Britta Marakatt-Labba at Kin

Kin’s collection presentation includes an exhibition of Britta Marakatt-Labba’s embroidered images and a number of graphic works based on textile works in which she weaves together personal experiences of life in the north with the climate crisis affecting the whole planet.

Over the course of five decades the artist has created a rich and poetic narrative about the Sámi people, the only recognised indigenous people on the European continent, and their fight for rights to land and culture.

Marakatt-Labba was born in 1951 into a reindeer herding family in Ađevuopmi/Idivuoma. She lives and works in Badje Sohppar/Övre Soppero, which, like Ađevuopmi, is located in Giron/Kiruna municipality on the Swedish side of Sápmi. Her works depict everyday Sámi life and politics as well as historical events and mythological scenes, and as in the joik, her stories often have no beginning or end. Panoramic landscapes with white mountain plateaus serve as a backdrop for detailed scenes depicted in the foreground of the pictures.

Date: Until 31 October 2026.
Time: See here!
Place: Kiruna Town Hall