Kirsty Kross
(She/her)
Address: Interkulturelt Museum , Tøyenbekken 5, 0188 Oslo
Floor: first floor
Room number: gallery space on the first floor
The studio is open Sunday 19 April from 12-17
Kirsty Kross is an eco-feminist artist whose practice centres mostly on performance, but also incorporates happenings, music, drawing, sculpture and installation. Her work is inspired by the trickster archetype often using alter egos or speculative, immersive interventions to discuss the anxieties, contradictions and uncomfortable truths of the climate crisis and its subsequent chain of multi-crises effects. For Oslo Open, the public is invited to meet Kirsty Kross in her latest exhibition, “Et grønnere Grønland” which features her artistic alter ego, Kari Max- an affluent real estate agent and Pepsi Max addict from Bærum who has ambitious gentrification plans for Grønland.
Performance, Sculpture, Music, Installation
Kari Max, Kirsty Kross, Performance, Duration: 12 minutes, 2023, performance on Langøyene curated by Tanja Thorjussen for Oslo Kommune Kunstsamling, Photo by Jakob Baloun
"Fifty Shades of Kari", Kirsty Kross, Performance, 2025, Høstutstillingen, Photo: Filip Rippis
"Jeg er en Maxer", Kirsty Kross, installation, 4,5 x 3,2 × 1,3m, Østlandsutstillingen, Kunstbanken, Hamar
Photo: Tobias Nordvik
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In my studio
Kirsty Kross will be in character as Kari Max and serve waffles and coffee to visitors and perform at 4pm!
Planned projects and exhibitions
“Burot Drømmesirkel”, Galleri BO, May 2027, group show I am curating that will also feature Ebba Moi, Sara Christensen, Maria Sunby and Esra Duzen which deals with creating new narratives around perimenopause and the invasive plant, burot otherwise known as mugwort in English that has been associated with women’ heath in many cultures for thousands of years.
CV
Kirsty Kross holds a Masters from The Berlin University of the Arts and a Bachelors Degree in Art History from The University of Queensland. She has exhibited/ performed at the National Museum of Norway, Tate Modern, Høstutstillingen, Bergen Assembly, Munch Museum, Norwegian Sculpture Association, Gabrovo Biennial, Swedish Artist’s Association, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm and Woollahra Gallery in Sydney.