About

Artist • poet • designer • writer • associate professor • nature lover • observer • thinker • listener • mother • teacher • student • traveller • speaker • photographer • international citizen • music needer • multidisciplinary enthusiast • researcher • quiet-seeker • etc. 

Originally from USA, Martha has lived in Norway for more than 20 years. Skogen means 'forest', and with her family, the forests of the world are their true home. Martha is an avid off-piste downhill skier and she enjoys doing many other types of outdoor activities. She loves walking in natural, hard-to-reach areas.

Martha embraces a ‘leave-no-trace’ and ‘no-harm’ policy in all aspects of her work. All pieces are handmade with care and respect in the pure mountain air of central Norway. 

Exhibitions & Exposure

2023
Ocean Exploration—Aftermath of Humanity
Interdisciplinary, themed presentation of ocean trash. My contributions represented all media:
ceramics, stained glass, and poetry.
NB. This is a travelling, shared exhibition with 14 artists that was presented at: Galleri7, Trondheim Norway,
The Coastal Muser of South Trøndelag, Hitra Norway,
Lager11, Trondheim Norway

2021—
Ceramics (TIME series)  
Galleri7, Trondheim Norway

2020—
Ceramics (TIME series) & Paintings  
NB. This is a seasonal, regular, shared exhibition with about 20 artists at Bøstugu galleri, Bismo Norway

Autumn 2022
Ceramics from TIME series and raku
´Høstutstilling´, Grotli Høyfjellshotell, Grotli Norway. This was a shared exhibition with two artists: a painter and a photographer

2019-2022
Ceramics from TIME series
NB. This work was shown in exclusive boutiques in Trondheim Norway: Husfliden (Trondheim), Nidarosdomen boutique (Trondheim), Maihaugen (Lillehammer)

Education

PhD: Norwegian University of Science & Technology, NTNU (2017). Trondheim, Norway     

Title: Do You See What I See? Investigations into the Underlying Parameters of Visual Simplicity

Master of Design: University of Cincinnati, College of Design, Architecture, Art & Planning, DAAP (1996). Cincinnati, Ohio USA

Intensive Design: Yale University School of Art. 1. Design Foundations (1993). 2. Graphic Design Summer Program (1994). Brissago, Switzerland

Intensive Art and Design: Maine College of Art (1995). Portland, Maine USA

B.A: Kenyon College (1990). Gambier, Ohio USA

Location

Grotli Fjellstue
5235 Skjåkvegen
N-2695 Grotli
NORWAY

Martha also lives and works in Trondheim, Norway

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