Henrik Nordahl
(He/him)
Address: Medicineheads , Trondheimsveien 100, 0565 Oslo
Floor: 3 etasje
Room number: Via balkong passasje
The studio is open Saturday 27 April from 12-17
Henrik Nordahl (b.1992, Oslo) is a multidisciplinary artist who has lived and studied in New York for the past 2 years. He completed his master’s in Fine Arts in 2023 from Parsons School of Design, and also has a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design & Illustration from the Oslo Academy of Fine Arts, where he graduated in 2017.
He had his first solo exhibition (Heavy Metal) in 2021, which he himself organized and curated in Oslo Taxi’s garage facility at Carl Berner in Oslo. Since graduating from Parsons, he has received a Scholarship for Newly Graduated Artists from the Directorate for Arts and Culture Norway and participated in the group exhibition There Is Only After at Gallery MC, New York. He has held two artist residencies: 99 CANAL in New York, and Sitka – Center for Art & Ecology in Oregon, USA.
Nordahl’s work ranges between sculpture, installation and 2-dimensional works and varies as much in form and expression as in the use of materials. He investigates the surroundings in which he moves; the urban, industrial landscape and the natural world. Here he finds and processes objects, materials and impressions that he describes as moments where the world ‘glimmers’ – fleeting and fluttering glimpses in the landscape that tell a tale of familial kinship between humans and the material world.
Sculpture, installation, visual arts, painting, music, film, video
“Gjallarhorn”, Henrik Nordahl, 2023. 170 x 85 x 109 cm
drywall paper tape, aluminum flashing, spare urethane varnish.
“Frequencies”, Henrik Nordahl, 2023. 274 x 30 cm
burnt drywall paper tape, copper flashing, spar urethane varnish, cement, pvc pipes and metal pipes, insulating foam.
“Vessel”, Henrik Nordahl, 2023. 50 x 50 x 365 cm
burnt drywall paper tape, copper flashing, spare urethane varnish, pvc pipes and metal pipes, insulating foam.
Process picture, Henrik Nordahl, 2023, photo credit: Martin Seck
In my studio
Our studio consists of a diverse group of creative practitioners, including a musician, a filmmaker, an artist and a former professor from the College of Arts and Crafts. This offers a collection of varied content, both academically, but not least in forms of expression.
There will be musical performances from our musician friends, an exhibition of sculpture and painting, as well as room for pleasant conversations and simple serving of coffee. We are based in a large, bright studio at Carl Berners Plass with the possibility of parking, if you arrive via the end of Tromsøgata, up the driveway of Oslo Taxi.
Planned projects and exhibitions
24.05 – 24.06.2024 – Group exhibition, Medicineheads, Oslo, Norway.
01.06 – 08.06.2024 – Group exhibition, Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, USA.
07.06 – 07.07.2024 – Solo exhibition, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, USA.
04.07 – 06.07.2024 – Performance, Bergtatt Festival, Luster, Norway.
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Henrik Nordahl
26.01.1992
Contact:
Email: henrik.n.nordahl@gmail.com
Instagram: @nordahl.works
Webpage: https://henriknordahl.com
Education:
2023 – MFA in Fine Arts, Parsons School of Design, New York
2017 – BFA in Graphic Design & Illustration, Academy of Arts Oslo
Past and current positions:
2023 – Teaching assistant, 3D sculpture course, Parsons, New York.
2022 – 2023 – Studio assistant for stone sculptor Don Porcaro, New York.
2020 – 2021 – Editorial board member for arts and culture magazine PLNTY
2014 – t.d.d – Freelancer at Medicineheads Design Studio AS, Oslo, Norway.
Exhibitions:
Apr 2023 – Matter As Fallen Light, MFA Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition 2023, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery
Feb 2023 – Group show: There Is Only After, Gallery MC, 549 West 52nd Street, NYC
Aug 2021 – Solo show: HEAVY METAL, OsloTaxi parking house, Oslo, Norway.
Mar 2018 – Performance at BLÅ, Oslo
Feb 2017 – Performance at Chateau Neuf
Jul 2017 – Group show at Artijuli festival, Kråkeslottet, Senja
May 2017 – Curating and exhibiting bachelor thesis, Oslo Academy of Arts
Sep 2016 – Group Show, Open Call, at Oslo Academy of Arts
Upcoming shows:
24.05 – 24.06.2024 – Group exhibition, Medicineheads, Oslo, Norway.
01.06 – 08.06.2024 – Group exhibition, Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York, USA.
07.06 – 07.07.2024 – Solo exhibition, Trygve Lie Gallery, New York, USA.
04.07 – 06.07.2024 – Performance, Bergtatt Festival, Luster, Norway.
Artist Residencies:
Nov 2023 – Artist Residency at Sitka, Center for Art and Ecology, Oregon, United States.
Jul 2023 – Artist Residency at 99 CANAL STREET, New York.
Mar 2017 – Artist in residency at Kråkeslottet, Senja, Norway
Grants, internships, honorees, commissions:
May 2023 – Thesis work part of Parsons Benefit 2023, at Cipriani, 55 Wall St.
Mar 2023 – Arts Council Norway, Miscellaneous grant for recently graduated artists
Feb 2023 – Parsons Student Research Fund Award
Jun 2022 – The New School’s Office of Research Grant.
Mar 2022 – Merit Scholarship from Parsons School of Design
Mar 2022 – Scholarship from the American Scandinavian Foundation
Aug 2021 – Scholarship from Thanks To Scandinavia Foundation
Aug 2021 – Merit Scholarship from Parsons School of Design
Apr 2021 – Gold Prize from VISUELT 2021 Design Competition
May 2020 – Permanent art installation, Geita Restaurant, Oslo, Norway
Oct 2017 – Project work grant, Arts Council Norway,
Artist talks:
Dec 2023 – Hide & Seek Gallery, artist conversation with Luke Armitstead
Dec 2023 – Sitka resident talk
Nov 2023 – 3D sculpture, Parsons, New York.