Northern Norwegian Artist Register
Ina Otzko (b. 1972, Sandnessjøen) is a visual artist based in Northern Norway and Italy.
Ina Otzko (b. 1972, Sandnessjøen) is a visual artist based in Northern Norway and Italy. Her work revolves around questions of connections, communication and belonging - visible and invisible. Through a deep listening approach she explores time, space and consciousness. How our individual and collective energy exchange affects our choices, bringing/creating changes in how we perceive and relate to ourselves, others, our surroundings and life on Earth. Everything is connected. Her artistic production manifests through various media including photography, video, sound, sculpture.
Ina additionally works as an independent curator, art advisor and consultant for the private and public sector and is registered in KORO's public art register. One of her projects is the well received tome, 100 Norwegian Photographers, published by Hatje Cantz, which was launched at Fotografie Forum Frankfurt and exhibited at the Norwegian Pavilion The dream we carry at the Frankfurt Book fair in October 2019. She is initiator, co-founder and Director of the artist-run organization ArtBase Helgeland 66N. In 2018 she was the first recipient of the Art Award Twendeprisen for her artistic achievements and engagement within the arts. Certified Deep Listening® Teacher since 2022 from The Center for Deep Listening at Rensselaer NY.
I have had several solo exhibitions and participated in group and collective exhibitions at home and abroad. I am represented in private and public collections in Norway and Sweden, and have had several decoration assignments.
Born in Den Haag educated in Rotterdam at the willem the Kooning Academie, landed on a tiny deserted island `Storskjærvøya`in the North of Norway which is my living space and working place .
Impressed and imspired by the everday surrounding. From the inner to the far out landscape aiming to connect with the essence of nature.
Using various media to communIcate what lays between the know and unknown dimensions I transfer feelings thoughts and memories in colors , sounds and shapes to come closer to it
A classic goldsmith education lies at the bottom of my artistic work. My passion for craftsmanship survived while I challenge the roles and prospects of jewelry, widen its boundaries towards sculpture and installation. I work in various materials provided by objects found at garbage places, flea markets, cheap shops or discarded in nature; objects suggesting visualizations of perceptions and associations. It is a playful exploration of the formability of unknown materials in combination with familiar metals.
Philipp Spillmann, born in 1977, completed a classical goldsmith apprenticeship including studies at Schule für Gestaltung in Zürich, Switzerland. He moved to Norway in 2001 and became a member of the Norwegian Association of Arts & Crafts in 2011. He has participated in national and international exhibitions focusing on art jewelry and objects, and he has recently developed art for public spaces. His work is part of the permanent collections of the Art Museum of Bergen – KODE, the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design in Oslo and the North Norwegian Art Museum in Tromsø, Norway.
