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Katarina Skjønsberg
Oslo
Katarina Skjønsberg (b. 1987, Tønsberg) is an Oslo-based artist working with photography, video, artist books and sound. She holds a BA in Photography from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design and an MFA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, including exchanges at the International Art Academy of Palestine and the Ghent School of Arts. In 2016, she won the Nordic Dummy Award for Be Good to Yourself, a photobook based on long-term stays in Palestine, later presented internationally.
Her work is exhibited both in Norway and abroad. Skjønsberg’s practice involves long-term documentation, with material later deconstructed and reassembled into installations combining photography, film, sound, objects, and performance. Through this approach, she explores representation, sociopolitical perspectives, and different ways of navigating human experience.
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KJØTT TRE STØV (2026)
Through photography, KJØTT TRE STØV explores the relationship between nature, the body, and human experience, focusing on the cyclical aspects of existence: growth, decay, transformation, and mortality. The images move between human and non-human elements, including bodies, hands, faceless figures, trees, stone, and organic fragments.
Rather than presenting individual portraits, the human presence evokes emotional states and atmospheres, pointing towards shared and universal conditions. Through the interplay of these motifs, KJØTT TRE STØV reflects on the materiality of life and the continuous transformation between flesh, organic matter, and dust.
The edition consists of 40 individually hand-sewn and hand-bound copies, each unique and slightly different. Each book features two unique silkscreen prints as endpapers, a cover in a different colour, and a handwritten title. The book measures approximately 33 × 22 cm and consists primarily of photographs, accompanied by short texts written by Damla Kilickiran and Signe Holm.
The books were bound in the workshop of bookbinder Tone Goborg at Bokstaven. The publication was made possible with support from Kulturrådet (Arts Council Norway).