Trine Mauritz
(She/her)
Address: Trafo Kunstnerhus, Hovinveien 1, 0576 Oslo
Floor: 2
Room number: 2011
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Light in the darkness! I am not afraid of beauty.
In challenging times, when the world no longer resembles what we once knew, I, as an artist, must retreat to my studio and create—this is what I know, and this is what I am called to do.
In the early 1990s, I studied in Japan, more specifically in Arimatsu, Nagoya. I lived there on several occasions in the home of Mr. Takeda and learned directly from the local artisans. In Japan, textile and material-based art held a high status, where materials, concept, and craftsmanship were regarded as equal components. I explored a folding and dyeing technique that, at the time, was not widely known in Europe.
Specializing in Itajime Shibori, an advanced method of resist dyeing using wooden blocks and folding techniques, that was my starting point. Traditionally, this method is applied to lightweight textiles, but over time I developed a way to apply it to a heavy wool fabric.
I enter into a dialogue with the material and the color, searching for that moment when the expression begins to respond and communicate. Experience and observation provide new impulses, and the work evolves in tandem with the movement of the hand.
“Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials.” —Anni Albers, Weaving in a CollegeI work in both small and large formats, creating textile installations. My watercolors on paper serve as input and inspiration for the textile works. I often view my textile as large-scale watercolor works on wool. The paper and the wool material share remarkably similar properties in their ability to absorb and respond to color.
textile
In my studio
If you are interested in viewing textile works and watercolors featuring sublime color transitions—both small and intimate, as well as large and monumental—I invite you to explore my practice. I have completed numerous commissions for public spaces, including the Consulate General in New York, Svalbard Airport, and the embassies in Tokyo and Abu Dhabi.
The piece that was previously installed in the salon of the Consulate General in New York can now be seen in my studio during Oslo Open, as it has been carefully cleaned and is ready for a new destination.
Planned projects and exhibitions
Nesodden Kunstforening, Oct 2025
I an currently exploring new forms of expression for future art commissions.
CV
CV Trine Mauritz
Name: Trine Mauritz
Date of Birth: April 13th, 1960
Place of birth: Oslo, Norway
Studio: Hovinvn.1 0576 0slo Norway
Mob: +47 93658114
Email: trine.mauritz@gmail.com
Web: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Artist-Trine-Mauritz/112631928793629?ref=hl
Education
1981-1985 The National College of Arts and Design, Kolding, Denmark,
1994-1996 The National College of Arts and Design, Bergen, Norway.
1991- 1996 Periodical studyeing Shibori in Arimatsu, Japan
Selected Group Exhibition
2022 NOMAD St. Moritz
2021 PUR3 GalleryGallery, Kyoto, Japan, The exhibition is supported by Norwegian Crafts and The Minestry of Foreign Affairs(duo exhibition)
2021 PUR2 Galleri Format, Oslo (Duo exhibition)
2020 PUR1, Drøbak Kunstforening, Varmbadet (Duo exhibition)
2018 Festival Exhibition, Heidal, Norway
2014 The Annual Fall Exhibition, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo
2013 Galleri Format, Oslo
2013 “Handwerk bewegt”, Handwerksmesse München
2011 Hong Kong, Design and Art Center.
2010 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2009 Potensial, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum,Tromsø, Arkhangelsk Russla Nord Norsk Kunstnersenter
2008 The Annual Fall Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, NOrway
2008 Lumiere Dans Lómbre, Amittee Tissee, Paris
2007 Talente, Munchen
2007 München und Oberbayern Handverkcenter, München
2006 The third COLLECT at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London
2005 Flow Gallery, London, UK
2005 The Scottish Gallery, UK, Oriel Myrddin
2004 Collectors Exhibition,” National Craft Callery, Kilkenny, Irland
2004 “2nd. European Fibre Art Triennale,” Riga, Latvia.
2003 ”Nordic Contemporary Craft”, Gøteborg, Sweden
2003-2004 ”Shibori-Fabric Transformed", Kunstbanken-Hedemark Kunstsenter, Norway, National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim, Norway, Bomuldsfabriken, Arendal, Norway
2002 National Exhibition, Museum Fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
2002 ”Shibori Now” Gallery Renga Kan, Yokohama, Japan
1999 ”Contemporary Shibori”, National Fine Arts Museum, Santiago, Chile
1998 “Metropolis” Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
1998, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1988 ”Norsk Kunsthåndverk, The Annual National Art and Craft Exhibition, Oslo, Bergen, Trondhjem
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Østfold Kunstsenter
2016 Akershus Kunstsenter, now named NITJA
2005 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2002 RAM Galleri, Oslo, Norway
2001 Galleri FORMAT, Bergen, Norway
2001 Hå Gamle Prestegaard, Varhaug, Norway
1993 Tvedestrand Kunstforening
1991 Ski Kunstforening
Commissions
2017 Ullerud nursing home, Drøbak, Norway
2017 Kongsvinger secondary school
2010 The Norwegian Royal Embassey Sri Lanka, Colombo
2008 Tokke Kulturhus
2008 The Norwegian Royal Embassy New York v/Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007 Avinor, Svalbard Airport
2005 The Norwegian, Royal Embassy, Tokyo, Japan v/Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2003 Horsters Minde bo – og servicesenter
2001 The Norvegian Bank, dept. London
2000 The City Arceive, Oslo, Norway
2000 Telecom`s new building at Kokstad. Bergen, Norway
1997 Samvirke Insurance, Oslo, Norway
Collectet by/ Purchase
2021 koro.no- art for public spaces
2021 Kristiansand Art Museum
2021 The National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway
2010 The City of Oslo Art Collection
2005 Museum of Applied Art, Bergen, Norway
2003 Rhõsska Museet, Gõteborg, Sweden
2003 The Norwegian Arts Council, Norway
2002 The Minestry of Foreign Affairs
2002 Kunstindustrimuseet, the museum of Appliedarts and design, Oslo, Norway
2002-2001-1991 Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, National Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Trondheim, Norway
1998 KODE, Vestlandske Kunstindustrimuseum, Museum of Applied Art, Bergen, Norway
Awards and prizes
1998 The Annual Prize for applied art, Norway
Publications
1996-1999 The Periodical ”Kunsthådverk”, No. 60/1996 “Shibori, Traditional and Contemporary”, “Indigo” 1/00 "Yoshiki Hishinuma”
Membership
Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
Norwegian Association for Professional Artists
The Association of norwegin textile artists