Turid Mathiesen Kvålsvoll

Turid Mathiesen Kvålsvoll is an artist born in 1962 in Stranda, lives and works in Trondheim. She has impressed with solo exhibitions at renowned places such as Trondhjems Art Association, Heimdal Art Association, Galleri SG, Surnadal Billag and Nils Aas Art Workshop. Kvålsvoll's practice consist of painting, where she explores her own artistic expression in a world that is constantly and rapidly changing. Her approach to painting is deeply personal and performative, with an exploration of how her own body and location experience how different viewing locations affect her paintings.

"In my paintings, objects from our time as well as from art history are juxtaposed. I have confidence in seeing and having seen. What I have seen is stored as memories in the body. And I experience the movements that arise, and often characterize my paintings, as a consequence of what the eye has seen."

Why is Turid Mathiesen Kvålvoll interesting?

Kvålsvoll's works are dreamy and realistic at the same time. They are painted with vibrant colors and inspired by baroque classics. This can be seen in colorful brushstrokes on the canvases, and gives a dramatic but interesting effect.