Håvard Sagen (b. 1986, Sandnes, Norway) is a multidisciplinary artist working on Turrbal and Jagera Country in Meanjin/Brisbane, and on Yugambeh Country on the Gold Coast, Australia. His practice often extends beyond the gallery, producing site-specific collaborative installations with strong built and social components. He received his training at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts – School of Architecture, Stavanger Art School, and Trondheim Academy of Fine Art.
In 2019 Sagen co-founded Skaus with Mari Kolbeinson and Markus Bråten, an artist-run initiative fostering collaboration between sites, artists, architecture, institutions, and local communities. Following the successful Skaus: Pilot project in Stavanger, Skaus were selected to represent Norway at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York (2021-22). Since then, Skaus have delivered major public art projects for the Oslo Architecture Triennale (Trehus, 2022), and most recently, for the Stavanger 2025 Emigration Commemoration (Skaus: Hjem, 2025).
Sagen’s evolving practice seeks to bridge environmental art, architecture, and community engagement across diverse cultural and ecological contexts. He has worked extensively in scientific environments – in 2018 and 2019, he served as expedition artist for Arctic missions with the Nansen Center and the INTAROS and CAATEX projects. In 2021, Sagen initiated Book of Sand – Singular Hands, a collaborative project unfolding in three Norwegian landscapes shaped by extractive industries and urban development. In 2022 he produced an installation in response to Gunnar Torvund’s body of work for his memorial exhibition at Bryne Kunstforening.
Since relocating to Australia, he has participated in the BigCi Artist Residency (2023), documented a conservation project in the Wollemi National Park, and successfully produced Geode Tree (2025), a large-scale interactive artwork for the Wama Foundation - National Centre for Environmental Art in Gariwerd/the Grampians.
In 2019 Sagen co-founded Skaus with Mari Kolbeinson and Markus Bråten, an artist-run initiative fostering collaboration between sites, artists, architecture, institutions, and local communities. Following the successful Skaus: Pilot project in Stavanger, Skaus were selected to represent Norway at the International Studio & Curatorial Program in New York (2021-22). Since then, Skaus have delivered major public art projects for the Oslo Architecture Triennale (Trehus, 2022), and most recently, for the Stavanger 2025 Emigration Commemoration (Skaus: Hjem, 2025).
Sagen’s evolving practice seeks to bridge environmental art, architecture, and community engagement across diverse cultural and ecological contexts. He has worked extensively in scientific environments – in 2018 and 2019, he served as expedition artist for Arctic missions with the Nansen Center and the INTAROS and CAATEX projects. In 2021, Sagen initiated Book of Sand – Singular Hands, a collaborative project unfolding in three Norwegian landscapes shaped by extractive industries and urban development. In 2022 he produced an installation in response to Gunnar Torvund’s body of work for his memorial exhibition at Bryne Kunstforening.
Since relocating to Australia, he has participated in the BigCi Artist Residency (2023), documented a conservation project in the Wollemi National Park, and successfully produced Geode Tree (2025), a large-scale interactive artwork for the Wama Foundation - National Centre for Environmental Art in Gariwerd/the Grampians.