Oslo Kunstforening is pleased to welcome you to the opening of Sparebankstiftelsen DNB Grant Exhibition 2026,Thursday 12 November, 6–8 pm. This year’s exhibiting artists are Eli Mai Huang Nesse, Khalid Shatta and Ilavenil Vasuky Jayapalan.

Eli Mai Huang Nesse (b. 1992) is an artist, scenographer and filmmaker based in Oslo. Her work explores the need for safety nets and coping strategies, and how to sustain hope in surroundings that are falling apart.

Khalid Shatta (b. 1989) lives and works in Oslo. Shatta works across photography, installation, drawing, painting and sculpture. Drawing on Sudanese cultural heritage, he explores cultural memory and histories disrupted by displacement and colonialism.

Ilavenil Vasuky Jayapalan (b. 1991) lives and works in Oslo, working with film, sound, animation, performance, poetry and installation. Informed by Eelam Tamil experiences of forced migration and genocide, he develops works that examine how body, desire, identity and belonging are shaped by historical, biological and technological conditions.

This year’s jury consists of jury chair Hege Nyborg (visual artist), Stina Högkvist (Director, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum), Ahmed Umar (visual artist), Linda Lamignan (visual artist) and Mikael Damstuen Brkic (Director, Oslo Kunstforening).

Oslo Kunstforening has organised this long-standing grant exhibition since 2008 with support from Sparebankstiftelsen DNB. To date, 83 artists have taken part in the exhibition and 24 have received the grant. The recipient of this year’s grant of NOK 300.000 will be announced during the exhibition period.