The board of Vestlandsutstillingen request artists with a connectionto the western counties of Møre og Romsdal, Vestland og Rogaland
to apply for participation in Vestlandsutstillingen 2025.
Vestlandsutstillingen 2025 will be curated by Vibece Salthe.
For questions please contact Vestlandsutstillingen’s exhibition manager Anneli Belsvik Aras:
kontakt@vestlandsutstillingen.no or phone 934 94 145 (Tuesdays and Fridays 09-16).
Vibece Salthe (b. 1973) is educated Cand. Philol in History of Art from the University of Bergen, and has a Diploma in Garden History from The Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Salthe holds a position as a curator at Stavanger Kunstmuseum, MUST. She has worked with collections, publications and exhibitions in the museum sector for more than 20 years – especially within the fields of modernism and contemporary art. She has a particular interest in feminist and ecology perspectives, and has explored the intersection point between art and botanics. Over the past 15 years Salthe has curated a number of critically acclaimed exhibitions embracing a wide selection of Norwegian as well as international artists, among them Sophie Calle: Take Care of Yourself (2013); Marit Victoria Wulff Andreassen – Through the Woods (2015); Dark Side of the Moon: Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg (2017); FLORA – between plants and humans (2019); Jan Groth – Cours and Volume(2022), and the exhibition Ruth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe (2022). Vibece Salthe is curator for Vestlandsutstillingen 2025. Photo: Helle Navratil
Vestlandsutstillingen is an annual touring exhibition since 1922 with works by artists associated with Western Norway. The exhibition is showcasing contemporary art that reflects the Westland art scene as it takes place in local, national and international contexts towards the rest of the country.
As the only regional exhibition, Vestlandsutstillingen announce an open call every year assessed by professional curators or artists. The only requirement is that you have a connection to Western Norway. This may signify that you were born here, grew up, studied or lived permanently for a period in one of the counties of Rogaland, Vestland or Møre og Romsdal.
