Solveig Øvstebø Solveig Øvstebø is an art historian and curator and has been the Director of the Bergen Kunsthall since 2003, developing it into one of the main contemporary art institutions in Norway with a focus on production, research and discourse. She has curated or co-curated numerous exhibitions, including Looking is Political: Nairy Baghramian, Bojan Sarcevic, Sergej Jenssen (2009), Leibhaftige malerei jxxxa: Jutta Koether (2008), The Absence of Mark Manders (2007), Center of Gravity: Runa Islam (2007), Banks Violet (2007), Awakenings: Rodney Graham (2006), Shifting Shifting: Aernout Mik (2006), The Welfare Show: Elmgreen & Dragset (2005), Down Here: Kutlug Ataman, Anri Sala, David Shrigley, Miranda July and Salla Tykka (2004), Versions: Pierre Huyghe, Imogen Stidworthy, Marjaana Kella, Rod Dickinson and Andreas Gedin (2004). Øvstebø also tutors in theory and art history at the art academies of Helsinki, Oslo and Bergen and has written and lectured extensively on contemporary art.