Installation view of Upsilon Andromedae b (2022) from the solo project show Matilde Westavik Gaustad – Inferno during Hannah Ryggen Triennale at Kunsthall Trondheim. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Daniel Vincent Hansen
On the occasion of this year’s Hannah Ryggen Triennale, Kunsthall Trondheim presents three solo project exhibitions by artists connected to the Trøndelag region.
The Hannah Ryggen Triennale was initiated by Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum in 2016. This year, other key Trondheim art institutions join the Triennale for the first time: Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim kunstmuseum, K-U-K, and Ørland/Bjugn Art Society. We take this landmark event as an opportunity to highlight the dynamic art scene of the region through the work of three artists whose practice engages textiles in different ways:
Karin Aurora Lindell (25 March – 30 April) focuses on the socio-political context of the textile industry; Grete Neseblod (12 May – 12 June) engages subculture to subvert domesticity; and Matilde Westavik Gaustad (23 June – 7 August) draws connections between architecture, modernism, and weaving.
The solo projects run parallel to the exhibition Unweaving the binary code at Kunsthall Trondheim (25 March – 7 August) which explores the connections between weaving and coding as well as attempts to overcome binary systems through contemporary artists’ works.
The next project solo show presents Matilde Westavik Gaustad, and opens Thursday 23 June.
25 March – 30 April Karin Aurora Lindell (Klæbu)
12 May – 12 June Grete Neseblod (Oslo, from Trondheim)
23 June – 7 August Matilde Westavik Gaustad (Trondheim)
Karin Aurora Lindell
Karin Aurora Lindell was born in 1955 in Huskvarna, Sweden, and lives and works in Klæbu, Trondheim. Her artistic output stems from her personal experiences throughout her life – her childhood, surrounded by seamstresses; and later, her own career in the textile industry and working as a tailor. Her artistic practice is based on the work done behind the sewing machine by mostly female textile workers all around the world. In 2022, her work will be exhibited at the 2022 Contextile biennial in Portugal. In recent years, her work has been exhibited at Trøndelagsutstillingen, 2021; Trøndelag Centre for Contemporary Art, 2015; Levanger kunstforening, 2018; Trondhjems Kunstforening, 2012.
Grete Neseblod
Grete Neseblod was born in 1980 in Trondheim, and lives at Nesodden, Norway. Her practice discusses the complexity of the concepts of the words "care" and "mother". She holds an MFA in Art from the Oslo Academy of the Arts in 2014. Neseblod has had a number of separate exhibitions, including Kunstplass, Norway, 2021 and 2016; Østfold kunstsenter, Norway, 2020; SOFT galleri, Norway, 2017, Levanger Kunstforening, Norway, 2017; and Onomatopee Netherlands, 2018. She has participated in several group exhibitions in Norway, including Fanesak at Telemarksgalleriet, 2018; Sub at Akershus Kunstsenter, 2018, and has shown works at Høstutstillingen (The Autumn Exhibition) in 2014, 2015 and 2019.
Matilde Westavik Gaustad
Matilde Westavik Gaustad was born in 1987 in Trondheim, where she now lives and works. She is a visual artist who holds an MFA from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2016). Gaustad works with handwoven textile and video, focusing on the strange and sometimes unpleasant aspects of the relationship between humans, animals and technology. Her work has been shown recently at Heimdal Kunstforening, 2022, Høstutstillingen (The Autumn Exhibition), Norway in 2021 and 2018; Kunstmuseet Nord-Trøndelag, 2019, Norway; Nils Aas Kunstverksted, Norway, 2018; BOA, Norway, 2019, and Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark, 2016. Her works is part of KORO, Kunstmuseet NordTrøndelag, and The City of Oslo Art Collection.
The solo project exhibitions are presented with the support of Posten Moderne.
Karin Aurora Lindell – Teppefall (Curtain Fall) is supported by Arts Council Norway, Norske Billedkunstneres Vederlagsfond and Trondheim municipality.
Grete Neseblod – Capacity for Care is supported by Arts Council Norway.
Matilde Westavik Gaustad – Inferno is supported by Arts Council Norway, Norske Billedkunstneres Vederlagsfond and Trondheim municipality.