LNM – Markus Myhre, Karsten Krogh-Hansen og Mildred Kärkkäinen…

Exhibition

Markus Myhre, Karsten Krogh-Hansen og Mildred Kärkkäinen Gaenger

Unge inviterte 2026

08. January – 08. February 2026

Drawing and painting will carry on, like singing and dancing, because people need them. I am quite convinced painting will be big in the future. - David Hockney

Det har blitt en tradisjon å la Unge inviterte markerer starten på utstillingsåret ved LNM; en utstillingsserie som presenterer tre nyutdannede malere. Kunstnerne har fullført sin utdannelse året før, og utstillingen gir publikum et innblikk i nye posisjoner innen maleriet på den norske kunstscenen. Med Unge inviterte ønsker LNM både å vise hva som rører seg blant yngre malere akkurat nå, og å tilby en plattform i overgangen fra utdanning til profesjonell praksis.

Markus Myhre (b.1996) is a visual artist based in Oslo who works with painting, sculpture, and installation, with painting at the core of his practice. His work explores how painting can function in dialogue with different materials. In the studio, he collects and processes materials, sketches and fragments, allowing process and experimentation with form and surface to guide the development of the works. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2025). He has previously studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lisbon (2024) and Einar Granum Art School (2022). He has previously exhibited at Skog Artspace (2025), Østlandsutstillingen (2024), and Gamle Munch (2023).

Karsten Krogh-Hansen (b.1997) was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp (2025). He takes recognizable motifs from contemporary culture as his point of departure, transforming them into more intimate images. In his practice, he explores the materiality and history of painting, particularly through handmade distemper on found and reused panels and wooden boards, where surface and process become an integral part of the work. He has previously exhibited at De Boer Gallery in Antwerp and Los Angeles, and at Christian Torp Gallery in Oslo, where he will also open an exhibition in March. He was recently acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp (MHKA).

Mildred Kärkkäinen Gaenger (b.1999) is an artist based in Oslo who works primarily with oil painting on canvas and transparent surfaces, exploring how memories and the visual universe of childhood take material form. Using the child’s gaze as a starting point, she creates paintings in which concrete motifs and subtle moods meet in a space between the recognizable and the dreamlike. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2025). She has previously studied at Pernbys Målarskola (2022) and art history at Stockholm University (2020).

Download a pdf presentation of the exhibition "Unge inviterte 2026" with Markus Myhre, Karsten Krogh-Hansen and Mildred Kärkkäinen Gaenger here.