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Marianne Broch
Born 1957
Lives and works in Sundvollen, Norway
www.mariannebroch.no Left: The Inner Circle, 2012, Birch wood.
H: 35cm x w: 120cm x d: 120cm , Artist’s Collection.
Marianne Broch works in three-dimensions and combines her three-dimensional creativity with every aspect of her life. She Photograph Credit: Marianne Broch, Christiana Leithe
began as a traditional sculptor and spent several years as an assistant at the studio of the sculptor Arne N. Vigeland. In recent Right: ‘Contra Mundum’, 2012, Cellulose-pulp on Pine wood.
years Broch has begun actively using her experience with different materials, especially wood, and works in close proximity to H: 110cm x w: 20m x d: 20cm , Artist’s Collection.
nature, living practically on the doorstep of the forest Kroksskogen, where the forest and forestry is a part of the local heritage Photograph Credit: Tor Nestande
and an important industry even today. She also feels an intimate connection with mountains, and much of the materials she uses Above: From 1001 nights. Sinbad the sailor. "But what is predestined, it happens, and
in her art has been culled from mountain forests. no one knows what will happen”, 2012, Cellulose-pulp on Pine wood.
H: 47cm x w: 13m x d: 14cm , Artist’s Collection.
To Broch the forest is a place for recreation, a source of fi rewood and at the same time provides her with inspiration and indeed Photograph Credit: Marianne Broch, Tor Nestande
the material to create her art. She creates her art whilst living and working expressing her experience with the wood as a material,
where she combines her skill as a craftsman with her knowledge of three-dimensional art. Broch's work as an artist is deeply
anchored in the everyday work and life itself. In Norwegian culture the stick and the pole have been used traditionally to act as
fence posts, direction pointers and walking sticks. They have come to symbolize direction, gathering, security, the future; even
eternity and hope. The pointed peaks may express danger, but also give us a feeling of protection. In a sense, their form has
become something sacred.

The Tree has captured Broch's imagination for as long as she can remember. Each species has a different form that inspire to
the three-dimensional artist; the interchanging twigs and branches give infi nitive possibilities. To her, a tree is a fascinating world
of shapes, structure and lines of bark and wood. Different expressions originate from the strength of the stem and the growth
of twigs and branches that inspire further processing. The tree is strong and monumental, and at the same time malleable.
The Inner Circle is a work derived which refl ects this interest.
MARIANNE BROCH started out as a student at The Art Institute of Kankaanpään in Finland 1978, and spent several years as an assistant to the
Norwegian sculptor Arne N. Vigeland. From 2009 to 2013, she studied at the The Interdisciplinary School of Creative Arts in Bærum, Norway.
She has taken part in several juried exhibitions, particularly in recent years. Shows include; Art Due West and the Norwegian Sculptor Biennal in
2013. Broch holds a number of memberships, including Associate Member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors (ARBS), Associate Member of the
Association of Norwegian Sculptors (NBF), Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK).

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