Gro Heining — Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Sep 15

Sep 15 Gro Heining

Biography

Gro Heining
I am a self-taught Norwegian painter, b. 1949. Drawing and painting have always been a way of expressing myself. My first exhibition was in 1982, with more than 45 exhibitions in Norway, USA, Spain and Italy. Oslo Painting School (1985), Olav Mosebekk Drawing and Painting School (1996) and painting workshops in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (1991). I spent several years in the colorful scenery and culture of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Arriving for the first time in 1987, it was for me as if returning to my creative origins. Exhibitions, book illustration and animal design for T-shirts influenced my growth as an artist.
I work with various techniques: acrylic, collage, water based oil, oil pastel, water color and mixed media, both on paper and canvas. Editioned Giclée prints are also available of my artwork.
Since 2014, I have been sharing time between a mountain village in Andalucia, Spain and my home base in Norway.
Represented by M.A.D.S. Art Gallery, Milan, Italy.
Kunst på Arbeidsplassen, Oslo, Norway.

Awards
International Prize Dante Alighieri, 2021.
Collector’s Vision International Art Award, 2021, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine
Power of Creativity Art Prize 2021, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine

Artist Statement

My idea of the intention of doing art is to be able to communicate an awareness of the laws of nature - that all things are connected with one another and the universe. Everything is in flux - an «universal uncertainty.» Thus it might be said that the intention of my work is to entice contemplation and introspection into dialogue with the painting.
Nature is my primary inspiration. Painting for me is meditative state of being, connecting to the elements and the rhythm of nature, weaving dreams and visions into the images. I like to think of my paintings as gifts from the spiritual realm revealed after journey to the land of introspection. Welcome to traces of my vision.

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