CV
Studies
PHD Department of art, craft and design, University of South-Eastern Norway, 2019 -
Curatorial practice, Public Art Norway, Oslo and Los Angeles, 2018
Master in Art and Public space, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 2014-2016
Bachelor in textile, Bergen Academy of Art and Design. 2009 – 2012
Theatre science. Stage art, scenography and theatre critic (15 CTS credits) 2011
European Textile Trainee program 3 months, Netherland and Italy, 2010
Art and photography courses in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2006-2009
Bachelor in sociology and Japanese, University of Bergen, 2003
National certificate Creative textile, Orkney College, Scotland, 1999/2000
Exhibitions and public works (a selection)
Årsutstilling Norske Kunsthåndverkere K-U-K, Trondheim 2024
Sound walk, Verdiar i Lovverket, Gulatinget seminar, 2024
On Touching: Waves of Interference, Spriten Kunsthall, group exhibition, 2023
(un)covering bindings, Foajegalleriet, USN, duo exhibition, 2022
FJORDMELK JORDTÅKE, Kabuso, group exhibition, 2022
Forbindelse, exhibition, Osterøy kunstforening, 2021
Ruškkodit, group exhibition, Kunsthall 3,14, 2020
Tekstile perspektiver, group exhibition, Terminal B, Kirkenes and Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš, Karasjok, 2019
Duo exhibition with Anna-Liisa Silenti, Kunsthåndverkerne, 2019
OddArt, group exhibition, Odda, 2019
The Stitch Project, Barents Spetakkel 2019
It's all for nothing, Ultima festival, Oslo, 2018
The Stitch Project, research and workshop, Palestinian Museum, 2018 and 2019
Flagget Følger Flesket, exhibition, Akershus kunstsenter, 2017
Group projects / residency / other (a selection)
Akademie Schlosse Solitude fellowship, 6 months, Stuttgart, 2025
AirGreen, 1 month residency for Norwegian textile artists, September 2024
(f)jorden, floating symposium, organizied by skifte.land, 2022
(F)jorden, floating symposium, Hardanger- Bergen, 2022
Her og der, Coordinator and initiator in collaboration with TrAP (Transnational Art Produciton) 2018 -
Leveld artist resiceny, 2019
Gaza (a)live, Coordinator and initiator, artistic collaboration and presentation, 2016 - ongoing
The Stitch Project, artist and coordinator, international art project between artists from Nordic countries and Palestine. Exhibition and activities in Kirkenes, Gaza, Riga, Tromsø, Kiev, Bergen, Jerusalem, Reykjavik, Oslo, Hebron, Ramallah. With Hilde Hauan, Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Britta Marrakatt Labba and Omaya Salman 2012 – ongoing
Can Serrat, artist residency, Spain, 2018
Open Engagement, presenting Gaza (a)live, Queens museum, NY 2018
ANNEX, artistic collaboration on migraiton between Marie Skeie, Kjersti Andvig, Mona Bentzen and Solveig Syversen resulting in Exhibition, public works, discussion etc 2016 – 2017
Artist residency, Joya: Arte+ecologia, Andalucía, Spain, 2017
Production Assistant, Oslo Pilot, a two-year project curated by Eva González-Sancho and Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk set up to investigate the role of art in and for the public realm. 2015 - 2016
Work
Exhibition coordinator, BA graduation show, Oslo Academy of the Arts, 2019
Den kulturelle skolesekken, LANDART, Gjerdrum, 2018
Curator, KORO - Public Art Norway, Western Norway University College for Applied Science, Capmus Sogndal 2017 - 2019
Artist assistant Merete Røstad, Høring, 2018
Teacher, Art and craft teachers program, University College for Applied Science, HVL and NLA, 2017-
Project manager, Tenthaus Oslo, 2017 - 2018
Producer, KORO- Public Art Norway, for a project in the new building of the Academy of the Arts in Bergen. 2017
Production Assistant, IKT Norway, International Curator Congress, OCA and Oslo Pilot, 2017
Producer, HOUSE by Anthea Hamilton, public art project in Oslo, 2015 -
Art museum guide, Kabuso, Norway, 2015 -
Membership
Norwegian Association of Visual Artists (NBK)
Norwegian association of craft (NK)
BKFH (Bildende Kunstneres Forening Hordaland)
Hardingpuls
Grants
Stikk, OCA travel grant, 2019
Artist work grant, The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists, 2019
Stikk, OCA travel grant, 2018
Can Serrat grant for artist residency, Spain, 2018
Project grant, Art Council Norway, 2018
Artist work grant, The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists, 2017
Haystack grant, Norwegian Craft and American-Scandinavian Foundation, 2017
Exhibition and artist grant, Municipality of Bergen, 2016
Travel grant Norwegian Association of Craft, 2015
Exhibtion grant recent graduated artists, Art Council Norway, 2014
Project grant, Norwegian Association of Craft, 2014
Project grant, Municipality of Bergen, 2014
Grant for recent graduated artists, Municipality of Bergen, 2012