We warmly welcome you to join the first 2026 Opening Reception on Thursday, 15th January, 2026, 6-8pm and meet our Norwegian artist Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri.
The exhibition title "The Second Skin" precisely articulates the core of Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri's practice. In sociological terms, clothing is the ‘second skin’ of humanity. It does not merely cover the body; it becomes the first calling card through which an individual enters the social system, carrying expectations and restrictions imposed from the outside. Yet this second skin is often also the very source of limitation and isolation. Bahri’s artistic method is a sustained deconstruction of this second skin. She tears open the polished surface of social disguise, using the chaos of found materials – the discarded, the flawed, the decaying – to expose the truthful interior states beneath. With thread as her drawing instrument, she offers viewers a vantage point beyond the loops of the self, igniting an inner dialogue: Who was I? Who will I become? Who could I be? What unfolds is a process of reflection, recognition, and negotiation – an attempt to craft singular life narratives in the tension between a body that feels confined and the norms that shape society.
“Kari Anne Helleberg Bahri: The Second Skin ” — 2026 Solo Exhibition UK Debut 1.15 6-8pm
Opening Reception:
Thursday, January 15, 2026 18:00-20:00 (artist present, open to public)
Exhibition Dates: January 15 – March 15, 2026
Bluerider ART London·Mayfair
47 Albemarle Street, London, W1S 4JW
Open daily, 10:00-18:00
info.uk@blueriderart.com
T: 020-39037827
