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.
