Tine Surel Lange is an award winning interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker and composer based in Lofoten, Northern Norway, envisioning art experiences without limits, exploring colors, textures and symbolism in various media including sound, music, light, videography, text, painting and sculpture, incorporating them into large scenekunst projects, art installations and standalone artworks.
In 2024, Tine Surel Lange embarked on a new journey with light, integrating light art, design, live lighting, and visuals into her own practice as well as in collaborations with others.
Awards:
En skog av lyd – EDVARD prize 2025 “Contemporary”
Two sides of the River – Composition of the year 2023 by the Norwegian Society of Composers
Nominated:
Living Landscapes – 2022 – Composition of the Year, Norwegian Society of Composers
Ritual for Changing Times – 2021 – Edvardprisen: Challenger of the year
Arctic Creatures: Repparfjord – 2020 – Edvardprisen: Challenger of the year
CD Works for Listening – 2019 – Edvardprisen: Contemporary music
Commissioned by:
Aksiom ensemble (Norway), Arepo (Norway/USA), asamisimasa (Norway), BIT20 (Norway), Collective Lovemusic (France), Damkapellet (Denmark), Ensemble KNM Berlin (Germany), Hanna Hohti (Finland), Karin Hellqvist (Sweden), Lydenskab (Denmark), Marco Fusi (Italy), Molot Ensemble (Russia), Red Note Ensemble (UK), Tøyen Fil og Klafferi (Norway), among others.
Electroacoustic composition at:
ZKM (Germany), CCRMA (USA), Notam (Norway), EMS (Sweden) and LMTA MiSC (Lithuania)
Grants:
2025 – Nordland County’s Artist Grant
2024 – Samfunnsløftets Artist Grant
2024 – Ingerid, Synnøve and Elias Fegerstens Foundation, 1-year work grant
2023-24 – The Norwegian Government Grants for Artists as a visual artist
2023 – Sparebankstiftelsen Sparebank1 Nord-Norge’s Talent Grant
2022 – The Composer’s Remuneration Fund, 1-year work grant from
2020 – Talent Norway’s KUPP program
2018 – Sparebankstiftelsen Sparebank1 Nord-Norge’s Talent Grant
2018 – UngKunst grant
2017 – Arts Council Norway’s Diversestipend for nyutdannede kunstnere
Education:
Surel Lange studied composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music with an exchange semester spent studying digital composition at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Additionally, she studied sound design and sound art at Sonic College, along with studies in early music and viola da gamba at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. Since 2017 she has been working full-time as a composer and interdisciplinary artist presenting compositions, installations, performances, and presentations all over the world.
Member of:
Association of Norwegian Visual Artists (NBK)
The Association of North Norwegian Visual Artists (NNBK)
The Norwegian Society of Composers (NKF)
Artistic coucil at Aurora Records
Deputy boardmember at Kunstkvarteret
Deputy board member of Nordnorsk Kunstnersenter
Previously:
Expert committee member at Arts Council Norway
Leader and board member of nyMusikk Nordland
Board member of UNM Norway
Board member of nyMusikks Komponistgruppe
Deputy board member of the Norwegian Society of Composers
Link to CV (pdf)