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ABOUT

Working from her studio on Helgøya, Norway, Ingvild Reinton Felis creates sculpture, jewellery, and installations. Copper, silver and wood are shaped by emergence, growth and decay.  

 

Her work has been recognised with the Villvin Prize (2024) and grants from Arts Council Norway and BKH. Her work has been exhibited at Kunstnerforbundet, Nitja Centre for Contemporary Art and Galerie Marzee.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Through material exploration, I work with copper, silver and wood, testing the limits of each material to develop my own visual language. My work is characterised by organic lines, forms and patterns inspired by the sea, the forest and the mountains. My projects that exist at the intersection of wearable objects, spatial installations and sculptural expressions.

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I am interested in the balance between the convex and the concave, and explore how this relationship can create oscillations and vibrations, evoking energy and life. My forms emerge through a continuous transformation of lines and curves, inspired by roots, branching structures, water, erosion, and plant growth.

 

I approach jewellery and sculpture as an extension of the body and identity. I explore how jewellery can be used as a form of protection. How might a piece of jewellery carry me, rather than my body carrying the object? To investigate this, I work on both large and small scales, testing the boundaries between jewellery and sculpture.

 

Most of my objects are fragile, sharp and can easily break, change colour, or disintegrate. Time and transformation are recurring themes in my work. Do materials bear traces of experience in the same way as the body does? 

 

I patinate metal to explore the interplay of colours that can emerge on surfaces over time. This process highlights the inevitability of time and the fleeting nature of all that is beautiful. This is how my work reminds me of how precious each moment is, and the importance of being present in the here and now.

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