Frida Orupabo

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Frida Orupabo (born 1986) [1] is a Norwegian artist who makes work about identity, sexuality, race and belonging, using collage and video installation made from visual material found online. [2] [3] [4] She is also a trained sociologist. Orupabo's mother is Norwegian and her father is Nigerian. [5] She has had solo exhibitions at Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland and at Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, and her work was shown in the 58th Venice Biennale. She has an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society in the UK.

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Early life and education

Orupabo was born and grew up in Sarpsborg, Norway. [6] She has a white Norwegian mother and a Black Nigerian father. [5] [7] She obtained a bachelor's degree in development studies then a master's degree in sociology from the University of Oslo. [6] [8]

Work

She was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2023. The work—about identity, sexuality, race and belonging—was described by Sean O'Hagan in The Guardian as "sculptural photographic collages ... strange, hybrid creations ... Her raw material is sourced from the digital sphere – images found on social media, eBay and old colonial archives. Printed, cut out and then layered in segments, her collages have a distinctly old-fashioned, hands-on feel, but her mainly female figures are loaded with meaning, both personal and cultural." [9]

Awards

Personal life

She lives in Oslo, Norway. [6]

Publications

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions or exhibitions as part of festivals

Collections

Orupabo's work is held in the following permanent collection:

References

  1. "Frida Orupabo born 1986". Tate. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  2. Llorens, Natasha Marie (2022-05-11). "Frida Orupabo Preaches to the Choir". Frieze. No. 228. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  3. Sumba, Eric Otieno (2021-09-21). "Frida Orupabo Flips the Script on the Trope of the Horse in Art History". Frieze. No. 222. ISSN   0962-0672 . Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  4. "Replacement", Victoria and Albert Museum, 2024, retrieved 2025-11-08
  5. 1 2 "Frida Orupabo Reconfigures Black Female Sexuality". artreview.com. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Cielatkowska, Zofia (2019-05-20). "Using Collage to Illuminate How People Are Shaped by Identity Strategies". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
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  8. 1 2 "Frida Orupabo". Studio Museum in Harlem. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  9. O'Hagan, Sean (2023-03-03). "Deutsche Börse photography prize review – stern heroes, uncanny hybrids and a missing person". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  10. "Frida Orupabo: How did you feel when you come out of the wilderness". contemporaryand.com. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  11. "Art Monthly : Article : Frida Orupabo – Phoebe Cripps on the Norwegian artist's use of historical archives to return an unsettling colonial gaze". Art Monthly. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  12. "Frida Orupabo : On Lies, Secrets and Silence | Astrup Fearnley Museet". Musée Magazine. 2025-03-17. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  13. "Frida Orupabo On Lies, Secrets and Silence at Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, 2025". Mousse Magazine and Publishing. 2025-04-28. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  14. Fletcher, Gem. "What can social media contribute to the artistic process?". www.1854.photography. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  15. "Frida Orupabo". Rencontres d'Arles. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
  16. "Powerful Exhibitions: Deutsche Börse 2023". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2025-11-08.