Helene Knoop

Painter

Helene Knoop (b. 1979) is one of Norway’s foremost figurative painters. She lives and works outside Oslo, Norway.

A masterpiece engages with the profound, the human, and the sublime. It transcends time and speaks directly to us, and we recognize ourselves, or some of our own experiences in it. This is why we always return to the masterpiece.

Upcoming exhibitions and news

MALEKURS

Malekurs med Helene Knoop

USA Art News – Interview

The renowed magazine USA Art News recently interviewed me about the past, present and future.There is art that strives to be contemporary, and there is art that has no need for such a definition. It simply continues to look at the human being — attentively, slowly, without fear of the past.. reads the introduction.

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Ibsen+Italia Et nytt blikk på de italienske årene.

2028 er et jubileumsar for Henrik Ibsen. Han bodde og arbeidet 10 ar i Italia og i dette prosjektet ønsker jeg å utforske hvordan omgivelsenes hans i den italienske kulturen og landskapet påvirket det estetiske perspektivet i hans teaterstykker. Med dette som grunnlag vil jeg utvikle en serie malerier til utstillinger i Norge og Italia.

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Illustrating book cover

Knoop has collaborated with the renowned leadership management Keiron with several projects. Recently she illustrated the cover of Steinar Bjartveits book “Skjebnesorg” (Grief of fate). About the book (Norwegian): Hva er skjebnesorg? er spørsmålet Steinar Bjartveit stiller i denne vakre og litt såre boken.Skjebnesorg handler om når du ser litt for godt hvordan livet ditt kommer

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