Siri Aurdal

Siri Aurdal
Born	20 October 1937
Known for	sculptures
Notable work	"Havbølger"
Parent(s)	Synnøve Anker Aurdal and Leon Aurdal

Siri Aurdal (born 20 October 1937 in Oslo) is a Norwegian painter, graphic designer, and sculptor.^[1] She comes from an artistic family with parents textile artist Synnøve Anker Aurdal and painter Leon Aurdal. Ludvig Eikaas was her stepfather from 1959.

Although Aurdal is both a graphic designer and painter, her main field was sculpture and work with sculpture. She made her debut at the Høstutstillingen 1961 with a bust of Egil Eggen in brass. After that, she made a number of other busts of famous people, including Earle Hyman (1963) and Svend von Düring and Ludvig Eikaas (1965).^[2]

In February 1969, she won a competition to decorate schools in Oslo, and in October 1972 presented the sculpture "Havbølger" at Trosterud skole. It was 12 × 6 m glass fibre tubes cut in wavy shapes which serves as a play sculpture for 100 children.^[2]

In 1979, she made a large relief in aluminium for Abelhaugen train station in Oslo.^[2]

Notable exhibitions

• 2016 Bølger i parken rekomponert, Vigelandsparken, Oslo
• 1980 Begrensninger dialog, at Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo.
• 1969 Omgivelser, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
• 1968 Galleri Kringla, Oslo
• 1966 Kunstforeningen, Oslo

Collaborative exhibitions

• 2016 Aurdal/Mugaas, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
• 1974 Tre generasjoner, Kunstindustrimuseet, Oslo

Collaborative exhibitions

• 2017 The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale : Mirrored^[3]
• 2016 Inauguration of new space, Galleri Riis, Oslo
• 2015 Pop Etc.! Norsk popkunst 1964–1974, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Bærum, Norway.
• 2013 Hold stenhårdt fast på greia di, Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo
• 1979 The 15th Biennial, Antwerpen, Belgium
• 1973 Arkitektonisk miljø, Galleri F15, Moss
• 1972 Norsk skulptur, Nordjyllands Museum, Aalborg, Denmark
• 1972 Synspunkter, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
• 1971 Synpunkter, Arkiv för dekorativ konst, Lund, Sweden
• 1968 The Nordic Youth Biennial, Helsinki, Finland
• 1961–1963 Høstutstillingen, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo

Gallery

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  From Siri Aurdal's exhibition OMGIVELSER. Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo, May 1969
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  Siri Aurdal FLYTENDE PUNKT. Marmor fontene 1967
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  Siri Aurdal. JANUAR 1967. In Nasjonalmuseet's collection
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  Three generations. An exhibition at Kunstindustrimuseet in Oslo, 1974 with works by Siri Aurdal, Synnøve Anker Aurdal and Gudrun Anker. Poster: Siri Aurdal
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  INTERVJU 2016 – Siri Aurdal. From exhibition Aurdal/Mugaas Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo. Tilhører Stavanger Kunstmuseum
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  BØLGELENGDER REKOMPONERT 2016 Vigelandsparken
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  Siri Aurdal ONDA VOLANTE 2017 Venice Biennale. The Nordic Pavilion by architect Sverre Fehn
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  Siri Aurdal into ONDA VOLANTE 2017. Venice Biennale. Nordic Pavilion.

References

1. Carroll, Mary Ellen (27 June 2018). "Siri Aurdal". Artforum. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
2. Norsk kunstnerleksikon (snl.no): Siri Aurdal
3. designboom, hollie smith I. (27 May 2017). "the nordic pavilion at the venice biennale shows siri aurdal". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 6 March 2024.