Full-time Staff
Hanne Mugaas, Founding Director
hanne@kunsthallstavanger.no
Hanne Mugaas is the Founding Director of Kunsthall Stavanger, where she has been the driving force since its establishment in 2013. Under her leadership, the institution has flourished—earning both national and international acclaim for its bold and innovative exhibition program.
At Kunsthall Stavanger, Mugaas has curated numerous exhibitions, including recent projects such as Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings: Bleak House (2023–24), Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally (2024), and Mark Corfield-Moore: We Speak Chicken (2024–25). She has presented major survey exhibitions, including Judith Bernstein: Rising (2016) and Kiki Kogelnik: Inner Life (2017), both of which featured significant works that had not been shown since the 1960s. Her additional curatorial projects span a wide range of large-scale solo exhibitions and commissions with artists such as Hanne Lippard, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Vanessa Baird, Yngve Holen, Nicolas Party, Peggy Ahwesh, Frances Stark, and Lina Viste Grønli, among many others.
Mugaas has since 2013 expanded Kunsthall Stavanger’s reach through digital programming, commissioning projects for Kunsthall Stavanger’s online platform, including the online performance Lina Viste Grønli, Peter Child and Elaine Chew: Practicing Haydn (Piano Sonata in EB, HOB XVI:45 Finale) (2013) as part of Performa 13, the participatory digital project Stine Janvin: Mouthpiece (2022), and the online conference 7x7 ( a collaboration with Rhizome at the New Museum, New York, 2020), among others. Mugaas’ editorial and publishing work includes the 2016 monograph Judith Bernstein: Rising, published by Mousse, —the first publication to contextualize Bernstein’s expansive oeuvre within the broader framework of feminist art history and American socio-political discourse, and Kiki Kogelnik: Inner Life (2017), published by Hatje Cantz in collaboration with the Kiki Kogelnik Foundation. She has contributed to publications such as Kaleidoscope and Artforum.
Outside of her work at Kunsthall Stavanger, Mugaas’ broader contributions to the field include serving on the boards of Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA) and Bergen Assembly. She has participated in numerous international panels and juries. Prior to her work in Stavanger, Mugaas spent a decade in New York, where she held curatorial roles at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and founded the independent project space Art Since the Summer of ’69. She has curated exhibitions and projects at venues such as Studio Voltaire, London; Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London; Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia; Performa 11 and 9, New York; and Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, among many others.
Jessica Morris, Deputy Director (on maternity leave)
jessica@kunsthallstavanger.no
Jessica Morris has been part of the Kunsthall Stavanger team since 2017 and part of the senior management team since 2019. Jessica has extensive experience as a project manager across the branches of non-profit organisations, film production, advertising and contemporary art. At Kunsthall Stavanger, Jessica has been responsible for professional development and strategic growth on the operational side of the institution.
Kristina Ketola Bore, Senior Curator
kristina@kunsthallstavanger.no
Kristina Ketola Bore joined Kunsthall Stavanger in 2019. During her time at the kunsthall, Kristina has curated exhibitions and commissioned works by artists such as Lex Brown, Bárbara Wagner and Benjamin de Burca, Stine Janvin, Laurel Schwulst, Farah Al Qasimi, and many more. With an interest in social practice, Kristina has built a robust and comprehensive educational programme, increased the educational staff and established the practice-based research project Mobilizing Citizenship.
Marisa Molin, Coordinator
marisa@kunsthallstavanger.no
Marisa Molin is an arts professional with over twenty years’ experience, who has worked within and collaboratively with many respected Norwegian and international cultural institutions. Marisa has taken on leadership roles in various artist run models, demonstrating her dedication to fostering creativity, and brings extensive experience project managing diverse creative initiatives. Prior to her role as Coordinator, she was involved with Kunsthall Stavanger as a Project Manager for educational and administrative initiatives, such as Mobilizing Citizenship and Arty Party.
Part-time Staff
Heather Jones, Curator
heather@kunsthallstavanger.no
Heather Jones is an American writer and curator currently working between Norway and Sweden. She is a Founding Editor of the online arts journal and residency program Contemporary Art Stavanger (CAS), Norway. She previously served as the Curator of Art at ValstaKonst / Sigtuna Museum & Art, Assistant Curator at Kunsthall Stavanger, and Exhibitions Coordinator at Independent Curators International in New York. She has a strong background in studio art and production, and was a Master Apprentice for the studio of Sol LeWitt and the Studio Manager for the artist Caledonia Curry (Swoon).
Matt Bryans, Production and Technical Manager
matt@kunsthallstavanger.no
Christine Olsen, Financial Advisor (Temp)
christine@kunsthallstavanger.no
Francis Krauss, Kunsthall Host and Memberships Manager
medlem@kunsthallstavanger.no
Kristine Hille Halvorsen, Kunsthall Host and Educator
resepsjon@kunsthallstavanger.no
Katharina Bjelland, Kunsthall Host
katharina@kunsthallstavanger.no
Oleksandra Fabricius, Educator, Kids' Art Club
oleksandra@kunsthallstavanger.no
Open Positions
Board
Martha Lyse (Chair)
Eirik Bø
Vegard Bø
Ingrid Moe
Sofie B. Ringstad
Alexander Hart Røed (City of Stavanger's representative)
Ann Sesilie Tekfeldt
Support
Volunteers: Tove Berg, Olaug Galland, Kristin Høiland, Josy Kang, Kari Moe, Jorunn Mugaas, Krysia Ofierska
Visual Identity and Website: Eline Mul and Bryant Wells