Britta Marakatt-Labba, b. 1951, was born and raised in a reindeer-herding family. Their winter pasture was in Swedish Sápmi, and the summer grazing period was spent on the Norwegian side of Sápmi. She is educated at the School of Design and Crafts at the University of Gothenburg (HDK).

Marakatt-Labba work with narrative, or storytelling, embroidery. Her images are miniature worlds created with needle and thread. The images depict various events and scenes from everyday life, mythology, political reflections and tales about Sámi culture and history.

Her work has been exhibited at the following venues: ­National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, Norway; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden; KODE (art museums and composer homes) Bergen, Norway; Malmö Art Museum, ­Sweden; Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden; Nord Norsk Kunstmuseum ­(museum for northern Norwegian art); RidduDuottarMuseat, Karasjokk, Norway; Korundi – Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland; The Anna Nordlander Skellefteå Museum, Sweden, and Skissernas Museum, Lund, Sweden.

Urgröpt 11 (Hollowed out)
Embroidery, 1880 x 480 mm, 2021

Motstånd (Resistance)
Embroidery, 1880 x 480 mm, 2021

Vi två (The two of us)
Bronze, 2021

Urmoder (Primordial mother)
Stone and bronze, 2021

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Britta Marakatt-Labba
Photo: Elisabeth Ohlson

Urgröpt 11 (Hollowed out)
Photo: Carl Johan Utsi

Motstånd (Resistance)
Photo: Carl Johan Utsi

Vi två (The two of us)
Photo: Carl Johan Utsi

Urmoder (Primordial mother)
Photo: Carl Johan Utsi