Elin Reboli Melberg (b.1976) lives and works in Stavanger and Oslo. Melberg holds a Master of Fine Art from the Royal College of Art (2002) in London. Melberg works with various materials combined with a strong conceptual direction. In recent years, she has held several exhibitions featuring textile works, where personal experiences and social engagement are central themes. Through processing grief and longing in textile expressions such as weaving, embroidery, and sculpture, Melberg reveals the fragility of life through textile processes.
Solo exhibitions include (Upcoming) BGE Contemporary Art, Stavanger, Norway (2029); (Upcoming) Hannah Ryggen Triennial, K.U.K, Trondheim, Norway (2028); Vástádus eana- The answer is land, Elle Sofe Company, touring dance/joik performance (2021-7); (Upcoming) Salon, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach (2026); Støvet fra florårets planter blant nye spirer, (The Dust From Last Years Plants Among New Shoots), Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo, Norway (2025); Masker revner blomstene vokser, (Stitches unravel, flowers grow), BGE Contemporary Art Project, Stavanger, Norway (2024); Klag ikke under Stjernerne over Mangel paa lyse Punkter i dit Liv (Do not complain under the stars about a lack of points of light in your life), Format Oslo, Norway (2023); JÆREN, Haugesund Billedgalleri, Haugalandmuseet, Kraftsalen, Haugesund Norway (2022); Pocket gallery, Folkestone, UK (2021); Lineage, Oppland kunstsenter, Lillehammer, Norway (2021); Lineage, Oppland kunstsenter, Lillehammer, Norway (2021) ; Enfolded, Oppland kunstsenter, Lillehammer, Norway (2020) ; Encircled Inward, Aker brygge, produced/curated by Hagelund/Christensen, Oslo, Norway (2018) ; Nothing behind me, everything ahead of me, Sølvberget Galleri, Stavanger, Norway (2016); St. Johannes kirke, Stavanger, Norway (2014); I remember your eyes were on me, Kunstmuseet Kube, curator Benedikte Holen, Aalesund, Norway (2013); What’s mine is yours to borrow, Galleri Maria Veie/UiO/Gamlebyen kirke, Oslo, Norway (2012); I wish I wish I wish in vain, Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo, Norway (2011); Dream of Me, Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo, Norway (2010); You are my Mirror, Tou Scene Ølhallene, Stavanger, Norway (2009).
Group exhibitions include (Upcoming) New Acquisitions, Grieg Art Collection, Oseana kunst og kultursenter, Os, NO (2026); Vestlandsutstillingen, curated by Vibece Salthe, touring, NO (2025); Strålar, Oseana kunst og kultursenter, Os, NO (2025); Strømninger, NK50 Anniversary, Rogaland Art Center, NO (2025); Konstellasjoner, Buer Gallery, Oslo, NO (2022); Å bygge en samling, Stavanger Art Museum, NO (2021); Continuation and/or Duration, Abingdon Studios, Blackpool, UK (2019); Velvet Ropes, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, NO (2018); Jeg hører deg, Kunstmuseet Nord – Trøndelag, NO, curator Maria Veie Sandvik (2018); Og jeg skal ta deg med til paradiset, Kunstmuseet KUBE, curators Benedikte Holen & Tove Lande, Ålesund, NO (2018); Got it for Cheap, Rod Bianco, Oslo, NO (2017) ; Whistle in the shadow, Summer exhibition at Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, NO (2016); Within a matter, Galleri Format, curator Kjersti Solbakken, Oslo, NO (2016); Transcendental tactility, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2016); Vestlandsutstillingen, curator Kjersti Solbakken, Sogn og Fjordane Kunstmuseum, Kunsthuset Kabuso, Kunstmuseet Kube, Haugesund Kunstforening and Kunsthall Stavanger, NO (2015); Open, Griffin Gallery, London, UK (2015).
Highlights and Collections
Melberg’s works have been acquired by, among others, Stavanger Art Museum (2026, 21, 20, 19 & 14); the Grieg Collection (2025); Kistefos (2024); Equinor Art Programme (2024); National Museum (2023); Haugaland Museum (2022); Oslo Municipality Art Collection (2015); and Stavanger Municipality (2015 & 09). In recent years, she has also created textile sculptures/scenography for productions such as Elle Sofe Sara’s "Vástádus eana - The Answer is Land" (2021) and Dybwikdans’s "MÅNEmåne" (2019) and "Bakom Stjernene" (2022). “Vástádus eana - The Answer is Land” won the Critics’ Award in 2022 and continues to tour worldwide.