Martine Poppe 马蒂娜·波普

Martine Poppe (b. 1988, Norway) lives and works in London and Oslo. Her works emerge from the interplay of different materials, negotiating the boundaries between abstraction and representation. Climate is central to her subject matter, and her process often begins with photographs of nature that she digitally manipulates until they verge on becoming illegible. Translating these digital sketches to paintings with
quick, regular strokes, Poppe’s tactile surfaces capture the fragile and fleeting qualities of diffracted light, overexposure and the pixelation of blown-up digital images, creating meditative spaces that feel simultaneously personal and universal, engaging both memory and imagination. Her series Cloud Library (2017-) documents the sky seen from airplanes, placing the viewer above the clouds. The work draws from photographs taken over the past decade, and Poppe maintains extensive archives of photographs which she revisits and edits, pushing forward the elements she initially responded to. Surplus materials, including the her digital sketches, are recycled into sculptures that form standing barriers and crumpled shapes, repeating the image within the exhibition space.
 

b. 1988, Norway

 

Education

2011 – 2013  MFA in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London

2007 – 2011  BA Hons in Fine Art, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London

 

Collections

UK Government Art Collection

KODE Art Museums

Saatchi Collection

Kistefos Museum

Benetton Collection

The Kotanko Collection

Claremont University Collection

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation

House of St. Barnabas Collection

CCA Andratx

UCL Art Collection

University of Oxford

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025  East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Tower Bridge, London, UK

2023  The earth in search of magic tidings, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Rekefabrikken, Nevlunghavn, Norway

2023  Peering at the edge of daydreams, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Berlin, Germany

2021  A piece of me, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London, UK

2021  Pause, COUNTY, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

2020  Zima Blue, Kristin Hjellegjerde Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2019  Waiting for Y, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London, UK

2018  Portraits of trees, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway

2017  Art Brussels, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Brussels, Belgium

2016  Crinkled escape routes and other somewhat flat things, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London, UK

2015  50% Grå, Trafo Kunsthall, Asker, Norway

2014  Anatidaephobia, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London, UK

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2025  ExpoChicago, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Chicago, USA

2025  XXS, Brintz + County, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

2024-25  Lasting echoes, Apsara Studio & von Goetz, London, UK

2024  UNTITLED Miami Beach, County, Miami, Florida, USA

2024  Art on a postcard, Gathering, London, UK

2024  Echoed Vistas, Piermarq*, Sydney, Australia

2024  Antidote, Informality, London, UK

2024  Art SG, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Singapore

2024  Norton Museum Art Benefit Gala, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

2023  Untitled Miami Beach, County, Miami, Florida, USA

2023  Enter Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2022  (De)construct, Galerie 208, Paris, France

2022  Untitled Miami Beach, County, Miami, Florida, USA

2022  Girl meets girl, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway

2022  Forårskuller, CCA Kunsthalle, Andratx, Majorca, Spain

2022  BAD+, Galerie 208, Bordeaux, France

2022  Art Paris, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Paris, France

2022 Regeneration, Informality, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

2022  Art Karlsruhe, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Karlsruhe, Germany

2022  Det gåtefulle lyset, book launch and exhibition, Galleri Polaris, Oslo, Norway

2022  Above and Below, Kruttverket, Oslo, Norway

2021  Dallas Art Fair, County, Dallas, Texas, USA

2021  To be announced, Buer Gallery, Oslo, Norway

2021  Facing the sun, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Schloss Goerne, Germany

2020  Sorgenfri Skulpturpark, Sorgenfri, Oslo, Norway

2020  2084, Cable Factory / Valssaamo, Helsinki, Finland

2020  Art on a postcard, The Allbright, London, UK

2019  Enter Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

2019  Artist Rooms, cur. Richeldis Fine Art and Encounter Contemporary, Copeland Gallery, London, UK

2019  Carousel, The Koppel Project Central, London, UK

2019  Kunstnerliv, travelling exhibition, Norway

2019  ALAC, VI,VII, Los Angeles, California, USA

2019  Artmonte Carlo, VI, VII, Monte Carlo, Monaco

2018  Imago Mundi, Benetton Collection, Treviso, Italy

2018  LISTE, VI, VII, Basel, Switzerland

2018  Between the lines, Kvinnemuseet, Kongsvinger, Norway

2018  Studio Spring, CCA Andratx, Majorca, Spain

2018  Art Brussels, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Brussels, Belgium

2018  Slippage: Performative utterances in painting, cur. Lucy von Goetz and Oliver Morris-Jones, Post_Institute, London, UK

2018  Aphrodite lowers her mirror, Kristin Hjellegjerde Berlin, Berlin, Germany

2018  Collection display, House of St. Barnabas, London, UK

2018  Between the lines, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Oslo, Norway

2017  UNTITLED San Francisco, Kristin Hjellegjerde/Narrative Projects, San Francisco, California, USA

2017  Volta 13, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Basel, Switzerland

2017  The Other Side curated by Paul Carey-Kent, House of St. Barnabas, London, UK

2017  Los Angeles Benefit Art Auction 2017, Rema Hort Mann Foundation at Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2017  Rink+Poppe, Venet-Haus Galerie, Neu Ulm, Germany

2016 Nordic Light International Photography Festival, Kristiansund, Norway

2016  Contemporary Visions VI, Beers, London, UK

2016  Volta 12, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Basel, Switzerland

2016  G-Zero, London Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London Business Centre, UK

2015  S|2 x SF, S|2, Sotheby's, San Francisco, California, USA

2015  START, Kristin Hjellegjerde, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2015  Sunset©, Hooper Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA

2015  The Presence of Absence, cur. Paul Carey-Kent, Berloni, London, UK

2014  Carousel, South Kiosk, Slate Projects, London, UK

2014  Screen Space, The Pickle Factory, Slate Projects, London, UK

2014  East London Painting Prize Short List Show, Bow Arts, London, UK

2014  New Order: British Art Today II, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

2014  Arcana, Kristin Hjellegjerde, London, UK

2013  Threadneedle Prize 2013, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2013  Slade MA/MFA Summer Show, Slade School of Fine Art, London, United Kingdom

Residencies

2022  Vice x Velux, London, UK

2019  Cité internationale des arts, Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Paris, France

2018  The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada

2017  CCA Andratx, Majorca, Spain

2015  Hooper Projects, Los Angeles, California, USA

2013  Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK

Stipends and awards

2025  Stipend, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK

2023  Stipend, Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation

2023  Stipend, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK

2021  Stipend, Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation

2021  Stipend, Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond, NBK

2017  Stipend, The Norwegian Arts Council

2016  Stipend, The Norwegian Arts Council

2015  Exhibition stipend, The Norwegian Arts Council

2015  Contemporary Visions VI, Beers, London, UK

2014  Stipend, The Norwegian Arts Council

2014  East London Painting Prize, Bow Arts, Shortlist, London, UK

2013  Contemporary Visions IV, Beers, Shortlist, London, UK

2013  Threadneedle Prize 2013, Mall Galleries, London, UK

2011  Stipend, Ingrid Lindbäck Langaard Foundation, Norway

2011  Juvenarte Prize, Norway

2011  Denys Holland Prize, University College London, UK

2010  Juvenarte Prize, Norway

2010  Northern Lights Prize, NorskArt, Norway/UK