Curatorial Notes

Curious about the artists shaping the future of Nordic contemporary art? Curatorial Notes presents a series of short, critically engaged introductions to artists participating in this year's CHART Talks Programme, written by leading art directors, curators and writers. Rather than offering career overviews or market perspectives, these preview essays explore the ideas, practices, and questions driving each artist's work.

"This is maybe one of the biggest qualities of Emma Sarpaniemi: not only to question gazes, notions of gender, and how to really look at your surroundings, but to trust your gut feeling, look for the whimsical, and feel your vulnerable self unapologetically."

Nadine Wietlisbach

Curator, Author and Head of Cultural Promotion

"When Loji translates industrially produced images into hand-embroidered form, a transformation occurs: the ephemeral becomes lasting, the ordinary acquires dignity, and the mass-produced becomes personal once more."

Markús Þór Andrésson

Director of Reykjavík Art Museum