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Available works:

Exhibition: “Tell Me What I Want to Hear”
Exhibition: “NEVER FELT LIKE THIS”
Exhibition: “TAKE OUT”
Siesta (Screen Print)
Atelie.art

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Rights and Reproductions:

Please send all requests concerning the use of images of Lena Trydal's works to
Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society (BONO)

CV

Lena Trydal, b. 1994, Kristiansand, Norway
Currently living and working in Oslo, Norway

EDUCATION

2016–2019: University of Oslo: BA Aesthetic Studies (Oslo, Norway)
2014–2015: Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK): Fine Arts (The Hague, Netherlands)
Spring 2014: International Workshop, Metafora: Foundation program in fine arts (Barcelona, Spain)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 (Aug 21–Sep 27) “Arguineguín” Galleri Kobbel (Kristiansand, Norway)
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2026 “Tell Me What I Want to Hear” K-U-K, Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst (Trondheim, Norway)
2025 ”TAKE OUT” Møllergata 13b, Statsbygg (Oslo, Norway)
2025 “NEVER FELT LIKE THIS” Mikey Laundry Art Garden (MLAG) (Bergen, Norway)
2018 "Nice paintings & dead(ly) fires" Duo-exhibition with Thyra Dragseth, Arteriet (Kristiansand, Norway)
2016 "The Real Deal" GalleriNeuf (Oslo, NO)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 (June 27–July 19) Group exhibition, Arendal Kunstforening (Arendal, Norway)
2026 (June 26– Aug 10) Group exhibition, Galleri Kobbel (Kristiansand, Norway)
2026 (May 29–June 21) Group-crit 3, Galleri 69 (Oslo, Norway)
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2026 “Uten Filter” K-U-K, Kjøpmannsgata Ung Kunst (Trondheim, Norway)
2025 The Christmas Exhibition 2025, Kunstnerforbundet (Oslo, Norway)
2025 Summer Exhibition, Galleri Kobbel (Kristiansand, Norway)
2024 “FRITTO MISTO VOL. 2” IRL Gallery (New York, US)
2024 “OFF THE WALL (Summer)” KöSK (Oslo, Norway)
2024 “I choose April” Søgne Old Vicarage (Søgne, Norway)
2023 “Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (KE) 2023” Den Frie Udstilling (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2023 “OFF THE WALL (Summer)” KöSK (Oslo, Norway)
2023 “Fusing Forms: Nostalgic Innovation” Platform Projects, Vulkan (Oslo, Norway)
2022 “Mistakes Were Made: Members Galore” BO (Billedkunstnerne i Oslo) (Oslo, Norway)
2022 “The 135th Autumn Exhibition” Kunstnernes Hus (Oslo, Norway)
2022 “I Call It Art” The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Oslo, Norway)
2021 “Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (KE) 2021” Den Frie Udstilling (Copenhagen, Denmark)
2016 "Trafo 15 år" Podium (Oslo, Norway)
2016 "STOPJECTIFY" Gallery Different (London, UK)
2015 "Stipendutstillingen 2015" Agder Kunstsenter (Kristiansand, Norway)
2015 "Juvenarte 2015: Artistic Trajectories" Galleri TM51 (Oslo, Norway)
2015 "Roleplay" Project VIA (Barcelona, Spain)
2015 "No One Good Language" Student exhibition, Metafora (Barcelona, Spain)
2015 "Hers, His, Yours, Theirs" Project VIA Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)
2015 "Winterwolven Radicals" Roodkapje Rot(t)terdam (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
2014 "We can't Drive to Africa" Student exhibition, Metafora (Barcelona, Spain)
2014 "Am I the Walrus?" Espacio Practico (Barcelona, Spain)
2014 "Artistic Books" Untiteled BCN (Barcelona, Spain)

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Equinor Art Programme (Norway)
The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Oslo, Norway)

GRANTS

Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV)) – Project grant 2026
Fritt Ord 2025
Norwegian Visual Artists Fund (Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond (BKV)) – 1-year work grant 2023, 2024, 2025
Ingerid, Synnøve and Elias Fegersten's Foundation for Norwegian Visual Artists – 1-year work grant 2024
Cultiva Ekspress 2023

PROJECTS

2024 Book cover: Marco Reinertsen. Jeg har fått 48 timer på meg av den indonesiske ambassaden til å få løs foten min fra deres toalett (2024). Oslo: Nieu Forlag.
2017 Production of booklet and cover for Gard Nergaard and Michael Krumins folk album "Å Legge På Svøm".

SELECTED PRESS

Click here to access PDF with a selection of articles (Norwegian)

2026 Review: “Babelsk tårn i lyn og torden” Tommy Olsson Klassekampen
2025 Podcast: Hva er kunst? #57 Lena Trydal”
2024 Article: “Laugh, Think, And Gaze: Dive Into Lena Trydal's World Of Witty And Provocative Painting” Munchies Art Club
2023 “30 under 30: Navnene du bør følge med på nå” Subjekt
2023 Review: “Y2K-nostalgi inntar kunsten. Med blandet suksess” Hanna Hattrem Subjekt
2022 Interview: “Lena Trydal om at hele Norge skulle se kunsten hennes, og kritisere den høylytt” Kunzt.no
2022 Review: “Høstutstilling som tar litt stilling“ Yngve Sikko. Tidens Ånd
2022 Review: “Debutantane løftar haustutstillinga” Eva Furseth DAG OG TID
2022 ”Lena (28) kjøpt inn av Nasjonalmuseet” Aurora Henning Krogh Subjekt
2022 Review: “Er det mulig å gi barn og unge innpass i årets Høstutstilling?” Mina S. Haufmann Periskop
2022 Review: “Protest og politikk tilbake i Høstutstillingen“ Lars Elton Dagsavisen
2022 Interview: “Skjønte hun kom til å få kommentarer for «Kongefamilien», men mengden kritikk var hun ikke forberedt på“ Mina Ræge Dagsavisen (22/07/2022)
2022 “11 ARTISTS AND THEIR PAINTINGS OF SWIMMING POOLS” Munchies Art Club
2022 Podcast: “Lena Trydal (28) om å stille ut på Nasjonalmuseet” Finansavisen
2022 Review: “När borgerlig konst ska samsas med mångfald” Frans Josef Petersson Aftonbladet
2022 Interview: “Hennes portrett av Kongefamilien skaper reaksjoner: – Jeg har ideer som er ganske mye drøyere” Vilde Bratland Hansen Aftenposten
2022 “Mener Lenas (28) maleri gjør narr av kongefamilien“ Xin Li NRK
2022 “Der kunsten skapes” Xin Li NRK
2020 “Møt fem av kunstnerne som skal åpne Nasjonalmuseet” Margrethe Hegnar Finansavisen (31/10/2020)
2019 "Om tilblivelse" Artist anthology, Lik Forlag

See complete presslist here

SELECTED WRITING

Editorial work

Kunst Pluss 3/2020
Kunst Pluss 2/2020
Kunst Pluss 1/2020

Criticism and writing

“TREE ART ETHICS” in UNG URO: Unsettling Climates in Nordic Art, Architecture & Design (2021). Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
“Kunstnerportrett: Admir Batlak” Kunst Pluss 3/2020
“Kunstnerportrett: Joar Nango” Kunst Pluss 2/2020
“Kunstnerportrett: Tiago Bom” Kunst Pluss 1/2020
"Cancelled memorials, subtle billboards and the Y-block: OsloBIENNALEN launches its new Program" NOAR
"Review: Lofoten International Art Festival 2019" NOAR
"5 must-see exhibitions in Oslo this fall" NOAR
“Y-blokka er ikke den eneste. Nå står Økernsenteret for tur“ Subjekt
"Den hvite kuben er ut" Subjekt
“Først dødsdømt, så avkledd. Nå er kvinnen fra Oslos sexistiske byvåpen fjernet“ Subjekt
“Til Stiv Kuling Arkitekters LIGHT/HOUSE/GARDEN” Sørlandsutstillingen 2019
“Til Marit Viljugreins Ocean Diary” Sørlandsutstillingen 2019
"A Vault Protecting Humans from Humans" Oslo Form Lab
"Thank You Socialism" Oslo Form Lab
"The Life of the Logs" Oslo Form Lab

MEMBERSHIPS

Landsforeningen Norske Malere (LNM) / The Norwegian Association of Painters
Norske Billedkunstnere (NBK) / Association of Norwegian Visual Artists
Billedkunst Opphavsrett i Norge (BONO) / Norwegian Visual Artists Copyright Society
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (KE) 2021–2027

Resources

Bio
Press-kit
Selected press (PDF)
Complete presslist

Lena Trydal

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