Kari Steihaug

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First English monograph on the Norwegian textile artist Kari Steihaug.

Kari Steihaug (*1962, Oslo) is a Norwegian artist with a studio on Hovedya in the Oslo Fjord.

In her art, what is overseen plays a major role. The things that have been set aside, unfinished projects, objects that are worn or frayed are all solicitously brought into the light. This is also evident in the materials used by the textile artist: Steihaugs works feature worn out woollen garments as well as faded curtains, discarded woollen blankets, unfinished knitwear, or fragments of glass found on the beach. She picks them up, or fetches them out of oblivion, stores them in archives and arranges them in new contexts.

By embracing imperfection, the works become a counterbalance to the galloping consumer culture of our time and allow us to see with fresh eyes what surrounds us in everyday life.

In this book 25 years of her work is collected. Poetry and prose contributions provide introductions to Steihaugs oeuvre and draw up the lines of a varied and rich practice.

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Kari Steihaug (1962, Oslo) is an artist with studio at Hovedya in the Oslo Fjord. She was educated at the National College of Art and Design (SHKS) in Oslo and the National College of Applied Art and Design in Bergen, as well as Manchester Metropolitan University. In 1997 she made her debut at the Annual Autumn Exhibition in Oslo and has since exhibited extensively in Norway and abroad. She has had solo exhibitions at Dropsfabrikken in Trondheim, Henie Onstad Art Center in Brum, KODE in Bergen, SOFT galleri and Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo and Lule Konsthall, among others, and participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Lillehammer Art Museum, Bomuldsfabriken (Arendal), Haugar kunstmuseum (Tnsberg), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt), VII Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art (Uruguay), the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati (Ohio), and at the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin. In addition, she has received commissions from KOROPublic Art Norway, for the Kongsvinger Library, and more. Steihaug has also served on numerous committees and juries. She gives lectures and workshops regularly and was engaged from 201114 as adj. professor in textile art at HDK-Valand Academy of art and design in Gothenburg. For her work she had been awarded several grants and prizes and has been the recipient of the national guaranteed income grant for artists since 2006. Her works have been included in important collections, such as the National Museum in Oslo, KODE in Bergen, Lillehammer Art Museum, Srlandets Kunstmuseum in Kristiansand, Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Troms, the National Museum of Decorative Arts in Trondheim and the City of Oslo Art Collection. Steihaug is portrayed in the NRK series Kunsten leve: https://tv.nrk.no/serie/kunsten-aa-leve/sesong/1/episode/4. In 2011 she published the book Arkiv: De ufullendte / Archive: The unfinished ones.