Coast Contemporary
Presented by Entrée in the Cabin Series, 2017. Curated by Randi Grov Berger and Espen Johansen from Entreé and over all program by Helga-Marie Nordby and Tanja Sæter from Coast Contemporary.
Upcoming: Edition Ten. September 14-20, 2026.
Read the essay by Art Critic Arnau Horta (ES) from Mutant Prospects 2025, published on Independent Curators International.
Curious about previous editions? Please see our Archive page.
About Coast
Coast Contemporary was founded in 2015 and is an international nomadic platform for art, meetings, food and discourse based in Norway. It is also a journey and an assembly bringing together artists, curators, critics, institutions, art workers and the public for a multi-day program of performances, talks, screenings and a conference program. During one edition we normally work with 5-10 local and national institutions and artists to shape and co-curate our program.
We aim to present a rich artistic program and to work as a link to generate future collaborations between participants by slowing down and use time to make it easier to survive as an art-worker. We are engaged in solidarity economics and believe in sharing. Coasts nine editions has so far contributed to 390 reported collaborations in 12 countries.
Attendance
You can reach out to us as professional artist, curator, institution, art critic or writer by emailing to office@coastcontemporary.no or apply through one of our Open Call collaborations if interested in attending. Please apply with your CV, short BIO including past and future projects (if relevant) and a letter stating why you would be interested in attending. We are looking for people interested in engaging in collaborations with artists, institutions, writers and independent curators.
Current Open Call collaborations: Independent Curators International and C-E-A the French Association of Exhibition Curators.
Program 2026
Program launch for our tenth edition is scheduled for release in late August, 2026.
Exhibitions and parts of our program is public and we welcome all local audience.
Please sign up trough office@coastcontemporary.no if you wish to reserve a seat as public for the conference program in Fredrikstad 15 & 16th of september.
Coast Contemporarys international program is funded by
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Office for Contemporary Art Norway.
Other programme is kindly funded by
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Arts Council Norway, OCA-Office for Contemporary Art Norway and Østfold County.
Please see our Archive for previous editions.