ELIN REBOLI MELBERG
Born 1976, Stavanger, Norway
Lives in Stavanger and Oslo
Memberships: Norske Billedkunstnere, Norske Kunsthåndverkere, Norske Tekstilkunstnere, NBK-R
Co-founder of Open Studios Stavanger (2022)
Co-director of the artist run space Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway (2013 - closed 2020)
Co-founder and Co-owner of the creative work space Elefant LLC (2013 - today)
EDUCATION
Royal College of Art, MA Fine Art, 2000-02
Winchester School of Art, BA (Hons) Fine Art, 1997-00
Kunstskolen i Rogaland, 1995-97
UPCOMING & ONGOING
2021 - 26 Vástádus eana- The answer is land, Elle Sofe Company, touring dance/joik performance
2024 - 25 Mitt Stavanger - vår historie, Stavanger museum (NO)
2024 Masker revner, blomstene vokser (Stitches unravel, flowers grow), BGE Contemporary Art Project, Stavanger (NO)
2025 Vestlandsutstillingen, curated by Vibece Salthe, touring (NO)
2025 Samanføyningar, Hå gamle prestegard, Hå (NO)
2025 Solo, Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo (NO)
SELECTED SOLO & DUO EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
2023 Klag ikke under Stjernerne over Mangel paa lyse Punkter i dit Liv, Format Oslo, Oslo (NO)
2022 JÆREN, Haugesund Billedgalleri, Haugalandmuseet, Kraftsalen, Haugesund (NO)
2021 JÆREN, Hå gamle prestegård, Hå (NO)
2021 Pocket gallery, Folkestone (UK)
2021 Lineage, Oppland kunstsenter, Lillehammer (NO)
2020 Enfolded, Oppland kunstsenter, Lillehammer (NO)
2019 Continuation and/or Duration, Abingdon Studios, Blackpool (UK), duo
2018 Encircled Inward, Aker brygge, produced/curated by Hagelund/Christensen, Oslo (NO)
2018 Frail Mighty, Kunsthall Stavanger (NO)
2018 Heredity, Sølvberget Galleri, Stavanger (NO)
2016 Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, Sølvberget Galleri, Stavanger (NO)
2014 St. Johannes kirke, Stavanger (NO)
2014 Float, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (NO)
2013 I remember your eyes were on me, Kunstmuseet Kube, curator Benedikte Holen, Aalesund (NO)
2013 Oslo Domkirke, curator Maria Veie Sandvik, Oslo (NO)
2012 STAY., curator Wenche Falkenhaug & Maria Veie Sandvik, Statoil Art Programme (NO)*
2012 What’s mine is yours to borrow, Galleri Maria Veie/UiO/Gamlebyen kirke, Oslo (NO)
2012 What’s mine is yours to borrow, Tou Scene Ølhallene/Galleri Maria Veie, Stavanger/Oslo (NO)
2011 I wish I wish I wish in vain, Skur 2, Stavanger (NO)
2011 I wish I wish I wish in vain, Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo (NO)
2010 Dream of Me, Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo (NO)
2009 You are my Mirror, Tou Scene Ølhallene, Stavanger (NO)
2009 If You Close the Door, Galleri Gathe, Bergen (NO)
2005 Engler, Kunstgalleriet, Stavanger (NO)*
2002 Mood, Neo galleri & Studio, Stavanger (NO)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS
2023 - 24 Ikke her. Ikke borte., curator Erik Kaspartu, Deichman Bjørvika, Oslo (NO)
2022 Konstellasjoner, Buer Gallery, Oslo (NO)
2021 - 22 Rykk tilbake til start (igjen), curator Jan Christensen, Atelier, Oslo (NO)
2021 Å bygge en samling, Stavanger Art Museum, (NO)
2020-21* Årsutstillingen, Norsk kunsthåndverk, Nordnorsk kunstmuseum, Tromsø (NO)
2019 Vestkyst, Interface gallery, Oakland, San Francisco (USA)
2018* Og jeg skal ta deg med til paradiset, Kunstmuseet KUBE, curators Benedikte Holen & Tove Lande, Ålesund (NO)
2018 Velvet Ropes, Galleri Golsa, Oslo (NO)
2018 SPECRA, Aberdeen
2018* Jeg hører deg, Kunstmuseet Nord - Trøndelag (NO), curator Maria Veie Sandvik
2018 Ode til en vaskeklut, hymne til en tiger, Kunsthall Stavanger (NO)
2017 Got it for Cheap, Rod Bianco, Oslo (NO)
2017 - 18 25-åringen, Stavanger Art Museum (NO)
2017* Årsutstillingen Kunsthåndverk 2017, Nordenfjeldske kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim
2016-17* Imago Mundi, curator Guja Mabellini & Lars Nordby, (G)
2016 Whistle in the shadow, Summer exhibition at Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger (NO)
2016 Within a matter, Galleri Format, curator Kjersti Solbakken, Oslo (NO)
2016 Transcendental tactility, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn (NY)
2015* Open, Griffin Gallery, London (UK)
2015 Vestlandsutstillingen, curator Kjersti Solbakken, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Kunsthuset Kabuso, Kunstmuseet Kube, Haugesund Kunstforening and Kunsthall Stavanger (NO)
2014 Post 6290, Stavanger Art Museum (NO)
2013 Museumsnatt, curator Helga Nyman/Stavanger Art Museum, Stavanger museum (NO)
2013 Artist of the month, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (NO)
2013 Inngang, curator Geir Haraldseth, Rogaland kunstsenter (NO)
2012 Springexhibition/Forårsudstillingen, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (DK)
2012 Vestlandsutstillingen, Kunstmuseet KUBE/Kunsthuset Kabuso/Sunnfjord Kunstlag/Haugesund Kunstforening (NO)
2011 The 124th Annual Autumnexhibition/Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)*
2008 Nye i 2008, Galleri NB, Roskilde (DK)
2007 Kunstgalleriet, Stavanger (NO)
2007 Female, Galleri Henrik Gerner, Moss (NO)
2006 Galleri Haaken, Oslo (NO)
2005 Liljevalchs Vårsalong, with Marie Louise Gustafsson (SE), Stockholm, (SE)*
2005 Kunstgalleriet, Stavanger (NO)
2005 Sverre Malling, Astrid Nondal, Halvar Haugerud, Christoffer Fjeldstad & Elin Melberg, Galleri Haaken, Oslo (NO)*
2004 Forever Beautiful, curated by Zavier Ellis, Clapham Art Gallery, London (UK)
2004 3 X 3, Kunstgalleriet, Stavanger (NO)
2004 Project Doppelgaenger, Weapons of Mass Seduction, Designmai, Berlin (GER)
2003 Art in Dialogue, Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)*
2003 SUPER, Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger (NO)
2002 Splendid of Covent Garden, Covent Garden, London (UK)
2002 Designersblock 2002, Shoreditch Stables, London/Tokyo/Seoul
2002 Open Studio, The Hill Gallery, Kilmersdon, Somerset (UK)
2002 Promotion Show, Urban Outfitters, High Str. Kensington, London (UK)
2002 The Red Mansion Art Price, London Institute Gallery, Millbank, London (UK)
2002 The Show: One, Henry Moore & Gulbenkian Galleries, RCA, London (UK)*
2002 WDI!, Domobaal Contemporary Art, London (UK)
2002 JUICE, exhibitor and co-curator, The Architecture Foundation, London (UK)
2001-02 Group Show BBC, Broadcasting House, W1, London (UK)
2001 149th Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (UK)*
2001 111 Festival de Gravura de Evora, Evora, (PT)*
2000 Interimshow, Henry Moore & Gulbenkian Galleries, RCA, London (UK)
2000 The Gantry New Contemporaries, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton (UK)
*catalogue
ARTFAIRS
2022 Enter Art Fair, Copenhagen (DK), with support from Norwegian Crafts and the Norwegian MFA’s Support Scheme for International Craft Projects
2018 Untitled San Francisco, San Francisco (USA)
2017 Untitled San Francisco, San Francisco (USA)
2015 Untitled, Miami (FL)
2014 Untitled, Miami (FL)
2012 ARTHK12, Hong Kong (HK)*
2011 ARTHK11, Hong Kong, (HK)*
2011 Pulse New York, New York (USA)*
SCENOGRAPHIES
Bakom Stjernene, Dybwikdans, premiere Elefantteateret, 2022
Vástádus eana- The answer is land, premiere Festspillene i Nord-Norge, artistic leader Elle Sofe Sara, Harstad (NO) 2021; DanseFestival Barents (NO) 2021; Nordlysfestivalen, Tromsø (NO) 2022; Dansens Hus, Oslo (NO) 2022; Helsinki Icehot (FIN) 2022; Helsinki Side Step Festival (FIN) 2022; Julidans Amsterdam (NED) 2022; Tanz Im August, Berlin (GER) (2022); Norrlandsoperaen, UMEÅ (2022); Bodø Biennale (NO) 2022; DÁIDDADÁLLU, GUOVDAGEAIDNU (2022)…..and more 2023 - 26
Blåfugl, Dybwikdans, 2020-21
The moon installation in MÅNEmåne, Dybwikdans, premiere Rogaland Teater (Stavanger), 2019; Dansens hus (Oslo) (2020) then tour cancelled due to Covid
GRAPHICS/PRINTED MATTER
2023 Poster for Festspillene i Nord-Norge, True Northern Arts Festival
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2024 One year working grant, Ingerid, Synnøve og Elias Fegerstens stiftelse
2023 Project support, former Arts Council Norway, now Arts and Culture Norway
2023//19/14/09/08 Funding for project, Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond
2023 Production/exhibition support, Stavanger Municipality
2022 Rogaland Municipality arts grant
2022 Norwegian Crafts and the Norwegian MFA’s Support Scheme for International Craft Projects
2022 - 2032 10-year Working Grant, Statens Arbeidsstipend, Ars Council Norway
2021 Project support, Arts Council Norway
2020 Regionalt utstillingsstipend
2020 Residency Obrestad fyr, Rogaland fylkeskommune
2020-21 Arbeids - og utstillingsstipend, Stavanger kommune
2019 - 21 3-year Working Grant, Statens Arbeidsstipend, Arts Council Norway
2018//14/13/08 One year working grant, Billedkunstnernes vederlagsfond
2018 Statens utstillingsstipend
2018//17/16/15 ISGIES, Office of Contemporary Art Norway (OCA)
2015-17 3-year Working Grant, Statens Arbeidsstipend, Arts Council Norway
2022//18/17/16/15/14/12/11/08 Exhibition grant/International support, Stavanger City Municipality
2018//17/16/15/14/12 Exhibition grant/International support, Rogaland County Municipality
2014 Utsira Fyr, Residency, Rogaland County Municipality
2012 Exhibition grant, Arts Council Norway
2012 International Support, Office of Contemporary Art Norway (OCA)
2012 The Royal Norwegian Embassy/Copenhagen
2011 Kulturbyfondet/autumn and spring, Stavanger City Municipality
2011 Artsgrant, Rogaland County Municipality
2011 Public space winner, ARTHK11, Hongkong
2011 Etableringsstipend, Innovation Norway, Rogaland
2011 Artists Wanted - A year in review, Category Fine Art Winner, New York
2011 Artist in residence Berlin, Stavanger City Municipality
2010 Kulturbonus, Rogalands Avis/Sparebanken Vest, Stavanger
2010 Artsgrant, Stavanger City Municipality
2005 Statens Kunstnerstipend, establismentgrant
2002 Debutantsupport, Arts Council Norway
2002/01 g9alt, Sparebank 1 SR-Bank, Rogaland
2002 The Fatima & Faiza H. Alkazzi Award, London
2002 The Matthew Wrightson Charity Trust Awards, London
2001 Bursary Winner, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, England
2000 Lise og Arnfinn Heje´s Fond, Oslo, Norway
COLLECTIONS/COMMISSIONED PROJECTS
2024 Equinor Art Collection. Statoil Art Collection, 2011/05/03
2024 Haver Advokatfirma AS (NO)
2023 Nasjonalmuseet/National Museum of Art, (NO)
2021 Haugalandmuseet for Haugesund Billedgalleri (NO)
2021, 2020 & 2014 Stavanger kunstmuseum/Stavanger Art Museum (NO)
2020 Bellies, Stavanger (NO)
2018-20 Enmannsstien, Tankeplass, collaboration with architects Martina Andersson & Elin Henrichson, outdoor commission, Oppland Municipality (NO)). Consulent Eivind Slettemeås
2019 Private Commission, Stavanger (NO)
2018 Private Commission, Stavanger (NO)
2018 Armadillo, Stavanger (NO)
2016 Stavanger University Hospital, (NO)
2016 Gosen barnehage, with Margrethe Aanestad, consulent Daniela Arriado
2015-16 Tokerud skole, Oslo City Municipality Collection (NO), consulent Hanne Lydia O. Kristoffersen
2015 Stavanger Concert Hall/Stavanger Municipality (NO)
2018 Private Commission, Stavanger (NO)
2014/11 iPark Rogaland (NO)
2012 Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NO)
2012 Energy Ventures (NO)
2012 Vaulen skole (NO)
2011 Atha Yoga (currently called Jivamuktu) (NO)
2011 KORO/UiS (NO), consulent Hedevig Anker
2011 Gosen skole (NO)
2010 Bjørge Teamtrade/Bjørge FPE (NO)
2009 Stavanger Municipality (NO)
2009/08/02/01 Erga Revisjon (NO)
2007 Sola DPS (NO)
2004 Sparebank 1 SR-Bank Art Collection (NO)
2004 Kruse-Smith, Viking Stadium (NO)
2004 Nato Hovedbase (NO)
2004 Royal College of Art (UK)
2002 The Bazil Alkazzi Foundation (UK)
Several private collections, 2000 - today
CURATORIAL/COORDINATED PROJECTS
Tegneklubben (NO), curated by Monica Holmen (NO), co-coordinator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2019-20
Jon Benjamin Tallerås (NO), co-curator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2019
Amanda Schmitt (USA), co-coordinator/producer/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2019
Elaine Su-Hui (AUS), curator Heather Jones (USA), co-coordinator/producer/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2019
Fossil Beds, Sofia Eliasson (SE/NO), Prosjektrom Normanns, 2018
Frail Mighty, co-curator with Margrethe Aanestad/Kunsthall Stavanger, artists Vibeke Sandberg, Ane Graff, AK Dolven, Mattias Harenstam & Nathlie Provosty, 2018
Mattias Harenstam (SE/NO), co-curator with Margrethe Aanestad/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2018
Constance Tenvik (NO), co-curator with Margrethe Aanestad/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2018
Marie Buskov (NO) & Garth Gratrix (UK), co-curator with Margrethe Aanestad/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2018
Jacob Ciocci (USA), curated by Cory Arcangel (USA/NO)/co-coordinator/co-producer with Margrethe Aanestad/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2017
Ann Iren Buan (NO), curator/coordinator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2017
CosMoscow, Moscow, Russia, 2017
Consulent, Austbø primary school, Stavanger Municipality, 2017 - 18
IMPART, Julie Schenkelberg (USA), co-curator with Margrethe Aanestad/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2017
GUISE, Benedicte Clementsen (NO), curator/coordinator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2016
Whistle in the Shadow, co-producer/co-curator with Margrethe Aanestad/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2016
DEFACED, curated by Jan Christensen (NO), coordinator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2016
DRIF, Tommy Ellingsen (NO), curator/coordinator/PN Projects/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2016
Transendential Tactility, co-curator, Open Source Gallery, New York, 2016
Maid's Medium, Lars Morell (NO), curator/coordinator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2015
Tag Team Open call, Jury with Prosjektrom Normanns, 2015
I just wanna get close to you, Klas Eriksson, curated by Power Ekroth, coordinator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2015
Consulent, comissioned work for Hundvåg & Kvernevik Svømmehall, artists Jan Christensen & Marius Dahl, 2013- 16
Paper Drawing #8, Marit Roland, curator/coordinator/Prosjektrom Normanns, 2014
Graduation show, Kunstskolen i Rogaland, Stavanger kunstforening, 2008
JUICE, The Architecture Foundation, co-curator, London, 2002
TALKS
Artist talk, Sirkulærfestivalen, Stavanger næringsforening, Innoasis, Stavanger (NO), 2023
Artist talk, JÆREN, Hå Gamle Prestegard, Open to the public, Hå (NO), 2021
Artist talk, JÆREN, Vågen vgs at Hå Gamle Prestegard, Hå (NO), 2021
Artist talk, Vågen vgs, Sandnes (NO), 2020
Curators talk/Artist run spaces in Norway + Residencies, Interface Gallery, Oakland (CAL), 2019
Artist talk, Encircled Inward, Aker Brygge, Oslo (Norway), 2018
Curators talk, Kunsthall Stavanger (Norway), 2018
Artist talk, Kunstmuseet KUBE, Ålesund (Norway), 2018
Spectra, Aberdeens art festival of light, (Scotland). Panel discussion with other international workers, 2018
Artist talk, Nordenfjeldske kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim (Norway), 2017
Coast Contemporary, Hurtigruten Loften - Bergen, Panel talk with Nasjonalmuseets Sabrina van der Ley, 2017
Kunstsnakk, Mellomstasjonen, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo (Norway). Presentation of Prosjektrom Normanns and panel discussion with a representative from Nasjonalmuseet, 2017
Spectra, Aberdeens art festival of light, (Scotland). Presentation of Prosjektrom Normanns and Elefant and panel discussion with other international workers, 2017
Artist talk, Rogaland School of Art, Stavanger (Norway)2016//14/13/12/10/08/06/04
Artist talk, Galleri Sølvberget, Stavanger (Norway), 2016
Symposium for artist - run spaces, Tag Team, Bergen (Norway), 2015
Artist talk, Hå Gamle Prestegard, (Norway), 2014
Self presentation and presentation of Prosjektrom Normanns, Gosen Secondary, Stavanger (Norway) 2014
Artist talk, iPark/Innovation Norway, Stavanger (Norway), 2014
Artist talk, Statoil Art Collection, Stavanger (Norway), 2012
BOARDS/RELEVANT PROGRAMS
2022 - 24 Board member, Open Studios Stavanger
2022 Co-founder, Open Studios Stavanger
2021 - 24 Klagenemdsutvalget for tilskudd til kulturarrangement, Appointed by the Ministry of Culture
2021 - 23 Stavanger kommunes kunstneriske utvalg
2013 - today Board member, ELEFANT (Board leader 2018 - 21)
2020 - 21 Arrangørutvalget for visuell kunst, Arts Council Norway
2020 NBKs Stipendkomité, covid-19 working grants
2019 - 21 NBKs Stipendkomité, vara
2019 - 20 Vederlagsfondet, Oslo, vara
2016 - 17 Den Nasjonale Jury, vara
2016 - 19 Rogaland kunstsenter innstillingskomite
2015 - 17 Rogaland fylkes utsmykkingsfond, vara
2013 Co-Founder/Co-Owner, ELEFANT/Erfjordgt 8 AS
2013 - 2020 Co - Director, Prosjektrom Normanns
2013 - 2020 Board Member, Prosjektrom Normanns
2013 - today Consulent Registry, KORO
2011 - 2015 Nomination Committee, BKFR
2011 - 12 Utviklingsprogram for kunstnere, iPark Rogaland, by Gry I.S. Knutsen/Karolin Tampere
2009 - 11 Leader, BKFR
2006 - 09 Board Member, Kunstskolen i Rogaland
2005 - 07 Board Member, Rogaland kunstsenter