Born 1992, Oslo, Norway.
Multidisplinary artist situated in Oslo, Norway.
BFA in Graphic Design:
National Academy of Arts Oslo 2017
MFA in Fine Arts:
Parsons, The New School, New York 2023
CV
Design & illustration
Born 1992, Oslo, Norway.
Multidisplinary artist situated in New York.
BFA in Graphic Design:
National Academy of Arts Oslo 2017
MFA in Fine Arts:
Parsons, The New School, New York 2023
Designer at Medicineheads
CV
Heavy Metal
To be able to explain the starting point for this exhibition, we must travel to a mining facility in Senja,Northern Norway, which has been abandoned since it burned down in 1985. Graphite was enriched from this mine and used, among other things, in paints and pencils.
In 2017 I visited this burned down mine in connection with an ongoing music video project. Among the burnt ruins I happened to come across several rolls of finely meshed copper and zink canvases. When the mine was in operation, these canvases were used to filter and sift the graphite into a fine dust. Since the mine closed, these canvasas have been rolled up, under scrap and remains from the burnt-down houses, and have been exposed to elements of nature. This has caused the copper to rust and oxidise, which has left behind
patterns and textures in the material.
It is these canvases that have become the starting point for this exhibition, conventionally used to sift graphite for paints and penicls. They have played a central role in the process of making the most basic tools for an artist. In that way, they have also played a central role in my artistic development. The pencil has made it possible for me to imagine and realize ideas, and over time opened up new techniques and methods for making. I've been moving further and further away from drawing and painting, and into more experimental projects with other materials and processes, but I've always had the pencil to sketch out my ideas.
I have been inspired by the processes the canvases have gone through during the years they have lain abandoned on the mountainside at Senja. I have used fire, oxidation processes and molten metal to "paint" and "draw" on the canvases.
To be able to explain the starting point for this exhibition, we must travel to a mining facility in Senja,Northern Norway, which has been abandoned since it burned down in 1985. Graphite was enriched from this mine and used, among other things, in paints and pencils.
In 2017 I visited this burned down mine in connection with an ongoing music video project. Among the burnt ruins I happened to come across several rolls of finely meshed copper and zink canvases. When the mine was in operation, these canvases were used to filter and sift the graphite into a fine dust. Since the mine closed, these canvasas have been rolled up, under scrap and remains from the burnt-down houses, and have been exposed to elements of nature. This has caused the copper to rust and oxidise, which has left behind
patterns and textures in the material.
It is these canvases that have become the starting point for this exhibition, conventionally used to sift graphite for paints and penicls. They have played a central role in the process of making the most basic tools for an artist. In that way, they have also played a central role in my artistic development. The pencil has made it possible for me to imagine and realize ideas, and over time opened up new techniques and methods for making. I've been moving further and further away from drawing and painting, and into more experimental projects with other materials and processes, but I've always had the pencil to sketch out my ideas.
I have been inspired by the processes the canvases have gone through during the years they have lain abandoned on the mountainside at Senja. I have used fire, oxidation processes and molten metal to "paint" and "draw" on the canvases.
15/08/2021
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Skaland Graphite Mine, Norway, 1917-1930. (Photo taken before the fire)
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Skaland Graphite Mine, Norway, 2019.
Click to see video made on location
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Photo from solo-exhibition, Oslo, Norway, 2021.
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Melted Metal I, 2021, 190 x 160cm Zink canvas, tin solder, dremel tool, fire, aluminum tape
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Burned Metal I, 2021, 190 x 160cm
Zink and copper canvas, fire, urine
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Melted Metal II, 2021, 190 x 160cm
Zink and copper canvas, tin solder, copper and alumin tape
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Burned Metal II, 2021, 190 x 160cm Copper canvas, dremel tool, tin solder, fire, copper tape
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Acid Metal III, 2021, 180 x 120 cm
Copper canvas, ammonia, bleach, hydrochloric acid, urine, melted tin, dremel tool.
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Acid Metal I, 2021, 190 x 160cm Copper canvas, vinegar, vinegar extract, baking ammonia, bleach, hydrochloric acid
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Acid Metal II, 2021, 180 x 160 cm
Copper canvas, tin solder, vinegar, vinegar extract, baking ammonia, bleach, hydrochloric acid
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Skaland Graphite Mine, Norway, 1917-1930. (Photo taken before the fire)
Skaland Graphite Mine, Norway, 2019.
Click to see video made on location
Photo from solo-exhibition, Oslo, Norway, 2021.
Melted Metal I, 2021, 190 x 160cm Zink canvas, tin solder, dremel tool, fire, aluminum tape
Burned Metal I, 2021, 190 x 160cm
Zink and copper canvas, fire, urine
Melted Metal II, 2021, 190 x 160cm
Zink and copper canvas, tin solder, copper and alumin tape
Burned Metal II, 2021, 190 x 160cm Copper canvas, dremel tool, tin solder, fire, copper tape
Acid Metal III, 2021, 180 x 120 cm Copper canvas, ammonia, bleach, hydrochloric acid, urine, melted tin, dremel tool.
Acid Metal I, 2021, 190 x 160cm Copper canvas, vinegar, vinegar extract, baking ammonia, bleach, hydrochloric acid
Acid Metal II, 2021, 180 x 160 cm
Copper canvas, tin solder, vinegar, vinegar extract, baking ammonia, bleach, hydrochloric acid
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