Anette Gellein

Anette Gellein (b.1995) is a visual artist from Norway working with film, sound, textile, drawing and performance. Their work is often abstract and theatrical, but at the same time contains a critical approach to language and images. Thematically their work is often about power hierarchies, language and sexuality.

Ongoing projects include their new film “Love and Pain and Greed and Lust “(2023), as well as set- and costume designer for an experimental three act solo opera “Skunk without k is Sun” by Louise Ahl premiering at Tramway in Glasgow 2023. In October they are also opening a solo show at Kunsthall Oslo. In Desember 2023 their work will be shown at Galleri Opdahl in Stavanger.

Gellein has a master's degree from Glasgow School of Art specializing in Performance art. Previous studies include a BA from Nordland School of Arts and Film in Lofoten. Their work have previously been shown in places such as Oberhausen Film Festival, Stavanger Art Museum, Kunstners Hus Kino, TENT Rotterdam, Lydgalleriet in Bergen.

They have also been engaged in creating a queer arts festival in Stavanger called Hot House, as well as co-running the artist-run space Studio17 in Stavanger from 2020-2023.