Christine Istad
Christine Istad has a solid artistic foundation, with a clear visual language in photography, video and installations. Istad has been a professional visual artist since 1998, mainly in camera-based art, with a number of exhibitions at home and abroad. Istad has education from Norway and the USA. Her works have been purchased in a number of places, in private and public collections, and decorations of public buildings.Istad challenges photographic technique by testing out different ways of using the camera. The goal is to create a new and unique expression. Istad's photographs are taken as you see them without manipulation in Photoshop afterwards, it is straight photo. Architectural elements from the large metropolises are a recurring motif in Istad's art. The urban landscape, characterized by towering buildings and reflective surfaces is a central theme. The contrast between the metallic, reflective surfaces and these almost organic properties creates a dynamic tension in the expression, reflected in the disturbances in the surface, the patterns and the rhythm. In recent years, Istad has continued the technique of photographing nature through a man-made glass object reflected.
Short bio:
Istad is living and working near Oslo. Istad is a professional artist working with photography, video art and installation. Istad has during the last years participated in several solo and group exhibitions in both Norway and abroad. She has exhibited at a.o. KUBE Art Museum, Henie Onstad Art Center, Oslo Art Center, Landmark Bergen Art Hall, Bomuldsfabriken, Tromsø Art Hall, Fundation Dom Luis, Portugal etc. She has participated at the regional exhibitions and her works have been purchased by a.o. Kube Art Museum, REV Ocean, National Library, The hospital in Nordmøre and Romsdal, Norwegian Bank, Prime Minister´s Office, UiO, LUAG Collection, PA, USA, Bærum Municipal Art Collection, etc. Istad has made a series of public, site-specific projects such as; Traveling SUN 2021-2016, MOON at USF Verftet, several landscape projects at Henie Onstad Art Center, DeFence Oslo etc. She has received her education from Westerdals School of Communication and Parsons School of Design in New York. Istad has received a number of project grants, artist scholarships and support from the government of Norway.
Istad has been working with video art since 1998, and her videoes has been screened many places in Norway and abroad, including festivals and exhibitions. 7 study trips to Japan from 2006-19, 3 study trips to USA from 2017-2020, and artist in residence at Circolo Scandinavo in Rome in 2017.
She has together with artist Lisa Pacini made the light sculpture and road trip Traveling SUN and exhibited the project in Norway, England, Iceland, the Nederlands and USA. Traveling SUN: http://artubeart.blogspot.no
Istad started together with colleagues in 2016 the artist activist group Guerrilla Plastic Movement that uses visual means to focus on the plastic pollution in the ocean. #guerrillaplastic
Contact:
mail@christine-istad.no
Galleri Semmingsen, Oslo Norway
