Maiken Stene

Maiken Stene (1983) lives and works in Sokndal, Norway. She has her education from Konsthögskolan in Malmö and The Cooper Union school of Art in New York. Stene's art is based on her personal and societal relationship with the landscape. Stene is best known for her painting practice, which she shows in the form of scenographic installations mixed with video, sculpture, text and an academic programme. Stene has previously exhibited at, among others, Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter, Akershus Art Center, Stavanger Art Museum, LNM, Oslo Art Association, Hå Gamle Prestegard and Uppsala Art Museum. Her works have been purchased by, among others, the Stavanger Art Museum, REV-Ocean, the Danish Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Culture, Equinor, the Statens Konstråd and several private collections.

Co-founder of Velferden with Hans Edward Hammonds: https://www.velferdenscene.com/