Thora Dolven Balke (NO)

Thora Dolven Balke's solo exhibition at NOUA will be the artist's first solo presentation in Northern Norway. The exhibition presents new works; large photographic glass collages on the wall that are a combination of transparent UV print on glass and other materials and a sound work in 12 channels, installed with speaker elements in an equal number of small sculptures scattered around the walls, floor and ceiling. The sound work is a collaboration with composer Henrik Skram.

Thematically, the exhibition revolves around confrontation of something that is far too big to grasp and the feeling of vertigo this can trigger. The artworks and the way they are installed will create a scale that is beyond the audience's own physical dimensions.

Thora Dolven Balke lives and works between Oslo, Lofoten and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her
practice is based on photography and moving images, shown in sculptural installations
often alongside sound and objects made of materials such as silicone, soap or epoxy. Dolven Balke's
practice is socially engaged, often curatorial and collaborative. Recent exhibitions include Human
Scale, Melk, Oslo (2024); Modo Host, CAMA, São Paulo (2024); Moon in Your Mouth, UKS
(2023); False Spring, Lydgalleriet (2020); Mind moves with matter, body blends into space,
Kunsthall Trondheim (2019) and FLOW, Cavalo, Rio de Janeiro (2019).