Recurring themes in her production are the representation of natural forces and their resonance with human sensibilities. Her work alternates between the monumental and the minimal, the universal and the intimate. Interpersonal relations and interactions are central to her practice, and many of her performance-based works involve collaborations with other people.
She lived between Berlin and Lofoten from 1987 to 1997 after receiving the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs grant to Künstlerhaus Bethanien. From 1997 to 2017, she worked between London and her home in Lofoten; in 2005 she established her Atelier Kvalnes, the base for her international practice.[2][3] Dolven's photo and video work often shows motifs from this and other places north of the Arctic Circle.[4][5] She has received media attention for her public sculpture projects[6][7][8][9] and was the initiator of the outdoor sculpture project Artscape Nordland.
She was awarded the German Fred-Thieler Prize in 2000 and the Swedish Prince Eugen Medal in 2005.[10][11]
Her work is included in collections such as The Art Institute of Chicago (USA),[12] Philadelphia Museum of Art (USA), Arts Council Collection (UK), Hoffmann Collection, KIASMA, La Gaia Collection, Goetz Collection, Fundacion Salamanca Ciudad de Cultura (Spain), Kunsthalle Bern (Switzerland), Küpferstichkabinett (Germany), Leipzig Collection of Contemporary Galleries (Germany), Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark), Malmö Museum (Sweden), Museum of Contemporary Art (Norway), and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Denmark).
Further reading
A K Dolven: Please Return, edited by Gaby Hartel, was published by Art / Books in February 2015 to coincide with a solo show at Ikon Gallery in Birmingham.[13]
Anne Katrine Dolven, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, 1988, ISBN3-923479-30-1
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