The exhibition-concept HANSEartWORKS is arranged for the 10th time in 2016 as part of the 36th International Hanseatic days in Bergen. HANSEartWORKS 2016 is hosted by three main venues, S12 Galleri og Verksted, KRAFT Rom for Kunsthåndverk, and the city hall from the 10th of June until the 31rst of July 2016. One of the works will in addition be shown at several outside venues, starting at Fredriksberg Festning for the Hanseatic weekend.…
During the last months our workshop, project room and gallery has been filled with new experiments by Rui Sasaki (b. 1984, jp) who has used her time as an artist in residence in S12 to investigate the relationship between the weather - with emphasis on rain, and herself. Sasaki is a conceptual artist who mainly works with transparent materials such as glass and ice. She is using glass as a…
Rui Sasaki is an Artist in Residence at S12 during April & May. She is a Japanese conceptual artist mainly using transparent materials such as glass and ice in her work. In S12 she will be investigating the weather - including the rain, local plants, architecture and space - empty spaces, intimate spaces, abandoned spaces. During the first part of her stay, she will be creating new works and showing…
The exhibition BRYTNINGER is opening Friday the 5th of February at 07.oo p.m. Four artists with different backgrounds (art/research/science) are presenting work where the interaction between light and glass are important factors. By using neon or natural light, old Murano techniques or new technologies Anna-Lea Kopperi, Enrico Tommaso De Paris, Alan Jaras and Robert Wiley are making the gallery come to live with interesting light-experiments. www.kopperi.net www.alanjaras.com The exhibition is…
Young & Loving ! Welcome to the 2015 edition, opening on October 2nd at 19.oo Young and Loving! is a humorous translation of “young and promising”, pointing to the exhibition’s focus on newly graduated artists. An exploratory approach to glass as part of an artistic expression is a particular feature of the exhibition concept, which was developed by S12 in 2007. Participating artists are Mika Aoki (jp), Eirin Bjørsland Hansen…
Young & Loving ! Welcome to the 2015 edition, opening on October 2nd at 19.oo Young and Loving! is a humorous translation of “young and promising”, pointing to the exhibition’s focus on newly graduated artists. An exploratory approach to glass as part of an artistic expression is a particular feature of the exhibition concept, which was developed by S12 in 2007. Participating artists are Mika Aoki (jp), Eirin Bjørsland Hansen…
Exhibition from August 14th - September 20th 2015 Vernissage August 14th at 7 pm In the exhibition ”Contained”, Alison Lowry presents a collection of works where she examines how we are constrained by ourselves, our memories and physical environment. The exhibition will include works shown at the Ebeltoft Glass museum in Denmark earlier this year, and new work where she´s dealing with similar questions. An installation and sculptures of various…
I utstillingen ”What once was” viser Monica Alvestad Amundsen resultatet av de siste seks ukene som gjestekunstner i S12, hvor hun har undersøkt kompleksiteten i menneskets forhold til minner - et tema som har vært tilbakevendende i Amundsens kunstnerskap. Gjennom arbeider hvor hun på ulike måter kombinerer glass og fotografi, søker hun å formidle en stemning og følelse som kan ta oss med på en personlig reise tilbake i tid. Bilder…
Familiar Structures May 22nd - July 26th 20215 Maria Koshenkova is an interesting visual and conceptual artist who uses glass as a medium to express herself. She has an experimental approach to her work and sees glass both blowing and cast, as a way of communicating her ideas, not to create perfectly shaped forms. In Familiar Structures she is using elements that seem familiar to us Norwegians, recreating them in…
youth_anasia Solo exhibition with works by John Moran will open on March 20th at 07.oo p.m. The artist will be present. The opening will include music with DJ Henrik Svanevik. Light refreshments. Exhibition closing on Sunday 19th of April. After opening of the exhibition. John Moran will stay on in S12 as an Artist in Residence. Educational activities like UNG 15 & Den Kulturelle Skolesekken will take place every week until May.