08.05.2008 The Opening of LIAF jr. LIAF jr. opens on May 9th at Kjølelageret, Svolvær at 12am. Welcome!

28.04.2008 LIAF jr. Week 3 of LIAF jr. with several new works coming up.


28.04.2008 MA Our Master Exams at Kunstfag/KHiO is just around the corner! The graduation show will take place early June, at BOA, Galleri Format, GAD and Oslo Kunstforening.


22.04.2008 Østlandsutstillingen 2008 Ingrid will participate in Østlandsutstillingen 2008. The exhibition opens in Fredrikstad on April 26th, and will also be shown in Vestfossen, Gjøvik and Lübeck. She will show the piece Inn til beinet.

April 26th - June 8th, 2008:
Galleri ØKS, Fredrikstad

June 15th - August 24th, 2008:
Galleri Uldloftet, Vestfossen

August 30th - October 12th, 2008:
Gjøvik Kunstgalleri

October 29th, 2008 - January 18th, 2009:
Kunsthalle St.Annen, Lübeck

01.04.2008 LIAF: week 2 LIAF jr. is proceeding with plans for tomorrows UFO project.


29.03.2008 Drawing In Together with Janicke Schønning, Silje opens the exhibition Drawing In at Gallery NB8. Take a look at Silje's cool drawings at her webpage! The opening will take place on April 4th. Welcome!


03.03.2008 LIAF: week 1 For LIAF 2008 the Institute for Colour will take up residency in the classroom of the 5th grade of Svolvær School. The school will provide a distinctive perspective on the community, as well as any tools necessary for the Institute's artistic practice. The pupils will act as the Institute's guides, assistants and production team during three visits to Svolvær leading to an exhibition on May 9th 2008.


21.01.2008 Return to Start! In January Ingrid and Steffen participates in the exhibition "Return to Start!" curated by Jan Christensen at 0047 OSLO. Their openings are January 24th and 31st. Welcome!

18.01.2008 LIAF The Institute for Colour is in the starting phase of a project for Lofoten International Art Festival (LIAF). There will be alternative pedagogics, much fun and more about that later on.

From the LIAF press release (in Swedish):
LIAF jr är ett konstpedagogisk projekt i gränssnittet mellan praktisk arrangörskap och förmedling av samtidskonst. Under en intensiv arbetsperiod realiserar elever på en grundskola och ett gymanisum varsin samtida konsfestival. Projektet ställer sig frågande inför de vedertagna konventionerna för hur en samtida konstfestival, utställning formas. Eleverna utformar sin festival i en kreativ dialog med animatörerna. Projektet uppmärksammas också för att eleverna visar orginalverk från professionella konstnärer. Arbetet leder förhoppningsvis till en överraskande konsthändelse som äger rum fredagen 9 maj. kl 12:00.

LIAF är också stolta att presentera animatörerna för respektive skola. Svolvær skole arbetar med konstnärsgruppen Institutt for Farge. Gruppen består av Ingrid Lønningdal, Silje Hogstad och Steffen Håndlykken. De har utmärkt sig i Oslo med sina ämnesöverskridande projekt där kollektivet och den sociala sfären är utgångspunkter för det konstnärliga arbetet.

Aust- Lofoten VGS avdelning Kabelvåg samarbetar med Raketa, ett konstnärskollektiv som arbetar interdisciplinärt och gärna i kollaborativa former, med en experimentell hållning innanför konst, formgivning(design), arkitektur och digitala medier.

Projektet pågår i tidsrummet 11.02 fram till 09.05.08.

18.12.2007 More buttons! The Institute for Colour keeps on portraying the art world.


02.12.2007 The Institute for Colour’s Cocktail School The Institute for Colour's Cocktail School is organized in connection with Open Academy at the The National Academy of the Arts in Oslo. An experienced guest teacher gives instructions on how to make your own DIY drinks. The course is free of charge, but there will be a material fee. From 6 pm Monday December 10th. Welcome!

IFAC 101: Gin & Tonic as artistic media
IFAC 102: Cuba Libre and the notion of "South"
IFAC 103: Moscow Mule and the meaning of "Contemporary"
IFAC 104: The anatomy of Horse's Neck

IFAC 201: The Gimlet gesture
IFAC 203: Black Russian, a post-communist reality
IFAC 204: Old Fashioned and the politics of time

IFAC 301: Tom Collins, self-presentation
IFAC 302: Daiquiri and democracy
IFAC 303: Critical Caiproska

IFAC 401: The postmodern fuss of Gin Fizz
IFAC 402: Mojito and Mexican muralism
IFAC 403: Cosmopolitan aesthetics
IFAC 405: Margarita and representations of femininity
IFAC 406: Rethinking Long Island Ice Tea

IFAC 501: Dry Martini Theory
IFAC 503: Vodkatini between Basel and Miami
IFAC 504: Manhattan as a social construct

13.11.2007 Art pedagogics, transgression and therapy We participate in the ongoing debate about the higher art education in Norway at kunstkritikk.no.

Read our contribution "To modeller for rene kunsthøgskoler" (Norwegian only).

05.10.2007 Steffen is in Bergen As part of Raketts presentation of the Curating Degree Zero Archive, Steffen will speak and cook delicious arròs negre. He has written a text for Rakett and CTR+Zs publication on the archive, and uses the opportunity to talk about the institute and Scramble For Survival.

The Institute for Colour buttons it up! We've started to portray the international art scene in the form of button badges. Hand drawn portraits of figures from the art world; from the misanthropic foundation course guest teacher to the subversive skateboard artist, and from the bespectacled art history student to the aggressive gallerist. The models are rather stereotypes than real persons, but are frequently recognised by colleagues dropping by the buttons workshop.

01.05.2006 Institute for Colour's manifesto