Alf Christian Hvaring
(He/him)
Address: Sagene Kunstsmie, Drøbakgata 1, 0463 Oslo
Floor: 2.
The studio is open Sunday 28 April from 12-17
My work is performed in a figurative storytelling, but includes abstract elements.
The motives are presented through the ability of snapshot aesthetics to capture coincidences and show people in different situations. The pictures are frozen moments from stories we do not know, but are open to further poetry. The people on the pictures are made anonymous. They hide things, lean into abstractions, have white faces or read in empty books. Elements can stand in the way of seeing who they are phakic, where the stories are from, or where they are going. The motives are displayed, but the origin is covered, so the spectator himself must define the story.
The people appear in context that emphasizes the absurdity of existence and suggests a sentimentality, irony, or humor to everyday questions about our existence.
Printmaking, drawing and painting
Lost in thoughts, Alf Christian Hvaring, oil on canvas, 80x80cm, 2023
Teen spirits, Alf Christian Hvaring, oil on canvas, 150x100cm, 2023
See-saw, Alf Christian Hvaring, oil on canvas, 100x80cm, 2023
Birthday, Alf Christian Hvaring, pencil on paper, 20x15cm, 2023
In my studio
I have my studio at Sagene Kunstsmie where you can see lithographs, paintings and drawings as well as the lithography press and get an introduction to the technique.
Planned projects and exhibitions
Farsund Kunstforening
CV
Alf Christian Løland Hvaring
21.05.76
Johan Svendsens gate 21
0475 Oslo
Norway
+47 413 111 24
achvaring@gmail.com
Education
2003 – 2008 Masters degree, printmaking, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
1995 – 1997 Artschool, Ålesund Kunstskole
Exchange
Fall 2007 – China Academy of Art Hangzhou, China
2019 – St. Barnabas Press, Cambridge, England
Solo exhibitions
2023 – Gulden Kunstverk
2022 – Galleri Siggerud, Bodø
2022 – Galleri Giga, Stord
2021 – Galleri Briskeby, Oslo
2020 – Fet Kunstforening
2019 – Galleri Giga, Stord
2019 – Galleri Briskeby, Oslo
2019 – Stiklestad Nasjonale Kultursenter
2019 – Galleri EKG, Hamar
2019 – Galleri Nyhuus, Telemark
2018 – Galleri Briskeby, Oslo
2018 – Ørsta og Volda Kunstforening
2017 – Rygge Kunstforening
2016 – Buen, Mandal Kulturhus
2016 – Galleri SG, Trondhjem
2016 – EKG, Hamar
2015 – Festspillutstiller i Elverum, Norsk Skogmuseum
2015 – Galleri Osebro, Porsgrunn
2015 – Galleri Bi-Z, Mandal
2014 – Galleri Briskeby
2014 – Skedsmo Kunstforening
2014 – Galleri Bi-Z, Kristiansand
2013 – Fet Kunstforening
2013 – Galleri KS, Tønsberg
2012 – Farsund Kunstforening
2012 – Galleri Briskeby
2011 – Norske Grafikere
2011 – Vikerødegården
2009 – Volda Kunstlag
Collective exhibitions
2017 – Gulden Kunstverk
2016 – Filtvet Fyr
2015 – Fredrikstad Kunstforening
2014 – Galleri HIS
2013 – Kunstnerforbundet, sommerutstilling
2013 – Galleri Amaralto, Smøgen, Sverige
2013 – Galleri Vedholmen, Lepsøy
2012 – Galleri Gerner, Moss, Grafikk 2012
2010 – Galleri Hans, Ørland Kultursenter
2008 – Rælingen Kunstforening
2008 – Avgangsutstillingen, (KHiO), BOA,
2008 – Norske grafikere, avgangsutstilling for grafikk, master
2008 – Artower, Aten, Hellas
2008 – Kunstnerforbundet, grafikk på juniutstillingen
2008 – Agder Kunstnersenter, ”Hatch-08”
2008 – Venterommet, Mandal, ”BLUSS”
2007 – Artower, Aten, Hellas
2006 – Norske Grafikere ”nye medlemmer”
2006 – Galleri Gerner, Moss
Purchased by
Norges Bank
Kommunal- og Regionaldepartementet
Rådet for psykisk helse “Åpenhetsprisen 2011”
Fritt Ord
Vannakademiet
Mental Helse
Høgskolen i Hedmark
Mandal Kommune
Høyskolen i Oslo
Membership
Norske Grafikere
NBK
LNM
Scholarships
2008 – Norsk Forening for Grafisk Kunst
2011 – Norske Grafikeres Fond
2012 – Artists Recidency, Barcelona
2013 – Norske Grafikeres Fond