Art has followed me for as long as I can remember. The drawing line is a natural part of my life.

One day I took the step and applied to Kunstskolen in Rogaland through a lot of encouragement from friends, family, and acquaintances. After that, I applied to the Bergen National Academy of the Arts and in Oslo. I got in both places, but my final decision fell on Oslo. I finished my master’s there in 2018.

Since then, I have had a studio at Ensjø together with other professional artists while working with dissemination. It has been a very rewarding balance with being able to work with people and work with my own art.

I want to believe what characterizes me is the line in everything I make, it is a flowing organic line with lines biddingon each other. I usually just let the drawing line come naturally, without any specific thoughts in advance, but then I set myself a topic sometimes to challenge the abstract and then it is most often animals, botany, and organs that are at the center. 

It motivates me to work towards something. Whether it is an exhibition an order or a sale. It is a pleasure to be able to share the art with someone, that it can mean something to someone, other than myself.

I see the process as valuable to me, but it is not the one alone that drives me forward. It is certainly that it can mean something to anyone but myself.

Being in life, having my hands intact so I can draw a line. My family and friends. There's so much that inspires, and inspiration is a complex thing. When it comes to art, it is only natural so there is nothing forced about that. 

This project makes sense, being able to support a good cause. Otherwise, there are several projects I am proud of, both when it comes to dissemination and with my own projects. It is difficult to highlight only some of them because everything feels fulfilling to me.

I am a person who loves to give, so to have the opportunity to contribute to something as important as the TV-auction is fantastic. The thought of Doctors Without Borders makes me want to work - give that little extra. The efforts they make for people, I have great respect for and admire.

I want to create something unique that there is no more of, create a work of art to contribute to the auction.

I have always had an interest for as long as I can remember. When it became time for me to choose direction educational wise, I chose to go for design to continue to develop my fine art skills.

Since I started working on the streets, I have tested several different ways of working. Whether it is a stencil, freehand with spray, or drawing with the paintbrush.

At the start, and something that I am still working on getting into it is the gold detail, which is in my signature. I got inspiration from my partner who studied geology when I started working anonymously. Her favorite mineral was PYRITE, which is also called fools gold as it looks like gold. I have always liked to use gold details, and then it quickly became a signature for me, both as a signature name and color scheme.

For me, it comes in cycles. Whether it is during a good or bad time, I find the need when I feel I have hit on the right motive.

Stories, without a doubt. I do not want to come out as a political activist or socially critical artist, as I feel there are many people doing it. But stories, whether it is from books I have read, short stories or just a movie. I even love writing.

When I decide on a free motive, I do not want it to be self-explanatory in either title or motive. I would rather have the spectator create their own creative story around the piece as art is as subjective as it is.

I would say that my first big project is something I am proud of. It was during a project here in Bergen at Spelhaugen. The Wall 2020. At that point I had only made smaller images, the largest at 100x70 cm. Suddenly I had to fill in 10x15 meters. It dragged me out of a huge comfort zone, but I learned incredible lessons from both the other artists and not least by trial and error.

I have always donated when the people with donation boxes have come to the door and follow along the auction when it is. But it is an incredibly nice opportunity to be able to contribute on a whole new level I did not think I'd be able to do.

I want to shape art further; both do and give something new, as this is a completely new media for me to work on. Then I am still in the creative process and figuring out what I decide to do. I look forward to both showing this off and hoping for a perfect result that I can be proud of.

I remember my father came home once with a huge roll of paper. It was the only thing that made me shut up and sit still - drawing for hours. A tool to dive into fantasy and escape reality.

Then, eventually this developed into a more visual language that offered the world my view. This was the start of the development, but the actual philosophical side of art and its many directions did not come until later at art school.

Greedy in expression, but consistent in creation. Impatient to immerse myself in only one direction for a long time, but rather keeps the creation process going through several expressions.

Art forms such as performance, painting, drawing, woodcuts, and digital art tend to roll at regular intervals. I become briefly obsessed with ideas or materials I find and based on this there can be many paths, but not before I have been in it for a short period of time. If the desire to create is still there over a year, then it is really special!

Inspiration comes from contemporary, science-fiction concepts and myths.

An examiner once called my art “Gesamtkunstwerk”, a nice pretentious word that can be boiled down to “total work of art”: where words, images, music and philosophy are joined into a whole. That's probably the nicest thing anyone has said about my art, so I'll include it :)

Right now, I'm working with several digital tools, from 3D modeling and digital animation. This reinforces the digital expression in a direction to create more content within the virtual space. These new digital platforms facilitate art and make it more accessible. Imagine that you exhibit a new concept and then invite your audience through a link, press in, view the art up close, meet new people through avatars and toast with a digital glass of champagne! All this, without leaving your door. Because "where new technology goes or develops, art will colonize the new technology" - Grayson Perry -

Personally, I find that the most stressful and unrecognizable periods are, in the end, the most fruitful. It somehow makes more sense in reflection and the urge to write or sketch something is provoked naturally.

One year ago, I became a father for the first time, it was terrifyingly amazing! In the period before the birth, I was dominated by an unrecognizable mental landscape, eager emotions and anxious thoughts wandered around like a storm. It boiled over, but I embraced it and chose to process them through visual paintings.

Us humans are very creative in creating mythologies from what we experience. The great globe and its rich stories, how much of it really happened and how much is just myth?

A story can be told completely honest, but it can also become more interesting if you choose to mix in some creatures from beyond. It is more captivating in "personifying" a sea storm as a "brutal god", who had his reasons for why you ended up shipwrecked on a deserted island.

In short, one invents partially to entertain better and invites your own imagination for interpretation.

The project I am most proud of, and which taught me a lot must be my projects "Live arts/ Art club ultra".

My largest pieces to date that required multiple collaborations: musical bands, participating artists, public contexts, and audiences. In the middle, my character and personality Franky D`miedo: who acted as host, facilitator, and critic.

It was held in public places in Oslo, art galleries and even reached an art festival in Amsterdam. An attempt to make art more accessible to different audiences, through live performances and social media. I workd myself to the maximum and finally burnt out. It was worth it, a real gesamtkunstwerk.

It has been around longer than my own existence. I've even been personal donation box contributor myself once when I was younger. It is run by some amazing people who once a year motivate people to give money for an important cause. It's a nice technological example that works in the long run, a sustainable fundraiser. Now it has perhaps become even more effective in reaching out with the important message, thanks to the new social platforms, which make it all more accessible. 

I want to piece together a visual narrative on the surface of the material, using sumbols, myths and traditions. Maybe I can create a conversation between the viewer and the kinetic art or "portable art". I am thinking of something that breaks, or invites new mental boundaries.

Great question! There has probably never been a defined step. I have always worked creatively as an artist, but on the down low. Perhaps rather on a treadmill inside than out in public. Since childhood, it has always been the creative expression and crafts that have given me the most joy, with an emphasis on drawing. I have drawn for as long as I can remember. Levels up personal development has happened step by step over the time. Mostly in connection with frustration with life and yearning for more.

There are probably two instances that I can say were defined steps. The first when, aged 17, I was an apprentice on the deck of an oil rig. I was working on some bad welds that had to be redone. Sweaty and dusty, I said to myself "this is not what you should be doing with your life". Shortly after, I quit my apprenticeship and started a design course instead. The second was similar, many years later when I lived and worked in Spain. Late one evening on the balcony with a bottle of red wine and a book, I said the same phrase to myself and soon after I pushed myself in the right direction again.

As an artist, I am probably characterized by several things. The motives, the line and the complexity of the execution and the different techniques and the channels I work with. As I work in many channels, I can probably be challenging to recognise.

My motives vary greatly but can probably be experienced at times as unpleasant, gloomy, perhaps even grotesque, as I’ve heard, but with a beauty about them. I hope. Everything from the poignantly beautiful to the poignantly dark.

Motivation is an internal drive. Desire. I am probably largely motivated by my own need to create, process, and think.

Metaphorize thoughts and feelings that I may not be able to describe in words, or that may be too complex for words so that a picture is a good summary. Thus, it is probably ego-based.

Often, we all find our motivation in our darkest nooks and crannies. The desire to create is always present, but the ability to execute is occasionally absent. Desire is the key for me, and continuity. If I'm away for too long, I find it harder and harder to come back. I was born in the spring, but I would certainly say that I am a child of the autumn.

I find inspiration in everything if I take the time to look at it and think. I can be inspired by conversations, quotes, sayings and expressions, music and the like. But great inspirations are certainly people, society, memories and of course nature. Emotions, trauma, memories, joy, and sorrow. Despair and ecstasy.

Everyone can be inspirational. As well as a scene unfolding in society, the way the light falls on a rubbish bin can inspire a thought which, perhaps after a while, becomes a good idea.

I have stage fright, which has followed me throughout my artistry and has therefore largely kept me hidden and unknown.

I have always had challenges with letting people see my works and paintings, even when I was studying at Einar Granum, the worst imaginable part for me was when you had to show projects or pictures and talk about them.

A side effect of that is probably that my production is quite slow-moving and the volume low.

I have therefore taken part in few projects and shown very little, but a fun experience that I am proud of was when the picture I debuted with in the street art scene in 2012, the following year, was voted for in the NuArt festival's audience competition. That was a nice surprise.

For me, the TV campaign has perhaps been one of the most "Norwegian" things there is. Norway is a nation built on a spirit of giving and a willingness to help each other for the common good.

Surely the TV auction is the biggest, most selfless national charity we have? I have fond memories of watching it on TV as a child and participating as a “bøssebærer”. The TV campaign is a necessary but great way to help.

Us humans are often very short-sighted. We see what we are presented with and what we want. I will therefore try to draw attention to the forgotten people who, through this year's TV campaign, we can help by supporting the important work MSF does for these very people. I want to try to pay tribute to and compliment BRGN, their history and products through the contributions.

 I have known what I wanted to do from the age of 8. Before that, I considered to be a lawyer or clown, but in 2nd grade I found my inner artist thanks to Don Rosa's illustration of Donald, and the comic W.I.T.C.H - and have since known that I was going to be an artist. You can tell things in a completely different way with art than you can do with words, the space you create in the interpretation of those who see when you do not explain, but let art speak for you is a very exciting place. 

As Sorry, I have been told that the use of colour, playfulness and dynamics in the pictures is what sets me apart from other street artists in Bergen. It is probably a bit in the fact that I have worked a lot with comics before. In addition, I vary between freehand and stencil, and do not see any of the media as better than the other. Most other artists swear by either freehand or stencil, but I only see strengths in mixing — and do not want to limit myself. 

Movement. Joy. There is a lot that motivates me. I have a huge competitive instinct, so if other people around me create a lot of good things, it becomes the impetus to create something AT LEAST as good.

Fortunately, I have surrounded myself with lots of talented creative people. I am part of an artist collective where everyone pulls each other up.

When it comes to the extra need – I am bipolar, so how much I get made changes, but the creator DESIRE is always there even though the joy of creating takes breaks. So much of what I make I have outlined in my down periods, are just waiting for me to get to grips with it when I am back up and running :)

The 12-meter-high tiger at Kleppestø middle school, is probably one of the projects I have done as Sorry that I am most pleased with. I would love to work more on that scale!

In addition, I just had a mini-exhibition at Gategalleriet - and although it is a collection of works and not ONE specific work, it was very nice to see everything collected and presented in that way. 

The fundraising campaign is something that has been going on for years. I think it is great to participate, and think it is a great initiative on BRGN's part.

I worked for Médecins Sans Frontières in Bergen for a while when I was a little younger, and I think it's a unique organisation in the way they work. It's definitely something worth supporting! 

I hope to add color to the action and support with both creative energy and attention.

For me, it has always come naturally to be creative through drawing and painting. When I started studying clothing design, I got an opportunity to explore my creativity in a new way. It feels extra rewarding to make something that people can put on and feel on their body, especially as I want to make clothes that differ slightly from the norm.

Contrasts are the characteristics of my designs. Whether it is in the choice of material, type of garment or function. Contrasts have always been interesting to me, and I work a lot with the feminine/masculine contrast since it is a particularly inflamed topic in men's fashion specifically. I think it is exciting to mix references from sports into garments that consist of velvet and silk, for example.

My motivation for getting into clothing design was a feeling that menswear is not cool, funny, and exciting enough for me. Equality and freedom to be oneself, also motivates me, as I really see the importance of it. In more emotional periods, I can express my emotions by painting with watercolor, which feels more natural and redemptive than clothing design.

My master's thesis "Queer Clothes" is probably the project I am proudest of. It looked at clothing and Pride, and looked at how queer people have used clothes throughout history to both dress up and disguise themselves. I think clothes can help make theory and concepts more understandable, since everyone has a relationship with clothes. I've gotten the impression of that when I have given talks and showcased the collection. I get a very positive response and feel like I've done something important and inspiring for others than just myself.

Inspiration can come at any time, whether it is someone's outfit, their own feelings, or a type of material. I think something honest and something that feels real is the most inspiring, something that seems a little vulnerable and genuine. It does not have to be that big, perfect, or thoughtful.

The TV-fundraising is an incredibly good thing. I like that it is supporting different causes each year, since there are so many important organizations that deserve support and attention. In addition, it is motivating to support something together with others on such a large scale, I think it makes it easier for people to want to give.

With my contribution, I want to convey a coloring of everyday life. Being able to stand out in a positive way and dare to be assertive. The design also has a sustainable element to it, as I have only used materials I have purchased for previous projects and tasks - nothing new. We have plenty of clothes and materials in the world, and it is exciting to be able to use what already exists to contribute something positive - which nevertheless represents myself!

The need to create. There is no feeling more rewarding than to go to bed knowing that you created something that day. I think that is what made me take the art as a career.   

I love experimenting with materials and how they play together and I think that characterizes me. My lines are strong and careless but In my case it is a mix of all the mentioned before. My wrestler or warrior is my main brand but i do it in different materials and techniques. So in the end its the whole package.

I try to create everyday, some days is not possible but I have this intense need to at least in the worst of the days, make a little drawing.

My main problem is that my work my passion and my hobby are one and the same so its hard to escape from it when its the only thing that lives in your head.

This is a very difficult question cus inspiration is a difficult subject. In my case it can come from everything and in any given time… a word you listen a bird you saw a song the smell of something… its weird how it works but something is very true. Starting a new painting is always both frightening and inspiring at the same time. 

Oh the see me show in New York city was amazing. In Bergen Meieriet was a nice project and my relationship with StreetArt Bergen have brought a lot of amazing projects over the years its kinda difficult to pinpoint all of them. Working with the UNG Norge kids has been extremely rewarding. 

I think bringing attention to this kind of matters its important for everyone.

That we are not alone in our everyday and even when its as difficult as it gets there is always good people willing to help.

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I grew up with a grandmother who is an artist. She has given me inspiration to develop as an artist myself. I love creating new things and new motives.

The characteristics of me as an artist is probably my lines, the depth of the images and the colours I use. I like to make a lot of different things as long as I feel like it's something new, own and strange. I am happy when I can build images that are based on many different layers and that are comfortable and calm to look at. Photos where  you can look for new details every time you studying it.

It is the joy of creating something new and the calming feeling I get from drawing. It is kind of a meditation for me.

When there have been difficult periods in my life, I have always returned to art. I become a better and calmer person by doing it.

It is the joy of creating something new and the calming feeling I get from drawing. It is kind of a meditation for me. When there have been difficult periods in my life, I have always returned to art. I become a better and calmer person by doing it.

The roof terrace at Damsgård, the owl at Slåtthaug School and the piece for Vossakjøtt.

I have previously been involved in creating a mural together with Yasha, Tegson and Bares for TV fundraising campaign for Care.

Of course, I want as much money as possible to come in so that they get the support they need.