This Year’s Artist Tree
1 Dec, 17:30 — 19:30
We are pleased to announce that Kim Hankyul has been invited to create the 2026 edition of the Artist Tree. Join us for the unveiling of AMOUR, followed by an artist talk, audience Q&A and light refreshments.
AMOUR (2026) is a kinetic sound sculpture composed of fragmented, skeletal forms that intertwine and move through mechanical processes. The structure appears to breathe, cough and even snore, evoking the intimacy and vulnerability of the human body.
Kim Hankyul considers the Museum Passage a kind of “non-place”, comparable to the spaces we pass through or linger in while on our way somewhere else. Such spaces are not only defined by movement, but also by moments of waiting, when we find ourselves between departure and arrival. The sculpture reflects this sense of being in between. Hanging from the ceiling, it occupies the passage without taking up floor space.
This winter, AMOUR will be on view in the museum’s foyer during opening hours.
“I hope this tree serves as a small sanctuary, if only for a brief moment, for those who find the winter season especially long and arduous.”
– Kim Hankyul
About the artist
Kim Hankyul (b. 1990, Busan, South Korea) is an artist based in Oslo. Working primarily with sound and kinetic installations, he explores social conditions of survival and disparity through the interplay of sound, movement and media technologies.
He holds a BA in Aesthetics from Seoul National University and an MA in Art from the Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design at the University of Bergen.
Recent presentations of his work include the UCCN Pavilion at the 16th Gwangju Biennale (2026), SOLO OSLO V at MUNCH, Oslo (2026), Salón Acme, Mexico City (2024), Pal Project, Paris (2024), Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (2024), and Entrée, Bergen (2023).
He received the Kistefos Prize (2021) and Sparebankstiftelsen DNB’s Grant (2022). His work is held in the Astrup Fearnley Collection, Oslo.
