BIOGRAPHY
I am an artist, working half the year in Norway. The rest of the year, I work in a beautiful white village near Malaga where I have my atelier. My work consists of different techniques such as acrylic painting, drawing, watercolor, ink and charcoal.
I grew up in northwestern Norway, surrounded by high rising mountains and deep mystical fjords. In this small village, we had a farm housing cows, horses, chickens and cats.
Growing up, we were close to nature all year round. I always loved studying nature and seen what is underneath. Under the trees, under the water, under the ice. Myopic glances of the ever-changing microworld.
For me, the definition of art is a place between reality and fiction. It is a safe space where I am the director of my own universe.
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ART EDUCATION:
Nydalen School of Art – Oslo, Personal Art Development 2020-2021
Nydalen School of Art – Oslo, Visual Arts Education 2015 – 2017
Participated in courses with experienced artists:
Pia Brix Thomsen (Denmark)
Erika Bergstrøm (Sweden) Experimental painting 2018
Ellen Eikenes (Spain) 2015
Astrid Mørland, Artschool in Åsgårdstrand
Stein Westergård, Trygve Barstad og Ellen Grøstad, Nutheim
Inger Bekkelund
Grete Hald
Ellen Karlowicz
Has been a member of Nøtterøy Culture Forum 2006 – 2016
Juried member NFUK, Norwegian Association of Independent Artists 2020
EXHIBITIONS:
NFUK Juried Annual Exhibition, Gallery Jessheim 2023
Gallery Casa Arte, Malaga march 2023
Art in open space, Kragerø July 2022
Gallery S9, Oslo may 2022
NFUK juried Annual Exhibition, Vestfossen 2021
Rikshospitalet, Oslo july 2021
Karljohansvern, Horten may 2021
NFUK Juried Autumn Exhibition 2020
Marinegaarden, Horten Autumn/vinter 2020
Cafe-M, Tønsberg solo exhibition spring/summer 2020
Anniversary exhibition Tønsberg/Sem Lions, autumn 2019
Stokke Lions Art Exhibition, autumn 2019
Galleri Molevit Skagen Denmark, solo exhibition summer 2019
Kihle Galleriet Horten, solo exhibition summer 2019
Elva Rundt, Drammen 2017
Nydalen, summer/Christmas exhibition 2016 – 2017
Atelier Skallevold, Tønsberg 2016 – 2018
Stokke Lions, Autumn 2011
Nøtterøy Kunstforum, collective exhibitions 2006-2016
STATEMENT
In the artistic process, there are constant surprises when I am exploring. Everything can happen.
In art, I have a diversity of approaches I can choose from.
From the most thorough preparation to the more happy coincidence, as a method. The finished artwork is often a result of both conscious and unconscious choices in a fruitful combination. Using the mind, I make intuitive and immediate experiences.
I just know when something is right.
In the same way, art allows me to reflect on the depths and critically examine the world around me. The encounter with art opens up doors to reality and gives me the keys to unknown spaces, also within myself.
