Collective Oslo
portrait from Unwrapped art exhibition
Coline CherryGjermund EskedalLeon LindgrenDaniel SteienKristofer MattssonHenrik Bach Mortensen Johanna Warberg

All photos: Tonje Gulbæk

Artists:
COLINE CHERRY
GJERMUND ESKEDAL
LEON LINDGREN
DANIEL STEIEN
KRISTOFER MATTSON
HENRIK BACH MORTENSEN
JOHANNA WARBERG
(AKA SOSIALANTENNE)

As a one-night only experience, COLLECTIVE OSLO produced an art party exhibition to showcase the new breed of young artists in Oslo; “UNWRAPPED”.

The happening took place on September 22nd, 2022, just after the launch of the art project “PEELED”, on the site of historic artist restaurant Blom, now a gallery type hairdresser space signed Adam & Eva.

"UNWRAPPED" revealed a sneak-peek of some of works by the most vibrant young, talents in true COLLECTIVE spirit.

We try to use every opportunity we have to help and promote new talents. With “UNWRAPPED” we wanted to expose a wide variety of new artistic expressions, the pulse of Oslo today.
- Hilde Pettersen Reljin & Rita Mostrøm Larsen Founders, COLLECTIVE OSLO.

Malin Molden, a long-time collaborator with COLLECTIVE OSLO and curator of “UNWRAPPED” went straight to social media and looked through the people she followed on Instagram and started conceptualizing and reaching out.

It was my first time as a curator and I wanted to unwrap the more personal universes of the artists selected, without any boundaries.
- Malin Molden Fashion Designer (FLESH) and project manager, COLLECTIVE OSLO

The refined digital art of German born Lebanese-Norwegian Coline Cherry:

Coline Cherry (1993) is a multi-talented artist working both with digital art, fashion design and modelling as well as a lecturer at SoFi Oslo.

Artist Profile Coline Cherry

Gjermund Eskedal motion graphics was exhibited in the center piece of the space:

Gjermund Eskedal (1995) is a Norwegian 3D artist exploring multiple genres within design, architecture and fashion.

Artist Profile Gjermund Eskedal

The vivid and joyful fashion design by Swedish Leon Lindgren:

As a fashion designer, Leon Lindgren (1999) uses thread and fabric to build pictures onto the garments he creates portraying an entire, fictional reality.

Artist profile Leon Lindgren

Daniel Steien experiments with knitting and crochet techniques:

Daniel Steien (1995) is a Norwegian fashion designer and a hairdresser. He works with vegan materials to find new more environmental ways of designing.

Artist profile Daniel Steien

Kristofer Mattson’s visual artworks reveals underlying layered stories:

Swedish, Norwegian born with Colombian parents, Kristofer Mattson (1994) is an architect and visual narrator. Storytelling is a central pillar in his work.

Artist profile Kristofer Mattsson

Henrik Bach Mortensen creative wigs open a space of altered perceptions of reality:

Norwegian Henrik Bach Mortensen (1994) opens opportunities of change and creates art as a makeup artist and stylist.

Artist profile Henrik Mortensen

A refreshing new take on wall drapery with tufted artworks and prankish illustrations by Johanne Warberg aka Sosialantenne:

Johanna Warberg (1997) is a Norwegian artist, tufter, illustrator, and designer.
Her vivid universe is conspicuous.

Artist profile Johnna Warberg

UNWRAPPED creates synergies between different art fields with artists:

COLINE CHERRY / GJERMUND ESKEDAL / LEON LINDGREN / DANIEL STEIEN / KRISTOFER MATTSON / HENRIK BACH MORTENSEN / JOHANNA WARBERG (AKA SOSIALANTENNE)

Collective Oslo is backed by Oslo kommune, KORO and Adam og Eva.

Collective Oslo