As I enter my 4th season of runing weekly ‘Expressive Art Labs’ from Kyrre Texnæs studio in Oslo, I am also reflecting on the many magical moments we have shared the wonderful space we have created.

I feel blessed.

Weekly on Tuesday’s, together we explore the sensory nature of art and authentic expression, using drawing as a way of encountering the world, recording the experiential rather than the visual, and as a way of connecting with ourselves and each other.

“Kat introduced me to self-liberation through integrating art in various forms. I always had an impression art has rules but being in art lab made me realise its way of expressing my thoughts which are unable to be compiled in any other form..”

— Sruthi Uppalapati, Doctoral research fellow at UiO (University of Oslo)