Art Club: Spring 2023

Kari Ann Lending Kleiveland (b.1993) is a multidisciplinary artist with a background in dance, choreography and visual art. She completed her Master's degree in art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bergen (KMD) in 2022, and her Bachelor's degree in art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim (2020). She was based at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in the autumn of 2018 and at the Academy of the Arts in Reykjavik in the spring of 2019. In June 2018, she founded Studio K, a project and exhibition space for contemporary art (www.studiokprosjektrom.com). In 2022, she became a board member of PAS (Performance Art Stavanger), aiming to promote performance art in the region. She is engaged as coordinator for the exhibition program at Fotland Mølle in Time Municipality. Kari Ann Lending Kleiveland is passionate about creating meeting points between different people and practices, and challenging the overlaps and differences between artistic disciplines. She wants to help promote exciting and varied art practices at the same time as she develops her own.

Eduardo Scaramuzza is a Brazilian composer, percussionist and music teacher guided by the need to know new sound textures, cultures, traditions and people. Based in Stavanger, he holds a MA in improvised Music from UiS and is one of the founders of KRA and producer of Yellow Sessions Stavanger. Scaramuzza was born into a family of teachers and had been teaching percussion since he was 18. He created and developed, alongside Karoline Asskildt, the Ta Kagunda Project. Since 2016, they have had music workshops for kids and youth in Brazil, Malawi and Norway. Eduardo has his artistic research based on multidisciplinarity and collaborative work. Currently, he is playing and creating with: Teșî, Estuary Ensemble, Ecetera Band and Priscila Serrano.

Ingvild Maria Thingnes is a dance artist based in Stavanger. She is part of the performance collective Kunstgrillen and is a dancer in Hagit Yakira Dance Company, as well as working as a producer, educator and cultural worker. Ingvild has a broad field of interest in different ways of working with art, and is particularly interested in different forms of co-creation and collaboration. In 2020, she co-founded the interdisciplinary workspace KRA - Kunst Rom Arbeid in Stavanger, which she runs together with musician Eduardo Scaramuzza. Ingvild has her dance education from the University of Stavanger/FUK (2018), Escola Superior de Danca (2017) and Vertigo International Dance Program (2019). She is also a board member of DansiS and KRA.

Marie Kallevik Straume is an actor from Stavanger. She works freelance and does on-stage commissions in Norway and abroad. In Stavanger, she is a co-creator, performer and producer of "MÅGÅ" and Nebb. Marie has a background in clowning and physical theater from École Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

Mari Kolbeinson (b. 1989) is a visual artist who lives and works in Stavanger. Her work revolves around the painting, focusing on its structural components and how these can unfold in the three-dimensional space. This she explores through installation, sculpture and partially performative works. Kolbeinson graduated with a Master's degree from Bergen Academy of Art and Design in 2015. Since then she has exhibited projects in Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Kunsthall Stavanger, Hi10, Studio17, Vestlandsutstillingen and Castor Gallery, London. Kolbeinson is the former deputy chairman of NBK-R (formerly BKFR) and is one of the initiators of the collaborative project Skaus together with artists Håvard Sagen and Markus Bråten. Skaus has previously carried out projects at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (New York), Oslo Architecture Triennale: Mission Neighborhood, Rogaland Arts Center and at TOU. http://marikolbeinson.com, https://skaus.site

Markus Bråten (b. 1990) is a visual artist who lives and works in Stavanger. In his artistic practice, he is concerned with the physical location of the imagination in the world. He treats this theme through artistic processes that recognize the place as the most important guide. His works involve a variety of materials and media, such as sculpture, video installation and painting/drawing. Bråten took his MFA at Konstögskolan in Malmö and Maumaus Escola de Artes Visuais, in Portugal between 2011 and 2016. Since then, he has exhibited at OBRA in Malmö, Atelier Concorde in Lisbon, Werthalle in Cologne and Stasjon K in Norway, among others. In 2016, he was awarded Edstranska Stiftelsen's scholarship and nominated for Fredrik Roos' scholarship, both in Sweden. Since 2019, he has run the collaborative project Skaus together with the artists Mari Kolbeinson and Håvard Sagen. Skaus is a nomadic art project and exhibition platform. Skaus has previously carried out projects at the International Studio and Curatorial Program (New York), Oslo Architecture Triennale: Mission Neighborhood, Rogaland Arts Center and the waiting area at TOU. https://markusbraten.com/ https://skaus.site/