People

Core Research Team

Marte Johnslien

Artist and researcher
Principal Investigator of TiO2: The Materiality of White and Co-PI of TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter

Core Research Team

Helene Engnes Birkeli

Art Historian (PhD) and Postdoc Fellow Researcher in TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter

Core Research Team

Julia K. Persson

Artist and Research assistant in TiO2: The Materiality of White

TiO2 MoW Group

Helene Skuterud

Artist

TiO2 MoW Group

Anja Hallek

Artist

TiO2 MoW Group

Sara Bauer Gjestland Zamecznik

Artist

TiO2 MoW Group

Marius Engan Johansen

Artist

Project Partners

Barbro Wedvik

Researcher and paintings conservator

Project Partners

Marianne Løken

Science educator (PhD) and Director of Research and Development (R&D) at Østfoldmuseene

Project Partners

Gro Behrens

Archivist for the TiO2 Project at Østfoldmuseene

Project Partners

Solveig Tjetland

Architect and Project Leader at ROM for kunst og arkitektur, Producer of TiO2's research exhibitions

Core Research Team

Ingrid Halland

Art and architecture historian, art critic
Principal Investigator TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter and Co-PI of TiO2: The Materiality of White

Core Research Team

Tonje Haugland Sørensen

Art Historian (PhD) was Senior Researcher in TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter 2023 - 2025

Core Research Team

Iliana Papadimitriou

Artist & Documentation Assistant MoW

TiO2 MoW Group

Linda Flø

Artist

TiO2 MoW Group

Silje Kjørholt

Artist

TiO2 MoW Group

Quin Scholten

Artist

Project Partners

June Stuen

Director of Dalane Folkemuseum and Jøssingfjord Science Museum

Project Partners

Janne Werner Olsrud

Museologist (PhD) and Head of Collections and Exhibitions at The Norwegian Mining Museum

Project Partners

Hege Steen Langvik

Curator and archivist at Østfoldmuseene

Project Partners

Olaug N. Økland

Curator at Dalane Folkemuseum and Jøssingfjord Science Museum

Project Partners

Gjertrud Steinsvåg

Director of ROM for kunst og arkitektur, co-curator of TiO2's research exhibitions

Scientific Committee

The research project 'TiO2: How Norway Made the World Whiter' has a scientific reference group which regularly meets throughout the project (2023 - 2028):

Prof. Kjetil Fallan (University of Oslo), Prof. Peder Anker (NYU), Jukka Savolainen (Director at the Design Museum in Helsinki), Associate Professor Lise Skytte Jakobsen (Aarhus University), and Prof. Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen (Royal Danish Academy).