Grete Riseng
(She/her)
Address: I samme etasje holder Ellen Mæhlum til., Frysjaveien 35, 0884 Oslo
Floor: 2
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
I work with textiles, performance and sculpture.
I use the word “Kime” to describe the power I have in my body, which consists of the strong and the vulnerable. I need the weak to be the strong. In the works, I seek a balance between these two. I find that when I struggle with something very heavy; Like a large bundle of textiles or when I throw up 80 meters of silk in the wind. Then I feel that the movements come together as one force. I become alert to sounds, smells and I look at plants, flowers and trees with a more thorough calm. This need has meant that I always carry a piece of silk in my backpack ready for a spontaneous performance. See the project “A room without a door” at: https://www.instagram.com/greteriseng2/
Textile, sculpture and performance
"A room without door", Grete Riseng, outdoor performance, 80 meters of silke, 2025
"A room without a door", Grete Riseng, outdoors performance, 2024
"A room without door", Grete Riseng, outdoor performance with 120 meters of silk, Justøy, 2024
Outdoors performance, Grete Riseng, silk ready for performance, 2024
Videoklipp fra det pågående prosjektet "Et rom uten dør:
https://vimeo.com/1013226513?share=copy
Videoklipp fra fra min performance ved kulturhuset Hos Arne august 2024
In my studio
During Oslo Open, I will work in the studio as I usually do; I will show (and at the same time practically do) how I make sculptures of silk, I will have an ongoing dye bath going on where I show different techniques for how to process the silk with plant material from the places I have had outdoor performances.
Planned projects and exhibitions
Own initiated and ongoing project; “A room without a door”.
The project consists of daily outdoor work with performance, movements and textiles where I use my body to investigate how the textile and I are affected by the work outside. What happens through many years of outdoor work with the textiles, the body’s movements and will it affect how I relate to the world? At the same time as this project, I am working on the publication of a book with the same title.
In the summer of 2025, I participate in a performance made by the artist Silje Kjørholt at the Center for Ceramic Art in Ringebu.
In the spring semester of 2025, I have a temporary position at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts.
CV
ARTISTIC EDUCATION
2021-2023
2 years master’s degree at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, medium and material-based art, department textile
2018-2021
3 year bachelor’s degree at Oslo National Academy of the Arts, medium and material-based art, department textile
2009-2018
Guidance and proofreading by Markus Brendmoe and Roar Werner Eriksen.
The guidance from Brendmoe/Werner Eriksen (Andreas Siqueland took over after Werner Eriksen’s death in 2017) was a weekly guide. I have benefited from this correction, guidance, conversations and artistic motivation for 10 years. Brendmoe is highly skilled as a guide and conversation partner in contemporary art. He knows how to value our independent expression and at the same time pull in a direction where we are constantly developing our artistic potential. Much of my artistic courage comes from Brendmoe.
1996-1998
WSOC (Westerdals), with Wolff Eksponeringsdesign
1995_1996
Barbara Nichols, guide and proofreading in classic oil painting (Spain)
1989-1990
Vika Painting School, guidance and courses with Annette Martens and Jon Strand
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Seilduken 2
2011
Salt brug https://www.soli-brug.no/
2010
Gallery Ramfjord
2010
Vandregalleriet Sandefjord
2006
Brug salt
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Master’s graduation exhibition; Arts and crafts
2021
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, bachelor graduation exhibition; Arts and crafts
2019
Oslo National Academy of the Arts; bachelor group exhibition; 2nd year
2017
Røed Jeløy Gallery, collaboration with Anne Mona Ridd
2008
Gallery Skallum
2008
Gallery Ramfjord
2005
Gallery Henrik Gerner
STIPEND
2023 SKS Miscellaneous Scholarship for Newly Educated Artists
MEMBERSHIP
NBK, NK, NTK