Coast Contemporary

Lecture Performance by Daisuke Kosugi during the second edition "Rugged, weathered above the sea", curated by Charles Aubin in 2018.
Photo: Laimonas Puisys.

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.

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 eight editions has so far contributed to 360 reported collaborations in 12 countries.

Venues, focus and people change every year.
To participate please apply to open calls or contact us directly at office@coastcontemporary.no

Edition Nine: September 15. – 21. 2025
Locations: Sokndal, Sogndalstrand, Jæren and Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway.

LOCATIONS 2025

LOCATION ONE – September 15.-18.2025
Our Conference and Artistic Program will take place at Sogndalstrand kulturhotell and at Velferden Sokndal Scene for Samtidskunst in Dalane. The ninth edition will be curated by Tanja Sæter, founder of Coast Contemporary. Artist Kenneth Varpe is in charge of presentations. Artists and founders of Velferden, Maiken Stene and Hans Edward Hammonds has been invited to co-curate a part of the upcoming edition. Velferden Arena is located in the old offices of the Titania mine, extracting Titanium dioxcide from Earth.

LOCATION TWO – September 18. – 21.2025
On the 18th we drive along the coastline of Jæren with a visit to Hå Gamle Prestegård and end up in Stavanger city. Visits and curating in Stavanger will be made in collaboration with Hanne Beate Ueland, director of Stavanger Kunstmuseum and Hanne Mugaas, director of Kunsthall Stavanger. We also collaborate with Open Studios Stavanger as the festivals international visitors program during the Studio Festival.

Both locations are located in Rogaland county council in the South West of Norway.

Our programs are partially public and you are welcome to attend as audience for the open parts of our program.

NEWS – ART PRIZE
We are proud to announce Anette Gellein as the winner of the Coast Contemporary Art Prize in collaboration with Open studios Stavanger. Read more about the winner and the prize in CAS – Contemporary Art Stavanger.

Artists of 2025 will launch in July.
Please see our Archive for previous editions.