Vilde Blom

(She/her)
Address: Grenseveien 91 G, 0663 Oslo
Floor: 2.
The studio is open Saturday 26 April from 12-17

In my artistic practice, I explore sculptures and materials that change over time or do not last, where themes such as time and control are central.

For a long time, I have worked with masses of hard candy as material, which I make by boiling sucrose, glucose and water. I have also started working with isomalt, a sweetener similar to hard candy, but is easier to shape. Both materials are affected by humidity, temperature and gravity. I explore how the sculptures change over time, with the idea that all stages of change are equally important in the experience of the sculpture.

Sculpture and installation, sometimes with elements of film, sound, text, performance

www.vildeblom.com

Nine abstract sculptures in different colors and shapes lie on the floor of a gallery space. The colors of the sculptures are: warm yellow, pink, mint green, amber, turquoise, red, black, peach and yellow-green. The sculptures are either spherical or have wavy shapes. Small puddles flow out of some of the sculptures. The gallery space has white walls, a light gray floor and a large window facing the street.

Vilde Blom: 'The snakes, the marbles, the intestines', sculptures cast in hard candy, gradually dissolving during the exhibition period, 2020. Installation from the exhibition 'Skulpturen er ikke en kropp, men kroppen er, og den har skulpturen' at Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim. Photo: Susann Jamtøy.

A sculpture made of isomalt, shaped like muscari flowers with blue flowers and green stems and leaves. The sculpture lies half-broken on a brick floor covered with soil.

Vilde Blom: 'Steady flowers holding me, buzzing sound when I breathe', detail of sculpture in isomalt, 2023, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg

Installation in a gallery space with white walls and a gray floor. A small screen is hanging on the wall, with a cord with a wavy shape that extends all the way to the ceiling. A long, amber-coloured wavy sculpture is laying on the floor. Dead bumblebees lie scattered around within the wavy sculpture.

Vilde Blom: 'Under lindetreet', Sculptures cast in hard candy and found bumblebees, 2022 Installation from the exhibition 'Etter røtmånen' at Tag Team Studio, Bergen. Photo: Thor Brødreskift

Four sculptures of isomalt shaped like tulips, with yellow, pink, black and orange flowers, and green stems and leaves. Disposable medical curtains in a lighter and darker blue colour are hanging in the background of the sculptures. The floor of the gallery space is made of red bricks and is half covered in mud and a small puddle of water.

Vilde Blom: 'Steady flowers holding me, buzzing sound when I breathe', sculptures in isomalt, disposable medical curtains and an 11:50 min audio loop. The floor occasionally filled up with rainwater, which dissolved the sculptures, 2023, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg

Planned projects and exhibitions

2025 Galleri Box, Gothenburg
2026 Trondhjem Kunstforening, Trondheim

CV

EDUCATION
2015 – 2017 Master of Fine Arts, Bergen Academy of Art and Design
2016 One semester of exchange, Iceland Academy of the Arts
2012 – 2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art
2010 – 2011 One-year study in photography, Lofoten Folkehøgskole

SOLO SHOWS AND COLLABORATIONS
2023 Steady flowers holding me, buzzing sound when I breathe, Konstepidemin, Gothenburg
2022 Etter røtmånen, Tag Team Studio, Bergen
2021 Duo show, Macken, Malmö, in collaboration with Johan Andrén
2020 Skulpturen er ikke en kropp, men kroppen er, og den har skulpturen, Babel visningsrom for kunst, Trondheim
2019 Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are?, Aarhus Artspace, Aarhus, in collaboration with Gudrún Tara Sveinsdóttir
2018 Ingredients of Identity / Identity of Ingredients, NEJD, Gothenburg, in collaboration with Gudrún Tara Sveinsdóttir
2018 Industrial production of the other body, Galleri Blunk, Trondheim
2018 A thousand observations, Visningsrommet USF, Bergen, in collaboration with Ingrid Bjørnseth and Aski Dahl
2017 Chew, taste, sweet, rich, Galleri Snerk, Tromsø, in collaboration with Gudrún Tara Sveinsdóttir

GROUP SHOWS
2024 Carnival of Cups, Celsius Projects, Malmö
2022 NEJD magasin nr 4, NEJD upprepar sig, 3:e våningen, Gothenburg
2021 Vårsufflé, Galleri Slätten, Malmö
2020 Villa Bazaar, The Association of Norwegian Sculptors, Oslo
2018 Parallel times – performance now, PAO Festival, ROM for kunst
og arkitektur, Oslo
2018 PINK, QB Gallery, Oslo
2018 Dropsfabrikken, Trondheim
2017 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes hus, Oslo
2017 Opening of NEJD, Gothenburg
2017 Strange weather, isn’t it?, RÝMD, Reykjavik
2017 triage, the master graduation show, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
2016 When all .is said and done, SÍM Gallerí, Reykjavik
2016 Rift, Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen
2015 Bachelorustilling 2015, Kulturbunker Dora, Trondheim

PERFORMANCE, SCREENING, READING
2023/2024 Screening, KH_KinoMix.mov, Kunstnernes Hus Kino, Oslo
2023 Performance, Munchs hage, Minimuch, Munchmuseet, Oslo
2018 Performance, Parallel times – Performance now, Performance Art Oslo, ROM, Oslo
2017 Reading of ‘Industrial production of the other body’, Upplaga, NEJD, Gothenburg
2016 Performance, HvolfSpegill, Sigurjón Ólafsson museum, Reykjavik
2015 Performance: Celebrating with Miss Trunchbull, Galleri Bokboden, Bergen
2015 Screening, Elvelangs, Kulturfestivalen Ugress, Trondheim

RESIDENCIES
2025 Nordic Artists’ Centre in Dale
2020 Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim
2016 SÍM residency, Reykjavik

OTHER
2021 – Godteriskulpturverkstedet, workshop for primary school, Den kulturelle skolesekken
2021 Kunst og godteri, workshop for high school, Den kulturelle skolesekken
2018 – Art workshops for children and youth, for Trondheim Open, Munchmuseet, Harstad Kulturnatt etc.