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.

D2, 13.12.2022: Setter opp utstilling om herpes

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