Marie Nerland is an artist and curator based in Bergen and Trondheim, Norway.
As an artist she is working with different collaborative performance-based projects. Upcoming projects are among others at Hordaland kunstsenter (2024). Her last projects have been presented at Lydgalleriet (2023) with Nayara Leite and Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Oppland kunstsenter (2022) with Icaro Zorbar, Paviljong Våtmark at Østensjøvannet in Oslo (2022), P////AKT, Amsterdam (2019), Small Projects, Tromsø (2019), Hordaland Kunstsenter (2018), all three in collaboration with Nickel van Duijvenboden, and a lecture performance at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall (2017).
She is part of the long-term project Paviljong Våtmark - a collaboration with the artists Andrea Bakketun, Espen Sommer Eide, Geir Tore Holm, Øyvind Novak Jenssen, Søssa Jørgensen, Signe Lidén, Randi Nygård and Karoline Sætre.
Her previous projects have been presented at Stiftelsen 3,14; Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall; Lydgalleriet; Hordaland kunstsenter; BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen; Black Box Teater & UKS, Oslo; TOU Scene, Stavanger; Teaterhuset Avantgarden, Trondheim; Atelier Concorde, Lisbon; Kino Šiška, Ljubljana; Škuc Gallery/Mladi Levi, Ljubljana; the artgenda biennale 2002, Hamburg; the Centre for Performance Research, Wales; the festival Performa/Platforma, Maribor, Slovenia and several self-organized projects at diverse locations in Lisbon, Berlin and Bergen.
In 2008 she founded Volt, a long-term curatorial initiative based in Bergen that commissions and presents new projects by contemporary artists. Past projects have taken the form of exhibitions, time-based media, sound art, performances, as well as publications, lectures, seminars, workshops and reading circles, all taking place in a wide variety of different locations and in public realm. With Volt she has commissioned art projects by artists such as Erick Beltrán, Every Ocean Hughes, Rabih Mroué, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Liv Bugge, Maia Urstad, and many others. In 2021 she was rewarded the 3 months curatorial residency at ISCP, NYC by OCA, Norway.
She is the editor of The Imaginary Reader (Volt, 2016), the anthology 25 (BIT Teatergarasjen, 2010) and Ferdsskriveren (BIT Teatergarasjen, 2003), co-editor of the Norwegian Art Yearbook (Pax Forlag, 2010-2013) and 3t, a Norwegian journal of contemporary performing arts (1997-2007).
She has studied political science, comparative literature, and holds a master degree in theatre studies from the University of Bergen and a MA-level degree in curatorial practice from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design.
Contact
marie(at)trete(dot)no
phone: +4791111309
Post address: Teglverkstunet 1B, 7069 Trondheim
Studio: Rotvoll kunstkollektiv, A313, Arkitekt Ebbelsvei 22, 7053 Ranheim
Volt office: c/o Litteraturhuset i Bergen, Østre Skostredet 5-7, 5017 Bergen
Web link
www.v-o-l-t.no
www.marienerland.no
CV
Membership
The Norwegian Visual Artists Association (NBK)
Young Artists' Society (UKS)
Bildende Kunstneres Forening Hordaland (BKFH)
Trøndelag Bildende kunstnere (TBK)
The Norwegian Association of Curators
The International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT)
Performance Studies international (PSi)
2024
Hordaland kunstsenter, exhibition May-August 2024 (upcoming)
2023
Machine Membranes, Lydgalleriet, a performance in collaboration with Mari Kvien Brunvoll and Nayara Leite
Oslo Open, part of visitor programme
Paviljong in collaboration with Andrea Bakketun, Espen Sommer Eide, Geir Tore Holm, Øyvind Novak Jenssen, Søssa Jørgensen, Signe Lidén, Randi Nygård and Karoline Sætre.
Coast Contemporary 2023
2022
Studio residency at BEK together with Nayara Leite
Reveries, Oppland kunstsenter, exhibition in collaboration with Icaro Zorbar
Paviljong Våtmark, Østensjø in Oslo, in collaboration with Andrea Bakketun, Espen Sommer Eide, Geir Tore Holm, Øyvind Novak Jenssen, Søssa Jørgensen, Signe Lidén, Randi Nygård and Karoline Sætre.
Curator of The Sound Is the Monument, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Bergen, Volt
2021
Residency Lademoen kunstnerverksteder
Residency ISCP, NYC with Office for Contemporary Art OCA Norways three months residency for curators
Curator of All that goes before forget, Daisuke Kosugi, Bergen, Volt
Curator of Goliat, Draugen & Maria, Liv Bugge, Bergen, Volt
2020
Coast Contemporary, invited participant, Hovedøya, Oslo
Curator of Island studio, Andreas Siqueland, Hjertøya, Molde, Volt
Oslo Open, part of visitor programme for curators, cancelled due to the corona situation
Residency ISCP, NYC with OCA, postponed till 2021 due to the corona situation
Visiting Meta-Morf Biennial opening days, Trondheim
2019
Performance Signpost Tromsø with Nickel van Dujivenboden at Small projects, Tromsø.
Performance Echolocations with Nickel van Dujivenboden at P///AAKT, Amsterdam
Curator of Help the Dead, Every Ocean Hughes, Bergen, Volt
Curator of Memorial: The right to work, Nora Joung, Ytre-Arna, Volt
Curator of The Image of Power - A Bergen Parade, Erick Beltrán, Bergen, Volt
Curator of Chalk Outlines, Rabih Mroué, Bergen, Volt
& workshop, talks, lectures and lecture performance by Erick Beltrán, T.J. Demos, Rabih Mroué, Alexandra Pirici, Bergen, Volt
Radical Land Preservation Pavillion a 3-day workshop in collaboration with Signe Lidén, Oslo, DOKK & Volt
Following Elizabeth Groz, spring semester course, Duke University, Durham, US
IKT International association of curators of contemporary art, 3 day - congress Miami, US
Visiting Black Mountain Collage, North Carolina
Visiting LIAF, opening days, Svolvær
2018
Performance Signpost with Nickel van Dujivenboden at Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen
Curator Mareograf, Cecilia Jonsson, Bergen, Volt
Curator An Alert Rabbit Breathing Purified Air, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, Volt
Curator The Silent Character, Janne Kruse, Bergen, Volt
& lectures and talks by Barbara Casavecchia, Espen Sommer Eide, Pascal Gielen, Gediminas og Nomeda Urbonas
2017
Lecture performance, Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall
Curator Untitled (a walk), Bernardo Ortiz, Bergen, Volt
& lectures and lecture performance by Rudi Laermans, Nina Möntmann, Bernardo Ortiz, Stevphen Shukaitis
Oslo Open, part of visitor programme for curators
Vistiting Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, opening days, New Orleans
Visiting Documenta, Kassel opening days and Munster Skulpturprojecte, Munster, opening days, Munster
Grants
2023 One year work grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2021 Travel grant, Scandinavian-Japan Sasakawa Foundation Norge
2020 Culture grant, City of Bergen
2019 Grant from USF Visningsrommet
2017 One year work grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2015 Mobility grant, Kulturkontakt Nord
2013 One year work grant for artists, City of Bergen
2009 Artist grant, City of Bergen
2008 Mobility grant, Kulturkontakt Nord
2007 Travel grant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD)
2006 One year work grant, Statens Kunstnerstipend
2003 Establishing grant for young artists, City of Bergen
Residencies
2022 BEK, studio residency
2021 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim
2021 ISCP New York, OCA (postponed from 2020)
2015 Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale
2015 Vilnius, Arts Printing House
2013 AIR Bergen-Berlin
2011 OCA Berlin Mitte
2007 TAOH residency at TOU Scene, Stavanger
Art Consultant
2023 Åfjord videregående skole, Trøndelag fylkeskommune
2023-2025 Cissi Klein videregående skole, together with Anne-Gro Erikstad, Trøndelag fylkeskommune
Board
2023-2025 TBK, deputy board member
2021-2025 B-open, deputy board member
2018-2022 Chair of the board of The Norwegian Art Yearbook
2014-2018 The Norwegian Art Yearbook, board member
2016-2018 The Norwegian Association of Curators, board member
Jury
2017 Jury Sørlandsutstillingen 2017 with Pelle Brage and Anne Marthe Dyvi
2016 Jury Sørlandsutstillingen 2016 with Pelle Brage and Anne Marthe Dyvi
2015 Jury BKH-grants for students, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, MA and BA-level
2014 Jury Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale
2013 Jury Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale
Education
2008-2010 MA-level in Creative Curating, Bergen Academy of Art and Design
2006 Mobile Academy, Warsaw
2001 Cand Philol (MA) Theatre studies, University of Bergen
1999, spring semester Electronic art, theatre and performance studies, Stony Brook, State University of New York (Exchange student)
1996-97 Theatre studies, University of Antwerp (Erasmus student)
1993-95 Cand Mag (BA), Litterature studies,Theatre studies, University of Bergen
1992-93 Political Science, Molde University College
As an artist she is working with different collaborative performance-based projects. Upcoming projects are among others at Hordaland kunstsenter (2024). Her last projects have been presented at Lydgalleriet (2023) with Nayara Leite and Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Oppland kunstsenter (2022) with Icaro Zorbar, Paviljong Våtmark at Østensjøvannet in Oslo (2022), P////AKT, Amsterdam (2019), Small Projects, Tromsø (2019), Hordaland Kunstsenter (2018), all three in collaboration with Nickel van Duijvenboden, and a lecture performance at Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall (2017).
She is part of the long-term project Paviljong Våtmark - a collaboration with the artists Andrea Bakketun, Espen Sommer Eide, Geir Tore Holm, Øyvind Novak Jenssen, Søssa Jørgensen, Signe Lidén, Randi Nygård and Karoline Sætre.
Her previous projects have been presented at Stiftelsen 3,14; Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall; Lydgalleriet; Hordaland kunstsenter; BIT Teatergarasjen, Bergen; Black Box Teater & UKS, Oslo; TOU Scene, Stavanger; Teaterhuset Avantgarden, Trondheim; Atelier Concorde, Lisbon; Kino Šiška, Ljubljana; Škuc Gallery/Mladi Levi, Ljubljana; the artgenda biennale 2002, Hamburg; the Centre for Performance Research, Wales; the festival Performa/Platforma, Maribor, Slovenia and several self-organized projects at diverse locations in Lisbon, Berlin and Bergen.
In 2008 she founded Volt, a long-term curatorial initiative based in Bergen that commissions and presents new projects by contemporary artists. Past projects have taken the form of exhibitions, time-based media, sound art, performances, as well as publications, lectures, seminars, workshops and reading circles, all taking place in a wide variety of different locations and in public realm. With Volt she has commissioned art projects by artists such as Erick Beltrán, Every Ocean Hughes, Rabih Mroué, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Liv Bugge, Maia Urstad, and many others. In 2021 she was rewarded the 3 months curatorial residency at ISCP, NYC by OCA, Norway.
She is the editor of The Imaginary Reader (Volt, 2016), the anthology 25 (BIT Teatergarasjen, 2010) and Ferdsskriveren (BIT Teatergarasjen, 2003), co-editor of the Norwegian Art Yearbook (Pax Forlag, 2010-2013) and 3t, a Norwegian journal of contemporary performing arts (1997-2007).
She has studied political science, comparative literature, and holds a master degree in theatre studies from the University of Bergen and a MA-level degree in curatorial practice from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design.
Contact
marie(at)trete(dot)no
phone: +4791111309
Post address: Teglverkstunet 1B, 7069 Trondheim
Studio: Rotvoll kunstkollektiv, A313, Arkitekt Ebbelsvei 22, 7053 Ranheim
Volt office: c/o Litteraturhuset i Bergen, Østre Skostredet 5-7, 5017 Bergen
Web link
www.v-o-l-t.no
www.marienerland.no
CV
Membership
The Norwegian Visual Artists Association (NBK)
Young Artists' Society (UKS)
Bildende Kunstneres Forening Hordaland (BKFH)
Trøndelag Bildende kunstnere (TBK)
The Norwegian Association of Curators
The International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art (IKT)
Performance Studies international (PSi)
2024
Hordaland kunstsenter, exhibition May-August 2024 (upcoming)
2023
Machine Membranes, Lydgalleriet, a performance in collaboration with Mari Kvien Brunvoll and Nayara Leite
Oslo Open, part of visitor programme
Paviljong in collaboration with Andrea Bakketun, Espen Sommer Eide, Geir Tore Holm, Øyvind Novak Jenssen, Søssa Jørgensen, Signe Lidén, Randi Nygård and Karoline Sætre.
Coast Contemporary 2023
2022
Studio residency at BEK together with Nayara Leite
Reveries, Oppland kunstsenter, exhibition in collaboration with Icaro Zorbar
Paviljong Våtmark, Østensjø in Oslo, in collaboration with Andrea Bakketun, Espen Sommer Eide, Geir Tore Holm, Øyvind Novak Jenssen, Søssa Jørgensen, Signe Lidén, Randi Nygård and Karoline Sætre.
Curator of The Sound Is the Monument, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Bergen, Volt
2021
Residency Lademoen kunstnerverksteder
Residency ISCP, NYC with Office for Contemporary Art OCA Norways three months residency for curators
Curator of All that goes before forget, Daisuke Kosugi, Bergen, Volt
Curator of Goliat, Draugen & Maria, Liv Bugge, Bergen, Volt
2020
Coast Contemporary, invited participant, Hovedøya, Oslo
Curator of Island studio, Andreas Siqueland, Hjertøya, Molde, Volt
Oslo Open, part of visitor programme for curators, cancelled due to the corona situation
Residency ISCP, NYC with OCA, postponed till 2021 due to the corona situation
Visiting Meta-Morf Biennial opening days, Trondheim
2019
Performance Signpost Tromsø with Nickel van Dujivenboden at Small projects, Tromsø.
Performance Echolocations with Nickel van Dujivenboden at P///AAKT, Amsterdam
Curator of Help the Dead, Every Ocean Hughes, Bergen, Volt
Curator of Memorial: The right to work, Nora Joung, Ytre-Arna, Volt
Curator of The Image of Power - A Bergen Parade, Erick Beltrán, Bergen, Volt
Curator of Chalk Outlines, Rabih Mroué, Bergen, Volt
& workshop, talks, lectures and lecture performance by Erick Beltrán, T.J. Demos, Rabih Mroué, Alexandra Pirici, Bergen, Volt
Radical Land Preservation Pavillion a 3-day workshop in collaboration with Signe Lidén, Oslo, DOKK & Volt
Following Elizabeth Groz, spring semester course, Duke University, Durham, US
IKT International association of curators of contemporary art, 3 day - congress Miami, US
Visiting Black Mountain Collage, North Carolina
Visiting LIAF, opening days, Svolvær
2018
Performance Signpost with Nickel van Dujivenboden at Hordaland kunstsenter, Bergen
Curator Mareograf, Cecilia Jonsson, Bergen, Volt
Curator An Alert Rabbit Breathing Purified Air, Richard Ibghy and Marilou Lemmens, USF Visningsrommet, Bergen, Volt
Curator The Silent Character, Janne Kruse, Bergen, Volt
& lectures and talks by Barbara Casavecchia, Espen Sommer Eide, Pascal Gielen, Gediminas og Nomeda Urbonas
2017
Lecture performance, Landmark, Bergen Kunsthall
Curator Untitled (a walk), Bernardo Ortiz, Bergen, Volt
& lectures and lecture performance by Rudi Laermans, Nina Möntmann, Bernardo Ortiz, Stevphen Shukaitis
Oslo Open, part of visitor programme for curators
Vistiting Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp, opening days, New Orleans
Visiting Documenta, Kassel opening days and Munster Skulpturprojecte, Munster, opening days, Munster
Grants
2023 One year work grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2021 Travel grant, Scandinavian-Japan Sasakawa Foundation Norge
2020 Culture grant, City of Bergen
2019 Grant from USF Visningsrommet
2017 One year work grant, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2015 Mobility grant, Kulturkontakt Nord
2013 One year work grant for artists, City of Bergen
2009 Artist grant, City of Bergen
2008 Mobility grant, Kulturkontakt Nord
2007 Travel grant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (UD)
2006 One year work grant, Statens Kunstnerstipend
2003 Establishing grant for young artists, City of Bergen
Residencies
2022 BEK, studio residency
2021 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim
2021 ISCP New York, OCA (postponed from 2020)
2015 Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale
2015 Vilnius, Arts Printing House
2013 AIR Bergen-Berlin
2011 OCA Berlin Mitte
2007 TAOH residency at TOU Scene, Stavanger
Art Consultant
2023 Åfjord videregående skole, Trøndelag fylkeskommune
2023-2025 Cissi Klein videregående skole, together with Anne-Gro Erikstad, Trøndelag fylkeskommune
Board
2023-2025 TBK, deputy board member
2021-2025 B-open, deputy board member
2018-2022 Chair of the board of The Norwegian Art Yearbook
2014-2018 The Norwegian Art Yearbook, board member
2016-2018 The Norwegian Association of Curators, board member
Jury
2017 Jury Sørlandsutstillingen 2017 with Pelle Brage and Anne Marthe Dyvi
2016 Jury Sørlandsutstillingen 2016 with Pelle Brage and Anne Marthe Dyvi
2015 Jury BKH-grants for students, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, MA and BA-level
2014 Jury Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale
2013 Jury Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale
Education
2008-2010 MA-level in Creative Curating, Bergen Academy of Art and Design
2006 Mobile Academy, Warsaw
2001 Cand Philol (MA) Theatre studies, University of Bergen
1999, spring semester Electronic art, theatre and performance studies, Stony Brook, State University of New York (Exchange student)
1996-97 Theatre studies, University of Antwerp (Erasmus student)
1993-95 Cand Mag (BA), Litterature studies,Theatre studies, University of Bergen
1992-93 Political Science, Molde University College
Performance
Machine Membranes
2023 - In Art Projects
Lyset midt i oktober
2022 - In Art Projects
Paviljong våtmark
2022 - In Art Projects
Curatorial Work
VOLT (2008- )
2022 - In Curatorial Work
Why I Write - a seminar on writing, dramaturgy and work
2016 - In Curatorial Work
Imagining Commons
2015 - In Curatorial Work
Publications
The Imaginary Reader
2016 - In Publications
The Norwegian Art Yearbook 2013
2013 - In Publications
The Norwegian Art Yearbook 2012
2012 - In Publications
Lectures, Writing & more
Coast Contemporary 2023
2023 - In Lectures, Writing & more
Oslo Open 2023
2023 - In Lectures, Writing & more
Artist talk with Icaro Zorbar
2022 - In Lectures, Writing & more