KRISTIN ROMBERG
Visual Artist | Curriculum Vitae
Professional Memberships
NBK – Norwegian Visual Artists
ØBK – Østfold Visual Artists (Board Member 2009–2015, Chair 2011–2017)
LNM – Norwegian Association of Painters
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – Microgalleriet, Hvaler, Norway – The Archive of Moments
2025 – Pia Myrvold Project Room, Stavanger, Norway
2024 – Hvaler Art Association, Norway – The World Is My Garden
2023 – Continental Art Gallery, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
2023 – Hankø Chapel, Norway – Cumulus, with sound art by Ingrid Kindem and readings by Anja Bjørshol
2022 – Sarpsborg Art Association, Norway – BELONG
2021 – Galleri Røed Jeløy, Norway – Take Care
2021 – Fredrikstad Art Association, Norway – BELONG
2020 – Kvartetten Exhibition Space, Norway – Aparte Par, with Per Jonas Lindström
2019 – Galleri Røed Jeløy, Norway – Then and There – Here and Now
2018 – Råde Art Association, Norway – Only Those Who See It, See It
2018 – Eidsberg Art Association, Norway – Be Still and Let the Other Speak
2017 – Østfold Art Centre, Norway – The Power of Going Up
2016 – Hydrogenfabrikken Exhibition Hall, Norway – Afterglow
2016 – Galleri Nord, Tromsø, Norway – About Time
2015 – Ullensaker Art Association, Norway – Free to Fly – Put Your Wings On
2015 – Rygge Art Association, Norway – Bottomless and Sky High
2014 – Motorfabrikken, Fredrikstad, Norway – The World Is My Garden
2014 – Galleri Vulkan, Oslo, Norway – Pura Vida
2013 – Galleri Walaker, Luster, Norway – Superunknown
2013 – Galleri Vulkan, Oslo, Norway – Mad Men
2012 – Akershus Museums, Stein School Museum, Nes, Norway – Anniversary Exhibition
2012 – Østfold Art Centre, Norway – A Moment Lost
2011 – Gallery OneTwentyEight, New York, USA – Real Fantasy – Dreamt Reality
2011 – Hole Artcenter, Oslo, Norway – Invisible Truth
2010 – Motorfabrikken, Fredrikstad, Norway – Glorious Absence
2010 – La Galleria, Barcelona, Spain – Glorious Absence
2010 – Nordic Cultural Center, Riga, Latvia – East of the Sun – West of the Moon
2010 – Gallery Carousell, Riga, Latvia – East of the Sun, West of the Moon
2010 – Galleri Britannia, Fredrikstad, Norway – Nothing Lasts
2009 – Galleri Elenor, Oslo, Norway – Without Beginning – Without End
2007 – Galleri G, Arendal, Norway – Finding Neverland
2007 – Galleri Nedgården, Hvaler, Norway – Finding Neverland
2007 – Galleri Graphique, Fredrikstad, Norway – Between Remembering and Forgetting
2006 – TAP Gallery, Sydney, Australia – Hide and Seek
2006 – Gallery Carousell, Riga, Latvia – Nothing Is a Coincidence
2005 – Galleri Clara, Old Town Fredrikstad, Norway – High Above
2004 – Ullensaker Art Association, Norway
Group Exhibitions
2025 – EMPWRNG VOICES Art Festival, Former Munch Museum, Oslo, Norway
2025 – WOMANCE, with Pia Myrvold and Ingunn Birkeland, Stavanger Project Room, Norway
2025 – Respiro – Arte nell’aria del Bosco, Italy
2025 – G. Gallery, Barcelona, Spain – The Crazy World We Live In
2025 – Init#3 MULTIPPELMARKED, Nova Hutha Exhibition Space, Norway
2025 – Sviken Park, Galleri Klavestad, Fredrikstad, Norway – Political Art Exhibition
2024 – The Other Art Fair, Saatchi Art, London, UK
2023 – Art for the People, Fredrikstad Municipality's Art Collection, Nova Hutha, Norway
2022 – Init#1I MULTIPPELMARKED, Helium, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway
2022 – Dronninglund Art Centre, Denmark – Transparence
2021 – Østfold Art Centre, Norway – RISS
2021 – Fluffy Crimes #4, Chicago, USA
2019 – Østfold Art Centre, Norway – KUTT UT!, Process-Based Woodcut Exhibition
2019 – ØBK Group Exhibition, I Choose April, Old Town Fredrikstad, Norway
2018 – Init#1 MULTIPPELMARKED, Helium, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway
2018 – Soli Brug, Norway – Group Exhibition
2017 – Østlandsutstillingen, Norway
2017 – KUTT UT!, Linocut Project, Fredrikstad Art Association, Norway
2017 – DAiRY, Meieriet Cultural Centre, Lofoten, Norway
2017 – Galleri Soon, with Pippip Ferner and Ingrid A. Tronstad, Son, Norway
2016 – Bodø Biennale, Galleri NOK, Bodø, Norway
2016 – Imago Mundi, Fondazione Cini, Venice, Italy
2015 – Larvik Art Association, Norway – East Meets West
2014 – KunstFredrikstad, Norway – Organizer and Participating Artist
2014 – Østlandsutstillingen, Kieler Frieden, Kiel, Germany
2013 – FRIDGE ART FAIR, Miami, USA
2013 – Moteuka Festival, Oslo, Norway – Participating Artist
2011 – Gallery Ceres, Chelsea, New York, USA
2011 – ArtNorthCenter, Sæby, Denmark – Connections
2010 – Hole Artcenter, Norway – Summer Exhibition
2010 – Limfjord Museum, Denmark – Nothing Has Changed
2009 – Hole Artcenter / Galleri Elenor, Oslo, Norway – 50/50!
2009 – Norwegian Instant Art, San Francisco, USA
2008–2023 – Østfold Art Centre, Norway – Annual Summer Exhibitions
2007–2009 – Kunst i Gata, Fredrikstad, Norway
Education
2018–2020 – Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway – Practical Pedagogical Education for Vocational Subjects (PPU-Y)
2013–2014 – Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), Norway – Art History Courses, BA Curriculum
2012 – Norwegian Printmakers' Workshop – Course with Leong Va
2006–2007 – University of Sydney, Australia – BA Fine Arts
1991–1993 – Westerdals School of Communication, Oslo, Norway – Art Direction
1990–1991 – School of Graphic Design, Oslo, Norway
1989–1991 – Einar Granum School of Fine Art, Oslo, Norway
Public Art & Collections
2026 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Norway – Culture night - Paintings as dresses installation in the city centre with Kristin Halkjelsvik
2026 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Norway – Blomstergata (Flower Street), 35-metre outdoor public art installation in the city centre
2024 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Nabbetorp Kindergarten, Norway – Outdoor Public Art Installation
2024 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Speiderfjellet Kindergarten, Norway – Outdoor Public Art Installation
2024 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Onsøyheimen Health Centre, Norway – Outdoor Mural
2023 – Mile 46, Art for Change, Kenya
2023 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Norway – Acquisition of Large-Scale Painting
2023 – H&M, Karl Johans Gate, Oslo, Norway – Public Art Commission, Five Large Columns and Two Rugs
2016 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Norway – Acquisition of Eight Artworks
2014 – Helsehuset, Kråkerøy, Norway – Art Acquisition
2014 – Volvat, Helsehuset Kråkerøy, Norway – Art Acquisition
2013 – Rødsmyra Primary School, Kråkerøy, Norway – 10-Metre Mural
2007 – Kråkeby Kindergarten, Kråkerøy, Norway – Outdoor Public Art Installation
2007 – AF Gruppen AS, Norway – Art Acquisition
2007 – Kjøkkenkompaniet AS, Norway – Art Acquisition
2006 – The Norwegian House, Riga, Latvia
2005 – Kynningsrud AS, Norway – Art Acquisition
1995 – Siemens, Oslo, Norway – Wall Installation
Grants & Awards
2021–2027 – Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, Norway – Project Funding
2020 – Fredrikstad Municipality, Norway – Exhibition Grant
2020 – Norwegian Visual Artists' Remuneration Fund (Vederlagsfondet) – Project Grant
2020 – Regional Project Funding for Visual Arts (KIN), Norway
2020 – Sparebankstiftelsen DNB, Norway – Project Funding
2018 – Østfold County Municipality, Norway – Travel Grant
2014 – Østfold County Artist Grant, Growth Programme for Artists – Working Grant with Dancer Henriette Slorer
2014 – Reaktor, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway – Working Grant with Henriette Slorer
2013 – Østfold Dance Art Grant, Norway – Collaboration with Henriette Slorer
2010 – Royal Norwegian Embassy, Madrid, Spain
2010 – Royal Norwegian Embassy, Riga, Latvia
2009 – Royal Norwegian Embassy, San Francisco, USA
2009 – Can Serrat Artist Residency Grant, Barcelona, Spain
2009 – NorwayHouse Foundation, San Francisco, USA
2009 – Norwegian American Cultural Foundation, San Francisco, USA
2009 – Royal Norwegian Consulate, San Francisco, USA
2009 – Norwegian Seamen's Church, San Francisco, USA
2009 – Private Grant, H&H Partners, San Francisco, USA
2009 – Private Support from ABB, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Moods of Norway,
Kunst for Alle, Finse 1222, Ferner Jacobsen, Shoelounge, Great Vibes and Jensen & Scheele Bil AS
Artist Residencies
2023 – Kaya Imany Residency, Kenya – One Month
2022 – La Napoule Art Foundation, Cannes, France – One Month
2018 – NIIAD, Uganda – One Month
2016 – Kunstkvarteret, Lofoten, Norway – One Month
2015 – Palazzo Stabile, Italy – One Month
2014 – Julia and David White Artists' Colony, Costa Rica – One Month
2010 / 2009 – Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain – One Month
2009 – NIA, San Francisco, USA – One Month
Art Performances
2013 – Encounter, Film Collaboration with Henriette Slorer
2009 – PS! – Viral Art, Barcelona, Spain
2006 – Dance with Me, Paddington, Sydney, Australia
Selected Projects, Workshops, Art Education & Professional Experience
2026 – Galleri F 15, Norway – Art Workshop
2026–2027 – Art Retreat Host, Chiaraluce Country House, Italy
2023–2026 – Arte-Do-Pé – Collaboration Transforming Original Paintings into Wearable Art and Socks
2023 – Galleri F 15, Norway – Independently Developed Julian Opie Workshop
2023 – Kulturdråpen, Norway – Collage Workshop
2022 – Art in Rug, California, USA – Collaboration Transforming Original Paintings into Rugs
2022 – Independent Art Workshop, La Napoule Art Foundation, France
2022 – Collage Workshop, Supported by Sirius Artists' Union, Norway
2020–2022 – Munch as a Mentor, Independently Developed Art Education Programme for Galleri F 15, Norway
2020 – Digital Collage Workshop, Supported by Sirius Artists' Union, Norway
2020–2027 – Abstract Dialogues, Independent Art Education Project in Collaboration with Hege Liseth, The Cultural Schoolbag (DKS), Norway
2018–2020 – Chair of the Board, Østlandsutstillingen, Norway
2018–2027 Workshop Organizer, Sirius, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway
2017 – Workshop, Norwegian Theatre Academy, Fredrikstad, Norway – Collaboration with Henriette Slorer
2016–2022 – Ferieklubben, Summer Art Programme for Children, Galleri F 15, Norway
2016 – Art Workshop and Educational Programme for Asylum Seekers, Fredrikstad, Norway
2016 – Organizer, Skopfestivalen Kunstien, with Svein Ove Kirkhorn
2016 – Speaker, Bodø Biennale Artist Residency Programme, Norway
2016 – Collaborative Art Project with Kunstcentralen Nord and Kristin J. Solstad
2016 – Unspoken Dialog, Helium Project Space, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway – Collaboration with Dancer Henriette Slorer and a Curator/Dancer
2016 – Co-Founder, SIRIUS Artists' Organization, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway
2016 – Artists' Representative, Hydrogenfabrikken House Council, Norway
2016 – Curator and Organizer, Kunst i Fredrikstad, Norway
2015 – Co-Curator, Rake Exhibition Space, Trondheim, Norway – Exhibition Featuring Trude Johansen
2015 – Unspoken Dialog, Helium Project Space, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway
2015–2016 – Artists' Representative, Hydrogenfabrikken, Norway
2014 – Curator and Organizer, Kunst i Fredrikstad, Norway
2013 – Encounter, Film and Collaborative Art Project with Dancer Henriette Slorer
2013 – National Museum, Norway – Utopia and Fantasy, Art Education Programme for Secondary School Students, The Cultural Schoolbag (DKS)
2013 – National Museum, Norway – The Treasure of Fairy Tales, Art Education Programme for Primary School Students, The Cultural Schoolbag (DKS)
2012 – National Museum, Norway – Grete Prytz Kittelsen, Art Education Programme for Grades 5–7, The Cultural Schoolbag (DKS)
2011–2022 – Galleri F 15 / Punkt Ø and The Cultural Schoolbag (DKS), Norway – Art Educator for Children and Young People
2009–2017 – ØBK, Østfold Visual Artists – Board Member and Chair
2009–2011 – Founder and Project Developer, Hydrogenfabrikken, in Collaboration with Østfold Art Centre and Laila Kongevold
2008–2009 – Jury Member, UKM – Norwegian Youth Cultural Festival
2004 – Award Winner, Blått Bilde 2004, Moss Art Association, Norway
1996–2001 – Art Director, Kritthuset Advertising Agency, Fredrikstad, Norway
1994–1996 – Graphic Designer, DnB NOR, Norway – Development of New Corporate Visual Identity
1993–2001 – Art Director and Illustrator for Newspapers, Magazines and Advertising Agencies, Norway