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Hi and welcome to my art page!
I am Åse Pleym Bakken and my passion is to be in a process creating art. I work within different media such as painting, woodcut, monotype, mixed media and croquis drawing. Feel free to make contact if you have any questions or if you want to visit me in my studio!
ABOUT
My journey of painting started more than thirty years ago. My work has been exhibited in art galleries since 2002 and has been sold privately and publicly in Norway and abroad.
I create art in an improvisational way, exploring various techniques and media in the process, inspired by my own memories, experiences and music. Musicality is often embedded in my work, forming a unique personal painting language.
My paintings are abstract approaches to the emotional rooted in human relationships and impressions of nature.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My passion is to be in a process creating art. I am interested in and fascinated by interpersonal relationships, emotions and impressions of nature. I let intuition lead my creative explorations and I follow my own path, inspired by the music I listen to. I never decide in advance what is going to be painted and which colors and materials I will use. The artworks are made from a strong inner force of movement, and can easily be described as abstract approaches to the emotional rendered in shape, space and color. A common denominator is the energy. I like to process and simplify sensory impressions, and it is not what I directly see but my inner expressions of the outer world that are reflected in my work. I like to call it excerpts of a reflection or “capturing a moment’s experience”. I work expressionistically and spontaneously, and my visual language is abstract art and abstract figurative paintings.
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Enjoy life, seize the day and make someone happy!
I believe that Art exists in a world outside ourselves. To be able to create I devote to the spiritual and leave everything behind. When undetermined forces are allowed to control my feelings, affection and heart, I will discover something along the way and be led into the process.
– Åse Pleym Bakken –
CURRICULUM VITAE
Åse Borghild Pleym Bakken
Born 30.09.1964, in Trondheim, Norway
Lives/Works in Oslo, Norway
Education
Croquis, Drammen Art Museum, on Mondays, NO-Drammen 2010-2024
Grafic arts; etching, woodcut, NO-Oslo 2017, 2018, 2019
Monotype, NO-Oslo 2011, 2017, 2022
Fine art studies Nydalen Art School, NO-Oslo 1999-2005
Drawing/Watercolour painting, NO-Drammen/Asker 1995-1998
Marketing, New York University, USA summer 1986
Business Administration degree from Pacific Lutheran University, USA-Tacoma 1985-1988
Studies
La Muse, Labastide Esparbairenque, Languedoc, France 2012, 2014, 2015
Studies in Provence, France / Séjour en Provence, France 2022, 2023
Membership
BO – Visual Artists in Oslo, NO 2019
NBK – the Association of Norwegian Visual Artists, NO 2010
BBK – Visual Artists in Buskerud, NO 2010
Solo Exhibitions
Coming up – Solo exhibit in Sande Kunstforening, Norway – November 2025
Gulden Kunstverk – Crossroads, NO-Steinberg 2019
Private, NO-Oslo 2017
Gallery Nobel, NO-Oslo 2013
Risør Art Association – cancelled due to Art Gallery closure, NO-Risør 2010
Gallery Albin Upp, NO-Oslo 2008
Gallery Nobel, NO-Oslo 2007
Gulden Kunstverk, NO-Steinberg 2006
Gallery Nobel, NO-Oslo 2006
Private, NO-Drammen 2001
Private, NO-Drammen 1998
Special assignment, publicly/privately
Represented by art galleries since 2002
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Selected Group Exhibitions
Drammen Art Museum, Croquis, NO-Drammen 2023
Oslo Open – open studio 2023
BO, kuratert «Mistakes Were Made – Members Galore», NO-Oslo 2022
Gulden Kunstverk, NO-Steinberg 2007-2023
Gallery Nobel, NO-Oslo 2008-2022
Oslo Open – open studio 2022
Gallery Nobel, Christmas special exhibition, NO-Oslo 2019
Drammen Art Museum, Croquis, NO-Drammen 2019
Gallery Nobel, Women special exhibition, NO-Oslo 2019
Private, NO-Oslo 2018
Queen Sonja Art Stable, NO-Oslo 2017
La Muse, France-Labastide Esparbairenque 2012, 2014
Florence Biennale, Italy-Florence 2013
Buskerud Art Center, NO-Drammen 2013
Jomfrulandsutstillingen, NO-Kragerø 2011
Drammen Art Museum, Novemberexhibition/Buskerud Art Center, NO-Drammen 2004-2013
Asker Kunsthall, NO-Asker 2010
Bygdøy Lions Artcenter, NO-Oslo 2007-2010
Gallery Nobel, NO-Oslo 2008-2020
Gallery Athene, NO-Drammen 2008
Gulden Kunstverk, NO-Steinberg 2007-2020
Oslo Rådhus Galleri/Town hall, NO-Oslo 2004
Nydalen Art School, NO-Oslo 2004-2005
Veritas Kunstforening, NO-Høvik 2004
Bogstad Gård, NO-Oslo 2004
Ski Rådhus/Town hall, NO-Ski 2003
Galleri Annen Etage, NO-Ski 2002
Selected Collections
Statoil Art Association
Veritas Art Association
Buskerud Central Hospital
The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency (GIEK)
AIG Artclub
Hydro Art Association
GIEK Credit Insurance A/S
Riksarkivet på Kongsberg
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Fabian Stang, The Mayor – The City Council, Oslo
Nordvik Real Estate Agent
Art for sale through
Gulden Kunstverk, NO-Steinberg
Bibliography
Video Florence Biennale 2013, Åse Pleym Bakken
Catalogues
Catalogue Exhibition Gulden Kunstverk 2019 (Open in new window)
Galleri Nobel – 20 years, NO-Oslo 2015
Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy 2013
Gallery Nobel, NO-Oslo 2006, 2007, 2013
Gulden Kunstverk, NO-Steinberg 2006, 2019
Media
Byavisa, NO-Drammen, 2019
IN Magasin 2009
Drammens Tidende & Buskerud Blad, NO-Drammen 2006