Henrik Aarrestad Uldalen (b.1986)

I was born in Seoul, South Korea and was adopted to Norway at a young age. I started working with art at 19 as a self taught painter. I have spent the last 15 or so years travelling and living in Spain, Italy, Mexico, and London. I have this year half-way returned to Norway, living in the mountains with my wife. Here I am continuing exploring art and the evolving nature of my life, unravelling the past and planning for the future.

I started out as an oil painter, and it’s my strength, but I have since dabbled in digital painting, sculpture, ceramics, collages, drawing, filming, performance, photography, and poetry. I work with several galleries across the world, and hope to expand my work further into new techniques and concepts. 

My work generally revolves around existentialism, absurdism, alienation and nostalgia. Art has been a tool for me to deal with trauma in the past and continues to be instrumental for me to fully connect with my emotions and understand myself and the world around me.