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This weekend we’re joining Bjørka Publications’ table at the book fair happening as part of Fotobokfestival Oslo! Bjørka is a professional workshop and production space for artists working with photography in Oslo, and at the fair there will be artist books and in-progress book dummies from a selection of artists in the Bjørka collective, as well…

  The Hearth Summit, the world’s largest event of its kind, opens today in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Bringing together speakers from over 100 countries, the summit will explore connections between individual, organizational, societal, and ecological wellbeing. Set in the iconic Cankar Centre (Cankarjev dom), Slovenia’s largest convention, congress and culture center, an extensive selection of large format Eyes as…

  Bjørka workshop for camera-based art in Oslo is opening a large group exhibition titled Prisms of Myopia at the former Munch Museum in Oslo this Saturday, June 14th. The exhibition includes works from all 36 members, and Riitta and I are showing two works from our collaboration with the North Karelia Biosphere Reserve.

We are excited to take part in the 44th Finnskogutstillingen, which opens in Svullrya this Friday! Commissioned as part of the Svullrya development project back in 2019, we roamed the deep forests, wet marshes and floating islands of Finnskogen together with a formidable bouquet of locals. The resulting portraits of Andreas, Einar, Kyrre, Sinikka, Merete…

Reflecting on the significance of wood – practically, aesthetically, and emotionally, the group exhibition TRÄKRAFT opens 17th of May in Virserum’s Konsthall, Sweden.

The group exhibition Rooted and Branched opens to the public today at The Draiflessen Collection in Mettingen, Germany. Connecting social, ecological, and cultural phenomena, the featured works explore the missing link between humans and nature, with artists including Olga Grotova, Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen, Krištof Kintera, Jenny Michel, Diana Scherer, Doug & Mike Starn.

As part of the event series ‘SEA CHANGES HEBRIDES’, we’re excited to announce tomorrow’s exhibition opening at Island Darkroom, Isle of Lewis.   The exhibition presents works produced on the island in 2019, along with other selected works from the series with a special focus on seaweed. In addition to the opening on Friday 2nd…

Grand bows to Øhavsmuseet in Faaborg for inviting us to create a new exhibition in the South Funen UNESCO Geopark in Denmark. Hats in the air to the museum’s head of exhibitions Mette, for prepping these furious nine days of production and for being the best timekeeper/ catering boss/ travel agent/ bike fixer/ donkey out…

  In honour of eider ducks and their guardians, the exhibition ‘Ahoo Ahoo’ opens at UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre in Vega, Norway on April 27th. Invited by the founding artist and curator of the Nordic art project The Conference of the Birds, we are excited to exhibit five portraits created during our residency at Selvær in the…

The new Spjelkavik Arena in Ålesund opened its doors yesterday, with Eyes as Big as Plates’ very own Eli as one of the building’s permanent residents.