Hay holds an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2025) and a BFA from KMD, The Art Academy in Bergen (2022).
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Upcoming
2026 Kristiansund Kunsthall – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026 – Kristiansund, NO
2026 Nasjonalbiblioteket – Oslo Art Book Fair – Oslo, NO
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Vestlandsutstillingen 2026, KUBE og Jugendstilsenteret, Haugesund Billedgalleri, Kunstgarasjen – NO
2026 Romsås Tower Art Fair, Atelie x GalleryLab – Oslo, NO
2025 NK Oslo 50 år, Salgshallen – Oslo, NO
2025 Bli noe annet, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Oslo, NO
2024 Non-human Communications, Vilniaus dailės akademija – Vilnius, LT
2024 Solastalgia 4.0: Forsøksfelt, Terminal B, Pikene på Broen – Kirkenes, NO
2024 Offerings to a Stranger, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Oslo, NO
2024 Tightly Pulling the Rope to Something, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus – Oslo, NO
2022 Solastalgia 3.0, Vadsø Kunstforening, Varangerfestivalen – Vadsø, NO
2022 SKAP, KMD and Sabancı University – Istanbul, TR
2022 Melange, KMD, Kunstakademiet – Bergen, NO
2021 SKAP, KMD & Sabancı University – NO/TR
2020 Solastalgia 2.0, Studio17 – Stavanger, NO
2019 So great to meet you, Bergen Kjøtt – Bergen, NO
2019 Solastalgia – The Facts of Feelings, Rom 61 – Bergen, NO
2018 PIKSEL18, Buzzocrazy!, PIKSEL – Bergen, NO
2018 Factory Light Festival 2018, Factory Light Festival – Slemmestad, NO
Artist residencies
2026 ORBI Vrå – Rødding, DK
2026 Malerhuset i Sønderho, group – Fanø, DK
2024 The Studio House in Arcueil – Paris, France
2023 Pikene på Broen & Flexile A.i.R, group – Kirkenes, NO
2021 Gjesteatelieret i Vadsø, group – Vadsø, NO
2026 Kristiansund Kunsthall – Vestlandsutstillingen 2026 – Kristiansund, NO
2026 Nasjonalbiblioteket – Oslo Art Book Fair – Oslo, NO
Selected Exhibitions
2026 Vestlandsutstillingen 2026, KUBE og Jugendstilsenteret, Haugesund Billedgalleri, Kunstgarasjen – NO
2026 Romsås Tower Art Fair, Atelie x GalleryLab – Oslo, NO
2025 NK Oslo 50 år, Salgshallen – Oslo, NO
2025 Bli noe annet, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Oslo, NO
2024 Non-human Communications, Vilniaus dailės akademija – Vilnius, LT
2024 Solastalgia 4.0: Forsøksfelt, Terminal B, Pikene på Broen – Kirkenes, NO
2024 Offerings to a Stranger, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo – Oslo, NO
2024 Tightly Pulling the Rope to Something, Akademirommet, Kunstnernes Hus – Oslo, NO
2022 Solastalgia 3.0, Vadsø Kunstforening, Varangerfestivalen – Vadsø, NO
2022 SKAP, KMD and Sabancı University – Istanbul, TR
2022 Melange, KMD, Kunstakademiet – Bergen, NO
2021 SKAP, KMD & Sabancı University – NO/TR
2020 Solastalgia 2.0, Studio17 – Stavanger, NO
2019 So great to meet you, Bergen Kjøtt – Bergen, NO
2019 Solastalgia – The Facts of Feelings, Rom 61 – Bergen, NO
2018 PIKSEL18, Buzzocrazy!, PIKSEL – Bergen, NO
2018 Factory Light Festival 2018, Factory Light Festival – Slemmestad, NO
Artist residencies
2026 ORBI Vrå – Rødding, DK
2026 Malerhuset i Sønderho, group – Fanø, DK
2024 The Studio House in Arcueil – Paris, France
2023 Pikene på Broen & Flexile A.i.R, group – Kirkenes, NO
2021 Gjesteatelieret i Vadsø, group – Vadsø, NO
Grants and awards
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 Der stein kviler og bein kviskrar – self-publication
2025 Where Stones Sleep and Bones Whisper – 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 Works in collection of Videokunstarkivet, The National Library of Norway
Education
2023 – 2025 MFA in Medium- and Material-Based Art – The Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2022 – 2023 MA in Art in Society – Oslo Metropolitan University
2018 – 2022 BFA – The Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art, KMD, University of Bergen
2016 – 2018 Vocational art school – Einar Granum Kunsfagskole
2023 – 2025 MFA in Medium- and Material-Based Art – The Oslo National Academy of the Arts
2022 – 2023 MA in Art in Society – Oslo Metropolitan University
2018 – 2022 BFA – The Art Academy – Department of Contemporary Art, KMD, University of Bergen
2016 – 2018 Vocational art school – Einar Granum Kunsfagskole
Other experience
2024 – now Tegnerforbundet – The Norwegian Drawing Association – Gallery attendant
2019 – now Solastalgia artist group, collaboration – www.solastalgia.no
2024, 2026 Oslo Open, open studios – Oslo, NO
2022 – 2023 FeLT - Futures of Living Technologies – Research assistant – Oslo Metropolitan University
2020 Rogaland Art Center– 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.