Elin Melberg 'Untitled' 4 - 24 October 2021

Elin Melberg

Untitled

Elin Melberg (b. Stavanger, Norway, 1976) graduated with a Masters of Fine Art from the Royal College of Art (London) in 2002. Since 2003 Melberg has lived and worked in Stavanger, also co-directing the artist-run project space Prosjektrom Normanns (closed 2020).

She is co-founder and co-owner of the creative working space ELEFANT in Stavanger. Melberg is a member of Arrangørutvalget for Visuell kunst in the Arts Council Norway.

Elin Melberg has recently exhibited at Stavanger Art Museum (NO) (ongoing);

Hå gamle Prestegard (NO) (ongoing); Nordnorsk Art Museum (NO) (2020-21);

Oppland Art Center (NO) (2020); Abingdon Studios (UK) (2019);

Interface Gallery (SF) (2019); KUBE Art Museum (NO) (2018);

Nord-Trøndelag Art Museum (NO) (2018);

Kunsthall Stavanger (NO) (2018); Untitled San Francisco (2017 & 18)

and Nordenfjeldske kunstindustrimuseum (NO) (2017).

Collections include Stavanger Art Museum (2021, 20 & 14),

Stavanger University Hospital (2016), Oslo Municipality Art Collection (2016),

Stavanger Concert Hall (2015), KORO (2011), Statoil Art Collection (2011, 05 & 03),

Stavanger Municipality, Royal College of Art (2002),

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (2012) and the Bazil Alkazzi Foundation (2002).

 To find out more about Elin and her work please visit her website:

www.elinmelberg.com

or take a look at her instagram: @elinmelberg

Elin Melberg

'Untitled'

Mixed media.

2021.

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UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS:

Local Foreigner 'Rust to Dawn' 13 September to 3 October 2021

Local Foreigner

'Rust to Dawn'

In this sculptural installation for The Pocket Gallery's Triennial Fringe programme, Local Foreigner utilises objects found in Folkestone Harbour to make us think about local identity. Revealed by the receding tide, these seemingly worthless objects are elevated in status and placed on a sparkling, crystalline bed of sea salt, a once valuable and vital resource which, although now commonplace and easily affordable, at one time held more value than gold. Similarly the plated spoon, twisted and patinated, and pieces of iron, now disintegrated beyond recognition of the original object, would have held purpose and value for the original owners, perhaps feeding them and maybe tethering a boat or holding a wooden cargo barrel together.

Local Foreigner playfully invites us to think about what we value, what we hold important, what we hold necessary, both metaphorically and materially, and how this relates to our locality and/or changes over time.

About Local Foreigner:

In 2015, Local Foreigner emerged from the tense and confused socio-political climate surrounding ideas of locality and foreignness, of belonging and being other. Local Foreigner is interested in the underlaying current of this tension and confusion, that point to a society in a psychological and existential crisis, and how we might find new ways of relating with ourselves, others and the rest of the world.

To find out more about Local Foreigner and his work visit his Instagram

or go to www.JustAnotherCrossing.com

Local Foreigner

Rust to Dawn

Found objects and salt

2021.

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