About us
Mondo Books (Tromsø) is an independent book platform that mediates artists ́s publications through publishing projects, distribution, exhibitions, book fairs, workshops, launches and other events. They also pursue research-based projects around topics of printed matter and its relationship to social movements, in particular in the Barents region. Recently they hosted the first edition of the Arctic Art Book Fair, and will continue to support works of arctic content, with a focus on indigenous perspectives, under-represented voices and cross-border collaborations. Mondo plays an important role in both the local scene as well as on the national level, since it is the only independent art book platform and distributor in the Northern region. We are currently located in the front space at the Tromsø Kunstforening (Tromsø Center of Contemporary Art) on Mellomvegen 82, and we also have a small satellite site at Nord Norsk Kunstnersenter in Svolvær, Lofoten Islands, Norway.
Mondo is currently run by Tanya Busse, Marion Bouvier and Nicolas Siepen.
Participation in book fairs and events
Mondo has participated in Supermarket Independent Art Fair (Stockholm), Bergen Art Book Fair (Norway), Lofoten International Art Festival (Norway), Reality (Oslo, Norway), What a Mess (Frederikstad, Noray), I Am Hot Forever, I Am Not Forever (Tromsø Kunstforening), Newseum (Tromsø Kunstforening), New York Art Book Fair (USA), Toronto Art Book Fair Editions (Canada).
Mondo organized the first Arctic Art Book Fair in Tromsø in 2020, and the second on in 2025 in Nuuk (Kalaallit Nunaat).
We were at the Sharjah Foundation Art Book Fair in November 2022.
The Arctic Art Book Fair
AABF is organized by Mondo Books and is the first art book fair to our knowledge that brings together producers from all over the circumpolar north; Alaska, Northern Canada, Greenland, Northern Scandinavia and Russia. The fair, which will be hosted by a different arctic country in the upcoming years, hopes to provide a sustainable meeting place and exhibition venue for arctic artistic communities and local audiences from the Barents region. It is also committed to arctic content, with a focus on indigenous perspectives, under-represented voices and emphasizes cross-border collaborations.
The first edition of the Arctic Art Book Fair took place November 13-15, 2020, in Tromsø, Norway. The second edition took place in Nuuk, Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) on 23th - 26th October 2025 in collaboration with Nuuk Nordic Culture festival.
MONDO Books is funded in part by Arts Council Norway and has received support from Troms Fylkeskommune, OCA, Nordic Culture Point, Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge, Sámi Arts Council.
Visit our shop
MONDO Books c/o Tromsø Kunstforening
Mellomvegen 82, 9007 Tromsø, Norway
Wednesday – Sunday
12:00 – 17:00
Monday – Tuesday
Closed
Contact
E-mail: mondotromso@gmail.com
Instagram: instagram.com/mondo_books/