.

Narve Hovdenakk graduated from Trondheim National Academy of the Arts and received his MFA from Malmö Art Academy in Malmö, Sweden. His video works analyzing the emotional, male role have attracted particular attention. Through his video installations and re-staging Hovdenakk deals with issues such as identity, deception and challenging the representation of masculinity. Hovdenakk has had several solo exhibitions in Norway and has participated in many national and international group shows. His recent exhibitions include ‘Desire’ Stenersenmuseet-Kunstmuseene Bergen (2012); ‘MEN’ at Galleri F15, Moss (2011); ‘Re-criminalized’ at Trondheim Kunstmuseum avd Gråmølna (2010); ‘What will the future bring?’ at Grimmuseum, Berlin (2010); ‘Godesses’ at The National Museum of Art, Design and Architecture, Oslo (2010); Glasgow International Art Festival, Glasgow (2008); and Nice & Fit Showroom, Berlin (2007). He also participated in the 1st Athens Biennale, ‘Destroy Athens’ in Greece (2007).

KNIPSU is both an artist-run space based in Bergen, Norway, and a mobile platform, producing exhibitions, events, screenings, concerts, workshops and publications. KNIPSU set out to provide an interdisciplinary meeting point for creative exchange and dialogue between artists across national borders. It is run within the framework of collaboration and DIY by Hilde Jørgensen, Kristin Tårnesvik and Maya Økland since August 2010.

Hans Kristian Borchgrevink Hansen is a visual artist whose concern is to map specific geographical areas, by making use of materials and discoveries collected from the street. Debris from the pavement and found objects become an image of the city's visual undercurrents and with their indeterminate and abstract forms are reminiscent of diminished modernist sculptures. Borchgrevink Hansen holds an MA from the Bergen National Academy of the Arts (KHiB) and a BA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO).