OCA is delighted to announce the appointment of the new board for OCA – Office for Contemporary Art Norway for 2025–2029, as named by the Ministry of Culture and Equality in collaboration with the Foreign Ministry Norway.
The board will be led by Trude Gomnæs Ugelstad (Chair, Oslo), alongside members Yngvill Beate Aagaard Sjöösten (Nesodden, new), Sille Storihle (Oslo), Hans Marius Graasvold (Skien), and Kristoffer Dolmen (Bodø). The deputy members include Kasper Teglgaard Koch (Oslo, new), Anne Karin Furunes (Stjørdal, new), Francine Mbanza Jensen (Bergen, new), and Lars Mørch Finborud (Nesodden).
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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