IKON GALLERY
A new partnership to deliver a UK–Norway exchange programme
September 2026
Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery has launched a new partnership to deliver a UK–Norway exchange programme connecting artists, curators and prison-based art initiatives.
Joining with Agder Kunstakademi, an art school that ran in Agder Prison between 2021 – 2023, the programme explores the role of art school pedagogy within prison systems through exhibitions, residencies, workshops and public events.
Edmund Clark will contribute through visiting Agder Prison, documenting and researching, drawing on his longstanding exploration of state power and systems of control.
The initiative is supported by KORO – Public Art Norway, the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London.