CURRICULUM VITAE
Margrethe Kolstad Brekke
www.rjukansolarpunkacademy.com
Birkelandsgate 16c
3660 Rjukan
Norway
+47 46637502
10.11.1979
org nr 986927123
Various collaborative public, relational and site-specific artworks ``gesamtkunstwerk``
2025 OUROBOROUS, Tinn Museum/Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum
2024 BRIKKOLAGE Tinn Museum/Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum
2022-2030 SOLARPUNK CAMPUS interdisciplinary pilot project interconnected with Empowered Futures PHD-school
2019 -ongoing Rjukan Solarpunk Academy, framework for various activities
2023 Colours of Being, Tinn Museum/Norsk Industriarbeidermuseum
2023 Colours and patterns of Being, material research project in collaboration with Telespinn, Norway and Lottozero/Prato,Italy
2023 Visual Framework Annual Ibsen Award, Skien, Norway
2022 Making the Impossible, RSA and Rjukan Junior High, Rjukan Norway
2022 Gi Meg Solen, RSA and Sølvåren Formidlingssenter, Skien, Norway
2021 SOLARPUNK/OMNIBUS, Norwegian Oil Museum, Stavanger, Norway
2021 Sustainabilityworkshop in Kvam Herad, Storeteigen Bygdetun/ Kabuso, Øystese, Norway
2018 Hangglider , Heimdal Gymnas, KORO/Trondheim,Norway
2018 Sustainable transition laboratory, klimatefestival/Foundation 3,14, Bergen,Norway
2018-2019 Living Seedbank, Vadmyra/Storetveit Barnehage KORO/Bergen
2017-2018 Radio Luftballett, KORO Vågestykke, online, Norway
2017 Opprop for Omstilling, Foundation 3,14, Bergen; Norway
2016 LUFTBALLETT, HLV University College, KORO Vågestykke
2016 Luftballett/Extremesportfestival, Voss, Norway
2015 THE SKY IS THE LIMIT kiteworkshop in public space, Open Air Gallery Project, Arctic Art Institute, Murmansk, Russia//,Teriberka Festival, Arctic Art Institute, Teriberka, Russia //The Commons, Hardbakka Ruins Project, Bergen, Norway
2015 Utopian Alphabet Workshop, Arctic Arts Institute, Lenina Icebreaker Museum, Murmansk, Russia
2014-2016 Pionerene på Petersontomta, documentary film project as part of artistic research
initiative Topographies of the Obsolete. collaboration with tv photographer Ingvill Sunnby
2014- 2015 RadioHopesandDreams(with Elin Øyen Vister) diverse kontekster: with the Visionmachine, Meteorfestivalen, Bergen/with Soups and Stories, Foundation 3,14, Norway
2013 YARN, Economusee-project Hillesvåg Ullvarefabrikk, Lindås, Norway
2013 Bergen Assembly fringe i Kalfarlien 18, Bergen, Norway
2013 Hardbakka Ruins Project m/ Lars Tørresen and Hidemi Nishida, Bergen, Norway
2013 Stitch Project, Rom 8, Bergen 2013 Stitch Project workshops, Al Mamal Lab, Jerusalem, Israel and The Art Academy in Ramallah, Palestine
2013 Anthropocene sketchwork, sitespecific work on Yas Island, United Arab Emirates
2012 Anthropocene, sitespecific projects in collaboration with Peter Mc Caughey. Bergen, Glascow, Amsterdam
2012 The Stitch Project, Riddu-Riddu festival, Troms, Norway
2012 Bergen Reaktive Bevegelse, m/Kiyoshi Yamamoto, Bergen, Norway
2011 Costume design for the opera Havfest, Oseana Kulturhus, Os, Norway
2011 Textile manuscript with author Øyvind Ådland. Experiment SUS and CHROMA 1 Galleri Volt, Bergen ,Norway
2010 Textile manuscript with poet Veronika Erstad, Ordkalotten poetryfestival Tromsø, Norway
2010 Eksperiment SUS, sitespecific workshop, Oppland, Norway
2009 Commisioned work at economusee-project Oselvermuseet, Os, Norway
2000 Manizc Produksjon: Horrorgallery Sitespecific groupshow in bombshelter, as fringe activity for the Momentum Biennale, Moss, Norway
Soloexhibitions
2021 THE NEXT GREAT ACCELERATION, Flag-No-Flag, Reggio Emilia, Italia
2021 THE NEXT GREAT ACCELERATION PATTERN, Galleri Høg Standard, Oslo
2019 HOW TO IMPLEMENT UTOPIA, Lottozero/Muzeion, Bolzano, Italia
2019 POTENTIAL EXCEEDS THE DEMAND, Hordaland Kunstsenter, Bergen, Norway
2016 Beautiful Faraway, Arckhangelsk, Russia
2015 UTOPIA500, Barentsbird Festival, Arckhangelsk, Russia
2015 POTENTIAL IS VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED, NOPLACE, Oslo, Norway
2013 A General Introduction to Hopes and Dreams, Galleri Fisk, Bergen, Norway
2012 Silent Spring 1962-2012, Galleri Bokboden, Bergen, Norway
Groupshows
2023 MYCELION 2, Harpefoss Hotell, Sør-Fron, Norway
2022 MOTSTAND/BEVEGELSE, Galleri HI10, Skien, Norway
2022 Living Arts Lab, Chiostro Di Voltorro, Varese, Italia
2020 List i Ljosi, Seydisfjordur, Iceland
2019 Elementene, Oppland Kunstsenter, Lillehammer, Norway
2018 Hyperobject, Joy Forum, Bergen, Norway
2018 Cold Current, Adiacenze, Bologna, Italy
2018 NTKs Jubileumsutstilling, Stavanger Kunsthall, Stavanger; Norway
2017 Ephemerality- A permanent Collection, Bergen, Norway
2017 NTKs Jubileumsutstilling, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2017 Elementene, Telemark Kunstsenter, Skien, Norway
2016 Arctic Arts Forum, Arckhangelsk, Russia
2015 Patchwork Polyphony, Vadsø Assosiation of the Arts, Vadsø, Norway
2015 The Cradle, Goethe on Main, Johannesburg, South Africa
2015 Juniutstillingen,Kunstnernes Hus & Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo, Norway
2015 Vestlandsutstillingen, Førde Kulturhus, Kabuso, Ålesund Kunstforening, Haugesund Kunstforening, Stavanger Kunsthall, Norway
2015 Another Female Artist with Gitte Sætre, Agalaus artfestival, Voss, Norway
2015 Open House, Arctic Art Institute, Murmansk,Russia
2014 MEAGHEA SKKLLrKGM MAH TNCA Masterutstillingen, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
2013 Relate North, Nordic House, Reykjavik, Iceland
2013 Vociferous Void, British Cheramic Biennale, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2013 Hardbakka Ruins Project, Bergen, Norway
2013 KHIB MA1 show , Bontelabo, Bergen, Norway
2013 Topographies of the Obsolete, Airspace Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
2012 Til minne om Lofothesten,w/Randi Brecke, Cafè Opera, Bergen, Norway
2012 BA-show in Bergen Gamle Kretsfengsel, Bergen, Norway
2012 Soft Concrete, Cafè Opera, Bergen, Norway
2011 Hørteannualen, Bø i Telemark, Norway
2011 Shared Sensibilities, Osterøy Museum, Osterøy, Norway
2011 Soft Concrete, Salhus Trikotasjemuseum, Bergen, Norway
2011 Down at the Farm/Pure Art, Dluzew, Poland
2011 Catwalk, Rom 8, Bergen, Norway
2010 Ab Ovo, Bergen, Norway
2006 HH Sheikha Manal Young Artist Awardshow, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2004 Isotop, Bergen, Norway 2002 Manizc,Galleri Zilla, Moss, Norway
2001 Strange Days Festival, Telemark, Norway
2001 Rygge Kunstforening, Rygge, Norway
Public talks and presentations
2023 Empowered Futures PHDschool // Voices for Peace, Deichmann Library Oslo, Norway // 2022 Telemark fylkeskommune, pva Billedkunstnerne i Telemark, diverse presentations, Norway//2022 presentasjon av Rjukan Solarpunk Academy,VBK, Bølgen kulturhus, Larvik ;Norway//2021 Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia, Italy //2021 Art school ``G.Chierici, Reggio Emilia, Italy //2021 Arctic Frontiers, Stavanger;Norway //2021 Norsk Oljemuseum, Stavanger //2021 USN, Telemark.Vestfold, Norway //2020 List-I-Ljosi, Seydisfjordur, Iceland //2019 Artist talk, Museion, Bolzano, Italy //2019 Artist talk, Hordaland Art Centre, Bergen //2019 Bergen Energylab //2018 City Is Us, Monchegorsk, Russia //2017 Agenda, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; Norway //2017 NTKs Jubileumsutstilling, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo,Norway //2017 Klimatefestival§112, Bergen;Norway //2016 Arctic Arts Forum, Arckhangelsk, Russia //2016 Beautiful Faraway, Arckhangelsk, Russia //2015 Topographies of the Obsolete ThinkThank, Stoke-on-Trent, UK //2015 Theory program at Galleri Kraft, Bergen, Norway //2015 Open House, Arctic Art Institute, Murmansk, Russia //2015 Utopian Alphabet Workshop, Arctic Arts Institute,Lenina Icebreaker Museum, Murmansk, Russia// 2015 Klimafestivalen§112, Bergen, Norway
Work Grants
2024 3years Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2020 2years Norwegian Cultural Counsil
2017 3years Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2016 1years Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2015 1years Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond
2014 Municipality of Bergen
2006 HH Sheikha Manal Young Artist Award
Positions
2022-2024 boardmember Empowered Futures PHD school
2022-2023 boardmember Norwegian Artist Assosiation
2022-2023 boardleader Telemark Artist Assosiation
2021-2023 boardmember The National Assosiation of Bus Users
2020-2022 boardleader Tinn Assosiation of the Arts
2021-2022 deputyboardmember Young Artists Society
2016-2019 nomiationcommity Visual Artists Assosiation Hordaland
2016-2019 boardmember Norwegian Climate Network (klimafestivalen¤112)
mamber of: Norwegian Assosiation of Textile Artists
Relevant work experience
2023: Ordførerne workshop, Sølvåren, Skien, Norway
2022-2024: Guest teacher, Kragerø Artschool, Norway
2021-2023: ``Å gjøre det Umulige Mulig`` Rjukan Solarpunk Academy ,artschool for children, Rjukan, Norway
2020-2021 Guest teacher, Ålesund Artcollege, Norway
2019 Rjukan Solarpunk Academy/Tinn School of Culture, Rjukan, Norway
Education
2012- 2014 MFA, Fine Art. Bergen Academy of Arts and Design, Norway
2012- 2016 Topographies of the Obsolete, Artistic Research project on sitespecific strategies, supported by Research Council Norway
2009- 2012 BA, Textile Art. Bergen Academy of Arts and Design, Norway
2011 European Textile Trainee Program. Tilburg, the Netherlands and Como, Italy
2002 - 2003 Visual Merchandising, Idefagskolen, Tønsberg, Norway
1999 - 2000 Fine Arts Foundationcourse 2nd year,Mølla Kunstskole,Moss, Norway
1998 - 1999 Fine Arts Foundationcourse 1st year, Einar Granums Kunstskole,Oslo, Norway
foto: Ingvill Sunnby
foto: Linda Bournane Engelberth 2018