Britta Marakatt-Labba, born in 1951 and raised in a reindeer-herding family in the Lainovuoma Sámi village, began her artistic career in 1979 after completing studies at the School of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg. In 1978, she helped establish the Masi Group and was involved in building a Sámi artists’ organization the following year. In the 1980s, she participated in the Alta protests, which she depicted in her well-known work The Crows (1981). Today, she lives and works in Övre Soppero and has been active as an artist for over 40 years. Her international breakthrough came in 2017 when her 24-meter-long embroidery Historjá (2003-2007) was exhibited at the prestigious contemporary art exhibition Documenta 14. Her life and artistry were portrayed in the film Historjá – Stitching for Sápmi (2022). Britta Marakatt-Labba has received several awards, including Illis Quorum (2017), the Stig Dagerman Prize (2019), and the Prince Eugen Medal (2020). In 2022, she participated in the main exhibition, The Milk of Dreams, at the Venice Biennale, and in 2024, the National Museum in Oslo presented her extensive retrospective, Sharp Stitches. The exhibition continued to the KIN Museum in Kiruna and will also be displayed at Moderna Museet in Stockholm, opening on June 14, 2025.