Maria Garred
(She/her)
Address: Hasleveien 38, 0571 Oslo
Floor: 3. etasje
Room number: 3
The studio is open Saturday 27 April from 12-17
I work with image archives as a starting point for various forms of representing, processing and combining motifs, mainly drawing, print and collage. The photographs I use consist of both personal and found ones, taken from e.g. books, historical archives, popular culture and the internet.
The process of gathering and selecting images I do continuously, either by seeing images through media or by researching subjects I am interested in. This may, for example, concern parts of world history or more current societal questions and events. The photographs I take myself often show my close, everyday surroundings.
I am concerned with how we associate in the form of images, and how they are connected to collective and subjective meanings. By taking the images out of their context, reworking them and placing them in new sequences and narratives, I try to blur the distinction between cultural affiliation and between the personal and found.
Drawing
A Little Cloud, Maria Garred, silkscreen, 56 x 76 cm, detail. Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen
A Little Cloud, Maria Garred, silkscreen, 56 x 76 cm x 10 pcs. 2023. Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen
Swoon, Maria Garred, collage, 21 x 29, 7 cm x 6 pcs. 2023.
Untitled, Maria Garred, pencil drawing, 135 x 185 cm, 2016.
CV
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Maria Garred
Date of birth: 10.09.1986
Address: Hesselbergs gate 8C,
0555 Oslo
Memberships: NBK, The Norwegian Drawing Scenter
Homepage: www.mariagarred.com
EDUCATION
2010- 2012: The Art Academy in Trondheim, NTNU
Master of Fine Art
2011 (january – desember): The Royal Danish Art Academy, Billedkunstskolerne
Exchange student at Graphic department
2007 – 2010: Oslo National Academy of the Arts,
Bachelor in Visual Arts, Graphics
EXHIBITIONS
2024: Tales from Skomvær, Røst library, Røst
2021: Soundscape Røst 2010-2020, Lydgalleriet, Bergen. Duo exhibition with Elin Mar Øyen Vister, Bergen
2016: A Psychogeographical Guide to Oslo, Group exhibition, The Drawing Biennial, Oslo
2012: The master exhibition, The Art Academy in Trondheim, Trondheim Art Museum, Gråmølna, Trondheim
2011: Rundgang, The Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen
2010: The bachelor exhibition, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo
2009: A collection of random things, Duo exhibition at NB8, Oslo
RESIDENCIES
2020 (July-August): Residency at Røst Artist in Residence, Skomvær, Røst
2016 (May-November): Ingrid Lindbäck Langaards foundation, Residency and grant at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2013 (June): Residency at Røst Artist in Residence, Skomvær, Røst
GRANTS/ SCHOLARSHIPS
2014: Miscellaneous grant, The Arts Council Norway
2013: 1. year working grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV), The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists
2012: Billedkunstnernes hjelpefond, Grant for art students, The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists