Born in Oslo, 1962, Studio at Hovedøya, Oslo
Member of NBK, Norwegian Visual Artists Association, NTK, Norwegian Textile Artists
Education
1998 - 2000 MA, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
1997 Manchester Metropolitan University
1994 - 1997 BA, Bergen National Academy of the Arts
1990 - 1992 College of Art and Design Oslo.
Coming
2025 Sjätte sinnet, Köping kirke, SE
Solo shows
2023 Tron Talks, festivalutstiller, Tynset og Alvdal
2022 Dropsfabrikken, Trondheim
2021 Klæði, Nordens Hus, Færøyene
2020 Studio Blikket, Hilmarfestivalen, Steinkjer
2018 Does anyone know that you´re coming Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2018 Seamstress in Trastevere, Fiberspace Gallery, Stockholm
2017 Tomorrow will be a nice day Kongsberg Kunstforening, NO
2017 Seamstress in Trastevere, Soft Galleri, Oslo
2014 The room you say we do not have Luleå Arthall, SE
2014 Archive: The Unfinished Ones Alvdal, Aukrustmuseet, Gol og Stord Kunstforening, NO
2012 After The Market Gallery Naas, Gothenburg, SE
2008 Archive: The Unfinished Ones Norsk Trikotasjemuseum, N
2008 On the Edge Tungenes Lighthouse, Stavanger 2008,NO
2007 Legacies The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, NO
2007 Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2005 Remnants Henie Onstad Art Center, Høvikodden, NO
2004 Connections By the Way, Galleri for Contemporary Art, Bergen
2003 Wastelands Rogaland Contemporary Art Center, NO
2003 Akershus Art Center, NO
2002 Østfold Contemporary Art Center, NO
2001 Wardrobe writings RAM galleri, Oslo
Group shows
2023 Kunstbanken, Hamar, with Tina Jonsbu
2021 Nordisk Salong, Dunkers kulturhus, Helsingborg, SE
2020 The White, the Green, and the Dark: Contemporary Positions from Norway, Royal Norwegain Embassy, Berlin
2020 Coast Contemporary, Constructing Structures- the fourth edition, Oslo.
2020 Ta deg Tid, Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum, Trondheim
2019 House of Norway / Museum Angewandt Kunst, Frankfurt, DE
2018 Munchs Hus2018, Haugar Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg
2018 Give it time Tendenser, Galleri F-15, Jeløya,
2018 Vorsponnen und Verwoben, Ostholsteinmuseum, Eutin, DE
2018 Healing Design Museum Helsinki, FI
2017 VII Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, Montevideo Uruguay
2016 REPAIR; Potensial, Tegnebiennalen; SKISSEN, Galleri Rom for kunst og arkitektur, Oslo
2016 Unraveled Curated by Kate Bonansinga, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, US
2015 Bloom International Fashion Art Exhibition, Changsha-China
2015 Textile Biennial 2015, Rijswijk Museum, NL
2015 Soft Monuments, Kode, Art Museums of Bergen, NO
2014 Ruudukko Marmara University Arthall, Istanbul, TR
2014 Threaded/Eingefädelt Landeshaus, Gallery, Kiel, DE
2013 A Thousand Threads- A story told in textiles Lillehammer Art Museum and Maihaugen
2013 Cloth and Memory Salts Mill, Saltair, UK 2013
2013 Soft Gustavsberg Kunsthall, Stockholm
2013 A stitch in time, Haugar Art museum, Tønsberg
2012 No / NOoSPHERE New York Neverending Story, with Tina Jonsbu
2012 The Art of Collecting, Tallin
2012 The Spring Exhibition, Arthall Charlottenborg, København.
2012 Varje bild berettar en historia, Røhsska museum, Gøteborg
2011 The Annual Art Exhibition 2009, 1997, Oslo
2011 Biennalen i Kunsthåndverk, Kolding, DK
2010 Extremes of Scale, Shetland
2010 MOMBI 2010 HYPERLINK "http://www.madstun.no" www.madstun.no
2009-11 Strikk-masker i Samtidskunsten, travelling exhibition, Norske Kunstforeninger
2009 Votivgaver Domkirkeodden, Hamar and Trondheim, NO
2009 Borås Museum of textile, SE
2009 Bomuldsfabriken Arthall, Arendal, NO
2008 Rykk tilbake til start, Galleri 0047, Oslo
2008 Everydaylife, Galleri Norsu, Helsinki
2007 Hverdagsliv, Nordenfjeldske, Trondheim, NO
2007 TempoSkien, Sculpture in Bryggeparken Skien, NO
2007 12th International Triennial of Tapestry, Polen
2006 Trøndelag Contemporary Art Center, NO with Tina Jonsbu
2006 Art Textiles,Norway Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria
2005 Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
2002 Tendencies, From ready-mades to unika, Galleri F-15, Jeløya
2001 Time Domkirkeodden, Hamar, NO
Public Art
2013 Dragvoll eldresenter, Trondheim
2011 Melum skole, Skien
2008 Kongsvinger Public Library
2007 International Corporate Art, Color Magic
2006 Helse Stavanger, Sola
2004 Gassco, Koppervik, Karmøy
2004 Mysen skole, Eidsberg Kommune, Mysen
2003 London Contemporary Art, Mariner of the Sea
Represented
Sørlandets Art Museum
The National Museum of Art, Arcitecture and Design, NO
Oslo Kommune Art Collection
Lillehammer Art Museum
Copenhagen Art Committee, DK
Västra Götalandsregionen, SE
Arts Council Norway
The West Norway Museum of Decorative Art
National museum of Decorative Art, Trondheim
Akershus fylkeskommune, til Den kulturelle skolesekken
Artist residency
Villa Lofoten, Kvalnes, artist recidency 2021
Nordic Artists´Centre Dale 2019, 4 months
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, v/ Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard foundation, 2017-18
Circolo Scandinavo, Roma, 2010, 2003
Grants
Fritt Ord, 2022
Ingrid Lindback Landgaards Fond, 2008, 2018, 2021
Norwegian Visual Artist`s Foundation, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2018, 2021
Regional project funds, 2021
Oslo Kommunes Artist grant, 2021
UD/Norwegian Craft, travel support, 2017, 2018.
Arts Council Norway Publication support, 2010, 2022
Office for Contemporary Art, 2007
Government guaranteed income, 2006
Norwegian State, Travel grant, 2003
Norwegian State, Working grant, 2002
Arts Council Norway, Exhibition grant, 2001, 2002, 2017
Arts Council Norway, Equipment grant, 2002
Norwegian State, Establishment grant, 2001
Arts Council Norway, Debutant support, 2000
Awards
Audience award, Archive: The Unfinished Ones, Spring exhibition 2012, Arthall Charlottenborg
FineArt award, The Annual exhibition 2011 for the installation After The Market
Bronze award on the 12th International Triennial of Tapestry, Polen 2007
Proffessional Committee participation
Member of jury for grants, SummerExhibition Østfold Kunstnersenter, Fredrikstad 2012
Innkjøpsfondet 2007-2011, leder fra 2009
Member of the the Board, Kunstnerforbundet 2007-2009
Member of The Annual exhibition jury, 2004
Member of the Board, Norwegian Textile artists, 2001-2003
Member of jury, Nordnorsken exhibition, 2001
Teaching / Lectures
Adj. Professor Textile Art, HDK, Gøteborgs University, Gothenburg, 2011-2014
Kunsthøyskolen i Oslo: Art and Craft Lectures: "Unraveled – Textiles Reconsidered» 2019 http://khio.no/events/809
Kunsthøyskolen i Bergen: Hva-Hvis-å skape rom for kunstnerisk uffoldelse, seminar 2019
Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, Decorah, Iova, US, 2016
Norwegian Heritage Center, Stoughton, Wisconsin, US, 2016
Cafa, Central Academi Fine Art, Beijing, 2015
Hunan Vocational Collega of Art, Changsha, China, 2015
Guest teacher, Bergen Academy of Art and Design 2010, 2009, 2003
Guest teacher Granum Artschool 2006
Guest teacher Nordland College of Art and Film 2000.
Lectures and presentations with Oslo and Bergen National Academy of the Arts 2001-2012
Examiner BA, Oslo and Bergen National Academy of the Arts, 2010, 2009
Lecture at Lysebu, Nordic fiber, Contemporary textil, 2002
Other relevant activity
Runs GangGalleriet in Lavetthuset at Hovedøya with 5 other artists from 2007-2017
Scenografi «Ses i min nestä pjäs» regi: Pia Maria Roll / Impure Company, Black Box, Oslo.
Exhibition mangaer, 1994-2006 Norwegian Touring exhibition, The museum of Contemporary Art, OsloCostume assistant at the films: Amatørene, Det største i verden, Salmer fra kjøkkenet.
Bibliography
Arte Morbida, https://www.artemorbida.com/interview-with-kari-steihaug/?lang=en
A Philosophy of Textile, Between Practice and Theory, by Catherine Dormor ISBN: 9781472525659
Berlin ArtLink, http://www.berlinartlink.com/2020/05/08/kari-steihaug/
Ninja Benneche om Kari Steihaug i Kunsten å leve, NRK 2018 https://www.nrk.no/kultur/det-vi-forlater-1.14331250
Mona Pahle Bjerke i Kulturnytt 30.10 om Munchs Hus2018 på Haugar Kunstmuseum https://radio.nrk.no/…/nyhetsmorgen/NPUB32021618/30-10-2018
Ingvill Henmo og Ika Kaminka, Kunstarbeid, utgitt 2017 ISBN: 9788245022698
Gunnar Danbolt: Frå modernisme til det kontemporære Tendensar i norsk samtidskunst etter 1990.
Cecilie Skeide, om Kari Steihaug, Tusen tråder, en historiefortelling i tekstil
Maria Horvei: Mjuke kraftoppvisningar Klassekampen 18.12.13
Mona Pahle Bjerke, kulturnytt P2, 23.12.13 og Nrk. Tekstilkunst i vinden 11.12.13
Kåre Bulie, Mykt gjennombrudd. D2, 13.12.13
Lars Elton: Tekstilenes mange tråder. Vg, 28.11.13
Elle Decorationn UK, page 30, sept 2013
Sissel M. Bergh: Om sokker og andre varme ting Billedkunst 3.2011
Jarle Strømodden: De Ufullendte Kunst Pluss,1.2011
Tiril Rem: Poesien i det uperfekte Dag og Tid 04.03.11
Kari Steihaug, Jorunn Veiteberg, Dag T. Andersson: Arkiv: De Ufullendte ISBN 978-82-92863-18-3, www.magikonforlag.no
Anne Britt Ylvisåker/ Berit Slåttum, Opplegg på gang Fagbokforlaget, ISBN 978-82-450-0678-0
Norsk Kunstårbok 2006, 2001, 1999
Henning L. Mortensen: Styrt tilfeldighet Kunsthåndverk nr 102 4/2006,
Wardrobe Writings ISBN 82-997220-0-4 Tiden det tar Katalogtekst av Anne Karin Jortveit
Prisma nr.2 2005 Henie Onstad Kunstsenter Rest Katalogtekst av Benedicte Sunde
VG 02.12.05 Liv i en tynn tråd Lars Elton
Kunsthåndverk nr 3/2002 I Duchamps fotspor Lars Elton
Kunsthåndverk 1/20006 Torhild Gjesvik: Et høydepunkt
Høstutstillingen elsket og hatet, Ingrid Lydersen Lystad
Tekstilkunst 2004/2005 Con Variazioni
Utflukt nr.1-2001 Sampling,
Kunsthåndverk 3/2001 Tilværelsens skjørhet Anne Schaffer
