Artist presentation

In residence: Yasen Vasilev // In house: Per Stian Monsås

Where: LKV’s GYMSAL
When: January 26, 13:00 – 14:00
Language: English

Welcome to the presentation by writer and performance-maker Yasen Vasilev, who is in residence at Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV) until the end of March; and by visual artist Per Stian Monsås, who is a tenant at LKV since November 2020.

Yasen Vasilev (1988, Bulgaria) is educated at the theatre academies of Sofia and Shanghai, and works internationally in the field of contemporary dance and performance as a maker, dramaturg and critic. He is a regular contributor for Springback magazine, collaborator of Belgian choreographer Ehsan Hemat and co-founder of Radar Sofia, a residency for playwrights, dramaturgs and artists at risk. During his residency at LKV, Vasilev will work in collaboration with DansiT with a group of local dancers on a Norwegian version of his performance “Impossible actions”. The piece will be presented in Rosendal teater on Feb 11-12th. For the second half of the residency he will be joined by choreographer Ehsan Hemat (Iran/Belgium) to research together Hemat’s new solo “everything brings us back to the body”

Per Stian Monsås (1990, Norway) draws his inspiration from the surrounding environment and experiences connected to everyday life. In the mundane, he tries to find those hidden gems take makes life interesting and highlights them through abstraction. Within his material and spatial practice, this abstraction can present itself as a wide variety of expressions. His work aims to cultivate experiences that can connect, and shared between, the viewer/participant and the work.Monsås graduated with a MFA from Trondheim Academy of Fine Art. His work has been commissioned for Hurtigruten (2018) and REV Ocean (2020). He was bestowed the Debutant Award at the 45th Trøndelags Exhibition in 2021. Monsås lives and works in Trondheim.

Photo (cropped): Yasen Vasilev (left) by Egle Sabaliauskaite, Jauno teatro dienos festival (LT) and Per Stian Monsås (right) by Kristin Slotterøy.

Available studio at Tempe

Photo: Per Stian Monsås

Tempe studio – 39 m2 floor area – 0,-/ month
Application deadline: 5th of December 2021
Studio available from 1st February 2022

Artisans and visual artists are invited to apply for a studio place at Tempe Health and Welfare Center. The center is connected to nursing homes and care homes, but also serves as a gathering place and cultural center for the district.

The studio is built for the purpose, with mezzanine and otherwise great height under the roof. The floor area is 39 m2. It is good daylight from the north. The center has a party hall that can be used for collaborative projects, meeting places or for exhibitions.

The studio will be announced from 1 February 2022 for a period of two years. The artist does not pay rent, but is committed to making his work available to the residents of the Tempe Health and Welfare Center. This can happen through different types of collaboration and involvement, such as open studios, exhibitions, conversations or other types of collaborative projects. Collaboration with the Culture Unit, Senior Culture is also an opportunity.

Artists who work on projects that are well suited for collaboration with, or dissemination to, the health and welfare center will be given priority.

The application must be submitted digitally as a single PDF-file, max 10 pages. If your application contains audio or video, send this as an online link in the application PDF-file.

Application must contain:
– applicant’s full name, registered address, residential address, email address, telephone number, organization number and other relevant contact information
– CV and portfolio
– justification for why the artist wants a stay in the studio
– justification of how the stay is intended to be used for artistic production
– thoughts about how cooperation with or dissemination to the health and welfare center and its residents can take place.

The selection will be made by Trondheim municipality’s allocation committee for studio places. Award criteria can be read here (in Norwegian): www.trondheim.kommune.no/atelier/

The manager of Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV) is the secretary of Trondheim Kommunes Studio Assignment Committee and receives all applications. Send your application via email to apply@lkv.no, marked «Application Tempe».

Trondheim Municipality Studio Assignment Committee consists of:
– Carl Martin Faurby, Trondheim Kunsthall
– Solveig Lønmo, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum
– Erlend Leirdal, Norske Kunsthåndverkere Midt-Norge
– Astrid Findreng, Trøndelag Bildende Kunstnere
– Jan Felix Eberhard Gmelin, NTNU Kunstakademiet
Siri Reinsberg Mørch, Trondheim Municipality
Lill-Kristin Bjørnstad, Tempe health and welfare center

Trondheim Municipality v / advisor to the municipal director’s staff, Siri Reinsberg Mørch tel: 92264778
Practical questions about Tempe health and welfare center, unit leader Lill-Kristin Bjørnstad tel: 97996240

Available studios at LKV


Application deadline: September 30, 2021

Studio 122 – ca 49,3 m2 – ca. kr 1913/month
Available from December 1st 2021

Studio 302 – ca 13 m2 – ca. kr 844/month
Available from December 1st 2021

Studio 316 – ca 19 m2 – ca. kr 1023/month
Available from February 1st 2022

In addition to the rent, kr 260/month in fees applies
Five-year contract with possibility for a five-year renewal.*

Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV) is a Foundation that runs a production space for professional visual artists, an interdisciplinary artist-in-residence program and the exhibition space BABEL visningsrom for kunst. Here you’ll find 42 studios, in addition to two project rooms and workshops for printmaking, metal, wood, analogue photography and a ceramic oven. The workshops and project rooms at LKV are available for all professional artists in Trondheim.

The application must be submitted digitally as a single PDF-file, max 10 pages. If your application contains audio or video, send this as an online link in the application PDF-file.

Application must contain:

  • Which studio(s) you are applying for
  • Applicant’s full name, registered address, residential address, email address, telephone number, organization number and other relevant contact information.
  • CV and a portfolio
  • Short presentation of your plans the upcoming years
  • Description of how you would like to use the studio and workshops at LKV

Send your application via email to apply@lkv.no, marked «application LKV – and which studio(s) you are applying for». Contact us on mail@lkv.no if you’d like to have a look at the studio and workshops at LKV or have other related queries.

For available studio at Gregus Kunstnerverksteder, send a separate application. For more information about Gregus’ available studio: https://fb.me/e/2wiuKr2Uh

Applications are reviewed by Trondheim Kommunes Studio Assignment Committee. Award criteria can be found here.* (in Norwegian)

* Note: The award criteria are being revised and will be up for political consideration during the autumn. Award will be made according to applicable criteria at that time. If someone wants to change the application as a result of revised criteria, it is possible. Get in touch if this is relevant.

Grant workshop with Erik Friis Reitan – the 1st of October

Date: Friday the 1st of October
Time: 12.00-15.00
Place: Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder

Sign up: Send an e-mail to kurs@lkv.no to sign up
Participants: 30

(The workshop will be held in Norwegian)

Are you having trouble with finding the right words when you are applying for working grants? Which works do you show? Should you be writing in art-speak? And what is “artistic plans”?

In this workshop we will run through some basic tips on how to write the big working grant application. How to prepare the application, how to navigate within the forms, how to organise the visual material, and how to describe your artistic work in a way that increases the chance of success. We will have time for questions and discussions, and are aiming for a relevant workshop fitting for both beginners and experienced artists.

Erik Friis Reitan is a visual artist and PHD fellow at the Art Academy in Bergen. He recently showed the exhibition Teleportation #3 at KODE4, and has received several grants and been a part of different juries and committees. Erik likes to share his experiences, and have held several workshops on application writing and exhibition documentation the last few years.

The workshop is a collaboration betweent VISP and Lademoen kunstnerverksteder, and is supported by Trondheim kommune.

Open call studio 101

Deadline 1st of April 2021

· Room 101– 31 sqm – ca. 2300 NOK/month
· Available from August 1st, 2021.
· For artists graduated in the current year or the previous year.
· One-year contract – with a possibility to have a studio at LKV for a minimum of six years.

Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder (LKV) is Trondheims largest working community for artists. Here you’ll find 42 studios, in addition to two project rooms and workshops for printmaking, metal, wood and analogue photography. The workshops at LKV are available for all professional artists.

Application must contain:
· Applicant’s full name, registered address, residential address, email address, telephone number, organization number and other relevant contact information.
· CV and a portfolio
· Short presentation of your plans the upcoming year
· Description of how you would like to use the studio and workshops at LKV

The application must be submitted digitally as a single PDF-file, max 10 pages. If your application contains audio or video, send this as an online link. Pictures should contain a short description.

Send your application via email to apply@lkv.no, marked “Application 101”. Contact us on mail@lkv.no if you’d like to have a look at the studio and workshops at LKV or have other related queries.

Applications are reviewed by Trondheim Kommunes Studio Assignment Committee. Award criteria can be found here: http://www.lkv.no/…/2016-Retningslinjer-etter-vedtak-i… (in Norwegian)

Booking of project rooms

LKV has a number of workshops and project rooms available for all professional artists. When renting a project room, the artist can also get access to the workshops for an extra kr 300 per week. See more information about prices and availability about this here.

Project room inside main bulding, ca 90m2