Marit Geraldine Bostad (1976) is an abstract colourist who works and lives in Horten Vestfold County, Norway. She investigates themes such as the inner psyche, memories and human interaction through her series of paintings. She blends colours by pouring paint directly onto the canvas using a variety of tools, seldom using the paintbrush - to create diverse, versatile effects with broad expressive strokes.
Marit Geraldine explores the Nordic Colour tradition in a bold new direction, blending tone to tone pastels with sparks of fluorescent, manifesting her own personal psychic state onto the canvas. She builds up and breaks down the diverse elements of her experience and brings them together in a new plastic dimension. Through this, she expresses universal archetypes that transcend the particular conditions of her own life, setting the scene for the audience to bring their own meaning to her work.
Since 2016, Marit Geraldine has gained attention from curators and galleries both in Europe and the US. At the April 2017 TOAF London edition, Chief Curator Rebecca Wilson from Saatchi Art, pointed out Marit Geraldine as one of her "4 must see artists" out of the 120 emerging artists.
In July 2020 Marit Geraldine was honored to be among the 30 shortlisted artists chosen for the Ashurst Emerging Artist’s Prize. This achievement recognizes Marit Geraldine’s submission to the prize - a series of paintings evoking the light and nature of Ålesund, Norway a town where the artist spent her childhood summers surrounded by mountains and fjords. These paintings were previously part of Marit Geraldine’s solo exhibition “Utspring” at the KHAAK Kunsthall in Alesund, which featured nearly 40 abstract canvases.
Late 2019 Marit Geraldine exhibited at Scope Art Show in Miami Beach as well as participating in a group exhibition in Dubai, and debuting at the Affordable Art Fair with Mint Art Gallery in London. In May 2020, Marit Geraldine exhibited at her third show with Madelyn Jordan Fine Art in New York City as part of the Abstractly Speaking: Six + One exhibition, a cross-collection of seven abstract painters from 20th century post-war to current emerging contemporary artists. January 2021 Marit Geraldine exhibited again at Madelyn Jordon in New York, in the exhibition, Look Back, Look Forward.
February 2021 in the middle of the Pandemic, Marit Geraldine exhibited at Gulden Kunstverk in Norway. She had her biggest solo show to date there, HOPE ISLAND, featuring about 50 paintings. Norwegian Press release I Catalog
Marit Geraldine renewed her connection with the outside world in a freer approach to abstraction and the result was a series of paintings that form the core of the exhibition Hope Island. “Hope is necessary for the world to move forward while everyone adapts, learning a new way of being and navigating through the new realities of life after the pandemic”.
Representation in the UK / London: Oink Gallery, Mint Art Gallery, and Interrupted Art.
US / New York: Madelyn Jordon Fine Art,
Norway: Galleri Fineart, Krane Kunstgalleri and Gulden Kunstverk.
Online Galleries: Rise Art, Saatchi Art, Singulart and The Whisper Gallery
Marit Geraldine's work can be found in several private and corporate collections in Norway and internationally; Feinschmecker Oslo, Winter Private Collection Hokksund, Høyem Helset Collection Oslo, Royal Caribbean Cruice Line Miami, Rangel Collection London, Holtmann Collection Hanover Germany, Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation New York.
Her studies focuses primarily on the abstract painting, but she has released some series of Limited edition prints:
SAATCHI ART Recycled series I Offspring series, 2017 I Living series, 2018 I 2021 series
STUDIONEWS / VISUALS
Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Fineart Oslo, December 8 - 31 December 2022
Installation view from “Abstrct”, Oink Gallery, Swindon, 26 August – 28 September 2022
Private view at the Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, 5-8 May 2022 (Celebrating that a Norwegian artist is the face of the AAF Hampstead fair campaign: )
Marit Geraldine in front of some of the campaign material for the AAF Hampstead, May 2022
Campaign material for the AAF Hampstead, May 2022
The Other Art Fair London, 17-20 March 2022
Installation view from the Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Fineart Oslo, Desember 2021
Affordable Art Fair London, Mint Art Gallery, 21 -24 October 2021
Install view from Summertime Blues at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, NYC, July 10 - Aug 28, 2021
Install view from Spring Exhibition at Galleri Fineart in Oslo, May 2021
Hope Island (solo show) at Gulden Kunstverk, 30 January - 21 February, 2021
Hope Island, opening in the middle of the Pandemic, January 2021
Install view from Hope Island, Gulden Kunstverk
Mini Exhibition at Krane Kunstgalleri in Tromsø , April/March 2021
Look Forward, Look Back at Madelyn JordonFine Art, New York, 15 January – 13 March 2021 (Also featured show at Artsy)
Tides Always Turn at Auc Art in London, a curated exhibition by Marco Galvan, January 2021
Marit Geraldine Bostad was one of the 30 Shortlisted Artist for The Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize 2020. The Shortlist Exhibition was presented at the Ashurst Emerging Artist gallery in London from 8th July to 4th of November 2020.
FEATURE ON TODAY`S ART REPORTS INSTAGRAM
Create Magazine interview, January 2019: https://www.createmagazine.com/blog/marit-geraldine-bostad
Saatchi Art writes about Marit Geraldines artist residency at ESKFF / MANA Contemporary NYC: https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-news/new-york-marit-geraldine-bostad-at-mana-contemporary
ESKFF Summer Residency at MANA Contemporary New York July 3 - August 3, 2018 https://www.eskff.com/current-residents / http://manacontemporary.com/eskff/
Marit Geraldines paintings featured in the Interior book “New Nordic Colours” by Antonia Af Petersen. Interior Styling by Rikkes Room.
Installation shots from "Syndere i sommersol" Galleri Finearts yearly summer group show in Oslo (on display from June 22 - August 18 2018) New exclusive paintings can also be seen online: https://www.fineart.no/kunstner/marit-geraldine-bostad
Installation view from "En Verano" at Saatchi Art Gallery Los Angeles. Marit Geraldine had 19 paintings at display at their physical group show on view from June 11th to September 10th, 2018 at Saatchi Art, located at 1655 26th Street, Santa Monica, CA. All works are on sale at the exhibition and online: https://www.saatchiart.com/shows/en-verano
Installation view from The Other Art Fair Los Angeles, March 2018
Chief Curator Rebecca Wilson from Saatchi Art had her INVEST IN ART talk at the Los Angeles fair, Marit Geraldine Bostad was one out of 5 artists she mentioned as worth investing in.
Installation view from group show at Galleri Fineart in Oslo, February 2018
Limited Edition Prints made exclusively / only available at Saatchi Arts web page. You can buy the prints here, worldwide shipping: https://limited.saatchiart.com/prints?query=Marit+Geraldine+Bostad
Opening show in Young Jamieson Fine Art, Marlborough UK Desember 2017
Installation view from The Other Art Fair London, October 2017
Install view from "Deconstructed Impulses in Constant Change" (solsohow) curated by Spotte Art, NYC September 2017
Install view from "Body Electric" (group show) at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, NYC August 2017
Scarsdale Inquirer Interview "Body Electric" at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art NYC August 2017
Summer exhibition Galleri Fineart Oslo, June 22 - Sept 10, 2017
Feature / interview in Vestfold ferie og hyttemagasin Photo: Eirik Dahl
Read the whole interview: vestfold.net
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn New York - their launch in US, 110 emerging artists from all over the world were hand picked for the fair, June 1 - 4, 2017
Install view from Spring Fling at Daniel Raphael Gallery, April 26 - May 26, 2017. Interview with Marit Geraldine before the exhibition: https://www.danielraphael.co.uk/marit-geraldine-bostad
Gallery view, Daniel Raphael Gallery May 2017.
Opening night, Daniel Raphael Gallery
The Other Art Fair London - April 2017, beeing one of Saatchi Art / Chief Curator Rebecca Wilsons "4 Must See Artists" out of 130 emerging artist joining this edition in London: https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-news/rebecca-wilsons-4-must-see-artists-at-the-other-art-fair-london-2017
ARTMAZEMag also highlighted her paintings in this TOAF edition, in their review of the fair: http://artmazemag.com/the-other-art-fair-review/
Install view / Stand at The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, Bloomsbury / London, April 2017
Saatchi Art / The Other Art Fair Feature film, March 2017. Read the whole interview: https://canvas.saatchiart.com/the-other-art-fair/meet-the-others-marit-geraldine-bostad
Links to PRESS / FEATURES / CURATED ARTWORKS, 2016 / 2017:
Collection curated by Evangelyn Delacare, Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art, Des 2017: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting/New-Abstract-Expressionist-Paintings/871991/217889/view
"BEST OF THE YEAR" Collection curated by Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art Desember, 2017: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Collage/The-Best-of-the-Year-2017/153961/218353/view
Nov 2017, “New Painting” 98 Artworks curated by Jessica McQueen, associate Curator at Saatchi Art: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting/New-Painting/722504/214264/view
Nov 2017, Senior Art Critic Anna Souter picks a painting from Marit Geraldine in her curated collection: ”The Art of Christmas: Anna Souter's Top 10 Gifts” https://www.culturelabel.com/blogs/culturelabel-du-jour/anna-souters-top-10-gifts
Best of the Month October: collection curated by Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art November, 2017: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Sculpture/Best-of-the-Month-October/153961/211400/view
Collections curated by Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art
October, 2017: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Sculpture/New-This-Week-10-23-2017/153961/208628/view
October, 2017: “New This week”: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Collage/New-This-Week-10-09-2017/153961/207453/view
Article / Interview regarding “Body Electric” in Madelyn Jordon Fine Art: Scarsdale Inquirer August 11, 2017: http://www.geraldine.no/maritgeraldine/
Press Release “Body Electric”: http://madelynjordonfineart.com/exhibition/focus/body_electric
Press Release “Deconstructed Impulses In Constant Change”: https://www.artsy.net/show/spotteart-deconstructed-impulses-in-constant-change
A 12 page interview in “Norsk Hyttemagasin” in their Summer edition June 2017: https://www.vestfold.net/
Spotlight on Women Artists` a collection curated by Evangelyn Delacare, Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art June, 2017: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Sculpture-Drawing/Spotlight-on-Women-Artists/871991/195084/view
Artworks curated by Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Collage/Best-of-the-Month-June/153961/195907/view
New This week: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Drawing/New-This-Week-5-1-2017/153961/182420/view
“New Abstracts” Artworks curated by Evangelyn Delacare, Assistant Curator at Saatchi Art April, 2017:
Artworks curated by Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art April, 2017:
New This Week: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Sculpture/New-This-Week-4-3-2017/153961/177503/view
Best of April at Saatchi Art: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Sculpture-Photography/Best-of-the-Month-April/153961/187783/view
Katherine Henning, Associate Curator at Saatchi Art Advisory curated Marit Geraldines "Old meet New" in the collection "Contemporary Abstract Expressionism", March 20 at saatchiart.com: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Drawing-Photography/Abstract-Expressionism/685448/181500/view
Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art curated Marit Geraldines "Outsider II" as one of the "Best of February" See the whole collection of works: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Sculpture/Best-of-the-Month-February/153961/179496/view
Rebecca Wilson also curated Marit Geraldines "Acrylic Sound 3" as one of the Best of January: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Collage/Best-of-the-Month-January/153961/174532/view
The same curator also highlighted one of her paintings in New This Week: https://www.saatchiart.com/art-collection/Painting-Photography-Collage/New-This-Week-2-13-2017/153961/173307/view
SAATCHI ART FEATURE / FILM / STUDIOVISIT:
Inside The Studio, Jan 6, 2017 by Katherine Henning Associate Curator at Saatchi Art. Take a look at the film from Marit Geraldines studio:
MORE SAATCHI FEATURE / CURATED: Des 2016.
Rebecca Wilson Chief Curator and VP, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art recommended three of her paintings in the featured collection "New This Week"
Gaudi Gallery represented Marit Geraldine with four paintings at The Affordable Art Fair, Milan 9-12 Feb 2017. See their catalogue here:
http://www.linky.am/catalogue/2009/affordable-art-fair/galeria-gaudi/affordable-art-fair-milan-2017
Gaudi Gallery represented Marit Geraldine with four paintings at Art Apart Fair Singapore 8-11 Jan 2017
Gaudi Gallery was also representing Marit Geraldines at Edinburgh Art Fair 18th - 20th of Nov 2016.
THE OTHER ARTFAIR LONDON, October 2016. Marit Geraldine was featured artist in the fairs marketing campaign.
Pictures and press from TOAF April 2016:
earlier projects
Pictures from the exhibition "Note to Self", Nov 2015
Collage from her project "Gatelangs" June 2015
