Susanne Kathlen Mader
(She/her)
Address: Mellommrommet Sagene, Kristiansandsgate 1– inngang fra Arendalsgata, 0463 Oslo
Floor: 1.etasje
The studio is open Sunday 27 April from 12-17
I work serially with painting, sculpture, installation and graphics. Music and nature are fundamental sources of inspiration to my practice. The working process is intuitive, and with colour, line and form as the primary components, I work towards a dynamic balance. I am particularly interested in putting two- and three-dimensional forms of expression in dialogue: as interaction between independent works or in the form of site-specific installations, where all elements are combined and integrated with the surroundings.
painting, sculpture, installation, site-specific art, print
Tropic of capricorn, Susanne Kathlen Mader, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 120 cm, 2025, photo: S. K. Mader
3 sculptures in welded steel, Susanne Kathlen Mader,
(Flyvedrøm, 93 x 59 x 17, 2024
Allegro, 100 x 53 x 14 cm, 2023
Little corner piece, 46 x 49 x 28 cm, 2022), photo: S. K. Mader
Reisedrøm, Susanne Kathlen Mader, acrylic, watercolour pencil and pencil on paper, 68.5 x 68.5 cm, 2024, photo: S. K. Mader
Zatoichi, Susanne Kathlen Mader, welded steel, 42 x 42 x 40 cm, 2024, photo: S. K. Mader
In my studio
You will discover new paintings on canvas/paper and sculptures in welded steel that I put in dialogue. This interaction gives me constantly new opportunities to engage a space. I look forward to good meetings and conversations and I am happy to answer any questions you may have. I offer drinks and snacks.
Planned projects and exhibitions
2025 Mellomrommet Sagene, Oslo
2025 Wabi-sabi, the order of non-perfection, with Kjell Varvin, CREA, Venezia
CV
1964 Born in Walsrode, Germany. Works and lives Norway since 1998.
Education1991 Master student by Prof. Peter Voigt
1990 Diploma of Fine Arts
1984 – 91 Fine Arts Studies – Braunschweig University of Art (HBK), Germany
Solo and duo exhibitions (selection)
2023 Colour meets line III, duo with Kjell Varvin, Bærum kunstforening, Norway
2023 Aller-retour, Ram galleri, Oslo, Norway
2022 SOHO, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway
2022 On the move, Østfold Kunstsenter Fredrikstad, Norway
2021 Farge møter linje, Bærum Kunsthall, Fornebu, Norway
2020 Colour meets line II, duo with Kjell Varvin, Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen, Norway
2018 Farge underveis, Ålesund Kunstforening, Norway
2017 Colour meets line I, duo with Kjell Varvin, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Nærbø, Norway
2016 Avanti colori, duo with Gesine Peterson, Neuer Worpsweder Kunstverein, Worpswede, Germany
2015 Supersaturations, Oslo Kunstforening, Norway
(travelling exhibition Norske Kunstforeningers Debutantpris 2014 – 2015)
2015 Supersaturations, Rana Kunstforening, Norway
2015 Supersaturations, Steinkjer Kunstforening, Norway
2014 Supersaturations, Mandal Kunstforening, Norway
2014 Supersaturations, Sandnes Kunstforening, Norway
2014 Constructions on colour, duo with Marisa Ferreira, Galleri BOA, Oslo, Norway
2012 Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Svolvær, Norway
2012 Haugesund Kunstforening, Norway
2011 Galleri Gann, Sandnes, Norway
2011 Kunstkabinett Haus Paula Becker, Bremen, Germany
2010 Kunst 1, duo with Per Hess, Sandvika, Norway
2007 LNM, Oslo, Norway
2005 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Group exhibitions (selection)
2021 Rykk tilbake til start (igjen), curated by Jan Christensen, Atelier, Oslo, Norway
2020 Østlandsutstillingen, Hamar Kunstbanken and Buskerud Kunstsenter, Drammen, Norway
2020 New members, Norske Grafikere, Oslo, Norway
2019 Poésie geométrique, L’esprit Bauhaus, Galerie Laurent & Laurent, Nice, France
2018 CONCRETE / DISCOURSE / COMPLEXITY, XS Gallery, Kielce, Poland
2018 Novemberutstillingen, with Ellen Grieg and Nina Skarsbø, Kongsberg Kunstforening, Norway
2017 GRID, curated by Mark Starell, Kielce, Poland
2016 Nonobjective Reality – Different Strategies, curated by Lars Strandh, Kunstbanken,
Hamar, Norway
2016 En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo, Tegnebiennalen, Oslo, Norway
2015 Abstraksjon 11, curated by Hanne Cecilie Gulstad, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2013 Høstutstillingen, Norske Kunstforeningers Debutantpris, Oslo, Norway
2012 Non-Figuration, Edsvik konsthall, Sollentuna/ Stockholm, Sweden
2012 Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany
2011 Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
2011 Modern Art Museum, Hünfeld, Germany
2010 European Sculpture: Diversity and difference in practice, Grugliasco /Torino, Italy
2010 Sculpture and Object XV, Bratislava, Slovakia
2010 Top 80, Messmer Kunsthalle, Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany
2008 Rykk tilbake til start, curatet by Jan Christensen, Prosjektrom 0047, Oslo, Norway
2008 Sculpture and Object XIII, Bratislava, Slovakia
2006 Østlandutstillingen, Norway
Public art commissions in Norway
2024 Kvam vgs, Norheimsund
2022 Barne – og avlastningsboliger og Bofellesskap, Klepp kommune
2020 Risenga ungdomsskole, (school), Asker
2016 Fernanda Nissen skole, (school), Oslo
2016 Nye Frogner skole, (school), Frogner
2015 Slåtthaug videregående skole, (school), Bergen
2015 Aust-Lofoten videregående skole, (school), Svolvær
2015 Bjønnes sykehjem, (nursing hom), Nøtterøy
2009 Neshallen (gymnasium), Stavsjø, Ringsaker kommune
2009 Kindergarten Grønlia and Kjenn, Lørenskog
2008 Skien leisure park (Fritidspark) / Hj. Johansen high school Skien
2007 Aker Solutions, Fornebu
2007 Katedralskole, (school), Hamar
2006 St. Olavs Hospital, Nevrosenter, Trondheim
2005 Husbanken, Drammen
2002 Theatre Lille Scene, Sandvika
2001 Norwegian Central Post, Sorting Department (Hamar Postterminalen), Hamar
2000 Eiksmarka skole, Baerum
2000 Løkeberg skole, Baerum
Consultant
2009/2010 Bårliskogen barnehage, Lørenskog
2009/2010 Bø skole, Bø
Public acquisitions
2018 Helsetilsynet, Oslo
2016 Kunstsamling Sjøfartsbygningen Eiendom- og Investment AS
2015 Oslo University Art Collection
2015 Telenor Art Collection
2014 NorgesGruppen
2009 Ministry of Defence, Norway
2009 Foreign Ministry, Norway
2008 Ministry of Defence, Norway
1999, 2004 Bærum Kommune: bibliotek og kulturhus, Sandvika
Grants
2024 BKH 1-year grant for senior artists
2023 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond grant, 1-year (BKV150)
2022 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond grant, 1-year (BKV100)
2021 Norwegian States working grant, 1-year
2019 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond grant, 1-year (BKV150)
2018 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond grant, 1-year (BKV100)
2015 BKH grant, 3-years
2011 exhibition grant, Art Council Norway
2011 Norwegian States working grant, 3-years
2011 BKH Recidency support at Skandinavisk Forening Rome
2011 Billedkunstneres Vederlagsfond project grant
2008 Grant for Professional artists, Statens diverse stipend
2003 Norwegian States working grant, 3-years
2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2014 Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond grant
Teaching
1993-98 Painting and drawing at Ecole d’Art, Grenoble, France
Assignments
2012 The National Grant Jury
2010 Member of the Supervisory Board, Kunstnernes Hus
2009 -2011 Member of the Board, LNM
Literature
Supersaturations, 2014, Norske Kunstforeninger, ISBN: 978-82-90515-33-6
Hrymfaxe art journal, Nr. 2, 2000, Denmark