Remember the Hardanger carpark at Messen? The artists Sjaak Langenberg and Rosé de Beer (NL) were responsible for that wonderful art project at KHMessen in 2012. It received a lot of attention in the papers both in the Netherlands as in Norway. It was a temporary project and the norwegian weather took it away. Now […]
Ninet Kaijser from the Netherlands was one of our last guest of this year for KHMessen. From now the artist residency goes into hibernation until the first of January when the new guests will arrive again. Ninet Kaijser makes drawings with color pencils. Her drawings reminded us so much of Norwegian landscapes that it suprised […]
Johild Mælen – I hus og hage – maleri 18. sept – 09. okt 2021. Visningsrommet i Kunstnarhuset Messen opnar ein ny utstilling med maleri av Johild Mæland. Mæland er frå Hardanger og busett på Utne. Ho viser maleri med akryl på plate eller lerret. Ope Laurdagane klokka 12.00 – 16.30 Mer info på: https://www.khmessen.no/johild-maeland-2
And KHMessen is finally OPEN again! We selected 5 artists from the Open Call to artists living in Norway, to come and stay at Messen in August. We are very happy to welcome: Bente Tømmerås Johan Söderström Eleanor Clare and Dillan Marsh Otto Tveit
Upcoming exhibition at Visningsrom KHMessen Utstillingen:“Kvardagar” Akvarell av Synneva Heradstveit 19. juni – 10. juli 2021.Ope laurdagar kl. 12 – 17Heradstveit arbeider med akvarell i eit minimalistisk formspråk mellom det kvasse og det flytande. Ho brukar få fargar og mykje vatn. Akvarellfargane er transparente, har stor lyskraft og kan framkalla rike koloristiske nyansar. Heradstveit sine […]
Upcoming exhibition at Visningsrom Messen22. mai – 12. jun 2021 Kwestan Jamal Bawan TEGN, TEGNING, TERRENG IIMaleri /teikning Mer info på side: https://www.khmessen.no/visningsrom/
Messen Art ParkFrom April 2021 project Messen Art Park has started! During this month 3 artworks will be created and placed in the park located next to the residency. The first 3 artists selected to develop an artwork for the park are: Gabriel Johann Kvendseth (Norway), Aud Bækkelund (Norway) and Simone Hooymans (NL/Norway).
KH Messen Arthouse – Hardanger Fjord – Oct 31st Halloween Night… Notes on Piano Improv #1 – A New Start… It’s been quite a special time as I let go of 3 years of focused work on the creation and release of the album ‘Hidden Soul of the Fjord” (which I co-created with brilliant singer […]
The year 2020 has been a strange for all of us. But despite of all the changes and lockdowns happening in the world we can look back at 2020 as a good KHMessen year with guest artists from all over the world and from our own country Norway. During the lockdown in Norway we had […]
Situated between the Hardangerfjord and grand mountains, Kunstnarhuset Messen provided incomparable scenery. It could not have been a better setting to undertake my nature-focused project and I spent a significant amount of time exploring the natural surroundings for inspiration. The project centered around the concept of imprints- ones left on nature. The process of working […]