We are proud announce we will be collaborating again this year with VISP!

VISP is a resource and networking organisation for the visual arts in Norway, dedicated to enhancing and supporting the production and dissemination of visual art. They have enabled us to host visits from Rita Marhaug, a multidisciplinary artist from Trykkeriet, and Sissel Lillebostad, an artist and curator from KABUSO.

Rita Marhaug (b. 1965) is a versatile artist who lives and works in Bergen. She works across a range of media including printmaking, drawing, photography, artist books, video, and performance. Marhaug holds a master’s degree from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design and a bachelor’s degree in art history from the University of Bergen. Since the early 1990s, she has held numerous solo exhibitions and has previously served as a professor at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. During OSS 2025, she represents Trykkeriet.

TRYKKERIET

The Trykkeriet Association was founded in 2009 by Professor Jan Pettersson and Asbjørn Hollerud, and opened to the public in September 2010. Today, the center is run by Asbjørn Hollerud, Daniel Persson, Dino Dikic, Hedvig Thorkildsen, and Rita Marhaug. Since its inception, Trykkeriet has developed into the largest resource center in the Nordic region for the production and dissemination of graphic art. Trykkeriet offers courses, print production, studio rentals, exhibitions, and art print sales. The center is open to all and provides facilities and expertise for all forms of printmaking.

See more: https://www.trykkerietbergen.no/

Sissel Lillebostad (b. 1958) is an artist and curator based in Bergen. She was educated at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, the Bergen Academy of Art and Design (KHiB), and the University of Bergen. Lillebostad currently leads Kunsthuset Kabuso in Øystese. She was the curator for the KORO public art project at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Kronstad campus, completed in 2020. From 2004 to 2014, she was academic director for the program Creative Curatorial Practice at KHiB. She has also served as editor for the art journal Kunstjournalen B-post (2006–2015), the magazine NUMER (2015–2018), Handbook of Sound (2018), and the anniversary publication for Lydgalleriet (2017).

KABUSO

Kunsthuset Kabuso opened in 2006 as Hordaland County’s official millennium site, and in the same year became part of the consolidated Hardanger and Voss Museum. Kabuso offers a diverse year-round program of exhibitions, concerts, guided tours, and a dedicated children’s program. The venue also houses the permanent artwork Hardanger Skyspace and the sculpture collection of the Ingebrigt Vik Museum, established in 1934.

See more: https://kabuso.no/en/

Find out more about VISP: https://visp.no/