Steinar Sekkingstad was one of the founders of Lydgalleriet, and has been board member in organisations such as Borealis and Tag-Team Studio. He co-founded Bergen Kunsthall’s concert series Utmark, running continuously since 2008, presenting experimental underground music from all genres.

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Steinar Sekkingstad studied art history at the University of Bergen, specialising in sound art, with a thesis on sound in contemporary art from 2004. Sekkingstad has been a member of the expert committee for visual arts at Arts Council Norway (2016-2018) and worked as curator at Bergen Kunsthall for a number of years (2007-2022). He has edited a number of publications and written about contemporary art for magazines, publications and exhibition catalogues.

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