Åse Vikse is a Norwegian printmaker currently based in London.
In her work, she focuses on interacting with natural materials, whether found objects or static surfaces documented within the landscape. She aims to convey the uniqueness that nature formulates, where her mere role is as a translator interpreting the object’s own ‘language’ and transferring it into a print.
‘The imprint is already there, it simply needs me to lift it.’
In her work, she focuses on interacting with natural materials, whether found objects or static surfaces documented within the landscape. She aims to convey the uniqueness that nature formulates, where her mere role is as a translator interpreting the object’s own ‘language’ and transferring it into a print.
‘The imprint is already there, it simply needs me to lift it.’
Walking is a catalyst and a recurring feature in her creative process: she observes her surroundings using the methodology of ‘being present while being active’. Be it the natural or the constructed, she is a wanderer in the landscape and finds herself most grounded near the coast. Similar to a topographer or ethnographer, she gravitates towards the already existing element. A deep respect for our environment is her guiding principle, which is why sustainability has become crucial in her work and is valued at each stage of her process-led practice.
Her main approach is ‘mapping’ and what she creates may reflect the notion of a place, those who inhabit it, or an ongoing search for a bridge between.
Recently, she has been exploring memorialisation, where she aims to investigate a disconnection that may stem from leaving someone, or somewhere, behind.
Her body of work combines the palpable and the intangible in landscape and in memory, the spoken and the untold stories of shared moments, treasured objects, familial knots and, inevitably, deterioration and vanish.
Her main approach is ‘mapping’ and what she creates may reflect the notion of a place, those who inhabit it, or an ongoing search for a bridge between.
Recently, she has been exploring memorialisation, where she aims to investigate a disconnection that may stem from leaving someone, or somewhere, behind.
Her body of work combines the palpable and the intangible in landscape and in memory, the spoken and the untold stories of shared moments, treasured objects, familial knots and, inevitably, deterioration and vanish.
Åse Vikse
1981, Sveio, Norway
Lives in London, UK
contact:
email: aasevikse @ yahoo.no
instagram: @asevikse
1981, Sveio, Norway
Lives in London, UK
contact:
email: aasevikse @ yahoo.no
instagram: @asevikse
EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming
2022 Group, 'Ossuary', (28/4-27/5) Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Upcoming
2022 Group, 'Ossuary', (28/4-27/5) Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, UK
Current
2022 Group, ‘Mind - be here, present / be here now’, Kingshill House, Dursley, Gloucestershire, UK
2021–22 Group, 'Uig Open 2021/22' (online), Hulabhaig, Outer Hebrides, UK
2022 Group, ‘Mind - be here, present / be here now’, Kingshill House, Dursley, Gloucestershire, UK
2021–22 Group, 'Uig Open 2021/22' (online), Hulabhaig, Outer Hebrides, UK
Past
2021 Group, ‘BarnStorm’, MA Show, Middlesex University, Hendon, UK
2021 Solo, ‘Subplot’, Folkestone, UK
2021 Group, ‘Wish I Was There’, London Waterloo Station, Reading Station,
Liverpool Lime Station, Leeds Station, Glasgow Central Station, all UK
2021 Group, ‘Almanac’, MA Interim Show, Coningsby Gallery, London, UK
2020–21 Group, 'Teesside Print Prize 20', Middlesbrough, UK
2020 Group, ‘The Resilient Self II’, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2020 Group, ‘(virtual) Degree Show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK, online
2020 Group, ‘Uig Open 2020: Re-imagined Online’, Uig, Isle of Lewis, UK, online
2020 Group, ‘Interim show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2017 Group, ‘Short Course Students’ Show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2016 Group, ‘Short Course Students’ Show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2021 Group, ‘BarnStorm’, MA Show, Middlesex University, Hendon, UK
2021 Solo, ‘Subplot’, Folkestone, UK
2021 Group, ‘Wish I Was There’, London Waterloo Station, Reading Station,
Liverpool Lime Station, Leeds Station, Glasgow Central Station, all UK
2021 Group, ‘Almanac’, MA Interim Show, Coningsby Gallery, London, UK
2020–21 Group, 'Teesside Print Prize 20', Middlesbrough, UK
2020 Group, ‘The Resilient Self II’, Espacio Gallery, London, UK
2020 Group, ‘(virtual) Degree Show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK, online
2020 Group, ‘Uig Open 2020: Re-imagined Online’, Uig, Isle of Lewis, UK, online
2020 Group, ‘Interim show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2017 Group, ‘Short Course Students’ Show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2016 Group, ‘Short Course Students’ Show’, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
TALKS
2021 Presentation, ‘The Matter of Circulation’, student research conference, Folkestone, UK
AWARDS
2021 Winner (top 20), woodcut ‘Dover’, Network Rail’s ‘Wish I Was There’
2019 Shortlisted, animation series ‘#stealmyideas’, Creative Conscience Award
2021 Presentation, ‘The Matter of Circulation’, student research conference, Folkestone, UK
AWARDS
2021 Winner (top 20), woodcut ‘Dover’, Network Rail’s ‘Wish I Was There’
2019 Shortlisted, animation series ‘#stealmyideas’, Creative Conscience Award
EDUCATION
2021 MA Fine Art Printmaking, Middlesex University, London, UK
2017–2020 BA (Hons) Communication Design (Illustration), Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2004–2006 Graphic Design, Kristiania University College, Bergen, Norway
COURSES
2016–2017 Printmaking Intermediate, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2015–2016 Printmaking Foundation, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
201–2016 Life Drawing Intermediate, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2019 Woodcut Bootcamp w/ Tom Huck, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK
2019 Mokuhanga Printing w/ Michael Waight, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
2018 Risograph Workshop, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK
2008 Dreamweaver/Website w/ Paul Austrem, Folkeuniversitetet, Bergen UK
2003 Oil Painting w/ Jarl-Hugo Låstad, Folkeuniversitetet, Bergen UK
2021 MA Fine Art Printmaking, Middlesex University, London, UK
2017–2020 BA (Hons) Communication Design (Illustration), Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2004–2006 Graphic Design, Kristiania University College, Bergen, Norway
COURSES
2016–2017 Printmaking Intermediate, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2015–2016 Printmaking Foundation, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
201–2016 Life Drawing Intermediate, Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, UK
2019 Woodcut Bootcamp w/ Tom Huck, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK
2019 Mokuhanga Printing w/ Michael Waight, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen
2018 Risograph Workshop, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK
2008 Dreamweaver/Website w/ Paul Austrem, Folkeuniversitetet, Bergen UK
2003 Oil Painting w/ Jarl-Hugo Låstad, Folkeuniversitetet, Bergen UK
Please do not hesitate to get in touch,
email: aasevikse @ yahoo.no
or via the contact form below.
Follow on Instagram: @asevikse
https://www.instagram.com/asevikse/
email: aasevikse @ yahoo.no
or via the contact form below.
Follow on Instagram: @asevikse
https://www.instagram.com/asevikse/
Thank you!