She holds an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and a BFA from KMD, The Art Academy in Bergen.
Hay’s artistic practice encompasses photography, collage, printmaking, time-based media, drawing, and sculpture, incorporating symbolism as a language to build narratives that bridge history and speculative futures.
She investigates how technological acceleration impacts nature, employing fieldwork, archival research, and collected materials.
annedvartsenhay@outlook.com
@annedvartsenhay
Upcoming
08.2026 Kunstgarasjen – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026, group – Bergen, NO
10.2026 Kristiansund Kunsthall – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026
11.2026 Nasjonalbiblioteket – Oslo Art Book Fair – Oslo, NO
Exhibitions
2026 Haugalandmuseet – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026 – Haugesund, NO
2026 KUBE og Jugendstilsenteret – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026 – Ålesund, NO
2026 Atelie x GalleryLab – Romsås Tower Art Fair – Oslo, NO
2025 NK Oslo 50 år, Salgshallen – Oslo, NO
2025 Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Bli noe annet– Oslo, NO
2024 Vilniaus dailės akademija – Non-human Communications– Vilnius, LT
2024 Terminal B, Pikene på Broen – Solastalgia 4.0: Forsøksfelt– Kirkenes, NO
2024 Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Offerings to a Stranger– Oslo, NO
2024 Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus – Tightly Pulling the Rope to Something – Oslo, NO
2022 Vadsø Kunstforening, Varangerfestivalen– Solastalgia 3.0 – Vadsø, NO
2022 SUSAM, KMD and Sabancı University – SKAP– Istanbul, TR
2022 KMD, Kunstakademiet – Melange – Bergen, NO
2021 KMD & Sabancı University – SKAP– NO/TR
2020 Studio17 – Solastalgia 2.0 – Stavanger, NO
2019 Bergen Kjøtt – So great to meet you – Bergen, NO
2019 Rom 61, Solastalgia – The Facts of Feelings – Bergen, NO
2018 PIKSEL, PIKSEL18 – Buzzocrazy! – Bergen, NO
2018 Factory Light Festival – Factory Light Festival 2018 – Slemmestad, NO
Artist residencies
05.2026 ORBI Vrå – Rødding, DK
04.2026 Malerhuset i Sønderho, gruppe – Fanø, DK
09.2024 The Studio House in Arcueil – Paris, France
11.2023 Pikene på Broen & Flexile A.i.R, gruppe – Kirkenes, NO
05.2021 Gjesteatelieret i Vadsø, gruppe – Vadsø, NO
Education
2023 – 2025 Master in Medium- and Material-based Art – The Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2022 – 2023 Art in Society – Oslo Metropolitan University
2018 – 2022 BFA – KMD, The Art Academy, University of Bergen
2016 – 2018 Vocational art school – Einar Granum Kunsfagskole
08.2026 Kunstgarasjen – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026, group – Bergen, NO
10.2026 Kristiansund Kunsthall – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026
11.2026 Nasjonalbiblioteket – Oslo Art Book Fair – Oslo, NO
Exhibitions
2026 Haugalandmuseet – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026 – Haugesund, NO
2026 KUBE og Jugendstilsenteret – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026 – Ålesund, NO
2026 Atelie x GalleryLab – Romsås Tower Art Fair – Oslo, NO
2025 NK Oslo 50 år, Salgshallen – Oslo, NO
2025 Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Bli noe annet– Oslo, NO
2024 Vilniaus dailės akademija – Non-human Communications– Vilnius, LT
2024 Terminal B, Pikene på Broen – Solastalgia 4.0: Forsøksfelt– Kirkenes, NO
2024 Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Offerings to a Stranger– Oslo, NO
2024 Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus – Tightly Pulling the Rope to Something – Oslo, NO
2022 Vadsø Kunstforening, Varangerfestivalen– Solastalgia 3.0 – Vadsø, NO
2022 SUSAM, KMD and Sabancı University – SKAP– Istanbul, TR
2022 KMD, Kunstakademiet – Melange – Bergen, NO
2021 KMD & Sabancı University – SKAP– NO/TR
2020 Studio17 – Solastalgia 2.0 – Stavanger, NO
2019 Bergen Kjøtt – So great to meet you – Bergen, NO
2019 Rom 61, Solastalgia – The Facts of Feelings – Bergen, NO
2018 PIKSEL, PIKSEL18 – Buzzocrazy! – Bergen, NO
2018 Factory Light Festival – Factory Light Festival 2018 – Slemmestad, NO
Artist residencies
05.2026 ORBI Vrå – Rødding, DK
04.2026 Malerhuset i Sønderho, gruppe – Fanø, DK
09.2024 The Studio House in Arcueil – Paris, France
11.2023 Pikene på Broen & Flexile A.i.R, gruppe – Kirkenes, NO
05.2021 Gjesteatelieret i Vadsø, gruppe – Vadsø, NO
Education
2023 – 2025 Master in Medium- and Material-based Art – The Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2022 – 2023 Art in Society – Oslo Metropolitan University
2018 – 2022 BFA – KMD, The Art Academy, University of Bergen
2016 – 2018 Vocational art school – Einar Granum Kunsfagskole
2025 FKDS – Fondet for Kunst- og Designstudenter – Master prize
2025 Kulturdirektoratet – Miscellaneous grant for recently educated artists
2025 BKH – Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond – Art student prize
2024 Erasmus+ – Blended intensive programme grant
2023 Fritt Ord – Project grant, group
2023 Kulturdirektoratet – Project grant, group
2021 KMD og Sabancı University – SKAP award
2021 Bergensenstiftelsen – Project grant, group
2021 Kulturdirektoratet – Project grant, group
2021 Kunstsentrene i Norge – Project grant, group
2018 Einar Granum Student prize 2018
Publications
2025 Where Stones Sleep and Bones Whisper, edition 300 – self-publication
2025 Der stein kviler og bein kviskrar, edition 30 – self-publication
Collections
2025 Publication in collection of The National Library of Norway
2025 Publication in collection of The Oslo National Academy of the Arts library
2024 Work in collection of Videoarkivet
Collaboration
2019 – now Solastalgia artist group – www.solastalgia.no
Other experience
2024 – now Tegnerforbundet – The Norwegian Drawing Association – Gallery attendant
2022 – 2023 FeLT - Futures of Living Technologies – Research assistant – Oslo Metropolitan University
2020 Rogaland Art Center– Solastalgia group, seminar and artist talk – Stavanger, NO
2019 – 2020 Sjå magazine – editorial and curatorial board
2019 – 2020 Mørkerommet, photography collective – board member
Member of NBK, NK, UKS & FFF.