Marte Johnslien
Marte Johnslien (b. 1977 in Lillehammer, Norway) received her artistic education at the National Academy of the Arts in Oslo, where she also earned a PhD in Artistic Research in 2019. Johnslien's projects encompass architectonic sculptures, installations, photography, and artist´s books – separately or combined, often derived from processes examining a wide range of issues ranging from industrial mining, via Tibetian Buddhism, to activism. She also creates paintings and sculptures in traditional media, mostly with a conceptual approach. Johnslien is probing into themes by way of seeking first-hand experiences and collecting material, and from these observations she develops and gives shape to what she refers to as the "project's logic". Marte Johnslien lives and works in Oslo.
- Born 1977 in Lillehammer, Norway
- Lives and works in Oslo, Norway
EDUCATION
- 2016-2019PhD in Artistic Research, Art and Craft Department, National Academy of the Arts, Oslo
- 2002-2005National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo
- 2000-2001Robert Meyer Kunsthøgskole, Oslo
- 1997-2000Bath Spa University College, UK
- 1996-1997Einar Granum Kunstfagskole, Oslo
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2022The Spoon and the Silica / Ceramic Sculpture, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway
- 2020White to Earth, ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo
- 2018A Square on a Sphere, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway
- 2015Forms of Resistance, Elephant Kunsthall, Lillehammer, Norway
- 2014Forms of Protest, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
- 2013Relevo, Galleri Riis, Oslo
- 2013If you search for the object all you'll find is the name, Kristiansand Kunsthall, Kristiansand
- 2012The Whitest White, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
- 2011United Nuances, Galleri Riis, Oslo
- 200818% Gray, 0047 Oslo, Oslo
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2021CLINAMEN (Gillian Lowndes, Lydia Gifford, Marte Johnslien), FOLD, London
- 2021Nyervervelser på Haugar, Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
- 2020Et Kollektivt Kaosmos, Kunsthall Oslo
- 2018Sweep - Landskip, Kinokino, Sandnes, Norway
- 2017Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
- 2016NN-A NN-A NN-A – New Norwegian Abstraction, Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger
- 2015A River in the Ocean. 12th Havana Biennial, Cuba
- 2015NN-A NN-A NN-A – New Norwegian Abstraction, Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo
- 2013Inside Outside Architecture, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
- 2013NoPlace presents... 24 Spaces, Malmø Kunsthall, Malmø
- 2012CHROMA III, curated by Marie Nerland, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen
- 2012Endless You, Part of the Galleri D.O.R presentation at the Armory Show 2012, New York
- 2011Black and White and Everything In-Between, History Forms My Revolution, Galleri Sverdrup, University of Oslo, Oslo
- 2010Monument to the Right Angle. Modern Dialect, curated by Win Van den Abbeele, Museum of Modern Art Antwerp, Belgium
- 2008Le Livre sur Le Livre, Bookish, curated by Matt Packer, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork, Ireland
- 2008Untitled (Blue), Untitled (Pink), Lights On, Bastard presents: Monumenti Mori, curated by Anders Smebye, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
- 2007Norske Svik, Tempo Skien, curated by Marianne Zamecznik and Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien
- 2007Synthetic Nature, curated by Leif Magne Tangen, Kunstraum D21, Leipzig, Tyskland
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway
- Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, Norway
- Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
- Lillehammer Kunstmseum, Lillehammer, Norway
- Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
- Faculty of Odontology, University of Bergen
- Gulating Courthouse, Bergen
- Norad Center of Development, Oslo