CURRICULUM VITAE
MARTHE ELISE STRAMRUD
Born 1984, Kristiansand, Norway
Lives and works in Bergen, Norway
EDUCATION
2008-2011 BFA, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2009-2010 HFF, School of Photography, Gothenburg, Sweden
2007-2008 OFKS, Oslo Fotokunstskole, Oslo.
2006-2007 Prosjektskolen, Oslo
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Voss Kunstlag (forthcoming)
Svolvær Kunstforening (forthcoming)
Levanger Kunstforening (forthcoming)
2013 Stage - duoexhibition with Megan Hays, Sadie Halie Projects, New York, US (may)
Duoexhibition with Audar Kantun, Percival Space, Oslo, Norway (june)
Kristiansand Kunsthall (august)
Kunsthall Stavanger (november)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Sørlandsutstillingen, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway (august)
Motlys, OSL Contemporary, Oslo
De Joode & Kamutzki, Berlin, Germany
LETTERS BY THE USELESS SPECTATOR, Hobusepea, Tallinn, Estonia
Peculiar Poetics, Chicago, USA
2012 LUMPS OF WOOD (PAPER, COLOR, PLASTER), Tollbodallmenningen 39, Bergen, Norway
We belong to you, you do not belong to us, Littlepaperplanes.com, online exhibition
Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (winner of the debutant prize)
Exhibition at the art fair What A Mess! with MELK gallery
Gruppe 11, Circulationcentralen, Malmö, Sweden
Sørlandsutstillingen, traveling exhibition, Norway
Følgene, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen
2011 De Joode & Kamutzki, Berlin, Germany
One Night Only, UKS, Oslo
Undertoner, Wizard, Oslo
Æringur, Bolungarvik, Iceland
Fluktforsøk (with Gruppe 11), KNIPSU, Bergen
Scandinavian Forest, curated by MELK gallery, Akershus kunstsenter, Lillestrøm
Goldener Kentaur (European competition for Photography )Munich House of Artist Foundation
2010 After School Special, Vivelvindsgatan 12b, Gothenburg
Cliffhanger, GalleryKronborg, Bergen
2009 Sudden Exposure, Rom 8, Bergen
Fotosynteser, gallery ORO, Gothenburg
Fire Walk With Me, GAGO, Oslo
GROUP SHOW, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
Naturally, The Natural History Museum, Bergen, Norway
2008 Degree Show, galleri OFKS, Oslo
Utstilling uten navn, Markveien 46, Oslo
OFKS in Museum of Contemporary Art, Haikou, China
Group Show, Liberia Borges Institute of contemporary art, Guangzhou, China
2007 Killing Vilde von Krogh, Basement 33, Oslo
Degree Show, Prosjektskolen, Oslo
CURATORIAL WORK
2010 - ongoing. After School Special, a series of event presenting emerging contemporary artists at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall.
2008 - ongoing. Co-curator and editor of the independent art magazine AAA.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Presented in Memories of the World we are Leaving Behind, an epitah from Percival Space gallery, 2012 (upcoming)
- Presented in Kunstforum #4 magazine, 2012
- Presented in OBJEKTIV #6 magazine, 2012
- Presented in We belong to you, you do not belong to us, a Little Paper Planes publication (upcoming)
- Presented in VOW magazine, 2011
- Presented in the catalogue for the Æringur art festival, 2011
- Presented in Følgene, a publication by Gruppe 11
- Various self-made books/fanzines, forever ongoing
- Presented in Shaping Time, a project with Flaggfabrikken and Lodz Filmschool
- Artist book released at Furre Forlag, 2010
COMISSION AND GRANTS
2013 1-year working grant from Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
Travel-grant (Rask Respons) from the Municipality of Bergen
2012 Høstutstillingens debutant prize
Project funding from Art Council Norway for the exhibition with MELK at What A Mess!
Statens Diversestipend
Sørlandsutstillingen's anual traveling grant
Financial support from Art Council Norway, The Municipality of Bergen and Hordaland County for the project After School Special
2011 Financial support from Art Council Norway & The Municipality of Bergen for the project After School Special
Financial support from The Municipality of Bergen for the publication Følgene with Gruppe 11
Financial support from Art Council Norway for the exhibition Undertoner with Gruppe 11
2011 Financial support from The Municipality of Bergen & The Municipality of Kristiansand for the publication AAA with Audar Kantun
OTHER
Member of Gruppe 11, Flaggfabrikken, UKS, FFF
Producer of B-open – Open Studios 2012
Administrator of Flaggfabrikken – Center for Photography and Contemporary Art