ISCA GALLERY

CAMILLA LØW, LENE BAADSVIG ØRMEN, LIV ERTZEID, OLE MARTIN LUND BØ

Fever Dream

21.11 - 21.12.24

ISCA Gallery is pleased to present Fever Dream, a group exhibition with Camila Løw, Lene Baadsvig Ørmen, Liv Ertzeid and Ole Martin Lund Bø. The exhibition dives into the surreal realm of a fever dream, where vivid, disjointed flashes, narratives and visuals collide. The show captures the disorienting unpredictability of these surreal experiences, blending wildly different elements into a cohesive yet dreamlike tapestry. Each artist’s visual language in Fever Dream is distinctly unique, yet a subtle undertone weaves them together through a shared, expressive materiality. This common thread of texture and form unites their unique practices, creating a resonant connection amid the diversity of their styles.

Camilla Løw (b.1976, Oslo, Norway) was educated at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland. She works predominately in sculpture with a highly developed visual language that can evoke modernist traditions such as Constructivism and American Minimalism. The use of industrial materials like concrete, metal, plexiglass and spray paint are central to her work. With a careful consideration for space and surroundings, Løw creates both large-scale site specific installations in public places, and smaller, more intimate works. She has received numerous awards and grants including those from the Scottish Arts Council and the Statoil Art Award. Her works are included in the collections of the National Museum of Norway, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, and she recently completed a monumental public-art sculpture for Sparebank Stiftelen’s SkulturStopp in Jessheim,

Recent exhibitions include: Flow in the Wind, Belmacz, London (2023); Market Art Fair, presented by ISCA Gallery, Stockholm (2023); Camilla Løw / Carla Åhlander, Belmacz, London (2022); Rites of passage, Natioanlmuseet på Kunsternes Hus, Oslo (2021); Space Junk, ISCA Gallery, Oslo (2021); Supastore, South London Gallery, London (2021); High Rise, ISCA Gallery, Oslo (2020); Alfabet, Belmacz, London (2019); Instrumental (Camilla Løw & Gert Marcus), Fullersta Gård, Huddinge (2018); Eye In The Sky, Kunstnerforbundet, Oslo (2016); Nerves and Muscles, Elastic Gallery, Stockholm (2015); Chain On Chain, Belmacz, London (2014); Spring Rain, Elastic Gallery, Malmø (2013); The Space of Shape-Time, The National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo (2012). Camilla currently lives and works in Oslo.

Lene Baadsvig Ørmen (b.1984, Fredrikstad, Norway) holds an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo (2013), and a BFA from Bergen Academy of the Arts, dept.of Photography (2008). Her sculptural practice crafts a rich, immersive atmosphere where fictional narrative meets deep material exploration. Her work shifts between two-dimensional reliefs and three-dimensional sculptures, with figurative motifs subtly surfacing like shadows within abstract forms.  Her anthropological curiosity prompts us to consider cyclical perceptions of time and our ideas about the natural versus the artificial. Ørmen often reinterprets ancient concepts and techniques, weaving them into fresh, contemporary expressions that bridge past and present. Ørmen’s work is represented in public and private collections, including the National Museum, Stavanger Art Museum, the Norwegian Parliament and Oslo Municipality. She has been invited to do public commissions such as UiT Narvik, The Arctic University of Norway, and has participated in residency programs at HIAP, in Helsinki (2017) and Residency Unlimited, in New York (2015). In 2022 she published her first monograph «0» with HKS and Lugemik Publishing.

Recent Solo exhibitions include: Loon, ISCA Gallery, Oslo (2023); Subterranea, Hordaland Art Center, Bergen (2020) and The Sculptors Association, Oslo (2019); Soliloquy, Gallery Augusta, Helsinki (2016); Fret Not Upon Thy Blue Funk, Kunstnerforbundet (2016); Dear Darkling, at UKS (2015); x4, Kunsthall Stavanger (2015); and Turbid, Another Space, Copenhagen (2014). A selection of group exhibitions from 2016-2023 include: BLUNK, Trond Mohns Collection, Stavanger Kunstmuseum; Abundance, Galleri F15, Moss; Parallellement, Hermetiske skygger, Oslo; Herfra, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger; Coast Contemporary 2020, Oslo; Fiskars Village Art Biennale, Finland; Klorofyll og kapital, Akershus Kunstsenter; Nothing You Have To Understand, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen; Oslo Museum for Samtidskunst; Kunsthall Oslo; Skissen, Drawing Biennial, Tegnerforbundet, Oslo; and Dating Service Autocenter, Berlin. Baadsvig Ørmen lives and works in Oslo.

Liv Ertzeid (b.1986, Lørenskog, Norway) graduated from the Oslo Academy of Fine Art with an MFA in 2019 and a BFA in 2016. Ertzeid creates paintings rich in botanical symbolism and natural imagery. With a poetic and playful exploration of her environment, she offers curious refections on the outside world and all of its inhabitants. The wild, beautiful and chaotic aspects of nature are given focus, from blossoms jutting up towards the sky, leaves swaying in the breeze, flower buds bursting in the spring, and little bugs busily going about their days. Her paintings have a distinct and inviting materiality, incorporating thick brushstrokes, atmospheric washes and luscious applications of paint. Creative amplifications and distortions are significant in her work, tantalizingly toying with notions of perspective, proportion and depth. By employing varying degrees of magnification and abstraction, and in some cases reducing the imagery to patterns of color swirling over the canvas, she invites the viewer into the depths of her worlds and all the wonders found therein.

Liv Ertzied’s work has recently been acquired for the collection of the National Museum of Norway the Christian Sveaas Kunststiftelse, and Stortingets Kunstsamling (the art collection of the Norwegian parliament). Recent exhibitions include Days of Summer, Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen (2024); Jeg mater ikke fuglen, Saksumdal Temple, Lillehammer (2023); The late show, ISCA Gallery, Oslo (2023); CHART, presented by ISCA Gallery, Copenhagen (2022): PYTON Place, Country Pavilion Norway, London Craft Week, London (2022); Art Cologne, Presented by Galleri Opdahl, Cologne (2022); FLWOERS, Galleri Opdhal, Stavanger (2021) ; The Ba Ba Bug Show, Stormen, Bodø (2021); Look down, fair moon, and bathe this scene, ISCA Gallery, Oslo (2020); IIII, Styrerommet, Henie Onstad, Bærum (2020); Herfra, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger (2020); Unge inviterte, LNM, Oslo (2020); The 2019 Garden Exhibition, Destiny’s Atelier, Oslo (2019); Zoo, Plum Trim, Nesodden (2019). Liv Ertzeid currently lives and works in Fredrikstad, Norway.

Ole Martin Lund Bø (b.1973, Stavanger) completed his art education at the Art Academy in Bergen in 2002. His paintings inhabits a dynamic space between the abstract and the familiar, engaging in a continuous dialogue with the possibilities of painting as a medium. Bold, thick brushstrokes create a powerful, tactile quality to Lund Bø's work, grounding his compositions with an intensity that bridges structure and spontaneity. These strokes amplify the tension between geometric precision and organic fluidity, drawing the viewer into the material presence of each piece. In 2006-07 he received the residency program ISCP (International studio and curatorial program) in New York. He is represented in various public and private collections such as KORO, Oslo municipality, Bergen Art Museum, Telenor, Equinor, Norges Bank, BI and Rogaland Art Museum.

Recent solo exhibitions include Uploading now… Kösk , Oslo (2024); GPS Signal Not Found, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Nærbø (2021); Topos, LNM, Oslo (2021); There Is No Finish Line, Arendal kunstforening, Arendal (2019); Post No Bills, Noplace, Oslo (2018); Havana, QB Gallery, Oslo (2016); Ping pong belong, Melk, Oslo (2016) and Foil, Denny Gallery, New York (2013). Selected group exhibitions include Sensorama, Museo MAN, Sardinia, Italy (2022); Constant Growth, QB Gallery, Oslo (2022); Vi er stedene, Vestlandsutstillingen, Ålesund (2019); Untitled Miami, curated by Prosjekt Normanns, San Francisco (2018); Dislocating Surfaces, curated by Melk for Cenart, Mexico City (2017); 8 lobbies, Roma, Havana, Cuba (2016); Whistle in the shadow, Prosjektrom Normans, Stavanger (2016); Close, but no cigar, Meat & Marble, Havana, Cuba (2016); Terminators, Transformer gallery, Washington DC (2013); Between Mountain, Group Project, New York (2012); Parrotta Contemporary Art, Stuttgart, Germany (2012). Lund Bø lives and works in Oslo.