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imaginary and real, everything matters.
Mari Amman (b. 1984, Dixon, Illinois, USA) is an artist working with allegory through interests in the secular and sacred. Poetic beauty and insights in relationships between the subconscious, technology, and built environments synthesize in a research based praxis. Geological Empathy and Sublime Rheology are concepts underscoring critical considerations in the ethical and moral applications of the imaginary to influence the real. The relations between idealism and environments results in reflective works with images, installations, poetry, performance, painting, sculpture, video, textiles and design. An EIT Culture & Creativity Expert Evaluator, Amman works with biology, technological and geological scientists, music, architecture, and culture professionals.
Her interest in socially and empirically determined forms of intelligence grew from familial and formative influences being raised near the Agonic line, surrounded by forest, prairie preserves, a nuclear power plant, and industrial agriculture. Ancestry with political activist Ellen Ammann and landscape artist Harriet Sundström motivated auto-ethnographic research after moving from USA to Norway. Her critical apprehensions in geopolitics, background in music, dance, design, and marketing built upon her research in social psychology, philosophy, temporality, beauty, sound, memory, somatics and parietal perception relative to technocratic conflations of scientific methods and the realm of fantasy in science fiction. She is a foundational artist to Art Farm Iowa (US, 2023) and Arte Expuesto (MX, 2023). Afjordance screened during AWMAS (UCSB, 2020); Omniscient, monolithic image and text, was awarded 1st by the jury in the Imaging New Eurasia exhibition, in Gwangju (SK, 2015). She was poet and artist-in-residence in Paris (FR, 2023), Bonny Doon (US, 2022), Kjerringøy Land Art (NO, 2020) guiding forest bathing and presenting Sublime Timescapes. She developed trauma informed psychological research and practical methods at Angelot-Trélex (CH, 2019), PraksisOslo, Praxisdansfestivalen, and Butoh residency with Mushimaru Fujieda at KHiO (NO, 2017, 2018). She holds a Master of Fine Art (honors) with Frankfurt School Theory/Conceptual Studio Practice from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles (2015) and Bachelor of Fine Art (Dean’s List) in Advertising/Interior Design from Illinois Institute of Art (2006), Photography and History of Photography at College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, and Social Psychology at Ehime University in Matsuyama, Japan (2012).
Her forthcoming works are iterations of Trânsito, Suspended Planes at TEKS, Gong Teppe, Igloo. Landcape-Memory-Eros, Aesthetic Resonances, and Pozzolana based on pedagogical methods Amman developed in Pattern Recognition, Visual Literacy, and Body Architecture. Follow her tracks at https://lelapin.substack.com and Instagram
intelligence is versatile, Not programmable.
Norwegian Organization Number: 918 731 989
Represented by DAIDDA Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Albumen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Selected Photography, Art, Design, Writing, Consulting Clients: Norway House Foundation, BBC, Nordre Aker Bydel, Smelteverket, Ekebergparken, Boffi Studio, Open House Oslo, 22nd Century Media, Outdoor Illinois, Dept. Natural Resources, Jesse Bornstein Architecture, Veveri Co.
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Permanent Installations & Collections
2025/6 Forthcoming: Gong Teppe, Installation, TBD
2025/6 Forthcoming: Igloo, Installation, TBD
2025 Trânsito, Public Installation, Art Farm Iowa, Northwood, Iowa, United States
2023 Arte Expuesto Foundation, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
2023 30seconds of Lake Michigan, Art Farm Iowa, Northwood, Iowa, United States
2020 Stefan Simchowitz, Photography, Simcor, Los Angeles, California, United States,
2017 Teknovisuell Experience, Public Installation, OTIS Admissions Office, Los Angeles, California, United States
Awards & Residencies
2025 Lademoen Kunstverksted Residency, Trondheim, Norway
2025 Trélex Artistic Research Residency, Chéserex, Switzerland
2024 Atelier Nord Prosjektrom, Oslo, Norway
2023 Paris Poetry Residency, France
2022 Redwoods Residency, Bonny Doon, California, United States
2020 Kjerringøy Land Art, Bodø, Norway
2020 Semi-Finalist, Dumbo Film Festival, New York City, New York, United States
2019 Getty Images, Selected Artist, California, United States
2019 UKS/PNEK Residency, Oslo, Norway
2019 Atelier Nord Prosjektrom, Oslo, Norway
2019 Angelot Trélex Artistic Research Residency, Chéserex, Switzerland
2018 Mushimaru Fujzieda Butoh Scholarship, The National Academy for the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2017 Praksis: A Global State of Pareidolia, Residency, Oslo, Norway
2017 The Past and the Curious, Praxisfestivalen, DansensHus, Oslo, Norway
2015 First Place by the Jury, Imagining New Eurasia, Asia Culture Center, South Korea
2015 Woelffer Scholarship, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, United States
2014 Academic Merit Award, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, United States
2013 Academic Scholarship, Social Psychology, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
2010 Indiana Historic Pathways Photography Award, Indiana University, United States
2003 Pi Sigma Pi Academic Honour in History, Byron High School, United States
Degrees & Education
2015 Master Fine Art, Honours, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, United States
2006 Bachelor Art, Dean’s List, Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
2020 Vimeo Expert, Video Editing, Certification, Online, United States
2019 Art of Washi Paper in Japanese Rare Books, Keio University Online Course, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books, Keio University Online Course, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Music Moves: Why Does Music Make You Move, University of Oslo Online, Norway
2018 Japanese Avant-Garde Art, Keio University Online Course, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Norwegian Language, Rosenhof Voksenopplæring, Oslo, Norway
2013 Social Psychology, Ehime University, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
2012 History of Photography & Darkroom Photography, College of Lake County, Illinois, United States
2012 Yoga Alliance Teacher, Certification, Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
2003 Interior Design, Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
Teaching & Artist Talks
2024 Poetry Reading and Panel Discussion, The Conduit, Oslo, Norway
2020 Artist Talk and Workshops (ages 6 – 15), Kjerringøy, Bodø, Norway
2020 Afjordance, Exhibition and Talk, AWMAS, UC Santa Barbara, California, United States
2019 Artist Talk, Fotogalleriet, Oslo, Norway
2018 Movement Course for Freelancers, Teacher, Blank Space Gallery, Oslo, Norway
2017 Body Architecture, Dance/Movement Teacher, Barnas Open House Oslo, Sentralen, Oslo, Norway
2014 Subtle Energy & Colour, Talk, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, United States
2013 The Personal/Universal, Talk, Walker Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Books, Press & Interviews
Reimaginations Music Album Art
All In Twilight Music Album Art
Forthcoming: Poetry Prose &Suche
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Forthcoming: Suspended Planes, Installation with UiO Prosjekt Cellf, TEKS, Trondheim, Norway
2023 More Than Human, Arte Expuesto, Citywide Billboard Installations, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
2019 Over a Streambed a Body Formed in the Light Refracted in Waves, Photography, Torso, Oslo, Norway
2019 Magenta Minds & Amber Hearts, Images and Paintings from Trélex Residency, Oslo, Norway
2019 Trânsito, Photography, Akers Mek, Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway
2018 Trânsito, Photography, Oslo Art & Fashion, Epson Europe Sponsored, Oslo, Norway
2017 Memoria Technika, Installation, Oslo Art & Fashion, Epson Europe Sponsored, Oslo, Norway
2015 Image Architecture, Installation, OTIS Studios, Los Angeles, California, United States
2015 Making Sense, Installation, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2010 Not Even But Almost, Photography, The Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2008 Photography, Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Group Exhibitions, Screenings & Conferences
2024 Chasmal, Image, Represented by Daidda Galleri, Oslo Negativ, Adamstuen, Norway
2024 La Mer and Out of the Blue, Video Installation, Rotvoll Kunstfestival, Trondheim, Norway
2023 Sublime Timescapes, Photography, Double Vision, 515Bendix Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2023 Solfége Souche and Afjordance, Manifest/o, Galleri KiT, Trondheim, Norway
2022 Stop Bath, Video Scenography for singers Bodil Lunde Rørtveit & Berit Opheim, Kunsthuset Wrap, Bergen, Norway
2022 La Mer, Video Scenography for Peter Knudsen, Young Musicians Night, Rockheim Museum, Trondheim, Norway
2022 Solfége Souche, Video Screening, Artport Festival, El Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt
2021 Blåtime Sol, Video Screening, Les Voyagers 4th Edition, Tunis, North Africa
2021 Blåtime Sol, Video Screening, Equinox Exhibition, Bodø Kunstforening, Norway
2021 Midwest (aquarelle) Y-Blokka (sculpture), Trondheim Billedkunst Exhibition, Trondheim, Norway
2021 Body Line and Blåtime Sol, Video Screening, The World We Live In, Groningen, Netherlands
2021 Solfége Souche, Video Projection, Paris, France
2020 Vereri, Photography, Affordable Art Fair, Represented by Albumen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2020 Afjordance, Video Projection, Kvinnekroppen at Arteriet, Kristiansand, Norway
2020 Afjordance, Video Projection, AWAMS 2020, Santa Barbara, California, United States
2019 Monoliths, Photography, Artsy Exhibition, The Print Atelier, Montréal, Canada
2019 Monoliths, Photography, Feel the Burn, MIM Gallery, Los Angeles, California United States
2019 Solfége Souche, Video Projection, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2019 Damocles, Sculpture, Yorkshire Artspace, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2019 Sublime Timescapes, Photography, Fotogalleriet Atelier, Oslo, Norway
2019 Incarner des roses, Photography, Les Voyagers, Nout Art Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2018 Sublime Timescapes, Photography, Tid (time), CYAN Studio, Oslo, Norway
2018 Wave, Photography, Benefit Auction, Rockford University, Rockford, Illinois, United States
2018 Vesper Monumenter and Et Dypt Nett, Dual-Site Installation, Elvelangs i Fakkellys, Oslo, Norway
2017 9Worlds of Image and Light, Installation, Elvelangs i Fakkellys, Smelteverket, Vulkan, Oslo, Norway
2017 Photography, PraksisOslo Kulturnatt, Rådhusgata 19, Oslo, Norway
2016 30seconds of Lake Michigan, Photo, Palos Verdes Art Center, Palos Verdes, California, United States
2016 Omniscient, Here, There, Everywhere: Eurasian Cities, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, South Korea
2015 Security Blanket, Installation, On The Roof, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2014 Undulation, Photography, Variations of a Whole, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, California, United States
2014 PhotoLA, LA Mart, Los Angeles, California, United States
2013 Robert T. Wright Gallery, Paintings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, Illinois, United States
2012 Liminal Metanoia, Photography, 2Rules Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
2011 Photography, Life Support Japan, Wall-Space Gallery, California, United States
2011 Portraits, Returning the Gaze, Northern Trust Bank, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2010 Portrait, Illustration, Johalla Projects Gallery, 50 Alderman/50 Artists, Chicago, Illinois, United States
2000 Depths of Imagination, Mixed-Media, Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, United States
1999 The Field’s Project, Land Art, Viewable by Air, Oregon, Illinois, United States
Residencies & Prizes
2025 Lademoen Kunstverksted Residency, Trondheim, Norway
2025 Trélex Artistic Research Residency, Chéserex, Switzerland
2023 Paris Poetry Residency, France
2022 Redwoods Residency, Bonny Doon, California, United States
2020 Kjerringøy Land Art, Bodø, Norway
2020 Semi-Finalist, Dumbo Film Festival, New York City, New York, United States
2019 Getty Images, Selected Artist, California, United States
2019 UKS/PNEK Residency, Oslo, Norway
2019 Atelier Nord Prosjektrom, Oslo, Norway
2019 Angelot Trélex Artistic Research Residency, Chéserex, Switzerland
2018 Mushimaru Fujzieda Butoh Scholarship, The National Academy for the Arts, Oslo, Norway
2017 Praksis: A Global State of Pareidolia, Residency, Oslo, Norway
2017 The Past and the Curious, Praxisfestivalen, DansensHus, Oslo, Norway
2015 First Place by the Jury, Imagining New Eurasia, Asia Culture Center, South Korea
2015 Woelffer Scholarship, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, United States
2014 Academic Merit Award, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, United States
2013 Academic Scholarship, Social Psychology, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Japan
2010 Indiana Historic Pathways Photography Award, Indiana University, United States
2003 Pi Sigma Pi Academic Honour in History, Byron High School, United States
Degrees & Education
2015 Master Fine Art, Honours, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California, United States
2006 Bachelor Art, Dean’s List, Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
2020 Vimeo Expert, Video Editing, Certification, Online, United States
2019 Art of Washi Paper in Japanese Rare Books, Keio University Online Course, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books, Keio University Online Course, Tokyo, Japan
2018 Music Moves: Why Does Music Make You Move, University of Oslo Online, Norway
2018 Japanese Avant-Garde Art, Keio University Online Course, Tokyo, Japan
2015 Norwegian Language, Rosenhof Voksenopplæring, Oslo, Norway
2013 Social Psychology, Ehime University, Matsuyama-shi, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
2012 History of Photography & Darkroom Photography, College of Lake County, Illinois, United States
2012 Yoga Alliance Teacher, Certification, Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States
2003 Interior Design, Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
