The conversation will address the artistic and social questions driving Addae’s work, and how his experiences from Ghana and Norway intersect in his practice. Pedro Gómez Egaña is Addae’s former professor in the Academy of Fine Art, and will contribute perspectives from his own work as an artist and educator.

Addae works with sculpture, textile, and installation, giving new life to discarded clothes. He sees them as “discarded bodies” – materials close to the human body, full of traces of people and their stories. Through weaving, stitching, painting, and transformation, he creates works that are at once poetic, powerful, and critical. The exhibition shows how clothes taken for granted in Oslo are linked to the vast second-hand markets in Accra, Ghana, carrying with them narratives of migration, belonging, and inequality.

Sampson Addae's exhibition Relics and Warnings is open until Sunday September 7, 2025.

→ Read more about the exhibition here.

Sampson Addae (b. 1993, Ghana) is based in Oslo. He holds a BA in Painting and Sculpture from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana, and an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (2024). Relics and Warnings is his Oslo debut.

Pedro Gómez Egaña (b. 1976, Colombia) is an artist and professor of sculpture and installation at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. His practice crosses installation, music, and performance, and often explores the relationship between technology, power, and embodied experience.

The artist talk will be held in English. The event is free and open to all.

The event will take place at Kunstnerforbundet, on the 2nd floor. Please note that there is no elevator access. For more information about accessibility, you can read here. If you have further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Kunstnerforbundet.