Exhibition
Avgang 2024: Free Education For Some*
Free Education For Some* is the Academy of Fine Art’s BA graduation exhibition 2024. 18 newly graduated artists from the bachelor's program will present their work in the entire building at Rådhusgata 19, that is Oslo Kunstforening as well as the ground floor of the historic Rådmannsgården.
Oslo Kunstforening and the Academy of Fine Art welcome you to the opening of the BFA graduation show Friday 3rd May at 18:00!
Programme for opening night
18:00: Welcome by Elisabeth Byre (Director Oslo Kunstforening), some words of introduction by Dirkjan van der Linde (Curator) & Manuel Pelmus (Dean Academy of Fine Art) and opening speech by artist Nikhil Vettukattil
18:30-21:00 Performances (ongoing) by Marit Aasmoe, Idunn Christophersen, Natasha Ferrante, Sellia Goba and Sara Melin
Artists
Åsa Elida Wigum Skjetne, Chai Saeidi, Idunn Christophersen, Käbi Sara Beate Apelgren Backlöf, Kassia Marin, Kristjan Breki, Marit Aasmoe, Marius Mallet, Natasha Ferrante, Nelly Kolding, Per Antonsen Guttormsgaard, Sara Melin, Sellia Goba, Stine Teodora Holm, Tedros Sibhatu, Tuva Rasmussen Tørresdal, Vera Moi, Yanina Zaichanka
* In 2024, tuition fees were introduced for students coming from outside the EEA and Switzerland to study here in Norway. Free education for all is one of the pillars of a democratic society, and the title of this year's exhibition Free Education for Some* points to the debate surrounding the government’s decision, as well as the ripple effects these fees have had on the student community. The title also enters into dialogue with that of the Art Academy's MA graduation exhibition, "Free Education for All", which opens on 12 April at Kunstnernes hus, and can be read as, This is what we want, This is what we have (or vice versa).