Grete MARSTEIN
Grete MARSTEIN
Born 1952 / Oslo, Norway
Education
1972 – 1976 State College of Arts and Crafts, SHKS, Oslo, Norway
1976 – 1977 State College of Arts and Crafts, Department of Printmaking, SHKS, Oslo, Norway
1977 – 1981 Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Department of Printmaking, Prof. Orest Dubay, Bratislava, Slovakia
1997 – 1999 BA (Hons), History of Arts and Russian-Eastern European University Oslo, Norway
2003 – 2004 Postgraduate Studi, Norwegian National Academy of Arts, Oslo, Norway
2005 MA (Hons), History of Arts
Residencies
1981, 1982, 1984 Atelier Lacouriere et Frelaut, Paris, France
1979 Center of Printmaking, Frans Masareel, Kasterlee, Belgium
1980 Kunstenaarcentrum – de Olefant, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
1983 Kiyoharu Art Colony, Yamanashi-ken, Japan
1988 Kala Institute, Berkeley, USA
1989 Rutgers Experimental Workshop, New Persey State University, USA
1989 Rugg Road Paper and Prints, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2006 Mauritius
2007 New Aalesund, Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Norway
Awards (selected)
2004 Arild Wahlstrøm Piccasso Award, Norway
2002 Cultural Grant of the City of Oslo, Norway
2001 Norwegian Artists Honorary Award
1992 Honorary Prize, Paperworks III., Dundee, Scotland
1987 Honorary Prize, Space Biennale of Printmaking, South Korea
Membership
Norwegian Visual Artists, Norwegian Painter Association, Norwegian Printmakers Association
1997 – 2000, 2001 – 2002 Appointed by the Ministry of Culture to the Norwegian State Commission for UNESCO
Currently Vice President of the International Association of Art IAA/AIAP
Her artworks, paintings, installations and prints are in public collections in Norway and abroad and has been exhibited worldwide – USA, Norway, Slovakia, Serbia, Italy, China, Germany, Mexico, Denmark, Indonesia, Lebanon. She has been teaching classes in several academies and is now working as an art consultant for the Norwegian State Fund for art in public spaces.
She lives in Oslo, Norway.
Contact: grete. marstein@vikenfiber.no, www.gretemarstein.no