ØYVIND HJELMEN
BEING HERE

This exhibition unveils the artist’s sensitive and introspective world through a scenography that plays with scale and proximity. This intimate presentation encourages slow, careful contemplation, where each image unfolds with the quiet rhythm of a visual diary. 
 
Hjelmen’s photographs, imbued with a quiet melancholy, capture suspended moments, fleeting traces of time passing—remnants hovering at the edge of visibility. His work explores the persistence of memory and the fragility of the present, striking a delicate balance between what remains and what fades away.

opening Friday March 14th @ 6PM
with an artist’s performance

exhibition March 14 to 16
from 2 to 8 PM
then until June 1st 2025 on appointment

In my art practice I tell my family stories around war and refuge to discuss inter-general trauma. After the sudden death of my partner and my grandmother’s passing only months later – both of whom were central figures in my earlier works – I shifted my focus to my own immediate experience of loss. 


“Where it will lead me” began with an exploration of my grief and has become a means of self-care and healing. I believe that sharing my stories is not only an act of healing for myself, but also a contribution to the healing of others who may resonate with the theme of loss, trauma, and resilience.

Nastassja Nefjodov | artist

Nastassja Nefjodov is incredibly productive, and in this body of work, we chose to show Polaroids, in black & white. The artist works on resilience and mourning, and yet her images are so soft and delicate.

She stages herself swimming in the fjord, or in the forest, among trees that are half dead and half alive. We poor humans can only assume one value at a time: we are either dead or alive, and this is the tragedy that inhabits us.

Richard Petit | curator

oyvindhjelmen.com