Aurora Passero
Drum Talk
08/02/2025—08/03/2025
Aurora Passero, "Hand Tunes", 2025
Wool, nylon, cotton
51,5 x 35,5 cm
16 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Hand Tunes" #1-3, 2025
Wool, nylon, cotton
51,5 x 35,5 cm
16 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Hand Tunes" #1-3, 2025
Ull, nylon, bomull
51,5 x 35,5 cm
16 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Hand Tunes" #1-3, 2025
Wool, nylon, cotton
51,5 x 35,5 cm
16 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Hand Tunes" #4-6, 2025
Nylon, cotton
51,5 x35,5 cm
16 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Hand Tunes" #4-6, 2025
Nylon, cotton
51,5 x35,5 cm
16 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Hand Tunes" #4-6, 2025
Nylon, cotton
51,5 x35,5 cm
16 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Grand Battement", 2024
Handwoven, hand-dyed nylon
122 x 60 cm
34 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Drum Talk" #1, 2025
Handwoven, hand-dyed nylon
250 x 35 cm
62 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Drum Talk" #2, 2025
Hand-woven, hand-dyed nylon rope
260 x 26cm
52 000 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Soil Hand", 2024
Handwoven, hand-dyed nylon
76 x 24cm
9 500 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Hand Signals", 2024
Handwoven, hand-dyed nylon
68 x 21cm
9 500 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Inner View", 2024
Handwoven, hand-dyed nylon
81 x 28 cm
9 500 NOK
Aurora Passero, "Soil Senses", 2024
Handwoven, hand-dyed nylon
86 x 23,5 cm
9 500 NOK
Aurora Passero's works in woven and dyed nylon draw inspiration from various cultural expressions, including traditional crafts, underground culture, fashion, and art history. Passero demonstrates a keen sensitivity to details in her surroundings—whether in her daily movements from home to her studio in Storgata, during travels, or in nature. She collects fragments along the way: an orange wall, an embroidery, a chain, an old wool jacket, an IKEA bag, a worn-out container, an open plateau, a sunset. Processed and reinterpreted, these references from nature and culture are woven together.
In this exhibition, Passero presents new woven textile works that take shape in space. From a series of delicate weavings in nylon, wool, and cotton to heavy woven rope sculptures, where texture creates distinct contours. The sculptures appear as physical entities, resembling both bodies and garments. Passero’s
toilesare raw and seductive, organic yet synthetic.
The exhibition title,
Drum Talk, sets the tone. Using a more physical technique than in the flat weaving she usually works with, these pieces have gradually emerged, suspended in space. Over a given period, the rhythm of the hands dictates the final composition—for now—until the process continues, on and on.
Aurora Passero (b. 1984) lives and works in Oslo, Norway, and studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Department of Textile Art, where she completed a master's degree in 2011. Recent solo exhibitions include
Woven Signals, Galleri Haaken (2023);
Solid Blossom, TSSK (2023);
Hard Shell, Galleri Haaken (2021);
Silvery Actions, The Vigeland Museum (2018);
Affections, Kunstnernes Hus (2016);
Liquid Territory, Kraft (2015);
Ivory Tactics, Kunstnerforbundet (2012); and
Warrior Gloss, Galleri Soft (2011).
Selected group exhibitions include
Ortigia Contemporanea, Siracusa (2024);
Elva, Kongsvinger Kunstforening (2021);
Ode til en Vaskeklut, Hymne til en Tiger, Kunsthall Stavanger (2018);
NNA-NNA-NNA, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Astrup Fearnley Museum (2015, 2016);
Tusen Tråder, Lillehammer Art Museum (2014);
Europe, Europe, Astrup Fearnley Museum (2014);
Norwegian Sculpture Biennale, The Vigeland Museum (2013);
24 Spaces/1857, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö (2013);
I Tråd Med Tiden, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum (2013); and
Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art(2012).
In recent years, she has completed several public art projects, including works for Jotun Headquarters, Sandefjord (2022); Løkenåsveien Recreation Center (2022); Risvollan Health and Welfare Center, Trondheim (2021); Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm (2020); Rustad School, Ås (2019); the Norwegian Parliament, Oslo (2019); St. Hallvard School, Lier (2013); and the Norwegian Embassy in Rome (2012).
