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Marisa Ferreira (born 1983) is a Portuguese artist and beauty pageant titleholder who represented her country at Miss Universe 1999. Her works includes both public art and geometric art. Her work is held in several private and public collections in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, France, Portugal, and particularly Norway at the Stavanger Art Museum. [1]
Ferreira was born in Guimarães, in the north of Portugal, where she studied the visual arts the Francisco de Holanda secondary school. From 2002 to 2007, she studied art at the Universidade de Évora and from 2007 to 2008 art and design for public spaces at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universidade do Porto. She has participated in various short courses and residencies including ones at the Universität der Künste Berlin and the Node Center for Curatorial Studies in Berlin.
She has exhibited regularly since 2005 in both solo and joint exhibitions in Europe, the United States, and Asia. Her first solo exhibition, Space+Form took place in 2010 at the Galleri Sult in Stavanger. She has lived in Oslo, Norway since 2008. [2]
Ferreira's style is based on a rigid geometric forms and an idiosyncratic color palette often incorporating aluminum surfaces cut into strips. [3] As curator Joakim Borda-Pedreira pointed out, "Marisa Ferreira makes us aware of our own subjectivity, since two people can see the same painting at the same time and have completely different experiences—where one sees blue, the other sees red." [4]
Sonja has been Queen of Norway since 17 January 1991 as the wife of King Harald V.
Matthias Weischer is a German painter living in Leipzig. He is considered to be part of the New Leipzig School.
The Helsinki School was a name introduced in an article by Boris Hohmeyer, Aufbruch im hohen Norden, in art Das Kunstmagazin in 2003. This was the first time it was used as a brand name to describe a selection of artists who had studied under adjunct professor Timothy Persons at the University of Art & Design in Espoo from the beginning of 1990s. So far, with over a 180 international publications, the Helsinki School represents a collaborative approach, where students of photography, not only work together by presenting each other's works but, exhibit with their professors, mentors and former alumni in a joint effort to share in mutual contextual dialogue that uses the photographic process as a tool for thinking.
Franz Gertsch was a Swiss painter and printmaker who was known for his large format photorealistic portraits and detailed studies of nature.
Bo Christian Larsson is a Swedish artist who works mostly with large-sized drawings, installations, performances and objects.
Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset have worked together as an artist duo since 1995. Their work explores the relationship between art, architecture and design.
Rainer Fetting is a German painter and sculptor.
Guimarães is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved and authentic example of the evolution of a medieval settlement into a modern town" in Europe. The Nicolinas are the city's main festivities.
Baktruppen was an artist collective (1986–2011), founded in Bergen, Norway. The group has had a substantial impact on European live art.
Dieter Jung is a German artist working in the field of holography, painting and installation art. He lives and works in Berlin.
Sofia Areal is a Portuguese abstract painter, whose works adhere mostly to organic non-geometrical forms and a strong chromatic focus. Besides painting and drawing, Areal's work involves collage, textile design, and scenography.
Per Hess is a Norwegian visual artist. Hess was educated at the School of Arts and Crafts (1970–73) and the Academy of Fine Art (1973–79) in Oslo. Both institutions are now part of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO).
Claudia Reinhardt is a contemporary German photographer. She lives and works in Norway and Berlin.
Joakim Waskar Olañeta Borda-Pedreira is a Swedish-Bolivian art historian, art critic and curator naturalised in Norway. He grew up in Lund and studied law, philosophy and art history at Lund University, Goldsmith's college, London, and Oslo University, specialising in European Modernism and Spanish Colonial Art. He was Art Editor of Plaza Magazine (2007-2011), Stockholm, and is the Founding Director of The Boiler Room Gallery in Oslo. Between 2012 and 2015 he was Head Curator of The Arts Festival of North Norway. He has since been Director of several art institutions in Norway, such as the Association of Art Centres in Norway (KIN) and Gallery Format Oslo. Since 2018 he has been Director of RAM Gallery in Oslo. In 2017, Borda-Pedreira co-founded Nordic Institute of Art, a non-profit institution dedicated to promoting art history, together with his husband, Norwegian Art Historian Knut Ljøgodt.
Gardar Eide Einarsson is a Norwegian-born artist who lives and works in Tokyo and New York City. His work encompasses installation, printmaking, painting and sculpture.
Matvey Slavin, also known as MatWay born on 19 April 1987 in Leningrad is a German-Danish artist. He lives and works in Copenhagen. He is a member of the artist duo Enfants Terribles and founder of Popdada and Neograttage.
Screen City Biennial is an art biennial located in Stavanger, Norway, dedicated to presenting, furthering discourse and facilitating artistic practice in the expanded moving image in public space.
Rui Paes is a painter, illustrator and muralist, residing in the UK.
Galleri Sand is a Norwegian and New York City based art gallery, representing notable contemporary artists like Vebjørn Sand and Marianne Aulie. Founded in 1984 by the Norwegian Sand family. The artists of the gallery also consider themselves an artist collective.
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