MARIETHA CHOPRA HELGESEN
Visual artist and filmmaker
Askim, Norway
EDUCATION
Høyskolen Kristiania, Trondheim — Film (directing, screenwriting, production), 2016–2018
NTNU, Trondheim — Film history, psychology, art and architecture, 2015–2016
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS
I AM MUNCH, Kunsthall Oslo & Gamle Munch Museum, 2022
The Holy Art – People’s Emotion & I AM MUNCH (virtual), 2022
Naples Art Performing Festival – Experimental Self-Portrait Film, 2016
UKM Photo Exhibition – Childhood Memories, 2015
SELECTED PROJECTS
States of Holding, mixed media on paper, 2024–ongoing
The Body as Surface, performance/photography, 2015–ongoing
The Colors of Me, film/photo/installation, 2025
Me and the Big Five, self-portrait series, 2021–2024
AWARDS & FESTIVALS (FILM)
Finalist – Oaxaca Film Festival, Lea (screenplay), 2018
Minimalen Short Film Festival – Kjære Marietha
Nordic Docs – Kjære Marietha
Nespresso Talents – Second Chance
Amandus & Utah Film Awards – Sophia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Filmmaker, Den Kulturelle Skolesekken, 2019–2020
Intern, NRK, 2018
Intern, Cannes Film Festival / The Creative Mind Group, 2018
LANGUAGES
Norwegian (fluent)
English (fluent)
Swahili (native)
