Past Residents
Past Resident2025: Estonian Contemporary Art Development Center
Kris Lemsalu
Kris Lemsalu is a contemporary artist based in Tallinn, Estonia, and Vienna, Austria. She studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Eccentric in her use of color and materials, Lemsalu incorporates props, costumes, and natural elements to create immersive installations that, in her words, “give birth to a world of shamanic force, visionary weirdness, and collective revival.”
Kris Lemsalu has exhibited work at 58th Venice Biennial, Italy; KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Germany; and Secession, Austria, among others.
Kris Lemsalu, Born as Bird, 2025, ceramics, dimensions variable.
Kris Lemsalu, Sepeak easy, 2025, ceramics, dimensions variable.
Kris Lemsalu, Let Me Talk To The Boss, 2025, ceramics, dimensions variable.
Kris Lemsalu, Run Water, 2025, ceramics, dimensions variable.
Kris Lemsalu, Run Water, 2025, ceramics, dimensions variable.
Past Resident2025: OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Abirami Logendran
As a film curator, Abirami Logendran is drawn to hybrid practices and interdisciplinary approaches that reflect her cross-field background in design, art, film, mathematics and media theory. She has developed programs on migration and diaspora experiences, engaging with international artists like The Otolith Group, Sky Hopinka, Kamal Aljafari, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi and more. With strong interests in postcolonial theory, she critically examines contemporary culture through both conceptual and material lenses. She is also an active artist and critic.
Abirami Logendran has curated exhibitions at Kunstnernes Hus, Olso; Kunsthall, Oslo; and Institute for Contemporary Arts, London, among other things.
Abirami Logendran, Commitments to Mirror-Writing, 2025, talk. Screening of Into the Violet Belly by Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi at Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
Abirami Logendran, Silver Series #8, "The Otolith Group" exhibition, 2024, video. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
Abirami Logendran, Artist talk with Shirin Nest, 2025. Opening of"Silver Series#7," Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
Abirami Logendran, Diamond Heist, group exhibition, 2025, prints, drawings, video. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
Abirami Logendran, Diamond Heist, group exhibition, 2025, video. Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo.
Current Resident: Sep 1, 2025–Aug 31, 2026
OCA - Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Studio #220
Artist
Wendimagegn Belete
Wendimagegn Belete is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the complex interplay of culture, memory, identity, heritage, spirituality, and epigenetic inheritance—a form of memory transferred across generations in unconventional ways. He works across diverse mediums, including installation, moving images, painting, photography, textiles, and found objects. By interweaving physical and digital archival materials, he creates richly layered works that craft dynamic narratives, traversing both temporal and spatial boundaries.
Wendimagegn Belete has exhibited work at The National Museum in Olso, Norway; Gwangju Biennale, South Korea, and Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukraine, among others.
Wendimagegn Belete, Your Gaze Makes Me, 2021, mixed media installation, 2435/16 × 248 × 1113/16 in. (618.01 × 630 × 30 cm).
Wendimagegn Belete, Of water and the spirit., 2024, mixed media, dimensions variable.
Wendimagegn Belete, Unveil, 2020, video installation (loop), 987/16 × 472.44 in in. (250.01 × 472.44 in cm).
Wendimagegn Belete, MISS AND HIT, 2025, mixed media, dimensions variableThree Steps North.
Wendimagegn Belete, Three Steps North, 2024, mixed media, dimensions variable.
