Artist talk: Anna Mari Liivrand, Hedda Hørran and Riikka Anttonen

Welcome to an artist talk with Riikka Anttonen (FI), Hedda Hørran (NO) and Anna Mari Liivrand (EE), in relation to their seperate exhibitions currently on view at Bærum Kunsthall.

When: Sunday November 30 at 2-3pm
Where: Bærum Kunsthall, Fornebu

The talk will be led by Pernille Gjærder Olsen, and will be held in English.

The event is free and open to all, but registration via Eventbrite is required.

Welcome!

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Anna Mari Liivrand (b. 1993, EE) is an Estonian artist living and working in Tallinn. Her formal education includes a Master’s degree from the Contemporary Art Department (2022) and a Bachelor's degree from the Sculpture and Installation Department (2016) at the Estonian Academy of Arts. She has also studied fine arts at the Iceland University of the Arts (2015). She received the Estonian Cultural Endowment’s annual award (2021), the Eduard Wiiralt Prize (2020) and the Young Sculptor Prize (2014).

Hedda Hørran (b. 1989, NO) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Art from the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art and a Master’s degree from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Hørran approaches the exhibition situation through world-building. The space is transformed into a scenography where an anarchic narrative unfolds through total installation, sculpture, and performance. The work functions as a memento mori, while simultaneously attempting to transcend and blur the boundaries between the living and the dead. The installation is constructed from found materials and through their manipulation.

Riikka Anttonen (b. 1982, FI) is a Helsinki-based visual artist working in the expanded field of sculpture. Their space-sensitive works combine sculptural elements with marble mosaic and relief surfaces. Anttonen works through the lens of queer experience, with a recurring theme of metamorphosis. Their works often combine references to ancient Roman times into fantasies of worlds that defy easy categorization. They hold an MFA degree from the University of the Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, and an MA degree from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.