Siri Skogstad Berntsen

In a multidimensional world, art brings visibility to different viewpoints. As an artist with a minority background, I will present artistic expressions from the viewpoint of the Kveni people in the north of Norway. The Kvens as a people belongs to the cap of north, the kvens was originally situated in the north of Finland and Sweden, in Tornedalen and Bottenviken, and goes far back in our history, Many kvens lived in the north of Norway, and became a minority, with a different language and culture. The Kveni people experienced Norwegianizing in modern time, suppression from the government. Very few were to inherit their culture in modern time because of the suppression. I will try to understand what it means for a human being to loose identity and culture this way. I will also try to understand more deeply the historical roots of the Kveni people, like my grandmother, the last person in my line, to speak the Kveni language.

Thematically, works are found within a conceptual tradition, or as representations of the stories of the Kveni people and their historical landscapes.

This page will change as I start to bring forward new works, in line with the artistic statement.

Skogstad Berntsen is born in Tromsø, Norway, 1968, resides in Tromsø, Norway. As a visual artist, she is self taught, and educated through several courses in the period 2008-2014.

From Norwegian Printmakers Studio in Oslo (2011/14):
Woodcut
Silkscreen
Fotopolymer
Printmaking I

Printmaking II
Lithography I

Lithography II

From Verket Art School, Trondheim (2009-2011):

Printmaking I
Printmaking II
Printmaking III
Yearcourse, different techniques 

Free hand drawing I
Free hand drawing II

Painting I
The human body

1.year Illustration, Norges Kreative Fagskole (2008)
Macoperator, Centre for Graphic Competence (2007)

Upcoming exhibition «Armas» (meaning loved, or the one you hold dear, in kveni language) Tromsø Norway, Veita pop up gallery, 11.march- 23.march 2023.

Upcoming exhibition at Stortinget, the Norwegian parliament, starting the 1th of June 2023. A group exhibition representing different minority viewpoints, in relation to the delivery of an official report for, the official committee of truth in Norway.

Part of upcoming group exhibition «Tromsøutstillingen», in Tromsø Norway, Kulturhuset, 26.10-25-11-2023. Participating with one work.