On 14 October 2020, from the Sámi Parliament in Kárášjohka in the Norwegian part of Sápmi, the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) announced that Sámi artists Pauliina Feodoroff, Máret Ánne Sara and Anders Sunna will represent Sápmi, their Sámi homeland, and transform the Nordic Pavilion into the Sámi Pavilion at the 59th Venice Art Biennale in 2022. This is a historic moment: the first time that Sámi artists are presented exclusively in a national pavilion at the Art Biennale, and the first time the Sámi are recognised as a nation in a pavilion bearing their name.
For more info in Sámi, Norwegian and English visit here.
OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway invites Norwegian and Norway-based artists, curators, critics and theorists to apply for supported participation at SOMA Summer 2026, from 20 July to 14 August in Mexico City. This opportunity is for one participant.
We are pleased to announce the new OCA jury members: Milenna Høgsberg (curator), Miriam Wistreich (Director of UKS), og Dušan Barok(artist) and Robel Temesegen (artist). Deputies: Zippora Elders (artist), Noor Bhangu (curator) and Øystein Aasan (artist).
Klara Kristalova, Benjamin Orlow and Tori Wrånes will transform the Pavilion into a mythical landscape that evokes cycles of decay, renewal and transformation
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