Bio

Kinara (Born Tønsberg 1985) grew mainly up in Tromsø, lives in Oslo, but has moved and travelled many places, such as Asia, Europe and USA. Art was part of her upbringing and in here teens she started working consistent with oil on canvas, and that has been her field for 20 years now. Painting figurative, adding some psychedelic touch and abstraction, from timeless til contemporary.

Artists Statement

If I can slam a couple of paintings into art history that would be nice

CV/Education

2006-2008

New York Academy of Art, New York, USA

Master of Fine Art (MFA), Painting

2005-2006

Eivind Venheim Atelier, Ulefoss, Telemark

Apprenticeship with Painter

2004-2005

Torhild Ramberg Studio, Steinkjer, Trøndelag

Art School

2002-2003

Høgtun Videregående skole, Målselv, Troms

High School, “Drawing, Form and Color”

2001-2002

Kongsbakken Videregående skole, Tromsø, Troms

High School, “Music, Dance and Drama”

1996-2001

Steinerskolen, Waldorf School, Tromsø, Troms

Elementary and middle School

Shows and Art 2006 - 2024

• 2024 August, “Bottoms-Up (a selfportait)” 4th canvas in“Figuradelic Natural” auction series, Collective show at local culture center, Samfunnshus Vest

• 2023 December, Collective show at local culture center, Samfunnshus Vest

• 2023 February, exhibited “17. Mai 2021” outside Oslo Central Station as 3rd painting of the series “Figuradelic Natural”

• 2022 Minted first NFT

• 2022 Made painting for “NOBEL Moral Compass”, winner was Professor of Ethics from Canada

• 2021 Made album cover for rap music album “Sakte Flyt/White Shadow”

• 2021 November, exhibited “QuantumCat” outside on Plaza of Aker Brygge, the 2nd of 13 canvases in the series “Figuradelic Natural”

• 2021 March, exhibited “Phoenix21” in front of Norwegian Parliament in Oslo, the 1st of 13 canvases in the series “Figuradelic Natural”

• 2020-2023 Supporting visual craft for Freedom Movement

• 2018 Collective Show, Påfuglen Perlen “Rosa Tråd” Oslo

• 2017 Patented the invention of Art-Material-brushkeeper: The RushBrushSet

• 2017 Collective Show, “Mor og Døtre” Storgata, Tromsø

• 2017 Collective Show, Påfuglen “Den siste festen” Grünerløkka, Oslo

• 2016 “MyOhMy Production”, exhibition at Hendrix Ibsen Cafe and Bar, Oslo

• 2016 Collective Show, Oslo Yogafestival, “Yoga series, Chakra Play and Unification”, Oslo

• 2014-2015 Opened Art Cafe “Tracks” Goa, India

• 2014 “Gallery Atlas”, exhibition “Pop Figuradelic”, Bhagsu, Himalaya, India

• 2011 “Inspirational Fact, an event for heArt”, Management and Curator of multidisciplinary art event, Goa, India

• 2008 Collective Show, “D.U.M.B.O Arts Festival”, Leo Kuelbs Collection, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A

• 2007-2008 Collective Show, “NANY II: Norwegian Artists in New York”, Trygve Lie Gallery, Manhattan, New York, U.S.A

• 2006 Solo exhibition, Cafe Radio, Skien, Telemark

Grant

• 2007 “Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation”