Photo: Ella Petronella

About

For as long as I can remember, I've been drawing and creating, and I picked up a camera as a kid. Painting came later, in 2015, while I was living in Florence to learn Italian — and it was around the same time that analog photography, which I've stuck with ever since, became a real passion. Since then I've studied at Einar Granum School of Fine Art in Oslo, Milan Academy of Art, and The Scandinavian School of Design in Denmark.

I work primarily with painting, drawing and photography, exploring the relationship between nature and space through an intuitive, spontaneous expression. My artwork occupies a space between observation and abstraction, with materials including oil, pastels and sand. Bright, playful and dreamy, they often carry moods from places I've lived and traveled, particularly the Mediterranean, with its vivid colors and organic forms.

Although I'm drawn to abstraction, I'm not settled on one style. In Milan I trained in classical drawing and portraiture, and I keep experimenting with materials and expression. My photography follows the same instinct — mostly shot while traveling, but I also turn to portraits and events.

I work from my atelier in Tøyen, Oslo, where I also host ad hoc exhibitions and workshops.