Marte Eknæs

Marte Eknæs (b. 1978, Elverum, Norway) lives and works between Berlin, Germany and Stange, Norway. The artist often utilises elements and materials taken from the urban sphere. Through a conceptualisation of every element of the work, she creates an economical form that is still dense with meaning. She chooses materials, objects and forms for both their literal and metaphorical qualities and forges connections between them, mixing found strategies with her sensibility. Arranged together or in connection with the architecture of the exhibition space, the elements often vacillate between their original purpose and their new formal role.