On Thursday 14 May 2026, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere presents Lofoten Poems – Visions from the Deep North, a solo exhibition by Yngve Henriksen curated by Alessandra Mammì, held under the patronage of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Italy. The exhibition will be open to the public from Friday 15 May to Friday 10 July 2026.
Born and based in the Lofoten archipelago, Yngve Henriksen grounds his artistic practice in the origins and atmosphere of these lands. Like an explorer, the artist—who returned to the North after years spent in Sweden—is drawn to the power of remote places, to the Arctic horizon and frozen landscapes where nature asserts itself with an overwhelming scenic presence.
The exhibition title, Lofoten Poems – Visions from the Deep North, encapsulates a project that seeks to extend beyond a solo show by one of the most intense and accomplished painters on the contemporary Norwegian scene, offering an immersive journey through the history of his work and his world.
Beyond its exhibition dimension, Lofoten Poems offers visitors a complete experience that becomes a potential platform for cultural exchange between Nordic and Mediterranean contexts. Through the gaze of one of its most perceptive inhabitants, the project addresses transnational themes such as adaptation to extreme environments, the fragility of ecosystems, memory, and the role of culture in shaping future iconographies.
As part of the public programme, on 15 May 2026 at 5 pm, the event Crossing Light and Darkness. Dialogues between science and art will take place at the Central Library “Guglielmo Marconi” (Room A) of the National Research Council in Rome.
The light and darkness of the North will be explored through the research and photographic-documentary experiences of the National Research Council (CNR), in a comparison between Cristina Marras, expert in metaphor and philosophy researcher at the CNR’s ILIESI; Paolo Plini, researcher at the CNR’s Institute of Polar Sciences; and Vittorio Tulli, documentary photographer of CNR scientific expeditions, in conversation with artist Yngve Henriksen.
