Today I was awarded the Culture Grant for Visual Artists from Rogaland County Council in Norway. It is an annual grant to support and secure the artist to focus on the artistic practice, and is of immense value. Thank you, Rogaland fylkeskommune!
Vestlandsutstillingen 2019 in Norway, curated by Marte Danielsen Jølbo (NO)
February through November 2019 I will be participating at the juried exhibition Vestlandsutstilligen, which is presenting artists related to the West side of Norway. Curator is Marte Danielsen Jølbo.
I am looking forward to show together with so many great artists at the following museums, galleries and institutions along the West Coast of Norway: Jugendstilsenteret & Kube, Ålesund; Haugesund Billedgalleri, Haugesund; Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øystese; Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger; Sunnfjord Kunstlag, Førde; Kunstgarasjen, Bergen.
I am proud to receive City of Stavanger´s stipend for Visual Art, June 4. 2018
City of Stavanger awards visual artists a stipend each year, and I received the one for 2018 - handed by Trine Skei Grande, Minister of Culture i Norway, and Stavanger´s Mayor Christine Sagen Helgø. Thank you, Stavanger kommune!
Interview in Contemporary Art Stavanger (CAS) by Heather Jones, published Feb 12., 2018
Margrethe Aanestad is a Stavanger-based artist and co-director of the artist-run project space Prosjektrom Normanns. Below, Aanestad answers our questions about balancing artistic production with managing a gallery, her relationship with abstraction and art history, and the underlying themes behind her artwork and creative process.
Please click here to read the interview
Photo: Jan Inge Haga
Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at UNTITLED Art Fair in San Francisco, CA, Jan. 12./13./14., 2018 at Palace of Fine Arts, Booth C05
Represented artists: Anders Sletvold Moe (NO) / Siv Bugge Vatne (NO) / Jan Christensen (NO) / Ingeborg Kvame (NO) / Ingrid Toogood (NO) / Ole Martin Lund Bø (NO) / Margrethe Aanestad (NO) / Elin Melberg (NO).
Curated by Margrethe Aanestad & Elin Melberg / Prosjektrom Normanns.
Untitled Art Fair San Francisco
GIFC (Got It For Cheap), Rod Bianco, Oslo, Oct 27./28./29., 2017
Flowing Keeping / Find Your Eyes vol. 2. at Kulturøya Sølyst, Stavanger, Norway / A land art project curated by Monika Wuhrer (USA) / Opening Sept. 15., 2017
Photo: Jan Inge Haga
Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at COSMOSCOW Art Fair in Moscow, Russia, Sep. 8./9./10., 2017 at Gostiny Dvor, Moscow, Booth A04
Kunstsnakk #8 at Mellomstasjonen, The National Museum in Oslo, April 18., 2017 / Elin Melberg & Margrethe Aanestad
Kunstsnakk #8 will be at Mellomstasjonen, as is a conversation with Sabrina van der Ley, director of dep. of contemporary art, where we will talk about the various aspects of Prosjektrom Normanns as an artist run space, and also our individual practices as artists. For more information click here (in Norwegian).
Å treffe små og store på én gang / Review in Periskop, by Kristina Ketola Bore
Read the review of the installation piece Du og jeg og de andre in Periskop. The installation is a collaboration between Elin Melberg and myself. Commissioned by Stavanger Municipality for Gosen kindergarten. Consultant: Daniela Arriado.
Photo: Tommy Ellingsen
Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at UNTITLED Art Fair in San Francisco, CA, Jan. 13./14./15., 2017 in Dogpatch District, Booth B8
Represented artists: Jan Christensen (NO) / Ann Iren Buan (NO) / Margrethe Aanestad (NO) / Elin Melberg (NO).
Curated by Margrethe Aanestad & Elin Melberg / Prosjektrom Normanns.
Untitled Art Fair San Francisco
The Rest is History / Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL, preview Dec. 1., 2016
Margrethe Aanestad / Leyla Cárdenas / Juan Pablo Garza / Jain Giordano / Sabrina Gschwandtner / Ariel Orozco / Aurora Passero / Kerry Phillips / Leyden Rodríguez-Casanova / Jamilah Sabur / Robert Thiele / Frances Trombly / Cullen Washington Jr.
The Rest is History / Dimensions Variable
EKPGO (En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo) / Part of Tegnebiennalen 2016: Skissen, Opening Nov. 18., 2016
En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo er en gruppeutstilling der over 200 kunstnere har bidratt med en tegning hver. Prosjektet er initiert og organisert av kunstnerne Ottar Karlsen, Eirik Senje og Ida Madsen, og er en uavhengig kuratert del av Tegnebiennalen 2016: Skissen.
Whistle In The Shadow / Summer Exhibition 2016 / Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway / Opening June 25., 2016
Jan Christensen, Marit Roland, Lars Morell, Elin Melberg, Ole Martin Lund Bø, Per Christian Brown, Margrethe Aanestad. Curated by Elin Melberg & Margrethe Aanestad / Prosjektrom Normanns.
Whistle in The Shadow / Prosjektrom Normanns
Photo: Tommy Ellingsen (Works by Per Christian Brown and Margrethe Aanestad)
Trancendental Tactility / Open Source Gallery, New York / Opening Feb. 13., 2016
Per Christian Brown, Benedicte Clementsen, Margrethe Aanestad, Elin Melberg, Kristin velle-George. Curated by Prosjektrom Normanns.
Trancendental Tactility / Open Source Gallery
Photo: Tommy Ellingsen (Works by Margrethe Aanestad and Elin Melberg)
Prosjektrom Normanns will participate at UNTITLED Art Fair in Miami, FL, Dec. 2./3./4./5./6., 2015 at Miami Beach, Booth C15
Represented artists: Ane Graff (NO) / Lars Morell (NO) / Margrethe Aanestad (NO) / Elin Melberg (NO) / Kristin Velle-George (NO). Special project by invited artist Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova (US). Curated by Prosjektrom Normanns.
Untitled Art Fair Miami Beach
