Synnøve Persen, Gaup, and Halse began working together in the mid-1970s when they, along with Ingunn Utsi, Maja Dunfjeld, and Iver Jåks, worked together on a Arts Council Norway project to design murals for a new school in the village of Láhpoluoppal in Guovdageainnu Municipality, Norway.
[3] The artists secured a house and workshop space in Máze, Norway, which would serve as headquarters for the group.
[6] This created an artistic and political movement for Sámi opposition to the long-practiced Norwegianization assimilation policies.
The Máze Group disbanded in 1983 due to a lack of funding to maintain the house and continue its activities.
[4] However, in 2017 with the support of the Sámi Parliament of Norway, an effort to establish a foundation at the Máze Group house and studios, creating a center for indigenous artists.