NOBA - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor in Art and Media Studies at Nord University
- Lead Researcher
- Lead Researcher at NOBA, Art Historian and Philosopher
Job Titles:
- Head of Department
- Head of Department and Curator
Eli Skatvedt is the head of department and curator for NOBA. Prior to this she worked as thedirector for Artica Svalbard, developing an international artist residency in Longyearbyen, the High Arctic.
Skatvedt was based in Berlin for more than ten years where she collaborated with Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, andThe Drawing Hub, as well as curating large scale art projects in public space around the city. She was the co-founder of Gallery Salon Mutlu with Zoe Miller.
In Norway, Skatvedt has been collaborating with KORO, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Lofoten International Arts Festival, Tromsø Kunstforening, REV Ocean, Galleri F15/Momentum, and Galleri Svalbard, as well as contributing as a writer to disparate art magazines, books, and exhibition catalogues.
Job Titles:
- Communication and Marketing
- Communication and Marketing Consultant at Norwegian BioArt Arena
- Marketing Consultant at Vitenparken Campus Ås
Elina Gobeti is a marketing consultant at Vitenparken Campus Ås. She holds a master's degree in International Development from the Norwegian university of Life Sciences, NMBU, and undergraduate degrees in International Economics and Business.
Elina has previous experience with marketing and communications from non-profit sector, and joined Vitenparken and Norwegian BioArt Arena in June 2021.
Elina is communication and marketing consultant at Norwegian BioArt Arena-NOBA and Vitenparken Campus Ås. She holds degrees in Economics and Business and an MSc in International Development Studies. Elina works with Contact: elina@vitenparken.no
Rebekka is a movement-based artist and environmental educator from Oslo, Norway.
She has a MA degree in Transcultural European Outdoor Studies (2017) and studied environmental education at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (2012).
She has a background in Choreography from Dartington College of Arts, Inter-University Centre for Dance Berlin (HZT) and Contemporary Performance Practice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is the Artistic Director of the interdisciplinary art project ghosting Glacier and has worked many years as a guide all over Scandinavia.
Solveig Arnesen is CEO at Vitenparken (The Norwegian Bio Science Center), which is the home of NOBA. Vitenparken has been exploring the relationships between science, art, sustainability and climate change through a large variety of projects for the last 7 years. Solveig was part of coining the idea of NOBA and has been one of the driving forces in developing NOBA ever since.
Solveig has a broad background in production of cultural projects as well as entrepreneurship and business development in the realm between art, science and the green, sustainable economy. Solveig holds a Master of Management in Innovation, sustainable economy and communication, as well as an Executive MBA (2019).