12.05 — 30.04.2026
PRAESENTIA
A group exhibition about presence in materials, shapes, and in how we choose to pay attention.
From the Latin “prae” (before) and “esse” (to be), praesentia suggests not only being there, but being fully before something, encountering it, attentively.
Presence is often understood as something immediate, simply being there. Yet it is increasingly fragile, shaped by distraction and speed.
To be present has become an effort rather than a given.
Praesentia brings together works that insist on a different kind of attention.
Across sculpture, textile, and object-based practices, materials are not passive surfaces but active carriers of weight, texture, and tension.
They require a slower looking, an awareness of scale, surface, and subtle shifts in form.
The exhibition proposes presence as a condition that emerges through attention, something that unfolds gradually, through time spent, rather than instantly perceived.
Curated by: Neshat Golparvar
Exhibition photos by: Sara Angelica Spilling
FEATURED ARTISTS
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Vestre
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Vincent Laine
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Perla Piago
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Stian Korntved Ruud
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Kari Håkonsen
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Ida Siebke
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Mia Van Veen
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Signe Luksengard
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Siri Pettersson
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Tora Frogner
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Sofia Eliasson
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Familien Kvistad
Item will be reserved and must be picked up within 48 hours in the gallery markveien 32 in Oslo.
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5% art tax is included in the price.