Marit Geraldine Bostad is a Norwegian abstract expressionist painter. Working from a disused naval base an hour’s drive south of Oslo, she draws major inspiration from the surrounding nature and memories of a childhood visiting the remote Norwegian isles and dramatic, steep-walled fjords around Vestandlet, Western Norway.
Having studied Art Direction at Westerdals School in Oslo, she originally worked for 10 years as an art director for commercial projects and clients, working with film and illustration, before stepping into her very successful art career on a fulltime basis.
Her creative process is characterized by different layers of paint in contrast with each other through gestures and mark making. The end result is a striking but texturally satisfying combination of movement and colour on canvas, and the creation of unique, vibrant and emotional paintings. She describes her works as “intuitive”.
She was labelled one of the four “must see” artists at The Other Art Fair London in 2017 by Chief Curator of Saatchi Art, Rebecca Wilson. Bostad has also exhibited in renowned galleries in Oslo, London, New York and Los Angeles, and sat in residency at ESKFF MANA Contemporary in New York in summer 2018.
