Artist-led program
Every year Oslo Open’s artists host a variety of events that the audience can participate in. Below you can see the program for 2026 that consists of material demonstrations, performance and workshops among other things.
Saturday
Tomato plant swap and recipe sharing
Emil Andersson
Veterinærhøgskolen, Ullevålsveien 72, building 10, room 109
Saturday 18 April, 12–17
If you give me one of your favourite tomato recipes I’ll give you a plant to bring home of one of my favourite tomato varieties! Growing and agriculture are important topics within my work, and among all the vegetables out there, I have an extra interest in tomatoes. For a variety of reasons, but not least because they are my favourite vegetable to both grow and eat. During the opening hours of my studio, I will give out tomato plants so you yourself can grow one of my favourite varieties at home. In return I want you to share one of your favourite tomato-based recipes. It can be something complicated or simple, that doesn’t matter. And if you are up for it (this is optional), I’d be very happy to hear where you found it or how it came about. Afterwards all the recipes will be collected in a small publication. And of course you’ll also get a copy of that once it’s finished.
I hope to see you!
Artist Talk
Madelen Isa Lindgren
Spjeld, Maridalsveien 87B
18. April 2026. 13–13.40 (exhibition open 12–17)
As part of Oslo Open, the public is invited to an artist talk with Madelen Isa Lindgren at the new artist-run exhibition space Spjeld. Lindgren will present a solo exhibition featuring a series of new sculptures, shown alongside material samples, sketches, and details from her studio practice. The talk offers insight into the artist’s processes and her exploration of material, form, and the development of the new works. Visitors will gain a closer understanding of how ideas, experiments, and methods form the basis for the finished sculptures.
Refreshments will be served. Warmly welcome!
Flow
Tone Bjordam
Nordmarka, Svartorseterveien 169, 0758 Oslo
NB! 4 km walk through the woods from Sørkedalen school
Saturday 18 april, 14.00–14.15
Tone Bjordam will do a video performance where she uses pigments, ink, an aquarium and a camera, creating an abstract landscape painting in motion.
Ceramics in the Heart of Holmenkollen
Maria Juchnowska
Dagaliveien 27 B
Saturday 18 April 12–17
Ceramics in the Heart of Holmenkollen invites you to explore the magic of working with clay. Try your hand at the potter’s wheel or simply enjoy shaping a lump of clay into something unique. Weather permitting, we’ll also fire the Raku Obvara kiln outdoors—a fascinating process you won’t want to miss.
We are conveniently located just a 7 minute walk from Midtstuen station or a 10 minute walk from Besserud station. As you make your way to our studio, you’ll be treated to a stunning free view of Oslo.
With snacks, coffee, and music on-site, it’s the perfect outing for all ages. Families with children are warmly welcome! We invite you to join us in a friendly atmosphere, open to all.
We speak English, Polish, Portuguese, and Norwegian.
PAPER FLOW– Paper demonstration/ workshop
Kari Adora Hauge
Sagene Kunstsmie, Drøbakgata 1
Entrance up the stairs by Nazar Café in Kristiansands gate 2
Saturday 18 April, 12–13, 14–15 and 16–17
In my studio I will show how I make paper from pulp from used and discarded paper. Then I show with a frame with netting how to get a thin layer of pulp which is laid out to dry. On the sheets I print with lithography or woodcut. I will also go into a little more detail about the woodcut technique.
Exhibition and performance
Hausmania
Flerbrukshallen, Hausmanns gate 34 (entrance at the back)
Saturday 18 April, 15–19
Welcome to an exhibition and performance in the flerbrukshallen (multipurpose hall) at Hausmania! There will be an exhibition with visual art and sculptures by Lars Sandås, Marius Wang and Christian Hennie, and a performance titled “FUCK BOIZ GET MONEY” by Ingvild Andersgaard! The doors open at 17 o’clock and the performance takes place at 19 o’clock.
Age limit: 18 years.
Sunday
Open studios and workshops for kids
Muralverkstedet
Ivan Bjørndals gate 27
Sunday 19 April, 12–15
Welcome to the Mural Workshop at Lilleborg! The Mural Workshop was initiated by Irma Salo Jæger and established in 2013. The workshop is a non-profit initiative created to preserve traditional painting techniques. The premises are built to facilitate the use of mural techniques with a separate wall designed for fresco painting. Each year professional artists, architects and students are taught fresco- and mural techniques. The workshop can also be utilized by individual artists for independent studies, or preparations for commissions of art in public space.
On Sunday 19 April we will open the doors and give access to the premises to show work from ongoing artistic explorations. From 12–15 Irma Salo Jæger´s studio will be open to the public and kids aged 8-18 are welcomed to join us in the folllowing activities:
- Painting with eggs– try tempera!
- Paint on a wall– try fresco painting!
The teachers speak Norwegian and English but are happy to find ways to communicate with kids speaking any language.
Irma Salo Jæger (born 1928 in Finland and residing in Oslo since the 1950s) is a renowned Norwegian visual artist. She primarily works with painting and made her mark in modernist abstraction in the 1960s. From 1986 to 1992, she was a professor at The National Academy of Art in Oslo and has been engaged in art education and professional politics throughout her career.
In the same building you can also visit the studios of Mikael Hegnar and Christian Messel who are participating in Oslo Open. Their studios are open from 12–17.
Traces in stone
Guro Berger
Startblokka, Østre Aker vei 90
Sunday 19 April 2026, 12–15
“Traces in stone” is an easy stone workshop where you can try out simple tools like files, knives and sandpaper to scratch and make small shapes in soapstone. The artist who mainly works with stone sculpture will be present and give instructions and guidance for visitors. Visitors will also be able to have a guided tour in her studio where she will show two of her latest stone sculptures.
From plant to fiber: to make thread from nettles
Malin S. Andresen
Oslo Prosjektrom, Schweigaardsgate 34a, 3rd floor
Sunday 19 April, from 14.00, ca 20- 30 min
Let me show you how to turn nettles into thread! Through different stages I will show how to make fibre from the stinging nettle that one later can spin to thread.
Demonstration of how to prepare oil paint
Hanne Sletten
Trafo Kunstnerhus, Hovinveien 1, 4th floor, room 4017
Sunday 19 April, 13.00 & 16.00 (duration 15–20 min)
Do you want to expand your material knowledge? Did you know that not all artists buy their paints in tubes in the store? Visit Hanne Sletten to catch a demonstration of how you make your own oil paints by hand. She will tell you about pigments and oils and show you how to rub them together to make paint.
Lay your anger on the bonfire
June Kittelsen
Stave, Brynsveien 1
Sunday 19 April, 13–16
June Kittelsen is an artist working with drawing, text and wood burning pens. In her studio you can participate in an interactive art piece.
The work titled Lay your anger on the fire allows visitors to express what makes them angry! There are so many things that can make you angry, disappointed, and scared in this world. That is why this work wishes to collect people around the bonfire to talk about the stuff, large and small, that make us upset.
Join June in burning your anger into pieces of wood you then lay on the bonfire!
NASJONAL DUGNAD
Kirsty Kross
Intercultural Museum, Tøyenbekken 5
Sunday 19 April, 16.00
The museum is accessible through elevator and/or step-free access and has an accessible toilet.
A twenty minute performance starring Kari Max played by Kirsty Kross about greenwashing, gentrification, Pepsi Max and Shania Twain. Happening in Kari’s fictive real estate showroom in Grønland, Kari will release her “main character energy” to propose innovative green solutions that maximise lifestyle and taste.
The Anatomy of Fall Out
Carlo Allemano & Astrid Omberg
Lusetjernveien 16 C
(NB. outdoors)
Sunday 19 April, 16–16.35
Duration ca. 35 minutes including a talk with the audience afterwards.
The Anatomy of Fall Out is a collaborative installation and live performance exploring the relationship between personal loss and collective destruction. The installation consists of sculpted hearts connected through a network of paper veins. The work is structured in three parts addressing personal abandonment, separation, and the historical annihilation of Hiroshima.
The piece is activated through a live performance in which the central element of the installation is set on fire, accompanied by original poetry and vocal performance.
By juxtaposing the intimate and the historical, the work frames a reflection on loss, vulnerability, and transformation.
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Brynseng og Alna Kunstnerforbund
Brynseng Kunstnerforbund, Østensjøveien 12
Opening Sunday 19 April 12–17
20–25 April 10–16, or by appointment
In connection with Oslo Open 2026, the studio collective Brynseng Kunstnerforbund has invited its colleagues from the studio collective Alna Kunstnerforbund to present a joint group exhibition in their space.
Brynseng Kunstnerforbund was founded in 2024, when Ann Iren Buan, Johanne Hestvold, Halvor Rønning, André Tehrani and Erlend Grytbakk Wold moved their studios to the fourth floor of the car dealership Erik Arnesen Helsfyr AS. Their name was inspired by Alna Kunstnerforbund, which had been established a few years earlier, in 2020. Alna Kunstnerforbund consists of Fredrik Berberg, Thomas Bremerstent, Anders Hergum, Matias Kiil, Stian Eide Kluge, Linda Lerseth, Nathalie Fuica Sanchez, Goro Tronsmo and Lene Baadsvig Ørmen. For this exhibition, Nathalie Fuica Sanchez has collaborated with Daniel Askeland.
Christensen
Group exhibition by NWA
THE ENIGMA OF CHOICE
Schäffersate 5
Vernissage Thursday 16 April 18–20
Opening hours: Friday 17 April 16–20, Saturday 18 April 12–16, Sunday 19 April during Oslo Open from 12–17
Norwegian Worldwide Artists (NWA) Artist Group consists of artists with different cultural backgrounds. The group has worked together on projects, discussions and professional exchange since 2007. All the artists are today working in Norway, but they have experience, attachments and histories from countries all over the world. As artists they are working alone, but join hands on common projects. Through the projects they want to show just how a multicultural background can represent strenght and value both personally and for the art. Despite great differences in style, techniques, age and background, together they are creating an entity that no one could have created
alone.
Participating artists:
Irene Christensen from Norway and USA, Wendelmoed van der Veen from The Netherlands with attachment to Sri Lanka living in Norway, Grete Marstein from Norway has over years been working in Slovakia and a number of other countries, Eva Jingsue from China now Norway and Kari Glomsaas from Norway with experiences especially from East Africa and the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean.