Opening of the season KHMessen Art Park with new artwork by the artist Arne Ingvaldsen Saturday 27 April at 15.00 there will be a season opening with a new work of art in Messen Kunstpark in Ålvik. The artist Arne Ingvaldsen, from Bergen, has worked in Kunstnarhuset Messen in April and has created the new artwork in the Art Park. Mayor Torgeir Næss will be responsible for the official opening. In addition, the artist himself will tell about his work. After the opening in the Kunstparken, we would like to invite the public into the Kunstnarhuset Messen. Arne Ingvaldsen will show a digital prese ..read more

We at KHMessen feel so grateful and privileged that we can select and invite such fantastic artists for a residency at the Hardangerfjord. This was once again so visible and tangible when seeing and experiencing the work of these strong artists and wonderful women. Thank you for showing your works and processes and for being here. Sad to have to say goodbye again: @jamie_ashforth @mariannabrvno @kkapeljuh #artistresidency #hardangerartresidency #khmessenresidency ..read more

Welcome to the Open studio of February 2024 ! It will be held on Monday 26th February at 19:00 – 21:00 With Art talks, coffee and snacks !   ..read more

Welcome to the Open Studio at KHMessen ! Thursday 28. September from kl. 19 – 21 Participating artists: Per Stian Monsås  /Norge  Roos Vogels / Nederland Lynn Cazabon / USA Mina Arakaki / Japan Agnieszka Foltyn / Norge/New Zealand Gunhild Sannes  / Norge image on front webpage: worktitled: “Shadows” Agnieszka Foltyn ..read more

Welcome to the Open Studio at KHMessen on Thursday 24. August 2023 from 19:00 until 21:00. This evening we will open the exhibition: INGRID SIMONS – NIGHTFALL, CHASING THE OMINOUS LIGHT and we will have Open Studios of our duo guest artists : Mirjam van Casteren and Esther van Casteren  – Nederland Animation and Romana Hagyo and Silke Maier-Gamauf from Austria Visual artists, performance, installation ..read more

Ingrid Simons is a multi diciplinairy visual artist working in abstracted oilpainting, graphic art, ceramic and performances.  On Thursday 24.08 2023 she will be presenting the solo exhibition “Nightfall, chasing the omnious light” at KH Messen, Norway.  The exhibition will be open Sat/Sun 26/27 August from 12:00 – 16:00 at KHMessen. Visningsrom ..read more

The guest artists and animators at KHMessen, Mirjam van Casteren and Esther van Casteren from the Netherlands are preparing their animation workshop that they will be given at museum Kabuso in Øystese on 09.08.2023 ! The children will love this ..read more

Velkomen til å feire med oss : 2 nye kunstverk i kunstparken på KHMessen ! Bart Nijboer og Frank Åsnes ! fredag 28.april kl.18. Deretter har vi ope studio, 3 kunstnere åpner atelieret sitt ! Yvette Lardinois, Chih Hua Huang, Aurora Noreña. Og utstilling fra Åse Berit Skeie Ulltang på KHMessen visningsrom er open ..read more

These are the artists selected for 2023 Congratulations ! Adi Hoffman – Isreal Irit Abramovich – Isreal Sarit Krupka Weingarten – Israel/USA Ingebjørg Berg Holm – Norway Aleksandra Szlęk – Poland Arne Heglum Ingvaldsen – Norway Aurora Noreña – Mexico Franzisca Siegrist – Spain/Norway Cheryl Leonard – USA Cosmo Großbach – Germany Dominik Fleischmann – Germany Gunhild Sannes Larsen – Norway Huang Chih Hua – Taiwan Ingrid Simons – The Netherlands Jana Rot – Germany Nele Brökelmann – Germany Sophie D’Hénin – France Maria Jardardottir – Norway Mina Arakaki -Japan Maria Hanl – Austria Esther van Cas ..read more

A visual impression of the colorful and dynamic open studio yesterday evening. We have seen interesting presentations of the artists: Son Seon Kyung (South Korea) Kerstin Mörsch (Germany) Lucia Veronesi (Italy) and (collaboration: All from two) Paul Burn (USA/Germany) and (collaboration: All from two) Thank you all for coming ! Animation from Son Seon KyungAt the studio of Son Seon KyungSon Seon KyungKerstin Mörsch in her studio.At the studio of Kerstin MörschAt the studio of Kerstin MörschLucia Veronesi and her artworks.Artwork of Lucia VeronesiPaul Burn and his artwork.All from two is a coll ..read more