info@martheelise.com
2016–18
MFA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2012–13
Bergen School of Architecture, Norway
2008–11
BFA, Bergen National Academy of the Arts, Norway
2009–10
HFF, School of Photography, Gothenburg, Sweden
2007–08
OFKS, Oslo Fotokunstskole, Oslo, Norway
2006–07
Prosjektskolen, Oslo, Norway
2025
Salgshallen, Oslo, Norway
2024
40 krukker for 40 dager, Sandefjord Kunstforening
2023
Kunstbanken, Hamar
2022
Reis deg, Trondheim Kunstmuseum Gråmølna, Trondheim
2020
Keramikk for baderommet, Salgshallen, Oslo
2019
Eva Bull Holte & Marthe Elise Stramrud, Galleri RAM, Oslo (duo)
2014
Fotogalleriet, Oslo
Sponge Relief, MELK, Oslo
Tag Team Studio, Bergen , Norway
Voss Kunstlag , Norway
Svolvær Kunstforening, Norway
Levanger Kunstforening, Norway
2013
Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway
Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway
Stage, with Megan Hays, SADIE HALIE PROJECTS, New York, USA (duo)
All the Things and the Life That Goes With Them, with Audar Kantun, Percival Space, Oslo (duo)
2021
Heimkomst, med Gruppe 11, Gyldenpris Kunsthall, Bergen
CUP, QB Gallery, Oslo
CUP, Klassen bibliotek, København
2020
Sparebanken Sør Kunstnerpris, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
Kunstnermøte, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand
Solidaritetsutstillingen, Salgshallen (Oslo)
2019
Coast Contemporary, Håholmen Havstuer, Averøy
Yellow, QB Gallery, Oslo
Pointed Consciousness, QB Gallery, Oslo
Vis Meg Din Hage, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
CHART art fair with RAM galleri, Den Frie, Copenhagen
2018
CHART art fair with RAM galleri, Den Frie, Copenhagen, Denmark
MFA graduation show, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2017
Drill 2, Monradsgate 13, Oslo, Norway
Then One Thing Led to Another, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
WILDLIFE Skulpturpark, Nesoddparken, Nesodden, Norway
Juleutstillingen, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2016
Sakte Bilder, Lillehammer Kunstmuseum, Lillehammer, Norway
Fading Forms, Entrèe, Bergen, Norway
Got It For Cheap, Agnes B’s Gallerie du Jour, Paris, France, Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2015
Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Jubileumsutstilling, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Doma International Art Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
Hestvold, Stramrud, Wyller, Tag Team Studio, Berlin, Germany
2014
Time Place Light Smell, Platform, Stockholm, Sweden
A Trustful Invitation, Unseen Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Rubbing, Heavy Books i Gallery 7, Landskrona Fotofestival, Sweden
Vestlandsutstillingen, Kunsthall Stavanger, Norway
2013
TURN TURTLE, Podium, Oslo, Norway
Chroma pt IV, Skostredet 20, Bergen, Norway
Motlys, curated by Randi Thommessen (Lautom), OSL Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Peculiar Poetics, Chicago, USA
De Joode & Kamutzki, Berlin, Germany
Letters by the useless spectator, Hobusepea, Tallinn, Estonia
Sørlandsutstillingen, Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
2012
Lumps of Wood (Paper, Color, Plaster), Tollbodallmenningen 39, Bergen, Norway
Sørlandsutstillingen, traveling exhibition, Norway
Gruppe 11, Circulationcentralen, Malmö, Sweden
Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway (winner of the débutante prize)
Følgene, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen, Norway
2011
Goldener Kentaur, Munich House of Artist Foundation, Germany
De Joode & Kamutzki, Berlin, Germany
Undertoner, Wizard, Oslo, Norway
One Night Only, UKS, Oslo, Norway
Æringur, Bolungarvik, Iceland
Fluktforsøk (with Gruppe 11), KNIPSU, Bergen, Norway
2010
After School Special, Vivelvindsgatan 12b, Gothenburg, Sweden
Cliffhanger, Gallery Kronborg, Bergen, Norway
2009
Fire Walk With Me, GAGO, Oslo, Norway
Fotosynteser, gallery ORO, Gothenburg, Sweden
Naturally, The Natural History Museum, Bergen, Norway
GROUP SHOW, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
Sudden Exposure, Rom 8, Bergen, Norway
2008
Degree Show, gallery OFKS, Oslo, Norway
OFKS in Museum of Contemporary Art, Haikou, China
Utstilling uten navn, Markveien 46, Oslo, Norway
2007
Killing Vilde von Krogh, Basement 33, Oslo
Degree Show, Prosjektskolen, Oslo
2024
Nye Sofiemyr skole, Nordre Follo kommune
Trosvikhallen, Fredrikstad kommune
2020
Årvoll Skole og Flerbrukshall, Oslo, Norway (with Kulturetaten, Oslo Kommune)
2017
Sunnaas Sykehus, Nesodden, Norway (with KORO, Art in Public Space Norway)
2024
Two year working grant from Arts and Culture Norway
Exhibition support from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
Exhibition support from Arts Council Norway
2022
Three year working grant from The Relief Fund for Visual Artists
Exhibition support from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
Exhibition support from Arts Council Norway
2021
Working grant from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
Publication support from AKO Foundation
Publication support from The Relief Fund for Visual Artists
Publication support from Anne Marie Carl Nielsen Foundation
Publication support from Agder fylkeskommune
2020
Project funding from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
Exhbition support from Arts Council Norway
Publication support from Arts Council Norway
Support from Cultiva Express
Working grant from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
2019
Exhibition support from Arts Council Norway
Miscellaneous grant from Arts Council Norway
Artist in Residence at Nordic Art Center Dale
2018
BKH Kunststudentstipend
Project funding from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
2016
Project funding from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
2015
Exhibition support from Art Council Norway
3-year working grant from Art Council Norway
2014
Exhibition Support from Art Council Norway
1 year working grant from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
Mobility Funding, Kulturkontakt Nord
Exhibition Support from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
2013
Rask Repsons, (Travel grant), Municipality of Bergen
Cultural grant from the Municipality of Bergen, Norway
1 year working grant from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
Mobility Funding, Kulturkontakt Nord
Exhibition support from Norwegian Visual Artists Fund
Exhibition Support from Art Council Norway
2012
Exhibition support from Art Council Norway
Financial support from Art Council Norway, The Municipality of Bergen and Hordaland County for the project After School Special
Statens Diversestipend
2021
Ceramic Fact Statement / Keramisk faktaopplysning (bound book, 224 pages, five essays, one interview, 152 works of art). Designed by Parabol Studio and published by Uten tittel AS.
2019
Vis meg din hage, exhibition catalogue from Kunstnerforbundet
Eva Bull Holte & Marthe Elise Stramrud, exhibition catalogue from Galleri RAM
2018
Can Handmade Objects Radiate Joy? (artist book)
Kunst på Sunnaas Sykehus, catalogue from public commission
2016
Sakte Bilder, exhibition catalogue from Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
2015
New Scandinavian Photography. London: MELK and Black Dog Publishing
2013
Crooked Trinkets (catalogue for the exhibition Crooked Trinkets)
The Plantation, 2013, Sculptural Photography
2012
OBJEKTIV #6
Memories of the World we are Leaving Behind, en epitah from Percival Space gallery
Kunstforum #4
2011
Følgene (with gruppe 11)
VOW magazine, Netherland
Fluktforsøk (with Gruppe 11)
Æringur, exhibition catalogue, Iceland
Shaping Time – Time and The City (with and by KNIPSU)
2010
Poetry in Slow Motion, artist book released at Furre Forlag
2022
Keramikk på steroider, Tommy Olsson anmeldelse på Kunstkritikk.no 22.11.22
Keramikkens Polyanna, intervju med Maja Hattvang i magasinet KUNST, des 2022
Vennligst ta på kunsten! Intervju med Märit Aronsson-Towler på Artscene Trondheim, 31.10.22
Oppreisning for blomstervasene, Gustav Borgersen anmeldelse i Adresseavisen 6.11.22
Go Big or Go Home, refleksjoner rundt Kunsthåndverk og monumentalitet, Johanna Zanon i Kunsthåndverk 01.22
2021
Multiple Friends/Mange venner, essay by Rhea Dall
Irreverence as a Method/Det respektløse som metode, essay by Marianne Zamecznik
Smashing Myths and Adding Nuance/Myteknusing og nyansering, essay by Hilde Mørch
A Curated Ceramic Tribute/ Kuratert keramisk hyllest, essay by Live Drønen
The Next Great Moment/Det neste store øyeblikk, interview/epilogue with Marie Hallandvik Hortemo
Påpeker Tangensamlingens blinde flekker med keramikk og godt humør, bokanmeldelse i Morgenbladet av Espen Hauglid, 19.11.2021
Kunsthistoriske solidaritetshandlinger, bokanmeldelse i Kunstavisen av Kjetil Røed, 24.22.2021
Om å knuse myter og kritikken av «kunsthistorien», intervju av S. Sunby i Kunsthåndverk no 3
Det ingen kan overse, bokanmeldelse av Nina Schønsby og Halvor Haugen, Billedkunst 9.12.2021
Dette var årets ti beste kunstutstillinger, anmeldelse i Vårt land av Kjetil Røed, 31.12.2021
2020
Kvinner og kunstnerskap, Trude Gomnæs-Ugelstad & Else-Brit Kroneberg (SKMU), Fvn 12.05.2020
De snakker om Tangen-samlingen, Torgeir Eikeland, Fædrelandsvennen, 07.05.2020
Mestermøte, Sara Hegna Hammer, Klassekampen, 19.05.2020
Ujevne Kunstnermøter, Kåre Bulie, Klassekampen 08.07.2020
To Lift, essay by Agatha printed in artist book for Sørlandets Kunstmuseum
Hvem skal vi huske? Intervju at Kunstpodden, Cecilie Tyri Holt, 28.08.2020
2019
Marthe Elise Stramrud kaster nytt lys på et glemt kunstnerskap, Subjekt.no, 03.09.2019
I Stue og kjøkken, Aleksi Manilla, Morgenbladet 30.08.2019
Kitchen Stories, essay by Rhea Dall
Avgangsutstillingen viser et vanvittig nivå på den nye norske kunstscenen, Subjekt, 30.05.2018
Fascinerende utstilling om hager. Fordi hager er fine, Subjekt.no 28.05.2019
Noen Trær Bærer Rar Frukt, Tommy Olsson, Klassekampen 12.06.2019
2018
Silje Rønneberg Hogstad, Underveis med mot, Billedkunst #3, print
Emomaterialistene, Stian Gabrielsen, Kunstkritikk, 22.06.2018
2017
Interview and poster with Tine Semb in Billedkunst #5, 2017
2016
Artist presentation in “Sakte Bilder”, exhibition catalogue from Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
2015
Jenny Kinge. “Still Life Had a Way of Adding Day to Day.” Print
Artist presentation in “New Scandinavian Photography.” London: MELK and Black Dog Publishing. print
2014
Agatha Wara, audio guide/installed floortext for the exhibition Sponge Relief at MELK 2014, Animal as Hell
Silje Rønneberg Hogstad, Billedkunst #4 2014, De Nære Ting, print
Marthe Elise Stramrud, Aftenposten K Juni 2014, Bakom Bildet (Sponge Relief), print
Arve Røed, Dagbladet 2 juni 2014, Svampebobs Enkle Gleder, print
Torunn Liven, Kunstkritikk.no, Unreadymades, web
2013
Arne Skaug Olsen, Livingroom Politics, text for the exhibition catalogue Crooked Trinkets
Jan Otto Weisser, Fedrelandsvennnen 26 aug 2013, Overbevisende Debut i Kunsthallen
Ingrid Furre, I M ÅH OM TING, text for the exhibition catalogue Crooked Trinkets
Emma Claire, Dagens Næringsliv D2, 16 august 2013, Alt Det Gode
Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, Norway
KORO, Art in Public Space Norway
KODE, Bergen, Norway
Oslo kommunes kunstsamling, Oslo, Norway
Sørlandssamlingen, Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway
Kunst på Arbeidsplassen, Oslo, Norway
Various private collections
UKS, Unge Kunstneres Samfund (Young Artists Society)
NBK, Norske Billedkunstnere (Norwegian Contemporary Artists)
NK, Norske Kunsthåndverkere
2020–21
Director of Oslo Open
2014–20
Board member of UKS, Unge Kunstneres Samfund, (Young Artists Society)
2014–17
Project Assistant, Oslo Open
2013–15
Head of Production, Soppen - a Trollkrem festival with Oslo Pilot
2015–16
Member of the nomination committee for FFF (Association for Fine Art Photographers)
2012–14
Administrator of Flaggfabrikken – Centre for Photography and Contemporary Art Bergen
2012–14
Producer of B-open, Open Studios, Bergen
2013
Project Assistant, Bergen Assembly
2010–13
Founder and curator, After School Special, Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall
