Oda Sønderland (b.1996, Oslo) uses intricate and enticing paintings, woodcarvings and video installations to investigate universal themes through a personal perspective. Lying behind her attentively composed images and incredible details is a sincere contemplation on what she describes as “the experience of love and desire, distractions from death or a stare at it right in the eye, the self and the other, the organic and the constructed.” With powerful references to both a typically Norwegian and intimately interior landscape, Sønderland has developed a unique mythology of characters, objects, and forms that she uses to bring to life beautifully eerie and powerfully evocative images. Sønderland holds an MA in Painting from The Royal College of Art in London and a BA in Graphic Design and Illustration from The National Academy of the Arts in Oslo. She has been exhibited at François Ghebaly (New York, 2025 and 2023), NEVVEN (Bologna, 2024 and Gothenburg, 2022), Gathering (London, 2024), Pangée (Montreal, 2023), 1969 Gallery (New York, 2023), Marlborough Gallery (London, 2022), Castor Gallery (London, 2022), Arsenal Contemporary (Toronto, 2021), and Like A Little Disaster (Polignano a Mare, 2021) among others. Sønderland lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
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Aug 14 — Sep 28, 2025
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Apr 30 — Jun 15, 2025
Mastabatoom, Mastabadtomm
Jan 25 — Mar 24, 2024
Oda Iselin Sønderland e Naeun Kang alla galleria NEVVEN di Bologna
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