The AV and Operations teams can assist students and staff with the following regarding exhibitions on the school premises:
- Lending of AV equipment: equipment for recording and running audio and video, such as cameras, projectors, screens, mixers and speakers, etc. can be lent for shorter periods of time from the school's Equipment Store – see below.
- Lighting of exhibitions – see point for lighting below
- Assistance in setting up exhibitions. The Operations team can assist with advice regarding the use of the premises and can also provide some practical help when setting up exhibitions on the school premises.
Exhibition spaces
Oslo National Academy of the Arts has six galleries for exhibitions:
In addition, KHiO has a few areas which, under some restrictions, may be used for showing works. These are:
You can find information on exhibitions, shows and other viewings by departments and students in the event calendar on the KHiO website.
If you wish to show your work in one of KHiOs galleries or other areas, here are some guidelines and information that will help you plan your exhibition:
Reservation of Exhibition Spaces
KHiOs visual art departments are prioritized for use of the school galleries. Time slots in the galleries are allotted each semester during tuition scheduling. The departments can inform you on available time slots.
Art and Craft has a student Gallery Group that handles applications from the department’s students. The group assigns exhibition slots in the Seilduken gallery that the department is allotted for the school year. Information regarding this is given to the department’s students each semester.
The Academy of Fine Art is every year allotted a Seilduksgalleri and has also their own two galleries P0 and Skylight. The department can inform you of their own routines for booking of exhibition spaces.
Contact a student advisor at your department if you have questions regarding reservation of rooms or wish to show your work in one of the rooms listed above. You can find a check available areas and periods here.
The outdoor area around KHiO is not part of the school’s lease. If you wish to exhibit or work in the outdoor area, your department must send the school landlord an application on your behalf, covering a detailed description of your intended use of the area. This also includes Hagen. The application must be sent at least two weeks in advance. Contact your program coordinator for more information regarding the application.
Access and Security
To gain access to the exhibition space you need to be able to document the time and place for your upcoming exhibition. Contact Operations at service@khio.no to ask for access to be programmed on your access card.
While you are working and exhibiting in any area, you are responsible for the security in it.
- Do not leave doors open to it unattended
- Make sure you do not let trespassers in
- Make sure fire safety and escape routes are upheld
- Use the area in accordance with the regulations stated in the floor plan, which you can find under "Exhibition spaces"
The current opening hours for KHiO can be found here. The opening hours also apply to all work in the exhibition spaces.
AV Equipment
If you wish to use projectors, sound equipment, media players or other equipment for recording or viewing of audio and video, you may lend them from the Equipment Store at the Service Center. E-mail your request to the AV team well in advance of your exhibition at service@khio.no and describe what you want to show, how and from what source, and the team will help you.
Lighting
You may have some assistance with lighting of exhibitions at KHiO. Contact us well in advance of your exhibition at service@khio.no to request assistance with lighting.
There are ERCO spotlight systems installed in the following rooms:
- Seilduken 1
- Seilduken 2
- Resepsjonsgalleriet
- Formsalen
- The corner of the vestibule
- The area in front of the service center desk
- Teorirommet
All other areas require good planning to be lit properly.
NOTE: you may not yourself work with KHiO’s ERCO spots
Installing works
You can find floor plans with measurements and information on materials in walls, lighting possibilities and regulations for use under "Exhibition spaces" at the top of this article (in norwegian only). When exhibiting, it is your responsibility to make sure your work does not break these regulations. Storage and installations breaking the regulations will be removed without notice.
- Do not install, place or store anything in escape routes/doors or blocking fire extinguishing equipment
- You need to use your own tools and materials for installing, such as screws, wire, hooks etc. For mounting in walls made of wood or plywood you can use plain screws for wood. You can also use screws for wood for mounting in plywood covered with plaster, if the screw is long enough to reach the plywood. For mounting light objects in drywalls (plaster) you can use small nails, or small screws for wood – if you fasten them slowly. For mounting heavier objects in a drywall you need drywall screws/anchors. Try to avoid using plastic wall plugs in walls made of plaster or wood. Many types of plastic plugs will not give you a tight fixing or carry their intended weight in a drywall or a wall of wood/plywood.
- Always contact Operations in advance if you wish to mount anything from any ceiling.
- Always contact Operations in advance if you wish to mount from concrete walls. It is not permitted to drill into all walls on the school premises.
- It is forbidden to install anything from parts of technical fixtures/systems such as ventilation, water, drain, fire detection or fire extinguishing, or from light fixtures.
- It is forbidden to paint, tape install from or drill into any part of the old architecture on campus. This goes for brick walls, beams and pillars, windows etc.
- There are ladders available in the Seilduken building as well as next to the Auditorium. Please remember to return the ladders after you are done with them. Ladders locked to the wall are not lent out.
Operations can help you if you have questions or need advice regarding materials or use of the exhibition areas, and may also be able to give you some assistance with installing. If you would like to request some assistance with installing, contact Operations by an email to service@khio.no at least two weeks in advance.
If you are planning a larger exhibition covering several areas on campus, a group exhibition or other event at KHiO and have questions regarding the use of the exhibition spaces or would like assistance with planning, coordinating or installing, contact KHiOs exhibition coordinator at anniisak@khio.no.
Paint and Filler
The Operations Team does not hand out paint, filler or equipment for exhibition use.
By showing a valid KHiO access card, you can purchase paint, filler, painting tools etc. with the KHiO discount at the Flügger farve store which is located at Alexander Kiellands plass. You also need to be able to provide the code for the discount account - 892708.
If you do buy your own paint, this is the correct brand, type and hue:
- Resepsjonsgalleriet, Teorirom, White Box and Anteroom to the canteen: Flügger Flutex Pro 7, coulour code S0300-N
- All other exhibition spaces: Flügger Flutex Pro 7, colour code S0500-N
PLEASE NOTE: the painting mentioned above is only for plaster or wood walls. Do not use this paint on any other type of walls.
If you do buy your own paint - please stick to the ones mentioned above. Use of other brands, types, hues or shine will turn out as visible patches when dry. Should this occur, you will have to repaint the whole wall with the correct paint.
Pedestals and Exhibition Architecture
Any shelves, podiums etc. that you may need for your exhibition, you need to build or buy yourselves. KHiO does not own any pedestals or exhibition architecture.
Resetting of Exhibition Spaces
After closing your exhibition, you must reset the exhibition space for the next user. This includes:
- Removing all nails, screws, plugs, anchors, staples, tape etc.from the walls
- Resetting all holes from screws etc. with filler, sanding the patches down so the wall is even, and painting them. If necessary, you need to paint the whole wall.
- Removing all furniture, equipment and other items that you brought to the space, including from adjacent areas.
- Removing and discarding all trash.
PR/marketing
To let the public know about your exhibitions and events the communication team at KHiO can help with getting it online.
You can contact team commucation at kommunikasjon@khio.no. Please prepare text for the calendar on khio.no with details about who is exhibiting or participating, together with information about time and place. Feel free to include relevant links to websites.
Team communication manages KHiO's accounts on Instagram and Facebook. Sometimes the team can offer a take-over on Instagram. Feel free to contact the team if you have any suggestions or questions.
You can also contact team communication about the design manual.
Posters in the outdoor area must not be attached to facades or on the outside of windows and doors. In the outdoor area, posters must be displayed by use of loose poster holders or attached by use of sticky tack to the inside of windows.
Serving Drinks during Exhibitions
No use of alcohol or other intoxicants is allowed on the school premises, according to the Student Regulations and the Operating Regulations. This also applies to exhibitions.
If you during your exhibition wish to serve alcohol, you need to abide by KHiO’s Regulations for Serving of Alcohol (the required documents can be found here under "fester" - in Norwegain). Serving of alcohol require, among other things, permission from KHiO’s rector, as well as a temporary license for serving alcohol from Oslo municipality. Without permission from the rector and a temporary license, no serving, selling or drinking of alcohol is allowed on the KHiO premises. This also applies to exhibitions and shows.
All violations against the KHiO Regulations for Serving of Alcohol will be reported to the KHiO management.
Public Access to Exhibitions
Exhibitions in the Main Building
Exhibitions in the KHiO main building can only be kept open for public access during the hours the reception is staffed, and only by use of the main entrance.
The reception is staffed during these hours:
- Mon - Fri 8.00 am to 3.45 pm (3:00 pm may - oct)
Outside of these hours there is no desk staff at the reception. If you wish to keep an exhibition in the main building open for public access outside of the hours above or during weekends, you must yourself cover the expenses for extra desk staff at the Service Center. All visitors must then enter the main building by the main entrance. Contact Oddvar Røsten at the reception at least two weeks in advance of your exhibition to request extra desk staff at the reception at oddvrost@khio.no.
PLEASE NOTE: no doors into the building must be propped open by use of heavy items etc. This constitutes a breach of security, and will be reported to the KHiO management.
Exhibitions in Seilduken 1, Seilduken 2 and Skylight
For exhibitions in Seilduken 1, Seilduken 2 and Skylight, you are yourself responsible for letting the public in and out of the exhibition space, and for making sure no one gains access to other parts of the building.
- For exhibitions in Seilduken 1, you may keep the door facing the school yard in an open position by placing something heavy on the ground outside. You must not keep the door from Steenstrups gate open to the public.
- For exhibitions in Seilduken 2 and Skylight, Operations can program the door into the stairwell open during the exhibition hours. Send your request for programming of this door to service@khio.no a few days in advance.
PLEASE NOTE: no other doors into the building must be kept open by use of heavy items etc. This constitutes a breach of security, and will be reported to the KHiO management.
Degree shows
From around mid-April each year, all exhibition spaces are reserved for the degree shows for the visual departments. Each department paints the areas of their exhibitions, and mounting and lighting of the exhibition is coordinated by the departments and KHiOs ekhibition coordinator. PR/marketing of the degree shows is handled by the departments in coordination with the Communications team.