The first ever Eyes as Big as Plates portrait was created in May 2011 together with Halvar on the southwest coast of Norway. Ten years and over a hundred portraits later, Galleri Dropsfabrikken in Trondheim is proud to present brand new works alongside Halvar in an exhibition celebrating the first decade of the project!
… Galleri Dropsfabrikken presents: Eyes as Big as Plates 2011-21
The Dedee Shattuck Gallery is pleased to reopen with their 2021 inaugural exhibit Eyes as Big as Plates: A Second Look at the Work of Riitta Ikonen & Karoline Hjorth. Visitors to the gallery will recognize these photographs from their 2019 group show, Should We Go Outside? A Nordic Quartet. There will be no formal opening reception for this exhibition, but you are welcome to visit the gallery from tomorrow, 1st of May until 30th of May. Opening hours are Wednesday-Saturday from 10 am – 5 pm and Sundays from 12-5 pm. Welcome!
Last week the Eyes as Big as Plates duo enjoyed a great chat with Christina Skreiberg from the stellar podcast Frilandslivet about freelance life, work and play – the episode is out now, listen here!
Eyes as Big as Plates’ very own Karin, one of the five works that was recently acquired into the permanent collection of Preus Museum in Horten, Norway, is gearing up for Sunday’s opening of the museum’s new exhibition titled TIME, PLACE, ROOM.
Who would have thought that our humble meeting on the doorstep of a small wooden house in a park in Norway ten years ago would lead us around the world on a decade-long adventure, giving us over a hundred unforgettable meetings with incredible humans and landscapes? This pinnacle requires several post-covid-style cheers! But as we are all getting impatient, let’s kickstart the festivities pre-covid-style already next month in the name of a solo show at Galleri Dropsfabrikken in Trondheim, Norway opening May 8th! … 10-year anniversary exhibition coming up in May!
The Norwegian Photography Museum Preus has acquired five Eyes as Big as Plates photographs to their collection! … Joining the Norwegian Museum of Photography’s collection!
Join us this Saturday for an online opening of a group show in Sweden, just a tiny bit east of Stockholm! Gustavsbergs Konsthall is ready to welcome you to the exhibition Earth, Wind, Fire, Water – Nordic Contemporary Crafts! … Hello Sweden!
We are excited to be doing a live walkthrough of our exhibition at the An Lanntair Arts Centre in the Outer Hebrides in Scotland tomorrow, Wednesday 27th of January! … Zoom live from the Outer Hebrides tomorrow Wednesday!
If you can safely journey into this glorious corner of the world, we strongly encourage you to do so. In the two weeks we toured these beautiful, windswept islands, we made lifelong friends, tasted some of the best gin and scotch around, stacked peat, tried our hand at mackerel fishing/ smoking and had some sheep named after us! … Outer Hebrides Calling!
Remember in-person events? No? We neither! But some magical people in Norway do! We are delighted to announce that we will be taking part in this year’s Nordic Light Photography Festival in Kristiansund!
… Eyes as Big as Plates at Nordic Light Festival of Photography
