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Tenthaus Art Collective has been working together in various constellations since 2009. The collective is characterized by an open, process-oriented form of participation and collaboration. They focus on local contexts exploring collectivity and inclusion through different forms of engagement . Tenthaus began as an artists-in-schools project and over a decade later they continue to maintain strong relations to the community and works to cultivate and nurture its environment.

Today Tenthaus encompasses both a project room and an exhibition space, a mobile studio, and a wide range of curatorial projects. As a collective Tenthaus reimagines themselves and what it means to be artists working with the public, and what makes a relevant socially engaged practice today. The collective works with discursive events, radio, research, exchanges, workshops and exhibitions with an international orientation. Each of its members brings a distinct set of skills, practices and cultural knowledge.

The distinctive result of their collaborations and collective discussion is visible through their work.

For many years we have been acting locally and connecting globally, and our resent curatorial projects opened possibilities to sustain these dialogues in long-term global collaborations. Whilst connecting hyperlocally with STEDSVEVEN, a project in Grønland and Tøyen where Tenthaus is invited by Oslo Kommunes Kunstsamling 2024 – 26, THE OVEN is a collaboration with Studio 150 in Bangkok, Space 413/PACK in Seoul and GUDSKUL in Jakarta encompassing exhibitions, translation, discursive programme, publications and more starting in 2024. Singapore Art Museum invites Tenthaus and THE OVEN a two months EX-SITUE residency in August and September 2024, where we will continue our practice of reaching out to potential collaborators in each locality and from our ever-growing network.  

Tenthaus is funded by Norsk Kulturråd (2016-2019, 2019-2022, 2022-2025 Arrangørstøtte) and driftstøtte Oslo kommune, support for workshops by Sparebankstiftelsen 2021-2024 as well as various other project support.

Exhibition space: Maridalsveien 3.

Mobile studio P1 (Prototyp1) – is a mobile studio for artists in schools and a touring artist residency that Tenthaus started in 2018.

Facilities and accessibility: We at Tenthaus are aware of the challenges that the access can bring to our physical space (gallery at Maridalsveien 3) during exhibitions and/or workshops. Therefore we put on disposition for any help needed by our visitors in case of limitations on the accessibility.

Please reach out to us via e-mail or Social Media in case you need assistance. We can also accommodate or arrange a visit to our exhibitions outside the opening hours.

Mail: team@tenthaus.no

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MATILDE BALATTI

Matilde has an MA from Art and Cultural Management at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany. She was born in the North of Italy where she studied Art History at the University of Milan, with a focus on contemporary art. Her current interest is on experimental approaches to administrative practices in the cultural field, for example through collective budgeting and creative administration techniques.

matilde@tenthaus.no 

JOANNA CHIA-YU LIN

Joanna Chia-yu Lin is a visual artist based in Oslo. Her works reinforce the subtle changes in everyday moments, where the time passing becomes abstract, stretchy and fluid. She works with photography, painting, textile, installations, labours and time.

Joanna Chia-yu Lin was born and raised in Taiwan. She has a master’s degree in medium and materials-based art from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the National Taiwan Normal University. 

joanna@tenthaus.no

SLEKKE

Told them no bio without water, ecoslutty slugger sipping on beetlejuice, portal hopping, skinny dipping, cave painting, swinging from a tree. Cave dwelling bat dabbling in toxicity, living in a driplet hoodie.

Slekke (fka Stan D’Haene) was born in Belgium and lives in Oslo, Norway. Their work includes art, curation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, centered on the approach of Gardening as Lifestyle as Art. This combines gardening and graffiti into a process-oriented practice that reflects everyday life. Some techniques central to their work are installation, performance, and post-vandalistic interventions. They investigate self-organized dissemination via small-press and video and alternative exhibiting approaches such as off-site and online. They invite you to travel along and explore the value of process-oriented art, open scripts, and the spiritual experience of the journey. Slekke is a member of the Tenthaus collective since 2019, and a member of the Graa collective since 2022. Since 2018 they annually perform a participatory spring ritual with Bart Van Dijck.

slekke.com / @slekke______
stan@tenthaus.no

SHAHRZAD MALEKIAN

Shahrzad Malekian is an interdisciplinary artist working with socially engaged art and public art.

Interaction and performativity in public space are significant aspects of their practice, which materializes in interactive installations, sculptures, moving images, performances and interventions in the public realm. By using the body as a tool for exploration and as a medium, her practice explores the body in a social, cultural, and political stances, norms and structures.

In their practice-based research, Malekian adopts collaborative and participatory approaches to explore institutional power structures and social dynamics , specially in case where hierarchies are blurred or invisible.  Shahrzad is member of the collective and involve in curaturial and research programs.

shahrzad@tenthaus.no 

IDA UVAAS

Ida is a dance artist from Larvik, Norway. She holds an MFA in Art and Public Space from Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and BA (hons) Dance Theatre from Laban in London, where she lived and worked for many years, before relocating to Oslo. She is interested in collaborative and multi-disciplinary processes, and her work is often site-, time- and/or audience specific.

ida@tenthaus.no

MECHU RAPELA

Mechu, originally from Córdoba, Argentina, is a member of the Tenthaus collective. With a background in Art History (MA, UiO), Mechu now leads Tenthaus’ international projects, expanding the collective’s reach beyond Oslo. Following Momentum 12, she has been part of developing The Oven network and other projects that bridge multiple locations. For now, her focus is on driving these international initiatives.

mechu@tenthaus.no

STEFAN SCHRÖDER

Stefan Schröder (b. 1966, Dresden, Germany) is a visual artist based in Oslo. His practice includes a range of media, such as drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, installation, and participatory art. Encounters with people, places, and their embedded narratives found materials and processes of re-use and repair characterise his research-based work. His practice is open to participation by sharing ideas, experiences, and resources. Recent exhibitions, projects and commissions include venues such as Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo (2022), Nye Vinne skole, Verdal (2021), Kunstbanken Hedmark, Hamar (2020), Galerie Ursula Walter, Dresden (2019), IKM Museum, Oslo (2019), LevArt, Levanger (2019), Kunstnernes hus, Oslo (20217) and Galerie Gebr. Lemann, Dresden (2016), among others. 

stefan@tenthaus.no 

HELEN ERIKSEN

Helen Eriksen (b.1964. Liverpool UK) is an artist researcher, writer and educator living and working in Oslo. She will deliver her doctoral project in visual art practice in post-colonial Scandinavia in autumn 2022 at the University of Agder.  

Helen works with pedagogical participation through performance lecture, sculpture, installation and photography. She works in collaborative settings; Stitch Sisters and Solmaz Collective and with Germain Ngoma.  

Website: heleneriksen.org

helen@tenthaus.no 

EBBA MOI

Ebba Moi is a visual artist graduated from Trondheim Art Academy in 1999 and a member of Tenthaus collective. She is at the moment director for Tenthaus collective, and as artist she works mainly with socially engaged art based on participation. Frequently engaging within public space, her focus lies in process, where key words are collaborative participation, direct dialogue and time as material.

Moi is also collaborating with Anna Carin Hedberg in the longterm collaboration HedbergMoi.

ebba@tenthaus.no

BELÉN SANTILLÁN

Belén Santillán is an Ecuadorian artist and educator based in Oslo. Her work moves through the intersections of art and critical pedagogy, imagining how institutions might open up spaces for creative expression and collective learning.
In collaboration with Tenthaus, she has developed public programs for Momentum 12 – Nordic Biennial of Contemporary Art, Tegnetriennalen 2023, and Stedsveven (2024–2026), a long-term public art commission by Oslo Kommune Kunstsamling.
Her recent projects have been presented at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter – DKS-LAB for kritikere, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA), and Singapore Art Museum (SAM), often taking shape as workshops and public programs grounded in collaborative processes.

belen@tenthaus.no

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