Marit Roland
(She/her)
Address: ORP 2, Olaf Ryes plass 2, 0552 Oslo
Floor: 3
Room number: 317
The studio is open Saturday 27 April from 12-17
After completing my master’s studies at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art in 2012, I have, over a twelve-year period, been engaged in the series “Paper Drawings.” These are a series of sculptural drawings in space that emerged as an extension of my earlier traditional drawing practice. In these process-based site-specific installations, the role of paper in a drawing universe is shifted. The works have three-dimensional forms with sculptural characteristics, yet I maintain that they can also be considered drawings. My works are contemplations and challenges of the concept of drawing, where I am thematically concerned with the ephemeral and mutable. I engage with drawing as an action and idea as opposed to traditional technique. My line is manifested through physical actions with spatial qualities, in contrast to a line as a two-dimensional mark on paper. I draw “with” rather than “on” the paper. In the further development of my expression, several performance-based works have also emerged, known as “Paper Drawing Performances.”
Sculpture, installation, performance, drawing in an expanded field
Marit Roland in her studio. Pgoto: Ivar Kvaal
Detail "Paper Drawing #35" Detail, paper and twine, by Marit Roland, Viborg Kunsthall (Denmark) 2022.
"Paper Drawing #35" Detail, paper installation, by Marit Roland, Viborg Kunsthall (DK) 2022.
"Paper Drawing #29" (2018) by Marit Roland. White kraft paper, fishing line, staples. Three rooms, 60 m2. Akershus Kunstsenter (Norway).
End of Paper Drawing # 32 from Marit Roland on Vimeo.
Planned projects and exhibitions
UPCOMING SOLOSHOWS
2024 Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen (NO)
2024 – 2025 KINO KINO, Sandens (NO)
2028 Buer Gallery, Oslo (NO)
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Marit Roland (b. 1981, Kristiansand) holds a master’s degree from the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art at NTNU (2012) and a bachelor’s degree from Oslo MET as a teacher in art and crafts. Following her education, she has been active on both the national and international art scene with solo exhibitions at venues such as Wanås Kunsthall (Sweden), Viborg Kunsthall (Denmark), Telemark Kunstmuseum, Akershus Kunstsenter, Haugesund Kunstforening, Kristiansand Kunsthall, and Museo D’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce in Genoa (Italy). Additionally, she has participated in numerous group exhibitions at locations including Interface Gallery (USA), Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Høstutstillingen, Østlandsutstillingen, and the Norwegian Sculpture Biennial.
Since 2012, Roland has received grants from the Norwegian Arts Council, NBK, OCA, Finno, Kulturkontakt Nord, and the Ingerid, Synnøve, and Elias Fegersten Foundation for Norwegian Visual Artists.
In parallel with her artistic practice, she has worked as a teaching artist and facilitator at various institutions such as Trøndelag Center for Contemporary Art, Fotogalleriet in Oslo, the Art School in Rogaland, and recently as an associate professor at the University of Agder. Roland currently resides and works in Oslo, where she holds the position of Curator of Education and Teaching Artist at the National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design.