About art and spirituality.

I've always been fascinated by all kinds of art and by the spiritual side of life.

By art I mean everything from a Rembrandt painting to a piece of garbage on the sidewalk, a performance in some way ore the shape of a tree ore a plant, a tagg made with extraordinary hand style ore anything else that has an artistic appeal.

By spirituality I mean the part of reality wich is both open for encounters and out of grasp at the same time. The part of life wich is not possible to capture ore messure, but still present every day.

Expressive realism as an art genre allows me to combine these fascinations and express my wiev and experience of life.

Abstract art as an genre allows me to experiment with shapes and colors and remindes me that to be able to be creative as an artist its a prerequisite to play around during the process.

Street-art as an genre helps me not to take the art I make too seriously.

Both street-art, murals, traditional painting and modern printing techniques are mixed together in the pursuit of artistic expressions that resonate with my experience and occasionally makes me laugh.

And I also identify as a ninja whenever its convenient for the sake of street-art.

Curriculum vitae

  • Education:
    Master´s degree in practical theology.
    Studies in practical theology at Ansgar Teologiske Høgskole and Det
    teologiske menighetsfakultet in a varietion of timeframes starting from 2006 ending in 2018.

    Thesis in ignatian spirituality and spiritual direction.

  • Scholarships:

    • 2010 Cultiva Ekspress talentstipend.
    • 2011 Ansgarskolens Mediefond.

  • Groupexhibitions:

    • 2006 Åreknute.com Vitamin Sea Gallery, Kristiansand.
    • 2009 Rein graffiti og Streetart. Sprayboks Kunsthall, Kristiansand.
    • 2010 Skog. Sprayboks
      Kunsthall, Kristiansand.
    • 2010 Big. Sprayboks Kunsthall, Kristiansand.
    • 2011 When the image takes form. Mølla på Grim, Kristiansand.
    • 2011 Diverse diverse. Ekserserhuset, Kristiansand.
    • 2015 Hollenderbyen StreetART. Smaaby Galleri ved Nuart, Flekkefjord.
    • 2015 Graff-giraffe.
      Ågsethfestivalen, Marnardal.
    • 2017 Flekkefjordkunstnere. Flekkefjord kunstforening, Flekkefjord.
    • 2017 Åseral bygdeutstilling. Minne
      kultursenter, Åseral.
    • 2023 Flekkefjordkunstnere. Flekkefjord kunstforening, Flekkefjord.

  • Some projects:

    • 2008 - 2012 Etablering og drift av Sprayboks Kunsthall, Kristiansand.
    • 2010 Sprayboks
      Gatekunstfestival, Kristiansand.
    • 2011 Gatekunst - Den Kulturelle
      Skolesekken, Kristiansand.
    • 2011 - 2012 Min bokstav - Et samarbeid om
      språk og identitet med Språkforsker Ingrid K. Hasund ved UIA og
      Sørlandet Sykehus HF.
    • 2011 Aquarama Kunstplan - Aquarama, Kristiansand.
    • 2012 Sprayboks kunstvegger, Kristiansand.
    • 2012 Gatekunstforedrag - Søgne
      Kulturskole, Søgne.
    • 2015 Kortfilmen Spray - Samarbeid med Sanden Media,
      Kristiansand.
    • 2015 Tid - Samarbeidsinnstallasjon med filmskaper Marius
      Loland, Ågsethfestivalen.
    • 2015 - 2017 Øvre parks Kunstplan, Flekkefjord.
    • 2020 - 2022 Ljosland Kunstvandring - Åseral.

  • Some commissions:

    • Comfort Hotel Skagerak, Kristiansand.
    • Comfort Hotel Square, Stavanger.
    • Comfort Hotel Malmø.
    • Norges Energi, Kristiansand.
    • Samsen kulturhus,
      Kristiansand. 
    • Prima Flor, Kristiansand.
    • Villa Matilda kulturbarnehager,
      Arendal og Grimstad.
    • Bakgården Både &, Kristiansand.
    • Kick Scene, Kristiansand.
    • Frk Larsen, Kristiansand.
    • D2 hybelhus, Kristiansand.
    • Hånes Frikirke, Kristiansand.
    • Solkollen barnehage, Kristiansand.
    • Returkraft AS, Kristiansand.
    • Vågsbygd sammfunnshus, Kristiansand.
    • Tiltak for ungdom i
      Agder, Kristiansand.
    • ABUP SSHF, Kristiansand.
    • Ansgar teologiske høyskole, Kristiansand. 
    • Filadelfia Kristiansand.
    • Normisjon.
    • Vigvoll ungdomskole, Kristiansand. 
    • Oasen skole, Kristiansand.
    • Bodø kommune.
    • Restaurantkjeden Mat og uteliv,
      Kristiansand.
    • SÅ festivalen, Oslo.
    • BRKLYN Design Studio, Flekkefjord.
    • Kristiansand internasjonale skole.
    • Ågseth festivalen, Marnardal.
    • Hollenderbyen streetARTfestival, Flekkefjord.
    • SIA, Kristiansand.
    • Barneposten SSHF, Kristiansand. 
    • Open Mind Kulturhus, Søgne.
    • Sanden/NRK
      kortfilmproduksjon, Kristiansand.
    • Restaurant Le Monde Tapas, Kristiansand.
    • LV Sushi, Vennesla.
    • Moseid bakeri, Vennesla.
    • MOOD Interiørarkitekter,
      Vennesla.
    • MOTIO Akademiet for dans, Tvedestrand.
    • Minne Kultursenter,
      Åseral.
    • Restaurant Jonas B. Gundersen, Kristiansand og Lyngdal.
    • Vågsbygd Frikirke, Kristiansand.
    • Landskapsentreprenørene AS, Kristiansand. 
    • Prestegården retreatsenter, Vigmostad.
    • Vigeland Hovedgård, Vennesla.
    • Cardio 24, Vennesla.
    • Vennesla Kirke.