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Erlend Evensen is a Norwegian visual artist. Evensen holds a BFA from KABK (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague) and UMPRUM (Prague, he recently completed his MA at Burren College of Art, Ireland
My art takes many forms; painting and ink drawing, stop motion animation, assemblage and spacial installations. I craft worlds in black and white freely lifting from Hermeticism, Symbolism, early experimental cinema and cartoons. Atmospheric worlds with majestic depth, echoing inner and outer realms, decorated in occult symbols. The strict use of only black and white is a graphic, philosophical limit which places the work on a threshold between the two epic forces and the strange third zebra-world they open up. In the dada tradition of using basic cheap material, by directly engaging with capitalism’s waste, rather than simply rejecting it, these perspectives open pathways for artistic and material transformation; an act of radical opposition through creative reconfiguration. I see the artist as a Magician, Alchemist and Witch working with physical material to metaphysical ends. The octopus and its ink serve as key symbols in my work, embodying a dark, fluid intelligence and mystical complexity, echoing the symbol of the black sun.
CV
Erlend Evensen
He/him
Born 3.1.1996
EDUCATION
2024-25 Burren College of Art, Ireland
Master of Studio Art
2015-20 KABK, Den Haag
Bachelor Fine Arts
2018 UMPRUM, Prague
Erasmus exchange
2010s SVA, New York
Course in traditional animation
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ARKADIA
Søgne Gamle Prestegård (Norway)
2023 ZEBRA
K35, Kristiansand (NO)
2021 Erlend Evensen
Ekserserhuset, Kristiansand (NO)
2017 Forsvinningspunkter
Agder Kunstsenter (NO)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Future Artifacts
MA Graduation show, (Burren, Ireland)
2025 Notions 25
The Peoples Museum (Limerick, Ireland)
2024 MIKSMAKS
BARE, Kristiansand (NO)
2023 Pop-up for Palestine
Palass, Kristiansand
2022 Den Grønne Kunstner
Jam Public, Kristiansand
2021 All inn
Het Hem, Zaandam (NL)
2020 Hatch
Agder Kunstsenter (NO)
2020 Graduation show
KABK, Den Haag (NL)
2019 Note to self
Billytown, Den Haag
2019 Transfer
Bykle Kunstlag (NO)
2018 Ting/Rom
Søgne Gamle Prestegård (NO)
2015 Sørlandsutstillingen
Bomuldsfabrikken kunsthall, Arendal (NO)
OTHER ART EVENTS/JOBS
2024 Animated musicvideo for
Exploding Heart Technique
2024 Les Kunst; Stop-motion workshop for youth,
Kristiansand kunsthall (NO)
2024 and 2023 P(art)Y Art festival(Mask workshop),
Jam Public, Odderøya (NO)
2022 DKS; Stop-motion workshop for middle school
X-huset, Kristiansand
2023 Bastardfestivalen; The inflatable museum (JAM)
Trondheim (NO)
2022 Miljøuka, Environmental festival (guest artist)
Kristiansand
2022 Painted pots; Art in public space, for Ukraine
Agder kunstsenter, Kristiansand
AWARDS
2024 Painting Ekko av Byen displayed at Kjevik airport
2024 Hors d’oeuvres Plastic displayed
Rådhuskvartalet, Kristiansand (NO)
2023 Painting Kaviar og Majones bought to
Vennesla High School (NO)
2020 Painting Ashley bought to Kunstsilo collection
Kristiansand
2020 Mural Prima Materia winner of first price, Jan Roede award
Den Haag (NL)
2018 Painting Skogsaltertavle Permanently displayed in
Montebellosenteret, Mesnali (NO)
2018 Painting Sushi one of 3 winners, Stipendutstillingen
Agder Kunstsenter (NO)
Received Scholarships for projects, Cultiva Ekspress (NO)
(2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
PRESS
https://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation/erlend-evensen/
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/Moq6Bm/triumf-med-fredsbatteri-paa-odderoeya
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/rldvBA/kan-faa-stoette-til-ny-festival
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/k6e95j/maleri-paa-innpust-og-utpust
https://zhuo.blogg.no/fra-ting-til-tid-hors-doeuvres.html
https://fvn.no/kultur/i/mBRWMl/nyklekkede-kunstnere-med-selvsikkerhet
https://www.janroede.nl/uploads/gallery/Juryrapport%20Jan%20Roede%20Prijs%202020%20(Erlend%20Evensen).pdf
https://kunstblijfteenraadsel.nl/2020/09/13/kabk-graduation-2020/
https://www.cultivaekspress.no/news/article/254
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/zmpPv/kunstanmeldelse-energisk-malertalent
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/Xy86x/jeg-spiser-kristiansand-og-spyr-det-utover-lerretet
https://subjekt.no/2017/10/10/jeg-begynte-a-male-for-alvor-da-jeg-var-tretten-ar/
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/J2A58/den-neste-store-kristiansand-kunstneren
Erlend Evensen is a Norwegian visual artist. Evensen holds a BFA from KABK (Royal Academy of Art, The Hague) and UMPRUM (Prague, he recently completed his MA at Burren College of Art, Ireland
My art takes many forms; painting and ink drawing, stop motion animation, assemblage and spacial installations. I craft worlds in black and white freely lifting from Hermeticism, Symbolism, early experimental cinema and cartoons. Atmospheric worlds with majestic depth, echoing inner and outer realms, decorated in occult symbols. The strict use of only black and white is a graphic, philosophical limit which places the work on a threshold between the two epic forces and the strange third zebra-world they open up. In the dada tradition of using basic cheap material, by directly engaging with capitalism’s waste, rather than simply rejecting it, these perspectives open pathways for artistic and material transformation; an act of radical opposition through creative reconfiguration. I see the artist as a Magician, Alchemist and Witch working with physical material to metaphysical ends. The octopus and its ink serve as key symbols in my work, embodying a dark, fluid intelligence and mystical complexity, echoing the symbol of the black sun.
CV
Erlend Evensen
He/him
Born 3.1.1996
EDUCATION
2024-25 Burren College of Art, Ireland
Master of Studio Art
2015-20 KABK, Den Haag
Bachelor Fine Arts
2018 UMPRUM, Prague
Erasmus exchange
2010s SVA, New York
Course in traditional animation
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 ARKADIA
Søgne Gamle Prestegård (Norway)
2023 ZEBRA
K35, Kristiansand (NO)
2021 Erlend Evensen
Ekserserhuset, Kristiansand (NO)
2017 Forsvinningspunkter
Agder Kunstsenter (NO)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Future Artifacts
MA Graduation show, (Burren, Ireland)
2025 Notions 25
The Peoples Museum (Limerick, Ireland)
2024 MIKSMAKS
BARE, Kristiansand (NO)
2023 Pop-up for Palestine
Palass, Kristiansand
2022 Den Grønne Kunstner
Jam Public, Kristiansand
2021 All inn
Het Hem, Zaandam (NL)
2020 Hatch
Agder Kunstsenter (NO)
2020 Graduation show
KABK, Den Haag (NL)
2019 Note to self
Billytown, Den Haag
2019 Transfer
Bykle Kunstlag (NO)
2018 Ting/Rom
Søgne Gamle Prestegård (NO)
2015 Sørlandsutstillingen
Bomuldsfabrikken kunsthall, Arendal (NO)
OTHER ART EVENTS/JOBS
2024 Animated musicvideo for
Exploding Heart Technique
2024 Les Kunst; Stop-motion workshop for youth,
Kristiansand kunsthall (NO)
2024 and 2023 P(art)Y Art festival(Mask workshop),
Jam Public, Odderøya (NO)
2022 DKS; Stop-motion workshop for middle school
X-huset, Kristiansand
2023 Bastardfestivalen; The inflatable museum (JAM)
Trondheim (NO)
2022 Miljøuka, Environmental festival (guest artist)
Kristiansand
2022 Painted pots; Art in public space, for Ukraine
Agder kunstsenter, Kristiansand
AWARDS
2024 Painting Ekko av Byen displayed at Kjevik airport
2024 Hors d’oeuvres Plastic displayed
Rådhuskvartalet, Kristiansand (NO)
2023 Painting Kaviar og Majones bought to
Vennesla High School (NO)
2020 Painting Ashley bought to Kunstsilo collection
Kristiansand
2020 Mural Prima Materia winner of first price, Jan Roede award
Den Haag (NL)
2018 Painting Skogsaltertavle Permanently displayed in
Montebellosenteret, Mesnali (NO)
2018 Painting Sushi one of 3 winners, Stipendutstillingen
Agder Kunstsenter (NO)
Received Scholarships for projects, Cultiva Ekspress (NO)
(2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)
PRESS
https://www.irishartsreview.com/new-generation/erlend-evensen/
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/Moq6Bm/triumf-med-fredsbatteri-paa-odderoeya
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/rldvBA/kan-faa-stoette-til-ny-festival
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/k6e95j/maleri-paa-innpust-og-utpust
https://zhuo.blogg.no/fra-ting-til-tid-hors-doeuvres.html
https://fvn.no/kultur/i/mBRWMl/nyklekkede-kunstnere-med-selvsikkerhet
https://www.janroede.nl/uploads/gallery/Juryrapport%20Jan%20Roede%20Prijs%202020%20(Erlend%20Evensen).pdf
https://kunstblijfteenraadsel.nl/2020/09/13/kabk-graduation-2020/
https://www.cultivaekspress.no/news/article/254
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/zmpPv/kunstanmeldelse-energisk-malertalent
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/Xy86x/jeg-spiser-kristiansand-og-spyr-det-utover-lerretet
https://subjekt.no/2017/10/10/jeg-begynte-a-male-for-alvor-da-jeg-var-tretten-ar/
https://www.fvn.no/kultur/i/J2A58/den-neste-store-kristiansand-kunstneren