Kristin Evju Nordentoft was born in Tønsberg, Norway, and has been working as a full-time artist since 2024, based in her studio at Islands Brygge in Copenhagen. She has a background as a tailor, decorator, and interior architect. Evju also holds a two-year degree in fine arts from Asker Art School in Norway, from which she has built a strong foundation for her practice as a painter.

Statement

I mine malerier undersøger jeg de lag af underbevidste påvirkninger, som livet og verden afsætter i os, de strømninger, den kompleksitet og den livslyst, som ikke lader sig indfange i det rationelle.

Denne konstante bevægelse under overfladen af tilværelsen interesserer mig.Min proces er intuitiv og fysisk, lærredet ligger på gulvet og giver mig en anden form for nærvær. Ved at omkredse værket fra skiftende vinkler og positioner opstår der en frihed til at tolke og oversætte verdens kompleksitet.

Gennem en vekslen mellem forskellige maletekniske metoder arbejder jeg med undren som grundlæggende vilkår, ikke som et æstetisk virkemiddel, men som en undersøgelse af livets modstridende kræfter. I denne undersøgelse håber jeg at beskueren får en fornemmelse af frihed og uendelighed.

[EN] In my paintings I explore the layers of unconscious influences that life and the world deposit in us, the currents, the complexity and the joy of living that cannot be captured by rational thought. This constant movement beneath the surface of existence is what interests me.

My process is intuitive and physical, the canvas lies on the floor and offers me a different kind of presence. By circling the work from shifting angles and positions, a freedom emerges to interpret and translate the complexity of the world.

Through an interplay of different painterly methods, I work with wonder as a fundamental condition, not as an aesthetic device, but as an exploration of the contradictory forces of life. In this exploration, I hope the viewer gains a sense of freedom and infinity.