Marie Nerland
Marie Nerland is an independent curator and artist based in Bergen, Norway. She is the founder of Volt, a long-term curatorial initiative that commissions and presents new projects by contemporary artists. Past projects have taken the form of exhibitions, time-based media, sound art, performances, as well as publications, lectures, seminars, workshops and reading circles, all taking place in a wide variety of different locations and in public realm. With Volt she has commissioned art projects by artists such as Erick Beltrán, Mette Edvardsen, Every Ocean Hughes, Rabih Mroué, Signe Lidén, Maia Urstad, and many others. Upcoming projects are with among others Xaviera Simmons, Kiluanji Kia Henda and Daisuke Kosugi.
She is the editor of The Imaginary Reader (Volt, 2016), the anthology 25 (BIT Teatergarasjen, 2010) and Ferdsskriveren (BIT Teatergarasjen, 2003), co-editor of four issues of
the Norwegian Art Yearbook (Pax Forlag, 2010-2013), and co-editor of 3t, a Norwegian journal of contemporary performing arts (1997-2007). She has studied political science, comparative literature, and holds a master degree in theatre studies from the University of Bergen and an MA-level degree in curatorial practice from the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. Since 1999 she has been working as an artist in different collaborative performance-based projects.
