Marit Silsand
(She/her)
Address: Bjørka, Schweigaardsgate 34D, 0191 Oslo
Floor: 3
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17
Marit Silsand is a visual artist with education from Gerrit Rietveld Academie, San Francisco Art Institute and Fatamorgana Photography School in Copenhagen. She recently graduated from VEA in the subject “Experimental expressions with plant materials”. Silsand is a member of The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) and The Association of Visual Artists Oslo (BO). She reflects on identity, nationality/ethnicity, role playing and interaction between people. She works alternately with photography, installation and relational workshops, and often uses portraits, plant-based materials and textiles as part of her expression.
Photography, sculpture, plant materials
Thai Fruit Carving Hybrid project, Marit Silsand, fruit on round table 230 cm in diameter, 2023, Kunstnernes Hus the National Art Exhibition, photographer Jannik Abel
Thai Fruit Carving Hybrid project, photograph print 50x70cm, 2022
Planned projects and exhibitions
June 2025 Gamle Munch – Prisms of Myopia
CV
Education:
2020–22 VEA Norways green vocational school – Experimental expressions with plant materials
2006–10 Gerrit Rietveld Academie i Amsterdam, Bachelor of Fine Art
2008 San Francisco Art Institute (Film and performance department)
2003–04 Fatamorgana Photography School in Copenhagen
2003 Assistant to art photographer Herdis Maria Siegert
2002 Photography School in Århus
, Denmark
1999–00 Vrå Høyskole, photo department, Danmark
Member of The Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK) and The Association of Visual Artists Oslo (BO)
Selected group exhibitions:
2023 The Autumn Exhibition, Kunstnernes Hus
2023 Sørlandsutstillingen, Arendal Art Association, Fogdegaarden Art Association, Søgne Gamle Prestegård
2022 Sørlandsutstillingen / Larvik Kulturhus / Arendal Art Association / Skien Art Association
2020 Vestlandsutstillingen curated by Elise By Olsen / Jungenstilsenteret & Kube, Ålesund / Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum, Førde / Haugesund Biledgalleri / Kunsthall Stavanger / Kunsthuset Kabuso, Øyesten/ Kunstgarasjen, Bergen
2018 Østlandsutstillingen, Vestfossen Art Laboratory
2016 Østlandsutstillingen, Identität von Mensch und Ort / Identity: man and place, Landesbibliothek in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
2015 Østlandsutstillingen, Identität von Mensch und Ort / Identity: man and place, Drawing Association, Oslo
2013 Østlandsutstillingen, Akershus Art Center / Vestfold Art Center
2006 Vestlandsutstillingen, Haugesund Picture Gallery and Hordaland Art Centre
Solo exhibitions:
2023 Dialogen, Thai Fruit Carving Hybrid, Sletteløkka Grendehus, Oslo
2021 Gallery 7×7/Vestfold Art Centre, Sagabyen 1150 years, Tønsberg
2021 University of Southeast Norway: Campus Notodden, Forskergruppen Artistic development work. Exhibition during the Research Days.
2020 Studio K, Follow the Path into Nature, Kvernaland
2020 Galleri Backer, Instablikket, University of Southeast Norway
2018 Fossen Rom & Forlag, Follow the Lines, Oslo
2014 – 2015 Oslo City Council for Cultural Affairs, Temporary Art Projects, three exhibitions in empty business premises in Oslo
2013 Gallery Blink, Without Authorities for Approx. 90 Minutes, Trondheim2012 Sound of Mu, Without Authorities for Approx. 90 Minutes, Oslo
2012 Gamle Ormelet – Tjøme Art and Culture Centre, Frihet, Tjøme
2012 Cyan Photo Gallery, Without Authorities for Approx. 90 Minutes, Oslo