About
UKS (Unge Kunstneres Samfund / Young Artists’ Society) is an Oslo-based institution for contemporary art and a Norwegian membership organization. Founded by artists for artists in 1921, it has since established itself as one of Norway’s core experimental venues for the arts; convening, exhibiting, and supporting critical voices of contemporary artists, with the objective of having both an artistic and political impact within and beyond its region.
UKS is a non-profit organization with the Arts Council Norway as our principal funder. To download the UKS bylaws (in Norwegian only), click here. To read UKS’ Access Note, click here.
Opening hours:
UKS’ current exhibition 100 YEARS OF CONVIVIALITY: what you can see is what you can imagine takes place at Kunstnernes Hus, Wergelandsveien 17, Oslo.
Tuesday–Sunday: 11am–5pm
Thursday: 11am–7pm
UKS – UNGE KUNSTNERES SAMFUND / YOUNG ARTISTS’ SOCIETY
Keysers gate 1
0165 Oslo
Norway
Org. nr: 940426987
info(at)uks.no
www.uks.no
STAFF
Director
Miriam Wistreich, m.wistreich(at)uks.no
Production & Operations Manager
Mariusz Maslanka, m.maslanka(at)uks.no
Office Manager
Kaja Breckan, k.breckan(at)uks.no
Project Coordinator UKS 100
Ida Møller Engebretsen, i.engebretsen(at)uks.no
Communications Advisor
Live Drønen, l.dronen(at)uks.no
Communications Coordinator
Stephanie Serrano Sundby, s.s.sundby(at)uks.no
Project coordinator Keysers gate 1
Hans Christian Skovholt, h.c.skovholt(at)uks.no
BOARD
Chair
Steffen Håndlykken, s.handlykken(at)uks.no
Board Members
Johanne Laache, Ina Hagen, Kenneth Varpe, Henrik Sørlid, Jiska Huizing, Apichaya Wanthiang
Deputy Board Members
Rodrigo Ghattas-Peréz , Margrethe Kolstad Brekke
Nomination Board
Tobias Liljedahl, Nora Joung, Nayara Leite
Deputy Nomination Board Member
Stacy Brafield
GRAPHIC DESIGN
Studio Manuel Raeder
Manuel Raeder, Miglė Kazlauskaitė
Web development
Maxwell Simmer