About Mary
Maria listens to people and places through creative inputs, and draws out what is alive.
In May 2026, she delivered the site-specific work “Coming home” to Modum Bad, created from a listening session with 27 patients. In the fall of 2026, she will participate in Helle Evensen’s Happiness Team to contribute an artwork to the children’s ward at Ahus.
She is a digital artist, social worker and deacon, and has a doctorate on shame and belonging from 2024. Here she explored how the use of photography in encounters with young people can open up space for how they experience themselves and the world. In October 2026 she will train as a BodyMind Maturation Coach.
Maria listens to what has been, what no longer serves people and places, and looks for what is in motion. What is alive.
If you would like to get in touch with Maria, please send an email to: maria@mariastensvold.com
The photos on the page were taken by Hanne Hvattum .
The images in Stjernestøv practice are
taken by Kjærsti Øvrebø .