Nuri Sakong is part of the Artica Svalbard Internship Programme 2018 and will present work in progress at Artica Svalbard.
On the 25th February between 15-18 Nuri presents work in progress 'Does God know?' - sound installations and drawings conveying the challenges newcomers to Norway are faced with.
Nuri is a Korean-born, Norwegian-based artist who works with installations across a wide variety of genres, based on a study of the relationship between being and space. She received her MA in Philosophy from Keimyung University, South Korea (2010-14) and MFA from Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Norway (2015-17). Her work has recently been presented in the MA graduation exhibition ‘Triage’ at Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2017) and a solo exhibition ‘Sett fra Baksiden’ at the Seogu culture center, South Korea (2017).