Lena Walton Herfindal
(She/her)
Address: Veterinærhøgskolen Atelierfelleskap, Ullevålsveien 72, 0454 Oslo
Floor: 2
Room number: 2 til høyre
The studio is open Sunday 27 April from 12-17
Lena Walton Herfindal is interested in interpersonal relations, working with jewelry, embroidery, drawing and body-related work. Themes in Herfindal’s artistry are nature, anatomy and her Native American roots. The works are often expressed in organic forms, strong colors and thin lines. Herfindal likes to combine the geometric with organic shapes, sometimes with elements of figuration. Working with in materials like metal, textile, plastic and paper, she uses techniques such as embroidery, hand sawing, and drawing. The process is usually intuitive where the works are created there and then. The work takes place in the moment where every line, every color and shape follows what already is.
Over the past years, Herfindal has explored hand embroidery as a new medium in her artistic processes.
Lena Walton Herfindal (1985, Stord) lives and works in Oslo. Herfindal has a master’s in medium- and material-based art from the Oslo Academy of Fine Arts, 2018. She has had solo exhibitions at galleries such as RAM, galleri , Format Oslo,Det gule huset, Nesbru (2022) and Kunsthallen Leirvik, Stord, (2020). She has also participated in group exhibitions in galleries such as Kunstnerforbundet, Galleri giga and Skog art space. Furthermore, Herfindal has been active as a mediator for the cultural school bag and held several workshops through Kunstvisitten and Buskerud art centre.
drawing with ink , sawing in metal and hand embrodery
"Lengsel" Lena Walton Herfindal, Hand embroidered linen, cotton, metal 2023 Format, Oslo
"Rød" Lena Walton Herfindal, Ink Drawing, 70x100cm , RAM, Galleri. Fotographer: Heidi Furre
"Bløma" Lena Walton Herfindal, hand embroidered, linen, cotton, metal 2023 Ram, Galleri photographer: Heidi Furre
"øredobber" Lena Walton Herfindal, hand sawn copper, 8x18 cm Buskerud kunstsenter foto: Aron Irving Li
In my studio
At my studio you get an insight into how i work with drawing, embroidery and jewellery, i will also serve cinnamon rools, juice and coffee
Planned projects and exhibitions
Solo exhibition in the cafe stand, textile industry museum, Salhus, Bergen.
Mediation of the Exhibition Mythology, hybrid forms and nature, Cultural school bag, Mars 2025
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Education:
2018 Master in Medium and Material-based Art. Oslo Academy of Fine Arts.
2011 – 2014 Bachelor in visual art, Oslo Academy of Fine Arts.
2009 – 2011Academic undergraduate education, Art school in Rogaland.
2004 – 2005 Ceramics, Drawing and Painting, Solborg Folkehøgskole, Stavanger.
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Galleri Salhus,Tekstilindusrimuseet, Bergen
2024 Arvika Kunsthåndverk, Arvika, Sverige
2023 “Bløma”,Galleri RAM,Oslo
2022 " Draumar", Gule Huset Asker,
2020, "Fri ", Kunsthallen Leirvik,
2012 Ådnatunet museum, Arna.
2009 Sting. Stavanger
Group Exhibitions:
2024 “Lys”. Skog art space
2023 “Spriten inviterer”. Spriten Kunsthall. Skien
2022 Christmas exhibition, Skog art space
2022 “Unika mini”, Format Oslo
2019, 2020, 2021,202 Christmas exhibition, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo
2019" Velvet ropes" Galleri Golsa
2019 Natura Galleri Giga, Stord
2018 Portabel galleri, Oslo
2018 Traust Avgangsutstilling Masterstudium
2016 Medium rare. Gallery Seilduken, Oslo
2016 Jewelry, The Oslo National Academy of the Arts, The Neue Sammlund,
Pinakothek of the modern, Munich.
2014 Graduation exhibition BA Gallery Seilduken..
2013 Women’s exhibition 2013, Stord Kulturhus, Stord.
2013 One, two Three, red light, Gallery sailcloth, Oslo.
2012 Arched museum, Arna. Solo exhibition.
2011 Graduation exhibition Sølvberget, Stavanger Culture House.
2009 Sting Cafe, Stavanger.
Scholarship:
2023 Specialization scholarship, The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
2022 Specialization scholarship, The Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts
2020 Miscellaneous grant, Art Council Norway
2018 Miscellaneous grant for resent graduated artists, Art Council Norway
Work experience:
2023 Workshop Kunstvisitten
2023 Cultural Schoolbag “higher highs, higher lows”
2023 Cultural Schoolbag “Te Whare Pora”, Ron Te Kawa
2023 Cultural Schoolbag “på nært hold”
2022 mediator for Buskerud Kunstsenter
2022 “silence is the loudest sound in the univers” Nicole Rafiki The Cultural Schoolbag
2022 Workshop Buskerud Kunstsenter
2022 Workshop Kunsvisitten
2021 Workshop Kunstvisitten
2021 Workshop Nasjonalmuseet “Streken”
2021 Workshop Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst
2020 “Laget i Verden” The Cultural Schoolbag