Unge inviterte 2024

Alina Vergnano, Julius Karoubi & Naeun Kang

The 2024 edition of LNM’s annual exhibition “Unge inviterte” invites artists Alina Vergnano, Julius Karoubi and Naeun Kang. LNM’s ambition in hosting this yearly exhibition is to provide a window into the next generation of up-and-coming painters. By inviting recently graduated artists with a focus on painting, LNM also provides a platform for artists to exhibit and continue establishing their careers.

Alina Vergnano (b. 1989, Torino) is an Italian artist currently based in Oslo. With the line as a point of departure, she explores concepts of fluidity, time, and entanglement. Her large-scale canvases investigate movement as a form of change. In her work, the figure dissolves into abstraction, pointing to an understanding of the body as a more-than-human, fluid and barely contained entity.

Alina Vergnano holds an MFA from the Art Academy in Bergen (2023) and a BFA from the Europe Institute of Design in Turin (2012). Recent exhibitions include JVDW (Dusseldorf, 2023), Bergen Kunsthall (Bergen,2023), Roman Road (London, 2023), MELK (Oslo, 2022), Galleri Cora Hillebrand (Gothenburg, 2021), Ruttkowski;68 (Cologne, 2021), Museo Ettore Fattori (Livorno, 2020), Gallery Thomassen (Gothenburg, 2019) and Cabinet Studiolo (Milan, 2018).
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Julius Karoubi (b. 1998, Oslo) works with mosaics, drawing and painting. He draws inspiration from packaging, pop culture and his family's roots in Algeria. He investigates questions around culture, tradition, history and materiality through his urban, archaeological practice.

Karoubi graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo (BA) in 2023 and has previously studied at Einar Granum Art School. He has had a solo exhibition at Hos Arne, and he has participated in exhibitions at Kunsthall Oslo, Bærum Kunsthall, Hos Arne, KÖSK, Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst, Hvitsten Salon, Oslo Kunstforening and Kunstnernes Hus, among others.
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Naeun Kang (b. 1994, Changwon, South Korea) is based in Oslo. Kang works with painting, sculpture, installations, ceramics and writing. She is interested in exploring human experiences, general awkwardness of existence, and fleeting things such as emotions and daydreams. Her practice is driven by an urge to visually communicate things that are difficult to convey verbally.

Kang has exhibited at, among others, Galleri Centralbanken in Oslo and Northing Space in Bergen. She received her MFA from the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo (KHiO) and her BFA from the Royal Academy of Art, the Hague, Netherlands.