PAST RESIDENTS
Juni Dahr
The actress Juni Dahr founded Visions Theatre in 1988. Dahr has worked with medieval themes, Henrik Ibsen’s drama and modern experimental theatre throughout her career. Through her many female roles in classical drama and the one-woman performances produced by Visions Theatre, she has contributed to a renewal of how female characters are portrayed in Norwegian theatre.
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.
Oddvar I.N. Daren
Oddvar I.N. Daren is an artist who works across genres with paintings, objects, sculptures and land art. He trained at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, Norway (1977–81) and the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands (1982–84). He has held solo exhibitions at Bodø Kunstforening, Norway (2015); Trondheims Kunstforening, Trondheim (2013); Galleri F15, Moss, Norway (1986) and Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Bærum, Norway (1985).
Karo Akpokiere
Karo Akpokiere is a child of the 80s born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. He received a diploma in Graphic Design from Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria in 2006. Akpokiere has taken part in several exhibitions locally and internationally, including his first solo exhibition 26/365: An Exhibition of Illustrated Letters at the Goethe-Institut, Lagos, Nigeria (2011) and the first Lagos Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Public Art Exhibition, Lagos (2012).
Fuki Hamada
Hamada, a printmaker, was born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1972. She graduated from MFA Printmaking at Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan (2000).
Easterine Kire
Easterine Kire, born in 1959 in Nagaland, north-east India, she has a PhD in English literature from Pune University, India.
Kire’s first book of poetry (Kelhoukevira,1982) was the first book of English poetry to be published by a Naga. In 2003, she also published the first novel by a Naga writer in English, A Naga village remembered (Ura Academy).
Håvard Homstvedt
Håvard Homstvedt received his artistic education from Yale University School of Art (2003) and Rhode Island School of Design (2000). Recent exhibitions include Galleri Riis, Oslo (2014), Galeria Annarumma, Napoli (2015), Anne de Villepoix, Paris (2015), and Inman Gallery, Houston (2016). Homstvedt lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Carlos Casas
Carlos Casas is a filmmaker working across documentary filmmaking, cinema, and contemporary visual and sound arts. His work has been exhibited in a number of venues and festivals including Hangar Bicocca, Milan; Netmage, Bologna; Documenta, Madrid; and the Fondation Cartier, Paris.
Kristina Quintano
Kristina Quintano made her debut in the anthology Hallo i Speilet (“Hello in the Mirror”) published by Aschehoug in 1989.
Having worked in the Norwegian book publishing industry for many years, she has wide experience from a variety of publishers and journals, both as an editor and journalist. Kristina currently runs the publishing company Quintano Forlag, and is also an editor of the cultural magazine 55pluss.
Ashur Etwebi
Ashur Etwebi is one of Libya’s leading writers; he has published nine books of poetry and a novel, many of which have been published in English. Etwebi has translated a wide range of international poetry into Arabic and has been a prominent figure in Libya’s literary scene after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. He has co-organized cultural and literary festivals and conferences showcasing both Libyan and international poetry and music, including the Tripoli International Poetry Festival in 2012. Etwebi resides in Trondheim.
Teresa Grøtan
Teresa Grøtan is a journalist whose publications include “The Globalisation Book” (Globaliseringsboka). She hails from Stokmarknes in Vesterålen but lives in Bergen. Grøten graduated with a Master of Arts (with distinction) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa in 2001. She did her Master’s thesis on cultural journalism in South Africa in a historical-political context.
Tiina Kivinen
Tiina Kivinen is a visual artist and printmaker based in Finland. She was the first person to receive the Queen Sonja Print Award in 2012. She has held solo exhibitions in Dalslands konstmuseum, Sweden (2016), Kunstverket galleri, Oslo (2013) and Galerie Arktika, Marktoberdorf, Germany (2011) as well as several solo exhibitions in Finland. Her work has been presented at many international group shows over the last twenty years.