Britta Marakatt-Labba was born in 1951 and grew up in a family of reindeer herders in Saarivuoma Sami village. She began her career as an artist in 1979 after completing her studies at the School of Art and Design in Gothenburg. Early on, she got involved together with other newly trained Sami artists in building and forming a Sami artists' organization. Today, Britta lives and works in Övre Soppero and has been an active artist for over 40 years. She had her major international breakthrough in 2017 when her twenty-four meter long embroidery Historja was shown at the contemporary art exhibition Documenta 14. For her art and her artistic work, she has received both awards and cultural prizes. Among other things, Illi's quorum (2017), the Stig Dagerman prize (2019) and the Prins Eugen medal (2020). In 2022, she participated in the Venice Biennale's main exhibition. In 2024, her large retrospective Sylkvasse stygn was shown at the National Museum in Oslo.

Upcoming exhibitions:
23 Oct 2024 - 16 March 2025: KIN Museum of Contemporary Art, Kiruna
18 Jan - 8 March 2025: Galleri Helle Knudsen, Stockholm
17 May - 19 Oct 2025: Modern Museum, Stockholm