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Ann Edvartsen Hay (b. 1991, Stavanger) is an artist based in Oslo, Norway.
She works interdisciplinary by combining photography, drawing, printmaking, time-based media and textile. With artistic research as a method she investigates the anthropogenic impact on ecology and technological acceleration, through fieldwork, archival research and speculative narratives.
Hay holds a Bachelor of Arts from the Art Academy in Bergen (KMD), and a Master of Fine Art from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She has exhibited at galleries including Studio 17, Pikene på Broen, Vadsø Kunstforening, and at Vestlandsutstillingen.
www.annedvartsenhay.com
www.solastalgia.no
Upcoming
2026
12.06 – Haugesund Billedgalleri - Vestlandsutstillingen 2026
14.08 – Kunstgarasjen, Bergen - Vestlandsutstillingen 2026
TBA – Kristiansund Kunsthall - Vestlandsutstillingen 2026
Education
2023 – 2025 MFA in Medium- and Material Based Art – Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2022 – 2023 Aesthetic Practices in Society – Oslo Metropolitan University
2018 – 2022 BA in Fine Art – The Art Academy (KMD) – University of Bergen
2016 – 2018 Vocational Art School – Einar Granum School of Visual Art
Exhibitions
2026 KUBE – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026, group – Ålesund, NO
2025 Salgshallen – NK Oslo 50 år, group – Oslo, NO
2025 Oslo National Academy of the Arts – Bli noe annet, group – Oslo, NO
2024 Vilniaus dailės akademija – Non-human Communications, group – Vilnius, LT
2024 Terminal B, Pikene på Broen – Solastalgia 4.0: Forsøksfelt – Kirkenes, NO
2024 Oslo National Academy of the Arts – Offerings to a Stranger, group – Oslo, NO
2024 Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus, Tightly Pulling the Rope, group – Oslo, NO
2022 Vadsø Kunstforening, Varangerfestivalen – Solastalgia 3.0 – Vadsø, NO
2022 SUSAM, KMD and Sabancı University – SKAP, group – Istanbul, TR
2022 University of Bergen, KMD – Melange, group – Bergen, NO
2021 KMD and Sabancı University, SKAP, group – NO/TR
2020 Studio17 – Solastalgia 2.0 – Stavanger, NO
2019 Bergen Kjøtt, So great to meet you, group – Bergen, NO
2019 Rom 61, Solastalgia – The Facts of Feelings, group – Bergen, NO
2018 PIKSEL, PIKSEL18 – Buzzocrazy!, group – Bergen, NO
2018 Factory Light Festival – Factory Light Festival 2018, group – Slemmestad, NO
Residencies
2026 ORBI, residency, group – Rødding, DK
2026 Malerhuset i Søndeho, group – Fanø, DK
2024 The Studio House in Arcueil – Paris, France
2023 Pikene på Broen A.i.R, group – Kirkenes, NO
2021 Vadsø guest studio, group – Vadsø, NO
Grants and awards
2025 FKDS – Master prize from the Fund for Art and Design Students 2025
2025 BKH – The Relief Fund for Visual Artists – Art student grant
2025 Kulturdirektoratet – Miscellaneous grant for recently graduated artists
2024 Kulturdirektoratet – Project grant, group
2024 Fritt Ord – Project grant, group
2022 Kulturdirektoratet – Project grant, group
2022 Kunstsentrene i Norge – Project grant, group
2022 Bergesensstiftelsen – Project grant, group
2018 Einar Granum Student Award 2018
Collaborations
2019 – Solastalgia – Artist group – www.solastalgia.no
Sidsel Bonde, Åsne Eldøy, Andrea Grundt Johns, Christine Hansen & Skade Henriksen.
Member of NBK, NK, UKS & FFF.