Kristin Nordhøy

Kristin Nordhøy was born in Oslo (1977) and received her artistic education from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, with an MA in visual art in 2006. She lives and works in Oslo and Edinburgh. Over the past 15 years, Nordhøy has developed a distinctive and mesmerizing visual language, executed as paintings on canvas, wall paintings, drawings and fine art prints. The works play with the physiology of sight and the psychology of perception, and take the viewer on a visual odyssey where the eye never stops moving. For Nordhøy, atonal soundscapes have been an important element in her creative processes. Through this identification, she is able to infuse her compositions with dissonance.

Her most recent solo exhibitions are “Jangle”, 2023, Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavik and “Resonant Field”, 2022, Cairn Gallery, Pittenweem. Her work is included in the collections of Norges Bank Art Collection, Norwegian Minstry of Foreign Affairs Art Collection, Pro Artibus Foundation, Finland, New York Public Library and The Erling Neby Collection, Oslo.

Selected works

Biography

Born 1977 in Oslo, Norway 

Lives and works in Oslo and Edinburgh

EDUCATION

2004-06 Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Fine arts Major, Visual Arts 

2001-04 Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Bachelor, Visual Arts
2000-01 Oslo tegne og maleskole 1996-98 Oslo tegne og maleskole

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Atonal, Galleri Riis, Oslo
2023 Ásmundarsalur, Reykjavík, Island

2022 Cairn Gallery, Pittenweem, Scotland

2020 After a moment, Galleri Haaken, Oslo, Norway
 

2018 Placed, Loock gallery, Berlin, Germany

2017 Two/Fold, Galleri Haaken, Oslo, Norway
 

2016 Galleri LNM, Oslo, Norway

2012 Holodeck, Oslo, Norway

2011 Volt, Bergen, Norway

2010 Transparency, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
2010 Tegnerforbundet, Oslo

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London

2024 ART SG, Singapore, represented by Poligrafa Obra Grafica, Barcelona
2021 Market Art Fair, Stockholm, represented by Galleri Haaken

2021 Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London 

2020 133. Høstutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

2019 Cutting Edges, The Collection of Erling Neby, Scandinavia House, New York
2019 The Armory Show, New York, represented by Loock Galerie, Berlin

2019 Drawing Biennial, Drawing Room, London

2018 Jubileumsutstilling LNM, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

2018 Norsk Minimalisme?, Blomqvist, Oslo

2017 Guest in Kjell Varvin ́s exhibition ”Fri geometri – ustabile variabler” at Kunstnernes Hus 
 

2016 December exhibition på Ekely

2016 En kollektiv psykogeografisk guide til Oslo” Tegnebiennalen 2016 Galleri Haaken, duo-utstilling med Espen Dietrichson

2016 Theatre de l’absurde (Prequel) Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam 

2016 Living in Colours, Tenthaus, Oslo

2016 Fragmentenes helhet, Bærum Kunsthall
2015 Experiment i irritation, Artifice #2, Stockholm (Artifice poster magazin exhibition)
2013 Copy, Paste, Add Layer, Sinne, Helsinki

2013 SPACEGRIDS, Telemark Kunstnersenter, Skien

2012 125. Høstutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2011 Liste 16, Basel, represented by Lautom Contemporary
2010 Untitled, 2010, Lautom Contemporary, Oslo

2010 Arctic Challenge – site specific Andørja, outdoor exhibition Lautom Contemporary, Oslo 

2009 Norwegian Sommer, Galerie Gabriel Rolt, The Netherlands Første tanke = beste tanke Tempo Skien
2009 Drawing Consequences, Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm

2009 Holiday in Arcadia Lydgalleriet, Bergen
2008 High Come Down, Smia, Kristiansand
2008 The Drawing biennial, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2008 Rykk tilbake til start!, Projekt 0047
2007 Lautom Contemporary, Oslo, Duo exhibition with Ane Mette Hol ”Separat ́r” Hå gamle prestegård, Jæren 
 

2004 117.Høstutstilling, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
2004 Might & Magic, Seilduken, Oslo

COLLECTIONS

Norges Bank Art Collection
Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Art Collection
Pro Artibus Foundation
New York Public Library
Erling Neby Collection