Vibeke Slyngstad (b. 1968) lives and works in Oslo. She studied at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Slyngstad has exhibited extensively in Norwegian and Scandinavian institiutions. In 2009, she was represented at the Venice Biennial in the exhibition ‘The Collectors’, curated by Elmgreen & Dragset. She was part of the show Inside Outside Architecture at the the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo and in 2017 saw her acclaimed solo exhibition ‘Color me Gone’ at Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum.

Slyngstad is prominently positioned among Norway’s contemporary figurative painters and is known for her psychologically poignant figures and interiors. Slyngstad’s painting style is anchored in Romanticism while referring equally to contemporary photography’s critical view on the impact of human existence. Since 2016, she has incorporated landscape motifs into her practice.

Her work is represented in several private and public collections, including The British Museum, The National Museum of Art, Kistefos, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Statoil Art Collection, Nordea Art Collection, Storebrand and Telenor Art Collection. Recent solo exhibitions include Fondazione Made in Cloister, Naples (2022), Bocconi University, Milan (2018), Kristiansand Kunsthall (2018) and OSL contemporary (2024).

Wild Weeds [15.03–20.04.2024]

Off Season [25.10–23.11.2019]

Nine Lines [28.08–03.10.2015]

my shadow falls at random [20.10–19.11. 2011]

Lives and works in Oslo

Education

1989-94

Statens Kunstakademi, Oslo

1992-93

Dokumentar / Animasjon, MRDH Volda

1988-89

Meisterschule für Malerei, HTL Graz, Østerrike

Solo exhibitions

2026

Kristin Hjellegjerde, Salon Palm Beach, USA

2024

Wild Weeds, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2023

Entangled Life, Kristin Hellegjerde Gallery, London Bridge, UK

2021

dor beetles slumbering at dusk, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK

2020

Mystery of things, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2019

Off Season, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2018

Hjertet er på vandring Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway

2017

Color me gone, Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tønsberg, Norway

2015

Nine Lines, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2013

Modern Classics, Galler F15, Moss, Norway

2011

My shadow falls at random, OSL contemporary, Oslo, Norway

2010

Galleri Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden

2009

Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway

2008

Galleri Gann, Sandnes, Norway

2007

Galleri Boulhou, Bergen, Norway

2006

Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
Galleri Jennestad, Sortland, Norway

2004

Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
Ålesund Kunstforening, Norway

2003

Bergen Kunsthall, no.5

2001

Galleri Haaken, Oslo, Norway

2000

Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden

1998

Ålesund Kunstforening, Norway

1997

Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway

1996

Herslebsgate 10B, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
UKS, Oslo, Norway

Group exhibitions (selected)

2022

Schloss Göerne, Berlin, Germany

Rarity Gallery, Mykonos, Greece

Art Paris Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde , Paris, France

Interaction, Fondazione Made in Cloister, Naples, Italy

On the Wall, Building Gallery, Milan, Italy

2021

Enter Art Fair, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, København, Denmark

2018

BAG exhibition, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy

Contemporary Chaos, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway

2017

The New Frontier of Painting, Fondazione Stelline, curated by Demetrio Papaproni, Milan, Italy

2016

Møter med Kai Fjell, Blaafarveverket, Modum, Norway

Studio Hugo Opdal, Flø, Norway

2013

Inside outside Architecture, National Museum of Art, Oslo, Norway

2010

polis, polis, potatismos- utställning om et brott, Malmö Kunsthall, Malmö, Norway

2009

The Collectors, The 53rd Venice Biennale – The Nordic Pavillion curated by Elmgreen & Dragset, Venice, Italy

2005

Ålesund Kunstmuseum, Norway

2004

Sight, Tromsø Kunstforening, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway
Galleri Haaken Galleri K Galleri Wang, Høvikodden, Norway

2003

Sal Haaken, Høvikodden, Norway

2002

Galleri F15, Moss, Norway

2001

Moment, Stockholm, Norway
Kristus 2000, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway

2000

Modellmakerne, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway

1997

Norske Profiler, Kunsthalle Rostock, Germany
Park here, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Sweden

1995

LNM, Oslo, Norway

1992

Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norwya
Fem fra akademiet, Forum, Malmø, Sweden

1991

Tre fra akademiet, Galleri Heer, Oslo, Norway

1990

Zwischenstand, Stadtgalleri Graz, Austria

Public Collections

The British Museum
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
The Norwegian Parliament Collection
Art Council Norway
Kistefos, Norway
Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Norway
Nordea Norway Art Collection
Oslo Kommune Art Collection
Kredittbanken
Hydro Norway Art Collection
Ålesund Kunstforenings collection
Sparebanken Møre
Equinor Art Collection
Storebrand Art Collection
Telenor Art Collection
Stiftelsen Kjell Holm

Commissions

2020

The Criminal Procedure Act, Oslo

2018

Grand Hotell, Fritzner rommet, Oslo

2009

Storebrand, Lysaker

2004

Åretta skole, Lillehammer

2001

Pan Fish, Ålesund

2000

NTNU, Universitet i Trondheim

1999

Løykja Skole, Sunndalsøra