Women in the North: Kajsa Zetterquist in focus

This exhibition celebrates the life and work of 88-year-old artist and activist Kajsa Zetterquist from Saltfjellet, west of Arjeplog. On display are her informal paintings, as well as a video portrait created by Ingela Johansson, and contextual material curated by Ilmira Bolotyan and Olga Shirokostup. After studying at the Academy of Art under Ragnar Sandberg and Lennart Rodhe during the 1950s, Zetterquist relocated to live with her husband, the artist Per Adde, in a roadless area on the Norwegian side of Sápmi. They set up their studios there and lived a unique life coloured by art and societal engagements, not least with Sámi activists in conjunction with the protests against the expansion of the Alta River. The Adde Zetterquist Art Gallery was inaugurated in 2013 in Storjord, where work by both artists is on permanent display. In collaboration with Nordnorsk kunstnersenter.

Photo 1: Kajsa Zetterquist in her library. Still from video.
Photo 2: Outside Kajsa Zetterquists home in Saltfjellet. Still from video.
Photo 3: Kajsa Zetterquist in her library. Still from video. i sitt bibliotek.