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Studying at KHiO 2019: Academy of Fine Art

Studying at KHiO 2019: Academy of Fine Art

Name: Thomas Bremerstent
Programme: BA in visual arts, the Academy of Fine Art
Age: 26

Tell us about your graduation project.

We exhibited at Ila Pensjonat and I was given space in the loft there. I decided to create a variant of crumbling Corinthian columns, tucked away in the loft. The title was The earth carries me. The sand slows me down. Mud catches me.

I mostly work with plaster and create columns, things that hold other things up. When I was given a space in the loft, I decided to make something large-scale in order to test myself, even though I understood that I’d be busy then. But it’s exciting not to have control.

Why did you apply to the Academy?

There was a preliminary school in Denmark that advised me to apply here, and I found out that this was the type of school that was best suited to what I wanted to make.

What is the most important thing you’re taking with you from the Academy?

People – both my fellow students and my teachers. They have meant the world to me. We created the school together. When I had a son during my studies, I was at school a little less often for a while, and then I opened my studio so that the others could use it as a gallery. I found parquet flooring at a recycling station that I tacked down securely, and that’s how it became a gallery room I could manage from home. It was exciting. And I’ve also acquired some tools I can use in my career – both practical techniques and physical equipment.

What happens now?

My plan is to stay in Oslo, find a studio and get a little bit of distance from the school. But I expect to keep in touch with several of those I’ve studied with. After a while I plan to take a Master’s – time will tell whether that’s at the Academy, there are of course both advantages and disadvantages to taking it at the same school.