Tegnerforbundet (TF) - the Norwegian Drawing Center is centrally located in Kvadraturen in Oslo. We work to show the breadth of drawing and to promote the discourse around drawing as an art form. Our vision is to be Norway's foremost communicator and champion of drawing.
Our premises at Rådhusgata 17 house a large and modern gallery where four to five exhibitions are shown a year. We also carry out dissemination projects and events focusing on drawing for adults and children, professionals and drawing enthusiasts, as well as those who want to become one. The premises also include a sales department with selected art by TF members. The sales department has its own online store .
TF is also the publisher of NUMER , Norway's only journal for drawing, illustration and book art. NUMER is published three times a year and sent to subscribers in and outside Norway. The magazine is free for TF members, and interested parties can purchase NUMER in TF's gallery and online store, as well as at Teksallmeningen and in the book salon at Litteraturhuset in Bergen. NUMER's digital platform numermagasin.no offers reviews, interviews, artist portraits and the latest news in the field of drawing nationally and internationally.
Professional practitioners with a focus on drawing can organize themselves in Tegnerforbundet by applying for membership . TF is a member of the Norwegian Association of Visual Artists (NBK) and TF's board works together with NBK to improve the terms and rights of its members. As of today, TF has approx. 600 members.
From 2002 to 2023, TF has organized the Drawing Biennial/ Drawing Triennial (from 2016), an arena for the exhibition and dissemination of contemporary drawing art at an international level.
Tegnerforbundet is part of the network collaboration Kunst i Kvadraturen (KiK) and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Equality, the Norwegian Illustration Fund and the City of Oslo.
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