Anne-Marte Før
Eit gøyme (A Hiding Place)
Welcome to the exhibition opening on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM.
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Eit gøyme er ein stad du kan legge frå deg skattane dine, til du trenger dei.
– Anne-Marte Før.
In Eit gøyme, Anne-Marte Før considers preservation, use, transformation and the ambiguity of belonging to place. The artist works with objects that are old, created through knowledge passed from hand to hand, from body to body. Objects that have moved through landscapes and been of use through winters and springs. Eit gøyme is Anne-Marte Før’s first solo exhibition in Oslo.
Objects that cross time and space
For this exihibtion, Før returns to three earlier works and uncovers new or different layers within them, allowing them to draw on one another. Here we encounter a bird or several birds, animal bells, troughs, and an old wooden bowl. These objects hold local memories and traces that can connect them to a place, to a time, yet possessing something more universal and timeless. These are objects that, in their own ways, cross time and space while also becoming carriers of meaning for the world today.
Cultural-historical material
Anne-Marte Før works with cultural-historical material in a broad sense, reflecting on transformation, absence, the in-between, and time. She is interested in place-bound and fluid identities, and in how objects, songs, stories, knowledge, and art change through processes of passing on traditions.
About Anne-Marte Før
Anne-Marte Før is a visual artist based in Valdres/Oslo. She holds a master’s degree from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2024). Før’s practice is not medium-specific and ranges from installation, sound work, objects, and sculpture to text. Her work has been shown at, among others, Guttormsgaard Arkiv, Blaker; Gallery Carillion, Dallas, USA; Kunstbanken Performance Festival, Hamar; and Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Før also runs the art project Flyktig/Fugitive together with Gary Farrelly, where each summer since 2021 they have invited artists to work with performative and temporary practices in Valdres.
The exhibition is supported by the Norwegian Visual Artists Fund and the Norwegian Cultural Council.
