Oslo
Initiatives
- Venues
- 0047, art, architecture and urbanism platform, Rodeløkka, since 2007
- 1857, experimental platform for contemporary art, *2010
- Akademirommet, gallery, Kunstnernes Hus, downtown, *2013
- antipodes café, Bjørvika
- Atelier Nord, media art production and exhibition space, *1965
- Big Dipper, record store
- Bitraf, makerspace, downtown, *2011
- Black Box teater, contemporary performing arts venue, Grünerløkka, *1985
- Blå, alternative music venue and club, downtown, *1998
- Blitz, activist centre, downtown, *1982
- ByKuben, center for urban ecology, *2018, [1]
- Café Mir, Grünerløkka
- Cinemateket, cinema, downtown
- Demon's Mouth, artist-run gallery, Rodeløkka, *2014
- Destiny's, artist-run gallery, Majorstuen, *2016
- Fellesverkstedet, open production facility for artists and designers, Grünerløkka, *2011
- Flatbread Society, urban farm and art centre, Bjørvika, *2012
- Fotogalleriet, fotohalle, downtown, *1977
- Gimle, cinema, Gimle, *1939, [2]
- Grünerløkka Lufthavn, artist studios, Grünerløkka, *1994
- Guttormsgaards Arkiv, Blaker
- Haus der Kunst, artist-run gallery, downtown, *2019
- Hausmania, autonomous cultural centre, downtown, *2000
- Henie-Onstad Art Centre, museum, Høvikodden, *1968
- Holodeck, non-profit project space, downtown, *2011
- John Dee, music venue, downtown
- K4 galleri, artist-run gallery space for video art and moving image, *2016
- Kafé Hærverk, bar, club, concert venue & record store, downtown, *2017, [3]
- Khartoum Contemporary Art Center, conceptual arts initiative, downtown, *2017
- Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo (KHiO), art academy, *1996
- Kunstnerforbundet, artist-run gallery for contemporary art, downtown, *1910
- Kulturhuset i Oslo, cultural centre & cafe, downtown, *2013
- Kunsthall Oslo, non-profit art space, Bjørvika, *2010
- Kunstnernes Hus, centre for contemporary art, *1930
- Kunstplass, venue for contemporary art, downtown, *2012
- Losæter, arena for art and urban farming, Bjørvika, *2011
- Louise Dany, artist-run initiative, Majorstuen, *2016
- LYNX, artist-run exhibition space, *2013
- Melahuset, cultural centre
- MELK, artist-run space for photography, *2009
- Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art (formerly Akershus Kunstsenter), Lillestrøm, *1986
- Noplace, artist-run gallery, *2011
- Nordic Art Press (NAP), bookshop & distribution network, *2018
- Nordic Black Theatre & Cafeteatret, self-run theatre, *1992
- Norlis, second hand bookstore, downtown, *1890
- Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), *2001
- Oslo Apiary & Aviary, Kunstnernes Hus, downtown, *2013
- Parkteatret, music venue, downtown, *1907/2002, [4] [5]
- Podium, artist-run gallery, downtown, *2004
- PUB, project space for publishing, Bjørvika, *2017
- Reshow, materials free for reuse in cultural initiatives
- ROM, gallery for art and architecture, Grünerløkka, *1987
- Sagene Kunstsmie, art centre, Sagene, *2014
- Salt, art and music, downtown, *2014
- Schloss, exhibition space, Sofienberg, *2016
- Schous Bøker, bookstore, Grünerløkka, *2016
- She Will, occasional space for art events in a disused petrol station, Ski, *2018
- Sub Scene, cultural centre, downtown, *2002
- Tegnerforbundet, artist-run organisation and gallery, *1916
- Tenthaus, project space for contemporary art, downtown, *2011
- Tiger, record store, downtown
- Torpedo, non-profit art publisher and bookstore, downtown, *2005
- Tronsmo Bokhandel, bookstore, downtown, *1975
- Uhørt, cultural venue, downtown, *2014
- UKS (Young Artists' Society), gallery, downtown, *1921
- Vandaler Forening, artist-run space, Lille Tøyen, *2015
- Van Etten, non-profit gallery space, Grønland, *2020
- Vega Scene, art cinema & theatre, downtown, *2013
- more: USE-IT city guide, 2017, Indie Travel Guide.
- Past spaces: Kazachenko's Apartment (2013-2016), Stein og Jord (record store), Pink Cube (exhibition space, 2011-2016), Slow Space Bjørvika [6] (2010-2014), Tidens Krav (artist-run gallery, -2014), Sound of Mu (2006-2014), Atopia (experimental film and video art initiative and gallery, 2003-2017), GUN (Galleriet uten Navn) (artist-run gallery, 2000-2003), Zoolounge (artist-run space, 1996-1999), Galleri Struts (artist-run gallery, 1994-1998) [7], Herslebsgate (artist-run gallery, 1992-1998) [8], Museum of Contemporary Art (1990-2017), Månefisken (*1989).
Initiatives with no permanent event venue
- Another Space, curatorial collaboration and independent book publisher for art and architecture, *2012
- Coda Press, independent publisher
- Femme Brutal, feminist club concept and booking collective, *2012
- First Supper Symposium, collaborative feminist art project, *2012
- House, initiates and produces art in public space, *2014
- Hverdag Books, artist books and risograph, *2016
- Kunstkritikk, art review, *2003
- Locus, artist-run gallery space & publishing house, *2005
- Metronomicon Audio, record label, *2001
- Notam, center for technology in music and the arts, *1992
- Norwegian Association of Curators, *2011
- Norsk Risoforening, *2018
- nyMusikk, centre for experimental music and sound art, *1938
- Objektiv, photography publisher & journal, *2009
- O. Gudmundsen Minde, vinyl label for strange and wonderful music, *2017
- Øreverk, experimental music events, *2017
- Performance Art Oslo (PAO), artist-run initiative, *2012
- Plastic Strip Press, record label for Scandinavian avant-garde music, *2006
- PNEK, production network for electronic art, *2000
- Praksis, platform for creative research and production, *2015
- radiOrakel, women's radio, at Blitz, *1982
- Subjekt.no, online cultural magazine, *2013
- Tekstbyrået, independent publisher
- Underskog
- Uten Tittel, art and culture publisher, *2016
- Vandaler Forening, *2015
- Verdensteatret, theatre company, *1986
- Verk Produksjoner, theatre company, *1989
- Video Art Archive, *2011
- Past initiatives: Prisma Records (record label, 2008-2016), Volapük (literature and cutlure forum, *1990).
