Trude Viken Norway, b. 1969
Trude Viken is a colorist without restrictions. In her works, the smell and texture of the chunky layers of oil paint linger as both a physical and emotional expression. Her portraits of expressive faces develop into fantasies about our interior lives and most palpable yet often suppressed feelings, providing associations to the space where the grotesque meets the erotic and eventually the humorous.
The intensity of Viken’s expression is characterized by heavy impasto. Far from shying away from them, Viken revels in portraying the excesses of the subconscious and the rawness of human experience, which seem to bubble up and erupt onto the canvas, refusing to be suppressed by the canons of contemporary life, in search for release.
Trude Viken (b. 1969) studied with the painter Markus Brendmoe, Oslo, Norway. Recent exhibitions include Midnight Activities at Belenius Gallery, 2022, Stockholm (SE), Midnight Theater, Fortnight Institute, 2021, New York (USA), Night Eyes, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, 2021, Norway (NO) and Unmasked at M+B, 2019, Los Angeles (USA). Trude Viken lives and works in Oslo.
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Good to See You
Martin Aagaard Hansen, Katrine Bobek, Morten Knudsen, Charlie Roberts, Trude Viken 27 October - 19 November 2022Read more -
CHART Art Fair
Charlie Roberts, David Risley, Stevie Dix, Peter Schuyff, Trude Viken 25 - 28 August 2022For CHART this year, we asked Charlie Roberts to curate a booth with his contemporaries - ranging from his old teacher Peter Schuyff to younger artists like Steve Dix. We...Read more
