Artist talk at Frysja Fellesrom / Kunstnersamtale på Frysja i Fellesrommet

Thursday, May 28, 2026
6:00 PM 8:00 PM 18:00 20:00

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Thursday 28. of May there will be an artist talk by Jayita Barai at Frysja Kunstnersenter. Jayita has a residency with AiR Green, an international Art Residency located at Søndre Green farm.
Kristin Lindeberg will introduce Jayita and AiR Green
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BIO Jayita Barai is a visual artist from Delhi. She completed her BFA from College of Art in New Delhi (2017), and MFA from the S.N. School of Art and Communication (2019). She has exhibited at Khirki Studio, Delhi(2018); Emerging Palette at Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad(2019); a group show with ONKAF Gallery(2019) in Hamburg; and the CIMA Award Show(2022). She also participated in the Lockdown times community art project(2020). She was part of a residency in Nagaland organised by Arts for Change India+TAFMA(2022). She has worked as an Art mediator with KHOJ - Air expo, a public art intervention project (2022) and exhibited at Bhau Daji Lad Museum(2024) She has also worked as an educator at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath from 2022-2024. She received the Prafulla Dahanukar Award(2024) and Space118 Grant(2025–26). Her recent exhibitions include 65th National exhibition (2026) and Takshanam at NGMA (2026). She is also a part of Quiet Art Movement.

Artist statement - My practice revolves around the themes of displacement, ecology and the shifting notions of home that goes beyond the physical structure that encompasses memories, dreams, emotions of the dreamer. My medium of expression is drawing, sculpture and installations. I use coir rope, discarded clothes, foraged natural materials to build sculptural forms that act like containers of life with knotting, weaving and tying as gestures that metaphorically represent protection, comfort and the togetherness of human and nature.

In my practice material, touch and the making i.e through the act of knotting is interlinked to each other , where one is inseparable from another.This action has material memory, a sequence of movements where each knot measures time, labor and touch.

Assemblage is one of my ongoing projects that I wish to extend to the Norwegian landscape. The project is built around materials gathered during my walks in urban parks and urban forests, where I treat each walk as a foraging expedition rather than an ordinary stroll. I am excited for AiR Green residency at Søndre Green, as the surrounding Norwegian landscape presents an opportunity to extend my urban-born practice into a new ecological scenario. My aim is to create site-responsive assemblages that will hold the material memory of the Norwegian landscape and encourage stillness, focus, and tactile exploration.