Maria Pasenau (b.1994, Mjøndalen) holds a degree from the Norwegian School of Photography in Trondheim. She works primarily with photography, installation, performance and sculpture. Pasenau has garnered attention for boundary-breaking exhibitions that thematize taboo topics such as gender, the body and sexuality, where she points to contemporary self-staged media culture. The expression is self-revealing and seemingly unpolished and uncensored. Through her artistic practice, Pasenau highlights multi-voiced expressions of what it means to be young today, where sexuality is closely linked with vulnerability. Pasenau is among the youngest artists to have been acquired by the National Museum in Norway.
Beauty and the beast
Crayon on paper
Håkon Siri (b.1992, Nesseby/Unjárga) is a Norwegian Kven Sea Sami with Oslo dialect. He is a trained music producer specializing in sound engineering. During the last 16 years, Siri has worked as a music producer with a clear establishment within electronic music. Siri and Pasenau have previously collaborated in connection with exhibitions, including a sound work presented during the exhibition "The Odder Erotica" in 2022 at Trafo Kunsthall in Asker.
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Kunstpraten, 22.01.2022: Podkastintervju med Maria Pasenau
Kapital, 21.01.2022: Portrettintervju med Maria Pasenau
NRK, 15.01.2022: En ballade om seksuell uavhengighet
Dagsavisen, 14.01.2022: I skyggen av epletrær i blomst
Elephant.art, 24.02.2020: This Norwegian Artist Photographed Herself Every Day for a Year
Kunstkritikk.no, 17.09.2019: Med vondt skal vondt fordrives
Aftenposten, 30.08.2019: Maria lager kunst av sin egen kropp
Aftenposten, 15.06.2019: Maria Pasenau vil ha hårene på armen din til å reise seg
Subjekt, 15.04.2019: Nasjonalmuseet kjøper inn seks verk av Maria Pasenau
Subjekt, 18.02.2019: En av de yngste som har stilt ut på Nasjonalgalleriet noen sinne
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