Ane Hjort Guttu (b. 1971) is a visual artist and filmmaker based in Oslo. She works across a range of media, with a particular focus on text and moving images. Her practice explores the relationship between freedom and power, how we navigate public space, individual autonomy, and the social, economic, and political conditions of art. She has an extensive exhibition practice both nationally and internationally, and has also published several books, the most recent of which will be released in 2026. Ane Hjort Guttu is a professor at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
‘Time Passes’ (2015), Ane Hjort Guttu. As installed for ‘eating or opening a window or just walking dully along’ (2015), The International Festival Exhibition, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Ane Hjort Guttu’s film Manifesto (2020) will be shown at CAST in 2026. The film speculates on the aims and purposes of institutional art education. Newly migrated into a university and an open-plan campus building, an art school feels cornered by a suffocating culture of surveillance and administration. Staff and students find ways to subvert control through secret operations. Drawing on her own experiences as an art teacher, Ane Hjort Guttu explores what is lost when creativity is replaced by order and provides action plans for how to be the playful rebel.
Film still from ‘Manifesto’ (2020), Ane Hjort Guttu. Image courtesy the artist.
Film still from ‘Manifesto’ (2020), Ane Hjort Guttu. Image courtesy the artist.
‘Manifesto’ (2020), Ane Hjort Guttu. As installed in the exhibition ‘The Practice of Everyday Life’ (2025-26), CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France.