Lars Paalgard

Lars Paalgard studied at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Trondheim, Norway (1978–82) and the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands (1983–85). He has participated in exhibitions in Norway and abroad, and his works feature in public collections such as those of the Arts Council Norway and Trondheim Municipality. Paalgard was one of the initiators of G.U.N (Galleri Uten Navn / Unnamed Gallery) and Sound Of Mu in Oslo. Recently his work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen (2014) and Galleri 69, Oslo (2016), and was part of the group exhibition Silent Revolt at The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo (2016).

During their residency Oddvar I.N. Daren and Lars Paalgard invited local residents on a Situare Walk, a presentation of Ars Situare and the Humus Line Project. This art project reached its conclusion on Svalbard in 2019.