Maren Bang works interdisciplinary with a combination of objects, text, film, and performance, oftentimes using the mechanisms of the field to say something about the field itself.
Experimenting with elements from theatre, she explores performance not only as a means for presentation but for production - embodying various narratives while crafting through different mediums and techniques. Her practice addresses topics like control, systems, narratives, and the idea of constructing and reconstructing identities.
Open for collaborations, commissions, tutoring or consultations. Get in touch!
Education
MA - Fine Arts & Design (Cum Laude)
Contextual Design
Design Academy Eindhoven, NL
2019-2021
BA - Design Furniture Design & Interior Architecture
Oslo National Academy of the Arts, NO
2016-2019
Base year
Design instituttet Oslo, NO
2015-2016
Grants
Experiment Grant
Creative Fonds, NL
2025
Culture, Arts and Heritage Subsidy
Gemeente Rotterdam, NL
2025
Talent Development Grant
Creative Fonds, NL
2022-2024
Jansons Legat, NO
2019-2021
Awards
Bax Architecture Challenge
København, DK
2018
DOGA Design og Arkitektur Årets nykommer
Oslo, NO
2017
Nominations
The Norwegian Critique Award for “AEIOUYÆØÅ” with The Molecular Ballet
Collectives
Studio ^O^/
Den Molekylære Ballettens Hus/
The Molecular Ballet NO
2017-
T5/hyper.llc
International collective
2022-
Performances
Selected performances
with Studio ^O^/ The Molecular Ballet:
AEIOUYÆØÅ, Oslo, NO
2023
Aparte Festivalen, NO
Venice Art Biennale, IT
Haugar Kunstmuseum, NO
2022
Selected panels/talks
Oh - To Be Instituted w/XP
2024 | Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
Multifaceted Practices w/ GTBT
2024 | Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL
INSIDE: Perspectives
KABK (The Royal Academy of Arts)
2024 | The Hague, NL
Solo exhibitions
Oh- To Be Instituted vol.2
for Art Rotterdam 25
2025 | Huidenclub, Rotterdam, NL
Oh- To Be Instituted vol.1
for the Design Biennale Rotterdam
2025 | Huidenclub, Rotterdam, NL
Echo - Morphed Mythologies
2024 | Huidenclub, Rotterdam, NL
Group exhibitions
GRAW
2024 | Huidenclub
Rotterdam, NL
The Rest Is Still Unwritten
2023 | Stimuleringsfonds, Eindhoven, NL
Void
2023 | de Van Abbehuis, Eindhoven, NL
Wonder Room
2023 | Huidenclub, Rotterdam, NL
De Structura
2022 | Part of symposium, Tallinn, EE
Impromptu #3
2021 | Kazerne, Eindhoven, NL
Graduation Show DAE
2021 | Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
5th Istanbul Design Biennial
2021 | Interspecies SAGA Istanbul, TU
AVVIK
2019 | The former Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, NO
AVGANG 19
2019 | Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, NO
Narrestreker
2016 | Is It So Collective Oslo, NO