Britta Marakatt-Labba

Title: On the Way
Technique: Silkscreen
Edition: 170
Number of colours: 11
Paper: Arches Aquarelle, 356 g
Dimensions: 32.5 x 33.5 cm

In the silkscreen, Britta Marakatt-Labba depicts the annual migration of reindeer to the summer grazing lands – a recurring aspect of Sámi life, deeply rooted in tradition and the relationship with the landscape. With her distinctive visual language, she weaves together movement, memory, and care in a silent yet powerful scene.

Britta Marakatt-Labba was born in 1951 and grew up in a reindeer herding family in the Saarivuoma Sámi village. She began her artistic career in 1979 after completing her studies at the School of Design and Crafts in Gothenburg. Early on, she and other newly educated Sámi artists worked to build and establish a Sámi artists’ organisation. Her major international breakthrough came in 2017 when her twentyfour metres long embroidery Historja was shown at the contemporary art exhibition Documenta 14. For her art and artistic accomplishments, she has received several awards and cultural prizes, including the Illis Quorum (2017), the Stig Dagerman Prize (2019), and the Prince Eugen Medal (2020). Last year, she participated in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale.