On 28 October 2021, Beyond Art held an art auction to raise awareness and funds for a Norwegian charity, Ung Norge.
We are proud to announce that the numbers are now in and the end result was a donation of 70,000 Norwegian kroner! This money will help Ung Norge continue its efforts in achieving equal opportunities and a better life for children and young people who need it most in Norway and in Brazil.
We want to take this opportunity to thank all of our supporters. Without your help, we would not be able to achieve our goal of making the world a bit better through art.
First and foremost, we thank Ung Norge for placing their trust in us and helping us to organize this event. Special thanks to Ung Norge's founder, Eivin Sundal, and to everyone's right-hand woman, Hanne Nerland, and to all Ung Norge's volunteers.
In no particular order, we want to thank Arghavan for lending us your beautiful voice and smile for the evening. To Maryam Imani, thank you for making those delicious pastries and reminding us all of the need for breast cancer research. To Sissel at Listen.no, thank you for helping us to spread the word. We thank the founders of Empress, Anna Karenina and Christer Anderson, for providing us with kombucha, a healthy welcome drink for our guests.
Thanks to The Art Trotter for giving us ideas for the future and for donating an art course for the cause. Thanks to Katie, Lea and Maria, our fabulous volunteers.
A most sincere and heartfelt thanks to our artists who donated their work to us:
Rungg. Fatima Khan
Thomas Nesland Olsen
Dora Sofie Kittilsen
Linda Kristiansen
Julia Zaremba
Shima Mo
Barbora BARBAR Kyslikova
Marisa Ferreira
Yachi Shian-Yuan Yang
Sahar Ajami
Irene Christensen
Dag Hol
Alf Christian Hvaring
Bruce Naigles
Lea Nasnas Chami
Tore Hogstvedt
Roshan Gamage Photography
Ximena Ovrid
Monika Stø
Camilla Bergvold Hauger
Maria Natalie Skjeset
Christoffer Lange
Market value 5000,-
Starting/current bid 1900,-
Acrylic on canvas 50x50 cm.
Fatima Khan is an Oslo-based artist with roots from Pakistan, bringing her culture to Norway in the form of art. Her paintings depict her roots, pieces of her life and a part of her soul. Her bold strokes, bright hues and strong contrasts hightlights and makes her paintings unique and memorable. She is currently running a digital art gallery by the name Rungg, which means "Colour" in her native language.
Market value 7000,-
Starting/current bid 3000,-
Oil on canvas 40 cm in diameter.
Thomas Nesland Olsen Nesland Olson is a Norwegian/American Artist living in Oslo. He has a background from the street and skateboarding, but technically he hails from a classical education, making his style unique. Nesland Olsen works mainly with figurative painting, often in the form of still life art, mixing different objects in a surprising way. His work is technically strong and should be experienced close up to fully appreciate his technical skill and the way in which he connects his work to current societal issues. His art is both distinct and exciting.
Market value 8000,-
Starting/current bid 3500,-
Acrylic on canvas 70X50 cm.
Dora S Kittilsen in her work as in her life, focuses on being true to herself and follows her intuition. She seeks to create an atmosphere, a feeling of energy and curiosity in her paintings through the use of color, contrast, and movement. For inspiration, she uses dreams, memories from her life and stories she has heard. Dora paints strong background surfaces against thin-flowing watercolor-like fields to contrast warm against the cold, light against dark, colors against one another. Dora is a member of the Norwegian Association Of Visual Artist Professionals and runs an art gallery in Bergen, Norway, Galleri Oker.
Market value 4000,-
Starting/current bid 1900,-
Giclee print 1/60. Photograph w/digital processing. Image-size 40x40 cm. Framed with artglass. Total size ca 57x57 cm.
Linda Kristiansen is a autodidact photographer/digital artist based in Vollen. She creates visual stories based on photography, digital drawing and compositing. She focuses on symbolism and looking beyond the mere appearance of her subjects. She enjoys layering her images with different elements, new and old, providing fragments of her personal history in each final piece. Linda finds inspiration in philosophy, dreams, history and her outlook on life. Although concept-based she considers her work to be "open stories".
Market value 1000,-
Current bid 500,-
Acrylic painting on canvas-textured paper 20x20cm Varnished to protect from dust and UV light. -Comes with certificate of authenticity. -Signed by artist.
Julia Zaremba is an international artist focusing on limbs and luminosity. Her artwork has been featured in galleries and collectors’ homes throughout the USA and Europe. She works primarily with acrylics while emphasizing brushstrokes, textures, and colors.
"After the storm, came an impressive sunset over the Atlantic Ocean while I was hiking the Fishermen’s Trail along the Algarve Coast of Portugal. The surreal colors, reflections on the wet shore, and rapidly-shifting atmosphere seemed like the perfect opportunity to explore hue juxtapositions, movements, and contrasts. This piece is part of the Acrylic Postcards series (IG: @acrylicpostcards), which features paintings based on photos from my travels. The aim of this project is to inspire and showcase some off-the-beaten-track destination gems."
Market value 3000,-
Starting/current bid 1200,-
painted photograph art print on canvas 40x60 cm.
Shima Mo works as a graphic designer, interior designer, illustrator and photographer. Using her camera, Shima relies on colors, pen and paper plus some crazy ideas and thoughts to produce her exciting art.
Shima left her homeland, Iran, in 2008 after she finished a degree in fine art. That was the start of a long, challenging journey until she settled in Norway 9 years ago.
Shima has this to say about her art: "My style is my signature, and I’m excited and proud to leave a trace of my signature in my clients’ life!"
Market value 6000,-
Current bid 3000,-
Dry point, 15x20 cm.
Barbora. Barbora Kyslikova is a painter from Prague, who drifts between Oslo, Berlin and her hometown. In her paintings, Barbora depicts people meeting the challenges and changes of life and death, the liminal faces of life. Her main medium is oil, which she often applies not only on canvas, but also on less common surfaces such as copper and marble plate. She admires the renaissance painters who are her lifelong teachers. Barbora, as their humble student, appreciates the well-created style of their art and aspires to keep the skill and divinity of art alive in our times
Market value 4800,-
Starting/current bid 2400,-
Framed digital print. 45x35 cm. Edition 20.
Born in 1983 in Portugal, Marisa Ferreira lives and works in Oslo, Norway. Marisa’s colorful art invites us to view actively, to move around, and to be aware of our looking. As individual works and as an ensemble, her art encourages participatory aesthetic experiences rather than passive ones. Her work is held in several private and public collections in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, France, Portugal, and mainly in Norway at the Stavanger Art Museum. She is featured in The Guardian newspaper.
Market value 5000,-
Current bid 2500,-
Oriental ink on Arches Rives paper. 75x55 cm.
Shian-Yuan, Yachi (f. 1983, Taipei, Taiwan) lives and works in Oslo. Yachi has a bachelor’s degree (BFA) from Taipei National University of the Arts and a master’s degree (MFA) from Tunghai University, Fine Art Department in Taiwan. Yachi has worked as an oriental ink painter professionally for about 10 years in her homeland. She explores this medium and tradition mainly in classical flower and bird paintings. Her work embodies grace, the joys of life as well as the suffering of humanity, with a meditative attitude toward chaos and beauty.
Market value 3000,-
Starting/current bid 1400,-
Fine art print , coated with matte UV, A2 , framed.
Sahar Ajami is an Oslo-based Iranian artist. She started her profession when she was a student, after she won several prizes in cartoon-drawing festivals. After receiving a BA from the University of Art in Tehran, she started working as a freelance artist. She received a Masters of Art in Ibsen studies at the University of Oslo and explored visual aspects of Henrik Ibsen's dramas. This illustration is from a collection named “Ibsen's Women”, a visual research project focused on female characters in Ibsen's dramas. Her works have been included in over 20 books and a wide variety of Illustration, cartoons and art catalogs.
Market value 4000,-
Starting/current bid 2000,-
Acrylic on canvas 30,5 x 25 cm.
Irene Christensen divides her time between her studios in New York City and in Oslo, Norway, but also for one month each year in Costa Rica. Irene Christensen studied at the Art Student League in New York City with Richard Pousette-Dart and Joseph Hirsch,as well as at the Voss School of Fine Arts and at the Institute for Rom Kunst in Oslo, Norway. She is a member of Norwegian Association of Professional Visual Artists, Newark Art Council, National Arts Club, NY Sculpture Guild, New York and a board member of Everglades Artists in Residence (AIRIE), Florida and Artists Talk on Art (ATOA), New York City. She has exhibited in both Europe and the United States since 1983 where her work is represented in many museums and personal collections.
Market value 4000,-
Starting/current bid 2000,-
Lithograph E.A. 75x55cm.
Dag Hol is a Norwegian figurative painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts and was a student of Gunnar Dietrichson and Odd Nerdrum. Earlier he studied Nordic, French and German languages and literature at the University of Oslo. Since he was 18 years old, he has practised yoga and Acem-meditation regularly and this has influenced his artistic and philosophical point of view. He made his debut as an artist with his solo exhibition in 1983 in Oslo. His work focuses on craftmanship as signature and the essence of what art is all about. "Its through the attitude and the way art is created which decide the spiritual energy and power in the artistic expression"
Market value 3200,-
Starting/current bid 1900,-
Framed Lithograph edition of 40 22x29cm.
Alf Christian Hvaring is a Norwegian painter ang graphic artist. He studied at Ålesund Kunstskole, Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo and Hangzhou Art Academy, China. Hvaring's motifs are often a dreamlike fusion between fantasy and reality.
Market value 8000,-
Starting/current bid 4000,-
Sculpture 30x15 cm. aqua resin, iron powder and beeswax.
Bruce Naigles is an active sculptor who created ‘The Just Man' , otherwise known as the Oslo Business for Peace Award. His work is figurative and allegorical and it stems from a desire to bring forth otherwise intangible human traits by 'clothing' them in figurative sculpture.
Market value 7000,-
Starting/current bid 3000,-
Acrylic and mixed media on hexagonal canvas 61x70cm.
Léa Nasnas Chami is a self-taught Norwegian artist, born in Lebanon. She sees painting as an outlet to channel her sensitivity and suppressed emotions. Lea's fondness for colors and the fluidity of paint, coupled with her child-like wonder for the world, results in works of captivating vibrancy. Lea describes her unique style as "Emotion Art" as all her paintings tell an emotional story. She lets her inner child guide her hand while she paints and therefore signs her artworks " Ley", the short version of her nickname "Leyouche".
Market value 6000,-
Starting/current bid 3000,-
Gicleé | Edition: 30, "Early Spring" 46x39 cm.
Tore Hogstvedt Tore Hogstvedt is an impressionist painter who was born in the small village of Siljan, Norway. From an early age, he showed artistic talent, but it was not until later in life that he was able to dedicate his working life to art. Hogstvedt's painting focuses on colorful landscapes and reflects his passion for nature, especially for the spectacular vistas in Norway. Through his paintings, he wants to take the viewer on a journey of light. His work has received attention from collectors in Scandinavia, Europe, Canada, America, East and South Asia.
Market value 1249,-
Starting/current bid 1000,-
Photograph, framed and printed on museum grade paper. 70x50 cm.
Roshan Gamage began exploring photography about ten years ago. Since then, photography has become his way of breaking free from a busy and hectic life and taking a moment to enjoy and explore the wondrous things of the world. His principal subjects are landscapes that he often captures on his travels. Roshan strives to go beyond just capturing a moment, and continually brings out his impression of what he sees through the lens.
Market value 1500,-
Starting/current bid 700,-
Acrylic on canvas with mask 45x45 cm.
Ximena Øvrid is a Norwegian/Chilean artist with degrees in Design & Textile and Drawing, Shape & Color from Elvebakken and Sogn VGS. She has also studied Creativity, Innovation & Business Development at Kristiania University College. Her interest in art and creativity began as a child and today she has a studio at Flytårnet Cultural Center at Fornebu, Oslo. She accepts individual artistic assignments from both companies and private individuals.
Market value 3400,-
Starting/current bid 1600,-
Wood cut edition 30 32x43 cm.
Monika Stø (f. 1975) has her art education from universities in Oslo and London. Monika paints primarily with oil on canvas, but also does graphic work, mainly woodcuts. In the last couple of years, She has exhibited at galleries in Norway, USA and Germany and has been bought by several private collections and art societies. For several years she has assisted artist Nico Widerberg in his studio. She has worked at Kings Place Gallery in London as an art teacher and as an illustrator. In 2010, she was one of ten winners of Young Artist of the Year at Hotel Continental, Oslo.
Market value 5000,-
Starting/current bid 2000,-
Oil on canvas circa 70x70 cm.
Camilla Bergvold Hauger is a young abstract artist from Ringerike, now based in Oslo. She is currently studying at the Nydalen Art School. Her artistic process is very open and questioning. She often daydreams while painting and believes that her dreams are captured in her work. Her painting is meant to evoke a strong response in the viewer, such as this piece about war.
Market value 2800,-
Current bid 2500,-
Photo-based digital graphic art work (DGA), printed on Hahnemuhle PhotoRag, signed an numbered 9 of 30 42x28 cm.
Maria Natalie Skjeset (born 1990, Bærum) is a Norwegian visual artist living in Hamar working with photo-based digital graphic artwork (DGA). She creates figurative works containing elements of abstraction and symbolism with a painterly feel. Each digital work consists of several dozen photographs, and the limited edition prints are signed and numbered by the artist. Member of NBK and FFF.
Market value 2000,-
Current bid 2000,-
Photography-based digital artwork, 50x70 cm.
Christoffer Lange is a self taught painter based in Oslo. He is a big fan of the old masters and says "I try to mix contemporary influences with classical painting" Some of his inspiration includes: Caravaggio, Edvard Munch, Odd Nerdrum, Vebjørn Sand, Jeremy Mann, Henrik Uldalen, Heraklut, Banksy & more.