Gunnar Fretheim
(He/him)
Address: Gunnar Fretheim og Margrethe Leonore Solstad , Ullevålsveien 68, bygg 15, 0454 Oslo
Floor: 1
The studio is open Sunday 27 April from 12-17
I work within visual language with many different expressions and techniques. Many of the motifs revolve around the relationship between animals and humans and our lack of understanding of our place in nature.
The drawings explore man’s vulnerable and contradictory relationship to the world we live in: I try to depict our attempts to create security in a reality full of forces greater than ours. We shield ourselves and create distance from the nature around us and within us. Many of the subjects in my pictures represent our outer armor that we wear as individuals and culture. The process of making the images is a battle between a controlled line with a clear form and a dynamic eruptive process.
drawing, printmaking and animation
Purpura Squamis, Gunnar Fretheim
Coal on papir, 80cm x
120cm, 2024
Incubatio Lolligo, Gunnar Fretheim
Coal on papir, 80cm x120cm
2024
Lapis Comedentis, Gunnar Fretheim, coal on paper, 80cm x120cm, 2024
Encapsulate, Gunnar Fretheim, coal on paper, 80cm x 120cm, 2024
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In my studio
We ha coffee and waffles!
Planned projects and exhibitions
We are planning a series of exhibitions in the area of the old veterinary institut at Adamstuen as part of the work to create an active and varied cultural offer at Adamstuen.
CV
Gunnar Fretheim is a visual artist and scenographer who works with many different techniques and materials within drawing and print making.
Studied at the Art Academy in Trondheim from 1976 to 1979.
Was manager of the painting department at Trøndelag Theater from 1985 to 1999.
Has taught scenography and dramaturgy at NTNU, Department of Art and Media Studies, section for drama and theater from 1999 to 2019
Has designed and produced around 50 scenographies for theatre, opera and puppet theater and designed a large number of exhibitions for various cultural history museums.
Now working as a visual artist in Oslo in the studio KunstVet at the old veterinary college at Adamstuen in Oslo.
Has participated in a number of collective exhibitions such as the Høstutstillingen, the Trøndelag exhibition, the Romerike exhibition and Kunst Rett Vest.
I have had a number of solo exhibitions in, among others in Trondheim Kunstforening, Orkdal Kunstforening and the Kunstforeningen Verdens Ende.
I have also done many art commisions.