Gunhild Mathea Olaussen (NO) is an interdisciplinary artist specialising in space and sound. Her recent artworks can be described as large sculptural sound scenographies that blur the boundaries between visual art, performing arts, and sound art. The works explore space, material, sound, body, and time as equally important elements in a composition. Her work is driven by an interest in tactility, embodied experience, and time. Olaussen’s diverse work has been exhibited in galleries, site-specific areas, public spaces, and at theatre, dance, and musical venues in Norway, Europe, Asia, and the US over the last twenty years. The works include solo pieces, self-initiated projects, curated and commissioned works, as well as collaborations with several artists. Her work has been awarded various private and government grants and funding.
Olaussen holds a Phd in artistic research from the Norwegian Theatre Academy, a BA in Aesthetics and Art from the University of Oslo, and a BA in Scenography from The Norwegian Film School/Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She has also studied leadership, research design, and research methods at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Theatre Design at Rose Bruford College (London), and scenography at Romerike folkehøgskole in Norway. She is currently an associate professor in scenography and research leader at the theatre department of Oslo National Academy of the Arts, a member of the editorial committee of VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research and the research journal Metode, and a member of the board of ROM for Kunst og Arkitektur.