I remove parts of the mirror from the mirror. By removing the mirror, I add absence. The mirror reflects everything precisely, without any interest, meaning or attitude.
My works often relate to the butterfly effect, the main principle of chaos theory. The idea is that humans and other living beings are interwoven and connected to nature in a massive, self-regulating ecological system. A small change in one place can ultimately lead to huge changes somewhere else. I primarily make sculptures with manipulated mirrors. We as viewers can see a work, ourselves and the surroundings, and at the same time become part of a complex network: we become part of a picture of how the world is interwoven.
“Earth needs this tenderness, I think there is some kind of fusion between tenderness and sadness, joy, yearning, longing, horror (tricky one), laughter, melancholy and weirdness. This fusion is the feeling of ecological awareness.” Timothy Morton
I wear perfume No.34 from Diptyque. The nose is Olivier Pescheux.
https://www.diptyqueparis.com/fr_fr/p/eau-de-parfum-34-boulevard-saint-germain.html
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For further access to and information on the work of Runa Sandnes please contact: runa.sandnes@gmail.com
Runa Sandnes, Østerdalsgt 6 c, 0658 Oslo
Studio: Waldemar Thranes gt 70, 0173 Oslo
Tlf: 0047 97736091
BIO
Upcoming exhibitions
2022 Trolldays and Trollnights, Oslo
2022 Small projects, Tromsø
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Vigelandmuseet, Oslo Biennal of Norwegian Sculpture
2013 Norsk billedhoggerforening. “Villniss”
2013 Sekkefabrikken, Slemmestad “Tilfeldig”
2013 Dortmund Bodega, Oslo “Monument for Tor Ulven”
2011 Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo. “Retrospektiv”
2008 The White Tube, Oslo “Retningslinjer i speil”
1999 Prosjektrom SHKS, Oslo “Jeg gleder meg til jeg dør”
Group shows
2021 Oslo Triennal of Norwegian Sculpture
2021 Galleri FUGE, Gjøvik
2015 Dok: 4. Skulpturarena öst
2015 Galleri 69 Young and Promising
2015 Tenthaus, Oslo Spring Depot
2011 Gjøvik Kunstforening
2010 Trøndelagsutstillingen
2009 Statens 122 kunstutstilling, Høstutstillingen
2005 Vincent Lunges Institutt, jubileums-utstilling, Galleri Seilduken
2004 Avgangsutstillingen, SHKS
2002 G.U.N, videoarbeider m. Overlevelsesstrategene
2001 G.U.N, videoarbeider m. Overlevelsesstrategene
2000 «Nabovarsel», Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Seilduksfabrikken
2000 «Oslo 1000 år». Tiger dekket av tagging, Rådhuset i Oslo
Articles
https://www.harvestmagazine.no/artikkel/til-hytta-uten-bil
Education
1998-2003 National College of Art and Design, Oslo, metalwork, MA
1997-1998 Camberwell College of Art and Design, London
1996-1997 Strykejernet maleskole, Oslo
Grants
2020 Prosjektstøtte til skulpturtriennale, Norsk kulturråd
2016 Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond, 1-årig arbeidsstipend
2015 Prosjektstøtte BVK
2015 Prosjektstøtte til skulpturbiennale, Norsk kulturråd
2009 Utstillingsstøtte for kunstnere i etableringsfasen, Norsk Kulturråd
2009 Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond, 1-årig arbeidsstipend
Media
https://www.morgenbladet.no/kultur/kunst/2021/09/09/grontomradene-pa-toyen-er-gjort-om-til-skulpturpark-det-kler-dem/
https://klassekampen.no/utgave/2021-09-08/a-vare-eller-ikkje-vare/Z3WF
2011 Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten 27.11.11 Speiler historien
2013 Kjetil Røed, Aftenposten 16.11.13 På sporet av Tor Ulven
https://andregali.blogspot.com/2008/12/retningslinjer-i-speil-twt.html?view=flipcard
Memberships
Norsk billedhoggerforening
Norske kunsthåndverkere
Norske billedkunstnere