Katja Henriksen Schia is a Norwegian interdisciplinary artist and performer whose practice moves between installation, choreography, sculpture, performance, drawing, and participatory interventions. She recently completed a Master’s degree in Art and Public Space at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts. She has previously participated in works by Geir Hytten, Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt, Dønning, Landing, and Hanna Mjåvatn, as well as musician and researcher Cagri Erdem and artist and mediator Belen Santilán. She has facilitated collaborative platforms and projects through Praxis Oslo and Praxis Festivalen. Katja is currently supported by a three-year working grant from the Norwegian Cultural Directorate, running until spring 2026.
At the core of her practice is the use of scores as a collaborative framework for sharing and negotiating artistic agency. Grounded in feminist and embodied perspectives, her work explores how unconventional public spaces can cultivate presence, attention, and collaboration.
Her works often take the form of a tripartite constellation: live actions, sculptural elements, and instruction-based scores. Using scores as an entry point for engaging with new groups, spaces, or materials, she creates room for spontaneity and dialogue with the surrounding environment. Drawing and choreographic action function as forms of site-sensitive mapping- responding to atmospheres, environments, and moods - while approaches emphasizing listening and presence guide encounters with both human and more-than-human actors.
