This fall the Nordic Heritage Museum will be presenting its first solo exhibition in the Northwest of Swedish photographer and video artist Maria Friberg.

The exhibition will be open to the public beginning Sept. 18 through Nov. 15. Friberg will be present at the preview reception the evening of Sept. 17.

“Friberg’s large-scale photographs and video works are visually arresting and chronicle such contemporary themes like human relations, social conventions, masculinity, power and vulnerability,” according to a press release from the Nordic Heritage Museum. “Drawing inspiration form the history of art as well as from contemporary culture, Friberg creates work that addresses the present and the future.”

Friberg studied fine arts and art history at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm; Myndlista og Handidaskoli, Reykjavic; Nordic Art School, Kokkola , Finland; Bild & Form, Lunnevad, Sweden and Gothenburg University.

Based in Stockholm, she has exhibited all around Europe and the United States.

The Nordic Heritage Museum’s exhibition will present Friberg’s latest photography series, "Way Ahead," in conjunction with her series "Alongside Us."

The museum said the series challenges historic associations of women with nature and men with the intellectual world of culture.

Friberg’s photographic works will also be accompanied by two large-scale video works.

For more information call 789-5707.