In the summer of 2003, the Faculty of Performing Arts (Theatre) was moved to the new campus at the old textile plant Seilduken at Grünerløkka in central Oslo.

[2] KHiO is situated next to the river Akerselva, where the Academy rents a total space of 43,000 m2 (460,000 sq ft).

Jan Valentin Sæther occupied the professorship for painting from 1996 until 2002, whereas Istvan Lisztes was the first professor of sculpture.

professors include Michael O'Donnell, A. K. Dolven, Synne Bull, Dag Erik Elgin, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Aeron Bergman, Susanne Winterling, Jeannette Christensen and Stian Grøgaard.

The department is constantly seeking to develop the legacy and craft traditions of the SHKS, and regards its various workshop facilities as central to this effort.

It works across media, disciplines and approaches, exploring questions of form and material as well as post-conceptual, social and political issues.

Since its founding in 1953, the Academy of Theatre has been Norway's leading educational institution for the acting professions.