Støttet av Norsk Kulturråd og Kulturetaten. Åpningstider: Ons - søndag 12 - 16. ​Rådhusgata 19, ​Anatomigården 0158, Oslo

About BO

BO (The Association of Visual Artists Oslo) is a union committed to promote and enhance the intellectual, social, legislative and economic interests of professional visual artists in Oslo. With 282 professional visual artists as members, BO is the largest district organisation under NBK, The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists.

Bo was formally a part of BOA, an organisation which was splitt into two organisations in 2022 — BO (The Association of Visual Artists Oslo) and BKA (The Association of Visual Artist Akershus).

The Board

Sebastian Makonnen Kjølaas
Chairman of the Board
styreleder@billedkunstnerneioslo.no

Randi Nygård (board member)
Marianne Heier (board member)
Yamile Caldéron (board member)

Mor Efrony (vara)
Stan d’Haene (vara)

Annual Meeting

BO’s first Annual Meeting
March 2nd 2023
18:00 to 21:00

The annual meeting will take place at BO’s premises in Rådhusgata 19.

Network

BO is tasked with appointing a number of important positions in different organisations. We are one of several members of other associations such as Oslo Open and Østlandsutstilling, and we support these initiatives by participating in board meetings.

BO helps to ensure that the artists’ expertise is used in Oslo municipality by BOs annual meeting appointing positions to three committees. We appoint a representative with a deputy to RSU, the regional cooperation committee in Oslo. This committee appoints art consultants. The art consultants lead the work of the committees that find artists for art in public space.

BO’s annual meeting also appoints representatives to two committees that distribute studios, one for municipal studios and one for the City Hall studios. BOs expertise thus constitutes a resource for the City of Oslo by finding competent artistic candidates, and ensures a healthy, democratic breadth in the decisions.

Members

Hilde Aagaard

Kristin Aarnes

Karen Marie Aarre

Katie Jane Burt Alfheim

Anne Kari Amstein

Zainab Abdulkarim Ali

Tove Irene Anderssen

Aleksander Johan Andreassen

Hedvig Anker

Marit Gunhild Arnekleiv

Koppan Árnyas

Amir Asgharnejad

Turid Christine Aspelund

Sole Lefstad Auensen

Margarida Adelaide Augusto Paiva

Merete Joelsen Aune

Siri Anker Aurdal

Harriet Backer

Gunhild Elisabeth Bakke

Åse Borghild Pleym Bakken

Andrea Bakketun

Nina Bang

Eskil Halfdan von Hanno Bast

Benedicte Beldam

Mona Bentzen

Mari Krokann Berge

Anne Margrete Bergh

Johan Urban Bergquist

Anne Ingeborg Bringvad

Bjørn Bjarte

Gro Bjerke

Inger Marie Søyland Bjørke

Esther Maria Bjørneboe

Katharina Barbosa Blad

Marinka Bobrikova

Runa-Liv Boger

Anja Borgersrud

Arne Borring

Mette Marie Bowen

Gidsken Elisabeth Braadlie

Sigbjørn Bratlie

Astrid Bente Brodtkorb

Sigurd Bronger

Victoria Rowena Browne

Anne Mette Bryn

Adrian Bugge

Ingrid Bugge

Synne Tollerud Bull

Malin Erika Bülow

Christian Bøen

Line Bøhmer Løkken

Yamile Calderon Bermudez

Mathilde Carbel

Runa Carlsen

Mai Cheng

Tansiyu Chen

Jeanette Christensen

Sara Korshøj Christensen

Vilhelm Christensen

Kier Cooke Sandvik

Stan James D’haene

Kajsa Dahlberg

Ian Damerell

Anna Daniell

Liv Dessen

Line Solberg Dolmen

Helene Duckert

Mor Efrony

Ingeborg Krogh Eide

Pia Eikaas

Jorge-Marius Ekdal-Gomes

Hanne Ekkeren

Axel Theodor Ekwall

Jad El Khoury

Francis Enebeli

Jeff Engberg

Linda Bournane Engelberth

Mari Eriksen

Frøydis Eriksson Erstad

Cassisu Fadlabi

Ingvild Aarflot Fagerli

Jørund Aase Falkenberg

Line Fasteraune

Thale Blix Fastvold

Hanne Lydia Opøien Figenschou

Jo Michael De Figueiredo

Sissel Irene Finborud

Bente Elisabeth Finserås

Tor-Finn Malum Fitje

Sidsel Flagstad

Jan Trygve Fløysvik

Berit Arnestad Foote

Andreas Max Frey

Lykke Irene Frydenlund

Ellen Frøysaa

Randi Furuberg

Yngvild Færøy

Marit Følstad

Andrea Galiazzo

Ellen Marie Gartå

Madihe Gharibi

Marianne Gihle

Guro Giske

Ingwill Margrethe Gjelsvik

Tonje Gjevjon

Kari Glomsaas

Kjersti Wexelsen Goksøyr

Kristin Wexelsen Goksøyr

Solveig Aurora Lien Granberg

Riri Klingenberg Green

Kirsti Lisbet Grotmol

Kåre Groven

Anne Sidsel Grøtter

Wenche Gulbrandsen

Sverre Gullåsen

Jon Henrik Gundersen

Marte Gunnufsen

Else-Kjersti Gürgens

Gabriella Eli Göransson

Kirsten Haabeth

Else Marie Bergem Hagen

Tone Hagen

Kristian Hagerup

Anne Kristin Hagesæther

Elizabeth Watt Bowman Halsaas

Mari Meen Halsøy

Guri Ankerdatter Halvorsen

Line Halvorsen

Jens Hamran

Merete Hansa

Cathrine Hansen

Cecilie Marie Lind Hansen

Gerd Kristin Hansen

Kari Hauge

Bjørn Erik Haugen

Jason Benjamin Olav Havneraas

Carina Charlotte Hedén

Marianne Frederikke Skard Heier

Joseph Helland

Mattias Hellberg

Hanne Grieg Hermansen

Hanne Herrman

Marianne Heske

Anita Hillestad

Gunnar Hjelde

Siri Hjorth

Bjørg Holene

Gro Mukta Holter

Huguette Marie-Jose Horverak

Gunhild Mathea Husvik-Olaussen

Hanna Amundsen Høiness

Marianne Hølmebakk

Marin Forsbak Håskjold

Tone Indrebø

Margaretha Elisabeth Isaksen

Hennie Ann Isdahl

Reidun Ragnborg Iversen

Anne Cathrine Jackwitz

Ellen Jacobsen

Vigdis Bitustøyl Jacobsen

Birgit Else Johanne Jakobsen

Anne-Kari Jansen

Eva Jensen

Anne Gro Johansen

Finn Adrian Loneza Jorkjen

Irma Salo Jæger

Yngve Jørgensen

Ottar Karlsen

Gabrielle Solem Kielland

Dora Sofie Kittilsen

Hilde Cathrine Kjepso

Sebastian Makonnen Kjølaas

Peter Knudsen

Anne Knusten

Kari Ibel Kolltveit

Christian Kolverud

Lise-Charlotte Konow Lund

Mariken Kramer

Steinar Haga Kristensen

Ami Krogsæter

Kristina Kvalvik

Daniel Eugene Lacey-Mcdermott

Dorthe Lange

Morten Langeland

Yngvar Larsen

Ellen Lenvik

Va Leong

Morten Lid

Karen Kviltu Lidal

Jannicke Lie

Victor Lind

Josephine Aletta Lindstrøm

Astri Bjørhuus Luihn

Camilla Luihn

Anna Kristine Lund-Johnsen

Rikke Cecilie Lundgreen

Siw Lurås

Harald Castrén Lyche

Josefine Lyche

Morten Løberg

Solveig Lønseth

Oddvar Løkse

Camilla Elisabeth Low

Elin Mack

Jessica Macmillan

Ingeborg Kari Anna Magnus

Aleksi Mannila-Wildhagen

Katinka Maraz

Grete Marstein

Tone Mette Martinsen

Wendimagegn Belegte Masresha

Therese Mathiesen

Annelene Veslemøy Merton

Karin Mohr

Liva Mork

Torbjørn Morstøl

Rune Elgaard Mortensen

Eline Mugaas

Mette Mygland

Hilde Høgåsen Mæhlum

Ole Eivind Møller

Ann Roberts Naustad

Anne Berit Nedland

Ketil Nergaard

Ragnhild Nes

Ole Jørgen Ness

Germain Ngoma

Kirsty Ellen Nicholson

Terje Nicolaisen

Christopher Nielsen

Liv Benedicte Heim Nielsen

Anne Marit Nilseng

Lisbeth Irene Nordli

Lisbeth Norshus

Hege Elin Nyborg

Hanne Nilsen Nygård

Randi Nygård

Rigmor Nygård

Manfred Oberbauer

Sigmund Lars Olsvik

Anni Onsager

Olav Orud

Hedda Grevle Ottesen

Berit Overgaard

Lars-Henrik Paalgard

Elizabeth Pacini

Janne Paulsen

Jenny Lee Perlin

Marius Presterud

Inger Sonberg Ramstad

Hans Hamid Rasmussen

Margret Reykdal

Monica Riise

Grete Riseng

Anna Sophie Rodin

Elin Rossing

Stein Askeland Rusnes

Toril Rødland

Karl Ingar Røys

Mari Røysamb

Guri Sandvik

Egil Sandvin

Lars Johannes Risan Sandås

Ilona Barbara Sawicka

Solveyg Waltrude Schafferer-Sigerus

Ulla Schildt

Janicke Schønning

Merete Sejersted Bødtker

Sigmund Seland

Eirik Senje

Franzisca Ana Siegrist Scmid

Guro Birgitte Sigmundstad

Anna-Liisa Aura Emilia Silenti

Marit Silsand

Juli Jf Da Silba

Roald Sivertsen

Eva Sjøwall

Sigmund Skard

Hege Julie Skarland

Ingunn Skogholt

Kjetil Skøien

Hanne Sletten

Christine Maria Gebis Soleim

Ane Barstad Solvang

Helene Sommer

Geir Stadheim

Leif Gaute Leifson Staurland

Siri Harr Steinvik

Simen Utsikt Stenberg

Jan Rudolf Stensrud

Markus Li Stensrud

Veslemøy Britt Nystedt Stoltenberg

Helga Drude Storbekken

Øyvind Storbækken

Heidi Benedicte Sundby

Maria Syndby

Apolonija Susterisic

Siri Ekker Svendsen

Jaromir Svozilik

Guro Synnestvedt

Kristin Tinsa Sæterdal

Eva Fagerli Sæthren

Johan Söderström

Marit Susanne Søndersrød

Mona Helen Eckhoff Sørmø

Audun Sørsdal

Shahram Takhsha

Jon Benjamin Zel Lund Tallerås

Billie Mary Thackwell

Marit Louise Tharp-Meyer

Hanne Thomassen

Tanja Thorjussen

Anne Kristine Thorsby

Catrine Thorstensen

Gerd Tinglum

Trude Anne Tjensvold

Charlotte Tjomsland

Ingrid Torvund

Roghieh Asgari Torvund

Else Margrethe Tostrup

Mette Tronvoll

Lena Trydal

Kristin Maria Vagle

Karin Margaretha Volum

Lesia Vasylchenko

Siv Bugge Vatne

True Solvang Vevatne

Trude Synnøve Madsen Viken

Aija Vinkelmane-Dreiere

Arne Dolva Vinnem

Kristine Vintervold

Kirsten-Marie Wagle

Gelawesh Waledkhani

Ingrid Bergljot Welhaven

Kari Mette Wik

Toril Gjermundsdatter Wik

Line Charlotte With

Ilija Weller

Yachi Yang

Kristin Ytterbeg

Calina Pandele Yttredal

Johanna Zwaig

Anne Kari Ødegård

Maya Økland Vatn

Åsil Øverland

Fatou Madeleine Åsbakk

Hearings and input

Current issues

BOA was in March 2022 formally splitt into two organisations — BO (The Association of Visual Artists Oslo) and BKA (The Association of Visual Artist Akershus).

Plans

  • BO is pushing for more municipal studios, and is taking care of the artists’ interests in urban and regional development.
  • BO ensures that the artists’ distinctive competence is used by nominating for a position on municipal committees. These committees help to allocate municipal studios, and the purchase of art and art in public spaces.
  • BO appoints candidates for the board of Oslo Open and Østlandsutstilling,  jury members for regional project funds (via NBK), and jury members for Østlandsutstilling.

Opening hours
Ons – søndag
12 – 16

Address
​Rådhusgata 19 ​
Anatomigården 0158
Oslo

Contact
E-post: post@billedkunstnerneioslo.no

BO is supported by Arts and Culture Norway and Oslo Municipality.

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