26—27 April

Brynhild Slaatto

(She/her)
Address: Trafo Kunstnerhus, Hovinveien 1, 0576 Oslo
Floor: 2
Room number: 2019
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17

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Over several years, I have worked with outdoor installations connected to listed buildings, museums and older buildings. The last one was at the church ruins in Maridalen, and this was the first time the outdoor project was mounted independently. The viewing period was from 14 May to 31 August 2023.

Horizontal and vertical braids and weaves are tied together. The drawn line of the paper in the sketches and the motif in the photo make up the “company” that gives the “Gray queen” a landscape to inhabit. The roughness of the thread and the fragility of paper accentuates one another.

“The sound of a tree” is a collaborative project outdoors in Botanisk Hage Oslo, which will be displayed from 1 June – 31 August, summer 2025. Participating artists are textile artist Brynhild Slaatto, visual artist Mona Grønnstad and botanist Anders Often, who will hold several botanical walks in the garden. Brynhild Slaatto will show a larger installation consisting of several panels based on the technique: waffle weave. It is a double-sided technique with a depth effect.

Textile

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"Stone and field": shown at the church ruins in Maridalen, 14 May-31 August 2023 Photo Anders Bergersen Format: h 330 x w 190 cm Material: Nylon and wool The nylon has become more brittle from all the rain and humidity - as well as from the sunlight. The wool has more resilience, but has clearly shrunk. Travel works of pine and birch
"Stone and field": shown at the church ruins in Maridalen, 14 May-31 August 2023 Photo Anders Bergersen Format: h 330 x w 190 cm Brynhild Slaatto Braids and weaves h 330 x w 190 cm 2023 At the church ruins in Maridalen, Margareta Church Photographer: Anders Bergersen
"Stone and field": shown at the church ruins in Maridalen, 14 May-31 August 2023 Photo Anders Bergersen Format: h 330 x w 190 cm Material: Nylon and wool The nylon has become more brittle from all the rain and humidity - as well as from the sunlight. The wool has more resilience, but has clearly shrunk. Travel works of pine and birch
"Stone and field": shown at the church ruins in Maridalen, 14 May-31 August 2023 Photo Anders Bergersen Format: h 330 x w 190 cm Brynhild Slaatto Braids and weaves h 330 x w 190 cm 2023 At the church ruins in Maridalen, Margareta Church Photographer: Anders Bergersen
"Grey Queen and Company" Materials: Woven and braided textile, drawing and photography Format: 215 x 3 x 150 cm The installation was shown during the 2024 Annual Exhibition. Photo: Anders Bergersen Braids and weaves in length and width format are linked together, The drawn line in the sketches and the motif in the photograph are the company that gives "Grå dørning" a landscape to live in. The roughness of the thread and the vulnerability of the paper highlight each other.
"Grey Queen and Company" Materials: Woven and braided textile, drawing and photography Format: 215 x 3 x 150 cm The installation was shown during the 2024 Annual Exhibition. Photo: Anders Bergersen
"Vaffel" will be part of the installation "The sound of a tree" which is now in the process of being shown in the Botanisk hage, Oslo in the summer of 2025 Photo: Brynhild Slaatto Materials: wool hand-dyed and natural black - number of panels: 10
"Vaffel" will be part of the installation "The sound of a tree" which is now in the process of being shown in the Botanisk hage, Oslo in the summer of 2025 Photo: Brynhild Slaatto

In my studio

In my studio: I have now mounted “Waffel” which will be part of the project “The sound of a tree” and paper collage and a rope work in addition to materials of different qualities. In my loom the work with the installation continue.

Planned projects and exhibitions

In Botanical Garden, Oslo is my textile; “Vaffel” on view, from 1. June – 31. of August-2025, it is a- part of the installation “The sound of a tree” . This is a collaboration between visual artist Mona Grønstad, botanist Anders Often and textile artist Brynhild Slaatto.

CV

Born: 26.02.1959
Homepage
www.brynhildslaatto.no
Education
National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway, Diploma in Textile Arts 1982-1986
Apprenticeship with Synnøve Anker Aurdal 1981
Assistant to Else Marie Jakobsen 1987
Certificate Program in Teaching Art, Notodden 1987-1988
Examen philosophicum, UiO 2008
Grants
Grant, Bildende Kunstnernes Hjelpefond 2022-2023
Regional grants, NKR 2021
Grant, Bildende Kunstnernes Hjelpefond 2021
Bø | AiRV (Vesterålen) 2021
Soft Moments, Norske Tekstilkunstnere 2020
Grant, Bildende Kunstneres Hjelpefond 2020
Grant, Bildende Kunstnernes Hjelpefond 2019
Artist residency at Leveld kunstnartun, Hallingdal 2018
Artist residency at Residency Green AIR 2018
Sasakawa Fund Travel Grant 2017
Chunichi-Inadomi Fund Grant 2017
Arts Council of Norway, Exhibition Grant 2015
Specialization grants from the Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts2015
Travel grants from the Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts 2007
Arts and Crafts Project Travel grant 2005
Work Grant for Artists from the Norwegian Association for Arts and
Crafts, 3 years
2004-2007
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Exhibition Grant 2002
National Travel and Study Grant for Artists 2002
Government grant for materials 2000
Arts Council of Norway, Exhibition Grant 2000
Norwegian-Finnish Culture Fund 1999
Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art Residency Program 1997-1998
Arts Council of Norway, Exhibition Grant 1996
National Travel and Study Grant for Artists 1995
Chunichi-Inadomi Fund Grant 1993
National Grant to Establish Young Artists 1992
Sasakawa Fund Travel Grant 1990
Projects
Stein og åker, installation exhibited at the church ruins in Maridalen 2023
Blåtøy og teglstein, Arbeidermuseet, Oslo Museum 2020
Outdoors IV shown at Oslo Open’s satellite program at Tveten farm,
Rulleboden
2019
Outdoors III at Geitmyra matkultursenter for barn 2019
“Outdoors II and III” at Nordre Lindeberg gård, Oslo 2018
“Outdoors III” at Tveten gård, Oslo 2017
Poster and cards for the 40th anniversary to Oslo Teatersenter 2015
“Outdoors III” at a short visit at Palmehuset in Botanical garden 2013
“House project”, Nida, Lithuania 2010
“Outdoors III” at Oslo School of Architecture 2009
“Outdoors II” at Oslo School of Architecture 2007
“Outdoors I” at Oslo School of Architecture 2005
Individual Exhibitions (Excerpt)
Fletter i stort og smått, Bø Museum, Vesterålen 2022
Tau og tråd, Galleri Fjordheim 2022
“Outdoors at timber”, Hallingdal Museum, Nesbyen 2019
Boat rugs og paper collages, Costal museum, Florø 2016
Textile and paper, Dagali, Hallingdal Museum 2016
Boat rugs og paper collages, Sunnfjord Museum, Movika 2016
Liudvikas Reza Cultural Centre, Litauen 2007
Window Exhibition, Norwegian Association of Textile Artists, Oslo 2004
UNESCO Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania 2002
Telemark Regional Art Center, Porsgrunn, Norway 2001
National Museum of Decorative Arts, Trondheim, Norway 1998
Gallery Villvin, Risør, Norway 1996
Group or Collective Exhibitions (Excerpt)
K-U-K, Trondheim 2024
Kunstarena 2023
“Det store mjuke øyeblikk på Finnskogen”, Soft Moments 2017
Oslo Open 2014-18
The Vevring Exhibition 2009
“55° north – modern nordic crafts” exhibition in Rundetaarn, Copenhagen2008
Norwegian Church Cultural Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wales 2006
International Textile Exhibition, Lithuania 2003
Sandefjord Art League, Norway 2002
International Tekstile Exhibition, National Museum in Kaunas, Lithuania 2001
Bærum Art League, Bærum, Norway 1999
Arts and Crafts on Kongensgate, Oslo, Norway 1998
The Vevring Exhibition 1998
Eikaas Gallery, Jølster, Norway 1998
”Høstutstillingens utvalgte”, Sandefjord Kunstforening, Norway 1996
North Trøndelag Regional Gallery, Namsos, Norway 1996
”ReBella 15 years”, The Norwegian Theater, Oslo, Norway 1994
International Art Festival, Frankenberg Eder, Germany 1994
”New Members”, Hordaland Regional Art Center, Bergen, Norway 1991
”Jewelry, jewelry”, Galleri ReBella, Oslo, Norway 1990
Annual and National Exhibitions
NK’s annual exhibition
Eastern Norwegian Regional Exhibition 2003
Fall Exhibition 1995
Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Textile and Fiber 1991
Collections (Excerpt)
Sandefjord Community, Norway
Eksport Finans, Oslo, Norway
The Art Museum of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Public Commissions (Excerpt)
Orelund Chapel, Sandefjord, Norway 2000
Artistic Consultations
Vinderen Health Center, Oslo, Norway 2001-2003
Teaching
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway 1995-2001
Additional
Events management of National exhibition ”Svingninger”, 1999
”Room in a Room”, art project at Dingemoen school, Dale, Sunnfjord,
Norway, 1998
”Sensorial observation of the city”, workshop, Oslo, 1998
”Room and landscap”, course in Kjærringøy, Norway, 1997
”The Thinking Eye”, researcher for 18 program on Norwegian arts and
crafts, NRK (National Norwegian Television Company) , 1997
Events management and lecturer of arts and crafts for National Touring
Exhibitions, 1995-1997
Consultant for Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts exhibition
department, 1990-1997
Exhibition educator for ”Us Flowers”: National Museum of Art,
Architecture and Design’s drawing competition for several kindergartens
in Oslo, Norway 1994
Artist Workshop in Textile, Frankenberg Eder, Germany, 1994
Freelance educator and studio consultant for children’s studio at the
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway, from
2001
Museum Educator, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design,
Oslo, Norway, from 2003
Guide at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet, 2008-16
Memberships
Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts, Oslo Regional Branch
Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
Norwegian Association of Fine Arts
Norwegian Textile Artists