My Work Is to a Large Extent Based on My Observation of People Interacting in the World

Mariken Kramer

My work is to a large extent based on my observation of people interacting in the world around me.
I am interested in the individual in conjunction with others and the innate vulnerability in interpersonal relations.
My videos have a nonlinear structure, where the focus is on communicating a certain sentiment rather than a logical story.
In my sculptures and drawing I have used humour to portray certain issues. These works have a more playful appearance, but the playfulness is intended as a starting point for reflection around more serious aspects of the subject. Depending on the situation, my works are shown either individually, or as elements in installations combining video with photography and sculpture.

In addition to my own individual work I am a member of the artist group The G.U.N.-Ladies (Get Used to the Name). We have worked on a number of joint projects since 2001, the latest of which has been the establishment of The White Tube, a new space for contemporary art, at Tøyen Subway Station in Oslo in October 2006.

Articles

Gøteborgs Posten: Absurda vardagen blottlagd
Sydsvenskan: Normalitet i gunging
Oslo Puls: I videons kunstverden
Arendals Tidende: Påskenøtter og påskekrim
Zenit: Största nätmanifestationen i Göteborg - INTERNET SOM PLATTFORM
Oslo Puls: ”Jesus slår Gud” (in connection w/ The G.U.N. Ladies)
Oslo Puls: ”Kunst for folk i farta” (The G.U.N. Ladies)
Free, høsten 2003: "Søvnløse Kunstnere" (The G.U.N. Ladies)

Education

1997-2001 Kunstakademiet i Trondheim (Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim)
1999-2000 Hochschule für bildende Künste, Hamburg
1996-1997 Asker Kunstskole (Preparatory Art School in Asker), Norway
1992-1996 Blindern/University of Oslo: BA in Social Anthropology

Exhibitions

2007 "Royal Caribbean Arts Grant - 5 years" Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2007 Arendal Kunstforening, Norway (solo)
2006 The Project Room 93-06, Moss Brewery Exhibition Hall, Moss, Norway
2005 “Jeune Creation- Art Contemporain”, La Belleviloise, Paris
2005 Featured Artist, Phatspace Video Library, Darlinghurst, Australia
2005 “Botschaften + Bring a Friend ” at the Nordic Embassies in Berlin
2005 UKS (Young Artits Society) launches their artist archive by introducing 20 artists
2004 “Betwixt & Between” at Galleri 21 - with Bjørn Hegardt and Theo Ågren, Malmø, Sweden
2003 “Culina Potentia” at Nordic Live Art org. with Madeleine Park, Göteborgs konsthall, Gothenburg
2003 Galleri 54 - with Bjørn Hegardt and Theo Ågren, Gothenburg
2003 “Høstutstillingen” (The Autumn Exhibition), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2003 “See You at the Premiere Fair “Kongresszentrum, Berlin
2003 “Nuart”, Tou, Stavanger Norway
2003 “Flair” Chistianssands Kunstforening, Kristiansand
2001 Kunstakademiets Udstillingssted, Copenhagen
2001 “Trøndelagsutstillingen”, Trøndelag Center for Conemporary Art, Trondheim & on tour in Mid Norway.
2001 “INTERVIEWS”, Trondheim Art Museum & UKS, Oslo
1999 “Høstutstillingen”, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
1998 “Desemberutstillingen” (December Exhibition), Trondheim Art Museum

Upcoming

2008 Kunstbanken Hedemark, Norway (solo)

Screenings

2007 Brigades des Images: ”Révélation Magnétique” Cinema le Barbizon, Paris
2006 ”Individual Communities” curated by Anne Szefer Karlsen at Vector, Iasi and 2006 MNAC National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest, Romania and at Monkeytown in New York
2006 dokumentART, European Filmfestival, Neubrandenburg, Germany
2006 ”Luksuz Connection”, Trska Gora, Slovenia
2006 ”CARTES Flux 06”, Centre for Art and Technology in Espoo, Finland
2006 ”JOHN SKIES or SALLY SWIMS” videofestival at UKS with preview at Sound of Mu, Oslo
2005 ”NORWYDEO” at ATA in San Francisco
2005 BRIGADE DES IMAGES, Divan du Monde, during Nuit Blanche, Paris
2005 ”Bring a Friend” Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall
2005 “Jeune Creation” at Cinema Le Barbizon, Paris
2005 ”Bring a Friend”, Arsenal Kino, Berlin
2005 “Nordic Video Art”, Urban Espresso Bar, Rotterdam
2004 ”Rotterdam VHS Festival #7” at Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam
2002 “To Play and the Monkey Business”, Artemosferas Porto
2002 “Penso Voltar”, Centro Cultural Emmerico, Nunes, Sines Portugal
2000,99 “Minimalen”, Trondheim Shortfilm Festival, Norway
1998 Bandit-Mages, France

Residency

2003 Nordic Air at Suomenlinna, in Finland through NIFCA

Grants

2007,06 Billedkunstnerenes Vederlagsfond
2005 Royal Carribean Arts Grant
2005 Billedkunstnerenes Vederlagsfond
2005 OCA, international support in connection w P74 in Ljubljana w/ The G.U.N.-Ladies
2005 European Cultural Foundation- Mobility Fund for “Art- from the people” w/ G.U.N.
2004 OCA international support in connection with ”Betwixt & Between” at Galleri 21
2004 Sleipnir travel grant in connection w ”Betwixt & Between” at Galleri 21
2003 OCA international support to New York with G.U.N.-Ladies and Nordicliveart, Gothenburg
2002 Sleipnir travel grant to Riga with G.U.N.-Ladies
2002 OCA international support to Berlin
2000,02 Billedkunstnerenes Vederlagsfond stipend
2001 Bildende Kunstners Hjelpefond stipend
2001 Christian Lorch Schive og Hustrus Legat stipend
2001 Letterstedska Føreningen

Other

2007 4 day Music Video workshop for 5th grade during Kristiansand International Children´s Film Festival, arranged by E6 Østfold Medieverksted
2006 “Kunst for dyr” with Jon Roger Holte, a school project for grades 3 & 4 in Østfold County t