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…
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…
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.
In our Gallery SÝN, a solo exhibition with works by Æsa Björk continues until 16th of November. Æsa uses many different techniques in her approach to glass (pâte de verre, casting, flame working) in her latest work SÝN from 2014, she has created a big dome using Pâte de verre and video. Saman Kalantari from Iran has been AiR i S12 since October 11th and will stay until November 3rd.…
10th of October we open the exhibition SÝN, a solo exhibition with works by Æsa Björk. The works exhibited are made between 1995 and 2014 (see more under exhibitions 2014). The main medium used is glass and 2 videos are in addition a part of the exhibition. On October 11th Saman Kalantari from Iran arrives in Bergen for his residency. He will be staying with us for 3 weeks. During…
The exhibition Young & Loving continues until 22nd of September. This years edition, the 8th, presents work by 8 artists who each in their own way touch upon the subject of Man and Nature. The artists exhibited are Lene Tangen, (no), Birnur Derya Geylani (tr) Gracia Nash (usa), Maria Bang Expersen (dk), Grit Jansen, (dk) Meng Du (cn), Kim Harty (usa) and Max Syron (usa) DKS educational program supported by…
