Katrine Annesdatter-Madsen is a PhD Fellow in art history at the University of Bergen. She holds a BA and MA in Scandinavian studies and visual art and visual culture from Aarhus University, Denmark. She is part of the NFR-funded research project The Feminist Legacy in Art Museums (FLAME).

Her PhD  thesis explores the art of Norwegian artist Sidsel Paaske (1937-1980), focusing on her work in the 1970s. Her research area encompasses the Norwegian art scenes of the 1960s and 1970s, with a focus on women artists, feminist art, and artists associated with pop art, nouveau réalisme, and neo-dadaism. Theoretically and methodologically, her project is anchored in a new materialist/posthumanist, ecofeminist, and process philosophical framework.

 

Activities

2023  Participation in the workshop "Critical times. Part 1: Multiple Matter" at Humbolt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. Organized by Christoph Brunner (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Rahel Kesselring ("Matters of Activity", HU Berlin), Claudia Mareis ("Matters of Activity", HU Berlin), Robert Stock ("Matters of Activity", HU Berlin).

2023  Biographical entry on Elisabeth Haarr at AWARE (Archives of Women Artists Research & Exhibitions)

2023  Guest talk, department of Geography and Environment, Lougborough University. Title of talk: "The Damming of a River on Indigenous Land and Artist Sidsel Paaske's Graphic Score Blue Letter (1979)"

2023  Visiting Research Fellow (5 months), department of Geography and Environment, Loughborough University, UK. I studied with professor of transnational art and feminism Marsha Meskimmon

2023  Guest Lecture at "Aesthetic Seminar", Aarhus University. Title of Paper: "Posthumanism in the Feminist Avant-Gardes of the 1970's"

2021  Publication of article: "Seeing Relation: The Perceptual Event in Olafur Eliasson's Art" in: Affects, Interfaces, Events. Edited by Bodil Marie Stavning Thomsen, Jette Kofoed, and Jonas Fritsch. Imbricate! Press.

 

CV
 

2021-  PhD Candidate in art history, University of Bergen, Norway/FLAME: The Feminist Legacy in Art Museums

2020-21  Upper secondary school teacher, Hasseris Gymnasium, Aalborg (Subjects: danish and visual art)

2019  MA in scandinavian studies and visual art and visual culture, Aarhus University. Title of MA-thesis: "Olafur Eliasson: The Logic of Sense. Five Analyses of Haptic Visuality, Affect, and Events."

2017-19  Student assistant, Affects, Interfaces, Events, Aarhus University 

2018  Internship, research department, Studio Olafur Eliasson, Berlin

2016-17  Participated in various events with the SenseLab, directed by Erin Manning

2017       BA in scandinavian studies and visual art and visual culture, Aarhus University. Title of BA-thesis: "Affect and La Vie d'Adèle: Chapitres 1 et 2 (2013)"

2025

• Annesdatter-Madsen, Katrine; Hauschildt, Mille Breyen; Roswall, Amanda Grimsbo et al. (2025). Passage 92: Feministiske genlæsninger af 1970'erne. (external link)
• Annesdatter-Madsen, Katrine; Hauschildt, Mille Breyen; Roswall, Amanda Grimsbo et al. (2025). Redaktionelt forord. (external link)

2023

• Annesdatter-Madsen, Katrine (2023). Elisabeth Astrup Haarr. (external link)
• Annesdatter-Madsen, Katrine (2023). The Damming of a River on Indigenous Land and Artist Sidsel Paaske's Graphic Score Blue Letter (1979). (external link)
• Annesdatter-Madsen, Katrine (2023). Posthumanism in the Feminist Avant-Gardes of the 1970s. (external link)

2021

• Annesdatter-Madsen, Katrine (2021). Seeing Relation: The Perceptual Event in Olafur Eliasson's Art. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Annesdatter-Madsen, K. (2021). Seeing Relation: The Perceptual Event in Olafur Eliasson's Art. In: B.M.S. Thomsen, J. Kofoed & J. Fritsch, eds., Affects, Interfaces, Events. Lancaster & Vancouver: Imbricate! Press, 186-204.