Northing - Centre for East Asian Art and Culture is the first and currently only non-profit contemporary art centre focusing on promoting cultural exchange between Norway and East-Asia.

In Norway, Northing endeavours to provide East-Asian artists that are already living and working here with exhibition opportunities and stages to reach a wide local audience. At the same time, Northing creates possibilities of head-on communication and collaboration between Norwegian artists and their colleagues in East-Asia. Through its cross-disciplinary activities, including exhibition program, publications and cultural events, Northing wishes that East-Asian art and culture enrich the diversity of cultural life in Bergen and the whole Norway.

Currently, Northing has three major functions: the exhibition venue Northing Space, the art book publisher and design studio Kinakaal, and the tiny art and design bookshop Elephanten. Northing is developing a bookmaking workshop, and more cultural and educational functions in the coming years.

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Northing Space → Exhibition & Event ↘︎ is a multi-functional and cross-discipline venue for artists, designers, architects, etc. from East-Asian countries or with an East-Asian cultural background. So far Northing Space has hosted exhibitions and events for guests from Mainland China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, USA, Norway and other European countries, all with a East-Asian cultural background. Our exhibitions have a broad disciplinary diversity, including fine art, literature, illustration, photography, book design, critical design, architecture, comic art, printmaking, handicrafts, goldsmith, and more. Since the opening in 2019, Northing Space has collaborated with many local, national, and international cultural organisations, such as The Bergen House of Literature, Bergen International Literary Festival, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen Centre for Electronic Art, Bergen Assembly, Tekstallianse, Tekstallmenningen, Entrée, Bergen Art Book Fair, Pamflett, Grafill, Norla, Unfold Shanghai Art Book Fair (CN), Bananafish (CN), abC Art Book Fair (CN), Power Station of Art (CN), Off-Site (TW), Pon Ding (TW), einBuch.haus (DE), Gloria Glitzer (DE), PrintRoom (NL), Tofu Collective (DK), Art Centre GL STRAND (DK) and more.
Kinakaal → Books & Design ↘︎ With Kinakaal (Chinese cabbage), Northing wishes to open up new opportunities for conversations and collaborations between East-Asia and Norway, to explore various cultural dimensions, such as visual, independent, and academic culture, as well as less known cultural expressions. Kinakaal wishes to facilitate direct contact and cooperation between East-Asian and Norwegian artists and designers through book and design projects. Up to now (July 2024) Kinakaal has won four times in the Most Beautiful Norwegian Books for the Year competition and received multiple international design awards.
Elephanten → Bookshop ↘︎ is the tiniest bookshop in Bergen with focus on art and design publications and art merchandise by East-Asian artists and designers. The size of the store approximates to that of an elephant, and it was a reboot of the pop-up