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1 Contact Mobile: , Studio: Kunstnerstranda, Maries vei 20, entrance G, NO-1363 Høvik. MARI ASTRUP paintings

2 My work is based on snapshots I take of family and friends. The process begins with these photographs, which are simplified, anonymised and segmented by digital manipulation. Individuals and segments such as bottles, plates or flowers are moved and exchanged within and between photos. I then develop the motifs by balancingcolours and elements duringthe paintingprocess on canvas. My paintings are about relationsships and depict situations and social gatherings with family and friends when they get together for birthdays, weddings, festive meals, boatingor country excursions. Artist s statement Blue Night, 100 x 100 cm, acrylics on canvas, 2010 Front cover: Crayfish Company I, 100 x 100 cm, acrylics on canvas, 2010 Besides telling a story, my paintings express a conceptual form which I have named friends and fellowship. I want to capture the mood and sense of togetherness created when friends assemble round a table to enjoy good food and drink. These gatherings may be annual events where traditional Norwegian dishes are served, a garden party or a boat trip, or just friends congregating in the pale Scandinavian summer night. The host may fill a glass, someone may be laughing, an intimate tête-àtête may be under way and even a little flirting. Most people can identify with the stories and individuals depicted in the paintings, which makes them not only my party of friends, but perhaps also yours.

I then develop the motifs by balancingcolours and elements duringthe paintingprocess on canvas.

3 Appreciation Norwegian artist Mari Astrup s lush and dense paintings of friends in good company invite the spectator into an exploration of details. They inspire viewers to make up their own stories and to recognise themselves and others in the motifs depicted. The conceptual source of her paintings is a famous work in the history of art: Hip hip hurray by Denmark s Peder Severin Kroyer ( ), a member of the noted Skagen school. The artistic process is elaborated from the traditional 19th-century style of paintingto a modernistic adaptation of the same theme. Astrup s concept of friends and fellowship is developed through simplification and anonymisation by digital manipulation of original photos depicting friends in social gatherings. The elaborated motifs are subsequently developed on canvas. They are often repeated in several variations, creatinga sequence derived from the same conceptual background. In this way, Astrup develops a wellfunctioning concept through her blend of traditional sources and approaches with the use of contemporary aids, and the recognition generated in the spectator in its wake. Jutta Nestegard, art historian Crayfish Company, 150 x 120 cm, acrylics on canvas, 2010

The conceptual source of her paintings is a famous work in the history of art: Hip hip hurray by Denmark s Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909), a member of the noted Skagen school.

4 Fish Feast, 200 x 150 cm, acrylics on canvas, 2010

5 Summer Night, 100 x 120 cm, acrylics on canvas, 2010 By the Fire, 100 x 110 cm, acrylics on canvas, 2010

6 Curriculum vitae Born 1956, raised in Oslo. Spent 2.5 years in the USA and three years in Tromsø duringchildhood. Resident at Hosle in Bærum outside Oslo since 1983, married, two adult children. Worked for 18 years with press contact, information and marketingfor exhibitions at Norway Trade Fairs. Education Multidisciplinary Art Institute, three-year art course 1982 Special course in communication and public relations, Norwegian School of Marketing, Oslo 1978 Teacher training course (autumn) for multilingual students. London, UK MA, Spanish, English and political science, University of Oslo Work shops and courses 2010 Mar Sculpture related to painting. Marian Heyerdahl, visual designer 2009 Dec The photograph. Pedro Letria, lecturer, ESAD academy, Caldas, Portugal 2009 Oct Drawing workshop. Tatiana Amaral, painter, Portugal 2009 Sep Sculpture and conceptual drawing. Sergio Taborda, lecturer, ESAD academy, Caldas, Portugal 2009 Apr Simulated photo. Tammo Rist, lecturer, Oslo School of Photography 2008 Oct Thematic thinking in painting in practice. Angelo Encarnacao, artist and lecturer at the Ar.co academy in Lisbon, Portugal 2008 Sep New techniques in drawingand conceptual development. Isabel Baraona, artist and lecturer, ESAD academy, Caldas, Portugal 2008 Jan Sculpture with plaster moulds. Marian Heyerdahl, visual designer 2007 Nov Conspiracy theories conceptual art. Tammo Rist, lecturer, Oslo School of Photography At Land s End, Tjøme I and II, 60 x 60 cm, 2010 Back cover: In the Wake, 100 x 120 cm, acrylics on canvas, 2010 Exhibitions 2010 Dec Collective exhibition, Galleri A, Vibesgate, Oslo 2010 Nov Collective exhibition, Galleri G, Høvik 2010 Oct Art Due West. Collective exhibition in the new Sundvollen hotel buildingand open studio at weekends in Kunstnerstranda, Høvik 2010 Sept Group exhibition, Galleri Skallum, Stabekk 2010 Jun Collective exhibition, Galleri A, Vibesgate, Oslo 2010 Jun Collective exhibition, Atelier Gyllenhammar, Tønsberg 2010 Jun Graduation show, Multidisciplinary Art Institute, Galleri G, Høvik 2008 Dec Collective exhibition, Wøyen Mølle, Bærum 2007 Dec Collective exhibition, Multidisciplinary Art Institute, Bærum Acquired by: 2009 okt Asker local authority

Education 2007-2010 Multidisciplinary Art Institute, three-year art course 1982 Special course in communication and public relations, Norwegian School of Marketing, Oslo 1978 Teacher training course

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