*17.10.1984
Bamble, Norway

Based in Tromsø, Northern Norway

CV

EDUCATION
2010 - 2015 Diploma Fine Art - sculpture - State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, DE
2014 - 2015 Guest student MA fine Art - Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art, NO
2010 Master Craftsman - Woodsculpture - St. Ulrich College of Sculpture, South Tyrol, IT
2009 Certified nature and expedition guide - Øytun, Alta, NO
2004 - 2007 BA Nature Conservation - University of Telemark, Bø, NO
2003 - 2004 Foundation Course - Asker Art and Design College, Asker, NO
1989 - 2003 Woodcarver - Autodidact under guidance of knife-maker Åge Mastereid, Bamble

SOLO SHOWS
Title coming (2024) - Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter. Svolvær, NO
Title coming (2024) - Terminal B, Kirkenes, NO

GROUP SHOWS (Selection)
2023
KVEIKBAR - Relational work, The Arctic Hideaway, Fleinvær, NO
BLODKLUBB #5 - Relational work, KVEIKBAR, as part of BLODKLUBB at Vårscenefest. Tromsø, NO
The Sami parliament´s art purchases & Acquisitions 2020-2022 - SDG, Film. Karasjok, NO
Tromsø Open - Troms Fylkeskultursenter. Tromsø, NO
Strangelove International Time Based Arts Festival - Film, Curator: Terry Smith. Folkestone, UK

2022
New Cosmos of Photography 30th Anniversary Retrospective Exhibition - Canon Gallery S, Film. Tokyo, JP
Juleutstilling - Small Projects, Photography. Tromsø, NO
BAR DÛ NORD - relational work by Sol&Sten at Coast Contemporary. Tromsø, NO
TREGREINER / SUORGI / THREE TWIGS - Sami Center for Contemporary Art (SDG), Group show by Aslaug M. Juliussen,
Marita Isobel Solberg & Trond Ansten. Karasjok, NO
Barents Spektakel 2022 - relational work, BAR DÛ NORD by Sol&Sten. Kirkenes, NO
Survey Exhibition #1 - Small Projects, Skulptur. Tromsø, NO
Satellite Art Show - Film at Art Basel Miami, represented by Grace Exhibition Space. US
Nordic Art Week 2022 - Artist Group Non Grata, Performance. Pärnu, Estonia

2021
The Ocean - Bergen Kunsthall, Sculptural garden by Devils Apron, Curator: Axel Wieder. Bergen, NO
THE FIRST VIRGIN OIL - Performance by Sol&Sten, collaboration with local fishermen & Finmark County. Vestre Jacobselv, NO
Invitert N°4: BÅDE / SIHKE / BOTH - Gallery KRAFT, Film in exhibition by Aslaug M. Juliussen & Astrid Svangren. Bergen, NO
Getting wet - Vienna Biennale for Change 2021, Filmscreening by Devils Apron. Kunsthall Wien, AT
The Witch Trail Project - InvisibleDrum, relational work. Tromsø & Vadsø, NO
AURA 2021, NNBK-50th anniversary - Sculpture series: Tromsø kunstforening, Gallery 2 (Stamsund), Bodø kunstforening,
Vadsø kunstforening, Atelier Nord (Oslo), TERMINAL B (Kirkenes). NO
WE ARE NATURE - Nosphere Arts Filmfestival, Film screening. New York
«DEAR SNOW» - Music video for MARAS, SCREENINGS: MoCA, Taipei in Taiwan, Casa Viva Gallery in Mexico City, HAIHATUS Gallery in Joutsa (FI), KORUNDI - Rovaniemi Art Museum (FI), Verdensteateret in Tromsø, Bodø Kunstforening & Strangelove Time Based Media Festival (UK)
Rosekill Summer 2021 - film program by Sol&Sten curated by Grace Exhibition Space. New York

2020
Årsutstillingen 2020 - Norske Kunsthåndverkere at Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Sculpture. Tromsø, NO
Ly til fantasi og fellesskap - BAR DÛ NORD by Sol&Sten at Tromsø Kunstforening. NO
SKREILING - Bodø kunstforening, performance during Nordland Musikkfestuke. NO
Creating New Practices of sustainability - The Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture, Film screening. Rovaniemi, FI
Tromsø Open - Troms Fylkeskultursenter. Tromsø, NO
Meat the Future - A.K.T Pforzheim, Film & Photography, Curator: Janusz Czech. Pforzheim, DE
OPPKVEIK - Relational work at KVEIKBAR. Tromsø, NO

2019
LIAF 2019 - Lofoten International Art Festival, Sculpture & performance by Devils Apron, Curator: Hilde Methi. Svolvær, NO
Barents Spektakel 2019 - relational work, TANG by Devils Apron, Curator: Helle Siljeholm, Pikene på Broen. Kirkenes, NO
Intersections II - Blaafarveværket, Film in solo show by Aslaug Juliussen. Buskerud, NO
A Song Unsung - Center of Northern people, Installation in solo show by Marita Solberg. Troms, NO
Cod, Life, Love - Grace Exhibition Space, Performance by Tara Morhua, Curator: Jill McDermid. New York
M M M M a R a S ˚ - Installation at concert by MARAS, Brewery Tap. Folkestone, GB

2018
Norwegian Contemporary - Museum Kunst der Westküste, Film, Curator: Katrin Hippel. The North Frisian Islands, DE
ANOTHER MAN´s FLOOR - Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Film Installation by Trond Ansten & Benjamin Breitkopf. Tokyo
Cod, Life, Love - Hålogaland Theater, part of TIFF 2018, Filmscreening & Performance by Tara Morhua. Tromsø, NO
TTT Art and Science - UNAM & CCD Mexico, Performance by Tara Morhua, Curator: Dalia Honorato
SHAPESHIFTERS- Gallery HilbertRaum, Filmscreening, Curator: Clemens Wilhelm. Berlin, DE
Galerie Ahnen 6 - Luis Leu Gallery, Photography. Karlsruhe, DE
Intersections I - Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Film in solo show by Aslaug Juliussen. Tromsø, NO
Tromsø Open - Kunstnerne i Tromsø, Film & Photography by Tara Morhua. NO
Heavens Underground - Pärnu Linnagalerii, Film Installation by Tara Morhua Curator: Non Grata. Pärnu, EE
En Usunget Sang - Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Intallation in solo show by Marita Solberg. Svolvær, NO

2017
Subsistence - The Arctic Arts Festival, Performance by Tara Morhua, Curators: Jérémie McGowan & Julie Decker. Harstad, NO
New Cosmos of Photography - Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Film. Tokyo, JP
ALGAL BLOOM - Træna Museum during Trænafestivalen, Installations og relational work by Devils Apron. Nordland, NO
Norwegian Seaweed Brew - ØL-bar Tokyo, Performance & Film screening by Devils Apron. JP
Algal Jam at European Everything - Performance (Devils Apron) in Joar Nango´s installation, Documenta 14. Kassel, DE
Strange Love International Time Based Arts Festival - Performance, Curator: Terry Smith & David Gryn. Folkestone, GB
AiR Barents Video Program - Media Center Vykhod, Film screening (Devils Apron). Curator: Sergey Terentev. Petrozavodsk, RU
Echo of Delai Film - Word order, Film screening (Devils Apron). St. Petersburg, RU
AiR Barents Video Program - Center for Contemporary Art Arkhangelsk, Film screening (Devils Apron), Curator: Cornelius Stiefenhofer. Arkhangelsk, RU
4th International Activist Documentary Festival ‘Delai Film’ - Film screening (Devils Apron), Curator: Nadia Degtyareva. Moscow
Ta Træna med Storm - Winter festival at Træna-Islands, Performance (Devils Apron). Nordland, NO
Devils Apron Pub – Skippergata 12B, temporary gallery during TIFF 2017, Relational work (Devils Apron). Tromsø, NO

2016
Young Arctic Artist - Gallery Napa, Installation & Performance (Devils Apron), Curator: Pilvi Keto-LeBlanc. Rovaniemi, FI
I SEE International Video Art Festival - Traveling video art festival, Anthology Film Archives, New york & Gallery RAM, Oslo
PAO festival 2016 - Performance art Oslo, Film. NO
Tromsø Open - Tromsø Kunstforening, Film. NO
Kunsthaus L6 - Film. Freiburg, DE
The animal within - Traveling video art festival, I-Factory. Shenzhen, CN

2015
Greener on the other side - Traveling video art festival, CCA - Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow &
Gallery HilbertRaum, Berlin, DE
Alternative Film/Video Festival 2015 – Film screening. Belgrade, RS
Nordbecken Festival – Film screening. Karlsruhe, DE
Forum 15 – Kinemathek Karlsruhe, Film screening. DE
Letschebach Istanbul project – Film screening. Istanbul, TR
grafik 14/15 – Kunsthaus L6, Film. Freiburg, DE

SCENOGRAFI

2023 Insomnia Festival 2023 - Collaboration with the artist-collective “The Rising Tide”, Tromsø, NO

AWARDS
2017 GRAND PRIZE - New Cosmos of Photography, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. JP

GRANTS
2023 Project Grant - KiN, Kunstsentrene i Norge
2022 Working Grant (3 years) - Arts Council Norway
2021 Project Grant - Fritt Ord
Project Grant - Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
Project Grant - KiN, Kunstsentrene i Norge
Project Grant - Arts Council Norway
Travel Grant - Troms County
Corona-Residency-Grant - The Savings Bank Foundation DNB
2019 Working Grant, new established Artists (3 years) - Arts Council Norway
2018 Working Grant (1 year) - Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (BKV)
Exhibition Grant - Arts Council Norway
2017 Project Grant - The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK)
Project Grant, promotion - The Savings Bank Foundation DNB
Travel Grant - Tromsø Municipality
Travel Grant - Troms County / AIR Barents
Project Grant - North Norwegian Artist Center
2016 Establishing Grant, young artists - Arts Council Norway
2015 Travel Grant - Nordnorsk Filmsenter

COLLECTIONS
2023 The Arctic Hideaway Fleinvær - ETERNAL EMBRACE (public sculpture by Trond Ansten & Misha Diaconu)
2022 The Arctic Hideaway Fleinvær - KVEIKKULA (wood sculpture)
2022 De Samiske Samlinger - A FISTFUL OF THREADS (film)

RESIDENCIES
2023 Berlin, DE
Fordypningsrommet - Fleinvær, Nordland, NO
BAR International- Pikene På Broen, Kirkenes, NO
2022 Kunstkvarteret - Lofoten, NO
Fordypningsrommet - Fleinvær, Nordland, NO
Museum Kunst der Westküste - The North Frisian Islands, DE
2021 BAR International - Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes, NO
Vadsø guest studio - Finmark County, Varangerhalvøya, NO
Corona-Home-Residency - The Savings Bank Foundation, NO
2020 Tromsø Center of Contemporary Art - Tromsø, NO
2019 Museum Kunst der Westküste - The North Frisian Islands, DE
2018 BAR International - by Pikene på Broen, Kirkenes, NO
2017 Arkhangelsk Artist in Residence Program - Center for Contemporary Art, Arkhangelsk. RU
2017 Chef in Residence - Træna Museum & Tenk Træna. Nordland, NO

RELATED WORK
2018 - 2019 Artist Assistant - to Aslaug M. Juliussen, Supported by Arts Council of Norway
2018 Trapper Man - on the sealer Kvitungen, Expedition to East-Greenland
2010 - 2018 Nature Conservator & Regional planner - Freelancer
2007 - 2009 Nature Conservator & Regional planner- Plankontoret Hallvard Homme AS, Bø i Telemark, NO

RELATED WORKSHOPS (Instructor)
2021 - dd Seaweed-harvesting - Karlsøyafestivalen, Karlsøy, Troms
InvisibleDrum / Kurant Visningsrom, Tromsø
2017 - 2022 Woodcarving, DKS - Tromsø Municipality & Troms County
2020 - 2022 Fish Masks, DKS - North-Norwegian Art Museum & Tromsø Municipality
2018 Harvesting medical plants - Tromsø Academy of Contemporary Art
2018 Visual arts workshop, NUK - The Arctic Arts Festival, NO

POSITIONS
2017 - current Member of jury - Romfordelingsutvalget at Troms Fylkeskultursenter
2017 - 2022 Board member - Artist union of Troms Fylkeskultursenter
2019 - 2021 Head of jury - The Association of North Norwegian Visual Artists (NNBK)
2019 - 2020 Member of jury - the 74.& 75. North Norwegian Art Exhibition
2007 - 2009 Member of jury - Gvarv Art Association. Telemark, NO
2005 - 2008 Leader - «CORPUS» Croki sketching group , UiT. Bø i Telemark, NO
2001 - 2003 Leader - «BJFL - Youth Association of hunting, fishing & trapping», Bamble, NO

ARTIST GROUPS
Sol&Sten - (former Tara Morhua) Marita Isobel Solberg & Trond Ansten, started 2017
Devils Apron - Trond Ansten & Kåre Grundvåg, 2016 -2021