Kamilla Freyr

Kamilla Freyr is an Assistant Professor in Philosophical Aesthetics and Art Dissemination, holding a Cand.philol. in the History of Ideas and an MA in Art History. She is also a PhD candidate in Philosophical Aesthetics at Uppsala University.

As a researcher in philosophical aesthetics, she is particularly interested in philosophy as a reflective practice in encounters with contemporary art and art mediation, with a special focus on questions of power and resistance inspired by the thought of Michel Foucaultand Jacques Rancière. Her research interests include contemporary art, art institutions, art in public spaces, art dissemination, philosophical conversations, and consequence pedagogy. She is a member of the research groups Creative practice – (trans)forming space, place and the environment at OsloMet and The Humanities and Practice at Østfold University of Applied Sciences.

At the Department of Art, Design and Drama, she teaches philosophical aesthetics, art theory, and art dissemination, and serves as course coordinator at the Art and Dissemination programme. In her pedagogical work, she is particularly engaged with consequence pedagogy, an educational approach grounded in existentialist philosophy. She also teaches consequence pedagogy at Østfold University of Applied Sciences.

Kamilla is involved in several research projects. She is part of the research duo arketeg.freyr together with Åsa Arketeg, PhD in Philosophical Aesthetics and Senior Lecturer at Södertörn University in Stockholm. Their research approaches philosophical aesthetics from a societal perspective, with particular emphasis on art dissemination and public art. They have presented their research at several international conferences, including those organized by the Nordic Society of Aesthetics, the European Society of Aesthetics, and the Society of Dialogical Aesthetics. They are currently involved in a museum collaboration in Sweden.

She also participates in the research projects Ordbank, a collaboration with Henie Onstad focusing on the role of exhibition texts in art dissemination, and Art Dissimination through Philosophical Conversations, which explores how philosophical approaches can contribute to reflection, interpretation, and experience in encounters with art. Both projects are research-based educational initiatives involving active student participation. In addition, she is affiliated with the research project What Is Consequence Pedagogy? Philosophical and Historical Investigations in the Archive, which examines the philosophical and historical foundations of consequence pedagogy through archival research. All of these projects contribute to ongoing scholarly publications.

Kamilla also works closely with the professional field through various art and dissemination projects and has served as Head of Art and Mediation at Lauvlia, the artist home of Theodor Kittelsen.

Education: PhD Candidate in Philosophical Aesthetics, Uppsala University. Cand.philol. in the History of Ideas and an MA in Art History, complemented by intermediate-level studies in Social Anthropology and Gender and Culture at the University of Oslo. Further qualifications include Art Education from Stockholm University, as well as Oral Storytelling and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (UHPED) from OsloMet.