Christian Houge

Behind the Scenes - Film {image 26} 90cm. x 120cm.

Visningsrom Oslo April/Mai 2026 Et møte mellom kunst, natur og rom Etter 25 år med arbeid og utstillinger med min miljøbaserte kunst åpner jeg nå et nytt uavhengig visningsrom i Oslo.

Paradise Lost shows works from the last 25 years of Christian Houge's work.

Across the quiet, wind-shaped landscapes of the former Yugoslavia, concrete structures rise from the earth like relics from a vanished future, monuments born from the dreams of a country that no longer exists.

Biography Christian Houge is a Norwegian artist and photographer whose work spans over two and a half decades and explores the existential tensions between humankind and the natural world.

My collodion journey began eight years ago with photography legend Jill Enfield, sparking my obsession with alternative analog techniques.

“The Photograph is violent: not because it shows violent things, but because on each occasion it fills the sight by force, and because in it nothing can be refused or transformed.”

«Paradise Lost 2011-2014» explores Norwegian rituals from the 1600s to keep the wolves away from Man and livestock.

100cm x 300 cm.

The project Barentsburg explores a Russian coalmining community 78 degrees North.