Olof Marsja (SE)
Olof Marsja works with uncanny sculptural expressions that analyse and blend an ultra modern contemporary digital reality with both pop culture and traditional Duodji techniques associated with his Sámi heritage. Crafts and materials play a central role in Marsja’s research and his works are deeply informed by a plurality of practical knowledge and cultural references. Through hybrid forms Marsja offers an analysis, that is both serious and humorous, of issues relating to identity, history and the contemporary world.
Olof Marsja (b. Gällivare, 1986) graduated from Konstfack in Stockholm (2017) and received the Maria Bonnier Dahlin Stipend in 2019. His work has been the subject of recent exhibitions at: Moderna Museet (2022; SE), Röhsska Museum (2021; SE), Sámi Centre for Contemporary Art (2021; NO) and Göteborgs Konsthall (2020; SE). Marsja lives and works in Gothenburg, Sweden.
ENAn
Reindeer fur, aluminium, plastic bags, socks, sneakers, wood and plastic film
2020
Moderna Museet Collection – Stockholm
Photo by Hendrik Zeitler, courtesy of Göteborg Konsthall
ENAn (detail)
Reindeer fur, aluminium, plastic bags, socks, sneakers, wood and plastic film
2020
Moderna Museet Collection – Stockholm
Photo by Hendrik Zeitler, courtesy of Göteborg Konsthall
Jerff
Reindeer fur, bronze, larch, ash, stone, textile, carbon leather, jesmonite and steel, 200 x 125 x 70 cm
2019
Photo courtesy of The Sámi Center of Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway
Den Frusne (detail)
Reindeer fur, glass, steel, wood, bronze, mdf, polymer clay, straps, plywood and jesmonite, 234 x 68 x 68 cm
2019
Photo courtesy of The Sámi Center of Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway
What if the Bear Is the Sun and the Sun Is the Bear (detail)
Glass, silvered glass, brass, epoxi, steel, aluminium, reindeer fur, polyester bands, woven bands, pu silk, chain, alder, oak, lasso, reindeer leather, axe, and water cut steel, approximately 800 x 350 x 100 cm
2021
Photo by Carl Ander
Röhsska Museum Collection
What if the Bear Is the Sun and the Sun Is the Bear (detail)
Glass, silvered glass, brass, epoxi, steel, aluminium, reindeer fur, polyester bands, woven bands, pu silk, chain, alder, oak, lasso, reindeer leather, axe, and water cut steel, approximately 800 x 350 x 100 cm
2021
Photo by Carl Ander
Röhsska Museum Collection
What if the Bear Is the Sun and the Sun Is the Bear (detail)
Glass, silvered glass, brass, epoxi, steel, aluminium, reindeer fur, polyester bands, woven bands, pu silk, chain, alder, oak, lasso, reindeer leather, axe, and water cut steel, approximately 800 x 350 x 100 cm
2021
Photo by Carl Ander
Röhsska Museum Collection
What if the Bear Is the Sun and the Sun Is the Bear (detail)
Glass, silvered glass, brass, epoxi, steel, aluminium, reindeer fur, polyester bands, woven bands, pu silk, chain, alder, oak, lasso, reindeer leather, axe, and water cut steel, approximately 800 x 350 x 100 cm
2021
Photo by Carl Ander
Röhsska Museum Collection
Triple 4
Installation view
2021
Photo by David Eng
Courtesy of NEVVEN
Orakel II
Bronze, aluminium, steel, brass, polyester rope, safety pin, alder wood, virgin red wool, thermal jacket, Volvo car textile, plinth, 120 x 65 x 48 cm
2021
Photo by David Eng
Courtesy of NEVVEN
Mold
Glass, steel, 26 x 26 x 22 cm
2021
Photo by David Eng
Courtesy of NEVVEN
