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TONJE PLUR
Human/Nature
FORMAT 12 March – 3 May 2026

Tonje Plur works with fashion as a phenomenon and explore clothing - in an expanded sense. She examines how clothing can function as communication, and how textiles communicate something about the present time, people, identity, and belonging. They operate as a social and symbolic system while also protecting the body from the elements. In addition, Plur is interested in how we might read signs of the future, climate policy, resource use, and economics — by looking closely at tendencies within today’s textile industry, as well as by studying fashion theory and costume history.

Based on techniques from her background in tailoring, she creates layered compositions through hand and machine knitting, sewing, felting, and appliqué. She further develops and stretches these techniques, transforming them into bodily expressions. The materials consist primarily of leftover fabrics, used garments, and elements from previous projects, though they may also include new textiles. At first sight, glitter and soft fabrics may appear decorative. Yet within the tangle of fiber blends lie numerous textile-related issues that can be traced back to the origin of the material.

Tonje Plur (b. 1985, Oslo) lives and works in Oslo. She holds a craftsman certificate in dress and costume tailoring and a Master’s degree in Fashion and Clothing Design from Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Plur has had solo exhibitions at institutions including Galleri Nord-Norge in Harstad, Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš in Karasjok, Søgne gamle prestegård, Gyldenpris Kunsthall in Bergen, and Galleri Salhus at the Textile Industry Museum in Bergen. Her works have been acquired by the National Museum of Norway and the Equinor Art Programme.

The exhibition is supported by Arts and Culture Norway.

Exhibition photos: Thomas Tveter
Portrait photo: Jannik Abel / NBK

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LINE ANDA DALMAR
Losing Landscape
15 January – 8 March 2026

In the exhibition Losing Landscape, Dalmar has worked with the impact of Sitka spruce on the Norwegian landscape. Through fieldwork in logging areas along the coast of Western Norway and Mid-Norway, she has examined how the Norwegian cultural landscape has changed since small-scale and subsistence farming was phased out in the 1950s. Grassland was planted with fast-growing Sitka spruce, and the landscape changed both in appearance and character. When natural forests were transformed into so-called production forests, clear-cutting became a consequence.

Through photographic works, Dalmar shows the visual consequences in the landscape following the introduction of Sitka spruce. Using Sitka spruce sourced from a clear-cut area in Trøndelag, she explores the wood material itself in several sculptural works.

Line Anda Dalmar (1983, Stavanger) is based in Trondheim and works across various materials and media, including photography, sculpture, sound, video and drawing. Her work is rooted in reflections on memory and the ways we experience, remember, and register the world around us. Dalmar works site-sensitively, and her projects usually originate from field studies. She has exhibited at Rogaland Art Centre, Stavanger Art Museum, Preus Museum, RAM Galleri, Tegnerforbundet, Spriten Kunsthall, and the art associations of Trondheim, Kongsberg, and Levanger. Her work has been acquired by Preus Museum, and she has completed public art commissions for Sviland School and Stord Upper Secondary School. Dalmar holds a master’s degree from Konstfack in Stockholm and a bachelor’s degree from Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in Bergen.

The exhibition is supported by: Arts and Culture Norway, the Municipality of Trondheim, the Norwegian Visual Artists’ Remuneration Fund, the Relief Fund for Visual Artist, and the Norwegian Art Centres.

Exhibiton Photos: Thomas Tveter
Detail Photo: Monica Takvam


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