Step into the nature of Western Norway
This exhibition invites you into a vast and atmospheric painting of Western Norwegian nature. Resonance is a brand-new artwork created specifically for this exhibition. The painting measures 11 meters in length and 2 meters in height, and the artist behind the piece is Linda Soh Trengereid.
The motif depicts a forest landscape where human-like beings appear to be woven together with the trees, roots, and nature — as if they belong there. Trengereid creates landscapes where the beautiful and the unsettling meet, and where the familiar and the unfamiliar blend into each other.
The work draws inspiration from old panoramic paintings and the national romantic tradition, but also from the artist’s personal story as an adoptee from South Korea. Resonance is about belonging, identity, and our relationship with nature — particularly the wild and beautiful landscapes of Western Norway.
Featured artist
Trengereid recently exhibited at Høyersten Contemporary in Bergen, where Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum acquired one of the works on display. She has held a number of solo exhibitions and has participated in the Vevring Exhibition. The exhibition is a collaboration with Førdefestivalen and is supported by the Sparebankstiftinga Sogn og Fjordane.
Linda Soh Trengereid (b. Seoul, South Korea, 1984) grew up on Sotra, an island outside Bergen. She lives and works in Bergen, and completed her education at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design in 2011.
Trengereid has held solo exhibitions at Høyersten Contemporary in Bergen, QB Gallery in Oslo, Galleri LNM in Oslo, Kunstgarasjen in Bergen, and Voss Kulturhus. She has participated in the Vevring Exhibition, the Western Norway Exhibition (Vestlandsutstillingen), the Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen), as well as numerous group exhibitions.
Her works have been acquired by Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum, Kode (Art Museums of Bergen), Stavanger Art Museum, Haukeland University Hospital, the University of Bergen, and Fana Cultural Centre.
Curator: Mayra Henriquez
Exhibition technicians and production: Ole Langvik Hansen, Berhanu Mekonen, Sindre Iman / VM-bygg, Anna Wingård / Fauske Skredderi
Graphic design: Henriette Bekjorden Hukset
