STATEMENT
"My subject matter is nature filtered by subjective memory. I work to interpret moments I’ve had in nature, fleeting memories, whether that is witnessing an overly heavy sky or water steaming by with information. I love thinking about how humans make connections with nature. We need to connect intimately with nature, yet we also distance ourselves from it and continuously feel the need to differentiate between what is natural and not. I work to bring the physical world inside through my creative process. I go out into the wilderness to fill up my body and soul with the feeling of nature, and then I bring this back with me to the studio and integrate what I learn. I let the painting take its form without too many rules though the color palette is important. I work on a painting until I recognize it, until it is something I feel at home in. The painting process also reflects the way I move in nature and in the studio. It is about a flow, accessing places without too many plans or strict rules, and letting a meditative curiosity guide the way." - Astri Stykrestad Haukaas
EDUCATION
2010 - 2013, KaosPilot, Business & Design School, Aarhus, Denmark, Leadership and Entrepreneurship
2008 - 2010, Strykejernet Art School, Oslo, Norway, Fine Arts
2005 - 2006, Trøndertun Folk High School, Fine Art
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019, Kroppen Hun Bar (The Body She Wore), duo exhibition, Galleri Syningen, Ål in Hallingdal, Norway
2017, Vi tager intet ansvar (We take no responsibility), group exhibition, Wearhouse 9, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016-2017, I come back to the geography of it, duo exhibition, Barkas Engros, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016-2017, Aal Art Association 40 year anniversary Exhibitin, group exhibition, Galleri Syningen, Hallingdal in Ål, Norway
2011, Fall Exhibition, Ål Art Association, duo exhibition, Galleri Syningen
2010, Graduation Exhibition, Strykejernet Kunstskole, group exhibition, Galleri Brenneriet
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS, CURATED
2018, Smudge Cleanse, group exhibition, Co-curated with artist Pia Eikaas, Kvit Galleri
2018, Magnus Pettersen, Solo, solo exhibition, Kvit Galleri
2018, Pia Eikaas, Street Haunting, solo exhibition, Kvit Galleri
2018, Artist duo Spacegirls, Body Lotion, solo exhibition, Kvit Galleri
2017, Mail Art, group exhibition, Kvit galleri
2017, Lotte Rose Kjær Skau, So Hold Me Mother B, solo exhibition, Kvit Galleri
2016, Émotif massif, Kvit Galleri 1 år, group exhibition, Kvit Galleri
2016, Melanie Kitti / Joseph Helland, Mule Maneuvers, duo exhibition, Kvit Galleri
2016, Lotte Rose Kjær Skau, Fire Gule Digitale Pletter, solo exhibition, Felt Galleri, Norway
2016, Kvit Group Show #2, group exhibition, Kvit Galleri
2015, Kvit Opening Exhibition, group exhibition, Kvit Galleri
SELECTED ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL PROJECTS
2012 February-May, Galeria Santa Fé, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 May, Concept developer, 100en1Día, Bogotá, Colombia
2012 May, Event and Concept developer, Kairos Housing Project, Bogotá, Colombia February
2010 January-February, Prosjekt manager and educator, Lamu Art School, Kenya
2008 & 2019, Initiator and co-founder, Galleri Silo, Norway
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2018, September, Leveld Kunstnartun, Norway
2008, Can Serrat Art Residency, Spain
