Education
1987-89 National College of Fine Arts, Oslo
1985-87 Art Academy of Bergen
1984/85 University of Bergen; art history one year course
1983-84 Staatliche Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany
1979-83 Bergen College of Arts and Crafts
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Maleri Voss Kulturhus
2008
Ideal Problems, Galleri K, Oslo
2006
Loud and Close, Kisses and Dust, Galleri K, Oslo
2004
Solitaire, National Gallery, Oslo
2003
Navnene findes, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
2002
Landskap med plageaander, Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger
Concealing Redness, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Subject Matter, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2001
Woman Pretending to Be a Painting, Zinc Gallery, Stockholm
2000
Galleri Voss, Voss
1999
Kategoriske bilder, Galleri K, Oslo
1998
Festival exhibition, Vossajazz
1996
Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal
1992
Galleri 27, Oslo
1990
Galleri Gimle, Oslo
Group Exhibitions
2011
Screaming from the Mountains, Landscapes and viewpoints. SKMU Sørlandtes Kunstmuseum
2009
"Nachspiel / Vorspiel", Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Øvre Eiker
2008
Art Scope, Basel, Galleri K
2007
Clusters, Contemporary Art from the Nordea Collection, Henie Onstad Art center, Oslo
Norwegian Photography, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo
Berlin Art Forum, Galleri K, Oslo
Kunst 4, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
Inn i landskapet/ Into the Landscape, Preus Museum, Horten
Jubileumsutstilling, Royal C. Art Grant, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2006
Nordic Art and Design, Christie's, London
Art Forum Berlin (Galleri K)
2005
Content, The Handbag In Contemporary Art, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
Artists' Houses, Spazio Aperto, Galleria di Arte Moderna Bologna, Italia
Royal Caribbean Arts Grant 2005, Jewel of the Seas
Fractures of Life, Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Art Forum Berlin (Galleri K)
REUNION, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway
2004
Art Forum Berlin (Galleri )
Malernes tegninger, Blomqvist Kunsthandel, Oslo
3 Gallerier, Henie Ohnstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
Christiansands Kunstforening, Kristiansand, Norway
Milliken, Stockholm
Everything is Connected he, he, he, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
LIAF 04, Lofoten International Art Festival, Svolvaer, Norway
Georg Jensen 100 aar, staged by Bille August, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
2003
Art Forum Berlin (Galleri K)
2002
Collectors Items, Galleri F 15, Moss, Norway
Artissima, Torino Contemporary Art Fair (Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen)
Over the Horizon, Malmoe Art Museum, Sweden
Art Forum Berlin (Galleri K, Galerie Anhava and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen)
Popcorn och Politik, Kiasma, Helsinki
FWD:Miami, Nash Hotel, South Beach, Florida, USA (Zinc Gallery)
2001
Art Forum, Berln (Galleri K / Zinc Gallery)
Widening Circle, Kiasma, Helsinki
Museum 2, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Stockholm Art Fair (Zinc Gallery, Stockholm)
Å bygge en samling, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
Galleri s-e, Bergen, Norway
Schpaa... Bergens Kunstforening and Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen
2000
Carnegie Art Award, Nordic Painting / first prize, Carnegie Art Award 2000
Art Forum Berlin (Galleri K)
Schpaa..., Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen
Painterly, The Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Litauen / Lithuania
1999
Sammensatt/Composite/ Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
Art Forum Berlin (Galleri K,)
Fra samlingen, From the collection, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern art Oslo
100 aar, 100 landskaper, Lillehammer Art Museum
Stockholm Art Fair (Galleri K)
1998
Carnegie Art Award, Nordic Painting
Mørketidsutstillingen, Arctic Winter Exhibition, Tromsø Kunstforening, Tromsø
1993
Stillhetens Sprog, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Collections
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway
Rogaland Art Museum, Stavanger, Norway
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Statens Museum for Kunst,Copenhagen
Louisiana, Humlebaek, Denmark
Malmoe Art Museum, Malmoe, Sweden
Art Council Norway
Nordea Norway Art Collection
Storebrand Art Collection
Norsk Hydro Art Collection
The National Public Art Council Sweden
Sveriges Almanna Konstfoerening, Sweden
Telenor Norway Art Collection
The Norwegian Bank Art Collection
Gjensidige Art Collection
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Utsmykkingsfondet, Norway
Public Commissions
Stortinget. The Parliament, Norway
Church, Nye Ahus, Lørenskog, Norway
Auditorium 4, Domus Academica, University of Oslo
Norwegian Public Roads Administration, Alnabru, Norway
Accident Investigation Commission for Civil Aviation, Kjeller, Norway
Agder University College, Gimlemoen, Norway
Voss County Hospital, Norway
Bibliography
2007
Kristiane Larssen: Kunststafetten, Dagens Naeringsliv, Oslo, 20.08.2007
Børre Haugstad: VG, Oslo, 2.09.2007
Fredrik Wandrup: Om hundre år husker vi alt, Dagbladet, Oslo, 11.10.2007
2006
Tommy Olsson, Insomnia, Morgenbladet, Oslo, 17.2.2006
Nina Marie Haugen: Utfordrer maleriet, Dagsavisen, Oslo, 10.2.2006
Erik Bjørnskau: Kyss, støv og søvnløse blonder, Aftenposten, Oslo, 10.2.2006
Harald Flor/Hege Duckert: Mangesidig Mari/Bak gardinet, Dagbladet, Oslo, 10.2.2006
Christiane Jordheim Larsen: Med søvnen som maleri/Kunsthøgskolen svekker kunstnere, Klassekampen, Oslo, 10.2.2006
Marit Strømmen: Finslipt fornyelse, Aftenposten, Oslo, 11.2.2006
2005
Ida Brændholt Lundgaard: La Casa, hus i huset, Louisiana Magasin nr. 16, jan. 2005
Lotte Sandberg: Nåtid med minnelser, Aftenposten 19.1.2005
Therese Veier: MS i dialog med kunsthistorien, Kunst 4/2005
2004
Therese Veier: Maleri og Landskap, Mari Slaattelid og Harald Fenn, Hovedfagsoppgave i kunsthistorie, unpublished university thesis, University of Oslo
Marit Paasche: Den kritiske distansen, kunstkritikk.no, juni 2004
Lena Lindgren: Populisme og bedehus, Morgenbladet, 14.5.04
Caroline Ugelstad: Malerisk melankoli, Morgenbladet, 30.4. 04
Dialog med Hertervig, Dag og Tid, 17.4.04
Børre Haugstad: I dialog med L.H., VG, Oslo, 14.3.04
2003
Bente Larsen: Navnene findes, exhibition catalogue,
Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Lotte Sandberg: Blikk for sammenstillinger, Aftenposten 12.3.2003
2002
Trond Borgen: Hertervig med nytt blikk,
Stavanger Aftenblad, 15.10.02
Jonas Ekeberg: Mor har vært postmodernist KUNST, Oslo, 2/2002
Anders Olofsson: Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo: Mari Slaattelid (19/4-23/6), www.konsten.net, 25.4.2002
Lotte Sandberg: Ferrari, leppestifter og tankesprang, Aftenposten, Oslo, 20.4.02
John Peter Nilsson: To think and see simultaneously, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
Hans Jacob Brun: Namngje og ikkje innfri, exhibition catalogue, Astrup Fearnley Museun of Modern Art, Oslo
Øyvind Berg: Dette er en tekst av Øyvind Berg ...,exhibition catalogue, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Morten Sjaastad: Ti overtallige bud, exhibition catalogue,
Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art Oslo
2001
Poul Erik Tøjner: Minimalisme med et menneskelig ansikt, Louisiana Magasin, Humlebæk, Denmark, March
Anders Olofsson: Recentioner, www.konsten.net, 20.11.2001
Lars O. Ericsson: En skrattspegel av underlagskrem, Dagens Nyheter, Stockholm, 24.11.01
John Peter Nilsson: En oändlig variation av rött, Aftonbladet, Stockholm, 23.11.01
Annika Nordin: Nya norska landskap, Månadsjournalen, Stockholm, Mars 2001
2000
Knut Stene-Johansen: Øvet og hånden, Morgenbladet, Oslo 10.11.00
Lotte Sandberg: reception, nu: (The Nordic Art Review), Stockholm, no. 1/2000
1999
Jørgen Lund: Maleriets distraksjon/ Painting's Distractions, exhibition catalogue, Sammensatt/Composite, Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
Øystein Ustvedt: Absent Landscape, Norwegian Art Yearbook 1999
Morten Sjaastad: Begrunnede, naturlige malerstykker, Mari Slaattelids stempler, exhibition catalogue, Galleri K, Oslo
Lotte Sandberg: Slaattelids lysende maleri-serier fra mørkerommet, Aftenposten, Oslo, 19.10.99
Mari Slaattelid: Blowup etc., exhibition catalogue, Galleri K, Oslo
1998
Eva Pohl, Maleriets natur, Berlingske Tidende, Copenhagen, 19.11.98
Lisbeth Bonde: Nordiske Fornyere, Information, Copenhagen, 21.11.98
1997
Åsmund Thorkildsen: Maleri og naturens speil, exhibition catalogue, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal
Mari Slaattelid: Om det jordiske i kunsten, exhibition catalogue, Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arendal